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1
EXECUTION VERSION
IFC INVESTMENT NUMBER 37402
Amended & Restated
Policy Agreement
By and Among
LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
and
EACH OF THE INVESTORS SIGNATORY
 
HERETO
Dated October 28, 2024
 
Exhibit 10.43
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article/
Section
 
Item
 
Page No.
ARTICLE I
 
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Definitions and Interpretation
 
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1
Section 1.01
.
 
Definitions
 
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... 1
Section 1.02.
 
Interpretation
.
 
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9
Section 1.03.
 
No Third Party Rights
 
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Section 1.04.
 
Exceptions to
 
No Third Party Rights
 
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............................. 9
ARTICLE II
 
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......................... 10
Corporate Governance
 
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........ 10
Section 2.01.
 
Investors’ Board Rights
 
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............................................. 10
Section 2.02.
 
Removal/Resignation of Investors’ Nominee Director
 
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10
Section 2.03.
 
Procedures of the Board
 
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Section 2.04.
 
Advisory Committee
 
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ARTICLE III
 
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....................... 12
Covenants
 
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............................. 12
Section 3.01.
 
General Reporting Covenants
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.................................... 12
Section 3.02.
 
Policy Reporting Covenants
 
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...................................... 13
Section 3.03.
 
Policy Covenants
 
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15
Section 3.04.
 
Other Affirmative Covenants
 
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Section 3.05.
 
Use of Proceeds
 
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17
Section 3.06.
 
Preemptive Rights
 
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17
Section 3.07.
 
Registration Rights
 
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Section 3.08.
 
Further Assurances
 
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ARTICLE IV
 
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....................... 28
The Put Option
 
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.................... 28
Section 4.01.
 
The Put Option
 
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28
Section 4.02.
 
Failure to Perform by the Company
 
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.......................... 29
Section 4.03.
 
Obligations Irrevocable
 
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............................................. 29
ARTICLE V
 
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......................... 30
Term
 
of Agreement
 
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............. 30
Section 5.01.
 
Term of Agreement
 
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.................................................... 30
ARTICLE VI
 
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....................... 30
Representations and Warranties
 
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30
Section 6.01.
 
Representations and Warranties
.
 
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............................... 30
Section 6.02.
 
Investors Reliance
.
 
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30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
ARTICLE VII
 
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...................... 31
Miscellaneous
 
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....................... 31
Section 7.01.
 
Notices
 
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....... 31
Section 7.02.
 
Saving of Rights
.
 
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32
Section 7.03.
 
English Language
 
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32
Section 7.04.
 
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
 
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............................... 32
Section 7.05.
 
Immunity
 
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.... 34
Section 7.06.
 
A
nnouncements / Confidentiality
 
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............................... 34
Section 7.07.
 
Successors and Assigns
 
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.............................................. 35
Section 7.08.
 
Amendments, Waivers
 
and Consents
 
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......................... 35
Section 7.09.
 
Counterparts
 
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35
Section 7.10.
 
Costs, Expenses and Third Party Claims
 
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................... 35
Section 7.11.
 
Entire Agreement
 
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35
Section 7.12.
 
Invalid Provisions
 
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35
ANNEX A
 
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............................. 38
ANTI-CORRUPTION GUIDELINES FOR IFC TRANSACTIONS
 
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... 38
ANNEX B ................................................................................................
 
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41
ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT ................................................................
 
................................................ 41
ANNEX C
 
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............................. 50
MINIMUM INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS................................
 
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.
 
50
ANNEX D
 
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............................. 51
LIST
 
OF
 
DEVELOPING
 
OR
 
EMERGING
 
MARKET
 
COUNTRIES
IN WHICH THE PROCEEDS MUST BE USED
 
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............................. 51
SCHEDULE 1
 
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...................... 53
FORM OF LETTER TO COMPANY’S
 
AUDITORS ................................................................
 
..................... 53
SCHEDULE 2
 
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...................... 55
ACTION PLAN ................................................................
 
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................... 55
SCHEDULE 3
 
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...................... 56
FORM OF PUT NOTICE
 
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... 56
 
 
 
1
POLICY AGREEMENT
 
AMENDED & RESTATED
 
POLICY AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement
”), dated October 28, 2024, between:
(1)
 
LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (the
Company
”);
 
(2)
 
INTERNATIONAL
 
FINANCE
 
CORPORATION,
 
an
 
international
 
organization
 
established
 
by
 
Articles
 
of
Agreement among its member countries including the United States of America
 
and South Africa (“
IFC
”); and
(3)
 
IFC African,
 
Latin American
 
and Caribbean
 
Fund, LP,
 
a limited
 
partnership formed
 
under the
 
laws of
 
the United
Kingdom (“
ALAC
”); and
(4)
 
IFC Financial
 
Institutions Growth
 
Fund, LP,
 
a limited partnership
 
formed under
 
the laws of
 
the United
 
Kingdom
(“
FIG
” and together with IFC and ALAC, the “
Investors
”).
 
.
RECITALS
(A)
 
Pursuant to
 
a Subscription
 
Agreement, dated
 
April 11,
 
2016 (the
 
Subscription Agreement
”) by
 
and among
 
the
Investors
 
and
 
the
 
Company,
 
each
 
Investor
 
purchased
 
from
 
the
 
Company
 
the
 
number
 
of
 
fully
 
paid
 
and
 
non-assessable
 
shares
 
of
Common
 
Stock
 
in
 
the
 
Company
 
set
 
forth
 
opposite
 
its
 
name
 
in
 
the
 
Subscription
 
Agreement
 
on
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
Subscription Agreement;
(B)
 
The
 
Investors
 
and
 
the Company
 
entered into
 
that certain
 
Policy
 
Agreement
 
dated
 
April 11,
 
2016
 
(the “
Original
Policy Agreement
”) as a condition of the Investors’
 
subscription pursuant to the Subscription Agreement;
 
and
(C)
 
On May 7,
 
2024, the Company
 
entered into a
 
Sale and Purchase
 
Agreement (the
 
Sale Agreement
”) with Lesaka
Technologies Proprietary Limited, and the Sellers party thereto. Pursuant to
 
the Sale Agreement,
 
the Company agreed to sign
 
a written
addendum to the Original Policy Agreement with the Investors that provides for the inclusion of the shares to be issued in connection
with
 
the
 
Sale
 
Agreement
 
attributable to the
 
Investors in
 
the
 
definition of “Put
 
Shares”
 
under the
 
Original
 
Policy
Agreement, and related changes.
(D)
 
Accordingly,
 
the Company and the
 
Investors desire and
 
agree to amend and
 
restate the Original Policy
 
Agreement
in its entirety to incorporate the changes contemplated by the Sale Agreement.
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Interpretation
Section 1.01.
 
Definitions
.
 
Wherever used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
Accounting Standards
” means accounting principles generally accepted in the
 
United States, applied on a consistent basis;
Action Plan
” means the plan
 
attached as Schedule 2
 
(
Action Plan
) setting out the
 
specific social and environmental
 
measures to be
undertaken by the Company;
Advisory Committee
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04 (
Advisory Committee
);
Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly
 
or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under
 
common Control
with, that Person;
ALAC
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble;
AML/CFT
” means anti-money laundering and combating the financing
 
of terrorism;
AML/CFT Officer
” means
 
a senior
 
officer of
 
the Company
 
whose duties
 
include oversight
 
or supervision
 
of the
 
implementation
and operation of, and compliance with, the Company’s
 
AML/CFT policies, procedures and controls;
 
 
 
2
Annual Monitoring
 
Report
” means
 
the annual
 
monitoring report,
 
in form
 
and substance
 
satisfactory to
 
each Investor,
 
setting out
the specific social, environmental and developmental impact information to be provided by the Company,
 
substantially in the form of
Annex B hereto, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time
 
with the Investor’s consent;
Applicable Law
” means
 
all applicable
 
statutes, laws,
 
ordinances, rules
 
and regulations,
 
including but
 
not limited
 
to, any
 
license,
permit or other governmental Authorization, in each case as in effect
 
from time to time;
Applicable S&E Law
” means all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of each country in which the Company
or any Subsidiary does business, including,
 
without limitation, all Authorizations setting
 
standards concerning environmental, social,
labor, health
 
and safety or
 
security risks of
 
the type contemplated
 
by the Performance
 
Standards or imposing
 
liability for the
 
breach
thereof;
Auditors
” means the independent registered public accounting firm of
 
the Company;
Authority
” means any
 
national, supranational, regional
 
or local government
 
or governmental, statutory,
 
regulatory,
 
administrative,
fiscal, judicial,
 
or government
 
-owned
 
body,
 
department,
 
commission, authority,
 
tribunal, agency
 
or entity,
 
or central
 
bank (or
 
any
Person whether or not government owned and howsoever constituted
 
or called, that exercises the functions of a central bank);
Authorization
” means
 
any consent,
 
registration, filing,
 
agreement, notarization,
 
certificate, license,
 
approval, permit,
 
authority or
exemption from,
 
by or
 
with any
 
Authority,
 
whether given
 
by express
 
action or
 
deemed given
 
by failure
 
to act
 
within any
 
specified
time period and all corporate, creditors’ and stockholders’ approvals or consents;
Authorized Representative
” means any individual who is duly authorized by the Company to
 
act on its behalf and whose name and
a specimen
 
of whose
 
signature appear
 
on the
 
Certificate of
 
Incumbency and
 
Authority most
 
recently delivered
 
by the
 
Company to
each Investor;
Board of Directors
” or “
Board
” means the
 
board of directors
 
of the Company
 
nominated and elected
 
from time to
 
time in accordance
with Section 2.01 (
Investors’ Board Rights
);
Bona Fide Offer
” means a bona fide offer to acquire all the outstanding Common
 
Stock of the Company;
Business Day
” means a day when banks are open for business in New York,
 
New York
 
and Johannesburg, South Africa;
CAO
” means
 
the Compliance
 
Advisor
 
Ombudsman,
 
the independent
 
accountability
 
mechanism for
 
the Investors
 
that impartially
responds to environmental and social concerns of affected
 
communities and aims to enhance outcomes;
CAO’s
Role
” means the role of the CAO which is:
(a)
 
to respond
 
to complaints
 
by Persons
 
who have
 
been or
 
are likely
 
to be
 
directly affected
 
by the
 
social or
environmental impacts of IFC projects; and
(b)
 
to
 
oversee
 
audits
 
of
 
IFC’s
 
social
 
and
 
environmental
 
performance,
 
particularly
 
in
 
relation
 
to
 
sensitive
projects, and to ensure compliance with IFC’s
 
social and environmental policies, guidelines, procedures and
 
systems;
Certificate of Incumbency and Authority
” means a certificate provided to each Investor by the Company substantially in the form
set forth in Schedule 5 (
Form of Certificate of Incumbency and Authority
) to the Subscription Agreement;
Chairman
” means the chairman of the Board of Directors elected or appointed from time to time, or such individual in substantially
the same role;
Charter
” means the
 
Amended and
 
Restated Articles of
 
Incorporation and
 
Amended and Restated
 
By-Laws of
 
the Company
 
or, as
applicable, the organizational documents of any Subsidiary;
Coercive Practice
” has the meaning set forth in Annex A (
Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions
);
Collusive Practice
” has the meaning set forth in Annex A (
Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions
);
Common Stock
” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company;
Company
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble;
Company Operations
” means all of the existing and future financing operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
 
 
 
3
Company’s
 
Knowledge
” means
 
the knowledge
 
of the
 
Company’s
 
executive officers
 
after making
 
due
 
inquiry of
 
the individuals
within the Company’s and
 
its Subsidiaries’ having responsibility for the matter in question;
Confidential Information
” means any
 
written information, which
 
is clearly marked
 
“confidential”, concerning
 
the businesses and
affairs of
 
the Company
 
or any
 
of its
 
Subsidiaries that
 
the Company
 
has provided
 
or shall
 
in the
 
future provide
 
to the
 
Investors, but
excluding information
 
that: (i)
 
is or
 
becomes available
 
to the
 
public from
 
a source
 
other than
 
any Investor;
 
(ii) was
 
available to
 
an
Investor prior to its disclosure to the Investors by the Company; (iii) was
 
or is developed by an Investor independently of, and without
reference to any
 
other information within
 
the scope of this
 
definition; (iv) is
 
required to be disclosed
 
by action of
 
any court, tribunal
or regulatory authority or
 
by any requirement of law,
 
legal process, regulation, or
 
governmental order,
 
decree or rule, or is necessary
or desirable for the Investors to disclose in connection with any proceeding in any court or tribunal or before any regulatory
 
authority
in order
 
to preserve
 
its rights;
 
(v) the
 
Company agrees
 
may be
 
disclosed; (vi)
 
is or
 
becomes available
 
to any
 
Investor from
 
sources
which to such
 
Investor’s knowledge
 
are under no
 
obligation of confidentiality
 
to the Company;
 
or (vii) is
 
or becomes stale
 
and out-
of-date or no longer material
 
to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
 
provided that in the
 
case of Intellectual Property,
 
such Intellectual
Property shall not cease to be Confidential Information pursuant to
 
this sub-clause (vii) without the prior consent of the
 
Company (not
to be unreasonably withheld);
Control
” means the power to direct the management or policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
shares or
 
other securities,
 
by contract
 
or otherwise;
 
provided that,
 
in any
 
event, the
 
direct or
 
indirect ownership
 
of twenty
 
percent
(20%)
 
or
 
more
 
of
 
the
 
voting
 
share
 
capital
 
of
 
a
 
Person
 
is
 
deemed
 
to
 
constitute
 
Control
 
of
 
that
 
Person,
 
and
 
Controlling
 
and
Controlled
” have corresponding meanings;
Controlling Person
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(b)(xvii) (
Registration Rights
);
Corrupt Practice
” has the meaning set forth in Annex A (
Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions
);
Director
” means an individual who is a member of the Board of the Company;
Dollars
” or “
$
” means the lawful currency of the United States of America;
Equity Securities
” means
 
the Company’s
 
Common Stock,
 
preferred stock,
 
bonds, loans,
 
warrants, rights,
 
options or
 
other similar
instruments
 
or
 
securities
 
which
 
are
 
convertible
 
into or
 
exercisable
 
or
 
exchangeable
 
for,
 
or
 
which
 
carry
 
a
 
right
 
to
 
subscribe
 
for
 
or
purchase shares of Common Stock or any instrument or certificate representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Common Stock,
including
 
global
 
depositary
 
receipts and
 
American
 
depository
 
receipts
 
and
 
any
 
other
 
security
 
issued
 
by
 
the
 
Company,
 
even
 
if
 
not
convertible into Common Stock,
 
that derives its
 
value and/or return based
 
on the financial
 
performance of the
 
Company or its
 
Common
Stock;
Exchange Act
” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
Financial Year
” means the accounting year of the Company commencing each year on July 1 and ending on the
 
following June 30,
or such other period
 
as the Company,
 
upon thirty (30) days’
 
prior written notice
 
to each Investor,
 
from time to time
 
designates as its
accounting year;
 
Fraudulent Practice
” has the meaning set forth in Annex A (
Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions
);
General
 
Meeting
 
means
 
either
 
a
 
special
 
meeting
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
shareholders
 
or
 
the
 
annual
 
meeting
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
shareholders;
 
IFC
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble;
Indemnitee
” shall mean each Investor and its officers, directors, employees,
 
agents, representatives and Affiliates;
 
Intellectual Property
” means any
 
or all of
 
the following and
 
all rights in,
 
arising out of,
 
or associated with
 
any or all
 
of the following:
(a)
 
all U.S.,
 
foreign and
 
international patents
 
and patent
 
rights (including
 
all patents,
 
patent applications,
 
provisional
patent applications, and any
 
and all divisions, continuations,
 
continuations-in-part, reissues, re-examinations
 
and extensions
thereof, and all invention registrations and invention disclosures);
(b)
 
all
 
trademarks
 
and
 
trademark
 
rights,
 
service
 
marks
 
and
 
service
 
mark
 
rights,
 
trade
 
names
 
and
 
trade
 
name
 
rights,
service names
 
and service name
 
rights (including
 
all goodwill,
 
common law
 
rights and governmental
 
or other
 
registrations
or applications
 
for registration
 
pertaining thereto),
 
designs, trade
 
dress, brand
 
names, business
 
and product
 
names, internet
domain names, logos and slogans;
(c)
 
all copyrights
 
and
 
copyright
 
rights (including
 
all common
 
law rights,
 
and governmental
 
or
 
other registrations
 
or
applications for registration pertaining thereto, and renewal rights therefor);
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
(d)
 
all sui generis
 
database rights,
 
ideas, inventions
 
(whether patentable
 
or not),
 
invention disclosures,
 
improvements,
technology
 
know-how,
 
show-how,
 
trade
 
secrets, formulas,
 
systems, processes,
 
designs,
 
methodologies,
 
industrial
 
models,
works
 
of
 
authorship,
 
databases,
 
content,
 
graphics,
 
technical
 
drawings,
 
statistical
 
models,
 
algorithms,
 
modules,
 
computer
programs, technical documentation, business methods, work
 
product, intellectual and industrial property licenses,
 
proprietary
information and documentation relating to any of the foregoing;
 
(e)
 
all mask works, mask work registrations and applications therefor;
 
(f)
 
all industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor throughout
 
the world;
 
(g)
 
all computer software
 
including all source
 
code, object code,
 
firmware, development
 
tools, files, records
 
and data,
and all media on which any of the foregoing is recorded; and
(h)
 
all similar, corresponding or equivalent
 
rights to any of the foregoing;
Investor Shares
” means the
 
Equity Securities of
 
the Company purchased
 
by the Investors pursuant
 
to the Subscription
 
Agreement
and/or otherwise held by the Investors from time to
 
time, including without limitation Equity Securities purchased pursuant to Section
3.06 (
Preemptive Rights
), and any Equity Securities issued by way of stock split or stock dividend on such Investor
 
Shares;
Investors
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble;
Investors Subscription
” means the subscription
 
for Equity Securities of the
 
Company by the Investors as provided
 
for in Article II
of the Subscription Agreement;
Investors’ Nominee Director
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a) (
Investors’ Board Rights
);
Investors’ Observer
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c) (
Investors’ Board Rights
);
Material Adverse Effect
” means a material adverse effect on:
(a)
 
the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
 
assets or properties, taken as a whole;
(b)
 
the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
 
business prospects or financial condition, taken as a whole;
(c)
 
the ability of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses or operations,
 
taken as a whole, to continue as a going
concern; or
(d)
 
the ability of the Company
 
to (i) comply with its obligations
 
under this Agreement,
 
the Subscription Agreement or
its
 
Charter
 
and
 
(ii)
 
ensure
 
that
 
each
 
of
 
its
 
Subsidiaries
 
complies
 
with
 
its
 
obligations
 
under
 
this
 
Agreement
 
or
 
its
 
organizational
documents;
Nasdaq
” means The Nasdaq Global Select Market;
New Securities
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06(f) (
Preemptive Rights
);
Obstructive Practice
” has the meaning set forth in Annex A (
Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions
);
“Performance
 
Standards”
 
means
 
IFC’s
 
Performance
 
Standards
 
on
 
Social
 
&
 
Environmental
 
Sustainability,
 
dated
 
January
 
1,
 
2012,
copies
 
of
 
which
 
are
 
available
 
publicly
 
on
 
the
 
IFC
 
website
 
at
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/Topics_Ext_Content/IFC_External_Corporate_Site/IFC+Sustainability/Sustainability+Framew
ork/Sustainability+Framework+-+2012/#PerformanceStandards;
 
Person
” means
 
any individual,
 
corporation, company,
 
partnership, firm,
 
voluntary association,
 
joint venture,
 
trust, unincorporated
organization, Authority or any other entity whether acting
 
in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity;
Plan Put
 
Trigger
 
Event
” means
 
the rejection
 
by the
 
Board of
 
Directors of
 
the Company
 
of a
 
Bona Fide
 
Offer at
 
a time when
 
the
Company has in place, or in response to such Bona Fide Offer the Company implements, a shareholder rights plan or similar plan that
has the
 
effect
 
of precluding
 
a hostile
 
offer
 
for
 
the Company
 
as a
 
result of
 
the triggering
 
of rights
 
to purchase
 
additional shares
 
of
Common
 
Stock or
 
stock of
 
the potential
 
acquirer
 
at a
 
discount if
 
an acquiring
 
person has
 
beneficial
 
ownership
 
of Common
 
Stock
representing more than a specified percentage of the Common Stock (such
 
plan a “
Shareholder Rights Plan
”);
 
Prospectus
” means
 
the prospectus or
 
prospectuses included in
 
any 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 on
Rule
 
430A
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
or
 
any
 
successor
 
rule
 
thereto),
 
as
 
amended
 
or
 
supplemented
 
by
 
any
 
prospectus
 
supplement,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
including any Shelf Supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered
 
by such
Registration Statement and by all
 
other amendments and supplements to
 
the prospectus, including post-effective
 
amendments and all
material incorporated by reference in such prospectus or prospectuses;
Put Notice
” means a
 
notice delivered by
 
an Investor to
 
the Company pursuant
 
to Section 4.01(b)
 
(
The Put Option
) substantially in
the form of Schedule 3;
Put Option
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a) (
The Put Option
);
Put Price
” means the amount
 
obtained by multiplying the
 
relevant Put Price Per
 
Share by the relevant
 
number of Put Shares
 
specified
in the relevant Put Notice (with any Equity
 
Securities other than Common Stock treated as if
 
converted into or exercised or exchanged
for Common Stock of the Company at the date of the Put Notice);
Put Price Per Share
” means:
(a) in the case
 
of a Put Trigger
 
Event and a Threshold
 
Put Trigger Event,
 
as applicable, (I) the
 
higher of (i) (x)
 
in respect of
Put Shares purchased pursuant to the Subscription Agreement
 
the price per Investor Share paid
 
by the Investors pursuant
to the Subscription Agreement
 
and (y) in respect
 
of Put Shares purchased
 
pursuant to Section 3.06
 
(
Preemptive Rights
)
the price
 
per Investor
 
Share paid
 
by the
 
Investors in
 
such transaction
 
and (ii)
 
the volume
 
weighted
 
average price
 
per
share, as reported
 
by Bloomberg,
 
prevailing for
 
the sixty (60)
 
Nasdaq trading
 
days preceding
 
the Put Trigger
 
Event or
Threshold Put Trigge
 
r
 
Event, as applicable
 
and (II) in
 
respect of Additional
 
Put Shares,
 
the price per
 
share attributable
to each such share under
 
the Sale Agreement (as
 
adjusted for stock splits, stock
 
dividends, recapitalizations and
 
similar
transactions);
 
and
(b) in the case of a Plan Put Trigger Event, the highest price offered
 
in any Bona Fide Offer;
Put Shares
” means
 
the (i)
 
Investor Shares
 
owned by
 
any Investor
 
exercising its
 
Put Option
 
that were
 
purchased by
 
such Investor
pursuant
 
to (x)
 
the Subscription
 
Agreement
 
or (y)
 
Section 3.06
 
(
Preemptive
 
Rights
) of
 
this Agreement,
 
and
 
any
 
Equity Securities
issued by way
 
of stock split
 
or stock dividend
 
on such Investor
 
Shares and (ii)
 
the shares acquired
 
by the Investors
 
as a result of
 
the
transaction contemplated
 
by the Sale
 
Agreement (the
 
Additional Put
 
Shares
”) , and
 
any Equity
 
Securities issued
 
by way of
 
stock
split or stock dividend on such Additional Put Shares;
Put Trigger Event
” means (1) the formal filing by a governmental Authority of a complaint or instituting an action that specifically
alleges, or a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment
 
(whether or not the action giving rise to such judgment
 
is brought by a
governmental Authority)
 
finding that, the
 
Company or any
 
of its Subsidiaries
 
(i) engaged in
 
or authorized or
 
permitted any Affiliate
or any
 
other Person
 
acting on
 
its or
 
their behalf
 
to engage
 
in any
 
Sanctionable
 
Practice with
 
respect to
 
the Company
 
or any
 
of
 
its
Subsidiaries; (ii)
 
entered into
 
any transaction
 
or engaged
 
in activity
 
prohibited under
 
Section 3.03(d)
 
or (iii)
 
failed to
 
comply with
Section 3.03(f); or (2) an indictment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries issued under the laws of the United States charging the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the conduct described in clauses (1)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, regardless of whether such conduct
occurred prior to or after the date hereof;
 
Registrable Securities
” means
 
(a) the Investor
 
Shares and (b)
 
any shares of
 
Common Stock
 
issued or issuable
 
with respect to
 
any
shares described in subsection (a) above by
 
way of a stock dividend
 
or stock split or in
 
exchange for or upon conversion of
 
such shares
or otherwise in connection
 
with a combination of shares,
 
distribution, recapitalization, merger,
 
consolidation, other reorganization
 
or
other similar
 
event with
 
respect to
 
the Common
 
Stock (it
 
being understood
 
that, for
 
purposes of
 
this Agreement,
 
a Person
 
shall be
deemed to be a
 
holder of Registrable Securities
 
whenever such Person
 
has the right to
 
then acquire or obtain
 
from the Company any
Registrable Securities,
 
whether or not
 
such acquisition has
 
actually been effected).
 
As to any particular
 
Registrable Securities,
 
such
securities shall
 
cease to
 
be Registrable
 
Securities when
 
(i) the
 
SEC has
 
declared a
 
Registration
 
Statement covering
 
such securities
effective and such securities
 
have been disposed of
 
pursuant to such
 
effective Registration Statement, (ii) such
 
securities are sold under
circumstances in which
 
all of the applicable
 
conditions of Rule 144
 
are met, (iii) such
 
securities become eligible
 
for sale pursuant
 
to
Rule 144
 
without volume
 
or manner-of-sale
 
restrictions and
 
without the
 
requirement for
 
the Company
 
to be in
 
compliance with
 
the
current public information requirement under Rule
 
144(c)(1), as set forth
 
in a written opinion letter
 
to such effect, addressed, delivered
and
 
reasonably
 
acceptable
 
to
 
the
 
applicable
 
transfer
 
agent
 
and
 
the
 
holders
 
of
 
such
 
securities,
 
(iv)
 
such
 
securities
 
are
 
otherwise
transferred, or (v) such securities have ceased to be outstanding;
Registration Statement
means any registration statement of the Company, including the Prospectus, amendments and
 
supplements
(including
 
Shelf
 
Supplements)
 
to
 
such
 
registration
 
statement,
 
including
 
post-effective
 
amendments,
 
all
 
exhibits
 
and
 
all
 
material
incorporated by reference in such registration statement;
Related Party
” means any Person: (a) that holds a material interest in the Company or any Subsidiary; (b) in which the Company or
any Subsidiary holds a
 
material interest; (c) that
 
is otherwise an
 
Affiliate of the Company;
 
(d) who serves
 
(or has within the
 
past twelve
(12) months served) as
 
a director, officer or employee
 
of the Company;
 
or (e) who
 
is a member
 
of the family
 
of any individual included
in any
 
of the
 
foregoing.
 
For the
 
purpose
 
of this
 
definition,
 
“material
 
interest” shall
 
mean
 
a direct
 
or indirect
 
ownership
 
of shares
representing at least twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding voting power
 
or equity of the Company or any Subsidiary;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rule 144
” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto;
Sale Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble;
S&E Management System
” means the Company’s social and environmental management system, as implemented or in effect from
time to time,
 
enabling it to
 
identify,
 
assess and manage
 
the social and
 
environmental risks in
 
respect of the
 
Company Operations
 
on
an ongoing basis in accordance with the S&E Requirements;
S&E Officer
” means
 
a senior
 
officer of
 
the Company
 
to be
 
responsible for
 
administration and
 
oversight of
 
the S&E
 
Management
System, initially appointed in accordance with the Action Plan;
S&E Requirements
” means the
 
social and environmental obligations
 
to be undertaken
 
by the Company
 
and its Subsidiaries
 
to ensure
compliance with: (a) Applicable S&E Laws and (b) the Performance
 
Standards;
Sanctionable
 
Practice
 
means
 
any
 
Corrupt
 
Practice,
 
Fraudulent
 
Practice,
 
Coercive
 
Practice,
 
Collusive
 
Practice,
 
or
 
Obstructive
Practice,
 
as
 
those
 
terms
 
are
 
defined
 
herein
 
and
 
interpreted
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Anti-Corruption
 
Guidelines
 
attached
 
to
 
this
Agreement as Annex A (
Anti-Corruption Guidelines for IFC Transactions
);
SEC
” means
 
the U.S.
 
Securities and
 
Exchange Commission
 
or any
 
other federal
 
agency administering
 
the Securities
 
Act and
 
the
Exchange Act at the time;
Securities Act
” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
Selling Expenses
means all underwriting
 
discounts, selling commissions
 
and stock transfer
 
taxes applicable to
 
the sale
 
of Registrable
Securities,
 
and
 
fees
 
and
 
disbursements
 
of
 
counsel
 
for
 
any
 
holder
 
of
 
Registrable
 
Securities,
 
except
 
for
 
the
 
reasonable
 
fees
 
and
disbursements
 
of counsel for the holders of Registrable Securities required to be paid by the Company
 
pursuant to Section 3.09(c);
 
Settlement Completion
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c)(ii) (
The Put Option
);
Settlement Date
” means the date for settlement of the purchase of the relevant Put Shares by the Company, as such date is specified
by an
 
Investor in
 
the Put
 
Notice, which
 
shall be
 
not less
 
than ten
 
(10) days
 
nor more
 
than sixty
 
(60) days
 
after the
 
date of
 
the Put
Notice and shall be a Business Day;
Shelf Registration
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(a)(i) (
Registration Rights
);
Shareholder Rights Plan
” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Plan Put Trigger
 
Event;
Shelf Registration Statement
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(a)(i) (
Registration Rights
);
Shelf Supplement
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(a)(ii) (
Registration Rights
);
Shelf Takedown
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(a)(ii) (
Registration Rights
);
Shell Bank
 
means
 
a bank
 
incorporated
 
in
 
a jurisdiction
 
in which
 
it has
 
no physical
 
presence
 
and
 
which
 
is not
 
an
 
Affiliate
 
of a
regulated bank or a regulated financial group;
Subscription Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals;
Subsidiary
 
means
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
Company,
 
an
 
Affiliate
 
over
 
fifty
 
per
 
cent
 
(50%)
 
of
 
whose
 
capital
 
is
 
owned,
 
directly
 
or
indirectly, by the Company;
Threshold Put Trigger Event
” means the
 
adoption of a
 
Shareholder Rights Plan at
 
a time when
 
there is no
 
Bona Fide Offer currently
pending and where
 
the beneficial ownership
 
threshold that would
 
“trigger” the separation
 
of the rights from
 
the Common Stock (the
Threshold
 
Trigger
”)
 
is
 
less
 
than
 
twenty
 
percent
 
(20%)
 
or
 
such
 
lower
 
amount
 
that
 
is
 
expressly
 
stated
 
in
 
the
 
Florida
 
Business
Corporation Act;
Threshold Trigger
” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Threshold Put Trigger
 
Event; and
Transaction Documents
” means this Agreement and the Subscription Agreement.
Section 1.02.
 
Interpretation
.
 
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
headings are for convenience only and do not affect the
 
interpretation of this Agreement;
 
 
 
 
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(b)
words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;
(c)
a reference to
 
an Annex, Article, party,
 
Schedule or Section
 
is a reference
 
to that Article or
 
Section of, or
that Annex, party or Schedule to, this Agreement;
(d)
a reference to a document in the “agreed form” is a reference to a document approved and for the purposes
of identification initialed by or on behalf of the parties thereto;
(e)
a reference
 
to a
 
document includes
 
an amendment
 
or supplement
 
to, or
 
replacement or
 
novation of,
 
that
document but disregarding any amendment, supplement, replacement
 
or novation made in breach of this Agreement;
 
(f)
general words in this Agreement shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of their being preceded
or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things or by
 
examples falling within the general words;
 
(g)
a reference to a party to any document includes that party’s
 
successors and permitted assigns; and
(h)
 
unless stated
 
otherwise herein,
 
a reference
 
to “shares
 
of the
 
Company” means
 
shares of
 
the Company
 
of
any class.
Section 1.03.
 
No Third Party Rights
.
 
Subject to Section 1.04 (
Exceptions to No Third Party Rights
), a Person who
 
is not a
party to this
 
Agreement has
 
no right to
 
enforce or enjoy
 
the benefit
 
of any term of
 
this Agreement.
Section 1.04.
Exceptions to No Third Party Rights
.
 
(a)
 
Any Person
 
entitled to indemnity
 
under Section
 
7.10 (
Costs, Expenses and
 
Third Party
 
Claims
) may enforce
 
such
Person’s rights thereunder
 
subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b)
 
This Agreement may
 
be rescinded or
 
terminated and a
 
term may be
 
amended or waived
 
without the permission
 
of
any Indemnitee or its
 
permitted assignees even if that
 
removes a right which
 
the Indemnitee or its
 
permitted assignees would otherwise
have.
(c)
 
No Indemnitee or its permitted assignees may enforce a term of this Agreement without the prior written consent of
each Investor, which may be provided in
 
its sole discretion.
 
Such consent by each Investor
 
may be subject to any
 
terms and conditions
that it may determine in its sole discretion.
(d)
 
No Indemnitee
 
may,
 
without the
 
prior written
 
consent of
 
each Investor
 
and the
 
Company (such
 
consent not
 
to be
unreasonably withheld,
 
conditioned or delayed),
 
assign, charge or
 
otherwise dispose of
 
any rights it may
 
have under this Agreement
or grant or create any third party interest therein.
ARTICLE II
Corporate Governance
Section 2.01.
 
Investors’ Board Rights
.
 
(a)
 
For so long as the Investors in aggregate beneficially own Investor Shares representing at least five percent (5%) of
the issued and outstanding voting shares of the Company:
(i)
 
the Investors shall
 
have the right
 
to nominate one
 
(1) Director (the
 
Investors’ Nominee Director
”) to the Board,
and the
 
Company shall
 
take all
 
commercially
 
reasonably
 
action to
 
cause the
 
election of
 
such nominee,
 
including
nominating and recommending to the stockholders of the Company
 
such person for election, and
 
(ii)
 
the Board shall at
 
all times maintain the
 
following committees:
 
an Audit Committee, a
 
Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee
 
and a Remuneration
 
Committee.
 
As long as the
 
Investors’ Nominee
 
Director satisfies the
independence requirements of Nasdaq listing standards and other Applicable Law,
 
the Investors’ Nominee Director
shall be appointed
 
as a
 
member of the
 
Audit Committee and
 
shall have the
 
right to attend
 
meetings of the
 
Nominating
and
 
Corporate
 
Governance
 
Committee and
 
Remuneration
 
Committee
 
as an
 
observer.
 
Any financial
 
audit of
 
the
Company
 
must
 
be
 
in
 
compliance
 
with
 
the
 
Accounting
 
Standards
 
and
 
approved
 
by
 
the
 
Audit
 
Committee.
 
The
Investors’ Nominee
 
Director shall
 
be appointed
 
as a
 
member of
 
any committee
 
formed by
 
the Board
 
to consider
and/or implement a Shareholder Rights Plan.
The Investors
 
agree that
 
the Investors’
 
Nominee Director
 
shall be
 
an individual
 
that is
 
not an
 
executive officer
 
or employee
 
of the
Company or any of its
 
Subsidiaries and does not otherwise
 
fall within paragraphs (A)-(F) of
 
NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15).
 
 
 
 
 
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(b)
 
For so
 
long as
 
the Investors
 
in aggregate
 
beneficially own
 
Investor Shares
 
representing at
 
least two
 
and one
 
-half
percent (2.5%) of
 
the issued and outstanding
 
voting shares of the
 
Company,
 
the Investors shall have
 
the right to appoint
 
an observer
(the “
Investors’ Observer
”) to the Board
 
at any time when
 
they have not designated,
 
or do not have
 
the right to designate,
 
a person
to
 
serve
 
as a
 
Director
 
on
 
the
 
Board,
 
provided
 
such
 
observer
 
enters
 
into
 
a
 
customary
 
observer
 
agreement
 
containing,
 
among
 
other
provisions, confidentiality and non-use obligations with respect to information acquired from the Company.
 
The Investors’ Observer
shall have
 
the right
 
to attend
 
all meetings
 
of the
 
Audit Committee,
 
the Nominating
 
and Corporate
 
Governance Committee
 
and the
Remuneration
 
Committee
 
as
 
an
 
observer.
 
The
 
Investors’
 
Observer
 
shall
 
have
 
the
 
same
 
information
 
rights
 
and
 
receive
 
the
 
same
information at the same time as each of the members of the Board and committees
 
(but will have no voting rights).
 
Section 2.02.
 
Removal/Resignation of Investors’ Nominee Director
.
 
The Investors may require the removal of
 
the Investors’
Nominee
 
Director
 
or
 
Investors’ Observer
 
at
 
any
 
time
 
and
 
shall
 
be
 
entitled
 
to
 
nominate
 
another
 
Person
 
as the
 
Investors’
 
Nominee
Director or Investors’ Observer in place of any Investors’ Nominee
 
Director or Investors’ Observer,
 
respectively, so removed.
 
In the
event of the resignation, retirement or vacation of office of
 
the Investors’ Nominee Director or Investors’ Observer, the Investors shall
be
 
entitled,
 
subject
 
to
 
Section
 
2.01
 
(
Investors’
 
Board
 
Rights
),
 
to
 
nominate
 
another
 
Person
 
as
 
the
 
Investors’
 
Nominee
 
Director
 
or
Investors’ Observer, as applicable, in place
 
of such Investors’ Nominee Director
 
or Investors’ Observer and the
 
Company shall ensure,
to the fullest extent of all its rights and powers, that such nominee is promptly
 
appointed as a Director or observer.
Section 2.03.
 
Procedures of the Board
.
 
(a)
 
The
 
Board
 
shall
 
meet
 
at
 
least
 
once
 
every
 
quarter
 
of
 
each
 
Financial
 
Year
 
subject
 
to
 
an
 
annual
 
schedule
 
and
confirmation of the date of the next Board meeting at the previous Board
 
meeting.
 
(b)
 
Written notice
 
of each
 
meeting of the
 
Board, and an
 
agenda setting out
 
in detail the
 
items of business
 
proposed to
be
 
transacted
 
at
 
such
 
meeting
 
together
 
with
 
necessary
 
information
 
and
 
supporting
 
documents,
 
shall
 
be
 
given
 
to
 
all
 
the
 
Directors.
 
Written notice
 
of each meeting of
 
a committee of the
 
Board, and an agenda
 
setting out in detail
 
the items of business
 
proposed to be
transacted
 
at
 
such
 
meeting
 
together
 
with
 
necessary
 
information
 
and
 
supporting
 
documents,
 
shall
 
be
 
given
 
to
 
all
 
Directors
 
on
 
that
committee.
 
Written notice of a meeting and the
 
materials to be provided under
 
this Section 2.03(b) shall be
 
sent to the address
 
notified
from time to time by the Directors at least five (5) Business Days in advance of such meeting; provided that where, exceptionally,
 
the
Board or a committee of the Board is required to make a decision in circumstances in which the foregoing notice requirements cannot
be observed, such notice and information requirements may be waived with the unanimous approval
 
of all Directors or, in the case of
a meeting of a committee of the Board, all Directors on that committee.
(c)
 
The Company shall
 
not amend Section
 
4.11 or
 
Article VI of the
 
Company’s
 
bylaws as in effect
 
on the date
 
hereof
without the prior consent of the Investors.
 
The Company shall enter into an indemnification agreement with each Director.
(d)
 
The Board shall
 
maintain a director
 
remuneration and expense
 
reimbursement policy providing
 
for the payment of
directors’ fees
 
and reimbursement
 
of expenses
 
to any
 
Director who
 
is not
 
an employee
 
of the
 
Company.
 
Such policy
 
shall include
reimbursement
 
of the
 
reasonable
 
expenses incurred
 
by such
 
Directors:
 
(i) in
 
attending
 
a board
 
or committee
 
meeting or
 
a General
Meeting or
 
any other meeting
 
which the
 
Director is
 
requested to
 
attend in
 
his capacity
 
as a
 
Director of
 
the Company
 
(including the
reasonable costs of travel and attendance of an Investors’ Nominee Director or Investors’ Observer); and (ii) in obtaining independent
legal or professional advice in furtherance of his or her duties as a Director.
(e)
 
If any action
 
is to
 
be taken by
 
written consent of
 
the Board (or
 
a committee thereof)
 
in lieu
 
of a
 
meeting, the Company
shall
 
circulate,
 
together
 
with
 
the
 
proposed
 
written
 
consent,
 
the
 
information
 
it
 
determines
 
in
 
good
 
faith
 
is
 
necessary
 
to
 
enable
 
the
Directors to make a fully-informed, good faith decision with respect to such the matter(s) that are the subject of such consent, and the
Company shall provide
 
each Director such
 
additional information
 
as any Director
 
may reasonably request
 
with respect to
 
the matter
being considered.
Section 2.04.
 
Advisory Committee
.
 
As soon as
 
practicable, but in any
 
event no later
 
than thirty (30)
 
days after the
 
date hereof,
the Company shall create, and thereafter maintain in existence, an advisory committee
 
(the “
Advisory Committee
”) which will act as
an advisor
 
to the
 
Company’s
 
chief executive
 
officer
 
or such
 
other person
 
in a
 
substantially similar
 
role.
 
The Advisory
 
Committee
will,
 
among
 
other
 
things,
 
advise
 
on
 
guidelines
 
to
 
govern
 
future
 
acquisitions,
 
strategic
 
partnerships
 
and
 
similar
 
activities
 
of
 
the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
 
Members of the Advisory Committee shall be comprised of the Company’s
 
chief executive officer (or
such other person in a substantially similar role), the Company’s chief financial officer, certain individuals with experience in the area
of financial technology designated by the Investors in
 
their sole discretion and, if approved by the Company’s
 
chief executive officer
(or such other person
 
in a substantially similar
 
role), certain external
 
individuals with experience
 
in the area of
 
financial technology.
 
For the avoidance of
 
doubt, the Advisory Committee
 
shall not have any
 
decision-making authority or authority to
 
create any obligation
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
 
and
 
the
 
Board
 
shall
 
have
 
no
 
obligation
 
to
 
follow
 
its
 
advice.
 
The
 
Company
 
shall
 
indemnify
 
and
 
hold
harmless the
 
non-employee
 
members of
 
the Advisory
 
Committee to
 
the maximum
 
extent permitted
 
under Applicable
 
Law for
 
any
reasonable and documented costs, expenses
 
or liabilities incurred by each such
 
member in connection with his or her
 
activities or his
or her position as a
 
member of the Advisory
 
Committee, other than those
 
arising directly from such
 
member’s gross negligence,
 
bad
faith or willful misconduct.
 
The Company’s obligation to have an
 
Advisory Committee will terminate when
 
the Investors in aggregate
beneficially own Investor Shares representing less than five percent (5%) of the
 
issued and outstanding voting shares of the Company.
 
 
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ARTICLE III
Covenants
Section 3.01.
 
General Reporting Covenants
.
 
(a)
 
The Company shall furnish to each Investor the following information:
 
(i)
 
within ninety (90) days after the end
 
of each Financial Year, (A) annual consolidated financial statements (a balance
sheet as of the end of such Financial Year and the related statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes
in
 
equity
 
and
 
cash
 
flows
 
for
 
the
 
Financial
 
Year
 
then
 
ended)
 
for
 
the
 
Company,
 
audited
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
Accounting
 
Standards
 
and certified
 
by the
 
Auditors, together
 
with an
 
opinion of
 
the Auditors
 
on the
 
Company’s
internal control
 
over financial
 
reporting, and
 
(B) the
 
consolidating worksheet
 
used by
 
the Company
 
to prepare
 
its
consolidated
 
financial
 
statements,
 
certified
 
by
 
the
 
Company’s
 
chief
 
financial
 
officer
 
as
 
(x)
 
being
 
prepared
 
in
accordance with
 
the Company’s
 
books and
 
records and
 
accounting policies
 
in all material
 
respects, (y)
 
containing
all adjustments necessary for purposes of
 
presenting the Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance
with the Accounting Standards and (z) fairly presenting in all material respects the
 
financial condition and results of
operations of the Company and each of the consolidating groups shown thereon;
 
and
(ii)
 
within forty-five (45) days after the end of the first three quarters of
 
each Financial Year,
 
(A) quarterly consolidated
financial
 
statements
 
(a
 
balance
 
sheet
 
as
 
of
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
such
 
quarter
 
and
 
the
 
related
 
statements
 
of
 
operations,
comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the quarter
 
and Financial Year
 
to date then ended) for
the Company,
 
prepared in accordance with
 
the Accounting Standards and
 
(B) the consolidating worksheet
 
used by
the
 
Company
 
to
 
prepare
 
its consolidated
 
financial
 
statements
 
for
 
such
 
quarter,
 
certified
 
by
 
the
 
Company’s
 
chief
financial officer as (x) being prepared in accordance with the
 
Company’s books and records and accounting policies
in
 
all
 
material
 
respects,
 
(y)
 
containing
 
all
 
adjustments
 
necessary
 
for
 
purposes
 
of
 
presenting
 
the
 
Company’s
consolidated
 
financial
 
statements
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Accounting
 
Standards
 
and
 
(z)
 
fairly
 
presenting
 
in
 
all
material
 
respects the
 
financial
 
condition
 
and results
 
of operations
 
of the
 
Company
 
and
 
each of
 
the consolidating
groups
 
shown thereon; and
(iii) within
 
fifteen
 
(15)
 
days
 
after
 
receipt
 
thereof
 
by
 
the
 
Company,
 
any
 
management
 
letter
 
or
 
similar
 
letter
 
from
 
the
Auditors; and
(iv)
 
no
 
later
 
than
 
fifteen
 
(15)
 
days
 
before
 
commencement
 
of
 
each
 
Financial
 
Year,
 
the
 
proposed
 
annual
 
budget,
 
and
promptly following
 
approval by
 
the Board
 
of any
 
amended budget
 
for such
 
Financial Year,
 
the amended
 
budget;
and
 
(v)
 
no later than thirty (30)
 
days before the General Meeting,
 
the notice, agenda and relevant meeting
 
materials for the
General Meeting; and
(vi)
 
no later than fifteen
 
(15) days after each
 
General Meeting, the minutes
 
thereof reflecting decisions adopted
 
at such
meeting; and
(vii)
 
promptly after becoming aware thereof the name of any person or “group” (within the
 
meaning of Rule 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act) that beneficially owns more than five percent of any class of
 
the Company’s securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
 
the Company shall not
 
be required to furnish
 
to the Investors any of
 
the foregoing information to
 
the
extent such information is available on the SEC’s EDGAR website and the Company has notified each Investor of the posting of such
information with a link to such information.
(b)
 
Pursuant to the
 
Subscription Agreement, the
 
Company has
 
irrevocably authorized and
 
instructed the Auditors
 
(whose
fees and
 
expenses shall
 
be for
 
the account
 
of the
 
Company) to
 
communicate
 
directly with
 
each Investor
 
at any
 
time regarding
 
the
Company’s
 
financial statements,
 
accounts and
 
operations.
 
The Company
 
shall take
 
such actions,
 
issue such
 
additional instructions
and
 
deliver
 
such
 
additional
 
documents
 
as
 
necessary
 
to
 
procure
 
the
 
Auditors’
 
compliance
 
with
 
such
 
instruction,
 
including
 
without
limitation having the Company provide any customary indemnity
 
and/or engagement letter required by the Auditors as a condition to
their
 
providing
 
to
 
the
 
Investors
 
any
 
information
 
they
 
may
 
request,
 
it
 
being
 
understood
 
that
 
any
 
such
 
information
 
request
 
will
 
be
evaluated by the
 
Auditors with reference
 
to the relevant
 
auditing standards, laws
 
and its formal
 
policy and may
 
be declined on
 
these
grounds.
 
No later than
 
thirty (30)
 
days after any
 
change in Auditors,
 
the Company
 
shall so authorize
 
and instruct
 
the new Auditors
pursuant to a letter in the
 
form set forth in Schedule 1
 
(
Form of Letter to Company’s
 
Auditors
) and provide a copy of
 
the Company’s
instructions and any other related documentation to each Investor.
(c)
 
The Company shall promptly provide
 
to the Investors such
 
information as any Investor from
 
time to time reasonably
requests with regard
 
to the Company
 
and any of its
 
Subsidiaries.
 
The Company shall
 
provide to the
 
Investors’ Nominee Director
 
or
Investors’ Observer, as applicable, all information as and when provided to any other Director in his or her capacity as a Director and,
at any Investor’s
 
request and to
 
the extent consistent
 
with Applicable Law, shall also
 
provide such information
 
to such Investor.
 
Unless
prohibited by Applicable Law, the Investors’ Nominee Director
 
and Investors’ Observer may
 
provide to each Investor
 
any information
 
 
 
10
that the
 
Investors’ Nominee
 
Director and
 
Investors’ Observer
 
receives in his
 
or her
 
capacity as
 
a Director
 
or observer,
 
respectively,
including,
 
without
 
limitation,
 
any
 
information
 
related
 
to
 
Company
 
Operations,
 
and
 
may
 
provide
 
periodic
 
reports
 
to
 
each
 
Investor
related to the discharge of his or her duties as a Director.
(d)
 
Each Investor
 
may at any
 
time, by notice
 
to the Company,
 
elect not to
 
receive any of
 
the information described
 
in
this Section 3.01.
 
In this case, the
 
Company shall provide
 
such Investor with
 
copies of all information
 
publicly disclosed that
 
is not
otherwise available on the SEC’s EDGAR
 
website.
Section 3.02.
 
Policy Reporting Covenants.
 
(a)
 
The Company shall promptly notify each Investor upon becoming aware of: (i) any
 
material litigation, investigation
or
 
proceeding
 
commenced
 
or
 
to
 
the
 
Company’s
 
Knowledge
 
threatened
 
against
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
any
 
Subsidiary,
 
(ii)
 
any
 
criminal
investigations or proceedings commenced or to the Company’s Knowledge threatened against the Company or any Related Party, (iii)
the occurrence of a Put Trigger Event, and any such notification shall specify the nature of the action or proceeding and any steps that
the Company proposes to take
 
in response to the same
 
unless, and then only to
 
the extent, the Company’s
 
counsel concludes in good
faith such specification
 
would jeopardize
 
attorney-client or work
 
product privilege and
 
advises each Investor
 
of such determination,
(iv) the occurrence
 
of a Plan Put Trigger
 
Event, and any such
 
notification shall specify
 
the terms of the
 
Bona Fide Offer and
 
include
any
 
correspondence
 
received by
 
the Company
 
setting forth
 
the Bona
 
Fide Offer,
 
or (v)
 
the occurrence
 
of a
 
Threshold Put
 
Trigger
Event, and
 
any such
 
notification shall
 
specify why
 
the Board
 
determined to
 
have the
 
Threshold Trigger
 
of less than
 
twenty percent
(20%).
 
Separate notification
 
to each Investor
 
pursuant to this
 
Section 3.02(a)
 
shall not be
 
required to
 
the extent such
 
information is
filed with
 
the SEC
 
and available
 
on the
 
SEC’s
 
EDGAR website
 
and the
 
Company has
 
notified each
 
Investor of
 
the posting
 
of such
information with a link to such information.
(b)
 
Upon each Investor’s request,
 
and with no less than three (3)
 
days prior notice to the Company,
 
the Company shall
permit representatives of each Investor and the CAO, during normal
 
office hours, to:
(i)
 
visit any of the sites and premises where the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries
 
is conducted;
(ii)
 
inspect any of the sites, facilities, plants and equipment, offices,
 
branches and other facilities of the Company or its
Subsidiaries;
(iii) have access to the books of account
 
and all records of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and
 
(iv)
 
have access
 
to those
 
employees, agents,
 
contractors and
 
subcontractors of
 
the Company
 
and its
 
Subsidiaries who
have or may have knowledge of matters with respect to which such Investor
 
or the CAO seeks information;
provided that in the case of the CAO, such access shall be solely for the purpose of
 
carrying out the CAO’s Role.
(c)
 
The Company shall, and shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries shall:
(i)
 
within
 
ninety
 
(90)
 
days after
 
the
 
end
 
of each
 
Financial
 
Year,
 
deliver
 
to
 
each Investor
 
the corresponding
 
Annual
Monitoring Report confirming compliance with the Action Plan, the social and
 
environmental covenants set forth in
this Agreement and Applica
 
ble S&E Law,
 
or, as the
 
case may be, identifying
 
any non-compliance or failure
 
(other
than
 
any
 
immaterial
 
non-compliance
 
or
 
failure),
 
and
 
the
 
actions
 
being
 
taken
 
to
 
remedy
 
it,
 
and
 
including
 
such
information as
 
any Investor
 
shall reasonably
 
require in
 
order to
 
measure the
 
ongoing development
 
results of
 
such
Investor’s investment in the Investor
 
Shares, which information the Investors
 
may hold and use in accordance
 
with
IFC’s
 
Access
 
to
 
Information
 
Policy,
 
dated
 
January
 
1,
 
2012,
 
which
 
is
 
available
 
at
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/98d8ae004997936f9b7bffb2b4b33c15/IFCPolicyDisclosureInformation.pdf?
MOD=AJPERES; and
(ii)
 
within three
 
(3) days after
 
becoming aware of
 
the occurrence, notify
 
each Investor of
 
any social, labor,
 
health and
safety, security or environmental incident,
 
accident or circumstance having, or which could reasonably be expected
to
 
have,
 
any
 
material
 
adverse
 
social
 
and/or
 
environmental
 
impact
 
or
 
any
 
material
 
adverse
 
impact
 
on
 
the
implementation or
 
operation of
 
the Company’s
 
Operations in
 
compliance with
 
the S&E
 
Requirements, specifying
in each case
 
the nature
 
of the incident,
 
accident, or
 
circumstance and
 
the impact or
 
effect arising
 
or likely
 
to arise
therefrom, and the measures the Company and/or the relevant Subsidiary,
 
as applicable, is taking or plans to take to
address
 
them
 
and
 
to
 
prevent
 
any
 
future
 
similar
 
event;
 
and
 
keep
 
each
 
Investor
 
informed
 
of
 
the
 
on-going
implementation of those measures.
(d)
 
The Company
 
shall furnish
 
to each
 
Investor, within
 
ninety (90)
 
days after
 
the end of
 
each Financial
 
Year,
 
at least
one of the following:
 
(i)
 
a
 
report
 
by
 
the
 
AML/CFT
 
Officer
 
on
 
the
 
implementation
 
of,
 
and
 
compliance
 
with,
 
the
 
Company’s
 
AML/CFT
policies, procedures and controls;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(ii)
 
an internal or external auditor’s
 
assessment on the adequacy of the
 
Company’s AML/CFT policies,
 
procedures and
controls; or
(iii) a report
 
by the AML/CFT
 
regulator of the
 
Company concerning the
 
Company’s compliance
 
with local AML/CFT
laws and regulations.
(e)
 
The Company shall
 
furnish to each
 
Investor, within
 
thirty (30) days
 
after the renewal
 
or replacement of
 
any of the
insurance policies referred to in Section 3.03(g) (
Policy Covenants
) and Annex C, a copy of that policy.
(f)
 
Each Investor
 
may at any
 
time, by notice
 
to the Company,
 
elect not to
 
receive any of
 
the information described
 
in
this Section 3.02.
 
In this case, the
 
Company shall provide
 
such Investor with
 
copies of all information
 
publicly disclosed that
 
is not
otherwise available on the SEC’s EDGAR
 
website.
Section 3.03.
 
Policy Covenants
.
 
(a)
 
Sanctionable Practices.
 
(i)
 
The Company
 
hereby agrees
 
that it
 
shall not
 
engage in
 
(nor authorize
 
or permit
 
any Affiliate
 
or any
 
other Person
acting on its behalf to engage in) any Sanctionable Practice with respect to the
 
Company;
(ii)
 
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries and any stockholder that Controls the Company
and or
 
any counterparty
 
of the
 
Company or
 
any Subsidiary
 
in respect
 
of a
 
material transaction,
 
to (x)
 
enter into
 
a
business relationship with any Person that
 
is currently a target of any
 
economic sanctions administered by the Office
of
 
Foreign
 
Assets
 
Control
 
of
 
the
 
U.S.
 
Treasury
 
Department
 
or
 
(y)
 
provide
 
any
 
financing
 
or
 
services
 
to
 
or
 
in
connection with any activity in any sector under embargo by the
 
United Nations;
(iii) The Company further covenants that should it become aware of any violation of Section 3.03(a)(i), it
 
shall promptly
notify each Investor; and
(iv)
 
If any Investor
 
notifies the Company of
 
its concern that
 
there has been
 
a violation of Section
 
3.03(a)(i), the Company
shall cooperate in good faith with
 
the Investors and their representatives in
 
determining whether such a violation has
occurred, and shall respond promptly and in
 
reasonable detail to any reasonable request from any
 
Investor, and shall
furnish
 
documentary support for such response upon such Investor’s request.
 
(b)
 
Affirmative Environmental Covenants.
 
The Company shall and shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries shall:
(i)
 
implement the Action Plan and undertake Company Operations in compliance in all material respects with the S&E
Requirements and all Applicable S&E Law; and
(ii)
 
periodically review
 
the form of
 
the report setting
 
out the specific
 
social, environmental
 
and developmental
 
impact
information
 
to be
 
provided
 
by the
 
Company
 
in
 
respect of
 
Company
 
Operations
 
(the “
S&E Annual
 
Monitoring
Report
”) and advise each Investor as to whether revision of the form is necessary or appropriate in light of changes
to Company
 
Operations
 
and revise
 
the form
 
of the
 
S&E Annual
 
Monitoring Report,
 
if applicable,
 
with the
 
prior
written consent of each Investor.
(c)
 
Negative Environmental Covenants.
 
The Company shall not and shall ensure that each
 
of its Subsidiaries shall not
amend, waive the
 
application of, or
 
otherwise materially
 
restrict the scope
 
or effect of,
 
the S&E Management
 
System (including
 
the
Action Plan and the S&E Requirements) without the prior written consent
 
of each of the Investors.
 
(d)
 
UN Security Council Resolutions.
 
The Company shall not and shall ensure that each of its
 
subsidiaries shall not: (i)
enter into any transaction
 
with, or for
 
the benefit of,
 
any of the
 
individuals or entities named
 
on lists promulgated by
 
the United Nations
Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter or currently a
 
target of any economic sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets
 
Control of the U.S. Treasury
 
Department (“
Sanctions Target
”); or (ii) engage in any
 
activity prohibited by
any resolution of
 
the United Nations
 
Security Council under
 
Chapter VII of
 
the United Nations
 
Charter or any
 
business relationship
with any Sanctions Target.
(e)
 
Shell Banks. The
 
Company shall and
 
shall ensure that
 
each of its Subsidiaries
 
shall institute, maintain
 
and comply
with commercially reasonable internal procedures and controls to ensure that:
(i)
 
any financial institution with
 
which the Company or
 
its Subsidiaries conducts business
 
or enters into
 
any transaction,
or
 
through
 
which
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
its
 
Subsidiaries
 
transmits
 
any
 
funds,
 
does
 
not
 
have
 
correspondent
 
banking
relationships with any Shell Bank; and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(ii)
 
the Company
 
shall not
 
and shall
 
ensure
 
that each
 
of its
 
Subsidiaries
 
shall not
 
conduct
 
business or
 
enter
 
into any
transaction with, or transmit any funds through a Shell Bank.
(f)
 
AML/CFT.
 
The Company shall,
 
and shall ensure
 
that each of its
 
Subsidiaries shall, take
 
commercially reasonable
steps to institute, maintain
 
and comply with internal
 
policies, procedures and controls
 
for AML/CFT consistent with
 
its business and
customer
 
profile,
 
in
 
compliance
 
with
 
national
 
laws
 
and
 
regulations,
 
and
 
in
 
furtherance
 
of
 
applicable
 
AML/CFT
 
best
 
practices
recommendations
 
of
 
the
 
Organization
 
for
 
Economic
 
Co-operation
 
and
 
Development’s
 
Financial
 
Action
 
Task
 
Force
 
on
 
Money
Laundering.
(g)
 
Insurance.
 
The Company shall, and
 
shall ensure that each of
 
its Subsidiaries shall: (i)
 
insure and keep insured
 
with
reputable
 
insurers that
 
cover such
 
risks and
 
contain such
 
policy limits,
 
types of
 
coverage as
 
are adequate
 
to insure
 
against risks
 
to
which
 
the
 
Company,
 
its
 
Subsidiaries
 
and
 
their
 
respective
 
employees,
 
business,
 
properties
 
and
 
other
 
assets
 
would
 
reasonably
 
be
expected to be exposed to in the operation of the
 
business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted,
 
including without
limitation the
 
insurances specified
 
in Annex C,
 
on terms and
 
conditions reasonably
 
acceptable to each
 
Investor; (ii) promptly
 
notify
the
 
relevant
 
insurer
 
of
 
any
 
claim
 
under
 
any
 
policy
 
written
 
by
 
that
 
insurer
 
and
 
diligently
 
pursue
 
that
 
claim;
 
(iii)
 
comply
 
with
 
all
warranties and
 
conditions under
 
each insurance
 
policy; (iv)
 
not do
 
or omit
 
to do,
 
or permit
 
to be
 
done or
 
not done,
 
anything which
might prejudice the Company’s (and/or any of its Subsidiaries’ right to claim or recover under any insurance policy; and (v) within
 
30
days of any renewal or replacement of an insurance policy required in Annex C, provide
 
to each Investor a copy of that policy.
(h)
 
Shareholder Rights Plan.
 
The Company shall not
 
adopt a Shareholder Rights
 
Plan having a term
 
of more than one
(1)
 
year,
 
provided
 
that
 
the
 
foregoing
 
shall
 
not
 
prevent
 
the Company
 
from
 
adopting
 
a
 
new
 
Shareholder
 
Rights
 
Plan
 
to
 
replace
 
the
expired Shareholder Rights Plan.
 
The Threshold Trigger in any Shareholder Rights Plan adopted by the Board shall be established at
twenty percent
 
(20%) or
 
such lower
 
amount that
 
is expressly
 
stated in
 
the Florida
 
Business Corporation
 
Act (the
 
20% Threshold
Trigger
)
 
unless the Board, or committee thereof implementing the Shareholder Rights Plan, determines, upon the advice of counsel,
that
 
using
 
a 20%
 
Threshold
 
Trigger
 
would reasonably
 
be expected
 
to be
 
inconsistent
 
with
 
its fiduciary
 
duties,
 
in
 
which
 
event
 
the
Threshold Trigger shall be
 
set at
 
the highest percentage
 
determined by the
 
Board or such
 
committee to be
 
consistent with such
 
fiduciary
duties.
Section 3.04.
 
Other Affirmative Covenants
.
 
The Company shall and shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries shall:
(a)
 
undertake
 
its business,
 
activities and
 
investments
 
in compliance
 
in all
 
material
 
respects with
 
Applicable
Law; and
(b)
 
adopt
 
and
 
maintain
 
a
 
policy
 
designed
 
to
 
maximize
 
its
 
ownership
 
of
 
Intellectual
 
Property
 
developed
 
or
acquired in the course of its operations, which policy shall require the Company and its Subsidiaries to: (i) cause all material
technological developments,
 
patentable or unpatentable,
 
inventions, discoveries or
 
improvements by the
 
Company’s
 
or any
of its
 
Subsidiaries’ officers
 
or employees
 
to be
 
documented in
 
accordance with
 
appropriate professional
 
standards; and
 
(ii)
cause all officers and key employees, and to the extent practicable,
 
consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to enter
into non-disclosure and proprietary rights agreements in customary form,
 
approved by the Board of Directors.
 
Section 3.05.
 
Use of
 
Proceeds
.
 
The Company
 
shall use
 
the
 
proceeds
 
from the
 
sale of
 
the Investor
 
Shares for
 
(i) capital
expenditures;
 
(ii)
 
acquisitions
 
in
 
the financial
 
technology
 
sector pursuant
 
to guidelines
 
to be
 
adopted
 
by the
 
Company
 
taking
 
into
account the recommendations of the Advisory Committee; and (iii) general corporate purposes.
 
A majority of all such proceeds must
be used for the forgoing purposes in developing countries or emerging
 
markets specified on Annex D.
 
The Company shall not use of
any such proceeds
 
in the territories of
 
any country that is
 
not a member of
 
the World
 
Bank or for reimbursements
 
of expenditures in
those territories or
 
for goods produced
 
in or services
 
supplied from any
 
such territory.
 
Notwithstanding anything herein to
 
the contrary,
each
 
Investor
 
acknowledges
 
that
 
nothing
 
in
 
this
 
Section
 
3.05
 
shall
 
prohibit
 
the
 
Company
 
from
 
using
 
its
 
existing
 
cash
 
reserves
 
in
countries or markets not specified in Annex D, provided such use
 
complies with Applicable Law and does not violate Section 3.03(d).
Section 3.06.
 
Preemptive Rights
.
 
For so long
 
as the Investors
 
hold in aggregate
 
5% of the
 
outstanding shares
 
of Common
Stock of the Company, each Investor shall have the right to purchase its pro-rata share of New Securities in the manner set out below:
(a)
 
If the Company proposes to issue New Securities, it shall give each Investor written notice of its intention,
describing the New Securities,
 
their price, and their general
 
terms of issuance, and specifying
 
each Investor’s pro-rata share
of
 
such
 
issuance
 
(the
 
Issue
 
Notice
”).
 
Each
 
Investor
 
shall
 
have
 
thirty
 
(30)
 
days
 
after
 
any
 
such
 
notice
 
is
 
delivered
 
(the
Notification Date
”) to give the Company written notice that it agrees to purchase part or all
 
of its pro-rata share of the New
Securities for the price
 
and on the terms specified
 
in the Issue Notice (the
 
Subscription Notice
”).
 
Each Investor may also
notify the Company in the
 
Subscription Notice that it
 
is willing to buy
 
a specified number of
 
the New Securities (“
Additional
Securities
”) not taken up
 
by the other Investors (“
Unpurchased Securities
”) for the price and
 
on the terms specified
 
in the
Issue Notice.
(b)
 
For the
 
avoidance of
 
doubt, the
 
Company
 
shall not
 
issue any
 
New Securities
 
until after
 
the Notification
Date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(c)
 
If an Investor has
 
indicated that it is
 
willing to buy Additional
 
Securities (an “
Overallotment Investor
”),
the Company shall give such Overallotment Investor
 
written notice of the total
 
number of Unpurchased Securities within five
(5) days of the expiry of the thirty (30) day period
 
referred to in Section 3.06(a).
 
Such notice shall specify the particulars of
the payment
 
process for
 
the New
 
Securities to
 
be purchased
 
by such
 
Overallotment
 
Investor pursuant
 
to the
 
Subscription
Notice.
(d)
 
On the tenth (10
th
) Business Day after expiry of the thirty (30) day period referred to in Section 3.06(a):
(i)
 
each Investor shall subscribe for the number of its pro-rata shares specified in
 
the Subscription Notice;
(ii)
 
if an Investor has indicated that
 
it is willing to buy
 
Additional Securities, such Overallotment Investor shall also
subscribe
 
for
 
the
 
lower
 
of
 
the
 
number
 
of
 
Additional
 
Securities
 
and
 
its
 
pro
 
rata
 
share
 
of
 
the
 
number
 
of
Unpurchased Securities;
 
(iii) each Investor shall pay the relevant
 
consideration to the Company; and
(iv)
 
the Company shall register in the name of each Investor the number
 
of New Securities for which such Investor
has subscribed.
(e)
 
If the Company has not consummated the proposed issuance of New Securities within one hundred twenty
days (120)
 
days following
 
the date of
 
the Issuance
 
Notice, the
 
Company may
 
not issue
 
such New
 
Securities without
 
again
complying with this Section 3.06.
(f)
 
New
 
Securities
 
shall
 
mean
 
any
 
Equity
 
Securities
 
of
 
the
 
Company;
 
provided,
 
that
 
the
 
term
 
New
Securities
” does not include:
 
(i)
 
Common Stock (or options to purchase Common Stock) issued or issuable to officers, directors and employees
of, or consultants to, the Company pursuant to an equity incentive plan that has been
 
approved by the Board of
Directors, not to exceed five percent (5%) of the then issued and outstanding
 
shares of Common Stock;
(ii)
 
Common Stock
 
issuable upon the
 
exercise, exchange
 
or conversion of
 
Equity Securities outstanding
 
as of the
date
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
or
 
issued
 
after
 
the
 
date
 
hereof
 
pursuant
 
to
 
exercisable,
 
exchangeable
 
or
 
convertible
Equity Securities issued in a transaction to which this Section 3.06 was applicable;
 
(iii)
Common Stock issued or issuable in connection with any stock split or
 
stock dividend of the Company;
 
(iv)
 
Common
 
Stock (or
 
options
 
or warrants
 
to purchase
 
Common
 
Stock)
 
issued or
 
issuable
 
to banks,
 
equipment
lessors or other
 
financial institutions
 
pursuant to
 
a debt financing
 
or commercial
 
leasing transaction
 
approved
by the
 
Board of
 
Directors, not
 
to exceed
 
two and
 
one-half percent
 
(2.5%) of
 
the then
 
issued and
 
outstanding
shares of Common Stock; and
(v)
 
Common Stock issued
 
or issuable pursuant
 
to the bona
 
fide acquisition of
 
another Person by
 
the Company by
merger, purchase of substantially
 
all of the assets of such Person, or exchange of shares or other transaction, in
each case, approved
 
by the
 
Board of
 
Directors, not to
 
exceed five
 
percent (5%)
 
of the
 
then issued
 
and outstanding
shares of Common Stock.
(g)
 
If any
 
Investor is
 
unable to
 
exercise, in
 
whole or
 
in part, its
 
right to
 
purchase New
 
Securities pursuant
 
to
this Section 3.06, such
 
Investor shall have the
 
right to transfer its
 
rights to purchase New
 
Securities to any other
 
Investor or
to any Affiliate of any Investor.
Section 3.07.
 
Registration Rights
.
 
(a)
 
Short Form Registration.
(i)
 
On June 10,
 
2016, the
 
Company filed
 
with the SEC
 
a Registration
 
Statement on
 
Form S-3
 
or the then
 
appropriate
form
 
(or
 
a
 
post-effective
 
amendment
 
to
 
a
 
currently
 
effective
 
Registration
 
Statement)
 
for
 
an
 
offering
 
to
 
be
 
made
 
on
 
a
 
delayed
 
or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
 
Act or any successor rule thereto (each such
 
registration statement a “
Shelf
Registration Statement
” and
 
the Shelf
 
Registration
 
Statement filed
 
on June
 
10, 2016,
 
the “
Initial Registration
 
Statement
”) that
covers all
 
Registrable Securities
 
then outstanding
 
for an
 
offering to
 
be made
 
on a
 
delayed or
 
continuous basis
 
pursuant to
 
Rule 415
under the
 
Securities Act
 
or any successor
 
rule thereto (a
 
Shelf Registration
”), which
 
was declared
 
effective on
 
June 24, 2016.
 
If,
after the filing
 
of a Shelf
 
Registration Statement,
 
an Investor
 
requests registration
 
under the Securities
 
Act of additional
 
Registrable
Securities (including Registrable
 
Securities acquired pursuant
 
to Section 3.06
 
(
Preemptive Rights
)) pursuant to
 
such Shelf Registration,
the Company
 
shall, as soon
 
as practicable,
 
but in any
 
event no later
 
than thirty
 
(30) days after
 
the date of
 
such request,
 
amend such
Shelf Registration Statement to cover such additional Registrable Securities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(ii)
 
At
 
any
 
time
 
that
 
a
 
Shelf
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
is
 
effective
 
but
 
no
 
more
 
than
 
once
 
each
 
calendar
 
quarter,
 
if
 
an
Investor delivers a
 
notice to the
 
Company (a “
Shelf Takedown
 
Notice
”) stating that
 
such Investor
 
(and each other
 
Investor electing
to
 
join
 
in
 
such
 
Shelf
 
Takedown)
 
intends
 
to
 
effect
 
an
 
offering
 
of
 
all
 
or
 
part
 
of
 
its
 
Registrable
 
Securities
 
included
 
in
 
such
 
Shelf
Registration Statement
 
(a “
Shelf Takedown
”) and
 
the Company
 
is eligible
 
to use
 
such Shelf
 
Registration Statement
 
for such
 
Shelf
Takedown,
 
then
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
take
 
all
 
actions
 
reasonably
 
required,
 
including
 
amending
 
or
 
supplementing
 
(a
 
Shelf
Supplement
”) such Shelf Registration
 
Statement, to enable such Registrable
 
Securities to be offered and
 
sold as contemplated by
 
such
Shelf
 
Takedown
 
Notice;
 
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
before
 
an
 
Investor
 
delivers
 
a
 
Shelf
 
Takedown
 
Notice,
 
it
 
shall
 
contact
 
the
 
other
Investors
 
to
 
determine
 
whether
 
they
 
wish
 
to
 
participate
 
in
 
the
 
Shelf
 
Takedown,
 
and
 
include
 
in
 
such
 
Shelf
 
Takedown
 
Notice
 
any
Registrable Securities requested to be
 
included by such other Investor(s);
 
and provided further that in no
 
event shall the Company be
obligated to comply with more than one (1) Shelf Takedown Notice in the aggregate in any calendar quarter from any or all Investors.
 
Each Shelf Takedown
 
Notice shall specify the number of Registrable Securities to be offered and sold under the Shelf Takedown
 
and
the Investors
 
participating.
 
The Company
 
shall prepare
 
and file
 
with the
 
SEC a
 
Shelf Supplement
 
as soon
 
as practicable
 
(but in no
event later than five (5) Business Days) after the date on
 
which it received the Shelf Takedown
 
Notice and, if such Shelf Supplement
is an amendment
 
to such Shelf Registration
 
Statement, shall use
 
its commercially reasonable
 
efforts to cause
 
such Shelf Supplement
to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable thereafter.
(iii)
 
If, pursuant to
 
Rule 415(a)(5) under
 
the Securities
 
Act or
 
any successor
 
rule thereto, the
 
Initial Registration
 
Statement
may no
 
longer be
 
used for
 
offers and
 
sales of
 
any of
 
the securities
 
registered for
 
resale on
 
such registration
 
statement (the
 
Initial
Registrable Securities
”), and (C) any of the Initial Registrable Securities are Registrable Securities at the time that (B) above occurs,
the Company shall prepare and file with
 
the SEC within the time
 
limits required by Rule 415 under
 
the Securities Act or any successor
rule thereto a new Registration Statement covering
 
any Initial Registrable Securities that have not ceased to
 
be Registrable Securities
for an offering to be
 
made on a delayed
 
on continuous basis pursuant to
 
Rule 415 under the
 
Securities Act or any successor
 
rule thereto
(a “
New Registration Statement
”) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such New Registration
 
Statement to be
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable thereafter.
(iv)
 
The Company may postpone for up to forty-five (45) days the filing of a Shelf Supplement for a Shelf Takedown
 
if
the Board determines in its reasonable
 
good faith judgment that such Shelf
 
Takedown would (A) materially interfere with a significant
acquisition,
 
corporate
 
organization,
 
financing,
 
securities
 
offering
 
or
 
other
 
similar
 
transaction
 
involving
 
the
 
Company;
 
(B)
 
require
premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (C)
render the Company unable
 
to comply with requirements under
 
the Securities Act or Exchange
 
Act.
 
The Company shall, within one
(1) day following the decision
 
of the Board to
 
delay such filing, provide each
 
Investor with a certificate
 
signed by the Chairman stating
that the Board has determined
 
to postpone the filing,
 
the reason for the postponement
 
and the expected date
 
of filing.
 
The Company
may delay a Shelf Takedown
 
hereunder only once in any period of 12 consecutive months.
(v)
 
If the Investors request a Shelf Takedown
 
and elect to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request in
an underwritten offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(ii).
 
The Investors
participating in the
 
Shelf Takedown shall select
 
the investment banking
 
firm or
 
firms to act
 
as the
 
managing underwriter or
 
underwriters
in connection with such offering; provided, that such selection shall be
 
subject to the consent of the Company, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(vi)
 
The Company shall not
 
include in any Shelf Takedown
 
any securities which are not
 
Registrable Securities without
the prior written consent of the Investors participating in the Shelf Takedown.
 
If a Shelf Takedown involves an underwritten offering
and
 
the
 
managing
 
underwriter
 
of
 
the
 
requested
 
Shelf
 
Takedown
 
advises the
 
Company
 
and
 
the
 
Investors
 
participating
 
in
 
the
 
Shelf
Takedown
 
in writing that in its reasonable and good faith opinion the number of shares of Common
 
Stock proposed to be included in
the
 
Shelf
 
Takedown,
 
including
 
all
 
Registrable
 
Securities
 
and
 
all
 
other
 
shares
 
of
 
Common
 
Stock
 
proposed
 
to
 
be
 
included
 
in
 
such
underwritten offering,
 
exceeds the
 
number of
 
shares of
 
Common Stock
 
which can
 
be sold
 
in such
 
underwritten offering
 
and/or the
number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be included
 
in such Shelf Takedown would adversely affect the price per share of the
Common Stock
 
proposed to
 
be sold
 
in such
 
underwritten offering,
 
the Company
 
shall include
 
in such
 
Shelf Takedown
 
(i) first,
 
the
shares
 
of
 
Common
 
Stock
 
that
 
the
 
Investors
 
propose
 
to
 
sell, and
 
(ii)
 
second,
 
the
 
shares
 
of
 
Common
 
Stock,
 
if
 
any,
 
proposed
 
to
 
be
included therein
 
by any
 
other Persons
 
(including shares
 
of Common
 
Stock to
 
be sold
 
for the
 
account of
 
the Company
 
and/or other
holders of Common Stock) allocated among such Persons in such manner as they may agree.
 
If the managing underwriter determines
that less than all of the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold can be included in such
 
offering, then the Registrable Securities that
are included in such
 
offering shall be allocated
 
pro rata among the
 
Investors on the basis
 
of the number of
 
Registrable Securities owned
by each such Investor.
(b)
 
Registration Procedures.
 
In connection with the Company’s obligations under Section
 
3.07(a) and if and whenever
the Investors request that any Registrable Securities be distributed in
 
a Shelf Takedown pursuant to the provisions
 
of Section 3.07(a),
the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the offer and sale of such Registrable Securities
under the
 
Securities Act
 
in accordance
 
with the
 
intended method
 
of disposition
 
thereof, and
 
pursuant thereto
 
the Company
 
shall as
soon as practicable and as applicable:
(i)
 
subject
 
to
 
Section
 
3.07(a)(iv),
 
prepare
 
and
 
file
 
with
 
the
 
SEC
 
a
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
covering
 
such
 
Registrable
Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
 
Registration Statement to be declared effective;
 
 
 
 
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(ii)
 
prepare
 
and
 
file
 
with
 
the
 
SEC
 
such
 
amendments,
 
post-effective
 
amendments
 
and
 
supplements,
 
including
 
Shelf
Supplements, to
 
such Registration
 
Statement and
 
the Prospectus
 
used in
 
connection therewith
 
as may
 
be necessary
 
to
keep such
 
Registration Statement
 
effective and
 
to comply
 
with the
 
provisions of
 
the Securities Act
 
with respect
 
to the
disposition
 
of
 
all
 
Registrable
 
Securities
 
subject
 
thereto
 
for
 
a
 
period
 
ending
 
on
 
the
 
date
 
on
 
which
 
all
 
the
 
Registrable
Securities subject thereto have been sold pursuant to such Registration Statement;
(iii) at
 
least five
 
(5)
 
Business
 
Days
 
before
 
filing
 
such
 
Registration
 
Statement,
 
Prospectus
 
or
 
amendments
 
or
 
supplements
thereto with
 
the SEC,
 
furnish to
 
one counsel
 
selected by
 
the Investors
 
copies of
 
such documents
 
proposed to
 
be filed,
which documents shall be
 
subject to the review, comment and
 
approval of such counsel;
 
provided that the Company
 
shall
not have
 
any obligation
 
to modify
 
any information
 
(other than
 
any information
 
related to
 
any seller)
 
if the
 
Company
reasonably expects that so doing would cause (A) the
 
Registration Statement to contain an 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
 
not
misleading
 
or
 
(B)
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
to
 
contain
 
an untrue
 
statement
 
of
 
a
 
material
 
fact
 
or
 
to
 
omit
 
to
 
state
 
a
 
material
 
fact
necessary
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
make
 
the
 
statements
 
made,
 
in
 
light
 
of
 
the
 
circumstances
 
under
 
which
 
they
 
were
 
made,
 
not
misleading;
(iv)
 
notify
 
each selling
 
Investor,
 
promptly
 
after the
 
Company
 
receives notice
 
thereof,
 
of the
 
time when
 
such Registration
Statement has been declared
 
effective or a supplement,
 
including a Shelf Supplement,
 
to any Prospectus forming
 
a part
of such Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC;
(v)
 
furnish
 
to
 
each
 
selling
 
Investor
 
such
 
number
 
of
 
copies
 
of
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
included
 
in
 
such
 
Registration
 
Statement
(including
 
each
 
preliminary
 
Prospectus)
 
and
 
any
 
supplement
 
thereto,
 
including
 
a
 
Shelf
 
Supplement
 
(in
 
each
 
case
including all
 
exhibits and
 
documents incorporated
 
by reference
 
therein), and
 
such other
 
documents as
 
such seller
 
may
reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned
 
by such seller;
(vi)
 
use its
 
commercially reasonable
 
efforts to
 
register or
 
qualify such
 
Registrable Securities
 
under such
 
other securities
 
or
“blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any selling Investor reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things
which
 
may
 
be
 
reasonably
 
necessary
 
or
 
advisable
 
to
 
enable
 
such
 
Investor
 
to
 
consummate
 
the
 
disposition
 
in
 
such
jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
 
owned by Investor; provided, that the
 
Company shall not be required to
 
qualify
generally
 
to do
 
business, subject
 
itself to
 
general taxation
 
or consent
 
to general
 
service of
 
process in
 
any jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to do so but for this Section 3.07(b)(vi)
 
;
(vii)
 
notify each selling Investor, at
 
any time when
 
a Prospectus relating
 
thereto is required
 
to be delivered
 
under the Securities
Act, of the
 
happening of any
 
event that would
 
cause the Prospectus
 
included in such
 
Registration Statement to
 
contain
an untrue statement
 
of a material
 
fact or omit
 
any fact necessary
 
in order to
 
make the statements
 
made therein, in
 
light
of the circumstances under which they
 
were made, not misleading, and, at
 
the request of any such
 
Investor, the Company
shall prepare
 
a supplement
 
or amendment
 
to such
 
Prospectus so
 
that, as
 
thereafter delivered
 
to the
 
purchasers of
 
such
Registrable Securities, such
 
Prospectus shall not
 
contain an untrue
 
statement of a
 
material fact or omit
 
to state any fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
 
which they were made, not misleading;
(viii)
 
make available,
 
upon reasonable
 
notice and
 
during normal
 
business hours,
 
for inspection
 
by any
 
selling Investor,
any underwriter participating
 
in any disposition
 
pursuant to such Registration
 
Statement and any
 
attorney,
 
independent
registered public accounting firm or other agent retained by any such Investor or underwriter (each, an “
Inspector
”), all
financial
 
and
 
other
 
records,
 
pertinent
 
corporate
 
documents
 
and
 
properties
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
as
 
shall
 
be
 
reasonably
necessary to enable them to
 
exercise their due diligence responsibility,
 
and cause the Company’s
 
officers, directors and
employees to
 
supply all
 
information reasonably
 
requested by
 
any such
 
Inspector in
 
connection with
 
such Registration
Statement;
(ix)
 
provide a transfer agent and registrar (which may be the
 
same entity) for all such Registrable Securities
 
not later than the
effective date of such registration;
(x)
 
use its commercially
 
reasonable efforts to
 
cause such Registrable Securities
 
to be listed on
 
each securities exchange
 
on
which the common stock is then listed;
(xi)
 
in connection with an underwritten offering, enter
 
into such customary agreements (including underwriting
 
and lock-up
agreements in customary form) and take all such other
 
customary actions as the participating Investors
 
or the managing
underwriter
 
of
 
such
 
offering
 
reasonably
 
request
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
expedite
 
or
 
facilitate
 
the
 
disposition
 
of
 
such
 
Registrable
Securities (including,
 
without limitation,
 
making appropriate
 
officers of
 
the Company
 
available to
 
participate in
 
“road
show”
 
and
 
other
 
customary
 
marketing
 
activities
 
(including
 
one-on-one
 
meetings
 
with
 
prospective
 
purchasers
 
of
 
the
Registrable
 
Securities),
 
provided
 
that
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
not
 
be
 
obligated
 
to
 
participate
 
in
 
any
 
non-telephonic
 
“road
show” more than once in any eighteen (18) month period);
(xii)
 
otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of
 
the SEC and make available to its
 
stockholders an earnings
statement (in a form that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities
Act or any successor rule
 
thereto) no later than thirty
 
(30) days after the end
 
of the 12-month period beginning
 
with the
 
 
 
 
 
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first day of the Company’s first full fiscal quarter after the effective date of such Registration Statement, which earnings
statement shall cover said 12-month period, and
 
which requirement will be deemed to
 
be satisfied if the Company
 
timely
files complete and accurate information on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and
 
8-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies
with Rule 158 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto;
 
(xiii)
 
furnish
 
to
 
each
 
selling
 
Investor
 
and
 
each
 
underwriter,
 
if
 
any,
 
with
 
(i)
 
a
 
written
 
legal
 
opinion
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
outside counsel, dated
 
the closing date of
 
the offering, in
 
form and substance
 
as is customarily given
 
in opinions of the
Company’s counsel to underwriters in underwritten registered
 
offerings; and (ii) on
 
the date of the
 
applicable Prospectus,
on the effective date
 
of any post-effective amendment
 
to the applicable Registration Statement
 
and at the closing of
 
the
offering,
 
dated
 
the
 
respective
 
dates
 
of
 
delivery
 
thereof,
 
a
 
“comfort”
 
letter
 
signed
 
by
 
the
 
Company’s
 
independent
registered public accounting firm in form and substance as is customarily given in accountants’ letters to underwriters in
underwritten registered offerings;
(xiv)
 
without limiting Section
 
3.07(b)(v), use its commercially
 
reasonable efforts to
 
cause such Registrable Securities
 
to
be registered with or
 
approved by such other governmental
 
agencies or authorities as may
 
be necessary by virtue
 
of the
business
 
and
 
operations
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
to
 
enable
 
the
 
Investors
 
to
 
consummate
 
the
 
disposition
 
of
 
such
 
Registrable
Securities in accordance with their intended method of distribution
 
thereof;
(xv)
 
notify
 
the
 
Investors
 
promptly
 
of
 
any
 
request
 
by
 
the
 
SEC
 
for
 
the
 
amending
 
or
 
supplementing
 
of
 
such
 
Registration
Statement or Prospectus or for additional information;
(xvi)
 
advise the Investors,
 
promptly after it shall
 
receive notice or obtain
 
knowledge thereof, of
 
the issuance of
 
any stop
order
 
by the
 
SEC suspending
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
such
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
the
 
initiation
 
or
 
threatening
 
of any
proceeding for
 
such purpose
 
and promptly
 
use its
 
commercially reasonable
 
efforts to
 
prevent the
 
issuance of
 
any stop
order or to obtain its withdrawal at the earliest possible moment if such stop order should
 
be issued;
(xvii)
 
if
 
any
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
refers
 
to
 
any
 
Investor
 
by
 
name
 
or
 
otherwise
 
as
 
the
 
holder
 
of
 
any
 
securities
 
of
 
the
Company
 
and
 
if
 
in
 
its
 
sole
 
and
 
exclusive
 
judgment
 
such
 
Investor
 
is
 
or
 
might
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
be
 
an
 
underwriter
 
or
“controlling person” (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) of the
Company
 
(each
 
such Person
 
a “
Controlling
 
Person
”), such
 
Investor
 
shall have
 
the right
 
to require
 
(A) the
 
insertion
therein of language, in form and substance satisfactory to such Investor
 
and presented to the Company in writing, to the
effect that
 
the holding by
 
such Investor of
 
such securities is
 
not to be
 
construed as a
 
recommendation by such
 
Investor
of the
 
investment quality
 
of the
 
Company’s
 
securities covered
 
thereby and
 
that such
 
holding does
 
not imply
 
that such
Investor shall assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company, or (B) in the event that such reference
to such Investor
 
by name or
 
otherwise is not
 
required by the
 
Securities Act or
 
any similar federal
 
statute then in
 
force,
the deletion of the reference to such Investor;
(xviii)
 
cooperate
 
with
 
the
 
Investors
 
to
 
facilitate
 
the
 
timely
 
preparation
 
and
 
delivery
 
of
 
certificates
 
representing
 
the
Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such Registration Statement or
 
Rule 144 free of any restrictive legends and
representing
 
such number
 
of shares
 
of Common
 
Stock and
 
registered in
 
such names
 
as the
 
Investors may
 
reasonably
request a
 
reasonable period
 
of time
 
prior to
 
sales of
 
Registrable Securities
 
pursuant to
 
such Registration
 
Statement or
Rule 144; provided,
 
that the Company
 
may satisfy its
 
obligations hereunder
 
without issuing
 
physical stock certificates
through the use of The Depository Trust Company’s
 
Direct Registration System;
(xix)
 
upon the Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities being
 
declared effective by the SEC, removing
any restrictive
 
notation placed on
 
the Registrable Securities
 
as contemplated
 
by Section 3.02(f)(iv)
 
of the Subscription
Agreement;
(xx)
 
take no
 
direct or
 
indirect action
 
prohibited by
 
Regulation M
 
under the
 
Exchange Act;
 
provided, that,
 
to the extent
 
that
any prohibition is applicable to the Company,
 
the Company will take all reasonable action to make any such prohibition
inapplicable; and
(xxi)
 
otherwise use its commercially
 
reasonable efforts
 
to take all other
 
steps necessary to
 
effect the registration
 
of such
Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.
(c)
 
Expenses.
 
All expenses (other
 
than Selling Expenses)
 
incurred by the
 
Company in complying
 
with its obligations
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
registration
 
and
 
disposition
 
of
 
Registrable
 
Securities
 
shall
 
be
 
paid
 
by
 
the
Company,
 
including, without
 
limitation, all
 
(i) registration
 
and filing
 
fees (including,
 
without limitation,
 
any fees
 
relating to
 
filings
required to be
 
made with, or
 
the listing of
 
any Registrable Securities
 
on, any securities
 
exchange or over-the-counter
 
trading market
on which
 
the Registrable
 
Securities are
 
listed or
 
quoted); (ii)
 
underwriting expenses
 
(other than
 
underwriting fees,
 
commissions or
discounts);
 
(iii)
 
expenses
 
of any
 
audits incident
 
to or
 
required
 
by any
 
such registration;
 
(iv)
 
fees
 
and
 
expenses
 
of complyin
 
g
 
with
securities and “blue sky”
 
laws (including, without limitation,
 
fees and disbursements of
 
counsel for the Company
 
in connection with
“blue sky” qualifications
 
or exemptions of
 
the Registrable Securities);
 
(v) printing expenses;
 
(vi) messenger,
 
telephone and delivery
expenses;
 
(vii)
 
fees
 
and
 
expenses
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
counsel
 
and
 
independent
 
registered
 
public
 
accounting
 
firm;
 
(viii)
 
Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority,
 
Inc. filing fees (if any); and (ix)
 
reasonable and documented fees and
 
expenses of one counsel for the
 
 
 
 
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Investors
 
participating
 
in
 
such
 
registration
 
as
 
a
 
group
 
(selected
 
by
 
the
 
Investors
 
holding
 
Registrable
 
Securities
 
included
 
in
 
the
registration).
 
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) and the expense of any annual audits.
 
All Selling Expenses relating to
the offer and sale
 
of Registrable Securities registered
 
under the Securities Act
 
pursuant to this Agreement
 
shall be borne and
 
paid by
the holders of such Registrable Securities, in proportion to the number of Registrable
 
Securities included in such registration for each
such holder.
(d)
 
Indemnification.
(i)
 
The Company shall indemnify and
 
hold harmless, to the fullest extent
 
permitted by law,
 
each holder of Registrable
Securities, such holder’s officers, directors, managers, members, partners, stockholders and Affiliates, each
 
underwriter, broker or any
other Person acting on
 
behalf of such holder of
 
Registrable Securities and each
 
other Controlling Person, if
 
any, who
 
controls any of
the
 
foregoing
 
Persons,
 
against
 
all
 
losses,
 
claims,
 
actions,
 
damages,
 
liabilities
 
and
 
expenses,
 
joint
 
or
 
several,
 
to
 
which
 
any
 
of
 
the
foregoing
 
Persons
 
may
 
become
 
subject
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
or
 
otherwise,
 
insofar
 
as
 
such
 
losses,
 
claims,
 
actions,
 
damages,
liabilities or
 
expenses arise
 
out of
 
or are
 
based upon
 
(A) any
 
untrue or
 
alleged untrue
 
statement of
 
a material
 
fact contained
 
in any
Registration Statement, Prospectus,
 
preliminary Prospectus, free
 
writing prospectus (as
 
defined in Rule
 
405 under the Securities
 
Act
or any successor rule thereto) or any amendment thereof or supplement
 
thereto or 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 a Prospectus,
 
preliminary Prospectus
 
or free
writing prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which
 
they were made) not misleading or (B) any violation
 
or alleged violation
by
 
the
 
Company
 
of
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
or
 
any
 
other
 
similar
 
federal
 
or
 
state
 
securities
 
laws
 
or
 
any
 
rule
 
or
 
regulation
 
promulgated
thereunder
 
applicable
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
relating
 
to
 
action
 
or
 
inaction
 
required
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
any
 
such
registration, qualification or compliance; and shall reimburse such Persons
 
for any reasonable and documented legal or
 
other expenses
incurred by any of them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, action, damage or liability, except insofar
as the same are
 
caused by or contained
 
in any information furnished
 
in writing to
 
the Company by
 
such holder expressly for
 
use therein
or by such holder’s failure to deliver a
 
copy of the Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus, free writing
 
prospectus
(as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto) or
 
any amendments or supplements thereto (if the same
was required by applicable law to be so delivered) after the Company has furnished
 
such holder with a sufficient number of copies of
the same prior to any written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities.
 
This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability the
Company may otherwise have.
(ii)
 
In connection
 
with any
 
registration in
 
which
 
a holder
 
of Registrable
 
Securities is
 
participating,
 
each such
 
holder
shall furnish
 
to the
 
Company in
 
writing such
 
information as
 
the Company
 
reasonably requests
 
for use
 
in connection
 
with any
 
such
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
Prospectus
 
and,
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
permitted
 
by
 
law,
 
shall
 
indemnify
 
and
 
hold
 
harmless,
 
the
 
Company,
 
each
director of the Company,
 
each officer of the
 
Company who shall sign such
 
Registration Statement, each
 
underwriter, broker
 
or other
Person acting on behalf of
 
the holders of Registrable
 
Securities and each Controlling Person
 
who controls any of
 
the foregoing Persons
against any losses, claims,
 
actions, damages, liabilities
 
or expenses resulting
 
from any untrue or
 
alleged untrue statement of
 
material
fact contained in the
 
Registration Statement, Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus, free
 
writing prospectus (as defined
 
in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto) or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or 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
 
a Prospectus,
 
preliminary
Prospectus or free writing prospectus,
 
in light of the
 
circumstances under which they were
 
made) not misleading, but only
 
to the extent
that
 
such
 
untrue
 
statement
 
or
 
omission
 
is
 
contained
 
in
 
any
 
information
 
so
 
furnished
 
in writing
 
by
 
such
 
holder;
 
provided,
 
that
 
the
obligation to indemnify shall be
 
several, not joint and several,
 
for each holder and shall
 
not exceed an amount equal
 
to the net proceeds
(after underwriting fees, commissions
 
or discounts) actually received
 
by such holder from the sale
 
of Registrable Securities pursuant
to such Registration Statement.
 
This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability the selling holder may otherwise have.
(iii)
 
Promptly
 
after
 
receipt
 
by
 
an indemnified
 
party
 
of
 
notice
 
of
 
the
 
commencement
 
of
 
any
 
action
 
involving
 
a
 
claim
referred to
 
in this Section
 
3.07(d), such
 
indemnified party
 
shall, if a
 
claim in respect
 
thereof is made
 
against an indemnifying
 
party,
give written notice to the latter
 
of the commencement of such action.
 
The failure of any indemnified party
 
to notify an indemnifying
party
 
of
 
any
 
such
 
action
 
shall
 
not
 
(unless
 
such
 
failure
 
shall
 
have
 
a
 
material
 
adverse
 
effect
 
on
 
the
 
indemnifying
 
party)
 
relieve
 
the
indemnifying party from any liability in respect of such action that it may have to such indemnified party hereunder.
 
In case any such
action is brought against
 
an indemnified party,
 
the indemnifying party shall
 
be entitled to participate
 
in and to assume the
 
defense of
the claims in any such action that are subject or potentially
 
subject to indemnification hereunder,
 
jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified to the extent that it may
 
wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after written
notice from the indemnifying party
 
to such indemnified party of its election
 
so to assume the defense thereof,
 
the indemnifying party
shall not be responsible for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof; provided that, if (A) any
 
indemnified party shall have reasonably
 
concluded that there may be one or more
 
legal or equitable
defenses available to such indemnified party which are additional to or conflict with those available to the indemnifying party,
 
or that
such claim or
 
litigation involves or
 
could have an
 
effect upon matters
 
beyond the scope
 
of the indemnity
 
provided hereunder,
 
or (B)
such action
 
seeks an
 
injunction or
 
equitable relief
 
against any
 
indemnified party
 
or involves
 
actual or
 
alleged criminal
 
activity,
 
the
indemnifying party
 
shall not
 
have the
 
right to
 
assume the
 
defense of
 
such action
 
on behalf
 
of such
 
indemnified party
 
without
 
such
indemnified
 
party’s
 
prior
 
written consent
 
(but,
 
without
 
such consent,
 
shall
 
have
 
the right
 
to
 
participate
 
therein
 
with
 
counsel
 
of its
choice) and such indemnifying party shall reimburse such indemnified party and
 
any Controlling Person of such indemnified party for
that
 
portion
 
of
 
the
 
fees
 
and
 
expenses
 
of
 
any
 
counsel
 
retained
 
by
 
the
 
indemnified
 
party
 
which
 
is
 
reasonably
 
related
 
to
 
the
 
matters
covered by
 
the indemnity
 
provided hereunder.
 
If the
 
indemnifying party
 
is not
 
entitled to,
 
or elects
 
not to,
 
assume the
 
defense of
 
a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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claim, it shall not be obligated to pay the fees
 
and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such
 
indemnifying
party with respect to such
 
claim, unless in the
 
reasonable judgment of
 
any indemnified party a conflict
 
of interest may exist
 
between
such
 
indemnified
 
party
 
and
 
any
 
other
 
of
 
such
 
indemnified
 
parties
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
such
 
claim.
 
In
 
such
 
instance,
 
the
 
conflicting
indemnified parties shall have a
 
right to retain one separate counsel,
 
chosen by the holders of a majority
 
of the Registrable Securities
included in the registration, at the expense of the indemnifying
 
party.
 
An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement
 
of
any action or
 
claim referred
 
to in
 
this Section 3.07(d)
 
effected without its
 
written consent, such
 
consent not to
 
be unreasonably
 
withheld,
conditioned or delayed.
(iv)
 
If the
 
indemnification provided
 
for hereunder
 
is held
 
by a
 
court of
 
competent jurisdiction
 
to be
 
unavailable to
 
an
indemnified party with respect to any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then the indemnifying party,
 
in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder,
 
shall contribute to the amounts paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage,
 
liability or action in such
 
proportion as is appropriate to reflect
 
the relative fault of the
 
indemnifying party
on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection
 
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss,
claim, damage, liability or
 
action as well as
 
any other relevant equitable
 
considerations; provided that the maximum
 
amount of liability
in respect
 
of such
 
contribution
 
shall be
 
limited,
 
in the
 
case of
 
each holder
 
of Registrable
 
Securities, to
 
an amount
 
equal to
 
the net
proceeds (after underwriting
 
fees, commissions or
 
discounts) actually received
 
by such seller
 
from the sale
 
of Registrable Securities
effected pursuant
 
to such registration.
 
The relative fault
 
of the indemnifying
 
party and of
 
the indemnified party
 
shall be determined
by
 
reference
 
to,
 
among
 
other
 
things,
 
whether
 
the
 
untrue
 
or
 
alleged
 
untrue
 
statement
 
of a
 
material
 
fact
 
or
 
the
 
omission
 
or
 
alleged
omission to
 
state a
 
material fact
 
relates to
 
information supplied
 
by the
 
indemnifying party
 
or by
 
the indemnified
 
party,
 
whether the
violation
 
of
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
or
 
any
 
other
 
similar
 
federal
 
or
 
state
 
securities
 
laws
 
or
 
rule
 
or
 
regulation
 
promulgated
 
thereunder
applicable to the Company and
 
relating to action or inaction required
 
of the Company in connection with
 
any applicable registration,
qualification
 
or
 
compliance
 
was
 
perpetrated
 
by
 
the
 
indemnifying
 
party
 
or
 
the
 
indemnified
 
party
 
and
 
the
 
parties’
 
relative
 
intent,
knowledge, access
 
to information
 
and opportunity
 
to correct or
 
prevent such
 
statement or omission.
 
The parties agree
 
that it would
not be just
 
and equitable if contribution
 
pursuant hereto were
 
determined by pro
 
rata allocation or by
 
any other method or
 
allocation
which
 
does
 
not
 
take
 
account
 
of
 
the
 
equitable
 
considerations
 
referred
 
to
 
herein.
 
No
 
Person
 
guilty
 
or
 
liable
 
of
 
fraudulent
misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e)
 
Participation
 
in
 
Underwritten
 
Registrations.
 
No
 
Person
 
may
 
participate
 
in
 
any
 
registration
 
hereunder
 
which
 
is
underwritten
 
unless such
 
Person (i)
 
agrees to
 
sell such
 
Person’s
 
securities on
 
the basis
 
provided
 
in any
 
underwriting
 
arrangements
approved by the Person or
 
Persons entitled hereunder to
 
approve such arrangements and (ii)
 
completes and executes all questionnaires,
powers
 
of
 
attorney,
 
indemnities,
 
underwriting
 
agreements
 
and
 
other
 
documents
 
required
 
under
 
the
 
terms
 
of
 
such
 
underwriting
arrangements; provided
 
that no
 
holder of
 
Registrable Securities
 
included in
 
any underwritten
 
registration shall
 
be required
 
to make
any representations or warranties
 
to the Company or
 
the underwriters (other than
 
representations and warranties regarding
 
such holder,
such
 
holder’s
 
ownership
 
of
 
its
 
shares
 
of
 
Registrable
 
Securities
 
to
 
be
 
sold
 
in
 
the
 
offering
 
and
 
such
 
holder’s
 
intended
 
method
 
of
distribution)
 
or
 
to
 
undertake
 
any
 
indemnification
 
obligations
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
the
 
underwriters
 
with
 
respect
 
thereto,
 
except
 
as
otherwise provided in Section 3.07(d).
(f)
 
Rule 144 Compliance.
 
With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule
or regulation of the SEC
 
that may at any time permit
 
a holder to sell securities of
 
the Company to the public
 
without registration, the
Company shall:
(i)
 
make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at
 
all times after the
date hereof;
(ii)
 
use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of
the Company under the Exchange Act; and
(iii) furnish
 
to
 
any
 
Investor
 
so
 
long
 
as
 
it
 
owns
 
Registrable
 
Securities,
 
promptly
 
upon
 
request,
 
a
 
written
 
statement
 
by
 
the
Company as
 
to its
 
compliance with
 
the reporting
 
requirements of
 
Rule 144
 
and the
 
Exchange Act,
 
a copy
 
of the
 
most
recent
 
annual or
 
quarterly
 
report of
 
the Company,
 
and such
 
other reports
 
and documents
 
so filed
 
or furnished
 
by the
Company
 
as
 
such
 
Investor
 
may
 
reasonably
 
request
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
sale
 
of
 
Registrable
 
Securities
 
without
registration.
(g)
 
Lock-up Agreement.
 
Each Investor
 
agrees that
 
in connection
 
with any
 
registered offering
 
of Equity
 
Securities of
the Company,
 
and upon
 
the request
 
of the
 
managing underwriter
 
in such
 
offering, such
 
Investor shall
 
not, without
 
the prior
 
written
consent of such managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the effective date
 
of such registration and ending on the
 
date
specified by such managing underwriter (such period not to exceed
 
ninety (90) days), (i) offer,
 
pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant any
option
 
or contract
 
to purchase,
 
purchase
 
any option
 
or contract
 
to sell,
 
hedge
 
the beneficial
 
ownership
 
of or
 
otherwise dispose
 
of,
directly or
 
indirectly,
 
any shares
 
of Common
 
Stock or
 
any securities
 
convertible into,
 
exercisable for
 
or exchangeable
 
for shares
 
of
Common
 
Stock held immediately before
 
the effectiveness of the
 
Registration Statement for such
 
offering, or (ii) enter
 
into any swap
or other arrangement that transfers to another,
 
in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities,
whether any such transaction described in
 
clause (i) or (ii) above
 
is to be settled
 
by delivery of Common Stock or
 
such other securities,
in cash or otherwise, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent any Investor from exercising the Put Option with respect
to its Investor Shares.
 
The foregoing provisions of this Section 3.07(g) shall
 
not apply to sales of Registrable Securities
 
to be included
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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in such offering pursuant
 
to Section 3.07(a), and shall
 
be applicable to the Investors
 
only if all officers and
 
directors of the Company
and
 
all
 
stockholders
 
owning
 
more
 
than
 
five
 
percent
 
(5%)
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
outstanding
 
Common
 
Stock
 
are
 
subject
 
to
 
the
 
same
restrictions.
 
Each Investor agrees
 
to execute and
 
deliver such other
 
agreements as may
 
be reasonably requested
 
by the Company
 
or
the
 
managing
 
underwriter
 
which
 
are
 
consistent
 
with
 
the
 
foregoing
 
or
 
which
 
are
 
necessary
 
to
 
give
 
further
 
effect
 
thereto.
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.07(g),
 
each Investor shall be released, pro rata, from any lock-up
agreement entered into
 
pursuant to this Section
 
3.07(g) in the event
 
and to the extent
 
that the managing underwriter
 
or the Company
permit any discretionary waiver or termination of
 
the restrictions of any lock-up
 
agreement pertaining to any officer, director or holder
of greater than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock.
(h)
 
Preservation of Rights.
 
The Company shall not (i) grant any demand or “piggyback” registration rights to any third
party without also granting the
 
same rights to each Investor
 
or (ii) enter into any
 
agreement, take any action, or
 
permit any change to
occur, with respect to its securities that violates or
 
subordinates the rights expressly granted to the Investors in this Agreement.
Section 3.08.
 
Further Assurances
.
 
The Company shall
 
exercise all such
 
rights and powers
 
as are available
 
to it to
 
take, or
cause to be taken, such actions, and do, perform, execute and deliver, or cause to be done, performed, executed and delivered, all acts,
deeds and documents necessary,
 
proper or advisable to ensure compliance with
 
and to fully and effectually
 
implement the provisions
of
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
including
 
making,
 
or
 
causing
 
to
 
be
 
made,
 
all
 
governmental,
 
regulatory
 
and
 
administrative
 
filings
 
with
 
any
appropriate Authority,
 
as promptly as reasonably possible.
 
ARTICLE
 
IV
The Put Option
Section 4.01.
 
The Put Option
.
 
(a)
 
The Company hereby grants to each Investor an option (the “
Put Option
”) to sell to the Company on one occasion,
and the Company
 
is obligated to purchase
 
from each Investor
 
upon exercise of each
 
such option, all of
 
such Investor’s Put
 
Shares in
accordance with the terms of this Article IV.
(b)
 
The Put Option may be exercised by each Investor by delivery to the Company of
 
a Put Notice at any time within
 
(i) in the
 
case of a
 
Put Trigger
 
Event, ninety (90)
 
days following the
 
earlier of (x)
 
receipt by the
 
Investors of written
 
notice
from the
 
Company that
 
a Put
 
Trigger
 
Event has
 
occurred or
 
(y) written
 
notice given
 
to the
 
Company by
 
the Investors
that a Put Trigger Event has occurred;
 
(ii) in the case of a Plan Put Trigger Event, thirty
 
(30) days following the Company’s
 
receipt of a Bona Fide Offer, provided
that any
 
increase in
 
such the
 
price offered
 
in such
 
Bona Fide
 
Offer,
 
or any
 
Bona Fide
 
Offer
 
by another
 
Person, shall
trigger a new thirty (30) day period; and
 
(iii) in
 
the case
 
of a
 
Threshold Put
 
Trigger
 
Event, ninety
 
(90) days
 
following
 
the earlier
 
of (x)
 
receipt by
 
the Investors
 
of
written
 
notice
 
from
 
the
 
Company
 
that
 
a
 
Threshold
 
Put
 
Trigger
 
Event
 
has
 
occurred
 
or
 
(y) written
 
notice
 
given
 
to
 
the
Company by the Investors that a Threshold Put Trigger
 
Event has occurred.
 
The Put Notice
 
shall specify the
 
Put Price for
 
the Put Shares
 
(and the basis
 
for its determination
 
of the Put
 
Price), the bank
account into which the Put
 
Price shall be paid, the
 
nature of the relevant Put
 
Trigger Event, if applicable, and the applicable
 
Settlement
Date.
 
The failure of any Investor to exercise the Put Option following (i) the occurrence of a Put Trigger Event shall not preclude
 
the
subsequent exercise of
 
the Put Option if
 
a subsequent Put Trigger
 
Event occurs, (ii) the
 
occurrence of a Plan
 
Put Trigger Event
 
shall
not
 
preclude
 
the
 
subsequent
 
exercise
 
of
 
the
 
Put
 
Option
 
if
 
a
 
subsequent
 
Bona
 
Fide
 
Offer
 
is
 
received
 
and
 
(iii)
 
the
 
occurrence
 
of
 
a
Threshold Put Trigger Event shall not preclude the subsequent exercise of the Put Option if a new Shareholder Rights Plan is adopted
that constitutes a Threshold Put Trigger Event.
(c)
 
On the Settlement Date:
(i)
 
the Company
 
shall pay
 
to each Investor,
 
into the
 
bank account
 
specified by
 
such Investor,
 
the Put
 
Price set
 
out in
the
 
Put
 
Notice
 
in
 
Dollars
 
in
 
immediately
 
available
 
funds,
 
without
 
deduction
 
whatsoever
 
for
 
any
 
fees,
 
Taxes
(excluding for
 
the avoidance
 
of doubt
 
Taxes
 
on any
 
gains realized
 
by any
 
Investor), duties,
 
costs or
 
other charges
howsoever called (all of which shall be borne by the Company); and
(ii)
 
such Investor shall, simultaneously with receipt of the Put Price, transfer to the Company free of all Liens and other
encumbrances
 
and
 
rights
 
of
 
third
 
parties
 
the
 
certificates,
 
if
 
any,
 
or
 
book-entry
 
shares
 
evidencing
 
title
 
to
 
the
 
Put
Shares
 
together
 
with
 
such
 
instruments
 
of
 
transfer,
 
if
 
any,
 
as
 
required
 
by
 
Applicable
 
Law
 
(“
Settlement
Completion
”).
 
In the event
 
the Company is
 
prohibited by Applicable
 
Law from repurchasing,
 
or otherwise does
 
not have sufficient cash
 
to repurchase,
all the Put Shares, as reasonably
 
determined by the Board in good
 
faith and certified to such Investor
 
by the Chairman, the Company
shall repurchase as many Put Shares as it can for cash (pro rata among the Investors exercising the Put Option based on the number of
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
Put Shares
 
specified in
 
their Put
 
Notices).
 
With
 
respect to
 
the Put
 
Shares that
 
the Company
 
is unable
 
to purchase
 
pursuant
 
to the
preceding sentence, each
 
Investor shall have the
 
option to either retain
 
the unrepurchased Put Shares
 
or receive a promissory
 
note in
the principal
 
amount equal
 
to the
 
Put Price
 
for the
 
unrepurchased Put
 
Shares, bearing
 
interest at
 
the rate
 
of ten
 
percent (10%)
 
per
annum (with
 
quarterly interest
 
payments), payable
 
in eight
 
(8) equal
 
quarterly installments
 
with a
 
final maturity
 
date two
 
(2) years
from the date of issuance, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably
 
acceptable to such Investor.
(d)
 
For the avoidance of doubt, each
 
Investor shall be entitled to
 
any dividends, distributions or return of capital
 
relating
to the Put Shares which are the subject of the relevant Put Notice which were declared or otherwise had a record date on or before the
Settlement Completion, even if the payment
 
date is after the
 
Settlement Completion.
 
Until Settlement Completion, each Investor shall
be
 
entitled to
 
all of
 
its rights
 
as a
 
stockholder
 
(or
 
attached to
 
such Put
 
Shares) whether
 
under
 
this Agreement,
 
Applicable
 
Law or
otherwise.
(e)
 
After delivery of a Put Notice to
 
the Company but prior to Settlement Completion, each
 
Investor shall have the right
(but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to withdraw the Put Notice and its
 
exercise of the Put Option thereunder by written notice
to the Company at any time or times.
(f)
 
The calculation by each Investor
 
of the Put Price
 
or Put Price Per
 
Share as set forth
 
in the Put Notice
 
shall be binding
and conclusive for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(g)
 
The Company shall notify the Investors promptly, and in any case no later than one (1) Business Day, following the
occurrence
 
of
 
a
 
Plan
 
Put
 
Trigger
 
Event,
 
Put
 
Trigger
 
Event
 
or
 
Threshold
 
Put
 
Trigger
 
Event,
 
setting
 
forth
 
in
 
reasonable
 
detail
 
the
circumstances giving rise to such Plan Put Trigger
 
Event, Put Trigger Event or Threshold Put Trigger
 
Event.
Section 4.02.
 
Failure to Perform by
 
the Company
.
 
Without prejudice
 
to the remedies available to
 
each Investor under this
Agreement or otherwise,
 
if the Company
 
fails to make
 
payment of the
 
Put Price by
 
the Settlement Date
 
as specified pursuant
 
to this
Article
 
IV,
 
then
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
pay
 
to
 
each
 
Investor having
 
delivered
 
a
 
Put
 
Notice, in
 
Dollars
 
on
 
demand,
 
at
 
a bank
 
account
designated by such Investor, a late payment charge which will accrue at a rate per annum of ten percent
 
(10%) on the amount required
to be paid to
 
such Investor pursuant to Section
 
4.01(c)(i), such late payment charge to accrue
 
daily from (and including) the
 
Settlement
Date until (but
 
excluding) the date
 
the Put Price
 
is paid in
 
full prorated on
 
the basis of
 
a 360-day year
 
for the actual
 
number of days
elapsed.
 
In the
 
case of
 
a failure
 
to perform by
 
the Company, Settlement Completion
 
shall be
 
deemed to occur
 
for all
 
purposes hereunder
(including, but
 
not limited
 
to, Section
 
4.01(d) above)
 
on the
 
date such
 
Investor effectively
 
transfers the
 
Put Shares
 
to the
 
Company
after receipt of
 
the Put Price and
 
any additional amounts
 
payable by the Company
 
pursuant to this
 
Section 4.02 and
 
otherwise under
this Agreement.
Section
 
4.03.
 
Obligations
 
Irrevocable
.
 
The
 
obligations
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
hereunder
 
are
 
irrevocable
 
and
 
shall
 
not
 
be
terminated, suspended or affected
 
in any manner by the deterioration
 
of the financial situation or the interruption
 
of the operations of
the Company (whether by
 
condemnation, expropriation, nationalization
 
or otherwise) or the insolvency
 
of the Company or the
 
filing
of any bankruptcy proceeding or any similar proceeding by or against the
 
Company or any other circumstances whatsoever.
ARTICLE V
Term
 
of Agreement
Section 5.01.
 
Term
 
of Agreement
.
 
Except as otherwise expressly set forth
 
herein, this Agreement shall become
 
effective as
of the date on which the Investors first subscribe for the Investor Shares and shall continue in force until such time as the Investors no
longer hold
 
any Investor Shares
 
(or any promissory
 
note issued to
 
pay all or
 
a portion of
 
the Put Price);
 
provided,
 
however, that
 
the
termination of this
 
Agreement or cessation of
 
effectiveness with respect
 
to a party shall
 
be without prejudice to
 
such party’s
 
accrued
rights and obligations
 
at the date
 
of its termination
 
and any legal
 
or equitable remedies
 
of any kind
 
which may accrue
 
in connection
therewith.
ARTICLE VI
Representations and Warranties
Section 6.01.
 
Representations
 
and
 
Warranties
.
 
The Company
 
hereby
 
represents and
 
warrants that
 
each of
 
the following
statements is true, accurate and not misleading as of the date of this Agreement:
(a)
 
Organization
 
and Authority.
 
The Company
 
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of its place of
 
incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to enter into, deliver and
 
perform its obligations
under this
 
Agreement;
(b)
 
Validity.
 
This Agreement has been duly authorized and executed by the Company and constitutes its valid
and legally binding
 
obligation, enforceable in
 
accordance with its
 
terms, except as
 
the same may
 
be limited by
 
bankruptcy,
insolvency,
 
reorganization,
 
moratorium
 
or other
 
similar
 
laws affecting
 
the
 
rights
 
and
 
remedies
 
of
 
creditors
 
generally
 
and
general principles of equity;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(c)
 
No Conflict
 
.
 
The execution, delivery and performance
 
of this Agreement will not contravene: (i) any law,
regulation, order,
 
decree or
 
Authorization applicable
 
to the
 
Company or
 
any of
 
its Subsidiaries;
 
(ii) any
 
provision of
 
the Company’s
or any
 
Subsidiary’s Charter;
 
or (iii)
 
any contractual
 
restriction binding
 
on or
 
affecting the
 
Company or
 
any of
 
the Company’s
assets (including its Subsidiaries); and
(d)
 
Status of Authorizations.
 
All Authorizations required for the execution and
 
delivery of this Agreement and
the performance of its
 
obligations hereunder have been obtained
 
and are in full
 
force and effect, other than
 
the filings required
to be made pursuant to Section 3.07.
Section 6.02.
 
Investors Reliance
.
 
The Company acknowledges that it has
 
made the representations and warranties in
 
Section
6.01 (
Representations and Warranties
), with the intention of inducing each Investor to enter into this Agreement and the Subscription
Agreement
 
and
 
to
 
make
 
its
 
Investors
 
Subscription
 
and
 
that
 
each
 
Investor
 
has
 
entered
 
into
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
the
 
Subscription
Agreement and made its Investors Subscription on the basis of and in full reliance
 
on such representations and warranties.
 
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
Section 7.01.
 
Notices
.
 
(a)
 
Any notice, request or other communication to be given
 
or made under this Agreement shall be in writing.
 
Subject
to Section 7.04
(
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
), any such communication to the Company shall be delivered by email and any
 
such
communication by any
 
other party shall be
 
delivered by hand,
 
established courier service
 
or email (and facsimile
 
in the case of
 
IFC)
to the party to which it is required or permitted to be given or made at such party’s address specified below or at such other address as
such party has from time
 
to time designated by written
 
notice to the other parties
 
hereto, and shall be effective
 
upon the earlier of (a)
actual receipt and (b) deemed receipt under Section 7.01(b) below.
For the Company:
Lesaka Technologies,
 
Inc.
President Place, 4
th
 
Floor,
Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue
 
and Bolton Road
Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa
Attention:
 
Mr. Ali Mazanderani,
 
Executive Chair
Telephone:
Email:
 
XXX
For IFC:
International Finance Corporation
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue,
 
N.W.
Washington,
 
D.C.
 
20433
United States of America
Attention:
 
Director, TMT,
 
Venture
 
Capital & Funds
Facsimile:
 
XXX
Email:
 
XXX
With a copy
 
(in the
 
case of
 
communications relating to
 
payments) sent
 
to the
 
attention of
 
the Director, Department of
 
Financial
Operations at:
 
Facsimile:
 
+XXX
For ALAC:
IFC African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund, LP
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue,
 
N.W.
Washington,
 
D.C. 20433
United States of America
Attention:
 
Head, IFC African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund, LP
Email:
 
XXX
 
 
 
 
 
 
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For FIG:
IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund, LP
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue,
 
N.W.
Washington,
 
D.C. 20433
United States of America
Attention:
 
Head, IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund, LP
Email:
 
XXX
(b)
 
Unless there
 
is reasonable
 
evidence that
 
it was received
 
at a
 
different time,
 
notice pursuant
 
to this
 
Section 7.01
 
is
deemed given if: (i) delivered by hand, when left
 
at the address referred to in Section 7.01(a); (ii) sent
 
by established courier services
within
 
a
 
country,
 
three
 
(3)
 
Business
 
Days
 
after
 
posting
 
it;
 
(iii)
 
sent
 
by
 
established
 
courier
 
service
 
between
 
two
 
countries,
 
six
 
(6)
Business Days
 
after posting
 
it; and
 
(iv) sent
 
by email,
 
when receipt
 
has been
 
confirmed by
 
telephone and
 
a copy
 
has been
 
sent by
established courier service; provided that
 
in the case
 
of IFC, any
 
notice sent by email
 
shall also be sent
 
by facsimile and will
 
be deemed
given when confirmation of its transmission has been recorded by the sender’s
 
facsimile machine.
Section 7.02.
 
Saving of Rights
.
 
(a)
 
The rights and remedies of the Investors in relation to
 
any misrepresentation or breach of warranty on the part of
 
the
Company shall not be
 
prejudiced by any investigation
 
by or on
 
behalf of the Investors
 
into the affairs of
 
the Company, by the execution
or the performance of
 
this Agreement or by any
 
other act or thing by
 
or on behalf of the
 
Investors which might prejudice
 
such rights
or remedies.
(b)
 
No course of dealing and no failure or delay by the Investors in exercising any power, remedy,
 
discretion, authority
or other right under this Agreement or any other
 
agreement shall impair, or be construed
 
to be a waiver of or an acquiescence in, that
or any
 
other power,
 
remedy,
 
discretion, authority
 
or right
 
under this
 
Agreement, or
 
in any
 
manner preclude
 
its additional
 
or future
exercise.
Section 7.03.
 
English Language
.
 
All documents to
 
be provided or
 
communications to be
 
given or made
 
under this Agreement
shall be in
 
English and, where
 
the original version
 
of any such
 
document or communication
 
is not in
 
English, shall be
 
accompanied
by an English
 
translation certified by
 
an Authorized Representative
 
to be a true
 
and correct translation
 
of the original.
 
Any Investor
may, if it so requires, obtain
 
an English translation of any document or communication received in any other
 
language at the cost and
expense of the Company (except
 
for documents or communications provided
 
by any Investor).
 
The Investors and the Company may
deem any such translation to be the governing version.
Section 7.04.
 
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
.
(a)
 
This Agreement shall be
 
governed by and construed
 
in accordance with the laws
 
of the State of
 
New York,
 
United
States of America,
 
without giving effect
 
to principles or
 
rules of conflict
 
of laws to the
 
extent such principles
 
or rules would
 
require
or permit the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
 
(b)
 
Each of the Company and each
 
Investor irrevocably agrees to venue being
 
laid in the courts of the United
 
States of
America located in the Southern District of New York or in the courts of the State of New York
 
located in the Borough of Manhattan,
in any legal
 
action, suit or
 
proceeding arising out
 
of or relating
 
to this Agreement,
 
and waives any
 
objections to venue
 
based on grounds
of forum non conveniens or inconvenient forum.
 
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a waiver of the
 
right of the Company
or any Investor to seek removal to federal court in any action brought hereunder.
(c)
 
Final judgment against the Company in any such action, suit
 
or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced
in any other
 
jurisdiction by suit
 
on the judgment,
 
a certified or
 
exemplified copy of which
 
shall be conclusive
 
evidence of the
 
judgment,
or in any other
 
manner provided by law,
 
and the Company
 
irrevocably also submits
 
to personal jurisdiction
 
of any such court
 
in any
such action, suit or proceeding to enforce any judgment.
 
(d)
 
The
 
parties
 
acknowledge
 
and
 
agree
 
that
 
no
 
provision
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
nor
 
the
 
consent
 
to
 
venue
 
by
 
IFC
 
in
subsection (b), in any
 
way constitutes or implies
 
a waiver, termination or modification
 
by IFC of
 
any privilege, immunity or
 
exemption
of IFC granted in the Articles of Agreement establishing IFC, international conventions,
 
or Applicable Law.
(e)
 
The Company
 
hereby irrevocably
 
designates, appoints
 
and empowers
 
Corporation Service
 
Company with
 
offices
currently located at
 
1180 Avenue
 
of the Americas,
 
Suite 210, New
 
York,
 
New York
 
10036, as its
 
authorized agent solely
 
to receive
for and
 
on its
 
behalf service
 
of any
 
summons, complaint
 
or other
 
legal process
 
in any
 
action, suit
 
or proceeding
 
the Investors
 
may
bring in the State of New York
 
in respect of this Agreement.
(f)
 
As long as this
 
Agreement remains in
 
force, the Company
 
shall maintain a
 
duly appointed and
 
authorized agent to
receive for and on its
 
behalf service of any
 
summons, complaint or other
 
legal process in any action,
 
suit or proceeding the Investors
may bring in New York, New York,
 
United States of America, with respect to this
 
Agreement.
 
The Company shall keep the Investors
advised of the identity and location of such agent.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(g)
 
The Company
 
also irrevocably
 
consents to
 
the service of
 
such papers
 
being made
 
by mailing
 
copies of the
 
papers
by to the
 
Company at its address
 
and in the
 
manner specified in
 
Section 7.01 (
Notices
).
 
In such a case,
 
the Investors shall
 
also send
by email, or have sent by email, a copy of the papers to the Company.
(h)
 
Service
 
in the
 
manner
 
provided in
 
Sections 7.04(e)
 
,
 
(f) and
 
(g)
 
in any
 
action,
 
suit or
 
proceeding
 
will be
 
deemed
personal service,
 
will be accepted
 
by the Company
 
as such and
 
will be valid
 
and binding upon
 
the Company for
 
all purposes of
 
any
such action, suit or proceeding.
(i)
 
THE
 
COMPANY
 
IRREVOCABLY
 
WAIVES
 
TO
 
THE
 
FULLEST
 
EXTENT
 
PERMITTED
 
BY
 
APPLICABLE
LAW
 
ANY
 
AND
 
ALL
 
RIGHTS
 
TO
 
DEMAND
 
A
 
TRIAL
 
BY
 
JURY
 
IN
 
ANY
 
SUCH
 
ACTION,
 
SUIT
 
OR
 
PROCEEDING
BROUGHT AGAINST THE COMPANY
 
BY ANY INVESTOR.
(j)
 
The Company
 
hereby acknowledges
 
that IFC
 
shall be
 
entitled under
 
Applicable Law,
 
including the
 
provisions of
the International
 
Organizations Immunities
 
Act, to
 
immunity from
 
a trial
 
by jury
 
in any
 
action, suit
 
or proceeding
 
arising out
 
of or
relating to this Agreement or
 
the transactions contemplated hereby brought
 
against IFC in any court of the
 
United States of America.
 
The Company hereby waives any
 
and all rights to demand a trial by
 
jury in any action, suit or proceeding
 
arising out of or relating to
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
 
by this Agreement, brought against IFC
 
in any forum in which IFC is not
 
entitled to
immunity from a trial by jury.
(k)
 
To
 
the extent
 
that the
 
Company may,
 
in any
 
action, suit
 
or proceeding
 
brought in
 
any of
 
the courts
 
referred to
 
in
Section 7.04(b) or in any other court or elsewhere arising out of or in connection with this
 
Agreement, be entitled to the benefit of any
provision of
 
law requiring
 
any Investor
 
in such action,
 
suit or proceeding
 
to post security
 
for the costs
 
of the Company,
 
or to
 
post a
bond or
 
to take similar
 
action, the
 
Company hereby
 
irrevocably waives
 
such benefit,
 
in each case
 
to the fullest
 
extent now
 
or in
 
the
future permitted under Applicable Law or,
 
as the case may be, the jurisdiction in which such court is located.
(l)
 
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any Investor to (i) commence legal proceedings or otherwise sue
the Company
 
in South
 
Africa, the
 
U.S. federal
 
courts sitting
 
in the
 
State of
 
Florida or
 
the state courts
 
of the
 
State of
 
Florida, or
 
(ii)
commence legal proceedings
 
to enforce any judgment
 
against the Company
 
in any appropriate jurisdiction
 
or (iii), and in
 
either case
to serve process, pleadings and other legal papers upon the Company
 
in any manner authorized by the laws of any such jurisdiction.
 
Section
 
7.05.
 
Immunity
.
 
To
 
the
 
extent
 
the
 
Company
 
may
 
be
 
entitled
 
in
 
any
 
jurisdiction
 
to
 
claim
 
for
 
itself
 
or
 
its
 
assets
immunity
 
in
 
respect
 
of
 
its
 
obligations
 
under
 
this
 
Agreement
 
or
 
the
 
Subscription
 
Agreement
 
from
 
any
 
suit,
 
execution,
 
attachment
(whether provisional
 
or final,
 
in aid
 
of execution,
 
before judgment
 
or otherwise)
 
or other
 
legal process
 
or to
 
the extent
 
that in
 
any
jurisdiction that immunity (whether
 
or not claimed) may be attributed
 
to it or its assets, the Company
 
irrevocably agrees not to
 
claim
and irrevocably waives such immunity to the fullest extent permitted now
 
or in the future by the laws of such jurisdiction.
 
Section 7.06.
 
Announcements / Confidentiality
.
 
(a)
 
The Company
 
may not
 
represent any
 
Investor’s
 
views on
 
any matter,
 
or,
 
except to
 
the extent
 
required by
 
law or
regulation (including, but
 
not limited
 
to, SEC,
 
Nasdaq and JSE
 
Limited rules), use
 
any Investor’s name
 
in any written
 
material provided
to third parties, without such Investor’s prior written consent.
 
(b)
 
The Company shall not:
(i)
disclose any information either in writing or orally to any Person which is not
 
a party to this Agreement; or
(ii)
make or issue a public announcement, communication or circular,
 
about
 
the
 
Investors
 
Subscription
 
or
 
the
 
subject
 
matter
 
of,
 
or
 
the
 
transactions
 
referred
 
to
 
in,
 
this
 
Agreement
 
or
 
the
 
Subscription
Agreement, including
 
by way
 
of press
 
release, promotional
 
and publicity
 
materials, posting
 
of information
 
on websites,
 
granting of
interviews or
 
other communications
 
with the
 
press, or
 
otherwise, other
 
than: (A)
 
to such
 
of its
 
officers,
 
employees and
 
advisers as
reasonably require such
 
information in connection
 
with the Investors
 
Subscription or to
 
comply with the
 
terms of this Agreement
 
or
the Subscription
 
Agreement; (B) to
 
the extent required
 
by law or
 
regulation (including
 
SEC, Nasdaq and
 
JSE Limited
 
rules); (C)
 
to
the extent required
 
for it to
 
enforce its rights
 
under this Agreement;
 
and (D) with
 
the prior written
 
consent of each
 
Investor.
 
Before
any
 
information
 
is
 
disclosed
 
or
 
any
 
public
 
announcement,
 
communication
 
or
 
circulation
 
made
 
or
 
issued
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Section
7.06(b),
 
the
 
Company
 
must
 
consult
 
with
 
each
 
Investor
 
in
 
advance
 
about
 
the
 
timing,
 
manner
 
and
 
content
 
of
 
the
 
disclosure,
announcement, communication or circulation (as the case may be).
(c)
 
Each Investor shall hold any Confidential Information it receives from the Company in confidence, and (for so long
as it
 
remains
 
Confidential
 
Information)
 
shall
 
not
 
without
 
the consent
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
reveal
 
any
 
Confidential
 
Information
 
to
 
any
Person
 
other
 
than
 
such
 
Investor’s
 
directors,
 
officers,
 
employees,
 
attorneys,
 
independent
 
registered
 
public
 
accounting
 
firm,
 
rating
agencies,
 
contractors
 
and
 
consultants
 
(including,
 
without
 
limitation,
 
technical
 
and
 
financial
 
advisors)
 
who
 
need
 
to
 
know
 
such
information in connection with the performance of their duties for such Investor.
 
The Investors agree that money damages would not
be a sufficient
 
remedy for any breach
 
of the confidentiality
 
obligation contained herein
 
and that the Company
 
shall have the right
 
to
seek equitable relief,
 
including injunction and specific
 
performance, as a remedy
 
for any such breach or
 
threat thereof, subject to
 
the
 
 
 
 
 
 
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privileges and immunities contained
 
in IFC’s Articles
 
of Agreement, international
 
treaties and Applicable Law.
 
Such remedies shall
not be deemed to
 
be the exclusive remedies
 
for a breach of
 
such confidentiality provisions and shall
 
be in addition to
 
all other remedies
available at law or in equity to the Company.
Section 7.07.
 
Successors and
 
Assigns
.
 
This Agreement
 
binds and
 
benefits the
 
respective successors
 
and assignees
 
of the
parties.
 
However, (i) the
 
Company may not assign, transfer or
 
delegate any of its rights or obligations
 
under this Agreement without
the prior
 
written consent
 
of each
 
Investor and
 
(ii) no
 
Investor may
 
assign, transfer
 
or delegate
 
any of
 
its rights
 
or obligations
 
under
this Agreement other than to (x) one of the other Investors, (y) an Affiliate of such Investor or (z) any Person (other than those in sub-
clauses (x) and (y)) without the prior written consent of the Company.
Section 7.08.
 
Amendments, Waivers and Consents
.
 
Any amendment or waiver of, or any consent
 
given under, any provision
of this Agreement shall be in writing and, in the case of an amendment, signed
 
by all of the parties hereto.
Section 7.09.
 
Counterparts
.
 
This Agreement may
 
be executed in
 
several counterparts, each
 
of which is
 
an original, but all
of which constitute one and the same agreement.
 
Section 7.10.
 
Costs, Expenses and Third Party
 
Claims
.
 
The Company shall (a) pay to the Investors
 
or as the Investors may
direct the reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by
 
any Investor in relation to efforts to enforce or protect its rights
under this Agreement, or the
 
exercise of its rights
 
or powers consequent upon or
 
arising out of any
 
breach of this Agreement, including
reasonable and documented
 
legal and other
 
professional consultants’ fees,
 
if the Investors
 
are successful in
 
whole or in
 
part, and (b)
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each
 
Investor and its
 
Affiliates from, against and in
 
respect of any damages,
 
losses, charges,
liabilities,
 
claims,
 
payments,
 
judgments,
 
settlements,
 
assessments,
 
and
 
costs
 
and
 
expenses
 
(including
 
attorneys’
 
fees,
 
charges
 
and
disbursements)
 
imposed
 
on,
 
sustained,
 
incurred
 
or suffered
 
by,
 
or asserted
 
against
 
such Investor
 
or
 
its Affiliates
 
arising
 
out of,
 
in
connection with,
 
or related
 
to any
 
actual or
 
prospective third
 
party claim,
 
litigation, investigation
 
or proceeding
 
relating to
 
(x) any
breach by the Company of
 
any of its obligations under
 
the Transaction Documents or
 
(y) the gross negligence,
 
willful misconduct or
fraudulent acts of the Company or its directors, officers or employees
 
in connection with any transaction contemplated thereby.
Section 7.11.
 
Entire Agreement
.
 
This Agreement, together
 
with the
 
Subscription Agreement, supersedes
 
all prior
 
discussions,
memoranda of
 
understanding, agreements
 
and arrangements
 
(whether written
 
or oral,
 
including all
 
correspondence and
 
that certain
Confidentiality
 
Agreement
 
between
 
the
 
parties
 
dated
 
September
 
24,
 
2015),
 
if
 
any,
 
between
 
the
 
parties
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
subject
matter of this Agreement, and this Agreement (together with any
 
amendments or modifications and the other Transaction Documents)
contains
 
the
 
sole
 
and
 
entire
 
agreement
 
between
 
the
 
parties
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
subject
 
matter
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
the
 
other
Transaction Documents.
 
This Agreement restates
 
and replaces, in
 
its entirety,
 
the Original Policy
 
Agreement; and any
 
references in
any of the other Transaction Documents
 
to the Original Policy Agreement shall mean this Agreement.
Section 7.12.
 
Invalid Provisions
. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any
law from time to time: (a) such provision will be fully severable; (b) this Agreement will be construed
 
and enforced as if such illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof; and (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain
in full force and effect and will not be affected
 
by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance
 
herefrom so long
as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without
 
material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the
 
subject
matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair
 
the
respective
 
expectations
 
or
 
reciprocal
 
obligations
 
of
 
the
 
parties
 
or
 
the
 
practical
 
realization
 
of
 
the
 
benefits
 
that
 
would
 
otherwise
 
be
conferred upon
 
the parties.
 
The parties
 
will endeavor
 
in good
 
faith negotiations
 
to replace
 
the prohibited,
 
invalid or
 
unenforceable
provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as
 
possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable
provision(s).
(
Signature Pages Follow)
 
 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
 
the parties hereto, acting through their duly authorized
 
representatives, have caused this Agreement to be
signed in their respective names as of the date first written above.
 
LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
 
/s/
 
Ali
 
Mazanderani__________
 
Name:
 
Ali
 
Mazanderani
 
Title: Executive Chair
 
INTERNATIONAL
 
FINANCE CORPORATION
By:
 
/s/
 
Andi
 
Dervishi__________________________
 
Name:
 
Andi
 
Dervishi
 
Title: Global Head, Fintech Investments
 
IFC AFRICAN, LATIN
 
AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN FUND, LP
 
By:
 
IFC
 
African,
 
Latin
 
American
 
and
 
Caribbean
 
Fund
 
(GP)
 
LLC,
 
its general partner
By:
 
/s/
 
Selena
 
Baxa__________________________
 
Name:
 
Selena
 
Baxa
 
Title: Authorized Signatory
 
IFC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GROWTH FUND, LP
 
By: IFC FIG Fund (GP), LLP,
 
its general partner
By:
 
/s/
 
Jun
 
Nitta______________________
 
Name:
 
Jun
 
Nitta
 
 
Title: Authorized Signatory
 
 
 
 
 
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ANNEX A
ANTI-CORRUPTION
 
GUIDELINES
 
FOR
IFC TRANSACTIONS
The purpose of these Guidelines is to clarify the meaning of the terms “Corrupt Practice”, “Fraudulent Practice”, “Coercive Practice”,
“Collusive Practice” and “Obstructive Practice” in the context of the Investors’
 
operations.
1.
 
C
ORRUPT
P
RACTICES
A “Corrupt Practice” is the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value to influence improperly
the actions of another party.
 
I
NTERPRETATION
A.
 
Corrupt Practices are
 
understood as
 
kickbacks and bribery.
 
The conduct in
 
question must involve
 
the use
 
of improper
means (such as bribery) to violate or derogate a duty owed by the recipient in order for the payor to obtain an undue
advantage or to
 
avoid an obligation.
 
Antitrust, securities
 
and other violations
 
of law that
 
are not of
 
this nature are
excluded from the definition of Corrupt Practices.
 
B.
 
It is acknowledged that foreign investment agreements, concessions
 
and other types of contracts commonly require
investors to make
 
contributions for bona
 
fide social development
 
purposes or to
 
provide funding for
 
infrastructure
unrelated to the project.
 
Similarly, investors are often required or expected to make contributions to bona fide local
charities.
 
These practices are not viewed
 
as Corrupt Practices for purposes
 
of these definitions, so long
 
as they are
permitted under
 
local law
 
and fully disclosed
 
in the
 
payor’s books
 
and records.
 
Similarly,
 
an investor
 
will not be
held liable
 
for corrupt
 
or fraudulent
 
practices committed
 
by entities
 
that administer
 
bona fide
 
social development
funds or charitable contributions.
C.
 
In the context of conduct
 
between private parties, the offering, giving,
 
receiving or soliciting of corporate hospitality
and
 
gifts
 
that
 
are customary
 
by
 
internationally-accepted
 
industry
 
standards
 
shall
 
not
 
constitute
 
Corrupt
 
Practices
unless the action violates Applicable Law.
D.
 
Payment by
 
private sector
 
persons of
 
the reasonable
 
travel and
 
entertainment expenses
 
of public
 
officials that
 
are
consistent
 
with
 
existing
 
practice
 
under relevant
 
law
 
and
 
international
 
conventions
 
will not
 
be viewed
 
as Corrupt
Practices.
E.
 
The
 
World
 
Bank
 
Group
 
does
 
not
 
condone
 
facilitation
 
payments.
 
For
 
the
 
purposes
 
of
 
implementation,
 
the
interpretation
 
of
 
“Corrupt
 
Practices”
 
relating
 
to
 
facilitation
 
payments
 
will
 
take
 
into
 
account
 
relevant
 
law
 
and
international conventions pertaining to corruption.
 
2.
 
F
RAUDULENT
P
RACTICES
A “Fraudulent Practice” is any action or omission, including a misrepresentation that knowingly or recklessly misleads, or attempts to
mislead, a party to obtain a financial or other benefit or to avoid an obligation.
 
I
NTERPRETATION
A.
 
An action, omission, or
 
misrepresentation will be regarded
 
as made recklessly if
 
it is made
 
with reckless indifference
as to whether it is true or
 
false.
 
Mere inaccuracy in such information,
 
committed through simple negligence, is
 
not
enough to constitute a “Fraudulent Practice” for purposes of this Agreement.
B.
 
Fraudulent Practices are intended
 
to cover actions or omissions
 
that are directed to
 
or against a World
 
Bank Group
entity.
 
It also covers Fraudulent Practices directed
 
to or against a World Bank Group member country
 
in connection
with the award or implementation
 
of a government contract or
 
concession in a project financed
 
by the World
 
Bank
Group.
 
Frauds
 
on
 
other
 
third
 
parties
 
are
 
not
 
condoned
 
but
 
are
 
not
 
specifically
 
sanctioned
 
in
 
IFC,
 
Multilateral
Investment
 
Guarantee
 
Agency,
 
or
 
Partial
 
Risk
 
Guarantee
 
operations.
 
Similarly,
 
other
 
illegal
 
behavior
 
is
 
not
condoned, but will not be considered as a Fraudulent Practice for purposes of this Agreement.
3.
 
C
OERCIVE
P
RACTICES
A “Coercive Practice” is impairing or harming, or threatening to impair or
 
harm, directly or indirectly, any party or the property of the
party to influence improperly the actions of a party.
1
 
The “World
 
Bank” is the International
 
Bank for Reconstruction and
 
Development, an international organization
 
established
by Articles of
 
Agreement among its
 
member countries and
 
the “World Bank Group” refers
 
to the
 
International Bank for
 
Reconstruction
and
 
Development,
 
the
 
International
 
Development
 
Association,
 
the
 
International
 
Finance
 
Corporation,
 
the
 
Multilateral
 
Investment
Guarantee Agency,
 
and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
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I
NTERPRETATION
A.
 
Coercive Practices
 
are actions undertaken
 
for the purpose
 
of bid rigging
 
or in connection
 
with public procurement
or government contracting or in furtherance of a Corrupt Practice or a Fraudulent
 
Practice.
B.
 
Coercive Practices are threatened or actual illegal actions such as personal injury or abduction, damage
 
to property,
or injury to legally recognizable
 
interests, in order to obtain an
 
undue advantage or to avoid an
 
obligation.
 
It is not
intended to cover hard bargaining, the exercise of legal or contractual
 
remedies or litigation.
4.
 
C
OLLUSIVE
P
RACTICES
A “Collusive Practice” is
 
an arrangement between two or
 
more parties designed to
 
achieve an improper purpose,
 
including to influence
improperly the actions of another party.
I
NTERPRETATION
Collusive
 
Practices
 
are
 
actions
 
undertaken
 
for
 
the
 
purpose
 
of
 
bid
 
rigging
 
or
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
public
 
procurement
 
or
government contracting or in furtherance of a Corrupt Practice or a Fraudulent
 
Practice.
5.
 
O
BSTRUCTIVE
P
RACTICES
An
 
“Obstructive
 
Practice”
 
is
 
(i)
 
deliberately
 
destroying,
 
falsifying,
 
altering
 
or
 
concealing
 
of
 
evidence
 
material
 
to
 
the
investigation
 
or making
 
of false
 
statements
 
to
 
investigators,
 
in
 
order to
 
materially
 
impede a
 
World
 
Bank
 
Group investigation
 
into
allegations
 
of
 
a
 
Corrupt
 
Practice,
 
Fraudulent
 
Practice,
 
Coercive
 
Practice
 
or
 
Collusive
 
Practice,
 
and/or
 
threatening,
 
harassing
 
or
intimidating
 
any
 
party
 
to
 
prevent
 
it
 
from
 
disclosing
 
its
 
knowledge
 
of
 
matters
 
relevant
 
to
 
the
 
investigation
 
or
 
from
 
pursuing
 
the
investigation,
 
or
 
(ii)
 
an
 
act
 
intended
 
to
 
materially
 
impede
 
the
 
exercise
 
of
 
IFC’s
 
access
 
to
 
contractually
 
required
 
information
 
in
connection with
 
a World
 
Bank Group
 
investigation into
 
allegations of
 
a Corrupt
 
Practice, Fraudulent
 
Practice, Coercive
 
Practice or
Collusive Practice.
I
NTERPRETATION
Any action legally or otherwise properly taken by a party to maintain or preserve its regulatory,
 
legal or constitutional rights
such as the attorney-client
 
privilege, regardless of whether
 
such action had the effect
 
of impeding an investigation, does
 
not
constitute an Obstructive Practice.
 
G
ENERAL
I
NTERPRETATION
A person should
 
not be liable for
 
actions taken by
 
unrelated third parties
 
unless the first party
 
participated in the
 
prohibited
act in question.
 
 
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ANNEX B
FORM OF ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT
I
NTERNATIONAL
F
INANCE
C
ORPORATION
ENVIRONMENTAL AND
 
SOCIAL PERFORMANCE
ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT (AMR)
South Africa
Lesaka Technologies,
 
Inc.
37402
R
EPORTING
P
ERIOD
:
(month/year) through (month/year)
AMR COMPLETION DATE
:
(day/month/year)
 
Environment and Social Development Department
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue,
 
NW
Washington,
 
DC 20433 USA
www.ifc.org/enviro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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INTRODUCTION
The Annual Monitoring Report
The Investors’ Policy Agreement
 
requires the Company to
 
prepare a comprehensive Annual
 
Monitoring Report (AMR) for
 
all of the
Company’s
 
relevant
 
facilities
 
and
 
operations.
 
This
 
document
 
comprises
 
the
 
Investors’
 
and
 
the
 
Company’s
 
agreed
 
format
 
for
environmental and social performance reporting.
 
The AMR informs the Investors’ Environment and
 
Social Development Department
about the environmental and social state of the investment.
 
Preparation Instructions
The
 
following
 
points
 
should
 
assist
 
you
 
in
 
completing
 
this
 
form.
 
Please
 
be
 
descriptive
 
in
 
your
 
responses
 
and
 
attach
 
additional
information as needed.
The Investors’ Policy Agreement requires the Company to complete and submit annual environmental and social monitoring
reports in compliance with the schedule stipulated in the Policy Agreement.
The Company must collect
 
relevant information in all
 
of its relevant
 
operations, and report qualitative
 
and quantitative project
performance data each year of the Investors’ investment for the environmental
 
and social monitoring parameters included in
this report format.
 
The main purpose of completing this form is to provide the following information:
 
1.
Environmental and Social Management
2.
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Performance
 
3.
Significant Environmental and Social Events
4.
General Information and Feedback
5.
Sustainability of Project and Associated Operations
6.
Compliance with World
 
Bank Group and local environmental requirements as specified in the Investment
 
Agreement
7.
Compliance with World
 
Bank Group and local social requirements as specified in the Investment Agreement
8.
Data Interpretation and Corrective Measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Specialist Contact Information
If you
 
have any
 
questions regarding
 
the AMR or
 
wish to discuss
 
its completion,
 
please contact
 
the following
 
Investment Officer
 
or
Environmental Specialist
.
Investment
Officer
Name: Henrik Blaeute
Telephone
 
Number:
 
In U.S.A., XXX
Email
XXX
Environment
Specialist
Name: Jeff Anhang
Telephone
 
Number:
 
In U.S.A., XXX
Email
XXX
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL
 
AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT
1.1
AMR Preparer
To
 
be
 
completed
 
by
 
the
 
Company
authorized representative
Name and Title:
Phone:
Email:
Company Information
The Company office physical address:
The Company web page address:
I certify
 
that the
 
data contained
 
in this
 
AMR completely
 
and
 
accurately
 
represents the
 
Company
 
operations
 
during
 
this reporting
period. I
 
further certify
 
that analytical
 
data summaries
 
incorporated in
 
Section 6
 
are based
 
upon data
 
collected and
 
analyzed in
 
a
manner consistent with the applicable IFC Environmental Health, & Safety (EHS)
 
Guidelines.
 
The Company Employee Name
 
Signature
 
 
2
 
Raw analytical data upon which
 
summaries are based should not be
 
submitted with this AMR but
 
must be preserved by the
 
Company
and presented to each Investor upon request.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1.2
Environmental Responsibility Chart
Name below the individual(s) in
 
the Company who hold(s) responsibility
 
for environmental and social performance (e.g.
 
Environment
Manager,
 
Occupational Health
 
and Safety
 
Manager, Community
 
Relations Manager)
 
for all relevant
 
Company Operations
 
and give
their contact information (Name, Address, Telephone
 
Number, E-mail Address).
 
1.3
Summary of Current Operations
Describe any significant
 
changes since the
 
last report in
 
the company or
 
in day-to-day operations
 
that may affect
 
environmental and
social performance.
 
Describe any management initiatives (e.g. ISO 14001, ISO
 
9001, OHSAS 18001, SA8000, or equivalent Quality,
Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety certifications). Attach
 
summary reports, if relevant.
 
Provide the following information
Brief outcome description
Indicator
Financial
Performan
ce
Returns
 
to
 
all
 
capital
providers
Annual ROE
Economic
Performanc
e
Returns to Society
Annual ERR
Access to Financial Services
Number
 
of
 
EPE
Transaction Accounts
Environme
ntal
 
and
Social
Performanc
e
Development
 
of
 
ESMS
 
in
compliance
 
with
 
IFC
 
policy
requirements
ESMS
 
in
 
place
 
(yes
 
/
no)
Definitions:
 
-
Annual ROE
 
is calculated as net
 
income for the most
 
recent year divided by
 
average equity (average between
 
the most recent
year and the previous year)
-
Annual ERR
 
is calculated
 
as net
 
income for
 
the most
 
recent year
 
adjusted for
 
costs and
 
benefits to
 
the society
 
as a whole
(such as taxes paid) divided by average equity (average between the most
 
recent year and the previous year)
-
EPE Transaction Accounts
 
are the EasyPay Everywhere accounts offered by the
 
Company in South Africa
-
ESMS
 
refers to “S&E Management System” as defined by the Policy Agreement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2 OCCUPATIONAL
 
HEALTH
 
AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE (OHS)
The Company is required to monitor, record,
 
and report OHS incidents at all its facilities throughout the reporting period.
2.1 Host Country Compliance
Please
 
list
 
any
 
reports
 
submitted
 
to
 
Host
 
Country
 
authorities,
 
e.g.
 
on
 
pharmaceutical
 
safety,
 
OHS,
 
fire
 
and
 
safety
 
inspections,
compliance monitoring, emergency exercises, as well as comments received and corrective
 
actions taken.
 
Monitoring and inspections
from authorities with subsequent actions taken shall also be summarized
 
and reported.
 
2.2 Incident Statistics Monitoring
Please report on incidents during
 
the reporting year.
 
Contractor employees are required
 
to adhere to comparable occupational
 
health
and safety standards.
 
Expand or shrink the tables as needed.
1.
Incident Summary
This reporting period
Reporting
 
period-
 
1
year ago
Reporting period- 2 years ago
Report TOTAL
 
#s for
each parameter
Company
employees
Contractor
employees
Company
employees
Contractor
employees
Company
employees
Contractor
employees
Employees
Man-hours worked
Fatalities
Non-fatal injuries
Lost workdays
Vehicle
 
collisions
Incidence
2.
Fatality details for this reporting period
State whether fatality was of
a The
 
Company employee or
a contractor employee
Time of
 
death after accident
(e.g.
 
immediate,
 
within
 
a
month, within a year)
Cause of fatality
Corrective
 
measures
 
to
prevent reoccurrence
3
 
Incapacity to work for at
 
least one full
 
workday beyond
 
the day on
 
which the accident
 
or illness occurred.
 
4
 
Lost workdays are the number
 
of workdays (consecutive or not)
 
beyond the date of injury or
 
onset of illness that the employee
 
was
away from work or limited to restricted work activity because of an occupational
 
injury or illness.
 
5
 
Vehicle
 
Collision:
 
When
 
a
 
vehicle
 
(device
 
used
 
to
 
transport
 
people
 
or
 
things)
 
collides
 
(comes
 
together
 
with
 
violent
 
force)
 
with
another vehicle or inanimate or animate object(s) and results in injury (other
 
than the need for First Aid) or death.
6
 
Calculate incidence using the following equation: incidence= total lost workdays/
 
100,000 man-hours worked.
Use the total
 
lost workdays to calculate
 
the incidence for this
 
reporting period, reporting periods
 
1 year ago
 
and 2 years
 
ago, as required
above.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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3.
Fatality details for this reporting period
State
 
whether
 
fatality
 
was
of
 
a
 
The
 
Company
employee
 
or
 
a
 
contractor
employee
Time
 
of
 
death
 
after
accident
 
(e.g.
 
immediate,
within
 
a
 
month,
 
within
 
a
year)
Cause of fatality
Corrective
 
measures
 
to
prevent reoccurrence
4.
Non-fatal injuries details for this reporting period
State
 
whether
 
non-
fatal
 
injury
 
was
 
of
 
a
The
 
Company
employee
 
or
 
a
contractor employee
Total workdays lost
Description of injury
Cause of accident
Corrective
 
measures
to
 
prevent
reoccurrence
5.
Training
 
for this reporting period
State whether
 
training
 
involved
 
The
Company
 
employees
 
or
 
contractor
employees
Description of training
Number of employees that attended
2.3 Significant OHS Events
If applicable, please explain any significant Occupational Health and Safety events not covered in
 
the above OHS tables.
 
This section
could cover issues relating to road safety or activity of security guards, for
 
example.
 
3 SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL
 
AND SOCIAL EVENTS
The Company personnel are required to report all environmental and
 
social events
 
at all its facilities that may have caused damage;
caused
 
health
 
problems;
 
attracted the
 
attention
 
of outside
 
parties; affected
 
project
 
labor or
 
adjacent
 
populations;
 
affected
 
cultural
property; and/or Company liabilities.
 
Attach photographs, plot plans, newspaper articles and all relevant supporting information that
the Investors will need to be completely familiar with the incident and associated
 
environmental and social issues.
 
Please report on the following topics, expanding or collapsing the table where
 
needed.
Date of event
Event description
Affected
people/environment
Reports
 
sent
 
to
 
the
Investors
 
and/or
local
 
regulatory
agencies
Corrective
 
actions
(including
 
cost
 
and
time
 
schedule
 
for
implementation)
7
 
Company personnel should
 
be trained in
 
environmental, health and
 
safety matters including
 
accident prevention, safe
 
lifting practices,
the
 
use
 
of
 
Material
 
Safety
 
Data
 
Sheets
 
(MSDS),
 
proper
 
control
 
and
 
maintenance
 
of
 
equipment
 
and
 
facilities,
 
personal
 
protective
equipment (PEP), emergency response, etc., as needed.
8
 
Examples of
 
significant incidents
 
follow.
 
Fire; fatalities;
 
ecological
 
damage/destruction;
 
legal/administrative
 
notice of
 
violation;
penalties, fines, or increase in pollution charges; negative media attention;
 
labor unrest or disputes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Date of event
Event description
Affected
people/environment
Reports
 
sent
 
to
 
the
Investors
 
and/or
local
 
regulatory
agencies
Corrective
 
actions
(including
 
cost
 
and
time
 
schedule
 
for
implementation)
4 GENERAL INFORMATION
 
AND FEEDBACK
Provide any additional information including the following:
1.
Describe print or broadcast media attention given to the Company during this reporting period related to Environmental, Social or
Health and Safety performance of the Company.
2.
Describe interactions with non-governmental organizations
 
(NGOs) or public scrutiny of the Company.
3.
Describe any
 
Company public
 
relations efforts
 
in the
 
context of
 
communicating environmental,
 
social and
 
safety aspects
 
of the
Company’s operations to
 
external interested parties (e.g. establishment of a web page, sponsorship events,
 
etc.).
5 SUSTAINABILITY OF
 
PROJECT AND ASSOCIATED
 
OPERATIONS
The Investors have
 
developed a framework
 
to help assess the
 
development impacts of
 
their investments. Many
 
of their projects
 
take
on
 
initiatives,
 
develop
 
processes,
 
or
 
install
 
equipment
 
that
 
exceeds
 
the
 
Investors’
 
environmental
 
and
 
social
 
requirements.
 
This
framework permits the Investors to rate project performance in various areas. Over the past year, has the Company made any changes
to operations or participated in any efforts that have impacted the
 
Company in the following areas?
q
Implemented an environmental and social management system (if not already
 
established)
q
Published an environment/sustainability or a corporate social responsibility
 
report (please send copy or provide web link)
q
Established formal and regular consultation with local community and other stakeholders
q
Decreased use of resources, increased emission controls, or increased by-product
 
recycling
q
Worked to
 
improve local supplier relationships or provided technical assistance to suppliers
 
q
Programs to benefit the local community
q
Employee programs - training, health, safety
 
If so, please offer details so we can assess your performance beyond
 
our compliance criteria.
 
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ANNEX C
MINIMUM INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
The insurances required to
 
be arranged by
 
the Company are
 
those customarily expected
 
of a similarly
 
situated prudent public
 
company,
including but not limited to the following:
1.
Crime insurance with cover to include, without limitation, the following:
(a)
Infidelity of employees;
(b)
Forgery or alteration; and
(c)
Electronic and computer crime;
2.
Cyber Insurance with cover including cyber liability and business interruption;
3.
Professional Liability / Errors and Omissions;
4.
Business Continuity plan;
5.
Directors and Officers Liability with worldwide coverage as required
 
by the Investors; and
6.
All insurances required by Applicable Law.
 
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ANNEX D
List
 
of
 
Developing
 
or
 
Emerging
 
Market
 
Countries
in which the Proceeds Must be Used
AFGHANISTAN
 
GHANA
 
OMAN
 
ALBANIA
GRENADA
 
PAKISTAN
 
ALGERIA
 
GUATEMALA
 
PALAU
ANGOLA
 
GUINEA
 
PANAMA
 
ARGENTINA
 
GUINEA-BISSAU
 
PAPUA NEW
 
GUINEA
 
ARMENIA
 
GUYANA
 
PARAGUAY
AZERBAIJAN
 
HAITI
 
PERU
 
BAHAMAS, THE
 
HONDURAS
 
PHILIPPINES
 
BANGLADESH
 
HUNGARY
 
POLAND
BARBADOS
 
INDIA
 
REPUBLIC
 
OF
 
SOUTH
AFRICA
ROMANIA
 
BELIZE
 
INDONESIA
 
RWANDA
BENIN
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
 
SAMOA
BHUTAN
IRAQ
 
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
 
BOLIVIA
 
ISRAEL
 
SAUDI ARABIA
 
BOSNIA
 
AND
HERZEGOVINA
 
JORDAN
 
SENEGAL
 
BOTSWANA
 
KAZAKHSTAN
SERBIA
 
BRAZIL
 
KENYA
SIERRA LEONE
BURKINA FASO
KIRIBATI
 
SINGAPORE
BURUNDI
 
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
 
SLOVAK
 
REPUBLIC
CABO VERDE
 
KOSOVO
SOLOMON ISLANDS
CAMBODIA
 
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
 
SOMALIA
CAMEROON
 
LAO
 
PEOPLE'S
 
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
SOUTH SUDAN
 
CENTRAL
 
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
 
LEBANON
 
SRI LANKA
 
CHAD
 
LESOTHO
 
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
 
CHILE
 
LIBERIA
 
ST. LUCIA
 
CHINA
LIBYA
ST.
 
VINCENT
 
AND
 
THE
GRENADINES
 
COLOMBIA
 
MACEDONIA,
 
FORMER
 
YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF
 
SUDAN
 
COMOROS
 
MADAGASCAR
 
SWAZILAND
 
CONGO,
 
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
 
MALAWI
 
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
 
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
 
MALAYSIA
 
TAJIKISTAN
 
COSTA RICA
 
MALDIVES
TANZANIA
 
COTE D'IVOIRE
 
MALI
 
THAILAND
CROATIA
 
MARSHALL ISLANDS
 
TIMOR-LESTE
 
CYPRUS
MAURITANIA
 
TOGO
 
CZECH REPUBLIC
 
MAURITIUS
TONGA
 
DJIBOUTI
MEXICO
 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
 
DOMINICA
 
MICRONESIA,
 
FEDERATED
 
STATES
OF
 
TUNISIA
 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 
MOLDOVA
 
TURKEY
 
ECUADOR
 
MONGOLIA
TUVALU
EGYPT, ARAB REPUBLIC OF
 
MONTENEGRO
 
UGANDA
38
EL SALVADOR
 
MOROCCO
UKRAINE
 
EQUATORIAL
 
GUINEA
 
MOZAMBIQUE
 
UZBEKISTAN
 
ERITREA
 
MYANMAR
 
VANUATU
 
ETHIOPIA
 
NEPAL
VIETNAM
 
FIJI
 
NICARAGUA
 
YEMEN, REPUBLIC OF
GABON
 
NIGER
 
ZAMBIA
 
GAMBIA, THE
NIGERIA
 
ZIMBABWE
 
GEORGIA
 
 
 
 
 
39
SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF LETTER TO COMPANY’S
 
AUDITORS
[Letterhead of the Company]
[Date]
[NAME OF AUDITORS]
[ADDRESS]
IFC Investment No. 37402
Letter to Auditors
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We
 
hereby
 
authorize
 
and
 
instruct
 
you
 
to
 
give
 
to
 
International
 
Finance
 
Corporation,
 
2121
 
Pennsylvania
 
Avenue,
 
N.W.,
Washington,
 
D.C.
 
20433,
 
United
 
States
 
of
 
America
 
(“
IFC
”),
 
IFC
 
African,
 
Latin
 
American
 
and
 
Caribbean
 
Fund,
 
LP,
 
2121
Pennsylvania Avenue,
 
N.W.,
 
Washington,
 
D.C. 20433,
 
United States
 
of America
 
(“
ALAC
”) and
 
IFC Financial
 
Institutions Growth
Fund, LP,
 
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue,
 
N.W.,
 
Washington,
 
D.C. 20433, United
 
States of America (“
FIG
”and, together with IFC
 
and
ALAC, the
 
Investors
”), all
 
such information
 
as any
 
Investor may
 
reasonably request
 
with regard
 
to the
 
financial statements
 
(both
audited and unaudited),
 
accounts and operations
 
of the undersigned
 
company.
 
We
 
have agreed to
 
supply that information
 
and those
statements under
 
the terms
 
of an
 
Amended &
 
Restated Policy
 
Agreement, dated
 
October 28,
 
2024, by
 
and among
 
the undersigned
company
 
and
 
the
 
Investors
 
named
 
therein
 
(the
 
Policy
 
Agreement
”).
 
For
 
your
 
information
 
we
 
enclose
 
a
 
copy
 
of
 
the
 
Policy
Agreement.
We
 
understand that
 
any such
 
information request
 
will be
 
evaluated with
 
reference to
 
the relevant
 
auditing standards,
 
laws
and your formal policy and may be declined on these grounds. Should any request be declined, please provide the requesting Investor
and the
 
Company with
 
a written
 
explanation containing
 
the reasons
 
for your
 
decision.
 
We
 
hereby agree
 
to execute
 
any customary
indemnity and/or engagement letter you may require in advance of your providing
 
to the Investors any information they may request.
 
For our records, please ensure that you send
 
to us a copy of
 
every letter that you receive from the
 
Investors immediately upon
receipt and a copy of each reply made by you immediately upon the issue of that
 
reply.
 
Yours
 
faithfully,
 
LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
By: ________________________
 
Name:
 
Title: [Authorized Representative]
Enclosure: Policy Agreement
cc:
 
Director,
 
TMT, Venture
 
Capital & Funds
 
International Finance Corporation
 
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue,
 
N.W.
 
Washington,
 
D.C.
 
20433
 
United States of America
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SCHEDULE 2
ACTION PLAN
Net1 – Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP)
PS/Action Item
Due Date
PS1: At
 
least one
 
qualified person
 
will be
 
nominated to
 
be an
 
Environmental
 
and Social
(E&S) coordinator for the Company.
Subscription
 
Date
 
(as
defined
 
in
 
the
Subscription Agreement)
PS1:
 
Provision
 
and
 
implementation
 
of
 
E&S
 
policies
 
and
 
procedures
 
satisfactory
 
to
 
each
Investor,
 
consistent
 
with
 
IFC
 
Performance
 
Standards
 
and
 
IFC
 
Telecommunications
Guidelines
 
 
to
 
integrate
 
pollution
 
control,
 
waste
 
management,
 
rehabilitation
 
activities,
road
 
safety,
 
emergency
 
preparedness,
 
life
 
and
 
fire
 
safety,
 
and
 
monitoring/reporting,
especially regarding the development, installation, operation, maintenance and
 
repair of the
Company’s stationary and mobile ATMs
 
and associated vehicle fleet.
90
 
days
 
after
 
the
Subscription Date or May
15,
 
2016
 
(whichever
comes first)
PS2:
 
Provision and implementation
 
of policies
 
and procedures satisfactory
 
to each Investor,
consistent with IFC Performance Standards –
 
to ensure that workers
 
are provided a safe
 
and
healthy work environment,
 
including provision of
 
appropriate training
 
and equipment and
reporting on key health and safety statistics.
 
30 days after Subscription
Date
 
or
 
May
 
15,
 
2016
(whichever comes first)
PS3: Provision and implementation of
 
policies and procedures satisfactory
 
to each Investor,
consistent with IFC Performance
 
Standards – to provide
 
for waste management
 
consistent
with
 
Section
 
1.6
 
of
 
the
 
World
 
Bank
 
Group
 
General
 
EHS
 
Guidelines,
 
and
 
to
 
provide
 
for
screening
 
of
 
automotive
 
service
 
providers
 
for
 
any
 
significant
 
environmental,
 
health
 
and
safety concerns, including potential use of harmful child labor.
30 days after Subscription
Date
 
or
 
May
 
15,
 
2016
(whichever comes first)
 
 
 
 
 
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SCHEDULE 3
FORM OF PUT NOTICE
[DATE]
VIA ELECTRONIC EMAIL AND COURIER
LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
President Place, 4
th
 
Floor,
Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue
 
and Bolton Road
Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa
Attention:
Ali Mazanderani
, Executive Chair
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Re: Put Notice - IFC Investment Number 37402
1.
 
Please refer to the Amended &
 
Restated Policy Agreement dated October 28, 2024 (the
 
Policy Agreement
”), by and among
Lesaka Technologies, Inc. (the “
Company
”), International Finance Corporation (“
IFC
”), IFC African, Latin
 
American and Caribbean
Fund, LP (“
ALAC
”) and IFC Financial
 
Institutions Growth Fund,
 
LP (“
FIG
” and, together with IFC,
 
and ALAC , the “
Investors
”).
 
Unless otherwise defined
 
in this notice, capitalized
 
terms defined in the
 
Policy Agreement have
 
the same defined meaning
 
wherever
used in this Put Notice.
2.
 
Without prejudice
 
to the undersigned Investor’s
 
rights under the Transaction
 
Documents, in accordance
 
with the provisions
of Section
 
4.01 (
The Put
 
Option
) of the
 
Policy Agreement, the
 
undersigned Investor
 
hereby exercises
 
the Put
 
Option by
 
delivery of
this Put Notice.
3.
 
The Put Shares
 
are (x) all
 
of the Investor
 
Shares owned by
 
the undersigned Investor
 
that were either
 
purchased pursuant to
the Subscription Agreement or
 
pursuant to Section 3.06
 
(
Preemptive Rights
) of the
 
Policy Agreement, and any
 
Equity Securities issued
by way
 
of stock
 
split or
 
stock dividend
 
on such
 
Investor Shares
 
and (y)
 
all of
 
the Additional
 
Put Shares,
 
and any
 
Equity Securities
issued by way of stock split or stock dividend on such Additional Put Shares.
 
4.
The Put
 
Price is
 
[
]
($[
]) based
 
on a
 
Put Price
 
Per Share
 
of [
] ($[
])
in respect
 
of the
 
Investors Shares
 
and ($[
]) in
respect of the Additional Put Shares, calculated in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Policy
 
Agreement and annexed to
this Put Notice.
 
5.
 
The Settlement Date shall be [date].
 
6.
 
On the Settlement Date, the purchase and sale of the Put Shares shall be effected
 
and:
(i)
the
 
Put
 
Price
 
shall
 
be
 
paid
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
no
 
later
 
than
 
1:00
 
PM
 
(New
 
York)
 
to
 
the
 
following
 
account:
[_____________________],
 
for
 
credit
 
to
 
the
 
undersigned
 
Investor’s
 
account
 
number
 
___________
 
 
Reference:
project ID# [
 
] – Put Proceeds; and
(ii)
the undersigned Investor shall, after receipt of the Put Price, transfer the Put
 
Shares to the Company.
 
7.
 
Notwithstanding
 
the
 
delivery
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
of
 
this Put
 
Notice
 
by
 
the
 
undersigned
 
Investor
 
and
 
the
 
exercise
 
of
 
the Put
Option pursuant hereto, and without prejudice to the terms and conditions and any other rights the undersigned Investor has under the
Policy Agreement
 
or any other
 
Transaction
 
Document, pursuant
 
to Section 4.01
 
(e) of the
 
Put Option Agreement
 
if the undersigned
Investor delivers
 
to the
 
Company,
 
before the
 
Settlement Date,
 
a written
 
notice of
 
withdrawal of
 
this Put
 
Notice, then,
 
immediately
thereupon and
 
with no
 
further action
 
by the
 
undersigned Investor
 
or the
 
Company,
 
this Put
 
Notice and
 
the Put
 
Option exercise
 
the
subject of this
 
Put Notice
 
shall be
 
deemed for
 
all purposes to
 
be withdrawn
 
by the undersigned
 
Investor and
 
cancelled as if
 
this Put
Notice and its related exercise of the Put Option had not been exercised.
[8.
 
The
 
undersigned
 
Investor hereby
 
certifies
 
that it
 
does not
 
have
 
any
 
agreement,
 
arrangement
 
or understanding,
 
directly
 
or
indirectly,
 
with
 
the
 
Person(s)
 
who
 
have
 
made
 
the
 
Bona
 
Fide
 
Offer
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
in
 
respect
 
of
 
which
 
this
 
Put
 
Option
 
is
 
being
exercised.]
Yours
 
truly,
[Name of Investor]
9
 
To be included
 
if Put Notice is being delivered in respect of a Plan Put Trigger Event.
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______________________
[AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY]