TRUST DEED In respect of THE NEW APLITEC PARTICIPATION TRUST entered into between NEWSHELF 713 (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED And BRAIT CAPITAL PARTNERS TRUSTEES (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
Exhibit 2.6
In respect of
THE NEW APLITEC PARTICIPATION TRUST
entered into between
NEWSHELF 713 (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
And
BRAIT CAPITAL PARTNERS TRUSTEES (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
CONTENTS
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22. | UNIT HOLDERS NOT TO DEAL WITH TRUST ASSETS | 19 | |
23. | BOOKS OF ACCOUNT | 19 | |
24. | REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES | 20 | |
25. | AMENDMENT | 20 | |
26. | CONTRACTS WITH TRUST | 20 |
SCHEDULES
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1. | INTERPRETATION In this trust deed - |
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1.1 | clause headings are for
convenience purposes only and shall not be used in its interpretation; |
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1.2 | terms defined in any clause
shall bear the meaning so defined wherever they are used in this trust
deed; |
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1.3 | unless the context indicates
a contrary intention - |
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1.3.1 | an expression which denotes
any gender includes the other genders, a natural person includes an artificial
person and vice versa and the singular includes the plural and vice versa; |
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1.3.2 | the following expressions
shall bear the following meanings and related expressions shall bear corresponding
meanings - |
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1.3.2.1 | “acquisition agreement” means the agreement
whereby the company will acquire all the assets and liabilities of the
Aplitec Group, but excluding R 300 million in cash and additional cash
sufficient to result in the distribution of an extra 25 cents (after payment
of any STC thereon) per Aplitec share to Aplitec shareholders who elect
the cash option and the shares in Country On A Card (Proprietary) Limited,
Net1 Loyalty (Proprietary) Limited and Net1 Payroll (Proprietary) Limited; |
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1.3.2.2 | “Act” means the Trust Property Control
Act, 57 of 1988, as amended; |
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1.3.2.3 | “Aplitec” means Net1 Applied Technology
Holdings Limited, Registration Number 1997/007207/06, a public company
incorporated in the RSA; |
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1.3.2.4 | “Aplitec Group” means Aplitec and all its
subsidiaries; |
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1.3.2.5 | “Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust”
means the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust, a Star trust established
in the Cayman Islands; |
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1.3.2.6 | “Aplitec shareholder” means a holder of
Aplitec shares; |
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1.3.2.7 | “Aplitec shares” means ordinary shares
of 0,1 cent each in the issued share capital of Aplitec; |
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1.3.2.8 | “cash option” means the cash option referred
to in 2.3.1; |
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1.3.2.9 | “closing date” means the date upon which
the acquisition agreement becomes unconditional; |
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1.3.2.10 | “common shares” means common shares in
the authorised share capital of NUEP having the rights of ordinary shares;
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1.3.2.11 | “company” means Newshelf 713 (Proprietary)
Limited, Registration Number 2002/031446/07 (to be renamed “Net1
Applied Technologies South Africa (Proprietary) Limited” or a similar
name approved by the Registrar of Companies), a private company incorporated
in the RSA; |
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1.3.2.12 | “deed” means this deed of trust; |
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1.3.2.13 | “distribution ratio” means the ratio in
which the special convertible preference shares shall be distributed on
the occurrence of a trigger event, which at the closing date, shall be
0,814285714 special convertible preference shares for every one share.
If after the closing date, NUEP consolidates or sub-divides the common
shares, the special convertible preference shares shall be consolidated
or subdivided in the same proportions, and the distribution ratio shall
be adjusted accordingly; |
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1.3.2.14 | “founder” means the company; |
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1.3.2.15 | “loan account” means the B class loan account
against the company, having the rights set forth in Schedule 1 hereto,
in the sum of 101,004 cents, to be credited to the trust as fully paid
up for each Aplitec share in respect of which an Aplitec shareholder exercises
the reinvestment option; |
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1.3.2.16 | “NUEP” means Net1 UEPS Technologies, Inc.,
IRS Employer Number 65/0903895, a company incorporated in Florida in the
United States of America; |
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1.3.2.17 | “prime rate” means the variable rate of
interest calculated and charged from time to time by Nedbank Limited to
its most favoured corporate customers in respect of overdraft facilities,
compounded monthly in arrears, as certified by any manager or director
of such bank, whose appointment need not be proved and whose certificate
shall be final and binding; |
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1.3.2.18 | “register” means the register of unit holders
to be maintained by the trustees; |
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1.3.2.19 | “reinvestment option” means the reinvestment
option referred to in 2.3.2; |
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1.3.2.20 | “reinvesting shareholders” means those
Aplitec shareholders who elect the reinvestment option or Aplitec or SAPET
III, as the case may be; |
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1.3.2.21 | “rights” means the rights of the trust
to require the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust to distribute special
convertible preference shares to the trust in the distribution ratio on
the notification of a trigger event; |
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1.3.2.22 | “RSA” means the Republic of South Africa;
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1.3.2.23 | “SAPET III” means South African Private
Equity Trust III, Master’s Reference Number IT 9960/1998, a trust
duly registered in the RSA; |
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1.3.2.24 | “share” means a B class preference share
in the issued share capital of the company having the rights set forth
in Schedule 2 hereto, to be issued to the trust credited as fully paid
up for each Aplitec share in respect of which an Aplitec shareholder exercises
the reinvestment option; |
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1.3.2.25 | “special convertible preference shares”
means special convertible preference shares in NUEP having the rights
set forth in Schedule 3; |
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1.3.2.26 | “trigger event” means: |
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1.3.2.26.1 | a unit holder notifies the trustees in writing that
he wishes the trust to dispose of the shares and loan account attributable
to some or all of his units; or |
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1.3.2.26.2 | the company is wound-up or placed under judicial
management, whether provisionally or finally; or |
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1.3.2.26.3 | NUEP is wound up or placed under judicial management,
whether provisionally or finally; or |
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1.3.2.26.4 | South African Exchange Controls are relaxed or abolished,
permitting unit holders to hold the common shares directly; |
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1.3.2.27 | “trust” means
The New Aplitec Participation Trust, being the trust constituted in terms
of 2, which is the subject of this deed; |
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1.3.2.28 | “trust assets”
means the shares and loan accounts held by the trust in the company and
the rights to the distribution by the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust
of special convertible preference shares on the occurrence of a trigger
event; |
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1.3.2.29 | “trustee/s” means
the persons appointed as trustees of the trust for the time being in accordance
with this deed, the initial trustee being Brait Capital Partners Trustees
(Proprietary) Limited, Registration Number 1998/010776/07, a private company
incorporated in the RSA; |
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1.3.2.30 | “trust income”
means the income derived from the trust assets, including dividends paid
in respect of the shares and capital and interest paid in respect of the
loan accounts; |
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1.3.2.31 | “unit” means a
unit in the trust, comprising a capital contribution of 183,996 cents
and a loan contribution of 101,004 cents (having the rights set forth
in Schedule 4 hereto), and “units” bears a corresponding meaning;
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1.3.2.32 | “unit holder”
means a person who from time to time holds units (who are limited to the
reinvesting shareholders) and “unit holders” shall bear a corresponding
meaning; |
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1.3.2.33 | “unit holder’s participation ratio”
means that proportion that the number of units held by a unit holder bears
to all the units in issue; |
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1.3.2.34 | “units in issue” means the aggregate number
of current units issued by the trustees in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this deed and held by the unit holders from time to time.
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2. | PREAMBLE | |||
2.1 | In terms of the acquisition
agreement, the company will acquire all the assets and liabilities of
the Aplitec Group, excluding R 300 million in cash plus an additional
25 cents per Aplitec share for those Aplitec shareholders who elect the
cash option and the shares in Country On A Card (Proprietary) Limited,
Net1 Loyalty (Proprietary) Limited and Net1 Payroll (Proprietary) Limited. |
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2.2 | Pursuant to the acquisition
agreement, it is intended that Aplitec will be voluntarily wound up and
that the Aplitec shareholders will receive the consideration payable by
the company for Aplitec’s assets and liabilities in the form of the
advance distribution of a liquidation dividend. |
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2.3 | The Aplitec shareholders
will be entitled to receive the advance distribution, of 475 cents per
Aplitec share plus an additional 25 cents per Aplitec share for those
Aplitec shareholders who elect the cash option, in whole or in part at
their election as follows: |
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2.3.1 | The cash option 500 cents in cash in respect of each Aplitec share; and/or |
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2.3.2 | The reinvestment option
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2.3.2.1 | In respect of each Aplitec share, an amount of 190
cents in cash and the balance in the form of a reinvestment in the company
via the trust, comprising one share to the value of 183,996 cents and
a loan account of 101,004 cents by way of nil paid renounceable letters
of allocation issued by the company, which will be deemed to have been
renounced by the Aplitec shareholders in favour of the trust. In addition,
the trust, for the benefit of the relevant Aplitec shareholders, will
be granted the right by Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust to |
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receive special convertible preference shares in
the distribution ratio in due course on the occurrence of a trigger event.
The reinvestment option has been fixed at an exchange rate of R7,00 to
US$1, which is the exchange rate used to determine the number of special
convertible preference shares to be issued to the Aplitec Holdings Participation
Trust. |
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2.4 | Those Aplitec shareholders
who choose to receive the consideration payable to them in whole or in
part by way of the reinvestment option shall subscribe for and shall be
issued with one unit credited as fully paid for each share in Aplitec
in respect of which they exercise the reinvestment option. |
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2.5 | In turn, the trust shall
be issued with one share, to the value of 183,996 cents, and one loan
account in the sum of 101,004 cents, both credited as fully paid, for
each Aplitec share in respect of which the reinvestment option is exercised.
The shares and the loan accounts are linked and may not be disposed of
separately or other than by way of cession to NUEP on the occurrence of
a trigger event. |
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2.6 | It is intended that the
interest of the unit holders in the units shall mirror in all respects
the interest of the trust in the shares and the loan accounts on a one
for one basis. |
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2.7 | SAPET III will underwrite
the reinvestment option. Thus, if the reinvestment option is not fully
subscribed, SAPET III shall take up those units not taken up by the Aplitec
shareholders and shall become a unit holder in terms of this deed. |
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2.8 | If the Aplitec shareholders
fail to pass the necessary resolutions for the voluntary winding-up of
Aplitec or if Aplitec is not placed in voluntary liquidation for any other
reason, Aplitec through the trust shall subscribe for the shares and extend
the loan account and Aplitec will be issued units as contemplated for
its own account and shall become a unit holder in terms of this deed.
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2.9 | The rights of the unit holders
to dispose of their units shall be restricted as contemplated in this
deed. |
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3. | CREATION AND NAME OF TRUST | ||
3.1 | A trust is hereby created,
known as “The New Aplitec Participation Trust”. |
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3.2 | The trustees may change the name of the trust at
any time. |
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3.3 | The founder, in its capacity as founder of the trust,
has advanced an initial amount of R 100,00 to the trust. |
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3.4 | The unit holders in the unit holders’ participation
ratio shall own the trust assets and the trust income, subject to the
administration and control thereof by the trustees in terms of this deed.
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3.5 | The unit holders in the unit holders’ participation
ratio shall be entitled to the distribution of the trust income as soon
as practicably possible. |
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3.6 | The trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of the initial
advance recorded in 3.3 and declare that they will hold the trust assets
upon trust, on behalf of and for the benefit of the unit holders. |
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4. | MAIN PURPOSE OF THE TRUST | |
4.1 | The founder wishes to establish a trust as envisaged
in part (b) of the definition of “trust” in Section 1 of the
Act for the benefit of the unit holders. To this end, the unit holders
shall be the beneficial owners of the trust assets, while control of the
trust assets is hereby made over and vests in the trustees, to be administered
or disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this deed for the
unit holders’ sole risk and benefit. |
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4.2 | The main purpose of the trust will be to administer
the trust assets for the benefit of the unit holders. |
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5. | CONTROL AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST ASSETS | |
5.1 | The trustees shall take into their possession or
the possession of their agents, any instruments of title in respect of
the trust assets and other documents relating to the trust and its business
and shall retain them in their care and custody or in that of their agent.
Should the trustees deem it appropriate, they shall procure that a bank
account is opened at a registered commercial bank and that all deposits
and other monies received by the trust shall be paid into that account.
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5.2 | Payment, delivery, cession and transfer of any trust
assets to the trustees shall not vest ownership thereof in the trustees,
but shall be effected for the purpose of |
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enabling the administration of the trust assets on the terms and conditions and for the purposes set forth in this deed. | ||
5.3 | The trustees shall at all times hold the trust assets
in accordance with the regulations published by the South African Reserve
Bank from time to time. |
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6. | APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES | |
6.1 | The initial trustee, by its signature to this deed,
accepts office as trustees of the trust and undertakes to discharge their
duties in terms of this deed. |
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6.2 | The trust shall at all times have at least one trustee
in office and a maximum of three trustees. |
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6.3 | The unit holders may replace any departing trustee
or appoint new trustees from time to time, subject to the maximum number
of trustees in 6.2 not being exceeded; provided that the new trustee has
been approved in writing by the Exchange Control Department of the South
African Reserve Bank. |
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6.4 | A trustee who is a natural person is entitled to
appoint another natural person to act as his alternate during his absence
or inability to act as a trustee, which alternate, whilst so acting, shall
exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the said trustee. A trustee
which is a corporation is entitled to nominate a natural person and one
alternate to such person to act on its behalf subject to the terms hereof
(for whose actions the trustee shall be liable in law) and from time to
time to remove each such person and/or to substitute another nominee in
his place, and the corporate trustee indemnifies the trust against any
claim arising from such appointment, removal or substitution. |
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6.5 | Any trustee appointed in terms hereof shall, upon
his or her written acceptance of appointment, be vested with and bound
by all the powers and duties of a trustee. |
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6.6 | If for any reason there are no trustees in office,
a trustee shall be appointed to act as such under this deed by the founder
in consultation with the unit holders. |
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6.7 | A trustee who is absent from the Republic of South
Africa may delegate his authority for a specific period, by written power
of attorney duly executed. |
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7. | DISQUALIFICATION OF TRUSTEES The office of trustee shall ipso facto be vacated by a trustee: |
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7.1 |
if, being a natural person, he shall
cease for any reason to be qualified for appointment as a director of
a company; |
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7.2 |
if, being a company or corporation,
it is placed, whether provisionally or finally, in liquidation or under
judicial management; |
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7.3 |
if he becomes disentitled in law to
hold the office of trustee; |
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7.4 |
thirty days after the date upon which
he gives written notice to the remaining trustee/s or the unit holders
of his intention to resign, provided that if at such date there would,
by reason of his resignation, be no trustees in office, such resignation
shall take effect only upon the appointment of one or more trustees; |
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7.5 |
if the unit holders by written notice
to the trustees remove him from office; provided that if upon the date
of that notice there would, by reason of that removal, be no trustees
in office, such removal shall take effect only upon the appointment of
one or more trustees. |
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8. | SECURITY DISPENSED WITH No trustee, whether appointed under this deed or as a successor pursuant to the provisions of 6, shall be required by the Master of the High Court or any other authority to furnish any security of any nature whatever, nor shall any security be required for the due performance of any duty under the Act or under any other statutory provision. The provisions of this paragraph shall also apply to a trustee who is not resident in the Republic of South Africa. |
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9. | DECISIONS OF THE TRUSTEES |
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9.1 |
Whenever reference is made in this document
to the discretion of the trustees, such discretion shall be sole, absolute
and unfettered. |
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9.2 |
At any meeting of the trustees, each
trustee will have one vote, exercisable as he shall, in his discretion,
determine. |
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9.3 | If at any time there are
two or more trustees in office, all decisions of the trustees regarding
or arising from this deed shall be decided by majority vote of the trustees,
save where this deed expressly contemplates that the unanimous consent
of the trustees is required. |
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10. | PROCEEDINGS OF TRUSTEES
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10.1 | A quorum for meetings of
the trustees shall be one trustee, if there is one trustee in office,
or two trustees, if there is more than one trustee in office. |
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10.2 | If a quorum is not present
within half an hour of the duly appointed time for the holding of any
meeting of the trustees, that meeting will stand adjourned to the same
time and place one week later and written notice of such adjournment will
be given to each absent trustee by the trustee/s present at the meeting
from which such adjournment takes place and at such adjourned meeting,
those present shall constitute a quorum. |
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10.3 | The trustees shall regulate
their meetings and the manner in which they are convened in such manner
as they deem fit, provided that any trustee shall be entitled at any time
to summon a meeting of the trustees, on reasonable notice to each other
trustee. |
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10.4 | The trustees shall keep
(and certify as correct) minutes of their meetings. A resolution in writing
signed by all the trustees shall be as valid and effectual as if it had
been passed at a meeting of the trustees duly called and constituted.
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10.5 | All contracts, deeds and
other documents which require to be signed on behalf of the trust shall
be signed in such manner as the trustees shall from time to time determine.
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11. | POWERS OF TRUSTEES |
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11.1 | The trustees shall have
the power generally to acquire the trust assets and to manage the trust
assets for the benefit of the unit holders. |
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11.2 | In particular, the Trustees
shall have the following powers: |
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11.2.1 | To open and operate current and savings accounts with financial institutions approved by the trustees; |
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11.2.2 | To appoint such agents and employees as the trustees
may deem fit; |
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11.2.3 | To delegate part or all of their powers to a committee
or committees, constituted on such terms and for such periods as the trustees
in their sole discretion may determine; |
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11.2.4 | To institute or defend legal proceedings in the name
of the trust or to proceed to arbitration in respect of any matter or
thing in respect of which the trustees so determine and to sign all deeds,
powers of attorney and any other documents that may be necessary in the
circumstances; |
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11.2.5 | Generally to sign all documents and perform all acts
that may be necessary in the exercise of their powers under this deed;
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11.2.6 | To borrow such sum or sums as may be agreed by the
trustees and secure such borrowings by the mortgage, pledge or encumbrance
of the whole or part of the trust assets; |
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11.2.7 | To sell or transfer the trust assets, but only in
the circumstances contemplated in 17 and 20.2. |
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12. | MEETINGS OF UNIT HOLDERS | ||
12.1 | The unit holders shall hold
meetings at such times and on such periods of notice (but not less than
21 days) as the trustees may from time to time determine. |
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12.2 | The trustees shall convene
a meeting of the unit holders upon the request of unit holders holding
not less than 10 percent of all units in issue. |
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12.3 | A quorum for a meeting of
unit holders shall be such number of unit holders who in aggregate hold
10 percent of the total number of units in issue from time to time. |
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12.4 | If within 30 minutes of
the time appointed for a meeting of unit holders a quorum is not present,
the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at
the same time and place, or if that day be a Saturday, Sunday or public
holiday, to the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or
public holiday or such other day, time and place as the trustees, on reasonable
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the unit holders, may determine.
At the adjourned meeting, the unit holders present in person or by proxy
shall constitute a quorum. |
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12.5 | The chairman of the board
of trustees shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the unit holders.
If there is no such chairman, or if at the meeting he is not present within
15 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting, or
is unwilling to act as chairman, the unit holders present shall choose
one of their number as chairman. |
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12.6 | At any meeting of the unit
holders, each unit holder shall have one vote on a show of hands and one
vote for each unit held on a poll. |
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12.7 | At any meeting of unit holders
a resolution put to the vote shall be decided by a show of hands unless
a poll is demanded (on or before the declaration of the result of a show
of hands) by the chairman of the meeting or a unit holder or unit holders
holding not less than 10 percent of all the units in issue. |
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12.8 | On a show of hands at a
meeting of unit holders a declaration by the chairman as to the result
of the voting on any particular resolution and an entry to that effect
in the minutes shall be conclusive proof of that result, without proof
of the number or proportions of votes recorded in favour of, against and
as abstaining from such resolution. |
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12.9 | If a poll is demanded at
a meeting of the unit holders: |
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12.9.1 | On the election of a chairman or on
an adjournment, the poll shall be taken immediately and in such manner
as the meeting determines, and on any other question shall be taken at
such time and in such manner as the chairman of the meeting directs; |
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12.9.2 | The result of the poll shall be deemed
to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded; |
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12.9.3 | The demand shall not preclude the meeting
from considering any question other than that on which the poll has been
demanded unless the meeting decides otherwise; |
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12.9.4 | The demand for a poll may be withdrawn
at any time. |
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12.10 | No objection shall be taken to the admission or rejection
of any vote except at the meeting of unit holders at which the vote in
dispute is cast, or if adjourned, the resumption thereof. The chairman
of that meeting shall determine any issue raised by such objection and
his determination shall be final and binding. |
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12.11 | A resolution in writing signed by all the unit holders
shall be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting
of unit holders properly called and held. Any such resolution may consist
of several documents, each of which may be signed by one or more unit
holders and shall be deemed to have been passed on the date on which it
was signed by the last unit holder who signed it, unless a statement to
the contrary is made in that resolution. |
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12.12 | Decisions of the unit holders shall require the approval
of the majority of unit holders present or represented by proxy at the
meeting. |
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12.13 | In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman
shall not have a casting vote. |
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13. | VOTING OF SHARES | |
13.1 | The units held by a unit holder shall confer upon
him the right to exercise one vote in respect of each share held on his
behalf by the trust. |
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13.2 | When the company convenes a general meeting of its
shareholders, it shall give notice to the trust in its capacity as the
holder of the shares. |
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13.3 | The trustees shall inform the unit holders of the
meeting and the reasons therefor and distribute to them copies of the
circulars and/or notices and forms of proxy at their addresses recorded
in the register of unit holders. |
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13.4 | Those unit holders who wish to vote the shares attributable
to their units shall complete the proxy forms and forward them to the
trustees. |
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13.5 | The trustees will in turn lodge proxies with the
company in respect of the meeting, directing their proxy (who may be the
unit holder, if he so desires) to vote the shares in accordance with the
wishes expressed by the unit holders. |
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13.6 | This procedure will be followed in respect of every
meeting of shareholders of the company from time to time. |
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14. | VOTING OF SPECIAL CONVERTIBLE
PREFERENCE SHARES |
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14.1 | The units held by a unit holder shall confer upon
him the right to exercise one vote in respect of each special convertible
preference share held on his behalf by the Aplitec Holdings Participation
Trust. |
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14.2 | When NUEP convenes a meeting of its shareholders,
it shall give notice to the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust in its
capacity as the holder of the special convertible preference shares. |
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14.3 | The Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust shall forthwith
notify the trust of the meeting and provide the trustees with copies of
the circular and/or notices relating to such meeting equal in number to
the number of unit holders. |
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14.4 | The trustees shall in turn distribute the circulars
to the addresses of the unit holders recorded in the register. |
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14.5 | Those unit holders who wish to vote the special convertible
preference shares attributable to their units shall complete forms of
proxy in respect of the circular, indicating the manner in which they
require the trustees to vote the special convertible preference shares
attributable to their units, and shall forward the proxies to the trustees
of the trust who will in turn forward them to the trustees of the Aplitec
Holdings Participation Trust. |
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14.6 | The trustees of the Aplitec Holdings Participation
Trust shall in turn lodge proxies with NUEP in respect of the meeting,
directing their proxy (who may be the unit holder, if he so desires) to
vote the special convertible preference shares held by the Aplitec Holdings
Participation Trust on behalf of the unit holders in accordance with the
wishes expressed by the unit holders. |
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14.7 | This procedure will be followed in respect of every
meeting of shareholders of NUEP from time to time. |
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15. | UNIT CERTIFICATES |
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15.1 | Upon being satisfied that a unit holder is entitled
thereto, the trustees shall issue to the unit holder a certificate in
respect of the units held by him. |
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15.2 | Unit certificates shall
be in such form as the trustees may from time to time determine, but shall
contain at least: |
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15.2.1 | The serial number of the certificate; |
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15.2.2 | The number of units represented thereby; |
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15.2.3 | The full name and address of the unit holder; |
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15.2.4 | The date upon which the name of the unit holder was
entered into the register as the holder of the units represented by the
unit certificate. |
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15.3 | Each unit certificate shall
be signed for the trustees. |
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15.4 | If any unit certificate
is worn out or defaced, the trustees, on production of the unit certificate,
may cancel it and issue a new unit certificate in place thereof. If any
unit certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed, then on proof to the satisfaction
of the trustees of such loss, theft or destruction, and on such indemnity
(if any) as the trustees may deem adequate, and on such terms as the trustees
may decode, a new unit certificate in lieu thereof may be issued to the
unit holder entitled thereto. An entry as to the issue of the new unit
certificate and the indemnity (if any) shall be made in the register;
provided that the person availing himself of the provisions of this clause
shall pay to the trustees all expenses incidental to the investigation
by the trustees, if any, into the loss, theft or destruction of the unit
certificate in question. |
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16. | REGISTER | ||
16.1 | The trustees shall keep
a register of unit holders at the registered office of the trust. |
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16.2 | There shall be entered into
the register the name and address of each unit holder, the number of units
held by each unit holder, the serial number of the unit certificates held
by the unit holder and the date on which the name of the unit holder was
entered in respect of the units registered in his name. |
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16.3 | The register shall be prima
facie evidence of the title of a unit holder to a unit. |
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16.4 | The trustees shall not be
bound to see to the execution of any trust, whether express, implied or
constructive, in respect of any unit. |
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16.5 | If a unit holder wishes
to register a change of name or address, he shall give notice thereof
in writing to the trustees who, on being satisfied thereof, and on compliance
with all such formalities as the trustees may require, shall alter the
register accordingly. |
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16.6 | The register shall be open
for inspection by any unit holder at all reasonable times during business
hours. |
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17. | DISPOSAL OF UNITS | ||
17.1 | Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this deed, a unit holder may not realise his units,
nor may the trustees dispose of any of the trust assets other than in
the manner contemplated in this 17. |
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17.2 | Upon the occurrence of a
trigger event: |
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17.2.1 | The trustees shall give written notice
to the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust, requesting the distribution
of the special convertible preference shares in the distribution ratio
(or in the case of a trigger event contemplated in 1.3.2.26.1, special
convertible preference shares in the distribution ratio for each unit
in respect of which the unit holder has given notice); |
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17.2.2 | Upon receipt of the notice, the Aplitec
Holdings Participation Trust will distribute to the trustees the special
convertible preference shares as outlined in 17.2.1; |
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17.2.3 | The trustees shall take delivery from
the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust of the special convertible preference
shares; |
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17.2.4 | Against delivery of the appropriate
number of special convertible preference shares, the trustees shall notify
NUEP of the decision to convert the special convertible preference shares
into common shares in NUEP and shall deliver to NUEP a proportionate number
of shares and loan accounts and a proportionate number of special convertible
preference shares; |
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17.2.5 | If the trigger event is a trigger event
contemplated in 1.3.2.26.1, within the time period stipulated by the selling
unit holder, which shall not exceed 12 |
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months (in order to comply with applicable Exchange
Control approvals), the trustees shall sell the common shares at the price
stipulated by the unit holder, or if the price stipulated by the selling
unit holder cannot be attained within such 12-month period, at the market
price. If the trigger event is one of the trigger events contemplated
in 1.3.2.26.2 or 1.3.2.26.3, the trustees shall sell the common shares
in NUEP as soon as possible but not later than 12 months after the trigger
event concerned. Notwithstanding the aforegoing, the trustees shall not
be obliged to dispose of the common shares of a unit holder who is a non-resident
of the RSA, but shall distribute the common shares to the unit holder
concerned. If the trigger event is a trigger event contemplated in 1.3.2.26.4,
the trustees shall distribute the common shares to the unit holders in
the unit holders’ participation ratios and wind up the trust in terms
of 20; |
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17.2.6 | Upon receipt of the proceeds in South Africa, against
surrender of the unit certificates, the trustees shall distribute the
proceeds, net of all costs, to the unit holder or holders concerned; |
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17.2.7 | Thereafter, the trustees shall cancel the units and
make appropriate entries in the register in respect of the units realised
and issue new unit certificates, if required. |
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17.3 | Once a unit holder ceases
to hold any units, he shall no longer be a unit holder for purposes of
this deed. |
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18. | TRUST INCOME |
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18.1 | All trust income received
or accrued by the trustees on behalf of the unit holders shall accrue
to and vest immediately in the unit holders in the unit holders’
participation ratio. |
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18.2 | The trustees shall distribute
all the trust income received by the trust on behalf of the unit holders
in accordance with the unit holders’ participation ratio as soon
as possible after it is received by the trust. |
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19. | TRUST ASSETS |
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19.1 | The trust assets shall be
owned by the unit holders in the unit holders’ participation ratio.
However, the unit holders shall not have possession of the trust assets.
Control thereof shall vest in the trustees, who shall not own the trust
assets, but shall hold them in trust for the benefit of the unit holders.
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19.2 | The trust assets shall not
be distributed to the unit holders, save in the event of a disposal as
a result of the occurrence of a trigger event. |
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20. | TERMINATION OF TRUST
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20.1 | The trust shall continue
until: |
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20.1.1 | All of the unit holders and the trustees
agree to terminate the trust; or |
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20.1.2 | No unit holders remain, whereupon the
trust shall be wound up. |
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20.2 | If the unit holders and
the trustees agree to terminate the trust, the trustees shall dispose
of the shares and loan accounts comprising the trust assets as set out
in 17.2. |
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20.3 | After having collected all
debts due to the trust and after having discharged all liabilities of
the trust to its creditors, including any amounts owing to the unit holders,
and after having made provision for the cost of dissolving the trust,
the trustees shall, compile and settle, in conjunction with the trust’s
auditors, an audit certificate reflecting the remaining assets which shall
thereupon be distributed to the unit holders in the unit holders’
participation ratio. |
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20.4 | As soon as practicable after
completion of the distribution contemplated in 20.3, the trust shall be
wound up. |
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21. | LOSSES |
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21.1 | No trustee shall be answerable
for or liable to make good any loss occasioned to or sustained by the
trust from any cause whatever, save as arises from operation of law. No
trustee shall be liable for any act of dishonesty committed by another
trustee unless he was a party thereto. |
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21.2 | The unit holders shall not be obliged
to contribute to the losses or liabilities of the trust. |
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22. | UNIT HOLDERS NOT TO DEAL WITH TRUST ASSETS The trust assets and trust income to which the unit holders are or may become entitled by virtue of this deed, prior to actual payment or distribution thereof to the unit holders, shall not be capable of being dealt in, ceded, assigned or encumbered in any way by any of the unit holders under any circumstances whatsoever, save in accordance with 17, nor shall the same be attachable by any creditor of a unit holder or vest in his liquidator or trustee in insolvency or in any statutory assignee. Without prejudice to the generality of the aforegoing, no unit holder shall, prior to the actual payment or distribution thereof to him, be entitled to give any undertaking of whatever nature, directly or indirectly, that he will pay or distribute any trust income and/or trust assets for any reason at any time after the actual payment or distribution thereof. |
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23. | BOOKS OF ACCOUNT |
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23.1 | The trustees shall keep true and correct
records and books of account of their administration of the trust in such
manner and form as is necessary in order that the records and books shall
at all times fairly reflect the position of the trust. There shall be
recorded in such books and records, inter alia, any change of the
trust assets from time to time, the trust income and all outgoings applicable
to the administration of the trust. |
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23.2 | Subject to the approval of the Commissioner
for the South African Revenue Service, the financial year-end of the trust
shall be 30 June of each year. |
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23.3 | The trustees shall prepare an annual
income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement reflecting the
affairs of the trust for the financial year concerned, and the assets
and liabilities at the last day of that financial year, and shall send
a copy thereof to the unit holders. |
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23.4 | The trustees shall cause the trust's
books of account to be audited, and its annual income statement, balance
sheet and cash flow statement to be certified, by auditors to be appointed
from time to time by the trustees, who shall have the right to terminate
any such appointment and to appoint any other auditors. |
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23.5 | The trustees shall not be
bound to file any liquidation, distribution or administration accounts
with any officer, official, or person except insofar as they may be obliged
to do so under the provisions of any law. |
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24. | REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES |
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24.1 | The trustees shall receive
fair and reasonable remuneration for their services in terms of this deed
as determined by the board of directors of the founder from time to time,
which shall be paid by the founder. |
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24.2 | The founder shall bear all
the expenses, fees and costs payable by the trust from time to time, excluding
brokerage fees and costs and marketable securities tax pursuant to the
disposal of common shares as contemplated in 17, which fees, costs and
taxes shall be for the account of the unit holder concerned. |
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25. | AMENDMENT |
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25.1 | The provisions of this
deed may be amended at any time, provided that such amendment shall have
been agreed to in writing by: |
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25.1.1 | the trustees then in office, whose
agreement shall be unanimous; |
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25.1.2 | all of the unit holders; and |
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25.1.3 | the Exchange Control Department of the
South African Reserve Bank. |
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25.2 | Every amendment is to be
lodged with the Master of the High Court. |
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26. | CONTRACTS WITH TRUST A trustee may enter into or have any interest in any contract with the trust or any company or entity in which the trust is interested without: |
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26.1 | being disqualified from
acting as trustee; |
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26.2 | the contract being rendered
invalid or voidable in any way by virtue of the fact; |
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26.3 | being liable to account
to the trust for any profit realised on such contract, |
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if the interest of the trustee concerned shall, prior
to the conclusion of the contract, have been disclosed in writing by him
to the other trustees, and the unit holders have consented to the trustee
entering into or having that interest in that contract. |
Signed at Johannesburg on October 31, 2003
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
For: NEWSHELF 713 (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
Name:
who warrants that he is duly authorised hereto
Signed at Johannesburg on October 31, 2003
/s/ Xxxx XxxxxFor: BRAIT CAPITAL PARTNERS TRUSTEES (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
Name:
Who warrants that he is duly authorised hereto
SCHEDULE 1
TERMS OF THE LOAN ACCOUNT TO BE CREDITED BY THE COMPANY TO THE TRUST
The loan account credited by the company to the trust as fully paid up shall:
1. | rank pari passu in all respects with
the A class loan accounts advanced by NUEP to the company; |
2. | be repayable as and when directed by
the board of directors of the company in its sole and absolute discretion;
provided that no capital under the loan account shall be repayable until
at least 30 days have elapsed from the date upon which the loan account
is credited to the trust; and provided further that the loan accounts
may only be repaid when the Exchange Control Department of the South African
Reserve Bank has approved the repayment of the A class loan accounts advanced
by NUEP to the company; |
3. | bear interest at the rate of interest
determined by the board of directors of the company annually in advance
in its sole and absolute discretion; provided that the interest rate shall
not exceed the prime rate from time to time. The interest so decided upon
shall be paid as and when determined by the board; |
4. | be repaid in full if the company is
wound up or placed under judicial management, whether provisionally or
finally; |
5. | be repaid pro rata with the A class
loan accounts by NUEP to the company; |
6. | be subordinated in favour of all creditors
of the company (other than NUEP as holder of the A class loan accounts)
if so decided upon by the board of directors of the company; |
7. | not be assigned, ceded, transferred
or encumbered by the trust in any way except to NUEPon the occurrence
of a trigger event; |
8. | be denominated in South African Rands. |
SCHEDULE 2
RIGHTS OF THE SHARES ISSUED BY THE COMPANY
The rights, privileges and conditions of the shares shall be the following:
1. | The shares shall be held by the trust
on behalf of the reinvesting shareholders. |
2. | The shares will constitute 58,14 percent
of the entire issued share capital of the company and will rank pari
passu with ordinary shares in respect of participation in dividends
and return of capital prior to the winding-up of the company for any reason.
The shares shall not participate in dividends or a return of capital on
a winding-up of the company. |
3. | The holder of the shares ("preference
shareholder") shall not be entitled to be present or to vote, either in
person or by proxy, at any meeting of the company, by virtue of, or in
respect of the shares, save as provided in Section 194 of the Companies
Act, or unless a resolution of the company is proposed which directly
affects the rights attached to the shares or the interests of the preference
shareholder, including a resolution for the declaration of a dividend
on any class of shares in the issued share capital of the company, for
payment of interest and capital on loan accounts, for the disposal of
any intellectual property of the company, for the winding-up of the company
or for the reduction of its share capital or share premium account, or
for the repayment or distribution of the share premium or non-distributable
reserves of the company or the issue of capitalisation shares. The rights
and privileges attaching to the shares shall not be regarded as being
directly or adversely affected by the creation and issue by the company
of any further shares of any class, unless those new shares rank as regards
participation in assets or profits of the company or voting rights in
all or some respects in priority to or pari passu with the shares. |
4. | At every meeting at which the preference
shareholder is entitle to be present and to vote the provisions of the
articles of association of the company relating to general meetings of
ordinary members shall apply mutatis mutandis, except that a quorum
at any such general meeting shall be any person or persons holding or
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proxy at least one-fifth
of the shares; provided that if at any adjournment of such meeting a quorum
is not so present, the provisions of the articles of association of the
company relating to adjourned general meetings shall apply mutatis
mutandis. At every general meeting of the company at which the preference
shareholder as well as other classes of shares are present and entitled
to vote, upon a poll the preference shareholder shall be entitled to that
proportion of the total votes in the company which the aggregate number
of the shares held by it bears to the aggregate number of all shares entitled
to be voted at such meeting; provided that no resolution for the declaration
of a dividend or for the disposal of any intellectual property of the
company shall be passed unless 50,1 percent of the votes exercisable in
respect of the shares are voted in favour of the resolution. |
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5. | Unless a resolution is passed
by 75 percent of the votes exercisable in respect of the shares in the
same manner mutatis mutandis as a special resolution: |
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5.1 | the terms of the shares may not be modified,
altered, varied, added to or abrogated; |
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5.2 | the share capital or stated capital
may not be reduced; |
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5.3 | the share premium or non-distributable
reserves of the company may not be repaid or distributed; |
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5.4 | no shares in the capital of the company
ranking, as regards rights to dividend or redemption or, on a winding-up,
as regards return of capital, in priority to or pari passu with
the shares, shall be created or issued. |
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6. | The preference shareholder
may not in any manner sell, transfer or dispose of the shares unless upon
the occurrence of a trigger event, and then only by transferring them
to NUEP at the same time as it cedes a pro rata portion of its loan accounts
against the company to NUEP. |
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7. | On the occurrence of a trigger
event, the preference shareholder will notify the Aplitec Holdings Participation
Trust thereof in writing whereupon the Aplitec Holdings Participation
Trust shall distribute to the preference shareholder special convertible
preference shares in the distribution ratio for each share in respect
of which notice has been given to the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust.
For the sake of clarity, it is recorded that a reinvesting shareholder
may instruct the preference shareholder to dispose of the shares indirectly
held by him in whole or in part. |
8. | The consideration payable to the preference shareholder
by NUEP for the shares transferred and loan account ceded shall be the
conversion of the special convertible preference shares referred to in
clause 7 to common shares in NUEP on a one-for-one basis. |
SCHEDULE 3
RIGHTS OF SPECIAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERENCE SHARES IN NUEP
The rights and restrictions attaching to the special convertible preference shares in NUEP are as follows:
1. | The special convertible
preference shares shall be held by the Aplitec Holdings Participation
Trust on behalf of the trust, for the benefit of reinvesting shareholders. |
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2. | The special convertible
preference shares shall constitute 58,14 percent of the entire issued
share capital of NUEP prior to any conversion of the special convertible
preference shares into common shares. |
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3. | Dividends | |
3.1. | For so long as there are any special
convertible preference shares in issue, the directors of NUEP (“the
Directors”) shall, immediately prior to the resolution and declaration
of any dividend, determine the amount (if any) of that dividend which
is to be paid from amounts received from the company either by way of
dividend or capital distributions or loan repayments of capital or interest
(for the sake of clarity, this excludes the receipt of any liquidation
distribution or dividend after an Act of Insolvency in relation to the
company as the special convertible preference shares shall not longer
be capable of conversion) ("SA Dividend Amount") and the amount (if any)
of that dividend which is to be paid from the other retained distributable
reserves of NUEP ("Non-SA Dividend Amount"). |
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3.2. | For so long as there are any special
convertible preference shares in issue, the Directors may declare and
pay a dividend which comprises solely a Non-SA Dividend Amount (that is,
without declaring and paying a SA Dividend Amount) and the Directors may
declare and pay a dividend which comprises solely a SA Dividend Amount
(that is, without declaring and paying a Non-SA Dividend Amount). |
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3.3. | Any determination by the Directors of
a SA Dividend Amount and/or a Non-SA Dividend Amount shall be made by
the Directors in good faith and shall be final and |
binding on both the holders of common
shares and the holders of special convertible preference shares (collectively
“Members”). |
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3.4. | For so long as there are any special
convertible preference shares in issue, any Non-SA Dividend Amount shall
be paid to the Members pro rata to their respective shareholdings in the
Company, and the common shares and the special convertible preference
shares shall rank pari passu in respect of dividends declared and/or paid
from Non-SA Dividend Amounts. |
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3.5. | For so long as there are any special
convertible preference shares in issue, any SA Dividend Amount shall be
paid only to the holders of common shares and the holders of special convertible
preference shares shall have no entitlement to participate in any dividend
declared and/or paid from a SA Dividend Amount. |
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3.6. | For so long as there are any special
convertible preference shares in issue and subject to NUEP having sufficient
distributable reserves, NUEP shall, on receipt of amounts from the company
received either by way of dividend or capital distributions or loan repayments
of capital or interest, declare and pay a SA Dividend in an amount equal
to the amounts so received from the company, after deducting therefrom
the taxes payable by NUEP on the amount so received. |
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4. | Voting | |
4.1. | Holders of common shares and special
convertible preference shares have the right to receive notice of, attend,
speak and vote at general meetings of NUEP. |
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4.2. | All voting at general meetings of NUEP
shall be taken by a poll and not a show of hands. |
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4.3 | A holder of common shares present in
person, or the person representing a holder of common shares by proxy,
shall at a general meeting of NUEP have one vote for each share in NUEP
held or represented, whether common shares or special convertible preference
shares. |
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5. | Conversion | |
5.1. | Upon the instruction of the trust, the
Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust shall distribute special convertible
preference shares to the trust in the distribution ratio. |
5.2. |
the trust shall convert the special convertible preference
shares it receives in terms of 5.1 above by delivering to NUEP the share
certificates for the special convertible preference shares, share transfers
in favour of NUEP in the form reasonably required by the Directors and
accompanying certificates for a pro rata portion of shares and an assignment
and transfer in favour of NUEP in the form reasonably required by the
Directors of a pro rata portion of the loan accounts. Each special convertible
preference share will be converted into one common share. The date of
delivery of these certificates and transfers shall be a "Conversion Date"). |
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5.3. |
The common shares into which the special convertible
preference shares are converted shall be credited as fully paid and shall
rank pari passu in all respects and form one class with the common shares
then in issue. |
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5.4. |
The allotment of new common shares shall be made
within three days of the relevant Conversion Date. A certificate for new
common shares shall be sent as soon as practicable after the relevant
Conversion Date to the trust without charge. Pending delivery of certificates
for new common shares transfers shall be certified against the register. |
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5.5. |
If special convertible preference shares remain capable
of conversion into common shares and either (A) a resolution for voluntary
winding up of NUEP is passed or (B) a winding-up order is made by the
court in relation to NUEP, the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust shall
immediately distribute all the special convertible preference shares to
the trust, which shall thereupon convert the special convertible preference
shares into common shares in NUEP. |
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5.6. |
In the event of an Act of Insolvency in relation
to the company the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust shall immediately
distribute all the special convertible preference shares to the trust,
which shall thereupon convert the special convertible preference shares
into common shares in NUEP. |
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6. | Restriction on holding of special convertible preference shares No person other than the Trustee of the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust or the trust (following a distribution of the special convertible preference shares by the Aplitec Holdings Participation Trust to the trust, before conversion of the special convertible preference shares into common shares by the trust), shall hold special convertible preference shares. |
7. | Winding up In circumstances when the special convertible preference shares have not been converted into common shares for any reason, on a return of capital on winding up or otherwise (other than on conversion, redemption or purchase of shares) NUEP's assets available for distribution among the Members shall, save as otherwise provided by paragraph 5 above, be applied pari passu to the holders of common shares and the holders of special convertible preference shares on the basis that the special convertible preference shares will be deemed to have been converted into common shares. |
SCHEDULE 4
RIGHTS OF THE LOAN CONTRIBUTIONS CREDITED BY THE TRUST IN
FAVOUR OF
THE UNIT HOLDERS
The loan accounts shall:
1. | rank pari passu with one another
and shall be repayable to the unit holders pro rata; |
2. | be repayable as and when the loan account
of the trust in the company is repaid; |
3. | bear interest at the same rate of interest,
if any, as is paid by the company in respect of the loan account credited
by the company in favour of the trust from time to time; |
4. | be repaid in full if the company is
wound up or placed under judicial management whether provisionally or
finally; |
5. | not be ceded, transferred or encumbered
in any way. |