UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2025
Commission File Number: 001-41823
Nvni Group Limited
P.O. Box 10008, Pavilion East, Cricket Square
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1001
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Entry Into Material Definitive Agreement
Securities Exchange Agreement
As previously disclosed, on August 12, 2025, Nvni Group Limited. (the “Company”), entered into a securities purchase agreement with an institutional accredited investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company sold to the Purchaser an unsecured note in an aggregate principal amount of $4,200,000 for a subscription price of $3,500,000 (the “Existing Note”) due, subject to the terms therein, on the earlier of (i) November 10, 2025 and (ii) the date on which the closing of a Placement in which the Lead Investor is a participant occurs (as defined in the Existing Note). The Existing Note does not bear an interest rate and is a general unsecured obligation that ranks pari passu with all outstanding and future unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness issued by the Company.
On December 11, 2025, the Company entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Securities Exchange Agreement”) with the holder (the “Holder”) of the Existing Note in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of $5,040,000. Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement, the Company and the Holder agreed to exchange the Existing Note for a new Senior Secured Convertible Note, with an aggregate principal amount of $5,662,000 (the “Exchange Note”), convertible into ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Conversion Shares)”.
Securities Purchase Agreement
On December 11, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with the Purchaser, pursuant to which the Company sold to the Purchaser a senior secured note in an aggregate principal amount of $2,865,000 for a subscription price of $2,550,000 (the “Note”) due, on April 15, 2027. The Note does not bear an interest rate and is a secured obligation, secured by collateral pursuant to security documents, that ranks pari passu with all outstanding and future unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness issued by the Company.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with entering into the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Securities Exchange Agreement, on December 11, 2025, the Company and the Holder entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to file a registration statement for the resale of the Conversion Shares. The Company has agreed to file such registration statement within 45 days of the date of the Registration Rights Agreement.
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Security Agreement
In connection with entering into the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Note, the Company and the holders of the Note (the “Secured Parties”) agreed to enter into, by no later than February 28, 2026, a Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Secured Parties, pari passu with each other Secured Party and through the collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), a security interest in certain property of the Company to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes.
Subsidiary Guaranty
In connection with entering into the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Note, Nuvini LLC, Nuvini Merger Sub, Inc., and Mercato Partners Acquisition Corporation, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), agreed to enter into, by no later than February 28, 2026, a Subsidiary Guaranty with the Collateral Agent (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”). Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Guarantors shall provide guarantee of payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes.
The foregoing descriptions above of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Note, the Securities Exchange Agreement, Exchange Note, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Agreement, and the Subsidiary Guaranty are only a summary of the material provisions and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of those agreements, forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 through 10.7 to this current report on Form 6-K and are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement | |
| 10.2 | Form of Note | |
| 10.3 | Form of Securities Exchange Agreement | |
| 10.4 | Form of Exchange Note | |
| 10.5 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement | |
| 10.6 | Form of Security Agreement | |
| 10.7 | Form of Subsidiary Guaranty |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| NVNI GROUP LIMITED | ||
| Date: December 13, 2025 | By: | /s/ Pierre Schurmann |
| Name: | Pierre Schurmann | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 11, 2025, by and between Nvni Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, having its registered office at P.O. Box 10008, Pavilion East, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1001 (the “Company”), and each buyer identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Buyer, severally and not jointly, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Notes (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Action” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.
“Brazilian Security Documents” means, collectively, such security agreements, security deeds, fixed and floating charges, debentures and other security instruments that Collateral Agent reasonably requires to obtain a perfected, first prior security interest in substantially all of the assets and property of the Brazilian Guarantors.
“Brazilian Subsidiaries” means, collectively, each of Nuvini S.A., Effecti Tecnologia WEB Ltda., Leadlovers Tecnologia Ltda., Ipe Tecnologia Ltda., Dataminer Dados, Informações E Documentos Ltda., OnClick Sistemas de Informação Ltda. and Simplest Software Ltda.
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter in place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any Governmental Authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally open for use by customers on such day.
“Buyer” or “Buyers” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Buyer Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.9.
“Category A Subsequent Placement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a)(i).
“Category A Participation Maximum” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a)(i).
“Category B Subsequent Placement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a)(i).
“Category B Participation Maximum” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a)(i).
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
“Closing Date” means the Business Day mutually selected by the Buyers and the Company and on which all of the Transaction Documents referred to in Section 2.2(a) have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Buyers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount for the Notes, and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Notes have been satisfied or waived, but in any case no later than first (1st) Business Day after the execution of this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.12(a).
“Collateral Agent Indemnitees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.12(a).
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
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“Company Cayman Islands Counsel” means Carey Olsen Cayman Limited.
“Company U.S. Counsel” means Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP.
“Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Conversion Price” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Convertible Securities” means any share or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any Ordinary Shares.
“Disqualification Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(dd).
“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(y).
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exchanged Note” means that certain Senior Secured Convertible Note due April 15, 2027 of the Company issued in exchange for certain existing Senior Note Due 2025.
“Exchange Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.14.
“Excluded Securities” means the issuance of (a) Ordinary Shares, share options, restricted share units and performance share units to employees, officers or directors of, or consultants to the Company pursuant to any equity incentive plan or employee share purchase plan duly adopted for such purpose, (b) Ordinary Shares upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any of the Securities and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with share splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions, mergers, consolidations, purchases of the assets of a corporation or other entity, or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and provided further that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, which are issued as restricted securities (within the meaning of Rule 144) and are not afforded registration rights.
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“Governmental Authority” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.
“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company.
“Haynes and Boone” means Haynes and Boone, LLP, with offices located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10112.
“Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“IFRS” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(n)
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Issuer Covered Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(dd).
“IT Systems and Data” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.22(a).
“Judgment Conversion Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.22(a).
“Lead Investor” means [ ] and its Affiliates, successors and assigns regardless of whether the Lead Investor or its Affiliates, successors and assigns holds any Securities at any time of determination.
“Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material Permit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(l).
“Maturity Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15.
“Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(x).
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“Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(x).
“Notes” means the Senior Secured Notes due April 15, 2027, issued and sold by the Company to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement at the Closing, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Notice Deadline” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a)(ii).
“OFAC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(x).
“Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares or Convertible Securities.
“Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of $0.00001 per share, and any other class of shares into which such shares may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Participation Maximum” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a)(i).
“Permits” means all permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, orders, approvals, authorizations, consents, waivers, franchises, variances and similar rights issued by or obtained from any Governmental Authority.
“Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Placement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a)(i).
“Placement Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a)(ii).
“Principal Amount” means, as to each Buyer, the amounts set forth below such Buyer’s signature block on the signature pages hereto next to the heading “Principal Amount of Notes,” which shall equal $2,865,000.
“Principal Market” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, among the Company and the Buyers, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
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“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Buyers of the Conversion Shares.
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(c).
“Required Holders” means (i) prior to the Closing Date, each Buyer entitled or required to purchase Notes at the Closing and (ii) after the Closing Date, Lead Investor.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such rule.
“Sanctions” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(f).
“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the Notes and the Conversion Shares.
“Securities Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recital paragraph to this Agreement.
“Security Documents” means the U.S. Security Agreement, the Brazilian Security Documents and any other documents and filings required thereunder in order to grant the Buyers a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets and property of the Company and its Subsidiaries (if any), each substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
“Selling Stockholders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing Ordinary Shares).
“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Buyer, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Notes purchased hereunder as specified below such Buyer’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount for the Notes,” in U.S. Dollars and in immediately available funds. The aggregate “Subscription Amount” for the Notes shall be
$2,550,000.
“Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in the Transaction Documents shall refer to a direct or indirect Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
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“Subsidiary Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty Agreement, dated the date hereof, entered into between the Company, the Collateral Agent and each U.S. Guarantor, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
“Trading Day” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Documents and all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed by the Company or any Guarantor in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“U.S. Dollars” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.14.
“U.S. Guarantor” means each Guarantor incorporated or organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America.
“U.S. Security Agreement” means each general security agreement among the Collateral Agent, as a secured party, and a U.S. Guarantor and/or the Company, as grantors.
“U.S. Security Documents” means the U.S. Security Agreement and the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.
“Variable Rate Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.11.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND
SALE
2.1 Closings.
(a) Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and each Buyer, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the Notes as set forth on such Buyer’s signature page hereto. Each Buyer shall, subject to Section 2.4, deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to such Buyer’s Subscription Amount for the Closing as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Buyer, and the Company shall deliver to each Buyer its respective Note, and the Company and each Buyer shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2(a) deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2(a) and 2.3, the Closing shall take place remotely by electronic transfer of the Closing documentation.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) Closing. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Buyer the following:
1. this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
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2. a copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company: (x) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and authorizing a specified person or persons to execute those Transaction Documents on its behalf; and (y) authorizing a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or dispatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or dispatched by it under or in connection with those Transaction Documents;
3. an ink-original Note registered in the name of such Buyer in accordance with its Principal Amount for the Closing;
4. the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company; and
5. the Company’s wire instructions.
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, each Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
1. this Agreement duly executed by such Buyer;
2. the Security Documents duly executed by such Buyer and the Collateral Agent;
3. the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Buyer;and
4. such Buyer’s Subscription Amount, subject to Section 2.4, for the Closing by wire transfer to the account specified in writing by the Company.
2.3 Closing Conditions.
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement (i) that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct, and (ii) that are not qualified by materiality, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case, on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or all respects, as applicable) as of such earlier date;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Buyer required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
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(iii) the delivery by each Buyer of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a)(ii) or Section 2.2(b)(ii), as applicable.
(b) The respective obligations of the Buyers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met or waived, provided, however that such conditions may be waived, modified or amended by the Buyers who have purchased at least a majority-in-interest of the Notes based on the Subscription Amounts hereunder:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, except to the extent expressly made as of a specific date, in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects, as of such date;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b), as applicable;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of this Agreement;
(v) there shall be no Event of Default or any event or circumstance that would with the passage of time or giving of notice become an Event of Default that shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(vi) from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date trading in the Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended or halted by the Principal Market or the Commission (nor shall such suspension or halt be threatened by the Principal Market or the Commission, including but not limited to, receipt by the Company of any notice of non-compliance with maintenance requirements by the Principal Market) and, at any time prior to the Closing Date trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on the Principal Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Buyer, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Notes at the Closing.
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2.4 Additional Subscription Amount. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Buyers shall hold back $1,275,000 of the Subscription Amount (the “Holdback”), until the date on which the Company has filed with the Commission such financial statements, including pro forma financial statements, of the Company and its Subsidiaries disclosing the acquisition of MK Solutions required under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission or otherwise required by the rules and regulations of the Commission in order for the Company to file the Registration Statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the “Holdback Conditions”). Following the date on which the Holdback Conditions have been satisfied and so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) when made and on the date the Holdback is delivered by the Buyers (the “Holdback Date”), the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be accurate in all material respects, except to the extent expressly made as of a specific date, in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects, as of such date, and (iii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Holdback Date shall have been performed, the Buyers shall deliver the Holdback to the Company by wire transfer to the account specified in writing by the Company.
2.5 Post Closing Deliveries. The Company shall cause each of the following conditions to be satisfied within the period set forth below:
(a) Within three (3) calendar days following the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Buyers, a legal opinion of Company US Counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyers;
(b) Within three (3) calendar days following the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Buyers, a legal opinion of Company Cayman Islands Counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyers;
(c) by February 28, 2026, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Collateral Agent deposit account control agreements for each of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries deposit accounts other than Excluded Accounts (as defined in the Note);
(d) by February 28, 2026, the Company cause each Brazilian Guarantor to execute and deliver such Brazil Security Documents and other instruments and to make such filings and take such other steps that are necessary or appropriate for the Collateral Agent to have a perfected, first priority security interest, Lien and pledge on substantially all of the assets and property (including real property interests) of each Brazilian Guarantor; and
(e) by February 28, 2026, the Company shall and shall cause each U.S. Guarantor to execute and deliver the U.S. Security Documents and other instruments and to make such filings and take such other steps that are necessary or appropriate for the Collateral Agent to have a perfected, first priority security interest, Lien and pledge on substantially all of the assets and property (including real property interests) of each U.S. Guarantor.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company as of the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the share capital or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding share capital of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective constitution, memorandum and articles of association, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform or pay in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii), or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further authorization, approval or action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s shareholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, administration, judicial management and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Conversion Shares, do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the receipt of the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of the Principal Market, or any court or Governmental Authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other foreign, federal, state, local or other Governmental Authority in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filing, recordation or registration of the Security Documents with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries with the appropriate recording, filing or registration office and any other filings to be made under the Security Documents, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Principal Market for the listing of the Conversion Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) the filings contemplated by Section 4.5 (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Notes when paid for and issued in accordance with this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity. The Conversion Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Notes, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.
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(g) Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value of US$0.00001 each and 500,000 of Class FF shares. The Company has not issued any share capital since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than Excluded Securities. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any Ordinary Shares or the share capital of any subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities or share capital of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue Ordinary Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Buyers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any share appreciation rights or “phantom share” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all applicable foreign, federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Notes. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no shareholders agreements, or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s share capital to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials filed prior to the date hereof, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis (other than the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024) or has qualified for a valid extension of such time of filing and filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company is formerly a “special purpose acquisition corporation” and therefore an issuer described in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (a “shell company”) and more than one year has elapsed from the date that the Company filed “Form 10 information” with the Commission reflecting its status as an entity that is no longer a shell company. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“IFRS”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements do not contain all footnotes required by IFRS, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since September 30, 2025, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to IFRS or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its share capital, and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities that are not Excluded Securities to any officer, director or Affiliate. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Notes contemplated by this Agreement, to the knowledge of the Company, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(j) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there is no material action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, Proceeding or investigation of any nature pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, the Principal Market, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which, if there were an unfavorable decision, would individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Actions adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, none of the Company, any Subsidiary, or any current director or officer thereof in their capacity thereof, is or has been for the last three (3) years the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by a Governmental Authority involving the Company or any current director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any applicable judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator, Principal Market, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority, self-regulatory organization (federal, state, county, local or foreign) or other Governmental Authority, or (iii) is in violation of any applicable statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Authority, including without limitation all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, bribery and corruption, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety, employment and labor matters, employee benefits and laws related to the protection of the environment, except, in each case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all Permits necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such Permits would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (a “Material Permit”) and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Material Permit.
(m) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Permitted Liens, (ii) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries, and (iii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with IFRS and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, except as would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so have would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice that any of the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage in an amount customary for a publicly-traded company of similar market float. Except with respect to the legal proceedings disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no pending claims against such directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a material increase in cost.
(p) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Buyers shall have no obligation with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees payable by the Company or any Subsidiary of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(q) No Registration. Assuming the accuracy of the Buyers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Notes by Company to the Buyers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Market.
(r) No Directed Selling Efforts. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation, general advertising or directed selling efforts (within the meaning of the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities.
(s) Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes material non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2. The press releases disseminated by the Company since September 30, 2025, taken as a whole with the SEC Reports, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not materially misleading.
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(t) Solvency; Seniority. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s tangible assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for administration, judicial management, reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. The SEC Reports disclose all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. As of the Closing Date, (1) no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, and (2) no Indebtedness or other claim against any Subsidiary is senior to such Subsidiary’s obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise.
(u) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries in any material amount claimed in writing to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction. The Company is not and has never been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code and the Company shall so certify upon Buyer’s reasonable request at any time.
(v) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Buyers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Buyer or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Buyers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
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(w) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Trading Activity. It is understood and acknowledged by the Company that (i) following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in accordance with the terms thereof, none of the Buyers have been asked by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to desist from effecting any transactions in or with respect to (including, without limitation, purchasing or selling, long and/or short subject to Section 4.13) any securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold any of the Securities for any specified term; (ii) each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counterparty in any “derivative” transaction; and (iii) each Buyer may rely on the Company’s obligation to timely deliver Ordinary Shares upon conversion, exercise or exchange, as applicable, of the Notes as and when required pursuant to the Transaction Documents for purposes of effecting trading in the Ordinary Shares of the Company.
(x) Office of Foreign Assets Control; Money Laundering. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary, is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”) or the equivalent law of any foreign jurisdiction. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1977, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder or the equivalent law of any foreign jurisdiction (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
(y) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with any applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, except as set forth in the SEC Reports, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company.
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(z) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the Principal Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of the Principal Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Ordinary Shares are currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company in connection with such electronic transfer.
(aa) Cybersecurity. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (i) there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of its respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of it), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”); (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not been notified of, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to its IT Systems and Data; or (iii) the Company and the Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification. The Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable safeguards to maintain and protect its material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and Data and the Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices.
(bb) Investment Company. The Company is not and immediately after receipt of payment for the Notes, will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(cc) No-Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There are no off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations) or liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(dd) No Manipulation of Price. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its or its Subsidiaries’ employees or directors has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act, or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any security of the Company.
(ee) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any material fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.
(ff) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Buyers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(gg) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Buyers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, reasonably be expected to become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person, in each case of which it is aware.
(hh) Intentionally Omitted.
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3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Buyers. Each Buyer, for itself and for no other Buyer, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (except to the extent expressly made as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Buyer is an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Buyer. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Buyer, and when delivered by such Buyer in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Buyer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, administration, judicial management and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b) Buyer Status. At the time such Buyer was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it converts any Notes, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9), (a)(12), or (a)(13) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby. The Buyers acknowledge and agree that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than such representations and warranties.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Buyer or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Buyer under this Agreement, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement.
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(b) The Buyers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Buyer may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Buyer may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company. At the appropriate Buyer’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities including, if the Conversion Shares are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) thereunder.
(c) Delivery of the Conversion Shares shall be as set forth in the Notes. If all or any portion of a Note is converted when there is an effective registration statement (including a Registration Statement) to cover the resale of the Conversion Shares or if such Conversion Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission), then such Conversion Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company shall cause its outside legal counsel to deliver a standing legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent.
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(d) Each Buyer, severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, agrees with the Company that the Buyer will transfer the Securities only in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, as the case may, and: (1) with respect to the Conversion Shares, pursuant to an effective resale Registration Statement covering the Buyer’s resale of the Conversion Shares, which includes a prospectus that is current, and in the manner contemplated by such Registration Statement, including the “Plan of Distribution” contained therein, provided that the Buyer has not received oral or written notice from the Company that use of the prospectus is suspended or that the prospectus otherwise may not be used for transfers of the Conversion Shares; (2) after the six month anniversary of the date of acquisition of the Notes (assuming the cash exercise thereof), as the case may be, in accordance with Rule 144, including the requirement of Rule 144(i)(2) that the Company: (i) be then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) has filed all reports and other materials required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of such Exchange Act, as applicable, during the preceding 12 months, other than Reports of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K; or (3) pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, provided that the Buyer provides the Company with advance notice of such transfer and an opinion of counsel that the proposed transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act..
4.2 Furnishing of Information. Until the time that no Buyer owns Conversion Shares the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Ordinary Shares under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. The Company shall otherwise cause all public information requirements of Rule 144(c) and all information requirements of paragraph (i) of Rule 144 to be satisfied.
4.3 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Notes.
4.4 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Buyer and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other shareholders of the Company.
4.5 Redemption and Conversion Procedures. The Notes sets forth the totality of the procedures required of the Buyers in order to convert the Notes. Without limiting the preceding sentence, no ink-original Conversion Notice shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any such notice be required in order to convert the Notes. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Buyers to convert their Notes. The Company shall honor conversions of the Notes and shall deliver Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
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4.6 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall file a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, including copies of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents (or the forms thereof) as exhibits thereto as may be required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, with the Commission by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the Closing Date, disclosing all of the material terms thereof. Upon the filing of such Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, the Company represents to the Buyers that it shall have publicly disclosed all “material, non-public information” delivered to any of the Buyers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
4.7 Disclosure of Material Information; No Obligation of Confidentiality.
(a) Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf including any officer, director, employee or agent of the Company or the Subsidiaries, has provided prior to the date hereof or will in the future provide any Buyer or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes “material non-public information” unless prior thereto such Buyer shall have entered into a written agreement with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Buyer shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, the Company shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Required Holders, publicly disclose any “material non-public information” in a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the Commission within one (1) Business Day following the date that it discloses such information to any Buyer or such earlier time as may be required by applicable law. The Company shall provide any Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K to be filed with the Commission pursuant to this Section 4.7(a) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the filing thereof. From and after the filing of any such Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K pursuant to this Section 4.7(a), no Buyer shall be deemed to be in possession of any “material nonpublic information” regarding the Company existing as of the time of such filing. If the Company fails to file a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K within the time required in this Section 4.7(a), each affected Buyer may, in its sole discretion, make a public disclosure of such information that it believes in its discretion upon the advice of counsel constitutes “material non-public information” of the Company. Such affected Buyer shall provide a copy of such public disclosure pursuant to this Section 4.7(a) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the public disclosure thereof.
(b) Except pursuant to any confidentiality agreement entered into by a Buyer as described in Section 4.7(a), no Buyer shall be deemed to have any obligation of confidentiality with respect to (i) any non-public information of the Company disclosed to such Buyer in breach of Section 4.6(a) (whether or not the Company files a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K as provided above), (ii) the fact that any Buyer has exercised any of its rights and/or remedies under the Transaction Documents, or (iii) any information obtained by any Buyer as a result of exercising any of its rights and/or remedies under the Transaction Documents. In addition, no Buyer shall be deemed to be in breach of any duty to the Company and/or to have misappropriated any non-public information of the Company, if such Buyer engages in transactions of securities of the Company, including, without limitation, any hedging transactions or any “derivative” transactions while in possession of such non-public information.
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4.8 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder for general corporate purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) the repayment of any Indebtedness (other than any repayment by the Company of the Notes or Exchanged Notes), or (b) in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1970, as amended or the equivalent law of any foreign jurisdiction, as applicable, or OFAC regulations or the equivalent law of any foreign jurisdiction, as applicable.
4.9 Indemnification. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.9, the Company will indemnify and hold each Buyer and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Buyer (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Buyer Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs, awards, orders, penalties and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs, interest and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Buyer Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (i) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents, (ii) any action instituted against the Buyer Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates by the Company, any Subsidiary, any shareholder or creditor of the Company or other third party who is not an Affiliate of such Buyer Party, arising out of or relating to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification provided herein is not intended to and shall not cover direct claims brought by the Company against the Buyer Parties pursuant to this Section 4.9. If any action shall be brought against any Buyer Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Buyer Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Buyer Party. Any Buyer Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Buyer Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Buyer Party, in which case the Company shall reimburse the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Buyer Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Buyer Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is finally judicially determined to be attributable to any Buyer Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Buyer Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.9 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Buyer Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
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4.10 Participation in Future Financing.
(a) From the date hereof through the later of the date that is nine (9) months after the Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes) of the Notes, (x) upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any preferred shares, Indebtedness or entry into any Variable Rate Transaction (collectively, a “Category A Subsequent Placement”), Lead Investor shall have the right to purchase up 100% of such Category A Subsequent Placement (the “Category A Participation Maximum”), on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Category A Subsequent Placement and (y) upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any other offering of securities including but not limited to Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents for cash consideration, Indebtedness or a combination of units thereof (a “Category B Subsequent Placement” and together with the Category A Subsequent Placement (a “Placement”), Lead Investor shall have the right to purchase up 30% of such Category B Subsequent Placement (the “Category B Participation Maximum” and together with the Category A Participation Maximum, the “Participation Maximum”), on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Category B Subsequent Placement.
(b) In the case of a Placement:
(i) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the closing of a Placement, the Company shall deliver to Lead Investor a written notice asking Lead Investor if it consents to the receipt of material non-public information pursuant to this Section 4.10 (“Pre-Notice”). If Lead Investor consents to the receipt of material non-public information, it shall so notify the Company within two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the Pre-Notice. If Lead Investor so consents, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such consent, deliver the details of such proposed Placement (the “Placement Notice”) to Lead Investor. The Placement Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Placement, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with whom such Placement is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.
(ii) If desiring to participate in such Placement, Lead Investor shall provide written notice (the “Participation Notice”) to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after delivery of the Placement Notice (the “Notice Deadline”), with such Participation Notice setting forth: (i) that Lead Investor is willing to participate in the Placement and willing to execute the relevant transaction documents for the Placement on the terms and conditions set forth in such transaction documents; (ii) the amount of Lead Investor’s participation; and (iii) Lead Investor representing and warranting that Lead Investor has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Placement. If Lead Investor fails to deliver the Participation Notice to the Company by the Notice Deadline, Lead Investor shall forfeit its right to participate in the Placement.
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(iii) If Lead Investor’s Participation Notice is for less than the Participation Maximum, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such Placement, including the difference between the amount to be purchased by Lead Investor and the Participation Maximum, on the terms and with the Persons set forth in the Placement.
(iv) The Company and Lead Investor agree that if any Buyer elects to participate in the Placement, the transaction documents related to the Placement shall not include any term or provision that, directly or indirectly, will, or is intended to, exclude Lead Investor from participating in a Placement, including, but not limited to, provisions whereby Lead Investor shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any of the Securities purchased hereunder or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, this Agreement, without the prior written consent of Lead Investor; provided, however, that in the event any such term or provision is included in such transaction documents, and Lead Investor executes such transaction documents, the execution thereof shall be considered Lead Investor’s prior written consent thereto.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.10 and unless otherwise agreed to by Lead Investor, the Company will either confirm in writing to Lead Investor that the transaction with respect to the Placement has been abandoned or will deliver a notice to Buyer of its intention to issue the securities in the Placement, in either case by the tenth (10th) Business Day following the Notice Deadline. If by such tenth (10th) Business Day following the Notice Deadline, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Placement has been made, and no notice regarding such transaction has been received by Lead Investor, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and Lead Investor shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(vi) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Lead Investor may exchange any outstanding Notes for the securities issued in the Placement at the subscription price for such securities on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
(vii) In the event that the Company fails to notify any Buyer of a Placement in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section 4.12 or otherwise fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Section 4.12, then each Holder shall have the right, by delivering a written notice to the Company, during the thirty (30) day calendar period commencing on the date of the first public announcement of the Placement to, at the Buyer’s option, participate in the Subsequent Placement or subscribe for the securities offered in such Placement in a separate transaction on substantially equivalent terms as that of the Placement.
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4.11 Variable Rate Transactions. From the date hereof and for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall be prohibited from, other than with the Lead Investor or one of its Affiliates, effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities (or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company agrees to or enters into an agreement to (i) issue or sell any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional Ordinary Shares either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the Ordinary Shares at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Ordinary Shares or (ii) enters into, or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price. Lead Investor shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages. In addition, the Company covenants and agrees that it will not enter into any agreement, undertaking or covenant with a third party that prohibits the Company or its Subsidiaries from entering into, effecting or announcing a Variable Rate Transaction or similar transaction with the Lead Investor or its Affiliates at any time.
4.12 Collateral Agent.
(a) Each Buyer hereby (i) appoints [ ], as the collateral agent hereunder and under the other Security Documents (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and (ii) authorizes the Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to take such action on such Buyer’s behalf in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not have, by reason hereof or of any of the other Security Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Buyer. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall have any liability to any Buyer for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection herewith or with any other Security Document except to the extent caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and each Buyer agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Collateral Agent Indemnitees”) from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from or in connection with the performance by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee of the duties and obligations of Collateral Agent pursuant hereto or any of the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Holders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, exposes the Collateral Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or applicable law. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.
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(b) The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Company and each holder of Notes. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent of appointment pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) below or as otherwise provided below. If at any time the Collateral Agent does not (together with its affiliates) beneficially own any Notes, the Required Holders may, by written consent, remove the Collateral Agent from all its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents.
(c) Upon any such notice of resignation or removal, the Required Holders shall appoint a successor collateral agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor agent, such successor collateral agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the collateral agent, and the Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the collateral agent, the provisions of this Section 4.12 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(d) If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been so appointed within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of a written notice of resignation or removal, the Collateral Agent shall then appoint a successor collateral agent who shall serve as the Collateral Agent until such time, if any, as the Required Holders appoint a successor collateral agent as provided above.
(e) In the event that a successor Collateral Agent is appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.12 that is not a Buyer or an affiliate of any Buyer (or the Required Holders or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), as applicable, notify the Company that they or it wants to appoint such a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.12), the Company and each Subsidiary thereof covenants and agrees to promptly take all actions reasonably requested by the Required Holders or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), as applicable, from time to time, to secure a successor Collateral Agent satisfactory to the requesting part(y)(ies), in their sole discretion, including, without limitation, by paying all reasonable and customary fees and expenses of such successor Collateral Agent, by having the Company and each Subsidiary thereof agree to indemnify any successor Collateral Agent pursuant to reasonable and customary terms and by each of the Company and each Subsidiary thereof executing a collateral agency agreement or similar agreement and/or any amendment to the Security Documents reasonably requested or required by the successor Collateral Agent.
4.13 [Reserved.].
4.14 Long Position. The Company hereby agrees that at any time a Conversion Notice is delivered by any Buyer to the Company, any Ordinary Shares issued or issuable to such Buyer (or its designee, if applicable) in connection therewith shall be deemed held “long” by such Buyer from and after the date of such Conversion Notice until such time as such Buyer shall no longer beneficially own such Ordinary Shares.
4.15 No Short Sales. Each Buyer hereby agrees that, from the date hereof and continuing until the date on which the Notes are no longer outstanding and so long as no Event of Default (as defined in the Notes) has occurred, neither the Buyer nor any of its Affiliates nor any Person acting on its or their behalf will, directly or indirectly, engage in any Short Sales of the Company’s equity securities.
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4.16 Reservation of Shares. The Company shall reserve from its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares, Ordinary Shares equal to 100% of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof that the Notes are convertible at the Floor Price (as defined in the Notes)) as of the date hereof.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, provided that the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Buyers equal to $50,000, of which the Buyers acknowledge $25,000 was paid prior to the date of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all stamp taxes and other similar taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Buyers.
5.2 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, (b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, (c) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K.
5.4 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Required Holders or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
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5.5 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
5.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Holders. Any Buyer may assign, with written notice to the Company of such assignment, any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Buyer assigns or transfers any Securities in compliance with the Transaction Documents, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Buyers.”
5.7 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8 and this Section 5.7.
5.8 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
5.9 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Notes.
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5.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method of a PDF format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or PDF signature page were an original thereof.
5.11 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.12 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and receipt of a customary lost security affidavit and indemnity. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Company with respect to the certificate alleged to have been mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.13 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Buyers and the Company will be entitled to seek specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to pay and perform its obligations under Notes in accordance with the terms thereof is absolute and unconditional. Accordingly, in no event shall any determination or allegation that a Buyer is (i) an unregistered securities dealer (within the meaning of the Exchange Act), (ii) acting as an underwriter with respect to the Company’s securities, (iii) engaged in a distribution (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act) of the Company’s Ordinary Shares or (iv) the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or a Buyer’s trading activities violate public policy or any Applicable Securities Legislation (as defined in the Notes), in any case, be a defense to the Company’s obligation to repay any amounts due and payable to a Buyer under the Notes.
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5.14 Payment Set Aside; Currency. To the extent that the Company or any Guarantor makes a payment or payments to any Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, any Guarantor, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
5.15 Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action or Proceeding that may be brought by any Buyer in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the effective date thereof forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Buyer with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Buyer to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at such Buyer’s election.
5.16 Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. The Company has elected to provide all Buyers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Buyers.
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5.17 Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
5.18 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
5.19 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and Ordinary Shares in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward share splits, share dividends, share combinations and other similar transactions of the Ordinary Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement.
5.20 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
5.21 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Buyer, as to such Buyer’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Buyers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date hereof, provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).
5.22 Judgment Currency.
(a) If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company or any Guarantor in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 5.23 referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in U.S. Dollars under this Agreement, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding:
(i) the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any Proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or
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(ii) the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any Proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 5.22 being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).
(b) If in the case of any Proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 5.23(a), there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of U.S. Dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.
(c) Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
5.23 Acknowledgement Regarding Relationship. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that each party hereto is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty. Each party hereto further acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor, underwriter, broker, dealer or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any respect (whether pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise).
5.24 Release. The Company, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys, hereby forever, fully, unconditionally and irrevocably waives and releases [ ], the Buyers and each of their respective successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents (collectively, the “[ ] Releasees”) from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, debts, causes of action (whether at law or in equity or otherwise), defenses, counterclaims, setoffs, of any kind, whether known or unknown, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent, arising out of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August 12, 2025, by and among the Company and the Holder, and the Secured Note issued pursuant thereto (collectively, the “[ ] Claims”). The Company further agrees that it shall not commence, institute, or prosecute any lawsuit, action or other proceeding, whether judicial, administrative, arbitration or otherwise, to prosecute, collect or enforce any [ ] Claim.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
| NVNI GROUP LIMITED | Address for Notice: | ||
| By: | Fax: | ||
| Name: | Pierre Schurmann | E-mail: p@nuvini.co | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
With a copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Buyer: [ ]
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Buyer:
Name of Authorized Signatory:
Title of Authorized Signatory:
Email Address of Authorized Signatory:
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:
Address for Notice to Buyer:
Address for Delivery of Securities to Buyer (if not same as address for notice):
Subscription Amount for the Notes: $
Principal Amount of Notes: $
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTES
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
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Exhibit 10.2
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THIS NOTE (DEFINED BELOW) HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), AND THIS LEGEND IS REQUIRED BY TREASURY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 1275(c) OF THE CODE. PURSUANT TO TREASURY REGULATION §1.1275-3(b)(1), ROBERTO OTERO, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE COMPANY WILL, BEGINNING NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE DATE OF THIS NOTE, PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER UPON REQUEST THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN TREASURY REGULATION §1.1275-3(b)(1)(i). ROBERTO OTERO MAY BE REACHED AT TELEPHONE NUMBER (+55 11) 5642-3370.
Original Issue Date: December 11, 2025
$2,865,000
SENIOR SECURED NOTE
DUE APRIL
15, 2027
THIS SENIOR SECURED NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued Senior Secured Notes of Nvni Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at P.O. Box 10008, Pavilion East, Cricket Square Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1001 designated as its Senior Secured Note due April 15, 2027 (this note, the “Note” and, collectively with the other notes of such series, the “Notes”).
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to [ ] or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $2,865,000 on April 15, 2027 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then Outstanding Principal Value of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Alternate Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
“Alternate Conversion Price” means a price equal to the lesser of (x) the Conversion Price on the applicable Alternate Conversion Date and the (y) the Conversion Price on the date that is one Trading Day prior to the occurrence of the applicable Event of Default.
“Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of another Person or all or substantially all of the assets of another Person (or any business unit thereof).
“Applicable Rate” means (a) if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a per annum rate of zero percent (0%) and (b) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a per annum rate of twelve percent (12%).
“Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, restructuring or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any material part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of all of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts, (g) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, (h) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing.
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“Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(f).
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally are open for use by customers on such day.
“Buy-In” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).
“Change of Control Put Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Change of Control Put Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the Original Issue Date of any of (a) an acquisition by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of shares of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 50% of the voting shares of the Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Note and the Securities issued together with the Note), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (directly or indirectly) own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, or (c) the Company, directly or indirectly, sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person other than to one or more Guarantors that are parties to the Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
“Contingent Acquisition Consideration” means any seller note, earn-out obligation, or similar deferred obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurred or created in connection with a Permitted Acquisition.
“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
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“Conversion Price” means a price equal to the lower of (but not lower than the prevailing Floor Price): (1) the Fixed Price then in effect and (2) 92% of the lowest daily VWAP during the seven (7) consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the applicable date of determination.
“Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any equity interests of such Person that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other equity interests into which such equity interests are convertible or exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Note) (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable for cash, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable for cash at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other equity interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any equity interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Company in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability and (ii) any class of equity interests of such Person that by its terms provides that obligations thereunder will be satisfied by delivery of Ordinary Shares shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
“DWAC Eligible” means that (a) the Ordinary Shares are eligible at DTC for full services pursuant to DTC’s Operational Arrangements, including transfer through DTC’s DWAC system,
(b) the Company has been approved (without revocation) by the DTC’s underwriting department, (c) the Transfer Agent is approved as an agent in the DTC/FAST Program, (d) the Conversion Shares are otherwise eligible for delivery via DWAC, and (e) the Transfer Agent does not have a policy prohibiting or limiting delivery of the Conversion Shares via DWAC.
“Early Redemption Amount” means the sum of (a) 110% of the Outstanding Principal Value of the Note, (b) accrued but unpaid interest, and (c) all other amounts due in respect of the Note and the other Transaction Documents, and (d) the Remaining Option Value.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any period in question, the net income or loss of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, all as determined in accordance with IFRS consistently applied for such period. As of any applicable date of determination, EBITDA shall be converted into U.S. Dollars using the Brazilian Real spot rate as reported by Bloomberg (BRL:CUR) at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date in question.
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“Equity Conditions” means, for each Trading Day during the 30 consecutive Trading Day period prior to the applicable date in question, (a) the Company shall have duly and timely issued all Ordinary Shares required to be issued to the Holder pursuant to the terms of this Note, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all principal, interest and liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Note, (c) the shares issuable pursuant to this Note shall be Freely Tradable by the Holder upon issuance, (d) the Ordinary Shares are trading on a Trading Market and all of the Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Ordinary Shares on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) the number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Ordinary Shares equals at least 200% of the quotient of (x) $675,000 and (y) the Conversion Price on the applicable Monthly Redemption Date, (f) there is no existing Event of Default and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) there is no Public Information Failure, (h) the Ordinary Shares must be DWAC Eligible, (i) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(f) herein, (j) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (k) the applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or Affiliates, that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information, (l) no bona fide material dispute shall exist, by and between any of holder of the Notes and the Company, any Trading Market and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority with respect to any term or provision of any Note or any other Transaction Document; (m) the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents in all material respects, (n) the Company shall not be suspended from trading in or delisted from the Principal Market; (o) the daily dollar trading volume for the Ordinary Shares during market hours on the principal Trading Market equals or exceeds $125,000 per Trading Day (p) the daily VWAP for the Ordinary Shares is at least $1.25 (subject to adjustment for share splits, Stock Dividends or share combinations) and (q) there is no breach of any covenant in any Transaction Document regardless of any applicable cure periods; (r) the Ordinary Shares are not subject to any DTC “chill” or similar event; and (s) no event or circumstance has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Excluded Account” means in the ordinary course of business in each case: any (a) payroll and other employee wage and benefit accounts and any account used for disbursements, (b) tax accounts, including, without limitation, sales tax accounts, and any tax benefits accounts, (c) fiduciary and trust accounts, (d) zero balance accounts, (e) other accounts in respect of which the average monthly balance of funds on deposit therein does not exceed (x) for any such account excluded in reliance on this clause (e) individually, $50,000 and (y) for all such accounts excluded in reliance on this clause (f) in the aggregate, $250,000, and (g) accounts cash collateralizing letter of credit obligations to the extent permitted under the Note.
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“Excluded Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that has not delivered a Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents; provided, that such Subsidiary an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Floor Price” means 20% of the “Minimum Price” (as defined in Rule 5635 of the Rule of the Nasdaq Stock Market) on the date of the Purchase Agreement, which is initially $0.722 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, Stock Dividends or stock combinations) provided, however, beginning on the date that is the six (6) month anniversary of the Original Issue Date and on the same day of every six (6) months thereafter (each, a “Floor Price Reset Date”), the Floor Price shall adjust (downwards only) to 20% of the “Minimum Price” (as defined in Rule 5635 of the Rule of the Nasdaq Stock Market) immediately prior to such Floor Price Reset Date. In addition, the Company may voluntarily reduce (and only reduce) the Floor Price in its sole discretion by providing written notice of such reduction to the Holder.
“Free Cash Flow” means, with respect to any period, cash flow of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis from operating activities as presented in the Company’s statement of cash flows for such period less all capital expenditures incurred during such period. As of any applicable date of determination, Free Cash Flow shall be converted into U.S. Dollars using the Brazilian Real spot rate as reported by Bloomberg (BRL:CUR) at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date in question.
“Freely Tradable” means that the Conversion Shares (i) can be traded by a holder thereof that is not an Affiliate of the Company and has not been an Affiliate of the Company for the immediately preceding 90 days, or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement and (ii) are issued upon conversion of this Note free of restrictive legends.
“Fundamental Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.
“Holders” means the persons in whose name the Notes are registered on the Note Register.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that individually, and in the aggregate together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries, constitutes or holds less than 2% of the Company’s consolidated total assets (but not more than 5% of the Company’s consolidated cash) and generates less than 5% of the Company’s consolidated total revenue, in each case, determined with reference to the most recent fiscal period for which financial statements were filed with the SEC.
“Indebtedness” of a Person shall include (a) all obligations for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services including without limitation, merchant cash advances (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, surety bonds, bankers acceptances, currency swap agreements, interest rate hedging agreements, interest rate swaps or other financial products, (c) all capital lease obligations (as determined in accordance with IFRS), (d) all obligations or liabilities secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed by such Person, (e) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction that is the functional equivalent of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheets of such Person (excluding trade credit and trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) Disqualified Stock, and (f) any obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted or sold with recourse) any of the foregoing obligations of any other Person.
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“Investments” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition (including by merger) of equity interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitutes a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of, such Person.
“Liens” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Monthly Conversion Allowance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Monthly Redemption” means the redemption of this Note pursuant to Section 4(a).
“Monthly Redemption Amount” means, as to a Monthly Redemption, $200,000, plus accrued but unpaid interest, any Deferral Amount allocated to such Monthly Installment Date and all other amounts due in respect of the Note and the other Transaction Documents.
“Monthly Redemption Date” means the last Business Day of each calendar month, commencing with February 8], 2026, and terminating upon the full redemption of this Note.
“Monthly Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Monthly Redemption Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).
“Note Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Optional Redemption Conditions” means, with respect to the optional redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 6(a), on the date of the Optional Redemption Notice and each on each Trading Day of the Optional Redemption Period, no Event of Default has occurred or is ongoing.
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“Optional Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional Redemption Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Ordinary Shares Change Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(g).
“Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of the Notes, regardless of any transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Notes.
“Outstanding Principal Value” as of any time of determination, means 108% of all outstanding principal of this Note as of such time of determination.
“Outstanding Value”, as of any time of determination, means the Outstanding Principal Value of this Note, accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid on such Outstanding Principal Value, interest and any other unpaid amounts pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in each case, as of such time of determination.
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Permitted Acquisition” means an Acquisition in which (a) upon consummation of such Acquisition, the newly acquired (or continuing or surviving) Person executes and delivers a joinder to the Guaranty, (b) no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing at the time of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition and the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition does not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default, (c) any obligations to pay Contingent Acquisition Consideration shall be unsecured and shall have been subordinated to the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries under this Note and the other Transaction Documents pursuant to a subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (d) the Collateral Agent shall be granted a first priority lien on the assets of the acquired Person and (e) the Company and its Subsidiaries do not incur Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) or become subject to Liens (other than Permitted Liens) as a result of such Acquisition and related transactions.
“Permitted Dispositions” means (a) sales of inventory and product in the ordinary course of business and (b) dispositions of worn out, obsolete, surplus or unneeded equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business.
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“Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note and the other Transaction Documents, (b) the Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date and disclosed in the SEC Reports, (c) unsecured Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and not exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding, and (d) Indebtedness arising in connection with the endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and not for borrowed money, (e) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of credit cards in an amount not to exceed $50,000 at any one time in the aggregate, and (f) a credit facility in aggregate principal amount of up to $60,000,000 unsecured or secured by up to 50% of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ receivables and revenue and is non-recourse except to such receivables and revenue; provided, that such credit facility shall not prohibit the Company’s payment and performance of this Note or the other Transaction Documents, including timely payment of principal and interest hereunder.
“Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens in favor of Holder or the Collateral Agent, (b) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with IFRS, (c) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (d) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (e) Liens on up to 50% of the Company’s receivables and revenues securing Permitted Indebtedness set forth in clause (d) of the definition thereof, and (f) other Liens securing obligations in an outstanding principal amount not to exceed $500,000 at any one time.
“Principal Market” means the principal trading market for the Ordinary Shares, which is currently the Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Public Information Failure” means the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) and there is no pending extension of the deadline for filing a periodic report with the Commission under Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act.
“Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2025 among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Purchase Agreement, among the Company and the original Holders, in the form of Exhibit B attached to the Purchase Agreement.
“Registration Statement” means an effective registration statement covering the resale of the Conversion Shares under the Securities Act filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Remaining Option Value” means, as of any time of determination, the remaining option value of this Note as of such time of determination calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Ordinary Shares on the Trading Day ended immediately preceding such time of determination, (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Note, (iii) an exercise price equal to the Conversion Price then in effect, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day ended immediately preceding such time of determination.
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“Revenue” means the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ consolidated revenue (as determined in accordance with IFRS). As of any applicable date of determination, Revenue shall be converted into U.S. Dollars using the Brazilian Real spot rate as reported by Bloomberg (BRL:CUR) at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date in question.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(ii).
“Stock Dividend” means the Company’s issuance of solely Ordinary Shares as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially Ordinary Shares.
“Successor Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(g).
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
“VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded), during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, recapitalization or other similar transactions during such period.
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Section 2. Payments.
(a) Payment of Interest. The Company shall pay interest (if any) to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then Outstanding Principal Value of this Note (together with any other outstanding amounts owed to the Holder pursuant to the Transaction Documents) at the Applicable Rate, due and payable monthly, on the first Business Day of each calendar month and on the Maturity Date. Such payment of interest (if any) shall be included in the Monthly Redemption Amount and payable on the Monthly Redemption Date in either cash pursuant to Section 4(a) or in Conversion Shares via the alternate procedure set forth in Section 4(b).
(b) Note Register. The Company shall establish and maintain a record of ownership (the “Note Register”) in which it agrees to register by book entry the Holders’ and each subsequent assignee’s name and address and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of Investor’s and each subsequent assignee’s interest in the Notes. Any of the Holders that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the participated Notes (the “Participant Register”); provided that the Holders shall have no obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant) to the Company except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that the applicable Note is in registered form under Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c). The entries in the Note Register and the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error. This Section 2(b) shall be construed so that the Notes are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code, and any related regulations (or any successor provisions of the Code or such regulations).
(c) Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily (but without compounding) commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the Outstanding Principal Value of this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 4(d)(ii). Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the Note Register. The rates of interest under this Note are nominal rates, and not effective rates or yields. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Note.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) Prepayment. Except as otherwise set forth herein, including Section 6(a), the Company may not prepay all or any part of this Note.
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(f) Original Issue Discount. This Note was issued with an original issue discount of $315,000. The Company understands and agrees that such original issue discount is fully earned by the Holder on the Original Issue Date and no part thereof shall be refundable. The Company further understands and agrees that such original issue discount is compensation for the foregone use of money and not a fee for services.
(g) Application of Payments. All payments made under this Note shall be applied first to the payment of any fees or charges outstanding pursuant to the Transaction Documents, second to interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then Outstanding Principal Value of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof, third, to other amounts due and payable hereunder other than the Outstanding Principal Value of this Note, and fourth, to the payment of the Outstanding Principal Value of this Note.
Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
(a) Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.
(b) Investment Representations. This Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.
(c) Reliance on Note Register. Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly registered on the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 4. Monthly Redemption and Conversion Mechanics.
(a) Unless the Company elects the alternate procedure set forth in Section 4(b), the Company shall pay the Monthly Redemption Amount to the Holder in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each Monthly Redemption Date (the “Monthly Redemption”).
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(b) Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver by Holder) of the Equity Conditions on the Monthly Redemption Notice Date and the applicable Monthly Redemption Date and subject to any Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below), in lieu of paying the Monthly Redemption Amount in cash on a particular Monthly Redemption Date, the Company may, by delivering an irrevocable written notice to Holder no later than 2 Trading Days’ prior to the applicable Monthly Redemption Date (the “Monthly Redemption Notice” and such required date of delivery, the “Monthly Redemption Notice Date”), permit the Holder to convert the Monthly Redemption Amount into Freely Tradable Ordinary Shares (“Conversion Shares”) during the period commencing on (and including) the Monthly Redemption Date and ending on and including the last Trading Day of the applicable month (the “Monthly Redemption Period” and such election a “Monthly Conversion Election”). Following the delivery by the Company of a valid Monthly Redemption Notice, at any time, and from time to time, during the applicable Monthly Redemption Period, the Holder may submit one or more written notices to the Company (a “Conversion Notice”) to convert all or a portion of the Monthly Redemption Amount at the Conversion Price as of the date of the applicable Conversion Notice, subject to the last sentence of this Section 4(b) (the date of the Conversion Notice, the “Conversion Date”). Each Conversion Notice shall specify the amount of the outstanding Note to be converted and the Conversion Price. No ink-original Conversion Notice shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Conversion Notice form be required. Each conversion pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be applied (a) first, to pay accrued Interest as of the applicable Conversion Date (if any) and (b) second, to reduce the applicable Monthly Redemption Amount.
(i) On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice with respect to a conversion under this Section 4 and with respect to Alternate Conversions pursuant to Section 8, if the applicable Conversion Price, Acceleration Conversion Price or Alternate Conversion Price is less than the “conversion price”, “acceleration conversion price” or “alternate conversion price”, as applicable, specified on such Conversion Notice, the Holder may deliver an updated Conversion Notice to the Company correcting the Conversion Price, Acceleration Conversion Price or Alternate Conversion Price (and aggregate number of Conversion Shares to be issued) as specified in such Conversion Notice (provided, that if such updated Conversion Notice is not delivered to the Company on or prior to 9:30am, New York time on the Trading Day immediately following the applicable Conversion Date or Alternate Conversion Date, as applicable, the applicable Share Delivery Date shall be extended by one (1) Trading Day. In addition, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice with respect to conversions pursuant to Section 4(b) and Accelerations pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) at a time at which the Conversion Price, or Acceleration Conversion Price then in effect, without regard to the Floor Price (the “Applicable Conversion Price”) is less than the Floor Price then in effect, then the Company shall (x) issue the applicable number of Conversion Shares equal to the amounts under this Note to be converted divided by the Floor Price and (y) on the third Business Day following such Conversion Date, or Acceleration Date, as applicable, pay cash equal to the (A) the number of shares that would have been delivered using the Applicable Conversion Price minus (B) the number of shares delivered using the Floor Price multiplied by (C) the trading price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares at the time of delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice.
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(ii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 4 to the contrary, with respect to any given Monthly Redemption Date (the “Current Redemption Date”), during the period commencing on the Monthly Redemption Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the next Monthly Redemption Date (the “Redemption Period”), each Holder may elect, at its option and in its sole discretion, at one or more times during such Redemption Period, to convert the Outstanding Value of this Note (each, an “Acceleration”, and each date of such Acceleration an “Acceleration Date,” and such aggregate amount of the Outstanding Value of this Note converted in an Acceleration, each, an “Acceleration Amount”), in whole or in part, at the lower of (a) the Conversion Price in effect on the Current Redemption Date and (b) the Conversion Price in effect on such Acceleration Date (the lower of (a) and (b) the “Acceleration Conversion Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any given Redemption Period, the Holder may not elect to effect any Acceleration during such Redemption Period if, in the aggregate, the Acceleration Amount converted during such Redemption Period exceeds 275% of the Monthly Redemption Amount for such Current Redemption Date. For clarity, any Acceleration Amount shall be applied to the Monthly Redemption Date in inverse order from the Maturity Date unless otherwise indicated by the Holder.
(c) Deferral. The Holder may, at any time prior to a Monthly Redemption Date (in the case of a Monthly Redemption in cash pursuant to Section 4(a) or in the case of a Monthly Conversion Election pursuant to Section 4(b)), or during the Monthly Redemption Period (in the case of a Monthly Conversion Election pursuant to Section 4(b)), defer all or any portion of the applicable Monthly Redemption Amount (“Deferred” and amount Deferred a “Deferral Amount”) to a later Monthly Redemption Date at its sole discretion, evidenced in writing (which may be by e-mail) in which case, the Deferral Amount shall be added to, and become part of, such subsequent Monthly Redemption Amount.
(d) Permissive Conversion. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder, may at its sole option and election, at any time and from time, submit a Conversion Notice for any portion of the Outstanding Value of this Note, using $4.36 (subject to adjustment as provided herein, the “Fixed Price”) as the “Conversion Price.”
(e) Delivery of Conversion Shares.
(i) Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion under Section 4(b) or Section 4(d) shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the amount of the applicable obligations under this Note and other Transaction Documents to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.
(ii) Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder the Conversion Shares which shall be Freely Tradable and free of restrictive legends representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note. The Company shall deliver any Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(e) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Principal Market as in effect on the date of delivery of the Conversion Notice. To the extent that the delivery of Conversion Shares in connection with a Conversion Notice would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Holder does not elect in writing to withdraw, in whole, such Conversion Notice, the Company shall hold such Conversion Shares in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time as such Conversion Notice may be satisfied without exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (with such calculations thereunder made as of the date such Conversion Notice was initially delivered to the Company).
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(iii) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Conversion Notice, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date (a “Conversion Failure”), the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion Notice, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Note delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.
(iv) Obligation Absolute. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In connection with the Holder’s conversion of amounts due under this Note in accordance with the terms of the Note, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Note shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 200% of the Outstanding Value of this Note which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. Nothing in this Note shall limit a Holder’s right (1) to pursue actual damages, (2) lost profit resulting from or caused by the Company’s failure to honor any duly submitted conversion notice or its repudiation of its obligation to honor conversions in accordance with Section 4(b) or Section 4(c) or (3) declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8 for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.
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(v) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(e)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Ordinary Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Note in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(e)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Ordinary Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Note with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.
(vi) Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder, an aggregate number of Ordinary Shares initially equal to 100% of the aggregate number of shares issuable upon conversion of this Note in full at the prevailing Floor Price without regard to any limitations on conversion. The Company covenants that all Ordinary Shares that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of this Section 4(e)(vi) is to ensure that Company may issue Ordinary Shares from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and that the reservation of Ordinary Shares pursuant hereto is reasonable in light of the anticipated economic benefits expected by the Company and Holder from conversions of this Note by the Holder. The Company further understands that there are no limitations imposed by Holder on the Company’s ability to, any time, increase the number of its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares and it is the sole responsibility of the Company to ensure that it has sufficient authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares to comply with its obligations hereunder and to take advantage of opportunities to raise capital from the sale of its securities to third parties. Accordingly, there shall be no presumption that Holder’s requirement that the Company adhere to this Section 4(e)(vi) causes Holder to have any control over the Company’s ability to dispose of authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares.
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(vii) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Note. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.
(viii) Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Note so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Conversion Notice and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
(f) Holder’s Conversion Limitations. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note, to the extent that after giving effect to the applicable conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Notes) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(f), in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of this Note. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(f), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon conversion of this Note held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(f) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Note.
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5. Adjustments.
(a) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Ordinary Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Ordinary Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a share or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (not including any Ordinary Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such share or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share (assuming conversion at the Fixed Price) that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(e), the number of Ordinary Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares for which this Note is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(e). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Fixed Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one (1) share of Ordinary Shares in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Fixed Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Ordinary Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Note following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Note, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of share capital of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Ordinary Shares acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of share capital (but taking into account the relative value of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of share capital, such number of shares of share capital and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Note immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
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(b) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in Ordinary Shares on Ordinary Shares or any Ordinary Shares Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Notes), (ii) subdivides outstanding Ordinary Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse share split) outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Ordinary Shares, any shares of share capital of the Company, then the Fixed Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
(c) Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire Ordinary Shares at an effective price per share that is lower than the then the Fixed Price (such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive Ordinary Shares at an effective price per share that is lower than the Fixed Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Fixed Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then simultaneously with the consummation (or, if earlier, the announcement) of each Dilutive Issuance the Fixed Price shall be reduced to equal the lowest VWAP for the Ordinary Shares during the five (5) Trading Days following the consummation or announcement (if earlier) of such Dilutive Issuance (such lowest VWAP, the “Base Fixed Price”); provided, however, that in no event shall the Fixed Price be reduced to an amount that is less than the Floor Price. If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents subject to this Section 5(c), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(c), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares for a conversion under Section 4(c) based upon the Base Fixed Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Fixed Price in the applicable Conversion Notice.
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(d) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Ordinary Shares Equivalents or rights to purchase shares, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Ordinary Shares (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note at the Fixed Price (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Ordinary Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(e) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Note is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, shares or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Note, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Ordinary Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(f) Voluntary Adjustment by Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Note, with the prior written consent of the Holder reduce the then current Fixed Price of each of the Notes to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.
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(g) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 5, the number of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.
(h) Notice to the Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Fixed Price. Whenever the Fixed Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Fixed Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(ii) Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Ordinary Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Ordinary Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Ordinary Shares of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of share capital of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Ordinary Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company(and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Ordinary Shares are converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Ordinary Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Ordinary Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Ordinary Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall remain entitled to convert this Note during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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Section 6. Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. The Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time, and so long as the Optional Redemption Conditions are satisfied on the Optional Redemption Notice Date and each Trading Day of the Optional Redemption Period, deliver a written notice (a “Optional Redemption Notice” and the date that such Optional Redemption Notice is delivered the “Optional Redemption Notice Date”) to the Holder of its election (which may be made contingent on the consummation of any other transaction, but which is otherwise irrevocable) to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes for an amount in cash equal to the Early Redemption Amount on the date that is 20 Trading Days after the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such 20 Trading Day period the “Optional Redemption Period” and such date of payment specified by the Company, the “Optional Redemption Date”). The Optional Redemption Notice shall include a certification that the Optional Redemption Conditions are satisfied. On the Optional Redemption Date, subject to the consummation of any other transaction on which the Optional Redemption Notice was made contingent, the Company shall deliver an amount in cash to the Holder equal to the Early Redemption Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Trading Day during the Optional Redemption Period any of the Optional Redemption Conditions is not satisfied, the Holder may, at its option, send a written notice to the Company voiding the Optional Redemption Notice ab initio. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall honor all Notices of Conversion delivered at any time, and from time to time, during the Optional Redemption Notice Period.
(b) Notice of a Change of Control Put Right. The Holder may require the Company to redeem (the “Change of Control Put Right”) all, but not less than all, of this Note for an amount in cash equal to the Early Redemption Amount, at any time following the Company’s consummation of a Change of Control Transaction until the 10th Trading Day following the consummation of such Change of Control Transaction (the “Change of Control Put Period”). The Holder may exercise the Change of Control Put Right by delivering a written notice to the Company, at any time during the Change of Control Put Period or prior to the Change of Control Put Period but after the Company’s public announcement of a Change of Control Transaction pursuant to the succeeding sentence, specifying that the Note is to be redeemed, and then the applicable Early Redemption Amount shall be due and payable in cash on the 3rd Trading Day following the Company’s receipt of such notice. The Company shall, to the extent legally permissible and within the Company’s control, publicly announce any Change of Control Transaction at least 45 Trading Days prior to the consummation thereof, but, in any case, the Company shall make such announcement no later than 20 Trading Days prior to the consummation of the applicable Change of Control Transaction.
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(c) Subsequent Placement Redemption Right. At any time from and after the earlier of (x) the date the Holder becomes aware of the occurrence of a Placement (the “Holder Notice Date”) and (y) the time of consummation of a Placement (in each case, other than with respect to Excluded Securities) (each, an “Eligible Subsequent Placement”), the Holder shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require that the Company redeem (each an “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption”) all, or any portion, of the Outstanding Value under this Note at a price equal to 125% of the Outstanding Value, not to exceed thirty percent (30%)of the gross proceeds from all Eligible Subsequent Placements (the “Eligible Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Amount”) by delivering written notice thereof (an “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Notice”) to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Holder is participating in an Eligible Subsequent Placement, upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall apply all, or any part, as set forth in such written request, of any amounts that would otherwise be payable to the Holder in such Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, against the purchase price of the securities to be purchased by the Holder in such Eligible Subsequent Placement. Each Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Notice shall indicate that all, or such applicable portion, as set forth in the applicable Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Notice, of the Eligible Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Amount the Holder is electing to have redeemed (the “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Amount”) and the date of such Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption (the “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Date”), which shall be the date of the consummation of such Eligible Subsequent Placement. The portion of the Outstanding Value of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 6(c) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to the Outstanding Value (or applicable portion thereof) (the “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Price”).
Section 7. Covenants.
(a) Affirmative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to:
(i) The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve (except where otherwise permitted hereunder), all of its properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder except where such failure would not individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, take all action necessary or advisable to maintain all of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries that are necessary or material to the conduct of its business in full force and effect;
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(iii) The Company shall maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated (including, without limitation, and for the avoidance of doubt, director’s and officer’s insurance);
(iv) The Company and its Subsidiaries shall pay when due all taxes, fees or other charges of any nature whatsoever (together with any related interest or penalties) now or hereafter imposed or assessed against the Company and its Subsidiaries or their respective assets or upon their ownership, possession, use, operation or disposition thereof or upon their rents, receipts or earnings arising therefrom (except where the failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);
(v) The Company shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (a) comply with all laws applicable to it and its business and its obligations under its contracts and agreements, in each case, in all material respects and (b) maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to achieve compliance in all material respects by the Company and its directors, officers, employees and agents with anti-corruption laws, anti-terrorism laws, and applicable sanctions;
(vi) The Company will remain registered under Section 12(b) of 12(g) of the Exchange Act and timely with the Commission file all reports required under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or other applicable securities laws.
(vii) Financial Covenants.
i. Beginning on the earlier of (i) sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, and (ii) the consummation of the investment by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s equity securities, the Company shall maintain at all times in a deposit account maintained at a Cayman Islands bank in favor of the Holder, unencumbered cash on deposit free and clear of all Liens, in an amount equal at least $1,300,000.
ii. The Company’s Revenue, shall be equal or greater than the corresponding amounts set forth on Schedule 1 for the applicable fiscal quarter.
iii. The Company’s EBITDA, shall be equal or greater than the corresponding amounts set forth on Schedule 2 for the applicable fiscal quarter.
iv. The Company’s Free Cash Flow, shall be equal or greater than the corresponding amounts set forth on Schedule 3 for the applicable fiscal quarter.
(b) Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, the Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) Other than Permitted Indebtedness, except with the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent the Company shall not and shall cause its of its Subsidiaries to not enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any Indebtedness of any kind.
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(ii) Other than Permitted Liens, the Company shall not and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom.
(iii) The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than the Note) whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness.
(iv) The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem or repurchase any Ordinary Shares or other equity securities or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution out of its capital;
(v) The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, spin-off, split-off, close, convey or otherwise dispose of any assets or rights of the Company or any Subsidiary owned or hereafter acquired whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than Permitted Dispositions.
(vi) The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not make or hold any Investments other than: (a) Investments existing on the date of the Purchase Agreement and that are disclosed in the Company’s financial statements included in its most recent periodic report filed with the Commission, (b) Investments in cash and cash equivalents, (c) Investments in Subsidiaries that have executed and delivered the Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to the Collateral Agent; (d) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business; (e) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, provided that this clause (e) shall not apply to Investments of the Company in any Subsidiary thereof; (f) Investments consisting of (i) loans not involving the net transfer on a substantially contemporaneous basis of cash proceeds to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of share capital of the Company pursuant to employee share purchase plans or other similar agreements approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and (ii) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate of all such loans outstanding may not exceed $50,000 at any time; (g) extensions of credit to customers or advances, deposits or payment to or with suppliers, lessors or utilities or for workers’ compensation, in each case, that are incurred in the ordinary course of business; (h) other Investments that do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate per calendar year; (i) other Investments in which the Collateral Agent is given a perfected, first priority security interest, and (j) Permitted Acquisitions.
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(vii) The Company shall not and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval);
(viii) The Company shall not and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not form, establish or acquire any new Subsidiary unless such new Subsidiary (i) is an Excluded Subsidiary or (ii) executes and delivers a Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents to the Collateral Agent each in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, promptly thereupon;
(ix) The Company shall not enter into any business, directly or indirectly, except for those businesses in which the Company is engaged on the date of this Note or that are reasonably related or ancillary thereto or that provide strategic opportunity for the Company at the Company’s discretion.
(x) Notwithstanding Section 7(b)(vi), following February 1, 2026, until the date that the Company files with the SEC its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “2026 Form 20-F”), the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, consummate an Acquisition (including a Permitted Acquisition) by the Company or any Subsidiary of another Person or all or substantially all of the assets of another Person (or any business unit thereof) unless the Company has completed the preparation of all required financial statements and pro forma financial statements required to be incorporated in the Company’s Form 20-F under Regulation S-X and the other rules and regulations of the Commission with respect to any such Acquisition.
(xi) The Company shall not maintain any deposit account or securities account that is not subject to a perfected, first priority security interest in such account, except for Excluded Accounts.
Section 8. Events of Default.
a) “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) any default in the payment of all or any part of the Outstanding Value, including, without limitation, principal, interest, premium Redemption Value, Redemption Amounts, in each case, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Note;
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(ii) the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Note or in any Transaction Document, which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the specified cure period and if not specified, the earlier to occur of 7 Trading Days after (A) notice of such failure sent by a Holder to the Company and (B) the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure (the “Cure Period”);
(iii) any representation or warranty made in this Note, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;
(iv) the Company or any Subsidiary shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;
(v) the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any Indebtedness, that (a) involves an obligation greater than $500,000, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;
(vi) following the earlier of (i) the Effectiveness Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), (ii) the date on which the Initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, and (iii) the date the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver Freely Tradable Conversion Shares prior to the 5th Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(c) or immediately if the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Notes in accordance with the terms hereof;
(vii) the occurrence of more than four Conversion Failures;
(viii) the electronic transfer by the Company of Ordinary Shares through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation is no longer available or is subject to a “chill” and such failure remains uncured after the Cure Period;
(ix) any Transaction Document shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid Lien on the collateral described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent, or any material provision of any Transaction Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or the applicable Subsidiary, the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any such Subsidiary, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, and such failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the Cure Period;
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(x) any Material Adverse Effect occurs;
(xi) (A) the suspension from trading or the failure of the Ordinary Shares to be listed on a Trading Market for a period of 5 consecutive Trading Days or (B) the threatened failure of the Ordinary Shares to be listed on a Trading Market if such failure is not cured 90 Trading Days prior to the deadline set by such Trading Market.
b) Remedies Upon Event of Default.
(i) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and until the date that is thirty (30) Trading Days following the date such Event of Default is cured (the “Event of Default Redemption Right Period”), this Note shall become, at the Required Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash equal to (i) the Outstanding Value of this Note to be redeemed multiplied by (ii) 120% (the “Event of Default Redemption Amount”); provided that such acceleration shall be automatic, without any notice or other action of the Required Holders, in respect of an Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 8(a)(iv). Commencing on the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, the interest rate on the Outstanding Value of this Note shall be the greater of (i) 18% per annum and (ii) the maximum amount allowed by law. Interest shall accrue daily from the occurrence of an Event of Default and shall cease upon the cure of such Event of Default and shall be calculated based on a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered in the Note Register. Upon the payment in full of the amount owing set forth above, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In addition, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8(a)(vi), the Holder shall be entitled to an amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the undelivered Freely Tradable Conversion Shares that should have been delivered to the Holder pursuant to the applicable Conversion Notice (including any Conversion Shares issuable under a Conversion Notice held in abeyance pursuant to Section 4(e)(ii)) but for such Event of Default multiplied by (b) the greatest VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on any Trading Day during the period commencing three Trading Days immediately preceding such Event of Default and ending on the date the Company makes the entire payment required to be made under this Section 8(b). For the avoidance of doubt, during the Event of Default Redemption Right Period, the Holder may ay convert the Event of Default Redemption Amount into Conversion Shares, in whole or in part and from time to time, in accordance with Section 4 using the Alternate Conversion Price (each conversion an “Alternate Conversion” and each day on which the Holder effects an Alternate Conversion, an “Alternate Conversion Date”).
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(ii) Notice. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default with respect to this Note, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days of the Company becoming aware of such Event of Default deliver written notice thereof to the Holder via electronic mail to the Holder.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Conversion Notice, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other email address, or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 9(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the email address or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such email attachment or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
(b) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note ranks pari passu with all other Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.
(c) Lost or Mutilated Note. If this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
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(d) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Note and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
(e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Required Holders of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company or the Required Holders to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Note on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Required Holders must be in writing. Any provision of this Note may be waived by the Required Holders, which waiver shall be binding on all of the Holders of the Note and their successors and assigns. Any provision of this Note may be amended by a written instrument executed by the Company and the Required Holders, which amendment shall be binding on all of the Holders of the Notes and their successors and assigns.
(f) Severability. If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.
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(g) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is reasonably requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note.
(h) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
(i) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Note and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(j) Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Company under this Note are secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents.
Section 11. Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within the time required by the rules and regulations of Commission, but in no event within two (2) Trading Days, publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
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Section 12. Certain Tax Matters. All payments to be made by the Company under this Note (whether in cash or in Ordinary Shares) shall be made without any Tax Deduction (as defined below) unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Holder accordingly. If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Company, the amount of the payment due from the Company under this Note shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due under this Note if no Tax Deduction had been required; provided, however, no such increase is required to the extent any holder changes its residency for tax purposes or assigns or transfers its rights and obligations pursuant to this Agreement and such action leads to the imposition of Tax Deduction on payment that would not have been imposed in the absence of such action or an increase in such liability above the liability that would have been imposed in the absence of such action. If the Company is required to make a Tax Deduction, it shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law. Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Company shall deliver to the Holder evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Holder that the Tax Deduction has been made and that any appropriate payment has been paid to the relevant taxing authority. For greater certainty, (i) this Section 11 applies to all payments, whether in the form of cash, Ordinary Shares or otherwise, made under this Note, and (ii) the Company is obligated to indemnify the Holder pursuant to this Section 11 in the event that a Tax Deduction is required in respect of any payment to be made to the Holder under this Note and the company and/or its subsidiaries fail to comply with this Section 11. For purposes of this Section 11, “Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same) and “Tax Deduction” means any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax.
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(Signature Page Follows)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
| NVNI GROUP LIMITED | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | Pierre Schurmann | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
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Exhibit 10.3
SECURITIES EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
This SECURITIES EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made effective as of December 11, 2025, by and between Nvni Group Limited (the “Company”) and the undersigned holder (the “Holder”) of outstanding Senior Note Due 2025 in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of $5,040,000 (the “Existing Note”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Holder are party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2025 (as amended, “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holder the Existing Note; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Holder have agreed to exchange the Existing Note for a new Senior Secured Convertible Note, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, with an aggregate principal amount of $5,662,000 (the “Note”), convertible into ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”), par value $0.00001 per share (the “Conversion Shares” and, together with the Note, the “Securities”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
AGREEMENT
ARTICLE I. EXCHANGE AND AMENDED AND RESTATED WARRANTS
1.01 The Exchange. At the Closing (as defined below), the Company and the Holder shall, pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, exchange the Existing Note for the Note (the “Exchange”), as described herein.
(a) Closing. The closing of the Exchange (the “Closing”) shall occur remotely via exchange of signatures on the trading day on which all conditions have been satisfied or waived (such date, the “Closing Date”).
(b) No Consideration. On the Closing Date, the Note shall be issued to the Holder with an aggregate principal amount of $5,662,000, in exchange for the Existing Note, without the payment of any other consideration by such Holder that would not be consistent with the application of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act to the issuance of the Note.
(c) Delivery. In the Exchange, the Company shall, at the Closing, issue and deliver (or cause to be issued and delivered) the Note to the Holder (or in the name of a custodian or nominee of the Holder, or as otherwise requested by the Holder in writing) at the Holder’s election, in book-entry form. The Securities shall contain any restrictive legends required by the Securities Act.
(d) Tacking. The holding period of the Note for purposes of Rule 144 and Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act tacks on to the holding period of the Existing Note.
1.02 Deliveries. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) legal opinion of Company Counsel, directed to the Holder, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Holder;
(iii) an ink-original Note with a principal amount equal to $5,662,000 registered in the name of such Holder, provided that such ink-original Note may be delivered promptly after such Closing by the Company, in which case the Company will provide an electronically signed version of the Note on or prior to the Closing Date;
(iv) a registration rights agreement in a form acceptable to the Holder;
(v) certificates representing or evidencing all of the share capital and other equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries and corresponding stock powers, and any other documents and filings required under the Note in order to grant the Holder a first priority security interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries as provided in the Note (collectively, the “Security Documents,” and, collectively with this Agreement and the Note the “Transaction Documents”);
(vi) Intentionally Omitted.
(vii) a certificate, executed on behalf of the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as applicable, certifying the current versions of the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation and bylaws and certifying as to the signatures and authority of Persons signing this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as applicable, and related documents on behalf of the Company.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Holder shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company this Agreement duly executed by such Holder.
| 1.03 | Closing Conditions. |
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Holder required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
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(ii) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Holder contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement (unless such representation or warranty is as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such date); and
(iii) the delivery by the Holder of the items set forth in Section 1.02(a) of this Agreement.
(b) The obligations of the Holder hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement (unless such representation or warranty is as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 1.02 (i) - (vii) of this Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company; and
(v) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s Principal Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Holders, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to consummate the Exchange.
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1.04 Post Closing Deliverables. By February 28, 2026, the Company shall cause each Brazilian Subsidiary (as defined herein) to execute and deliver such Brazilian Security Documents (as defined herein) and other instruments and to make such filings and take such other steps that are necessary or appropriate for the Holder or the collateral agent for the holder to have a perfected, first priority security interest, Lien and pledge on substantially all of the assets and property (including real property interests) of each Brazilian Subsidiaries. In addition, by February 28, 2026, the Company shall cause each subsidiary organized in the United States (“U.S. Subsidiaries”) to execute and deliver a security agreement (“U.S. Security Documents”) in a form acceptable to the Holder and to make such filings and take such other steps that are necessary or appropriate for the Holder or the collateral agent for the holder to have a perfected, first priority security interest, Lien and pledge on substantially all of the assets and property (including real property interests) of each the U.S. Subsidiaries. For purposes hereof:
“Brazilian Subsidiaries” means, collectively, each of Nuvini S.A., Effecti Tecnologia WEB Ltda., Leadlovers Tecnologia Ltda., Ipe Tecnologia Ltda., Dataminer Dados, Informações E Documentos Ltda., OnClick Sistemas de Informação Ltda. and Simplest Software Ltda.; and
“Brazilian Security Documents” means, collectively, such security agreements, security deeds, fixed and floating charges, debentures and other security instruments that Collateral Agent reasonably requires to obtain a perfected, first prior security interest in substantially all of the assets and property of the Brazilian Subsidiaries.
“Security Documents” means the Brazilian Security Documents and the U.S. Security Documents.
ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to the Holder as of the date hereof as follows:
2.01 Organization, Good Standing and Power. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted.
2.02 Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms thereof. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and no further consent or authorization of the Company or its board of directors or shareholders is required. When executed and delivered by the Company, the Transaction Documents shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
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2.03 Issuance of Securities. When the Conversion Shares are issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Note, the Conversion Shares shall be validly issued and outstanding, fully-paid, non-assessable and free and clear of all liens, of any pre-emptive rights and of rights of refusal of any kind.
2.04 No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents; or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects upon any of the properties or assets of the Company in connection with, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material agreement, credit facility, debt or other material instrument (evidencing Company debt or otherwise) or other material understanding to which such Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected; or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole, or in its ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
2.05 Holding Period. Pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, the holding period of the Note and the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the terms thereof tacks back to August 12, 2025, the original issue date of the Existing Note. The Company agrees not to take a position contrary to this paragraph. The Company agrees to take all actions, including, without limitation, the issuance by its legal counsel of any legal opinions to the Holder or the Company’s transfer agent, necessary to give effect to the foregoing. The Company represents that the exchange of Holder’s rights under the Existing Note for the Note is being made in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and agrees not to take any position contrary to this paragraph.
ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE HOLDER
The Holder represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof as follows:
3.01 Organization and Standing of the Holder. Such Holder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
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3.02 Authorization and Power. Such Holder has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Holder and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of such Holder or its board of directors or shareholders is required. When executed and delivered by such Holder, this Agreement shall constitute the valid and binding obligations of such Holder enforceable against such Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
ARTICLE IV. MISCELLANEOUS
4.01 Disclosure of Transaction. The Company shall, on or before 5:00 pm New York time, on the first trading day following the date of this Agreement, furnish or file a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K or a press release describing all the material terms of the Agreement (the “Announcement”). From and after the Announcement, the Company shall have disclosed all material, non-public information (if any) provided to the Holder by the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the Agreement, or otherwise if applicable. In addition, effective upon the Announcement the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations with respect to the Agreement, or otherwise if applicable, whether written or oral, between itself or any of its officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and the Holder or any of its affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate.
4.02 Fees. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, transfer agent fees, DTC fees or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Holder) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and the Company shall hold the Holder harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the issuance of the Securities.
4.03 Amendment. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and the Holder.
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4.04 Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur or (c) upon delivery by e-mail (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) upon recipient’s actual receipt and acknowledgement of such e-mail. The addresses for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Nvni Group Limited
P.O. Box 10008, Pavilion East, Cricket Square
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1001
Attention: Pierre Schurmann
Telephone: (+55 11) 5642-3370
Email: p@nuvini.co
With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Haynes and Boone, LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10112
Telephone: (212) 659-7300
Attention: Greg Kramer, Esq.
E-mail: greg.kramer@haynesboone.com
If to a Holder, to its mailing address and e-mail address set forth on the Holder’s respective signature page attached hereto.
The Holder hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving written notice of such changed address to the Company.
4.05 Headings. The article, section and subsection headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
4.06 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS REGARDING GOVERNING LAW SET FORTH IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, AND SUCH PROVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS.
4.07 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Signature pages to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission.
4.08 Survival of Purchase Agreement. All of the Company’s covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company under the Purchase Agreement shall survive the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Exchange.
4.09 Release. The Company, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys, hereby forever, fully, unconditionally and irrevocably waives and releases [ ], the Holder and each of their respective successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents (collectively, the “[ ] Releasees”) from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, debts, causes of action (whether at law or in equity or otherwise), defenses, counterclaims, setoffs, of any kind, whether known or unknown, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent, arising out of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August 12, 2025, by and among the Company and the Holder, and the Secured Note issued pursuant thereto (collectively, the “[ ] Claims”). The Company further agrees that it shall not commence, institute, or prosecute any lawsuit, action or other proceeding, whether judicial, administrative, arbitration or otherwise, to prosecute, collect or enforce any Ayrton Claim.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Exchange and Amendment Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.
COMPANY:
| Nvni Group Limited | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | Pierre Schurmann | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
HOLDER:
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Exhibit A
Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note
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Exhibit 10.4
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
Original Issue Date: August 12, 2025
$5,662,000
SENIOR SECURED NOTE
DUE APRIL
15, 2027
THIS SENIOR SECURED NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued Senior Secured Notes of Nvni Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at P.O. Box 10008, Pavilion East, Cricket Square Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1001 designated as its Senior Secured Note due April 15, 2027 (this note, the “Note” and, collectively with the other notes of such series, the “Notes”).
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to [ ] or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $5,662,000 on April 15, 2027 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then Outstanding Principal Value of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Exchange Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:
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“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Alternate Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
“Alternate Conversion Price” means a price equal to the lesser of (x) the Conversion Price on the applicable Alternate Conversion Date and the (y) the Conversion Price on the date that is one Trading Day prior to the occurrence of the applicable Event of Default, but, in each case, disregarding the Floor Price.
“Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of another Person or all or substantially all of the assets of another Person (or any business unit thereof).
“Applicable Rate” means (a) if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a per annum rate of zero percent (0%) and (b) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a per annum rate of twelve percent (12%).
“Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, restructuring or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any material part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of all of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts, (g) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, (h) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing.
“Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(f).
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally are open for use by customers on such day.
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“Buy-In” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).
“Change of Control Put Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Change of Control Put Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the Closing Date, of any of (a) an acquisition by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of shares of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 50% of the voting shares of the Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Note and the Securities issued together with the Note), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (directly or indirectly) own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, or (c) the Company, directly or indirectly, sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person other than to one or more Guarantors that are parties to the Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
“Collateral Agent” means [ ].
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Contingent Acquisition Consideration” means any seller note, earn-out obligation, or similar deferred obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurred or created in connection with a Permitted Acquisition.
“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Conversion Price” means a price equal to the lower of (but not lower than the prevailing Floor Price): (1) the Fixed Price then in effect and (2) 92% of the lowest daily VWAP during the seven (7) consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the applicable date of determination.
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“Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any equity interests of such Person that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other equity interests into which such equity interests are convertible or exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Note) (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable for cash, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable for cash at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other equity interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any equity interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Company in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability and (ii) any class of equity interests of such Person that by its terms provides that obligations thereunder will be satisfied by delivery of Ordinary Shares shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
“DWAC Eligible” means that (a) the Ordinary Shares are eligible at DTC for full services pursuant to DTC’s Operational Arrangements, including transfer through DTC’s DWAC system, (b) the Company has been approved (without revocation) by the DTC’s underwriting department, (c) the Transfer Agent is approved as an agent in the DTC/FAST Program, (d) the Conversion Shares are otherwise eligible for delivery via DWAC, and (e) the Transfer Agent does not have a policy prohibiting or limiting delivery of the Conversion Shares via DWAC.
“Early Redemption Amount” means the sum of (a) 110% of the Outstanding Principal Value of the Note, (b) accrued but unpaid interest, and (c) all other amounts due in respect of the Note and the other Transaction Documents, and (d) the Remaining Option Value.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any period in question, the net income or loss of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, all as determined in accordance with IFRS consistently applied for such period. As of any applicable date of determination, EBITDA shall be converted into U.S. Dollars using the Brazilian Real spot rate as reported by Bloomberg (BRL:CUR) at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date in question.
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“Equity Conditions” means, for each Trading Day during the 30 consecutive Trading Day period prior to the applicable date in question, (a) the Company shall have duly and timely issued all Ordinary Shares required to be issued to the Holder pursuant to the terms of this Note, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all principal, interest and liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Note, (c) the shares issuable pursuant to this Note shall be Freely Tradable by the Holder upon issuance, (d) the Ordinary Shares are trading on a Trading Market and all of the Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Ordinary Shares on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) the number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Ordinary Shares equals at least 200% of the quotient of (x) $675,000 and (y) the Conversion Price on the applicable Monthly Redemption Date, (f) there is no existing Event of Default and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) there is no Public Information Failure, (h) the Ordinary Shares must be DWAC Eligible, (i) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(f) herein, (j) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (k) the applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or Affiliates, that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information, (l) no bona fide material dispute shall exist, by and between any of holder of the Notes and the Company, any Trading Market and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority with respect to any term or provision of any Note or any other Transaction Document; (m) the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents in all material respects, (n) the Company shall not be suspended from trading in or delisted from the Principal Market; (o) the daily dollar trading volume for the Ordinary Shares during market hours on the principal Trading Market equals or exceeds $125,000 per Trading Day (p) the daily VWAP for the Ordinary Shares is at least $1.25 (subject to adjustment for share splits, Stock Dividends or share combinations) and (q) there is no breach of any covenant in any Transaction Document regardless of any applicable cure periods; (r) the Ordinary Shares are not subject to any DTC “chill” or similar event; and (s) no event or circumstance has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Agreement” means the Securities Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2025 among the Company and the original Holder, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Excluded Account” means in the ordinary course of business in each case: any (a) payroll and other employee wage and benefit accounts and any account used for disbursements, (b) tax accounts, including, without limitation, sales tax accounts, and any tax benefits accounts, (c) fiduciary and trust accounts, (d) zero balance accounts, (e) other accounts in respect of which the average monthly balance of funds on deposit therein does not exceed (x) for any such account excluded in reliance on this clause (e) individually, $50,000 and (y) for all such accounts excluded in reliance on this clause (f) in the aggregate, $250,000, and (g) accounts cash collateralizing letter of credit obligations to the extent permitted under the Note.
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“Excluded Securities” means the issuance of (a) Ordinary Shares, share options, restricted share units and performance share units to employees, officers or directors of, or consultants to the Company pursuant to any equity incentive plan or employee share purchase plan duly adopted for such purpose, (b) Ordinary Shares upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any of the Securities and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this Note, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Note to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with share splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions, mergers, consolidations, purchases of the assets of a corporation or other entity, or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and provided further that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, which are issued as restricted securities (within the meaning of Rule 144) and are not afforded registration rights.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that has not delivered a Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents; provided, that such Subsidiary an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Floor Price” means 20% of the “Minimum Price” (as defined in Rule 5635 of the Rule of the Nasdaq Stock Market) on the date of the Exchange Agreement, which is initially $0.722 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, Stock Dividends or stock combinations); provided, however, beginning on the date that is the six (6) month anniversary of the Original Issue Date and on the same day of every six (6) months thereafter (each, a “Floor Price Reset Date”), the Floor Price shall adjust (downwards only) to 20% of the “Minimum Price” (as defined in Rule 5635 of the Rule of the Nasdaq Stock Market) immediately prior to such Floor Price Reset Date. In addition, the Company may voluntarily reduce (and only reduce) the Floor Price in its sole discretion by providing written notice of such reduction to the Holder.
“Free Cash Flow” means, with respect to any period, cash flow of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis from operating activities as presented in the Company’s statement of cash flows for such period less all capital expenditures incurred during such period. As of any applicable date of determination, Free Cash Flow shall be converted into U.S. Dollars using the Brazilian Real spot rate as reported by Bloomberg (BRL:CUR) at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date in question.
“Freely Tradable” means that the Conversion Shares (i) can be traded by a holder thereof that is not an Affiliate of the Company and has not been an Affiliate of the Company for the immediately preceding 90 days, or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement and (ii) are issued upon conversion of this Note free of restrictive legends.
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“Fundamental Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.
“Holders” means the persons in whose name the Notes are registered on the Note Register.
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that individually, and in the aggregate together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries, constitutes or holds less than 2% of the Company’s consolidated total assets (but not more than 5% of the Company’s consolidated cash) and generates less than 5% of the Company’s consolidated total revenue, in each case, determined with reference to the most recent fiscal period for which financial statements were filed with the SEC.
“Indebtedness” of a Person shall include (a) all obligations for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services including without limitation, merchant cash advances (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, surety bonds, bankers acceptances, currency swap agreements, interest rate hedging agreements, interest rate swaps or other financial products, (c) all capital lease obligations (as determined in accordance with IFRS), (d) all obligations or liabilities secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed by such Person, (e) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction that is the functional equivalent of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheets of such Person (excluding trade credit and trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) Disqualified Stock, and (f) any obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted or sold with recourse) any of the foregoing obligations of any other Person.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as necessary or required for use in connection with the Company and its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses.
“Investments” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition (including by merger) of equity interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitutes a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of, such Person.
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“Liens” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform or pay in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.
“Monthly Redemption” means the redemption of this Note pursuant to Section 4(a).
“Monthly Redemption Amount” means, as to a Monthly Redemption, $400,000, plus accrued but unpaid interest, any Deferral Amount allocated to such Monthly Installment Date and all other amounts due in respect of the Note and the other Transaction Documents.
“Monthly Redemption Date” means the last Business Day of each calendar month, commencing with February 9, 2026, and terminating upon the full redemption of this Note.
“Monthly Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Monthly Redemption Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).
“Note Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Optional Redemption Conditions” means, with respect to the optional redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 6(a), on the date of the Optional Redemption Notice and each on each Trading Day of the Optional Redemption Period, no Event of Default has occurred or is ongoing.
“Optional Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional Redemption Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Ordinary Shares Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred shares, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Ordinary Shares.
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“Original Issue Date” means August 12, 2025, regardless of any transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Notes.
“Outstanding Principal Value” as of any time of determination, means 108% of all outstanding principal of this Note as of such time of determination.
“Outstanding Value”, as of any time of determination, means the Outstanding Principal Value of this Note, accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid on such Outstanding Principal Value, interest and any other unpaid amounts pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in each case, as of such time of determination.
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Permitted Acquisition” means an Acquisition in which (a) upon consummation of such Acquisition, the newly acquired (or continuing or surviving) Person executes and delivers a joinder to the Guaranty, (b) no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing at the time of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition and the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition does not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default, (c) any obligations to pay Contingent Acquisition Consideration shall be unsecured and shall have been subordinated to the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries under this Note and the other Transaction Documents pursuant to a subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (d) the Collateral Agent shall be granted a first priority lien on the assets of the acquired Person and (e) the Company and its Subsidiaries do not incur Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) or become subject to Liens (other than Permitted Liens) as a result of such Acquisition and related transactions.
“Permitted Dispositions” means (a) sales of inventory and product in the ordinary course of business and (b) dispositions of worn out, obsolete, surplus or unneeded equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) the Indebtedness evidenced by the Note and the other Transaction Documents, (b) the Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date, and disclosed in the SEC Reports, (c) unsecured Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and not exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding, and (d) Indebtedness arising in connection with the endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and not for borrowed money, (e) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of credit cards in an amount not to exceed $50,000 at any one time in the aggregate, and (f) a credit facility in aggregate principal amount of up to $60,000,000 unsecured or secured by up to 50% of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ receivables and revenue and is non-recourse except to such receivables and revenue; provided, that such credit facility shall not prohibit the Company’s payment and performance of this Note or the other Transaction Documents, including timely payment of principal and interest hereunder.
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“Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens in favor of Holder or the Collateral Agent, (b) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with IFRS, (c) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (d) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (e) Liens on up to 50% of the Company’s receivables and revenues securing Permitted Indebtedness set forth in clause (d) of the definition thereof, and (f) other Liens securing obligations in an outstanding principal amount not to exceed $500,000 at any one time.
“Principal Market” means the principal trading market for the Ordinary Shares, which is currently the Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Public Information Failure” means the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) and there is no pending extension of the deadline for filing a periodic report with the Commission under Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement contemplated by the Exchange Agreement.
“Registration Statement” means an effective registration statement covering the resale of the Conversion Shares under the Securities Act filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Remaining Option Value” means, as of any time of determination, the remaining option value of this Note as of such time of determination calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the closing sale price of the Ordinary Shares on the Trading Day ended immediately preceding such time of determination, (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Note, (iii) an exercise price equal to the Conversion Price then in effect, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day ended immediately preceding such time of determination.
“Revenue” means the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ consolidated revenue (as determined in accordance with IFRS). As of any applicable date of determination, Revenue shall be converted into U.S. Dollars using the Brazilian Real spot rate as reported by Bloomberg (BRL:CUR) at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date in question.
“SEC Reports” means all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two (2) years preceding the Closing Date (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material), including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein.
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“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(ii).
“Stock Dividend” means the Company’s issuance of solely Ordinary Shares as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all Ordinary Shares.
“Successor Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(g).
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” has the meaning given in the Exchange Agreement.
“Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
“Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company agrees to or enters into an agreement to (i) issue or sell any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional Ordinary Shares either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the Ordinary Shares at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Ordinary Shares or (ii) enters into, or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price.
“VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded), during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, recapitalization or other similar transactions during such period.
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Section 2. Payments.
(a) Payment of Interest. The Company shall pay interest (if any) to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then Outstanding Principal Value of this Note (together with any other outstanding amounts owed to the Holder pursuant to the Transaction Documents) at the Applicable Rate, due and payable monthly, on the first Business Day of each calendar month and on the Maturity Date. Such payment of interest (if any) shall be included in the Monthly Redemption Amount and payable on the Monthly Redemption Date in either cash pursuant to Section 4(a) or in Conversion Shares via the alternate procedure set forth in Section 4(b).
(b) Note Register. The Company shall establish and maintain a record of ownership (the “Note Register”) in which it agrees to register by book entry the Holders’ and each subsequent assignee’s name and address and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of Investor’s and each subsequent assignee’s interest in the Notes. Any of the Holders that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the participated Notes (the “Participant Register”); provided that the Holders shall have no obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant) to the Company except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that the applicable Note is in registered form under Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c). The entries in the Note Register and the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error. This Section 2(b) shall be construed so that the Notes are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code, and any related regulations (or any successor provisions of the Code or such regulations).
(c) Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily (but without compounding) commencing on the Closing Date, until payment in full of the Outstanding Principal Value of this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 4(d)(ii). Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the Note Register. The rates of interest under this Note are nominal rates, and not effective rates or yields. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Note.
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(d) [Reserved]
(e) Prepayment. Except as otherwise set forth herein, including Section 6(a), the Company may not prepay all or any part of this Note.
(f) Intentionally Omitted.
(g) Application of Payments. All payments made under this Note shall be applied first to the payment of any fees or charges outstanding pursuant to the Transaction Documents, second to interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then Outstanding Principal Value of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof, third, to other amounts due and payable hereunder other than the Outstanding Principal Value of this Note, and fourth, to the payment of the Outstanding Principal Value of this Note.
Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
(a) Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.
(b) Investment Representations. This Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Exchange Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Exchange Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.
(c) Reliance on Note Register. Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly registered on the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 4. Monthly Redemption and Conversion Mechanics.
(a) Unless the Company elects the alternate procedure set forth in Section 4(b), the Company shall pay the Monthly Redemption Amount to the Holder in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each Monthly Redemption Date (the “Monthly Redemption”).
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(b) Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver by Holder) of the Equity Conditions on the Monthly Redemption Notice Date and the applicable Monthly Redemption Date and subject to any Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below), in lieu of paying the Monthly Redemption Amount in cash on a particular Monthly Redemption Date, the Company may, by delivering an irrevocable written notice to Holder no later than 2 Trading Days’ prior to the applicable Monthly Redemption Date (the “Monthly Redemption Notice” and such required date of delivery, the “Monthly Redemption Notice Date”), permit the Holder to convert the Monthly Redemption Amount into Freely Tradable Ordinary Shares (“Conversion Shares”) during the period commencing on (and including) the Monthly Redemption Date and ending on and including the last Trading Day of the applicable month (the “Monthly Redemption Period” and such election a “Monthly Conversion Election”). Following the delivery by the Company of a valid Monthly Redemption Notice, at any time, and from time to time, during the applicable Monthly Redemption Period, the Holder may submit one or more written notices to the Company (a “Conversion Notice”) to convert all or a portion of the Monthly Redemption Amount at the Conversion Price as of the date of the applicable Conversion Notice subject to the last sentence of this Section 4(b) (the date of the Conversion Notice, the “Conversion Date”). Each Conversion Notice shall specify the amount of the outstanding Note to be converted and the Conversion Price. No ink-original Conversion Notice shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Conversion Notice form be required. Each conversion pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be applied (a) first, to pay accrued Interest as of the applicable Conversion Date (if any) and (b) second, to reduce the applicable Monthly Redemption Amount.
(i) On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice with respect to a conversion under this Section 4 and with respect to Alternate Conversions pursuant to Section 8, if the applicable Conversion Price, Acceleration Conversion Price or Alternate Conversion Price is less than the “conversion price”, “acceleration conversion price” or “alternate conversion price”, as applicable, specified on such Conversion Notice, the Holder may deliver an updated Conversion Notice to the Company correcting the Conversion Price, Acceleration Conversion Price or Alternate Conversion Price (and aggregate number of Conversion Shares to be issued) as specified in such Conversion Notice (provided, that if such updated Conversion Notice is not delivered to the Company on or prior to 9:30am, New York time on the Trading Day immediately following the applicable Conversion Date or Alternate Conversion Date, as applicable, the applicable Share Delivery Date shall be extended by one (1) Trading Day. In addition, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice with respect to conversions pursuant to Section 4(b) and Accelerations pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) at a time at which the Conversion Price, or Acceleration Conversion Price then in effect, without regard to the Floor Price (the “Applicable Conversion Price”) is less than the Floor Price then in effect, then the Company shall (x) issue the applicable number of Conversion Shares equal to the amounts under this Note to be converted divided by the Floor Price and (y) on the third Business Day following such Conversion Date, or Acceleration Date, as applicable, pay cash equal to the (A) the number of shares that would have been delivered using the Applicable Conversion Price minus (B) the number of shares delivered using the Floor Price multiplied by (C) the trading price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares at the time of delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice.
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(ii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 4 to the contrary, with respect to any given Monthly Redemption Date (the “Current Redemption Date”), during the period commencing on the Monthly Redemption Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the next Monthly Redemption Date (the “Redemption Period”), each Holder may elect, at its option and in its sole discretion, at one or more times during such Redemption Period, to convert the Outstanding Value of this Note (each, an “Acceleration”, and each date of such Acceleration an “Acceleration Date,” and such aggregate amount of the Outstanding Value of this Note converted in an Acceleration, each, an “Acceleration Amount”), in whole or in part, at the lower of (a) the Conversion Price in effect on the Current Redemption Date and (b) the Conversion Price in effect on such Acceleration Date (the lower of (a) and (b) the “Acceleration Conversion Price”); Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any given Redemption Period, the Holder may not elect to effect any Acceleration during such Redemption Period if, in the aggregate, the Acceleration Amount converted during such Redemption Period exceeds 275% of the Monthly Redemption Amount for such Current Redemption Date. For clarity, any Acceleration Amount shall be applied to the Monthly Redemption Date in inverse order from the Maturity Date unless otherwise indicated by the Holder.
(c) Deferral. The Holder may, at any time prior to a Monthly Redemption Date (in the case of a Monthly Redemption in cash pursuant to Section 4(a) or in the case of a Monthly Conversion Election pursuant to Section 4(b)), or during the Monthly Redemption Period (in the case of a Monthly Conversion Election pursuant to Section 4(b)), defer all or any portion of the applicable Monthly Redemption Amount (“Deferred” and amount Deferred a “Deferral Amount”) to a later Monthly Redemption Date at its sole discretion, evidenced in writing (which may be by e-mail) in which case, the Deferral Amount shall be added to, and become part of, such subsequent Monthly Redemption Amount.
(d) Permissive Conversion. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder, may at its sole option and election, at any time and from time, submit a Conversion Notice for any portion of the Outstanding Value of this Note, using $4.36 (subject to adjustment as provided herein, the “Fixed Price”) as the “Conversion Price.”
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(i) Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion under Section 4(b) or Section 4(d) shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the amount of the applicable obligations under this Note and other Transaction Documents to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.
(ii) Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder the Conversion Shares which shall be Freely Tradable and free of restrictive legends representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note. The Company shall deliver any Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(e) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Principal Market as in effect on the date of delivery of the Conversion Notice. To the extent that the delivery of Conversion Shares in connection with a Conversion Notice would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Holder does not elect in writing to withdraw, in whole, such Conversion Notice, the Company shall hold such Conversion Shares in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time as such Conversion Notice may be satisfied without exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (with such calculations thereunder made as of the date such Conversion Notice was initially delivered to the Company).
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(iii) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Conversion Notice, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date (a “Conversion Failure”), the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion Notice, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Note delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.
(iv) Obligation Absolute. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In connection with the Holder’s conversion of amounts due under this Note in accordance with the terms of the Note, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Note shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 200% of the Outstanding Value of this Note which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. Nothing in this Note shall limit a Holder’s right (1) to pursue actual damages, (2) lost profit resulting from or caused by the Company’s failure to honor any duly submitted conversion notice or its repudiation of its obligation to honor conversions in accordance with Section 4(b) or Section 4(c) or (3) declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8 for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.
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(v) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(e)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Ordinary Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Note in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(e)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Ordinary Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Note with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.
(vi) Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder, an aggregate number of Ordinary Shares initially equal to 100% of the aggregate number of shares issuable upon conversion of this Note in full at the prevailing Floor Price without regard to any limitations on conversion. The Company covenants that all Ordinary Shares that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of this Section 4(e)(vi) is to ensure that Company may issue Ordinary Shares from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and that the reservation of Ordinary Shares pursuant hereto is reasonable in light of the anticipated economic benefits expected by the Company and Holder from conversions of this Note by the Holder. The Company further understands that there are no limitations imposed by Holder on the Company’s ability to, any time, increase the number of its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares and it is the sole responsibility of the Company to ensure that it has sufficient authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares to comply with its obligations hereunder and to take advantage of opportunities to raise capital from the sale of its securities to third parties. Accordingly, there shall be no presumption that Holder’s requirement that the Company adhere to this Section 4(e)(vi) causes Holder to have any control over the Company’s ability to dispose of authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares.
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(vii) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Note. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.
(viii) Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Note so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Conversion Notice and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
(f) Holder’s Conversion Limitations. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note, to the extent that after giving effect to the applicable conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Notes) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(f), in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of this Note. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(f), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon conversion of this Note held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(f) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Note.
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5. Adjustments.
(a) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Ordinary Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Ordinary Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a share or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (not including any Ordinary Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such share or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share (assuming conversion at the Fixed Price) that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(f), the number of Ordinary Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares for which this Note is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(f)). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Fixed Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one (1) share of Ordinary Shares in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Fixed Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Ordinary Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Note following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Note, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of share capital of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Ordinary Shares acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of share capital (but taking into account the relative value of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of share capital, such number of shares of share capital and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Note immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
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(b) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in Ordinary Shares on Ordinary Shares or any Ordinary Shares Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Notes), (ii) subdivides outstanding Ordinary Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse share split) outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Ordinary Shares, any shares of share capital of the Company, then the Fixed Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
(c) Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire Ordinary Shares at an effective price per share that is lower than the then the Fixed Price (such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive Ordinary Shares at an effective price per share that is lower than the Fixed Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Fixed Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then simultaneously with the consummation (or, if earlier, the announcement) of each Dilutive Issuance the Fixed Price shall be reduced to equal the lowest VWAP for the Ordinary Shares during the five (5) Trading Days following the consummation or announcement (if earlier) of such Dilutive Issuance (such lowest VWAP, the “Base Fixed Price”); provided, however, that in no event shall the Fixed Price be reduced to an amount that is less than the Floor Price. If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents subject to this Section 5(c), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(c), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares for a conversion under Section 4(c) based upon the Base Fixed Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Fixed Price in the applicable Conversion Notice.
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(d) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Ordinary Shares Equivalents or rights to purchase shares, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Ordinary Shares (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note at the Fixed Price (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Ordinary Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(e) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Note is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, shares or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Note, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Ordinary Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(f) Voluntary Adjustment by Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Note, with the prior written consent of the Holder reduce the then current Fixed Price of each of the Notes to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.
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(g) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 5, the number of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.
(h) Notice to the Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Fixed Price. Whenever the Fixed Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Fixed Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(ii) Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Ordinary Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Ordinary Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Ordinary Shares of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of share capital of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Ordinary Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company(and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Ordinary Shares are converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Ordinary Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Ordinary Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Ordinary Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall remain entitled to convert this Note during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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Section 6. Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. The Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time, and so long as the Optional Redemption Conditions are satisfied on the Optional Redemption Notice Date and each Trading Day of the Optional Redemption Period, deliver a written notice (a “Optional Redemption Notice” and the date that such Optional Redemption Notice is delivered the “Optional Redemption Notice Date”) to the Holder of its election (which may be made contingent on the consummation of any other transaction, but which is otherwise irrevocable) to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes for an amount in cash equal to the Early Redemption Amount on the date that is 20 Trading Days after the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such 20 Trading Day period the “Optional Redemption Period” and such date of payment specified by the Company, the “Optional Redemption Date”). The Optional Redemption Notice shall include a certification that the Optional Redemption Conditions are satisfied. On the Optional Redemption Date, subject to the consummation of any other transaction on which the Optional Redemption Notice was made contingent, the Company shall deliver an amount in cash to the Holder equal to the Early Redemption Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Trading Day during the Optional Redemption Period any of the Optional Redemption Conditions is not satisfied, the Holder may, at its option, send a written notice to the Company voiding the Optional Redemption Notice ab initio. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall honor all Notices of Conversion delivered at any time, and from time to time, during the Optional Redemption Notice Period.
(b) Notice of a Change of Control Put Right. The Holder may require the Company to redeem (the “Change of Control Put Right”) all, but not less than all, of this Note for an amount in cash equal to the Early Redemption Amount, at any time following the Company’s consummation of a Change of Control Transaction until the 10th Trading Day following the consummation of such Change of Control Transaction (the “Change of Control Put Period”). The Holder may exercise the Change of Control Put Right by delivering a written notice to the Company, at any time during the Change of Control Put Period or prior to the Change of Control Put Period but after the Company’s public announcement of a Change of Control Transaction pursuant to the succeeding sentence, specifying that the Note is to be redeemed, and then the applicable Early Redemption Amount shall be due and payable in cash on the 3rd Trading Day following the Company’s receipt of such notice. The Company shall, to the extent legally permissible and within the Company’s control, publicly announce any Change of Control Transaction at least 45 Trading Days prior to the consummation thereof, but, in any case, the Company shall make such announcement no later than 20 Trading Days prior to the consummation of the applicable Change of Control Transaction.
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(c) Subsequent Placement Redemption Right. At any time from and after the earlier of (x) the date the Holder becomes aware of the occurrence of a Placement (the “Holder Notice Date”) and (y) the time of consummation of a Placement (in each case, other than with respect to Excluded Securities) (each, an “Eligible Subsequent Placement”), the Holder shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require that the Company redeem (each an “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption”) all, or any portion, of the Outstanding Value under this Note at a price equal to 125% of the Outstanding Value, not to exceed percent ( %)1 of the gross proceeds from all Eligible Subsequent Placements (the “Eligible Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Amount”) by delivering written notice thereof (an “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Notice”) to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Holder is participating in an Eligible Subsequent Placement, upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall apply all, or any part, as set forth in such written request, of any amounts that would otherwise be payable to the Holder in such Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, against the purchase price of the securities to be purchased by the Holder in such Eligible Subsequent Placement. Each Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Notice shall indicate that all, or such applicable portion, as set forth in the applicable Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Notice, of the Eligible Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Amount the Holder is electing to have redeemed (the “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Amount”) and the date of such Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption (the “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Date”), which shall be the date of the consummation of such Eligible Subsequent Placement. The portion of the Outstanding Value of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 6(c) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to the Outstanding Value (or applicable portion thereof) (the “Subsequent Placement Optional Redemption Price”).
Section 7. Covenants.
(a) Affirmative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to:
(i) The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve (except where otherwise permitted hereunder), all of its properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder except where such failure would not individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, take all action necessary or advisable to maintain all of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries that are necessary or material to the conduct of its business in full force and effect;
(iii) The Company shall maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated (including, without limitation, and for the avoidance of doubt, director’s and officer’s insurance);
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(iv) The Company and its Subsidiaries shall pay when due all taxes, fees or other charges of any nature whatsoever (together with any related interest or penalties) now or hereafter imposed or assessed against the Company and its Subsidiaries or their respective assets or upon their ownership, possession, use, operation or disposition thereof or upon their rents, receipts or earnings arising therefrom (except where the failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);
(v) The Company shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (a) comply with all laws applicable to it and its business and its obligations under its contracts and agreements, in each case, in all material respects and (b) maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to achieve compliance in all material respects by the Company and its directors, officers, employees and agents with anti-corruption laws, anti-terrorism laws, and applicable sanctions;
(vi) The Company will remain registered under Section 12(b) of 12(g) of the Exchange Act and timely with the Commission file all reports required under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or other applicable securities laws.
(vii) Financial Covenants.
i. Beginning on the earlier of (i) sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, and (ii) the consummation of the investment by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s equity securities, the Company shall maintain at all times in a deposit account maintained at a Cayman Islands bank in favor of the Holder, unencumbered cash on deposit free and clear of all Liens, in an amount equal at least $1,300,000.
ii. The Company’s Revenue, shall be equal or greater than the corresponding amounts set forth on Schedule 1 for the applicable fiscal quarter.
iii. The Company’s EBITDA, shall be equal or greater than the corresponding amounts set forth on Schedule 2 for the applicable fiscal quarter.
iv. The Company’s Free Cash Flow, shall be equal or greater than the corresponding amounts set forth on Schedule 3 for the applicable fiscal quarter.
(b) Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, the Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(i) Other than Permitted Indebtedness, except with the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent the Company shall not and shall cause its of its Subsidiaries to not enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any Indebtedness of any kind.
(ii) Other than Permitted Liens, the Company shall not and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom.
(iii) The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than the Note) whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness. .
(iv) The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem or repurchase any Ordinary Shares or other equity securities or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution out of its capital;
(v) The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, spin-off, split-off, close, convey or otherwise dispose of any assets or rights of the Company or any Subsidiary owned or hereafter acquired whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than Permitted Dispositions.
(vi) The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not make or hold any Investments other than: (a) Investments existing on the date of the Exchange Agreement and that are disclosed in the Company’s financial statements included in its most recent periodic report filed with the Commission, (b) Investments in cash and cash equivalents, (c) Investments in Subsidiaries that have executed and delivered the Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to the Collateral Agent; (d) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business; (e) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, provided that this clause (e) shall not apply to Investments of the Company in any Subsidiary thereof; (f) Investments consisting of (i) loans not involving the net transfer on a substantially contemporaneous basis of cash proceeds to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of share capital of the Company pursuant to employee share purchase plans or other similar agreements approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and (ii) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate of all such loans outstanding may not exceed $50,000 at any time; (g) extensions of credit to customers or advances, deposits or payment to or with suppliers, lessors or utilities or for workers’ compensation, in each case, that are incurred in the ordinary course of business; (h) other Investments that do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate per calendar year; (i) other Investments in which the Collateral Agent is given a perfected, first priority security interest, and (j) Permitted Acquisitions.
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(vii) The Company shall not and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval);
(viii) The Company shall not and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not form, establish or acquire any new Subsidiary unless such new Subsidiary (i) is an Excluded Subsidiary or (ii) executes and delivers a Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents to the Collateral Agent each in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, promptly thereupon;
(ix) The Company shall not enter into any business, directly or indirectly, except for those businesses in which the Company is engaged on the date of this Note or that are reasonably related or ancillary thereto or that provide strategic opportunity for the Company at the Company’s discretion.
(x) Notwithstanding Section 7(b)(vi), following February 1, 2026, until the date that the Company files with the SEC its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “2026 Form 20-F”), the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, consummate an Acquisition (including a Permitted Acquisition) by the Company or any Subsidiary of another Person or all or substantially all of the assets of another Person (or any business unit thereof) unless the Company has completed the preparation of all required financial statements and pro forma financial statements required to be incorporated in the Company’s Form 20-F under Regulation S-X under the 1934 Exchange Act and the other rules and regulations of the Commission with respect to any such Acquisition.
(xi) The Company shall not maintain any deposit account or securities account that is not subject to a perfected, first priority security interest in such account, except for Excluded Accounts.
Section 8. Events of Default. +
a) “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) any default in the payment of all or any part of the Outstanding Value, including, without limitation, principal, interest, premium Redemption Value, 28 Redemption Amounts, in each case, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Note;
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(ii) the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Note or in any Transaction Document, which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the specified cure period and if not specified, the earlier to occur of 7 Trading Days after (A) notice of such failure sent by a Holder to the Company and (B) the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure (the “Cure Period”);
(iii) any representation or warranty made in this Note, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;
(iv) the Company or any Subsidiary shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;
(v) the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any Indebtedness, that (a) involves an obligation greater than $500,000, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;
(vi) following the earlier of (i) the Effectiveness Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), (ii) the date on which the Initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, and (iii) the date the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver Freely Tradable Conversion Shares prior to the 5th Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(c) or immediately if the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Notes in accordance with the terms hereof;
(vii) the occurrence of more than four Conversion Failures;
(viii) the electronic transfer by the Company of Ordinary Shares through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation is no longer available or is subject to a “chill”, and such failure remains uncured after the Cure Period;
(ix) any Transaction Document shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid Lien on the collateral described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent (the “Collateral”), or any material provision of any Transaction Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or the applicable Subsidiary, the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company, any Subsidiary or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any such Subsidiary, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, and such failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the Cure Period;
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(x) any Material Adverse Effect occurs;
(xi) (A) the suspension from trading or the failure of the Ordinary Shares to be listed on a Trading Market for a period of 5 consecutive Trading Days or (B) the threatened failure of the Ordinary Shares to be listed on a Trading Market if such failure is not cured 90 Trading Days prior to the deadline set by such Trading Market.
b) Remedies Upon Event of Default.
(i) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and until the date that is thirty (30) Trading Days following the date such Event of Default is cured (the “Event of Default Redemption Right Period”), this Note shall become, at the Required Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash equal to (i) the Outstanding Value of this Note to be redeemed multiplied by (ii) 120% (the “Event of Default Redemption Amount”); provided that such acceleration shall be automatic, without any notice or other action of the Required Holders, in respect of an Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 8(a)(iv). Commencing on the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, the interest rate on the Outstanding Value of this Note shall be the greater of (i) 18% per annum and (ii) the maximum amount allowed by law. Interest shall accrue daily from the occurrence of an Event of Default and shall cease upon the cure of such Event of Default and shall be calculated based on a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered in the Note Register. Upon the payment in full of the amount owing set forth above, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In addition, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8(a)(vi), the Holder shall be entitled to an amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the undelivered Freely Tradable Conversion Shares that should have been delivered to the Holder pursuant to the applicable Conversion Notice (including any Conversion Shares issuable under a Conversion Notice held in abeyance pursuant to Section 4(e)(ii)) but for such Event of Default multiplied by (b) the greatest VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on any Trading Day during the period commencing three Trading Days immediately preceding such Event of Default and ending on the date the Company makes the entire payment required to be made under this Section 8(b). For the avoidance of doubt, during the Event of Default Redemption Right Period, the Holder may convert the Event of Default Redemption Amount into Conversion Shares, in whole or in part and from time to time, in accordance with Section 4 using the Alternate Conversion Price (each conversion an “Alternate Conversion” and each day on which the Holder effects an Alternate Conversion, an “Alternate Conversion Date”).
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(ii) Notice. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default with respect to this Note, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days of the Company becoming aware of such Event of Default deliver written notice thereof to the Holder via electronic mail to the Holder.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Conversion Notice, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other email address, or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 9(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the email address or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such email attachment or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Exchange Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
(b) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note ranks pari passu with all other Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.
(c) Lost or Mutilated Note. If this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
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(d) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Note and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
(e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Required Holders of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company or the Required Holders to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Note on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Required Holders must be in writing. Any provision of this Note may be waived by the Required Holders, which waiver shall be binding on all of the Holders of the Note and their successors and assigns. Any provision of this Note may be amended by a written instrument executed by the Company and the Required Holders, which amendment shall be binding on all of the Holders of the Notes and their successors and assigns.
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(f) Severability. If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.
(g) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is reasonably requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note.
(h) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
(i) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Note and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(j) Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Company under this Note are secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents.
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Section 10. Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within the time required by the rules and regulations of Commission, but in no event within two (2) Trading Days, publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
Section 11. Certain Tax Matters. All payments to be made by the Company under this Note (whether in cash or in Ordinary Shares) shall be made without any Tax Deduction (as defined below) unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Holder accordingly. If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Company, the amount of the payment due from the Company under this Note shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due under this Note if no Tax Deduction had been required; provided, however, no such increase is required to the extent any holder changes its residency for tax purposes or assigns or transfers its rights and obligations pursuant to this Note and such action leads to the imposition of Tax Deduction on payment that would not have been imposed in the absence of such action or an increase in such liability above the liability that would have been imposed in the absence of such action. If the Company is required to make a Tax Deduction, it shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law. Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Company shall deliver to the Holder evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Holder that the Tax Deduction has been made and that any appropriate payment has been paid to the relevant taxing authority. For greater certainty, (i) this Section 11 applies to all payments, whether in the form of cash, Ordinary Shares or otherwise, made under this Note, and (ii) the Company is obligated to indemnify the Holder pursuant to this Section 11 in the event that a Tax Deduction is required in respect of any payment to be made to the Holder under this Note and the company and/or its subsidiaries fail to comply with this Section 11. For purposes of this Section 11, “Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same) and “Tax Deduction” means any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
| NVNI GROUP LIMITED | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | Pierre Schurmann | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
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Exhibit 10.5
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 11, 2025, by and between Nvni Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and each of the several buyers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This Agreement is made pursuant to (i) the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase Agreement”), and (ii) the Securities Exchange Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Exchange Agreement”).
The Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:
| 1. | Definitions. |
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 75th calendar day following the date hereof (or 115th days in the event of a full review by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the 30th calendar day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder; provided, however, that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the 5th Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above, provided, further, if such Effectiveness Date falls on a day that is not a Trading Day, then the Effectiveness Date shall be the next succeeding Trading Day.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Filing Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 45th calendar day following the date hereof and, with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities, and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), not later than the 10th calendar day after the necessity therefor arises.
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.
“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) 150% of the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) such Notes are convertible at the prevailing Floor Price (as defined in the Notes), and (y) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes), (ii) 150% of the maximum number of Conversion Shares (as defined in the Exchange Agreement) issuable upon conversion of the Note (as defined in the Exchange Agreement, the (“Exchange Note”)) (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) such Exchange Note is convertible at the prevailing Floor Price (as defined in the Exchange Note), (y) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes or Exchange Note set forth in the Notes and Exchange Note, respectively, and (iii) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as (a) the Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (b) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (c) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (assuming that such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company).
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“Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
| 2. | Shelf Registration. |
(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form F-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form F-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e)) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least 85% in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A and substantially the “Selling Stockholder” section attached hereto as Annex B; provided, however, that no Holder shall be required to be named as an “underwriter” without such Holder’s express prior written consent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are no longer Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holder within one (1) Trading Day of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(d).
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(b) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e); with respect to filing on Form F-3 or other appropriate form, and subject to the provisions of Section 2(d) with respect to the payment of liquidated damages; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(d), if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of each holder’s Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by all of the Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least three (3) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.
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(d) If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a) herein or the Company subsequent withdraws the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i) as of the Filing Date), or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within 5 Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review, or (iii) prior to the effective date of a Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within 10 calendar days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (iv) a Registration Statement registering for resale any Registrable Securities is not declared effective by the Commission by its Effectiveness Date (provided if the Registration Statement does not allow for the resale of Registrable Securities at prevailing market prices (i.e., only allows for fixed price sales), the Company shall have been deemed to have not satisfied this clause) or (v) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than 10 consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of 15 calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i) and (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such 5 Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iii) the date on which such 10 calendar day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (v) the date on which such 10 or 15 calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of 2.0% multiplied by the sum of (i) the Outstanding Value (as defined in the Notes) of the Notes, and (ii) the Outstanding Value (as defined in the Exchange Note) of the Exchange Note (as defined in each of the Notes and Exchange Note) of the such Holder’s Notes or Exchange Note, as applicable. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
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(e) If Form F-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form F-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form F-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any reference herein to a filing of an alternative form where Form F-3 is not available shall include such filing on Form F-1.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Company be permitted to name any Holder or affiliate of a Holder as any “underwriter” without the prior written consent of such Holder.
| 3. | Registration Procedures. |
In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than 5 Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or 1 Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex C (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.
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(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the Company shall excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 50% of the number of Ordinary Shares then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case prior to the Filing Date, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.
(d) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus; provided, however, that in no event shall any such notice contain any information which would constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and the Company agrees that the Holders shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and shall not have any duty to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not to trade on the basis of such information.
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(e) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(f) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission, provided that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(g) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(h) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
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(i) If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement or Exchange Agreement, as applicable, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(j) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(d), for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.
(k) Otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.
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(l) The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain eligibility for use of Form F-3 (or any successor form thereto) for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities.
(m) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.
4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
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| 5. | Indemnification. |
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Ordinary Shares), investment advisors and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(c). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(f).
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s information provided in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or the proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a selling Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
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(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, provided that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.
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The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
| 6. | Miscellaneous. |
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any Registration Statements other than the Registrable Securities. The Company shall not file any other registration statements until 60 days following the date that all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission, provided that this Section 6(b), shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement.
(c) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(d).
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(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 50.1% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security), provided that, if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder (or group of Holders), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Holder (or group of Holders) shall be required. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(d). No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
(e) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement or Exchange Agreement, as applicable, and for the avoidance of doubt, shall be in writing.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement and Exchange Agreement, as applicable.
(g) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(i), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.
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(h) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 (e.g., www.docusign.com), such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
(i) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(j) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(k) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(l) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(m) Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.
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(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
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NVNI GROUP LIMITED | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | Pierre Schurmann | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO NVNI RRA]
Name of Holder: [ ]
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: _________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory:
Title of Authorized Signatory:
[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
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Annex A
Plan of Distribution
Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the Principal Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
| ● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the brokerdealer solicits purchasers; |
| ● | block trades in which the brokerdealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
| ● | purchases by a brokerdealer as principal and resale by the brokerdealer for its account; |
| ● | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
| ● | privately negotiated transactions; |
| ● | settlement of short sales; |
| ● | in transactions through brokerdealers that agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security; |
| ● | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
| ● | a combination of any such methods of sale; or |
| ● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Brokerdealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokersdealers to participate in sales. Brokerdealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any brokerdealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.
In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the ordinary shares for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the ordinary shares by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
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SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
The ordinary shares being offered by the selling shareholders are those previously issued to the selling shareholders, and those issuable to the selling shareholders, upon conversion of the notes. For additional information regarding the issuances of those ordinary shares and notes, see “Private Placement of Ordinary Shares and Notes” above. We are registering the ordinary shares in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the ordinary shares and the notes, the selling shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.
The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of ordinary shares beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the ordinary shares and notes, as of ________, 2025, assuming conversion of the notes held by the selling shareholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on conversion.
The third column lists the ordinary shares being offered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders.
In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the sum of (i) the number of ordinary shares issued to the selling shareholders in the “Private Placement of Ordinary Shares and Notes” described above and (ii) the maximum number of ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the notes, determined as if the outstanding notes were converted in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, each as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in the registration right agreement, without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the notes. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.
Under the terms of the notes, a selling shareholder may not convert the notes to the extent such conversion would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of ordinary shares which would exceed 9.99% of our then outstanding ordinary shares following such conversion, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of such notes which have not been converted. The number of shares in the second and fourth columns do not reflect this limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”
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| Name of Selling Shareholder | Number of Ordinary Shares Owned Prior to Offering |
Maximum Number of Ordinary Shares to be Sold Pursuant to this Prospectus |
Number of Ordinary Shares Owned After Offering |
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Annex C
NVNI GROUP LIMITED
Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire
The undersigned beneficial owner of ordinary shares (the “Registrable Securities”) of NVNI Group Limited, Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
| 1. | Name. |
| (a) | Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder |
_____________________________________________________________________________________
| (b) | Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held: |
_____________________________________________________________________________________
| (c) | Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire): |
_____________________________________________________________________________________
| 2. | Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder: |
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone:___________________________________________________________________________________
E-Mail:______________________________________________________________________________________
Contact Person:________________________________________________________________________________
| 3. | Broker-Dealer Status: |
| (a) | Are you a broker-dealer? |
| Yes | ☐ | No | ☐ |
| (b) | If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company? |
| Yes | ☐ | No | ☐ |
Note: If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
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| (c) | Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer? |
| Yes | ☐ | No | ☐ |
| (d) | If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities? |
| Yes | ☐ | No | ☐ |
Note: If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
4. Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
| (a) | Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder: |
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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5. Relationships with the Company:
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
State any exceptions here:
_________________________________________________________________________________________
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The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any material inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective; provided, that the undersigned shall not be required to notify the Company of any changes to the number of securities held or owned by the undersigned or its affiliates.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
| Date: | Beneficial Owner: | ||||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
PLEASE EMAIL A .PDF COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO:
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Exhibit 10.6
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December __, 2025 (this “Agreement”), is among Nvni Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Debtor”) and the holders of the Company’s Senior Secured Note, in the original aggregate principal amount of up to $2,865,000 (collectively, the “Notes”) signatory hereto, their permitted transferees and assigns (collectively, the “Secured Parties”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Notes), the Secured Parties have severally agreed to extend the loans to the Company evidenced by the Notes;
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to extend the loans evidenced by the Notes, Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Parties this Agreement and to grant the Secured Parties, pari passu with each other Secured Party and through the Agent (as defined in Section 18 hereof), a security interest in certain property of Debtor to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and the other Transaction Documents.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement (x) that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “account”, “chattel paper”, “commercial tort claim”, “deposit account”, “document”, “equipment”, “fixtures”, “general intangibles”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”, “letter-of-credit rights”, “proceeds” and “supporting obligations”) shall have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC, (y) that are defined in the Notes shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Notes, and (z) that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
(a) “Collateral” means the following personal property of Debtor, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming into existence, wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto and all substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in connection therewith, and all dividends, interest, cash, notes, securities, equity interest or other property at any time and from time to time acquired, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Securities (as defined below):
(i) All goods, including, without limitation, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers, motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special and general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment of every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents of title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the foregoing and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory;
(ii) All contract rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation, all partnership interests, membership interests, shares or other securities, rights under any of the Organizational Documents, agreements related to the Pledged Securities, licenses, distribution and other agreements, computer software (whether “off-the-shelf”, licensed from any third party or developed by Debtor), computer software development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists, quality control procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, Intellectual Property and income tax refunds;
(iii) All accounts, together with all instruments, all documents of title representing any of the foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor vehicles and trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title, security and guaranties with respect to each account, including any right of stoppage in transit;
(iv) All documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;
(v) All commercial tort claims;
(vi) All deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit accounts and, for clarity, all such accounts shall be subject to customary control agreements in favor of the Agent);
(vii) All investment property;
(viii) All supporting obligations;
(ix) All files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs; and
(x) The products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses (i) – (ix) above.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the “Collateral” shall include all investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership and/or other equity interests in each direct Subsidiary (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), including, without limitation, the shares of share capital and the other equity interests listed on Schedule 1 (as the same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof), and any other shares of share capital and/or other equity interests of any other direct subsidiary of Debtor obtained in the future, and, in each case, all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and, in each case, all rights, options, warrants, shares, other securities and/or equity interests that may hereafter be received, receivable or distributed in respect of, or exchanged for, any of the foregoing and all rights arising under or in connection with the Pledged Securities, including, but not limited to, all dividends, interest and cash.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the “Collateral” shall not include (a) any property that is the subject of a lien securing purchase money indebtedness or leases permitted under the Notes pursuant to documents that prohibit Debtor from granting any other liens in such property, (b) any application to register a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of an “intent-to-use” until an applicable statement of use has been submitted and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect thereto, (c) any lease, license or other contract of Debtor if the grant of a security interest in such lease, license or contract in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is prohibited by the terms of such lease, license or contract or by applicable law and would result in the termination of such lease, license or contract or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise adversely alter Debtor’s rights, titles and interests thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both), (d) motor vehicles and other equipment the perfection of a security interest in which is governed by certificate of title statutes, (e) any Excluded Account, (f) Inventory subject to a Permitted Inventory Financing Arrangement, (g) Accounts subject to a Permitted Accounts Receivable Financing Arrangement; (h) production line equipment purchased pursuant to financing which is secured against such equipment, (i) equipment purchased from ‘cap customers’ via financing which is secured against such equipment, and (j) any leasehold real property interests; provided, that (i) any such limitation described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (c) on the security interests granted hereunder shall apply only to the extent that any such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable law (including pursuant to a Bankruptcy Event (as defined in the Notes)) or principles of equity and (ii) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in such lease, license or contract or in any Applicable Law, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral hereunder, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such lease, license or contract shall be automatically and simultaneously granted hereunder and shall be included as Collateral hereunder.
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(c) “Intellectual Property” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, (ii) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (iii) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (v) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing, (vi) all licenses for any of the foregoing, and (vii) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing.
(e) “Majority in Interest” means, at any time of determination, the majority in interest (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Notes at the time of such determination) of the Secured Parties.
(f) “Necessary Endorsement” means undated share powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent (as that term is defined below) may reasonably request.
(g) “Obligations” means all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of Debtor to the Secured Parties, in each case arising under this Agreement, the Notes, and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Notes and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of Debtor from time to time under or in connection with this Agreement, the Notes, and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Debtor.
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(h) “Organizational Documents” means with respect to Debtor, the documents by which Debtor was organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates of designation for preferred shares or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of Debtor (such as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or members agreement).
(j) “Pledged Interests” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(j).
(k) “Pledged Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(i).
(l) “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.
2. Grant of Security Interest in Collateral. As an inducement for the Secured Parties to extend the loans as evidenced by the Notes and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, Debtor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to, the Collateral (a “Security Interest” and, collectively, the “Security Interests”).
3. Delivery of Certain Collateral. Contemporaneously or prior to the execution of this Agreement, Debtor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (a) any and all certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities, and (b) any and all certificates and other instruments or documents representing any of the other Collateral which require or permit possession by the Agent to perfect its Security Interest therein (but excluding checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business and any items that represent obligations or value not in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate), in each case, together with all Necessary Endorsements. Debtor is, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, delivering to Agent, or have previously delivered to Agent, a true and correct copy of each Organizational Document governing any of the Pledged Securities.
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4. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of Debtor. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports or set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Secured Parties concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure Schedules”), which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, Debtor represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as follows:
(a) Debtor has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Debtor of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Debtor and no further action is required by Debtor. This Agreement has been duly executed by Debtor. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Debtor, enforceable against Debtor in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity.
(b) Debtor has no place of business or offices where its respective books of account and records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set forth in the Schedule 2 (other than Collateral with a book or fair market value (whichever is less) not exceeding $500,000 in any such location or $750,000 in the aggregate for all such locations, Collateral in transit between locations or out for repair or refurbishment, or which consists of laptops or other equipment used by an employee of a Debtor in the ordinary course of business). Except as specifically set forth on the Schedule 2, Debtor is the lessee or record owner of the real property where such Collateral is located, and there exist no mortgages or other liens on any such real property except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes). Except as disclosed on Schedule 2, (other than Collateral with a value not exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate and Collateral in transit between locations or out for repair or refurbishment), none of such Collateral is in the possession of any consignee, bailee, warehouseman, agent or processor.
(c) Except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes) and except as set forth in the Schedule 2, Debtor is the sole owner of the Collateral (except for licenses granted by Debtor in the ordinary course of business and except for inventory and equipment that is provided to Debtor’ customers in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and are fully authorized through all corporate or limited liability company power, as applicable, to grant the Security Interests. Except as set forth in the Schedule 2, there is not on file in any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those that will be filed in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Collateral. Except as set forth in the Schedule 2, as long as this Agreement shall be in effect, Debtor shall not execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any other financing statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or in connection with any Permitted Lien).
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(d) No written claim has been received that any Collateral or Debtor’s use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There has been no adverse decision to Debtor’s claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to Debtor’s right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of Debtor, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.
(e) Debtor shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the locations set forth on the Schedule 2 (which shall be deemed to be updated from time to time pursuant to valid notice received by the Secured Parties of new locations in accordance with this subsection (e)) and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least 10 days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location thereof and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing statements under the UCC and other necessary documents, if any, have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interests to create in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected and continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral.
(f) This Agreement creates in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes), securing the payment and performance of the Obligations. Upon making the filings described in the immediately following paragraph, all security interests created hereunder in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements shall have been duly perfected. Except for the filing of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to in the immediately following paragraph, the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement (as defined in Section 4(p) hereof) with respect to copyrights and copyright applications in the United States Copyright Office referred to in paragraph (m), the execution and delivery of deposit account control agreements satisfying the requirements of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit account of Debtor constituting Collateral, and the delivery of the certificates and other instruments provided in Section 3, no action is necessary to create, perfect or protect the security interests created hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the filing of said financing statements, the recordation of said Intellectual Property Security Agreement and the execution and delivery of said deposit account control agreements, no consent of any third parties and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection of the Security Interests created hereunder in the Collateral to the extent such Security Interests can be created and perfected by such actions or (iii) the enforcement of the rights of the Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder.
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(g) Debtor hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more financing statements under the UCC, with respect to the Security Interests, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by it.
(h) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Debtor does not (i) violate any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of Debtor or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to Debtor or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material agreement, credit facility, debt or other material instrument (evidencing Debtor’s debt or otherwise) or other material understanding to which Debtor is a party or by which any property or asset of Debtor is bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation, from shareholders or creditors of Debtor) necessary for Debtor to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained.
(i) The share capital and other equity interests listed on the Schedule 1 (the “Pledged Securities”) represent all of the share capital and other equity interests of the direct Subsidiaries, and represent all share capital and other equity interests owned directly by Debtor. All of the Pledged Securities are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and Debtor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Securities, free and clear of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance except for the security interests created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes).
(j) The ownership and other equity interests in partnerships and limited liability companies (if any) included in the Collateral (the “Pledged Interests”) by their express terms do not provide that they are securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC and are not held in a securities account or by any financial intermediary.
(k) Except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes), Debtor shall at all times maintain the liens and Security Interests provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 14 hereof. Debtor hereby agrees to defend the same against the claims of any and all persons and entities. Debtor shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the account of the Secured Parties. At the request of the Agent, Debtor will sign and deliver to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time or from time to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Agent to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Debtor shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security Interests hereunder (other than those fees and taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP), and Debtor shall obtain and furnish to the Agent from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interests hereunder.
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(l) [RESERVED]
(m) [RESERVED]
(n) Within 30 days after the date hereof (or such later date agreed to by the Agent), Debtor shall cause each insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer issuing such policy to certify to the Agent, that (a) the Agent will be named as lender loss payee and additional insured under each such insurance policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or materially changed for any reason whatsoever, such insurer will promptly notify the Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Agent of such notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage under the policy; and (c) the Agent will have the right (but no obligation) at its election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within ten (10) days of notice from the insurer of such default.
(o) Debtor shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Parties promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change in the Collateral, taken as a whole, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral, taken as a whole, or on the Secured Parties’ security interest, through the Agent, therein.
(p) Debtor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Agent such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect or enforce the Secured Parties’ security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, if applicable and if requested by the Agent, the execution and delivery of a separate security agreement with respect to Debtor’s Intellectual Property (“Intellectual Property Security Agreement”) in which the Agent has been granted a security interest hereunder, substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, which Intellectual Property Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof.
(q) Debtor shall permit the Agent and its representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral during normal business hours and upon 3 days prior notice, and to make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be reasonably requested by the Agent from time to time; provided, that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Debtor shall not be obligated to reimburse the Agent for more than one such inspection in any calendar year and inspection shall not occur more than one in any calendar year.
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(r) Debtor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral except as otherwise permitted in accordance with the terms of the Notes.
(s) [RESERVED]
(t) All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties by or on behalf of Debtor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.
(u) Except as permitted by the Transaction Documents, the Debtor shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective valid existence and good standing in its jurisdiction of organization and any rights and franchises material to its business.
(v) No Debtor will change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or corporate structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it provides at least 10 days prior written notice to the Secured Parties of such change and, at the time of such written notification, Debtor provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.
(w) Except in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted by the Transaction Documents, no Debtor may consign any of its inventory or sell any of its inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale without the consent of the Agent which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(x) No Debtor may relocate its chief executive office to a new location without providing 10 days prior written notification thereof to the Secured Parties and so long as, at the time of such written notification, Debtor provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.
(y) Debtor was organized and remains organized solely under the laws of the state set forth next to Debtor’s name on Schedule 3, which the Schedule 3 sets forth Debtor’s organizational identification number or, if Debtor does not have one, states that one does not exist.
(z) (i) The actual name of Debtor is the name set forth in the Schedule 3; (ii) no Debtor has any trade names except as set forth on the Schedule 3; (iii) no Debtor has used any name other than that stated in the preamble hereto or as set forth in the Schedule 3 for the preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into Debtor or been acquired by Debtor within the past five years except as set forth in the Schedule 3.
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(aa) At any time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments, certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by the secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, the applicable Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent.
(bb) Debtor, in its capacity as issuer, hereby agrees, to comply with any and all orders and instructions of Agent regarding the Pledged Interests consistent with the terms of this Agreement without the further consent of Debtor as contemplated by Section 8-106 (or any successor section) of the UCC. Further, Debtor agrees that it shall not enter into a similar agreement (or one that would confer “control” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any other person or entity.
(cc) Debtor shall cause all tangible chattel paper constituting Collateral with a book or fair market value (whichever is lower) in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate to be delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause such tangible chattel paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the security interest created by this Agreement. To the extent that any Collateral consists of electronic chattel paper, the applicable Debtor shall cause the underlying chattel paper to be “marked” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or successor section thereto).
(dd) If there is any investment property or deposit account included as Collateral that can be perfected by “control” through an account control agreement, the applicable Debtor shall cause such an account control agreement, in form and substance in each case satisfactory to the Agent, to be entered into and delivered to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties within 30 days of the Closing Date (with respect to deposit accounts included in Collateral as of the Closing Date) or creation or acquisition thereof (with respect to deposit accounts created or acquired after the Closing Date).
(ee) To the extent that any Collateral consists of letter-of-credit rights with a face amount in excess of $500,000 for any single letter of credit or $1,000,000 for all applicable letters of credit in the aggregate, the applicable Debtor shall cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit with respect thereto to consent to an assignment of the proceeds thereof to the Secured Parties.
(ff) To the extent that any Collateral with a book or fair market value (whichever is less) in excess of $500,000 with respect to any single third party and $1,000,000 with respect to all third parties combined is in the possession of any third party, the applicable Debtor shall, at Agent’s request, join with the Agent in notifying such third party of the Secured Parties’ security interest in such Collateral and shall use its best efforts to obtain an acknowledgement and agreement from such third party with respect to the Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(gg) If Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim with an expected value in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $2,000,000 in the aggregate for all commercial tort claims, Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in a writing signed by Debtor of the particulars thereof and grant to the Secured Parties in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
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(hh) [RESERVED]
(ii) [RESERVED]
(jj) Debtor shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply with the covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Notes.
(kk) Debtor shall register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities on the books of Debtor. Debtor shall notify each issuer of Pledged Securities to register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities in the name of the Secured Parties on the books of such issuer.
(ll) In the event that, upon an occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall sell all or any of the Pledged Securities to another party or parties (herein called the “Transferee”) or shall purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Securities, Debtor shall, to the extent applicable: (i) deliver to Agent or the Transferee, as the case may be, the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, share certificate books, corporate seals, deeds, leases, indentures, agreements, evidences of indebtedness, books of account, financial records and all other Organizational Documents and records of Debtor and their direct and indirect subsidiaries; (ii) use its best efforts to obtain resignations of the persons then serving as officers and directors of Debtor and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, if so requested; and (iii) use its best efforts to obtain any approvals that are required by any governmental or regulatory body in order to permit the sale of the Pledged Securities to the Transferee or the purchase or retention of the Pledged Securities by Agent and allow the Transferee or Agent to continue the business of Debtor and their direct and indirect subsidiaries.
(mm) Without limiting the generality of the other obligations of Debtor hereunder, Debtor shall promptly (i) cause to be registered at the United States Copyright Office all of its material copyrights, (ii) cause the security interest contemplated hereby with respect to all Intellectual Property registered at the United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office to be duly recorded at the applicable office, and (iii) give the Agent notice whenever it acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any additional material Intellectual Property.
(nn) [RESERVED]
(oo) The Schedule 4 lists all of the registered patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, trademark applications, registered copyrights, and domain names owned by any of Debtor as of the date hereof. Schedule 4 lists all material licenses in favor of Debtor for the use of any patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names as of the date hereof
(pp) [RESERVED]
(qq) [RESERVED]
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5. Effect of Pledge on Certain Rights. If any of the Collateral subject to this Agreement consists of nonvoting equity or ownership interests (regardless of class, designation, preference or rights) that may be converted into voting equity or ownership interests upon the occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer of all or any of the other shares or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that the pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or the enforcement of any of Agent’s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the type of event which would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding any provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which Debtor is subject or to which Debtor is party.
6. [RESERVED]
7. Duty To Hold In Trust.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Debtor shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income, dividend, interest or other sums subject to the Security Interests, whether payable pursuant to the Notes or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties, pro-rata in proportion to their respective then-currently outstanding principal amount of Notes for application to the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Note is not outstanding, pro-rata in proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining Notes).
(b) If Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or other property (including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or instruments representing Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof, or any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization of Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as an addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities or otherwise), Debtor agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the Secured Parties; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same to Agent on or before the close of business on the fifth business day following the receipt thereof by Debtor, in the exact form received together with the Necessary Endorsements, to be held by Agent subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collateral.
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8. Rights and Remedies Upon Default.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Secured Parties, acting through the Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Notes, and the Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without limitation, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the following rights and powers:
(i) The Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for that purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and Debtor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at Debtor’s premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Agent, without rent, all of Debtor’s respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Agent taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or disposable form.
(ii) Upon notice to Debtor by Agent, all rights of Debtor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise and all rights of Debtor to receive the dividends and interest which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall cease. Upon the giving of such notice, Agent shall have the right to receive, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at the option of Agent, to exercise in such Agent’s discretion all voting rights pertaining thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with respect to the Collateral as it were the sole and absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, to vote and/or to exchange, at its sole discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection with a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other readjustment concerning or involving the Collateral or Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries.
(iii) The Agent shall have the right to operate the business of Debtor using the Collateral and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to Debtor or right of redemption of a Debtor, which are hereby expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of Debtor, which are hereby waived and released.
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(iv) The Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtor and any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and to enforce Debtor’ rights against such account debtor and obligors.
(v) The Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may (but is not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other person or entity holding any investment property to transfer the same to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, or its designee.
(vi) The Agent may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered in the name of Debtor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Parties or any designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.
(b) The Agent shall comply with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, Debtor will only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser. In addition, Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.
(c) For the purpose of enabling the Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under this Section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, Debtor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to Debtor) to use, license or sublicense following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.
9. Applications of Proceeds. The proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral hereunder or from payments made on account of any insurance policy insuring any portion of the Collateral shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Agent in enforcing the Secured Parties’ rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations pro rata among the Secured Parties (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Notes at the time of any such determination), and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the applicable Debtor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, Debtor will be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 12.0% per annum or the lesser amount permitted by applicable law (the “Default Rate”) provided that the Default Rate shall not be in addition to the Applicable Rate, and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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10. Securities Law Provision. Debtor recognizes that Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale to the public of all or part of the Pledged Securities by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other federal or state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities Laws”), and may be compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Debtor agrees that sales so made may be at prices and on terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public, and that Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged Securities for the period of time necessary to register the Pledged Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Laws. Debtor shall cooperate with Agent in its attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including, without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by Agent) applicable to the sale of the Pledged Securities by Agent.
11. Costs and Expenses. Subject to the Purchase Agreement, each Debtor agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Agent. Debtor shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent is reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security Interests therein. Debtor will also, upon demand, pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable and documented expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may incur in connection with the creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure, collection or enforcement of the Security Interest and the preparation, administration, continuance, amendment or enforcement of this Agreement and pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable and documented expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Notes. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Notes and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
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12. Responsibility for Collateral. Debtor assumes all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b) Debtor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by Debtor thereunder. Neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of Debtor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled at any time or times.
13. Security Interests Absolute. All rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of Debtor hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or any agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Notes or any other agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guarantee, or any other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense available to a Debtor, or a discharge of all or any part of the Security Interests granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash (other than inchoate reimbursement obligations for which no demand has been made), the rights of the Secured Parties shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. Debtor expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Parties hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, Debtor’s obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Debtor waives all right to require the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or entity or to apply any Collateral which the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Debtor waives any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.
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14. Term of Agreement; Termination and Release. This Agreement and the Security Interests shall terminate on the date on which all payments under the Notes and all other Obligations have been paid in full in cash (other than inchoate reimbursement obligations for which no demand has been made); provided, however, that all indemnities of Debtor contained in this Agreement shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or the Note, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released. Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition by Debtor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Note, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released (other than with respect to Proceeds and products, including any consideration received in connection with such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition). In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 14, the Agent shall promptly authenticate or execute and deliver to Debtor, solely at Debtor’s expense, any documents and instruments reasonably requested by Debtor to evidence the termination of all applicable security interests given by Debtor to the Agent hereunder.
15. Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.
(a) Debtor authorizes the Agent, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Agent and its officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the Agent or Debtor, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) endorse any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Agent; (ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC or any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against Debtor, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide licenses respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option of the Agent, and at the expense of Debtor, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do all acts and things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interests granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement and the Notes all as fully and effectually as Debtor might or could do; and Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for until the Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash (other than inchoate reimbursement obligations for which no demand has been made). The designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or agreements to which Debtor is subject or to which Debtor is a party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Secured Party is specifically authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments of transfer and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.
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(b) On a continuing basis, Debtor will make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and record, as the case may be, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the jurisdictions indicated on the Schedule 2, all such instruments, and take all such action as may reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable, or as reasonably requested by the Agent, to perfect the Security Interests granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to the Agent the grant or perfection of a perfected security interest in all the Collateral under the UCC.
(c) Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and instead of Debtor and in the name of Debtor, from time to time in the Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to perfect the security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of Debtor where permitted by law, which financing statements may (but need not) describe the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words of like import, and ratifies all such actions taken by the Agent. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until the Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash (other than inchoate reimbursement obligations for which no demand has been made).
16. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject to the notice provision of the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Notes).
17. Other Security. To the extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other person, firm, corporation or other entity, then the Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.
18. Appointment of Agent. Pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Purchase Agreement, the Secured Parties have appointed [ ] to act as their collateral agent (“Agent”) for purposes of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder.
19. Miscellaneous.
(a) No course of dealing between Debtor and the Secured Parties, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Parties, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Notes shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
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(b) All of the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by the Notes or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently.
(c) This Agreement, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by Debtor and the Secured Parties holding 50.1% or more of the principal amount of Notes then outstanding, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.
(d) If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(e) No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
(f) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. Debtor may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent (other than by merger). Any Secured Party may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to whom such Secured Party assigns or transfers any Obligations, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Obligations, by the provisions of this Agreement that apply to the “Secured Parties.”
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(g) Each party shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
(h) Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, Debtor agrees that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Notes (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, Debtor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(i) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by .pdf via email transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such .pdf via email signature were the original thereof.
(j) Reserved.
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(k) Debtor shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar functions) (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. This indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnification provision in the Notes, the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Notes) or any other agreement, instrument or other document executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
(l) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject Agent or any Secured Party to liability as a partner in Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member in Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise, unless and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to be substituted for Debtor as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant hereto.
(m) To the extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent, approval or action of any partner or member, as applicable, of Debtor or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Debtor or compliance with any provisions of any of the Organizational Documents, Debtor hereby grants such consent and approval and waive any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.
| NVNI GROUP LIMITED | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| NUVINI LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| NUVINI MERGER SUB, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| MERCATO PARTNERS ACQUISITION CORPORATION | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO NVNI GROUP LIMITED SECURITY AGREEMENT]
AGENT:
[ ]
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| Name: | ||
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO NVNI MATERIALS, INC SECURITY AGREEMENT]
Name of Investing Entity: __________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity: _________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________
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Exhibit 10.7
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
This SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY (this “Agreement”), dated as of December __, 2025, is made by and among each of the undersigned Guarantors (collectively, the “Guarantors” and each of them a “Guarantor”) and [ ], as agent for the Holders (as defined below) (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, in consideration of the substantial direct and indirect benefits derived by each Guarantor from the loans and other extensions of credit made or to be made by the entities identified as holders (the “Holders”) in the Senior Secured Notes due April 15, 2027, of Nvni Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Issuer”) (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Notes”) issued by Issuer on the date hereof pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement of even date herewith, by and among the Issuer and the buyers signatory thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”), the parties hereby agree as follows:
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Definitions
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. In addition, for purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, conservatorship, moratorium, receivership, insolvency, rearrangement, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United States and other applicable jurisdictions in effect from time to time.
“Extensions of Credit” means the present and future loans made to the Issuer by the Holders as evidenced by the Notes issued under the Purchase Agreement.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of any nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether at the national, state, territorial, provincial, municipal or any other level, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of, or pertaining to, government.
“Holders” has the meaning specified in the recitals.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Issuer” has the meaning specified in the recitals.
“Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals.
“Note Parties” means the Issuer and the Guarantors.
“Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c).
“Purchase Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Person (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling Persons.
“Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.06.
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Agreement to Guarantee Obligations
Section 2.01 Guaranty. Each Guarantor, hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety,
(a) the due and prompt payment by the Issuer of:
(i) all present and future obligations of the Issuer under the Notes (whether issued and outstanding on the date hereof or issued after the date hereof), including, without limitation, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the rate specified in the Notes (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding (“Post-Petition Interest”)) on the Extensions of Credit, when and as due, whether at scheduled maturity, date set for prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise, and
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(ii) all other present and future monetary obligations of the Issuer to the Holders under the Transaction Documents, when and as due, including reasonable fees, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel incurred by the Collateral Agent or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document), contract causes of action and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding); and
(b) the due and prompt performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Issuer under or in respect of the Transaction Documents; and
(c) all such obligations in subsections (a) through (b), whether now or hereafter existing, being referred to collectively as the “Obligations.” Each Guarantor further agrees that all or part of the Obligations may be increased, extended, substituted, amended, renewed or otherwise modified without notice to or consent from any such Guarantor and such actions shall not affect the liability of any such Guarantor hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Obligations and would be owed by any other Note Party to the Holders or the Collateral Agent under or in respect of the Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Note Party.
Anything herein or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.03).
Section 2.02 Reinstatement. Each Guarantor agrees that its guaranty hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time all or part of any payment of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Holders or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or any other Note Party or otherwise.
Section 2.03 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.01. The provisions of this Section 2.03 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Collateral Agent and the Holders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder.
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Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional; Waivers
Section 3.01 Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional; No Waiver of Obligations. Each Guarantor guarantees that the Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority now or hereafter in effect. The Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the Obligations of any other Note Party under any Transaction Document. A separate action may be brought against each Guarantor to enforce this Agreement, whether or not any action is brought against any other Note Party or whether or not any other Note Party is joined in any such action. The liability of each Guarantor hereunder is irrevocable, continuing, absolute and unconditional and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise effected by, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses to enforcement it may have (now or in the future) by reason of:
(a) any illegality or lack of validity or enforceability of any Obligation or any Transaction Document or any related agreement or instrument;
(b) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, the Obligations or any other obligation of any Note Party under any Transaction Document, or any rescission, waiver, amendment or other modification of any Transaction Document or any other agreement, including any increase in the Obligations resulting from any extension of additional credit or otherwise;
(c) any taking, release, impairment, amendment, waiver or other modification of any guaranty, for the Obligations;
(d) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations;
(e) any change, merger, amalgamation, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure, ownership or existence of any Note Party or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Issuer or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Obligation;
(f) any failure of any Holder to disclose to any Note Party any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Note Party now or hereafter known to any Holder; such Guarantor waiving any duty of the Holders to disclose such information;
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(g) the failure of any Person to execute or deliver this Agreement, any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any other guarantor or surety with respect to the Obligations;
(h) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to exercise or enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Transaction Document or otherwise;
(i) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) that may at any time be available to, or be asserted by, the Issuer against any Holder; or
(j) any other circumstance that may operate as a defense available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, any Guarantor or other Note Party, including, without limitation, (i) any statute of limitations, (ii) any manner of administering the Extensions of Credit, or (iii) any existence of or reliance on any representation by any Holder that might vary the risk of such Guarantor.
Section 3.02 Waivers and Acknowledgements.
(a) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Agreement and acknowledges that this Agreement is continuing in nature and applies to all presently existing and future Obligations.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Obligations and this Agreement and any requirement that any Holder protect, secure or perfect any Lien or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any defense based on any right of set-off or recoupment or counterclaim against or in respect of the Obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
Article
IV
Guarantor Rights of Subrogation, Etc.
Section 4.01 Agreement to Pay; Subrogation, Subordination, Etc.
(a) Without limiting any other right that the Collateral Agent or any Holder has at law or in equity against each Guarantor, if any Note Party fails to pay any Obligation when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees to promptly pay the amount of such unpaid Obligations to the Collateral Agent or the Holders in cash. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Collateral Agent or the Holders as provided herein, all of such Guarantor’s rights of subrogation, exoneration, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise arising therefrom against the Issuer or any other Note Party shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to, and postponed until, the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations. In addition, any indebtedness of the Issuer now or hereafter held by each Guarantor is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations. If any payment shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence on account of (i) such subrogation, exoneration, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar right or (ii) any such indebtedness of the Issuer, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and promptly paid or delivered to the Holders in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited against the payment of the Obligations, whether due or to become due, in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents or to be held as collateral for any Obligations.
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Article
V
Representations and Warranties; Covenants
Section 5.01 Representations and Warranties. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, each Guarantor represents and warrants as to itself that all representations and warranties relating to it contained in the Transaction Documents are true and correct. Each Guarantor further represents and warrants that:
(a) Such Guarantor is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with the requisite corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership, power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Such Guarantor is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Such Guarantor has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Guarantor and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action on the part of such Guarantor. This Agreement has been duly executed by such Guarantor and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.
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(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Guarantor and the consummation by such Guarantor of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of its organizational documents, or (ii) conflict with, constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or instrument (evidencing a Issuer or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) to which such Guarantor is a party, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or Governmental Authority to which such Guarantor is subject, or by which any material property or asset of such Guarantor is subject, or by which any property or asset of such Guarantor is bound or affected, except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The business of such Guarantor is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Authority, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Such Guarantor is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of this Agreement other than the Required Approvals, to the extent applicable.
(e) There are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement that have not been satisfied or waived.
(f) Such Guarantor has, independently and without reliance upon any Holder and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which it is or may become a party, and has established adequate procedures for continually obtaining information pertaining to, and is now and at all times will be completely familiar with, the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties and prospects of each other Note Party.
Section 5.02 Covenants. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that, until the Termination Date, such Guarantor will perform and observe all of the terms, covenants and agreements set forth in the Transaction Documents that are required to be, or that the Issuer has agreed to cause to be, performed or observed by such Guarantor.
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Article
VI
Miscellaneous
Section 6.01 Amendments. No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in a writing signed by each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent.
Section 6.02 Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 6.02 and Section 4.9 of the Purchase Agreement, each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent, each Holder and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and documented expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Indemnitee may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Guarantor in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or (b) any Action instituted against the Indemnitees in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder or creditor of any Note Party or any other Person, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such Action is based upon a breach of such Indemnitee’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any violations by such Indemnitee of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Indemnitee which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct). If any Action shall be brought against any Indemnitee in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Indemnitee shall promptly notify such Guarantor in writing, and such Guarantor shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing. Any Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnitee except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Note Parties in writing, (ii) in such Action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of such Guarantor and the position of such Indemnitee or (iii) such Guarantor has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense, in which case such Guarantor shall be responsible for the reasonable, documented fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. No Guarantor will be liable to any Indemnitee under this Agreement for any settlement by an Indemnitee effected without such Guarantor’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The indemnification required by this Section 6.02 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Indemnitee against any Note Party or others and any liabilities any Note Party may be subject to pursuant to law.
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(b) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of a Guarantor under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, the agreements and obligations of each Guarantor contained in Section 2.01 (with respect to enforcement expenses), Section 2.02 and this Section shall survive termination of the Transaction Documents and payment in full of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Agreement.
Section 6.03 Judgment Currency. Section 5.23 of the Purchase Agreement is incorporated herein and made of part hereof mutatis mutandis.
Section 6.04 Taxes. All payments to be made by a Note Party under this Agreement shall be made without any Tax Deduction (as defined below) unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. A Note Party shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Collateral Agent accordingly. If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by a Note Party, the amount of the payment due from such Note Party under this Agreement shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due under this Agreement if no Tax Deduction had been required. If a Note Party is required to make a Tax Deduction, it shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law. Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the applicable Note Party shall deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that the Tax Deduction has been made and that any appropriate payment has been paid to the relevant taxing authority. For greater certainty, (i) this Section 6.04 applies to all payments made under this Agreement, and (ii) a Note Party is obligated to indemnify the Collateral Agent and the Holders pursuant to this Section 6.04 in the event that a Tax Deduction is required in respect of any payment to be made to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the company and/or its subsidiaries fail to comply with this Section 6.04. For purposes of this Section 6.04, “Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same) and “Tax Deduction” means any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax
Section 6.05 Notices.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (or by e-mail as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be made in writing and mailed by certified or registered mail, delivered by hand or overnight courier service, or sent by facsimile or e-mail as follows:
(i) If to a Guarantor, c/o Nvni Group Limited P.O. Box 10008, Pavilion East, Cricket Square Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1001.
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(ii) If to the Collateral Agent, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(iii) If to a Holder, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
Notices mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by hand or overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given when received. Notices sent by facsimile or e-mail during the recipient’s normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given when sent (and if sent after normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of the recipient’s business on the next Business Day).
(b) Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
Section 6.06 Continuing Guaranty; Assignments Under the Note. This Agreement is a continuing guaranty and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the payment in full in cash of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (the “Termination Date”), (ii) be binding on each Guarantor, its successors and assigns, and (iii) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Collateral Agent and the Holders and their respective successors and assigns. Any Holder may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Note to any other Person in accordance with the terms of the Note, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Holder herein or otherwise. No Guarantor shall have the right to assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents upon the consummation of any transaction not prohibited by the Transaction Documents as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Issuer.
Section 6.07 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect thereto. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Collateral Agent and when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that together bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
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Section 6.08 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents). Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Collateral Agent from bringing suit or taking other legal action against a Note Party in any other jurisdiction to collect on such Note Party’s obligations hereunder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Collateral Agent.
(c) Waiver of Venue. Each party hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding.
(d) Service of Process. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
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Section 6.09 Waiver of Jury Trial. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
Section 6.10 Joint and Several Obligations. Each Guarantor agrees that the obligations of the “Guarantors” hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents are joint and several obligations of each of the Guarantors. Each Guarantor further specifically agrees that it shall not be necessary or required, and that no Guarantor shall be entitled to require, before or as a condition precedent to the enforcement of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents, that Collateral Agent or any Holder or any other Person: (a) make any effort to enforce the payment or performance by any other Guarantor of any of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or (b) foreclose against or seek to realize upon collateral security or other credit support, if any, now or hereafter existing, for the Obligations or any obligations of any of the Guarantors under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or (c) file suit or proceed to obtain or assert a claim for personal judgment against any other Guarantor or any other Person liable for payment or performance of any of the Obligations or of any of the obligations of any of the Guarantors under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or (d) exercise or assert any other right or remedy to which Collateral Agent, the Holders or any other person is or may be entitled in connection with this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the Obligations, or any security or other guaranty therefor, or (e) assert of file any claim against the assets of the other Guarantor, or any other person liable for the Obligations or any of the obligations of any of the Guarantors under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or any part thereof. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally waives any requirement that, as a condition precedent to the enforcement of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents, the other Guarantors, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Holder be joined as parties to any proceedings for the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
| Nuvini LLC, | ||
| as a Guarantor | ||
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| Nuvini Merger Sub, Inc., | ||
| as a Guarantor | ||
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| Name: | ||
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| Mercato Partners Acquisition Corporation, | ||
| as a Guarantor | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
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as Collateral Agent
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Signature Page to Subsidiary Guaranty