DATED 15 OCTOBER 2008 CONVERTIBLE LOAN AGREEMENT (E1,000,000)
Exhibit 19: Trafalgar Capital
Special Investment Fund Agreement
EXECUTION
VERSION
DATED 15 OCTOBER
2008
(2)
TRAFALGAR CAPITAL SPECIALIZED INVESTMENT FUND
(E1,000,000)
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CONTENTS
Clause Page
SCHEDULE
2 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
SCHEDULE
3 - PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS AND SECURITY SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
4 - UNENCUMBERED TITLE AND RIGHTS
SCHEDULE
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THIS
AGREEMENT is made on 15 October 2008
BETWEEN
(1)
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SEVEN
ARTS PICTURES PLC a company incorporated in England and Wales
registered number 4276617 whose registered office address is at 00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX (the "Company");
and
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(2)
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TRAFALGAR
CAPITAL SPECIALIZED INVESTMENT FUND an investment fund registered
in Luxembourg as
represented by its general partner, TRAFALGAR
CAPITAL SARL, a
corporation
organised and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, with its principal
place of business at
0-00 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 0000, Xxxxxxxxxx X-0000 (xxx "Lender").
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BACKGROUND
The
Lender has agreed to advance to the Company an amount of £1,000,000 conditional
on and subject to the terms set out in this Agreement.
IT
IS AGREED:
1.1In
this Agreement:
"Admission"
means
the admission of the Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM or
PLUS
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"AIM"means
the market of that name operated by the London Stock
Exchange plc
"AIM
Rules"means the rules from time to time published by the London
Stock
Exchange in relation to companies admitted to AIM
"Bid
Price"shall mean, on any date, the closing bid price (as reported by
Bloomberg)
of the Ordinary Shares
"Bloomberg"means
Bloomberg LP, a financial information provider
"Business
Day" means
a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are generally open
for business in London
"Cash
Payment" means
any amount paid into the Lender's Bank Account in accordance with Clause
6.3
"Cash
Payment Date" means
the date of a Cash Payment Notice
"Cash
Payment Date Exchange Rate" means
in relation to each Cash Payment Date the UK pounds sterling to the Euro
spot exchange rate as quoted in the London edition of the Financial Times
on such Cash Payment Date
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"Cash Payment Notice" has
the meaning given to it in Clause 6.2
"Closing Date" means the
date of this Agreement or, if later, the date on which the Lender has received
all of the documents and evidence listed in Schedule 2 in accordance with Clause
2.2
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"Closing Date
Exchange Rate" means
UK pounds sterling to the Euro spot exchange rate as reported in the Financial
Times on the Closing Date
"Composite Guarantee
and Debenture" means the
composite guarantee and debenture dated 31 January 2008 between the Lender and
the Company and each Subsidiary, as from time to time amended, varied,
supplemented, extended
or
replaced
"Consolidation Event"
has
the meaning given to it in Clause 13.1.6
"Conversion Amount"
has the meaning set out in Clause 5.1 of this
Agreement
"Conversion Cap"
means such number of Ordinary Shares as is
equal to 2.99% of the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue on the relevant
Loan Notice Date
"Conversion Price"
means 90% of the VWAP on the Closing Date or,
if there is no VWAP on the Closing Date, then the lowest Bid Price on the
Closing Date
"CREST"
means
the relevant system (as defined in the Uncertificated Securities Regulations
2001, as amended) and operated by CRESTCo Limited, in accordance with which
securities may be held or transferred in uncertificated
form
"Delivery" in
respect of any Loan Shares or Warrant Shares means credit of such shares to the
Lender's CREST Account and Deliver
and Delivered
shall be construed accordingly
"Delivery Date" means
the date on which Loan Shares or Warrant Shares are Delivered pursuant to this
Agreement
"Event of Default"
means those events as listed in Schedule
1
"Final Maturity Date"
has the meaning given in Clause
3
"Group" means the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to
time and "Group
Company" shall mean any of them
"Lender's Bank
Account" means
the following account:
Dz Bank AG (BIC:
XXXXXXXX, BLZ: 500 604 00)
Account: DZ Bank
International Luxembourg S.A. (BIC: XXXXXXXX)
Account number:
00000000
Favour: Trafalgar
Capital Specialized Investment Fund
SICAV, IBAN XX00 0000
0000 0000 0000,
or such other account
as the Lender may from time to time notify to the Company in
writing
"Lender's CREST
Account" means
the following account:
Citibank London
BIC Code: XXXXXX0X
Account number:
6008883831
CREST account: BAOIF
Favour: Dz Bank Intl S.A. Luxembourg
Designated account: FGN, or such other account as the Lender may from time to
time notify to the Company in writing
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"Loan"means
the amount of £1,000,000 (to be advanced to the Company
pursuant to Clause 2) or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of
that loan (including any interest compounded with the Loan pursuant to
Clause
4.1)
"Loan
Notice" has the meaning set out in
Clause 5.1 of this Agreement
"Loan
Notice Date"means the date of a Loan
Notice
"Loan
Notice Date Exchange Rate" means
in relation to each Loan Notice Date the UK pounds sterling to Euro spot
exchange rate as quoted in the London edition of the Financial Times on
such Loan Notice Date
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"Loan
Shares"means the new Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Lender pursuant
to this Agreement (other than pursuant to Clause 7)
"Mandatory Redemption
Amount"means the amount of £100,000 of principal plus interest to be
paid on
each Mandatory Redemption Date, provided that each such Mandatory Redemption
Amount shall be reduced on a
pro rata basis in respect of the
amount of the Loan converted or redeemed pursuant to Clause 5.3 and/or Clause
6.2
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"Mandatory Redemption
Date" means the date that is 3 months after the Closing Date and
the
corresponding date in each month thereafter or, if any such date
is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business
Day
"Material
Adverse Change" means
an event or circumstance that constitutes an adverse change in the assets,
financial or trading position of any Group Company such that it would be
reasonably likely to prevent the
Company
from being able fully and punctually to perform its payment obligations
under this instrument
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"Option
Price"means £0.20 per Warrant Share
"Ordinary
Shares"means ordinary shares of 5 xxxxx each in the capital of the
Company
(such shares to rank pari passu with all other ordinary shares from time to time
issued in the capital of the Company) and in the event of a
subdivision,
consolidation or reclassification of such shares, the shares of a different
nominal value resulting therefrom
"Permitted
Indebtedness"means the indebtedness of the Group to the parties
described
under the column headed "Lender" in Schedule 3 for the amounts of principal
described under the column headed "Loan Amount" in
Schedule 3 in respect
of the films described under the column headed "Film" in Schedule 3
"Permitted
Security"means:
(a)
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any
Security Interest arising under the Transaction
Documents;
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(b)
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any
lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading and
not as a result of any default or omission by any member of the
Group;
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(c)
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any
Security Interest arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or
conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in
respect of goods supplies to a member of the Group in the ordinary course
of trading and on the supplier's standard or usual terms and not arising
as a result of any default or omission by any member of the
Group;
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(d)
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Security
Assignment and Charge dated 6 December 2006 between (i) the Company and
(ii) Blue Rider Finance Inc;
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(e)
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Amendment
to a Loan and Security Agreement dated 22 December 2006 between (i) the
Company and (ii) Cheyne Specialty Finance Fund
L.P.;
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(f)
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Debenture
dated 27 March 2007 between (i) the Company and (ii) Parallel Media
LLC;
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(g)
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Charge
and Security Assignment dated 13 August 2007 between (i) the Company and
(ii) Palm Finance Corporation;
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(h)
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Amendment
to a Loan and Security Agreement dated 22 December 2006 between (i) Seven
Arts Filmed Entertainment Limited and (ii) Cheyne Specialty Finance Fund
L.P.;
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(i)
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Charge
and Security Assignment dated 13 August 2007 between (i) Seven Arts Filmed
Entertainment Limited and (ii) Palm Finance
Corporation;
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(j)
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in
respect of the Permitted Indebtedness, each of the Security Interests
described under the heading "Security for loan" in Schedule 3 as at the
Closing Date but not including the Security Interests described in
subparagraphs (d) to (i) above
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"PLUS"means
the market of that name operated by PLUS Markets plc
"PLUS
Rules"means the rules from time to time published by PLUS Markets plc in
relation to companies admitted to PLUS
"Redemption
Premium"has the meaning set out in Clause 6.5
"Security
Interest" means
any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, security assignment, hypothecation,
standard security, security trust, encumbrance or security interest and
any other agreement or arrangement entered into
to
create or confer security over any asset or which has a similar
effect
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"Subscription
Notice"has the meaning set out in Clause 7.1 of this
Agreement
"Subsidiary"means
any subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of section
736 of the Companies Xxx 0000 (as amended, restated or replaced from time to
time)
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"Taxation"
any
of the following: (a) any tax, duty, impost or levy, past or present, of
the United Kingdom or elsewhere, whether governmental, state, provincial,
local governmental or municipal, including income tax (including income
tax
required to be deducted or withheld from or accounted for in respect of
any payment under section 203 of the Taxes Act or otherwise), corporation
tax, advance corporation tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax,
VAT,
customs and other import or export duties, rates, stamp duty, stamp duty
reserve tax, national insurance and social security contributions; and (b)
any fine, penalty, surcharge, interest or other imposition relating
to any
tax, duty, impost or levy mentioned in paragraph(a) of this definition or
to any account, record, form, return or computation required to be kept,
preserved, maintained or submitted to any person for the purposes
of any
such tax, duty, impost or levy
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"Trading Day
"means any day during which the market trading the Ordinary Shares (being
either AIM or PLUS) is open for business
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"Transaction Documents"
means each of this Agreement, the Composite Guarantee and Debenture
and any other document designated as a Transaction Document by the
Lender;
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"Unencumbered
Films"means all title and rights whatsoever of the Company or any
Group
Company in connection with the films listed in Schedule 4
"VWAP"means in
relation to any Trading Day, the volume weighted average
price (as reported by Bloomberg) of the Ordinary Shares on AIM or PLUS (as
applicable) for that Trading Day
1.2 References in this
Agreement to Clauses are to the clauses of this Agreement.
2. LOAN
2.1 Subject to
Clause 2.2, the Lender shall advance a Loan of £1,000,000 to the Company on
the
Closing Date.
2.2 The Lender
shall only be obliged to comply with Clause 2.1 if on or before the Loan is
advanced
the Lender has received all of the documents and evidence listed in Schedule 2
in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender and, on
that date, no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the making of the
proposed Loan.
2.3 The Company
shall use the Loan for general working capital purposes.
3. REPAYMENT
3.1 The Company
shall pay or repay the Loan, together with all other amounts due to the Lender
pursuant
to this Agreement, on or before the date which is 12 months after the Closing
Date (the "Final Maturity
Date").
3.2 Any such
payment or repayment shall be made as set out in this Agreement and any
payment
or repayment in cash may only be made in accordance with Clause
5.5.3.
4. INTEREST
4.1 The Company
shall pay interest in arrears to the Lender on the outstanding amount of the
Loan at
the rate of 9% per annum which, if not paid when due and then still
outstanding,
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shall be
compounded with, and form part of the principal of, the Loan on the last
Business Day of each month.
4.2 If the Company fails to pay any amount
payable by it under this Agreement on its due date, interest
shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual
payment (both before and after judgment) at the rate
of 13% per annum. Any interest
accruing under this Clause 4.2 shall be immediately payable by the Company on
demand by the Lender. Any such interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount
will be compounded daily with
the overdue amount but will
remain immediately due and payable.
4.3 Interest will
accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of
days
elapsed and a 365 day year.
5. ISSUE OF LOAN
SHARES
5.1 The Company
shall upon receipt of one or more written notices (a Loan Notice) from the
Lender,
issue and Deliver to the Lender the Loan Shares the subject of that Loan Notice.
The Loan Notice will specify the pounds sterling
value of the Loan Shares to be
issued pursuant to the Loan Notice (or, if it specifies the number of Loan
Shares to be issued, it will be deemed to specify the pounds sterling value of
such Loan Shares) (the Conversion Amount)
which
shall not exceed the total amount outstanding under this Agreement from time to
time.
5.2 Subject to
Clause 9.1, the number of Loan Shares to be issued and Delivered by the
Company
in respect of a Loan Notice shall be the Conversion Amount specified in that
Loan Notice divided by the Conversion Price, provided that
(except when an Event of Default
is continuing on the Loan Notice Date) the Conversion Amount shall not exceed an
amount that would result in the Lender beneficially owning as at the Delivery
Date a number of Ordinary
Shares exceeding the Conversion
Cap (without the prior written approval of the Company). In the case of any
fractional entitlements the number of Loan Shares to be issued shall be rounded
up to the next whole number.
5.3 The amounts
outstanding under this Agreement will be reduced on each Delivery Date by
the
Conversion Amount set out in the Loan Notice relating to that Loan Notice
Date.
5.4 Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, the Lender may, in its sole discretion,
elect to
require the Company to satisfy in cash any amounts due to the Lender pursuant to
either (i) Clause 4.2 or Clause 8.5,
or (ii) any provision of this
Agreement after this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Clause
12.
5.5 Any payments
received, or treated as being received pursuant to Clause 5.3, by the Lender
shall be
applied:
5.5.1 firstly to
pay any fees, expenses or other amounts due pursuant to this
Agreement
other
than the amounts referred to in sub Clauses 5.5.2 and 5.5.3 below;
5.5.2 secondly to
pay any amounts due to the Lender in respect of interest pursuant
to
Clause
4.1 of this Agreement; and
5.5.3 thirdly to
repay any amount of the Loan still outstanding.
6.1 Mandatory
Redemption: The Company shall serve a Cash Payment Notice on the Lender
for an
amount such that on each Mandatory Redemption Date the amount outstanding under
the Loan is reduced by an amount equal to
the Mandatory Redemption Amount
such that on the Final Maturity Date, the amount outstanding under the Loan will
be repaid in full (after taking into account, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Redemption Premium payable pursuant
to Clause 6.5.1 or Clause
6.5.2).
6.2 Optional
Redemption: Subject to this Clause 6 and provided that the VWAP on the
Cash Payment
Date is less than the Conversion Price, the Company may at any time make a
payment in cash in respect of any amounts
outstanding pursuant to this
Agreement by giving the Lender written notice no less than three Trading Days
prior to the proposed date of payment (a "Cash
Payment Notice").
6.3 The Cash
Payment Notice will specify the cash amount to be paid by the Company and the
date of
payment. Any amount to be so paid shall be transferred to the Lender's Bank
Account in cleared funds on the third Trading
Day after the service of a Cash
Payment Notice.
6.4 Each Cash
Payment shall, subject to Clause 9.2, be applied:
6.4.1 firstly to
pay any fees, expenses or other amounts due pursuant to this
Agreement
other
than the amounts referred to in sub Clauses 6.4.2 and 6.4.3 below;
6.4.2 secondly to
pay any amounts due to the Lender in respect of interest pursuant to
Clause
4.1 of this Agreement; and
6.4.3 thirdly to
repay any amount of the Loan still outstanding.
6.5 Any part of a
Cash Payment which is applied pursuant to Clause 6.4.3 shall be subject to a
Redemption
Premium as follows:
6.5.1 7.5% if the
Cash Payment is made on or before 6 months of the Closing Date; and
6.5.2 12.5% if the
Cash Payment is made after 6 months of the Closing Date,
such
that:
Cash
Payment = Loan repaid multiplied by (1 + x),
where x
is the Redemption Premium applicable on the date the Cash Payment is made
expressed as a fraction.
6.6 If a Cash
Payment Notice is issued after or on the same date as a Loan Notice then
the Loan
Notice will be treated as having been received first. The amounts received or
treated as being received in respect of the Loan Notice
will
therefore be applied first (as
set out in Clause 5) and then any amounts received or treated as being received
in respect of the Cash Payment Notice will be applied (as set out in the
preceding provisions of this Clause 6).
7. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS (WARRANTS)
7.1 The Company
shall (in addition to the Loan Shares referred to above) upon receipt of one or
more
written notices (each a "Subscription
Notice") from the Lender at any time after the date of this Agreement and
on or prior to the
fifth anniversary of the date of
this Agreement, issue to the Lender, in accordance with this Clause 6.1 and
Clause 8 such number of Ordinary Shares as are specified in the Subscription
Notice.
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7.2 The Lender
shall be entitled to issue Subscription Notices under this Agreement in respect
of up to an
aggregate of 300,000 worth of Ordinary Shares (the "Warrant
Shares").
7.3 The Lender
shall, within 3 Trading Days of any Ordinary Shares being Delivered to the
Lender
pursuant to Clause 7.1, pay by cash to the Company £0.135 in respect of each
such Ordinary Share (the "Subscription
Price").
7.4 If in the
period of 5 Business Days following the Final Maturity Date (the "Option
Period") the VWAP
or, if there is no VWAP on any Trading Day during that period, the most recent
Bid Price is less than £0.20 per Ordinary Share,
the Lender shall have the option
to require the Company (or its nominee) to buy-back or otherwise acquire any or
all Warrant Shares at the Option Price. The Lender may exercise the option by
written notice to the Company at any
time during the Option Period in
respect of any or all of Warrant Shares acquired by the Lender under this Clause
7 and the Company (or its nominee) shall buy-back or otherwise acquire the
Warrant Shares specified in such
written notice at the Option
Price within 3 trading Days after such written notice.
8. ISSUE OF
SHARES
8.1 In respect of
any new Ordinary Shares, including Loan Shares, to be issued to the Lender
pursuant
to this Agreement the Company shall make application for Admission of the
Ordinary Shares, as soon as possible after receipt of
a Loan Notice or Subscription
Notice (as the case may be). Any such Admission is expected to be on the third
clear Trading Day after such application is made.
8.2 The relevant
number of Ordinary Shares (including Loan Shares) shall be Delivered within
five (5)
days from the date on which the Loan Notice or as the case may be, Subscription
Notice is received (or deemed to have been received,
in accordance with Clause 15).
Any breach of this Clause 8.2 will amount to a serious breach of this Agreement
which the Company acknowledges may cause the Lender significant financial
loss.
8.3 On or before
the Trading Day immediately prior to the anticipated date of Admission of any
new
Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Lender pursuant to this Agreement the
following shall occur:
8.3.1 the Company
shall, conditional only upon Admission of such Ordinary Shares, allot
and issue
the relevant Ordinary Shares to the Lender;
8.3.2 the Company
shall do all acts and things reasonably necessary to procure Admission
of the relevant Ordinary Shares on the next following Trading Day;
8.3.3 the Company
shall give all necessary directions and instructions to its registrars to
procure
that the relevant new Ordinary Shares are Delivered to the Lender's CREST
Account on the date of Admission.
8.4 The Ordinary
Shares to be issued to the Lender under this Agreement shall be allotted and
issued by
the Company fully paid and free from all claims, charges, liens, encumbrances,
equities and third party rights whatsoever and
will rank pail passu in all
respects with the existing issued Ordinary Shares including the right to receive
all dividends or other distributions declared, made or paid after the date of
their allotment.
8.5 If the
Company fails to Deliver any Ordinary Shares within ten (10) calendar days from
the date on
which the Loan Notice or, as the case may be, Subscription Notice is received
(or deemed to have been received in accordance
with Clause 15), the Lender may
immediately demand from the Company and the Company shall, without prejudice to
any other rights which the Lender may have under this Agreement, within three
(3) Business Days of the
end of the month in which such
demand is made pay an amount equal to the greater of:
8.5.1 2% of the
then outstanding amount of the Loan; and
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8.5.2 the
difference in value, if the VWAP on the date of actual Delivery is less than the
VWAP on
the date when Delivery should have taken place pursuant to this Agreement. The
difference in value shall be calculated
by reference to the number of
Ordinary Shares to be Delivered multiplied by the VWAP (the "Value") on the date the
Ordinary Shares should have been Delivered pursuant to this Agreement less the
Value on the
date of actual Delivery of the
Ordinary Shares (or in either case if there is no VWAP on the relevant date then
the price shall be calculated by reference to the Bid Price on the relevant
date).
The
parties agree that this Clause 8.5 represents a genuine pre-estimate of loss and
is not in any way intended to be a penalty.
9. EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
9.1 If on any
Loan Notice Date, the Loan Notice Date Exchange Rate is less than the Closing
Date
Exchange Rate then the number of Loan Shares to be issued shall be increased by
the same percentage as results from dividing the
Closing Date Exchange Rate by the
relevant Loan Notice Date Exchange Rate. By way of example, if the number of
Loan Shares to be issued in respect of a particular Loan Notice would, but for
this Clause 9.1, be 1,000 and if the
Closing Date Exchange Rate is
1.50 and the relevant Loan Notice Date Exchange Rate is 1.45, then 1,035 Loan
Shares will be issued in relation to that Loan Notice.
9.2 If on any
Cash Payment Date, the Cash Payment Date Exchange Rate is less than the
Closing
Date Exchange Rate then the amount of cash required to satisfy the amounts due
pursuant to Clause 6.4 shall be increased by the
same percentage as results from
dividing the Closing Date Exchange Rate by the relevant Cash Payment Date
Exchange Rate.
By way of
example, if the amount of cash required to repay all amounts due pursuant to
Clause 6.4.1 would, but for this Clause 9.2, be £1,000 and if the Closing Date
Exchange Rate is 1.50 and the relevant Cash Payment Notice Date Exchange Rate is
1.45 then the amount of cash from the Cash Payment required to repay all amounts
due pursuant to Clause 6.4.1 will be £1,034.48. Accordingly only the surplus
over £1,034.48 from such Cash Payment will be applied (again in the same manner)
towards any amounts due pursuant to Clause 6.4.2 and if any amount of the Cash
Payment remains after all amounts so due pursuant to Clause 6.4.2 have been paid
then the surplus will be applied (again in the same manner and after the
application of Clause 6.5) to pay amounts pursuant to Clause 6.4.3.
10. PAYMENT OF COSTS, EXPENSES, FEES AND
COMMISSIONS
10.1 Each of the
parties shall pay its own fees and expenses (including the fees of any
solicitors, accountants,
or others engaged by such party) in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, except
that the Company will pay to the
Lender (i) the sum of £15,000 plus disbursements in respect of the Lender's
legal costs and (ii) a due diligence fee of £3,000.
10.2 The Company
shall pay and Deliver to the Lender on the Closing Date a facility commitment
fee equal
to an amount in cash equal to 4% of the amount of the Loan.
10.3 The legal and
other fees and expenses referred to in Clause 10.1 and 10.2 to be paid in
cash
shall be paid on or before the date of this Agreement and the Lender shall, to
the extent that such amounts have not already been paid,
be entitled to withhold such
amounts from the advance of the Loan to be made pursuant to Clause
2.
11. INDEMNITIES
The
Company shall indemnify, and keep indemnified, the Lender and any person who
acts as the servant, agent, delegate or attorney of the Lender against all
claims, costs, expenses and liabilities (including all indirect or consequential
claims, costs, expenses and liabilities and any related legal costs and
disbursements) which any of them may suffer or incur arising in any way from any
failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under this
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Agreement
(including, without limitation, any breach of Clause 8) or any other Transaction
Document and/or the enforcement of, or the preservation of any of the Lender's
rights under, this Agreement.
12. TERMINATION
12.1 The Lender
shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by notice to the Company
immediately
at any time:
12.1.1 if the
Company fails to pay any amount payable by it under this Agreement on
its
due date
or, within five Business Days after the due date, if such failure results solely
from a technical problem in relation to the transfer of funds for which the
Company is not responsible;
12.1.2 the Ordinary
Shares are de-listed from AIM or PLUS (as applicable);
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12.1.3 there shall
occur any suspension of trading of the Ordinary Shares on AIM or PLUS
while any amount is outstanding under this
Agreement;
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12.1.4
the occurrence of any of the Events of Default as set out in Schedule
1.
12.2 If this
Agreement is terminated by the Lender in accordance with its terms then any part
of the Loan
which has not been advanced shall immediately be cancelled and any part of the
Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other
amounts accrued or outstanding
under this Agreement shall become immediately due and payable and
notwithstanding termination of this Agreement, interest shall continue to run on
all outstanding amounts until the date of actual
payment in full of all
outstanding amounts.
13. COVENANTS
The
Company covenants to the Lender that (otherwise than with the prior written
consent of the Lender) whilst this Agreement is in place it:
13.1.1 will use all
reasonable endeavours to maintain the Admission of the Ordinary Shares to
trading on AIM or PLUS (as applicable);
13.1.2 will do all
things necessary (including, without limitation, obtaining necessary
resolutions
from an extraordinary general meeting) to ensure that within 30 days from the
Funding Date that, for so long as any amount
remains outstanding
under this Agreement, it has the necessary shareholder authority to issue (i)
the requisite number of Loan Shares required to satisfy a Loan Notice issued in
respect of a Conversion Amount equal
to at least the
then
outstanding amount of the Loan including any interest capable of becoming due
pursuant to Clause 4.1, and (ii) the requisite number of Ordinary Shares
required to satisfy a Subscription Notice
in respect of
the aggregate number of
Ordinary Shares capable of being issued pursuant to Clause 7;
13.1.3 will file in
a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it under the
Companies
Xxx 0000 and the Companies Xxx 0000, the AIM Rules or PLUS Rules (as applicable)
and all other laws or regulations applicable
to it and will not take any
action or file any document to terminate or suspend such registration or to
terminate or suspend the admission of its Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM or
PLUS (as applicable);
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13.1.4 will
take all steps reasonably necessary to preserve and continue the corporate
existence of the Company and the other Group
Companies;
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13.1.5 will
immediately notify the Lender upon its becoming aware of the issuance by
the London Stock Exchange plc or PLUS Markets plc (as applicable) of
any
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suspension
or de-listing of the Ordinary Shares from trading on AIM or PLUS (as
applicable);
13.1.6 will not, at any time
after the date hereof, until expiry of this Agreement effect any merger or
consolidation of the Company whether by scheme of arrangement or otherwise with
or into, or a transfer of all or any
substantial part of the assets
or undertaking of the Company to another entity (a Consolidation Event)
unless the resulting successor or acquiring entity (if not the Company)
assumes by written instrument the
obligation to either (i)
Deliver to the Lender such shares and/or securities as following such
Consolidation Event the Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement
or (ii) to pay to the Lender in cash or by
way of Cash Payments the
balance of all monies due and payable under the terms of this
Agreement.
13.1.7 will not (unless as
directed by a duly passed resolution of the shareholders of the Company)
(i) modify the rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares in respect of the
dividends or liquidation, nor (ii) issue any other
class of share capital
carrying any other rights which are more favourable than such rights currently
granted to the Ordinary Shares;
13.1.8 will not,
and will procure that no member of the Group will, enter into any amalgamation,
merger or demerger, reconstruction or joint venture or acquire any business or
make any investment;
13.1.9 will not, and will
procure that no member of the Group will, create or permit to subsist
any Security Interest, other than the Permitted Security, on its present or
future undertaking, property or assets, including
the Unencumbered Films, or
any part of them;
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13.1.10 will not, and will
procure that no member of the Group will, enter into any material
transaction or arrangement with any person other than on reasonable market
terms, other than to sell products at a below
market
price pursuant to pilot schemes or for marketing
purposes;
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13.1.11 will
not, and will procure that no member of the Group will, incur any
liability, actual or contingent, under any guarantee of the indebtedness
of another person, and not lend any money to any person other than in
the
ordinary course of the film production or distribution projects existing
as at the Closing Date;
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13.1.12 will
not declare or pay any dividends or make any other distribution of income
or capital to its members while an Event of Default is continuing and
except as permitted by the
Agreement;
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13.1.13 will
not permit, and will procure that no member of the Group will, or agree to
any variation of any rights attaching to the whole or any part of the
assets other than in the ordinary course of the film production or
distribution
projects existing as at the Closing
Date;
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13.1.14 will
notify the Lender of any Event of Default immediately upon becoming aware
of it;
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13.1.15 will
effect and maintain such insurances as are prudently required to protect
the assets and the business of the Group, including loss of
profits;
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13.1.16 will
carry on the business of the Group in a proper and efficient manner and
not make any substantial alteration to the nature or mode of conduct of
the business of the Group and keep or cause to be kept proper
books
of account relating to it;
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13.1.17 will
not, and will procure that no member of the Group will, incur or permit to
subsist any indebtedness, other than the Permitted Indebtedness as at the
Closing
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Date or
indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of the film production or
distribution projects existing as at the Closing Date;
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13.1.18 will
not, and will procure that no member of the Group will, enter into any
transaction to sell, lease, licence, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
asset, including the Unencumbered Films, except for obsolete
plant
and equipment for cash.
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13.2 if the
Company proposes any of the following:-
13.2.1 any allotment
or issue of Ordinary Shares or any other instrument convertible or exchangeable
into Ordinary Shares by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves (including
share premium account and any capital
redemption reserve fund);
or
13.2.2 any reduction
of the capital of the Company, any share premium account or capital redemption
reserve fund or otherwise repay, redeem, repurchase, sub-divide or consolidate
the share capital of the Company,
(each an Adjustment
Event) the terms of this Agreement (including to the extent necessary the
definitions of Conversion Price, Subscription Price and Warrant Shares) shall be
adjusted in a manner appropriate so that, after such
adjustment, the Lender's rights
to acquire Ordinary Shares under this Agreement, if exercised will
carry:
13.2.3 as nearly as
possible (and in any event not less than) the same proportion of
votes;
and
13.2.4 the same
entitlement to participate in the profits and assets of the Company, as if the
Adjustment Event had not occurred.
13.3 So long as
any principal of interest under this Agreement remains unpaid, the Company shall
not,
without the prior written consent of the Lender:
13.3.1 issue any
Ordinary Share without consideration or for a consideration per share
less than
the VWAP (or, if there is no VWAP, the most recent Bid Price) determined
immediately prior to its issuance, provided that upon
such issuance the Conversion
Price shall be reset to an amount equal to 90% of the issuance price (the "Reset
Price") if such Reset Price would be lower than the Conversion Price;
or
13.3.2 issue or sell
any warrant, option, right, contract, call, or other security
instrument
granting
the holder thereof, the right to acquire any Ordinary Shares without
consideration or for a consideration less than the VWAP (or, if there is no
VWAP, the most recent Bid Price) determined immediately prior to
such
issuance or sale, provided that upon such issuance or sale the Conversion price
shall be reset to an amount equal to 90% of the total consideration payable for
the Ordinary Shares under any such instrument
(the
"Reset
Price") if such Reset Price would be lower than the Conversion
Price.
13.4 The Company
represents and warrants to the Lender that:
13.4.1 no Security
Interest exists in relation to the Unencumbered Films as at the Closing
Date
(other than those Security Interests in favour of the Lender);
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13.4.2 the information contained
in Schedule 3 is accurate, complete and up to date as at the Closing
Date;
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13.4.3 that no
breach of covenant or event of default is continuing or will occur by
reason of the Loan under any instrument in connection with any Permitted
Indebtedness; and
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13.4.4 the
aggregate of the borrowings of the Company do not or, as the case may be,
would not if fully drawn, exceed any borrowing limit in the Company's
constitutional documents or in any trust deed or other agreement
or instrument
to which it is a party.
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14. WITHHOLDING AND GROSSING-UP
14.1 Except as
required by law, all payments due to the Lender under this Agreement will be
made free
and clear of all deductions and withholdings (whether in respect of Taxation,
setoff, counter-claim or otherwise).
14.2 If any
deduction or withholding is required by law to be made from any payment due to
the Lender
under this Agreement, the person who is obliged to make such payment will pay to
the Lender such additional amount as is necessary
to ensure that the Lender
receives a net amount (after the deduction or withholding) equal to the amount
which it would have received had the payment in question not been subject to the
deduction or withholding.
14.3 If any
payment received by the Lender under this Agreement from the Company (other than
the fees
and commissions referred to in Clause 10.1 is subject to Taxation, the person
who is obliged to make such payment will pay to the
Lender such additional amount as
is necessary to ensure that the Lender receives and retains a net amount (after
taking into account such Taxation and any Taxation payable in respect of such
additional amount) equal to the full
amount which it would have
received and retained had the payment in question not been subject to
Taxation.
15. NOTICES
15.1 Any demand,
notice or other communication given or made under or in connection with this
Agreement
will be in writing and will, if otherwise given or made in accordance with this
Clause 15 be deemed to have been duly given or
made as follows:
15.1.1 if sent by
prepaid first class post, on the second Trading Day after the date of
posting
if posted in the UK for UK delivery and on the seventh Trading Day if posted for
overseas delivery; or
15.1.2 if delivered
by hand, upon delivery; or
15.1.3 if sent by
facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmission;
provided
however that, if it is delivered by hand or sent by facsimile or e-mail on a day
which is not a Trading Day or after 4.00 pm London time on a Trading Day, it
will instead be deemed to have been given or made on the next Trading
Day.
15.2 Any such
demand, notice or other communication will, in the case of service by post or
delivery
by hand, be addressed (subject as provided in this Clause) to the recipient at
the recipient's address stated in this Agreement or at such
other address as may from time to
time be notified in writing by the recipient to the sender as being the
recipient's address for service.
15.3 Any such
demand, notice or other communication will, in the case of service by facsimile
or e-mail be
sent to the recipient using the facsimile number or e-mail set out
below.
15.3.1 Fax the
Company: x00 000 000 0000 marked for the attention of Xxxxxx New, Finance
Director;
15.3.2 E-mail the
Cornpany: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx;
15.3.3 Fax the
Lender: x0 000-000-0000 marked for the attention of Xxxxxx X. Press
Esq;
15.3.4 E-mail the
Lender: xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.
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15.4 The
provisions of this Clause 15 will not apply, in the case of service of court
documents, to the
extent that such provisions are inconsistent with Part 6 of the Civil Procedure
Rules.
16. REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
No
failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Lender, any
right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other
exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies
provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or
remedies provided by law.
17. MISCELLANEOUS
If the
VWAP is not reported by Bloomberg on any day during a Pricing Period or if the
Bid Price is not reported by Bloomberg on any relevant date, such other
information provider as the Lender nominates with the approval of the Company
(not to be unreasonably withheld) shall be utilised in its place.
18. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
This
Agreement is governed by English law and the courts of England have exclusive
jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination
of this Agreement)
19. GENERAL
19.1 This
Agreement represents the whole agreement and understanding between the parties
and
supersedes all other agreements and understandings between the parties or any of
them relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.
19.2 A person who
is not a party to this Agreement shall have no right under the Contracts
(Rights
of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this Agreement but this shall
not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists
or is available apart from that
Act.
19.3 This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts all of which when taken
together
shall constitute a single instrument.
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SCHEDULE 1
EVENTS OF DEFAULT Each of the
following is an Event of Default:
1.
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failure
by the Company to pay in full on the due date any sum payable to the
Lender under, and in the manner required by, this Agreement or, within
five Business Days after the due date, if such failure results solely from
a technical problem in relation to the transfer of funds for which the
Company is not responsible;
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2.
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any
representation, warranty or statement made by or in relation to the
Company in this Agreement, or in any document prepared by it or on its
behalf and furnished under or in connection with this Agreement, is
materially incorrect as at the date on which it is made or deemed to be
repeated, unless the underlying circumstances giving rise to the breach
are remedied within ten Business Days of such
date;
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3.
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failure
by the Company to comply duly and punctually with any of the obligations,
covenants or undertakings contained in this Agreement (other than those
referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 this Schedule 1) and, in the case only
of those obligations, covenants or undertakings which are capable of being
remedied, such failure is not so remedied within five Business Days after
the Company has become aware of the
breach;
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4.
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in
the event that the Company fails to Deliver any Ordinary Shares in
accordance with its obligations under this Agreement to do so within ten
(10) calendar days after the date of the relevant Loan Notice or
Subscription Notice is received (or deemed to have been received, in
accordance with Clause 15) as specified in Clause 8.5, then this failure
to Deliver shall constitute an Event of Default upon expiry of such 10 day
period;
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5.
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any
Group Company suspends or threatens to suspend all or a substantial part
of its operations, or all or a substantial part of a Group Company's
assets are expropriated by any governmental or other competent
authority;
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6.
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a
meeting is convened or a petition is presented (unless it is demonstrated
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lender that the petition is
frivolous or vexatious and such petition is set aside within 14 days of
presentation), or an order is made or an effective resolution is passed
for the winding-up of a Group Company, except for the purposes of a
reconstruction or amalgamation whilst solvent on terms previously approved
in writing by the Lender acting
reasonably;
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7.
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an
order is made or a petition is presented for the appointment of an
administrator to a Group Company (unless it is demonstrated to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Lender that the petition is frivolous or
vexatious and such petition is set aside within 21 days of
presentation;
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8.
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a
distress, execution or other legal process is levied against any of the
assets of a Group Company in respect of any single claim in excess of
£50,000 (fifty thousand pounds), and is not discharged or paid within 14
days;
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9.
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an
encumbrancer takes possession or a Receiver or administrative Receiver is
appointed of the whole or any part of the assets or undertaking of a Group
Company;
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10.
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a
Group Company:
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10.1.1 ceases or
suspends generally payment of its debts, or announces an intention to
do so, or
is unable to pay its debts, or is deemed unable to pay its debts within the
meaning of section 123 (1) (e) or (2) Insolvency
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0000;
10.1.2 proposes, or
its directors make a proposal for, a voluntary arrangement under Part
I of the
Insolvency Xxx 0000;
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10.1.3 enters into any
composition or other arrangement for the benefit of its creditors generally
or any class of creditors;
10.1.4 the occurrence of a
Material Adverse Change;
10.1.5 litigation is
commenced against a Group Company which is likely to succeed and which, if
successful, would result in a Material Adverse Change;
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10.1.6 any
borrowing by a Group Company is declared due and payable prior to its
stated maturity or is placed on demand by reason of an Event of
Default;
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10.1.7 any
money repayable on demand by a Group Company is not paid upon demand being
made, unless such non-payment is with the agreement of the party to whom
such money is owed;
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10.1.8 any event occurs
which, under the applicable law of any relevant jurisdiction, has an
analogous or equivalent effect to any of the events described in paragraph
10.1.1 to 10.1.7 above.
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This
Agreement has been entered into as a Deed on the date stated at the beginning of
this Agreement.
SIGNED
as a deed by
acting
by Xxxxxx New /s/
Xxxxxx New
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SIGNED
as a deed on behalf of
TRAFALGAR
CAPITAL
SPECIALIZED INVESTMENT FUND
acting by
its general partner
TRAFALGAR
CAPITAL SARL
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This
Agreement has been entered into as a Deed on the date stated at the beginning of
this Agreement.
SIGNED
as a deed by
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acting
by
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Director
Director
/Secretary
SIGNED
as a deed on behalf of
TRAFALGAR
CAPITAL
SPECIALIZED INVESTMENT FUND
acting
by its general partner
TRAFALGAR
CAPITAL SARL /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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