SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT Among COSTA VERDE AERONÁUTICA S.A., INVERSIONES MINERAS DEL CANTÁBRICO S.A. and TEP CHILE S.A. Dated as of ______, 2011
Exhibit
99.5
FORM OF
EXECUTION VERSION
SHAREHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
Among
COSTA
VERDE AERONÁUTICA S.A.,
INVERSIONES
MINERAS DEL CANTÁBRICO S.A.
and
TEP
CHILE S.A.
Dated
as of ______, 2011
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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SCOPE OF AGREEMENT
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SECTION
1.01
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Scope of Agreement
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2
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SECTION 1.02
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Effectiveness
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3
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ARTICLE
II
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GOVERNANCE
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SECTION
2.01
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Composition of the LATAM
Board
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3
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SECTION 2.02
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Meetings of the LATAM Board
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4
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SECTION 2.03
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Shareholder Votes on Non-Supermajority
Actions
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4
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SECTION 2.04
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Supermajority Matters
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5
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ARTICLE III
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TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS
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SECTION
3.01
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Restrictions on Transfers
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6
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SECTION 3.02
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TEP Permitted Transfers
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7
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SECTION 3.03
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LATAM Controlling Shareholders Permitted
Transfers
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9
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SECTION 3.04
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Additional Permitted
Transfers
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10
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SECTION 3.05
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Right of First Offer
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11
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SECTION 3.06
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Additional Requirements
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13
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SECTION 3.07
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Assignment of Rights
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13
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ARTICLE IV
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SECTION
4.01
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Term of Agreement
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SECTION 4.02
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Fees and Expenses
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13
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SECTION 4.03
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Governing Law
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14
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SECTION 4.04
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Definitions
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14
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SECTION 4.05
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Severability
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16
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SECTION 4.06
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Amendment; Waiver
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16
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SECTION 4.07
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Assignment
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17
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SECTION 4.08
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Entire Agreement; No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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17
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SECTION 4.09
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Notices
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17
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SECTION 4.10
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Specific Enforcement; Consent to Jurisdiction
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19
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SECTION 4.11
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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19
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SECTION 4.12
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Counterparts
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19
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SECTION 4.13
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Interpretation
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20
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SECTION 4.14
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Relationship of
Shareholders
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20
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SECTION 4.15
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Filing Requirement
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20
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Exhibit A
– Organizational Structure of
the LATAM Group
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INDEX OF DEFINED
TERMS
Page
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Acceptance
Notice
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12
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Adverse
Effect
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8
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Affiliate
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14
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Affiliate
Transfer
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10
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Agreed
Courts
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19
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Agreed
Issues
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19
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Agreement
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1
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Xxxxx
Family
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1
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beneficial
ownership
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14
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Block
Sale
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8
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Board
Pre-Meeting
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4
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business
day
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15
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By-laws
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15
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Chilean
Corporate Law
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4
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Convertible
Securities
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15
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CVA
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1
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Dividend
Rights
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15
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Effective
Time
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3
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Equity
Securities
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15
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Exchange
Act
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15
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Exchange
Offer
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1
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Exchange
Offer Agreement
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1
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Exempted
Shares
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6
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Forced
Vote Sale
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9
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Forced
Vote Sale Period
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9
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Full
Ownership Trigger Date
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8
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Governmental
Entity
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15
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Holdco
1
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1
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Holdco
1 Non-Voting Stock
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15
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Holdco
1 Shareholders Agreement
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2
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Holdco
1 Voting Stock
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15
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IMDC
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1
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Implementation
Agreement
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1
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Institutional
Lender
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16
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LATAM
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1
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LATAM
Board
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3
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LATAM
Common Stock
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1
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LATAM
Controlling Shareholder Directed Action
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6
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LATAM
Controlling Shareholder Directors
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3
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LATAM
Controlling Shareholders
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1
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LATAM-TEP
Shareholders Agreement
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2
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Law
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16
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Limited
Voting Rights
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15
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Mediation
Period
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5
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Mergers
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1
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Non-Selling
Shareholder
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12
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Offer
Notice
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12
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Offer
Period
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12
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Order
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16
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Ownership
Control Sale
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8
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Partial
Sale
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7
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Person
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16
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Prohibited
Transfer
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13
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Proposed
Purchase Price
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12
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Purchaser
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13
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Release
Event
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9
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Restricted
Common Stock
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16
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Restricted
Shares
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16
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ROFO
Right
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12
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Sale
Period
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12
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Second
Meeting Date
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9
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Selling
Shareholder
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12
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Shareholder
Pre-Meeting
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4
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Shareholders
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1
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Shareholders
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16
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Shareholders Agreements
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2
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Subject
Securities
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12
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Subject
Shares
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3
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Subsidiary
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16
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Supermajority
Action
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4
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TAM
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1
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TAM
Shareholders Agreement
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2
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Tenth
Anniversary
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7
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TEP
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1
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TEP
Directors
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3
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TEP
Parent
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1
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Third
Anniversary
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7
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Transfer
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6
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Voting
Securities
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17
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Whole
Block Sale
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11
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iii
SHAREHOLDERS
AGREEMENT, dated as of [●], 2011 (this “Agreement”),
among COSTA VERDE AERONÁUTICA S.A., a company organized under the Law of Chile
(“CVA”),
INVERSIONES MINERAS DEL CANTÁBRICO S.A., a company organized under the Law of
Chile (“IMDC,”
and together with CVA, the “LATAM
Controlling Shareholders”), and TEP CHILE S.A., a company organized under
the Law of Chile (“TEP,”
and together with the LATAM Controlling Shareholders, the “Shareholders”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS,
as of the date of this Agreement Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (the “Xxxxx
Family”) collectively own 100% of the outstanding shares of
TEP;
WHEREAS,
the LATAM Controlling Shareholders are the controlling shareholders of LATAM
Airlines S.A., a company organized under the Law of Chile (“LATAM”),
and currently collectively own [·] shares of the common
stock, no par value (the “LATAM
Common Stock”), of LATAM;
WHEREAS,
as of the date of this Agreement TAM Empreendimentos e Participações S.A., a
company organized under the Law of Brazil (“TEP
Parent”), is the controlling shareholder of XXX X.X., a company organized
under the Law of Brazil (“TAM”),
and currently owns ordinary shares and preferred shares of TAM representing
[·]% of the total
voting power of the capital stock of TAM currently issued and
outstanding;
WHEREAS,
LATAM, TAM, the LATAM Controlling Shareholders, TEP Parent and the Xxxxx Family
have entered into an Implementation Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2011 (the
“Implementation
Agreement”), and an Exchange Offer Agreement, dated as of January 18,
2011 (the “Exchange
Offer Agreement”), pursuant to which the outstanding shares of capital
stock of TAM will be acquired by LATAM and [Holdco 1], a newly formed company to
be organized under the Law of Chile (“Holdco
1”), pursuant to the contribution transaction, the delisting exchange
offer (the “Exchange
Offer”) and the mergers described therein (the “Mergers”)
in exchange for shares of LATAM Common Stock;
WHEREAS,
after the Mergers, TEP will own at least 80% of the Holdco 1 Voting Stock and
LATAM will own 100% of the Holdco 1 Non-Voting Stock, no more than 20% of the
Holdco 1 Voting Stock and 100% of the preferred shares of TAM;
WHEREAS,
immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Implementation Agreement and the Exchange Offer Agreement and assuming (only for
purposes of calculating the ownership percentages set forth therein) (i) none of
the holders of the outstanding shares of LATAM Common Stock exercise their
appraisal rights (derecho a
retiro) under the Law of Chile in respect of the Mergers, (ii) all TAM
shareholders other than TEP fully participate in the Exchange Offer and (iii)
the only shares of LATAM Common Stock and shares of TAM that will be outstanding
after such consummation are the shares issued in Mergers and the shares which
are subscribed and fully paid for as of the date of the Implementation Agreement
(which excludes any shares issuable upon future exercises of stock options) and,
the ownership structure of LATAM, Holdco 1, TAM and their Subsidiaries will
be as set forth in Exhibit A hereto;
WHEREAS,
the LATAM Controlling Shareholders, as the continuing controlling shareholders
of LATAM under the Law of Chile, desire to make the concessions to TEP and the
Xxxxx Family provided herein, and the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP
desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth their agreements with respect
to the governance of LATAM, the voting of their shares of LATAM Common Stock,
the sale and transfer of their Restricted Shares and certain other
matters;
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, LATAM, TEP, TAM
and Holdco 1 are entering into a shareholders agreement, dated the date hereof
(the “TAM
Shareholders Agreement”), to set forth their agreement with respect to
the governance, management and operation of TAM and its
Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, LATAM, TEP and
Holdco 1 are entering into a shareholders agreement, dated the date hereof (the
“Holdco 1
Shareholders Agreement”), to set forth their agreement with respect to
the governance, management and operation of Holdco 1;
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, LATAM and TEP
are entering into a shareholders agreement, dated the date hereof (the “LATAM-TEP
Shareholders Agreement,” and together with this Agreement, the TAM
Shareholders Agreement and the Holdco 1 Shareholders Agreement, the “Shareholders
Agreements”), to set forth their agreement with respect to the
governance, management and operation of, and the relationship among, LATAM,
Holdco 1, TAM and their respective Subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS,
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Shareholders
Agreements are conditions to the commencement of the Exchange Offer and
consummation of the Mergers.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations and warranties, covenants and
agreements contained herein and in the Implementation Agreement and the Exchange
Offer Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Shareholders hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
SCOPE
OF AGREEMENT
SECTION
1.01 Scope of
Agreement. The
Shareholders desire to set forth in this Agreement certain terms and conditions
upon which they have agreed to hold their Restricted Shares and their agreements
with respect to the governance, control and operation of LATAM, Holdco 1, TAM
and their respective Subsidiaries. All actions required to be taken
or performed under this Agreement shall be taken or performed in accordance with
applicable Law. The Shareholders agree that the specific provisions
of this Agreement shall not be limited by any inconsistent or conflicting
provisions of the By-laws and accordingly, as between parties, such specific
provisions shall prevail over such provisions of the By-laws.
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SECTION
1.02 Effectiveness. This
Agreement shall become effective only if, and at that time at which, Holdco 1
becomes a holder of at least 80% of the outstanding ordinary shares of TAM (the
“Effective
Time”).
ARTICLE
II
GOVERNANCE
SECTION
2.01 Composition of the
LATAM
Board. (a)
The LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP each agree to exercise or cause to be
exercised all voting rights in respect of all shares of LATAM Common Stock
beneficially owned by it (as to each Shareholder at any time, its “Subject
Shares”), and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
LATAM Controlling Shareholder Directors (in the case of the LATAM Controlling
Shareholders) or the TEP Directors (in the case of TEP) to take all actions
within their power that are necessary or appropriate to:
(i) in
the case of TEP, assist in the removal and replacement of the directors elected
to the board of directors of LATAM (the “LATAM
Board”) by the LATAM Controlling Shareholders through the vote of their
Subject Shares (the “LATAM
Controlling Shareholder Directors”);
(ii) in
the case of the LATAM Controlling Shareholders, assist in the removal and
replacement of the director(s) elected to the LATAM Board by TEP through the
vote of its Subject Shares and, if applicable, the director elected to the LATAM
Board by the vote of the LATAM Controlling Shareholders pursuant to Section
2.01(b) (the “TEP
Directors”);
(iii) maintain
the size of the LATAM Board at a total of nine directors; and
(iv) maintain
the quorum required for action by the LATAM Board at a majority of the total
number of directors of the LATAM Board.
(b) Until
such time as TEP consummates any Partial Sale, unless TEP beneficially owns
enough shares of LATAM Common Stock to elect two directors to the LATAM Board by
voting such shares, the LATAM Controlling Shareholders agree to vote their
Subject Shares for the election to the LATAM Board of any individual designated
by TEP in a written notice delivered to the LATAM Controlling Shareholders no
later than thirty days prior to the relevant election date.
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(c) Until
the Full Ownership Trigger Date, TEP will take all necessary action to ensure
that at all times when any individual is a TEP Director, such individual will
also be a member of the board of directors of each of Holdco 1 and
TAM.
SECTION
2.02 Meetings of the LATAM
Board. Prior
to each meeting of the LATAM Board, the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP
shall convene a meeting (each, a “Board
Pre-Meeting”) to consult with each other and use their good faith efforts
to reach agreement on all matters to come before the LATAM Board at such meeting
(including the matters set forth in Article 56 of the Chilean Corporations Act
(the “Chilean
Corporate Law”) No. 18.046) other than any action that would
require the approval of two-thirds of the shareholders of LATAM under
Article 67 of the Chilean Corporate Law (each, a “Supermajority
Action”) and shall record their agreement, if any, on each such matter in
the minutes of such Board Pre-Meeting. Unless otherwise agreed
between the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP, each Board Pre-Meeting shall
be held on the third business day prior to any regular meeting of the LATAM
Board and on the business day prior to any special meeting of the LATAM
Board. If the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP cannot reach
agreement on any such matter prior to such meeting of the LATAM Board, then such
matter shall be resolved by the LATAM Board at such meeting. Nothing
in this Section 2.02 shall be construed to prevent the LATAM Controlling
Shareholder Directors or the TEP Directors from participating in any meeting of
the LATAM Board or voting or participating in any such meeting.
SECTION
2.03 Shareholder
Votes on
Non-Supermajority Actions. Prior
to each meeting of the shareholders of LATAM, the LATAM Controlling Shareholders
and TEP shall convene a meeting (each, a “Shareholder
Pre-Meeting”) to discuss and agree upon all matters to be submitted to a
vote of the shareholders of LATAM other than any Supermajority Action and shall
record their agreement, if any, on any such matter in the minutes of such
Shareholder Pre-Meeting. At each meeting of the shareholders of
LATAM, each of the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP shall vote or cause to
be voted all of their Subject Shares in the same manner as a block on all
matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of LATAM other than a
Supermajority Action and in favor of any such matter that has been approved by
the LATAM Controlling Shareholder Directors and the TEP Directors (if any) or,
in the absence of such approval, in accordance with the proposal of the LATAM
Board to the shareholders of LATAM (without regard to the views or positions of
the LATAM Controlling Shareholder Directors or any TEP
Directors). Unless otherwise agreed between the Shareholders, each
Shareholder Pre-Meeting shall be held on the third business day prior to any
regular meeting of the shareholders of LATAM and on the business day prior to
any special meeting of the shareholders of LATAM. If any shareholder
of LATAM other than any Shareholder requests that any matter other than a
Supermajority Action be submitted to a vote of the shareholders of LATAM at any
meeting of the shareholders of LATAM, then the LATAM Controlling Shareholders
shall cause the LATAM Controlling Shareholder Directors, and TEP shall cause the
TEP Directors, to request that the LATAM Board consider such matter and make a
proposal to the shareholders of LATAM with respect to such matter prior to such
shareholder meeting.
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SECTION
2.04 Supermajority
Matters. The
LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP shall not vote on or take any action, and
shall instruct the LATAM Controlling Shareholder Directors, in the case of the
LATAM Controlling Shareholders, and the TEP Directors, in the case of TEP, not
to vote on or take any action, in respect of any Supermajority Action except in
compliance with this Section 2.04. With respect to any proposed
Supermajority Action, each of the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP shall
consult with each other, shall give due consideration to all views expressed by
the other with respect to such Supermajority Action and shall use their good
faith efforts to agree upon whether or not to approve any such Supermajority
Action. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the LATAM Controlling
Shareholders and TEP cannot reach an agreement with respect to such
Supermajority Action, then the LATAM Controlling Shareholders, on the one hand,
and TEP, on the other hand, will each appoint a senior representative thereof
who will negotiate in good faith with the senior representative appointed by the
other for a period of 30 days, which initial period may be extended for one
additional 30-day period by either the LATAM Controlling Shareholders or TEP by
delivering a written notice to the other (such period, as it may be extended or
shortened pursuant to this Section 2.04 or by mutual agreement of the
Shareholders, the “Mediation
Period”). If a special meeting of the shareholders of LATAM
has been called to vote on a Supermajority Action other than as a result of any
action by a Shareholder or any LATAM Controlling Shareholder Director or TEP
Director, the LATAM Controlling Shareholders shall cause the LATAM Controlling
Shareholder Directors, and TEP shall cause the TEP Directors, to try to convince
the LATAM Board to call such meeting of shareholders of LATAM so that there will
be sufficient time for a thirty-day Mediation Period prior to such shareholders
meeting unless such directors’ fiduciary duties require that such shareholders
meeting be held earlier. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a special
meeting of the shareholders of LATAM has been called to vote on a Supermajority
Action other than as a result of any action by a Shareholder or any LATAM
Controlling Shareholder Director or TEP Director and such special meeting will
occur prior to the date when the Mediation Period would otherwise end, then the
Mediation Period shall end on the second business day prior to the date on which
such special meeting will be held. During the Mediation Period the
senior representatives selected by the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP
shall meet with a mediator jointly selected by them, together with any relevant
experts and advisors that they agree to retain and include in the mediation
process, in an attempt to resolve their disagreement with respect to such
Supermajority Action. The fees and expenses of each mediator, expert
or advisor shall be shared equally between the LATAM Controlling Shareholders,
on the one hand, and TEP, on the other hand. Each senior
representative shall give due consideration to the positions, views and
arguments of the other senior representative and shall negotiate in good faith
with the other senior representative in an attempt to reach a mutually
acceptable position or alternative with respect to such Supermajority
Action. If the Shareholders’ disagreement with respect to such
Supermajority Action remains unresolved after the Mediation Period, then each of
the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP will vote or cause to be voted all of
their Subject Shares with respect to such Supermajority Action as directed by
the LATAM Controlling Shareholders to TEP in writing prior to the relevant
shareholder meeting (each, a “LATAM
Controlling Shareholder Directed Action”). The LATAM
Controlling Shareholders will vote or cause to be voted all of their Subject
Shares to approve, and will cause the LATAM Controlling Shareholder Directors to
approve and implement, and TEP will vote or cause to be voted all of its Subject
Shares to approve, and will cause the TEP Directors to approve and implement,
each Supermajority Action that has been approved by agreement of the LATAM
Controlling Shareholders and TEP or, in the case of a LATAM Controlling
Shareholder Directed Action, as directed by the LATAM Controlling
Shareholders. Unless otherwise agreed between the Shareholders, no
Shareholder will vote or cause to be voted any of its Subject Shares to approve
any amendment to the By-laws that would require any action, other than any
Supermajority Action, to be approved by the holders of shares constituting more
than a simple majority of the issued and outstanding shares of LATAM Common
Stock at a duly called meeting of the shareholders of LATAM at which a quorum is
present and acting throughout.
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ARTICLE
III
TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS
SECTION
3.01 Restrictions on
Transfers. No Shareholder
will, or will permit any of its Affiliates (including the ultimate beneficial
owners of such Shareholder) to, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or
otherwise, sell, exchange, transfer, convey, assign, mortgage, pledge, encumber
or otherwise dispose of any direct or indirect interest in, or beneficial
ownership of (each, a “Transfer”),
all or any portion of such Shareholder’s Restricted Shares to any Person except
in compliance with this Article III. The LATAM Controlling
Shareholders and TEP each shall have the right, exercisable at any time or from
time to time by written notice delivered to the other Shareholder(s), to exempt
from the provisions of this Article III all or any portion of its shares of
Restricted Common Stock not to exceed [·] shares1 (any such shares so
exempted by a Shareholder at any time, its “Exempted
Shares”). Except pursuant to Section 3.04 or as otherwise
expressly provided herein, prior to the Third Anniversary, no Shareholder will,
or will permit any of its Affiliates (including the ultimate beneficial owners
of such Shareholder) to, directly or indirectly, Transfer all or any portion of
its Restricted Shares to any Person, unless the other Shareholder(s) has or have
given its or prior written consent to such Transfer. On and after the
Third Anniversary, the Shareholders shall have the right to Transfer, or to
permit any of its Affiliates (including the ultimate beneficial owners of such
Shareholder) to Transfer, their Restricted Shares only pursuant to and in
compliance with the terms of Sections 3.02, 3.03 and 3.04. Any
Transfer made other than in compliance with the terms of this Article III
shall be null and void and of no force or effect. The Shareholders
shall be entitled to specific performance (to the extent permitted by applicable
Law) of their rights under this Article III, in addition to any other legal and
equitable remedies to which they may be entitled under applicable
Law.
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SECTION
3.02 TEP Permitted
Transfers.
(a) Sales Prior to the Tenth
Anniversary. On and after the third anniversary of the
Effective Time (the “Third
Anniversary”) and prior to the tenth anniversary of the Effective Time
(the “Tenth
Anniversary”), TEP shall have the right to sell or transfer its shares of
Restricted Common Stock to any Person (each, a “Partial
Sale”) if (but only if) such Partial Sale complies with all of the
requirements set forth in this Section 3.02(a).
(i) No
Partial Sale shall be permitted if the number of shares of Restricted Common
Stock of TEP immediately after such Partial Sale would be less than 10% of the
total number of shares of LATAM Common Stock then issued and
outstanding.
(ii) Each
Partial Sale shall be subject to the rights of first offer pursuant to Section
3.05.
(iii) No
Partial Sale of more than 2% of the total number of shares of LATAM Common Stock
then issued and outstanding shall be permitted.
(iv) No
Partial Sale shall be permitted if TEP has sold or transferred any of its shares
of Restricted Common Stock in the twelve-month period ending on the date on
which such Partial Sale would otherwise be consummated.
(b) Partial Sales After the
Tenth Anniversary. On and after the Tenth Anniversary, TEP
shall have the right to make a Partial Sale if (but only if) such Partial Sale
complies with all of the requirements set forth in this Section
3.02(b).
(i) No
Partial Sale shall be permitted if the number of shares of Restricted Common
Stock of TEP immediately after such Partial Sale would be less than 5% of the
total number of shares of LATAM Common Stock then issued and
outstanding.
(ii) Each
Partial Sale shall be subject to the rights of first offer pursuant to Section
3.05.
(iii) No
Partial Sale shall be permitted if TEP has sold or transferred any of its shares
of Restricted Common Stock in the twelve-month period ending on the date on
which such Partial Sale would otherwise be consummated.
(c) Block Shares
Sales. (i) On and after the Tenth Anniversary and prior to the
Full Ownership Trigger Date, TEP may sell or transfer all (but not less than
all) of its Restricted Shares (other than any shares of Restricted Common Stock
of TEP that could be sold in the future pursuant to Section 3.02(b)) to any
Person in a single block sale (a “Block
Sale”) if (but only if) such Block Sale complies with all of the
requirements set forth in this Section 3.02(c)(i).
(A) A
Block Sale must include all of the shares of Holdco 1 Voting Stock beneficially
owned by TEP.
(B) Prior
to a Block Sale, the Person to whom such Restricted Shares are to be sold or
transferred shall have been approved by a resolution duly adopted by the LATAM
Board as a buyer of the shares of Holdco 1 Voting Stock beneficially owned by
TEP; it being agreed that the LATAM Board shall grant such approval without
unreasonable delay unless it has a bona fide business objection to such Person
being the transferee of such shares or if a Transfer of such shares to such
Person would, in the reasonable determination of the LATAM Board, be
inconsistent with applicable Law in Brazil.
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(C) No
Block Sale shall be permitted if it would have a material adverse effect on the
ability of (x) LATAM or Holdco 1 to own, or to receive the full benefits of
ownership of, TAM and its Subsidiaries or (y) TAM or its Subsidiaries to operate
their airline businesses worldwide (each, an “Adverse
Effect”).
(D) A
Block Sale shall be subject to the rights of first offer pursuant to Section
3.05.
The LATAM
Controlling Shareholders agree for the benefit of LATAM (who shall be a
third-party beneficiary of this sentence) that if they acquire any shares of
Holdco 1 Voting Stock pursuant to Section 3.05 in connection with a Block Sale,
then they will transfer such shares to LATAM or to any nominee of LATAM
immediately following the sale or transfer of such shares to them by TEP for the
same consideration as the LATAM Controlling Shareholders paid to TEP in respect
of such shares.
(ii) On
and after the Tenth Anniversary and after the first date on which LATAM would be
permitted under applicable Law in Brazil and other applicable Law to fully
convert all of the shares of Holdco 1 Non-Voting Stock beneficially owned by
LATAM and its Affiliates into shares of Holdco 1 Voting Stock and such
conversion would not have any Adverse Effect (the “Full
Ownership Trigger Date”), then TEP may sell or transfer all or any
portion of its shares of Restricted Common Stock (each, an “Ownership
Control Sale”) if (but only if) such Ownership Control Sale complies with
all of the requirements set forth in this Section 3.02(c)(ii).
(A) No
Ownership Control Sale shall include any shares of Holdco 1 Voting Stock
beneficially owned by TEP.
(B) Each
Ownership Control Sale shall be subject to the rights of first offer pursuant to
Section 3.05.
(C) No
Ownership Control Sale shall be permitted if TEP has sold or transferred any
shares of Restricted Common Stock in the twelve-month period ending on the date
on which such Ownership Control Sale would otherwise be
consummated.
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(d) Forced Vote
Sales. On and after the Third Anniversary, if during any
twenty-four month period TEP is required to vote its Subject Shares with respect
to one or more LATAM Controlling Shareholder Directed Actions at two meetings
(consecutive or not) of the shareholders of LATAM held at least twelve months
apart, then after the second such shareholder meeting TEP shall have the right
to sell or transfer all (but not less than all) of its Restricted Shares (each,
a “Forced
Vote Sale”) if (i) TEP delivers a written notice to LATAM within 30 days
after the date on which such second meeting was held that it intends to make a
Forced Vote Sale (the “Second
Meeting Date”), (ii) such Forced Vote Sale complies with the requirements
of Section 3.02(c)(i) or Section 3.02(c)(ii), as applicable, but without giving
effect to the phrase “On and after the Tenth Anniversary and” at the beginning
of such sections and (iii) such Forced Vote Sale is completed within eighteen
months after the Second Meeting Date (such period, as it may be extended
pursuant to this Section 3.02(d), the “Forced
Vote Sale Period”); provided that if TEP has made
a bona fide and reasonably diligent effort to complete a Forced Vote Sale within
the Forced Vote Sale Period but has been unable to do so, then the Forced Vote
Sale Period shall be extended for twelve months. If a Forced Vote
Sale is not completed within the Forced Vote Sale Period, then thereafter this
Section 3.02(d) shall only apply with respect to votes taken on LATAM
Controlling Shareholder Directed Actions after such date.
(e) Release Event
Sales. If a Release Event occurs and TEP has not sold or
transferred any of its Restricted Shares prior to such Release Event, then at
any time after such Release Event TEP shall have the right to sell or transfer
all (but not less than all) of its Restricted Shares; provided, however, that if
the sale or transfer occurs prior to the Full Ownership Trigger Date it must
comply with the requirements of Section 3.02(c)(i) or Section 3.02(c)(ii),
as applicable, but without giving effect to the phrase “On and after the Tenth
Anniversary and,” at the beginning of such sections. A “Release
Event” shall be deemed to have occurred only if and when each of the
following events shall have occurred: (i) a capital increase (as defined under
the Law of Chile) in LATAM is completed after the Effective Time, (ii) TEP does
not fully exercise the preemptive rights granted to it under applicable Law in
Chile with respect to such capital increase in respect of all of its shares of
Restricted Common Stock, and (iii) after such capital increase is completed, the
individual designated by TEP for election to the LATAM Board with the assistance
of the LATAM Controlling Shareholders pursuant to Section 2.01(b) is not elected
to the LATAM Board.
SECTION
3.03 LATAM Controlling
Shareholders Permitted Transfers.
(a) Sales Prior to the Tenth
Anniversary. On and after the Third Anniversary and prior to
the Tenth Anniversary, the LATAM Controlling Shareholders shall have the right
to sell or transfer their shares of Restricted Common Stock if (but only if) any
such sale or transfer complies with all of the requirements set forth in this
Section 3.03(a).
(i) Such
sale or transfer shall be subject to the rights of first offer pursuant to
Section 3.05; provided,
however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing such rights of first offer shall not apply from
and after the first date on which the shares of Restricted Common Stock of TEP
represent less than 10% of the total number of shares of LATAM Common Stock then
issued and outstanding.
(ii) No
such sale or transfer shall be permitted if the LATAM Controlling Shareholders
have sold or transferred any shares of Restricted Common Stock in the
twelve-month period ending on the date on which such sale or transfer would
otherwise be consummated.
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(iii) No
such sale or transfer of more than 2% of the total number of shares of LATAM
Common Stock then issued and outstanding shall be permitted.
(b) Sales After the Tenth
Anniversary. On and after the Tenth Anniversary, the LATAM
Controlling Shareholders may sell or transfer any of their shares of Restricted
Common Stock; provided,
however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing (i) each such sale or transfer shall be subject to
the rights of first offer pursuant to Section 3.05 until the first date on which
the shares of Restricted Common Stock of TEP represent less than 10% of the
total number of shares of LATAM Common Stock then issued and outstanding and
(ii) the LATAM Controlling Shareholders shall not sell or transfer any of their
shares of Restricted Common Stock if they have sold any shares of Restricted
Common Stock in the twelve-month period ending on the date in which such sale or
transfer would otherwise be consummated.
SECTION
3.04 Additional Permitted
Transfers. Notwithstanding
anything in this Article III to the contrary, each Shareholder may pledge
or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its shares of Restricted
Common Stock to an Institutional Lender to secure a loan made in whole or in
part to that Shareholder in order to (i) finance the acquisition of Equity
Securities of LATAM or (ii) refinance any loan made to such Shareholder that is
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and any Transfer of shares of
Restricted Common Stock pursuant to any such pledge or security interest in
effect as of the Effective Time shall be deemed to be a permitted Transfer under
this Section 3.04. In addition, the LATAM Controlling Shareholders
and TEP may Transfer all or a portion of their shares of Restricted Common Stock
to (i) any of their direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries, (ii) to any
entity wholly-owned by Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx and/or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (in the case of
the LATAM Controlling Shareholders) or (iii) any entity that has no direct or
indirect owners other than Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and/or João Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx and that is directly or
indirectly majority owned and controlled by Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx (each, an “Affiliate
Transfer”); provided that the LATAM
Controlling Shareholders and TEP shall continue to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement for all purposes following such Transfer. In addition, each
of the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and TEP may Transfer a percentage of its
shares of Restricted Common Stock to each of Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx (in the case of the LATAM Controlling Shareholders) or Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (in the case of TEP) or to any Person wholly owned by any such
individual equal to the percentage of its Restricted Common Stock that such
individual indirectly owns through his or her ownership of shares in the LATAM
Controlling Shareholders (in the case of Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx)
or TEP (in the case of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx); provided that following any
such transfer of Restricted Common Stock by the LATAM Controlling Shareholders,
all references to the LATAM Controlling Shareholders shall deemed to refer
collectively to the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and the transferee of such
Restricted Common Stock and the LATAM Controlling Shareholders and such
transferee shall be jointly and severally liable for all obligations of the
LATAM Controlling Shareholders under this Agreement; provided further that following any
such transfer of Restricted Common Stock by TEP, all references to TEP shall
deemed to refer collectively to TEP and the transferee of such Restricted Common
Stock and TEP and such transferee shall be jointly and severally liable for all
obligations of TEP under this Agreement. In addition, each
Shareholder may issue its Equity Securities if (i) the net proceeds of such
issuance is used solely to purchase Equity Securities of LATAM and pay related
expenses or to refinance any loan made to such Shareholder that is outstanding
as of the date of this Agreement, (ii) immediately after such issuance the
beneficial owners of Equity Securities of such Shareholder as of the date of
this Agreement collectively own a majority of the outstanding Equity Securities
of such Shareholder that are entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of such Shareholder and control such Shareholder, and (iii) in the
case of TEP, immediately after such issuance Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx collectively control TEP and collectively own a majority of
the outstanding Equity Securities of TEP that are entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors of TEP and such issuance is permitted under Brazilian
Law (including those relating to foreign ownership and control of Brazilian
airlines) and would not have an Adverse Effect. In addition, TEP may
issue its Equity Securities regardless of the use of the proceeds thereof if
immediately prior to such issuance the subscriber of those Equity Securities is
a holder of shares issued by TEP and immediately after such issuance TEP remains
majority-owned and controlled by Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx. No Transfer made in accordance with this Section 3.04 shall
require the consent of any Shareholder, shall be subject to any rights of first
offer in favor of any other Shareholder pursuant to Section 3.05 or shall be
counted for purposes of determining whether Transfers by any Shareholder in any
12-month period have exceeded the limitations set forth in
Sections 3.02(a)(iii) and (iv), 3.02(b)(iii) and 3.03(a)(ii) and (iii) and
3.03(b).
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SECTION
3.05 Right of First Offer.
(a) If
a Shareholder elects to sell or transfer all or any portion of its shares of
Restricted Common Stock as permitted by the applicable provisions of
Section 3.02 or 3.03, such sale or transfer (and, in the case of a sale or
transfer pursuant to Section 3.02(c)(i), Section 3.02(d) or Section 3.02(e)
(each, a “Whole
Block Sale”), the related sale or transfer of shares of Holdco 1 Voting
Stock) shall be subject to the right of first offer provided in this Section
3.05 except to the extent that Section 3.02 or 3.03 expressly provides that such
right of first offer shall not apply to such sale or transfer. Unless
the context otherwise requires, each Shareholder and its Affiliates shall be
deemed to be a single Shareholder for purposes of this Section
3.05. The Shareholder electing to make any such sale or transfer (the
“Selling
Shareholder”) shall give written notice thereof (each, an “Offer
Notice”) to the other Shareholder (the “Non-Selling
Shareholder”), which notice shall set forth the number of shares of
Restricted Common Stock (and, if applicable, shares of Holdco 1 Voting Stock)
proposed to be sold or transferred (collectively, the “Subject
Securities”), a single price in cash that Selling Shareholder is willing
to accept for the Subject Securities (the “Proposed
Purchase Price,” of which an amount equal to the Non-Selling
Shareholder’s then current tax basis in such shares and any costs that it is
required to incur to effect such sale shall be allocated to any Holdco 1 Voting
Stock included in the Subject Securities) and any other material terms and
conditions of the proposed sale or transfer. The Non-Selling
Shareholder shall have the right to purchase the Subject Securities at the
Proposed Purchase Price and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the
Offer Notice (“ROFO
Right”). The Non-Selling Shareholder may exercise its ROFO
Right in whole but not in part by delivering written notice of such election
(each, an “Acceptance
Notice”) to the Selling Shareholder within 30 days after the date on
which it received the Offer Notice (the “Offer
Period”). If the Non-Selling Shareholder does not deliver an
Acceptance Notice to the Selling Shareholder by the end of the Offer Period, it
will no longer be able to exercise its ROFO Right with respect to the Subject
Securities. For all sales or transfers pursuant to Section 3.02
(other than Sections 3.02(a) and (b)), the Non-Selling Shareholder shall
have the right (but not the obligation) to assign its ROFO Rights in whole or in
part to any Person; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Whole Block Sale the LATAM
Controlling Shareholders may only assign its ROFO Rights to a Person approved in
advance by the LATAM Board and whose purchase would not have an Adverse
Effect. If the Non-Selling Shareholder elects to assign any ROFO
Right pursuant to this Section 3.05(a) to any Person, then the Non-Selling
Shareholder shall describe such assignment in its Acceptance Notice, including
the identity of the assignee and the Subject Securities that are the subject of
the assignment, and the Selling Shareholder shall sell or transfer such Subject
Securities to such assignee in lieu of the Non-Selling Shareholder.
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(b) If
the Non-Selling Shareholder (i) does not deliver an Acceptance Notice during the
Offer Period or (ii) delivers an Acceptance Notice during the Offer Period in
which it (and/or any assignee) elects to purchase less than all of the Subject
Securities, then the Selling Shareholder shall have the right to market and sell
all of the Subject Securities to a third party for an all-cash purchase price no
less than the Proposed Purchase Price and on terms and conditions no more
favorable to the purchaser than those contained in the Offer Notice during the
90-day period commencing on the day immediately following, in the case of clause
(i), the last day of the Offer Period or, in the case of clause (ii), the date
on which such Acceptance Notice was delivered (such period, the “Sale
Period”). If the Subject Securities are not sold during the
Sale Period or if Selling Shareholder seeks to reduce the sale price below the
Proposed Purchase Price or to offer other sale terms and conditions that are
more favorable to the purchaser than those contained in the Offer Notice, all of
the provisions of this Section 3.05 shall again apply with respect to any sale
or transfer of such Subject Securities.
(c) If
the Non-Selling Shareholder delivers an Acceptance Notice to the Selling
Shareholder during the Offer Period in which it (and/or any assignee) elects to
purchase all of the Subject Securities, then there shall be deemed a valid,
legally binding and enforceable agreement between the Selling Shareholder, on
the one hand, and the Non-Selling Shareholder (and/or any such assignee) (each,
a “Purchaser”),
on the other hand, for the sale or transfer of the Subject Securities for the
Proposed Purchase Price and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the
Offer Notice. The closing of any such sale or transfer shall take
place at 10 a.m., New York time, on the later of (A) the 30th business day
after the day on which such Acceptance Notice was received by Selling
Shareholder and (B) the first date on which all of the consents, approvals or
authorizations required by Law from any Governmental Entity for such sale or
transfer are obtained at the principal office of LATAM or on such other date or
at such other place as may be agreed to between the Selling Shareholder and the
Purchaser(s), and the following provisions shall apply:
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(i) the
Selling Shareholder shall execute such instruments of transfer as are
customarily executed and reasonably requested to evidence and consummate the
sale or transfer of the Subject Securities to each Purchaser; and
(ii) each
party shall bear its own legal fees and expenses in connection with such sale or
transfer.
SECTION
3.06 Additional
Requirements. Each
Shareholder agrees that it will not Transfer any of its Restricted Shares if
such Transfer would violate any applicable Law (each, a “Prohibited
Transfer”). If and to the extent permitted by applicable Law,
LATAM and Holdco 1, as applicable, may refuse to register any Prohibited
Transfer, and each Shareholder hereby waives any rights it may have in the
future to object to or challenge any such refusal in respect of any Transfer
that is determined to be a Prohibited Transfer by a final and non-appealable
order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION
3.07 Assignment of
Rights. Any
transferee of Restricted Shares Transferred pursuant to Sections 3.02(c),
(d) or (e) or Section 3.04 shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement
agreeing to be bound by all the terms and conditions hereof. Except
for Affiliate Transfers made pursuant to Section 3.04 or as otherwise
contemplated in this Article III, no Shareholder shall have the right to
assign any of its rights under this Agreement to any permitted transferee of
such Shareholder’s Restricted Shares.
ARTICLE
IV
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SECTION
4.01 Term of
Agreement. Except
as otherwise provided under applicable Law, this Agreement shall continue in
effect as to each Shareholder until (i) it is terminated as to such Shareholder
by the written consent of all Shareholders or (ii) the first day on which such
Shareholder and its Affiliates no longer beneficially own any shares of LATAM
Common Stock, whichever is sooner to occur. The termination of this
Agreement as to any Shareholder shall not affect any of the rights and
obligations of the other Shareholders, hereunder, if any, with respect to each
other. In the event this Agreement terminates as to any Shareholder,
thereafter such Shareholder shall have no further liability to the other
Shareholders or to any of their respective shareholders, directors, officers,
employees or other Affiliates and such other Shareholders shall have no further
liability to such Shareholder, in each case solely in respect of this Agreement;
provided, however, that the foregoing
shall not apply to any provisions hereof that expressly survive the termination
of this Agreement (including Section 4.02); and provided, further, that nothing herein
shall relieve any Shareholder of any liability for any breach of this Agreement
that occurred prior to such termination.
SECTION
4.02 Fees and
Expenses. All
fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by
the Shareholder incurring such fees or expenses. The provisions of
this Section 4.02 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
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SECTION
4.03 Governing
Law. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING THE AUTHORIZATION AND EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT
BY EACH PARTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF ITS JURISDICTION OF
INCORPORATION.
SECTION
4.04 Definitions. For
the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
assigned below:
(a) “Affiliate”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange
Act; provided, however,
that for all purposes of this Agreement (i) neither LATAM, Holdco 1,
TAM nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate
of any Shareholder and (ii) no Shareholder shall be deemed to be an
Affiliate of any other Shareholder or any of its Affiliates solely by reason of
this Agreement.
(b) “beneficial
ownership” (and its correlative phrases) shall have the meanings assigned
to such phrases in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the U.S. Exchange Act; provided, however that, notwithstanding
the foregoing, for all purposes of this Agreement a Shareholder shall be deemed
to beneficially own all Restricted Shares beneficially owned by it and its
Affiliates.
(c) “business
day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions are required or authorized by Law or executive order to be
closed in Santiago, Chile or São Paulo, Brazil.
(d) “By-laws”
means the By-laws of LATAM in effect as of the date hereof, as they may be
amended from time to time.
(e) “Convertible
Securities” means, with respect to any Person, any securities, options,
warrants or other rights of, or granted by, such Person or any of its Affiliates
that are, directly or indirectly, convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, any Equity Securities of such Person or any of its
Affiliates.
(f) “Equity
Securities” means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock of, or
other equity interests in, such Person.
(g) “Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(h) “Governmental
Entity” means any governmental, quasi-governmental or regulatory
authority, body, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, division, court,
organized securities exchange or other legislative, executive or judicial
governmental entity or instrumentality of any country, nation, republic,
federation or similar entity or any state, county, parish or municipality,
jurisdiction or other political subdivision thereof.
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(i) “Holdco 1
Non-Voting Stock” shall mean the non-voting stock, no par value, of
Holdco 1, which, pursuant to the by-laws of Holdco 1, shall have the
exclusive right to receive all dividends, distributions or other amounts payable
by Holdco 1 in respect of any shares of its capital stock (including a
preference to be paid in connection with any liquidation, capital reduction,
winding up, recapitalization or reorganization) other than the Dividend Rights
and which shall have no right to vote on, approve or consent to any matter that
is subject to any vote of, approval by or consent from the shareholders of
Holdco 1 under the Law of Chile or otherwise other than the rights to vote
on, approve or consent to matters requiring the approval of the holders of
shares of Holdco 1 Non-Voting Stock under the Law of Chile or otherwise
(collectively, the “Limited
Voting Rights”).
(a) “Holdco 1
Voting Stock” shall mean the voting stock, no par value, of Holdco 1,
which, pursuant to the by-laws of Holdco 1, shall have the exclusive right
to vote on, approve or consent to all matters that are subject to any vote of,
approval by or consent from the shareholders of Holdco 1 under the Law of
Chile or otherwise (other than the Limited Voting Rights) and which shall have
no economic rights other than the right to receive a nominal dividend
(collectively, “Dividend
Rights”).
(j) “Institutional
Lender” means any savings bank, savings and loan association, commercial
bank or trust company, insurance company subject to regulation by any
Governmental Entity, merchant or investment bank or any other entity generally
viewed as an institutional lender.
(k) “Law”
means any statute, common law, ordinance, rule, regulation, agency requirement
or Order of, or issued, promulgated or entered into by or with, any Governmental
Entity.
(l) “Order”
means any order, decision, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, legal or
arbitration award, stipulation, license, permit or agreement issued, promulgated
or entered into by or with (or settlement or consent agreement subject to) any
Governmental Entity.
(m) “Person”
means any natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, company, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated
organization, Governmental Entity or other entity.
(n) “Restricted
Common Stock” means, with respect to any Shareholder at any time, all
shares of LATAM Common Stock that were beneficially owned by such Shareholder
immediately after the Effective Time and that are beneficially owned by, and not
Exempted Shares of, such Shareholder at such time.
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(o) “Restricted
Shares” means (i) with respect to the LATAM Controlling Shareholders at
any time, all of their shares of Restricted Common Stock at such time and (ii)
with respect to TEP at any time, all of its shares of Restricted Common Stock at
such time and all shares of Holdco 1 Voting Stock beneficially owned by it at
such time, including all Equity Securities or Convertible Securities issued in
respect of, in exchange for or upon reclassification of such shares of
Restricted Common Stock or Holdco 1 Voting Stock pursuant to any dividend,
distribution, share exchange, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation,
merger, stock split, reverse stock split or otherwise.
(p) “Shareholders”
initially shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement and
after any Transfer of shares of Restricted Common Stock by any Shareholder to
any Person pursuant to Sections 3.02(c), (d) or (e) or any Affiliate
Transfer pursuant to Section 3.04 shall mean the non-transferring Shareholder,
the transferring Shareholder and any Person to whom such Transfer was made and
who became a party to this Agreement as required by this Agreement.
(q) “Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) a corporation in which such Person,
together with its Subsidiaries, beneficially owns Voting Securities of such
corporation which entitle them, collectively, to cast more than 50% of all the
votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all Voting Securities of such
corporation then outstanding in a general election of directors of such
corporation or (ii) any Person that is not a corporation in which such Person,
and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly,
has a majority equity or voting interest or the power to direct the policies,
management and affairs thereof.
(r) “Voting
Securities” means, with respect to any Person, any securities or other
equity or ownership interests in such Person which are entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors of such Person (or, if such Person is not
a corporation, the individuals who perform a similar function for such
Person).
SECTION
4.05 Severability. The
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement. If any
provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person
or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable
provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be
valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable
provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such
provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such
invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability
affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application of
such provision, in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
4.06 Amendment;
Waiver. This
Agreement may be amended and any performance, term or condition waived in whole
or in part only by a writing signed by all Shareholders affected by the
amendment (in the case of an amendment) or by the Shareholder against whom the
waiver is to be effective (in the case of a waiver). No failure or
delay by any Shareholder in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any singular partial exercise of
such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. Waiver by any
Shareholder of any breach or failure to comply with any provision of this
Agreement by another Shareholder shall not be construed as, nor shall
constitute, a continuing waiver of such provisions, or a waiver of any other
breach of or failure to comply with any other provisions of this
Agreement.
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SECTION
4.07 Assignment. Subject
to Article III of this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by
operation of Law or otherwise by any Shareholder without the prior written
consent of the other Shareholders, and any purported assignment without such
consent shall be null and void and of no force or effect. Subject to
the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Shareholders and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
SECTION
4.08 Entire Agreement; No Third
Party Beneficiaries. This
Agreement, the other Shareholders Agreements, the Implementation Agreement and
the Exchange Offer Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto and
thereto, constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, both written and oral, among the Shareholders with respect to
the subject matter hereof and thereof. Except as otherwise expressly
stated herein, the Shareholders hereby agree that the agreements and covenants
set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other Shareholders in
accordance with, and subject to the terms of, this Agreement and that this
Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than
the Shareholders any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely
upon the representations and warranties set forth herein.
SECTION
4.09 Notices. All
notices, requests, claims, demands, instructions and other communications or
documents given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally
or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid), facsimile or
overnight courier to the Shareholders at the following addresses (or at such
other address for a Shareholder as shall be specified by like
notice):
If to the
LATAM Controlling Shareholders, to:
Claro y
Cia
Xxxxxxxxx
0000, xxxx 00,
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx B.
Fax: x000
0000000
xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx
with
copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx of America
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Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx XxXxxxxxx
Fax: x0
000-000-0000
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
If to TEP
to:
Turci
Advogados
Rua Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxx xx Xxxxxx, 778
-1◦ andar
– cj.12
04530-0001
São Paulo
– SP
Brasil
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Fax: x00
00 0000 0000
xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
with a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx
Chance US LLP
00 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxx
Fax: x0
000 000 0000
Xxxxx.Xxxxx@XxxxxxxxXxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxx.Xxxx@XxxxxxxxXxxxxx.xxx
Any
notice, request, claim, instruction or other communication or document given as
provided above shall be deemed given to the receiving party (i) if delivered
personally, upon actual receipt, (ii) if sent by registered or certified mail,
three business days after deposit in the mail, (iii) if sent by facsimile, upon
confirmation of successful transmission if within one business day after such
facsimile has been sent such notice, request, claim, instruction or other
communication or document is also given by one of the other methods described
above and (iv) if sent by overnight courier, on the next business day after
deposit with the overnight courier.
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SECTION
4.10 Specific Enforcement;
Consent to Jurisdiction. The
Shareholders agree that irreparable damage would occur and that the Shareholders
would not have any adequate remedy at Law in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed
that the Shareholders shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to
prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to
which they are entitled at Law or in equity, without the necessity of proving
the inadequacy of monetary damages or of posting bond or other undertaking, as a
remedy and to obtain injunctive relief against any breach or threatened breach
hereof. In the event that any action is brought in equity to enforce
the provisions of this Agreement, no Shareholder shall allege, and each
Shareholder waives the defense or counterclaim that there is an adequate remedy
at Law. Each of the Shareholders hereby irrevocably consents and
submits itself to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New
York and the federal courts of the United States of America located in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (collectively, the “Agreed
Courts”) solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the
provisions of this Agreement, and the documents referred to herein and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Agreed
Issues”), waives, and agrees not to assert, as a defense in any action,
suit or proceeding in an Agreed Court with respect to the Agreed Issues that
such Shareholder is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding
may not be brought or is not maintainable in such Agreed Court or that the venue
thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such document may
not be enforced in or by such Agreed Court, and the Shareholders irrevocably
agree that all claims with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with
respect to the Agreed Issues shall be heard and determined only in an Agreed
Court. The Shareholders hereby consent to and grant to each Agreed
Court jurisdiction over the Person of such Shareholders and, to the extent
permitted by Law, over the subject matter of any dispute with respect to the
Agreed Issues and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection
with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 4.09 or in
such other manner as may be permitted by Law shall be valid and sufficient
service thereof.
SECTION
4.11 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. EACH
PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE
EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (I) CERTIFIES
THAT IT HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER AND MADE IT VOLUNTARILY
AND THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER
AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO
ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 4.11.
SECTION
4.12 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile),
each of which shall be considered an original instrument and all of which shall
together constitute the same agreement. This Agreement shall become
effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the
Shareholders and delivered to the other Shareholders.
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SECTION
4.13 Interpretation. When
a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, a Section, Exhibit or
Schedule, such reference shall be to an Article of, a Section of, or
an Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words
“include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words
“hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement
shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable
to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine
as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms. Any
contract, instrument or Law defined or referred to herein or in any contract or
instrument that is referred to herein means such contract, instrument or Law as
from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of
contracts or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of Laws) by
succession of comparable successor Law and references to all attachments thereto
and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also
to its permitted successors and assigns. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all remedies provided herein shall be in addition to
any other remedies that the Shareholders may otherwise have under applicable
Law. Any reference in this Agreement to a “day” or a number of “days”
(without the explicit qualification of “business”) shall be interpreted as a
reference to a calendar day or number of calendar days. This
Agreement is the product of negotiation between the Shareholders having the
assistance of counsel and other advisers, and between the Shareholders and their
counsel and other advisers having participated jointly in negotiating and
drafting this Agreement. If an ambiguity or a question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly
between the Shareholders, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise
favoring or disfavoring any Shareholder by virtue of the authorship of any
provision of this Agreement.
SECTION
4.14 Relationship of
Shareholders.
Nothing herein is intended to constitute the Shareholders as members of any
partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, or other entity, or shall be
deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied, or apparent authority to
incur any obligation or liability on behalf of another Shareholder or any
obligation to assume any obligation or responsibility of any other Shareholder,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the LATAM Controlling Shareholders shall be treated as a single
Shareholder for all purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.15 Filing
Requirement. A
copy of this Agreement shall be filed at the headquarters of LATAM and Holdco 1
for all purposes of applicable Law.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first above written.
COSTA
VERDE AERONÁUTICA S.A.
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INVERSIONES
MINERAS DEL CANTÁBRICO S.A.
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TEP
CHILE S.A.
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Exhibit
A
Ownership
Structure of the LATAM Group