|
o
|
No
fee required.
|
|
þ
|
Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
|
|
(1)
|
Title
of each class of securities to which transaction
applies: Common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share
|
|
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(2)
|
Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction applies: 0 shares
(cash transaction)
|
|
(3)
|
Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing
fee is
calculated and state how it was determined): Not
applicable.
|
|
|
(4)
|
Proposed
maximum aggregate value of transaction: $70,569,972(1)*
|
|
(5)
|
Total
fee paid: $2,166.50
|
|
þ
|
Fee
paid previously with preliminary materials:
$2,166.50
|
|
£
|
Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number,
or the form or schedule and the date of its
filing.
|
|
(1)
|
Amount
previously paid: _________________________________
|
|
|
(2)
|
Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement
No.: ________________
|
|
(3)
|
Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing
fee is
calculated and state how it was determined): Not
applicable.
|
|
|
(4)
|
Date
Filed: _________________
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|
•
|
to
approve the “Acquisition Proposal” of IGC acting directly or indirectly
through one or more newly formed affiliates, consisting of the
following
proposed acquisitions: a) acquisition of a 63% equity interest
in Sricon
Infrastructures, Limited (“Sricon”), b) the acquisition of convertible
preference shares, and a direct equity interest in Techni Bharathi
(“TBL”)
and c) the acquisition from Odeon Limited of convertible preference
shares
of TBL, which when converted along with the convertible preference
shares
purchased directly from TBL would result in IGC owning a 77% equity
interest in TBL,
|
|
•
|
to
elect Sudhakar Shenoy and Suhail Nathani to IGC’s board of directors to
hold office as Class A directors for a period to expire at the fourth
annual meeting of stockholders;
|
|
•
|
to
adopt the IGC 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“Stock Plan”);
and
|
|
•
|
to
approve any adjournments or postponements of the special meeting
to a
later date or dates, if necessary, for the purpose of soliciting
additional proxies.
|
|
•
|
to
approve the “Acquisition Proposal” of IGC acting directly or indirectly
through the IGC Group, consisting of the following proposed acquisitions:
a) acquisition of a 63% equity interest in Sricon Infrastructures,
Limited
(“Sricon”), b) the acquisition of convertible preference shares, and a
direct equity interest in Techni Bharathi (“TBL”) and c) the acquisition
from Odeon Limited of convertible preference shares of TBL, which
when
converted along with the convertible preference shares purchased
directly
from TBL would result in IGC owning a 77% equity interest in
TBL;
|
|
•
|
to
elect Sudhakar Shenoy and Suhail Nathani to IGC’s board of directors to
hold office as Class A directors for a period to expire at the fourth
annual meeting of stockholders;
|
|
•
|
to
adopt the IGC 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan;
and
|
|
•
|
to
approve any adjournments or postponements of the special meeting
to a
later date or dates, if necessary, for the purpose of soliciting
additional proxies.
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9
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29
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34
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53
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68
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71
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71
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74
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75
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76
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77
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82
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82
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93
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94
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100
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110
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119
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122
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123
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vii
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F-1
to F-105
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124
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142
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154
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174
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191
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210
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231
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240
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•
|
“IGC,”
“we,” “our,” and “us” refers to India Globalization Capital, Inc. or its
wholly owned subsidiaries;
|
|
•
|
“IGC-M”
refers to the IGC wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in
Mauritius.
|
|
•
|
“Sricon”
refers to Sricon Infrastructures
Limited;
|
|
•
|
“TBL”
refers to Techni Bharathi Limited;
|
|
•
|
“Odeon”
refers to Odeon Limited;
|
|
•
|
“CWEL”
refers to Chiranjjeevi Wind Energy
Limited;
|
|
•
|
“IGC-Power”
refers to a wholly-owned subsidiary of IGC that will hold the wind
energy
farm being acquired from CWEL; and
|
|
•
|
“Transaction
Documents” means the documents appended as Annexes A-G and such other
documents as may be required in order to consummate the Acquisition
Proposal.
|
|
March
31, 2007
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2005
|
March
31, 2004
|
March
31, 2003
|
March
31, 2002
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
INR
Rate at end of period
|
43.1
|
44.48
|
43.62
|
43.40
|
47.53
|
48.83
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
1)
|
the
building of high quality road, airport, seaport, railroad and other
basic
infrastructure, and
|
|
2)
|
the
production of adequate sustainable energy, and in particular renewable
clean energy, to power the anticipated growth in the Indian economy.
|
|
1)
|
high
projected growth rates,
|
|
2)
|
valuations
that management believes provide an arbitrage comparable to similar
public
companies in the Indian markets, and
|
|
3)
|
a
potential “early well-funded mover” advantage for these companies to
become sector leaders, with U.S. level of corporate governance
and
reporting.
|
|
•
|
Lane
capacity is insufficient and most highways are still two lanes
or less.
|
|
•
|
The
national highway system in India currently carries 40% of the total
traffic, but constitutes only two percent of the total road network.
|
|
•
|
Seventy
percent of India’s population lives in rural areas and forty percent of
villages do not have access to all weather roads and remain cut
off during
the monsoon season.
|
|
•
|
Currently,
only one third of routine road maintenance needs are being met.
|
|
•
|
By
the year 2011, the state and national highways will need to be
widened and
maintained at a cost of around $39 billion.
|
|
•
|
Sricon
currently has 2,932,159 shares of issued, fully diluted common
stock.
|
|
•
|
IGC
will purchase 351,840 shares from the Promoters (present owners)
of Sricon
for a total consideration of Indian Rupees 120,000,000 (approximately
$3.0
million and approximately $8.53 per
share).
|
|
•
|
IGC
will concurrently purchase 4,041,676 of newly issued shares from
Sricon
for Indian Rupees 1,030,000,000 (approximately $25.75 million and
approximately $
6.37 per share).
|
|
•
|
At
the end of the transaction Sricon will have approximately 6,973,835
shares
issued and outstanding on a fully diluted basis. Of this, IGC will
own
about 63% or 4,393,516 shares. The promoters and management of
Sricon will
own the remaining shares.
|
|
•
|
Under
the terms of the SSPA, IGC has the right to execute the purchase
agreement
or assign the SSPA to a subsidiary. IGC expects to purchase the
shares
through its Mauritius subsidiary
IGC-M.
|
|
•
|
The
promoters of Sricon and the management of IGC will provide customary
representations and warranties to each other.
|
|
•
|
Mr.
R. L. Srivastava will be the Chairman of the board for a period
of five
years renewable through mutual consent.
|
|
•
|
The
SHA provides for deferred contingent consideration payable to the
Promoters of Sricon in the form of shares of common stock (“Earn Out
Shares”) based on Sricon meeting certain earnings targets. The
targets and the number of Earn Out shares are set out as
follows:
|
|
FY
ending March 31,
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
Revenue
|
$32
m
|
$95
m
|
$175
m
|
|
Earnings
|
$5.25
m
|
$15.5
m
|
$25.0
m
|
|
Earn
Out shares
|
139,477
|
139,477
|
139,477
|
|
•
|
If
Sricon’s earnings for a given fiscal year are equal to at least 85% of
such target, but are less than 100% of the target for that year,
the
Promoters shall receive a pro rated portion of the maximum share
award for
that fiscal year. If the earnings achieved in a fiscal year are
less than 85% of the target, then no Earn Out Shares will be
awarded.
|
|
•
The
representations and warranties as provided in the Sricon SSPA remaining
true and correct as of the closing of the transactions contemplated
by the
Amended Sricon SSPA (the “Sricon Completion”);
|
|
•
|
Receipt
of approvals of the Sricon Board of Directors of the Amended Sricon
SSPA
and the transactions contemplated thereunder ;
|
|
•
|
The
performance and completion of certain agreements, obligations and
conditions to be performed by Sricon and the Promoters under the
Amended
Sricon SSPA ;
|
|
•
|
Amendment of
Sricon’s Memorandum and Articles of Association;
|
|
•
|
The
appointment of one nominee of IGC as a member of the Board of Director
of
Sricon by the shareholders of Sricon effective upon the completion
of the
funding;
|
|
•
|
Sricon opening a new
bank account with Citibank N.A;
|
|
•
|
Written
evidence from the Promoters that Ram Mukunda has become an authorized
signatory on certain existing Sricon bank accounts subject to certain
undertakings by Sricon. Mr. Mukunda is to be the sole signatory
on the
Citibank N.A. bank account subject to certain undertakings by
Sricon;
|
|
•
|
The
Promoters and Sricon providing written confirmation that (i) they
have
given written instructions to the banks with whom certain existing
Sricon
bank accounts are maintained for automatic transfer into the Citibank
N.A.
bank account, every month, effective April 1, 2008, of 20% of the
receivables paid into certain existing Sricon bank accounts, including
without limitation, the receivables due to Sricon pursuant to the
Joint
Venture Agreement entered into by Sricon with Hindustan Steel Works
Constructions Limited; (ii) no lender or third party has any rights
over
funds lying to the credit of the existing Sricon bank accounts;
(iii)
Sricon has not entered into any agreement whereby any party other
than IGC
has priority over the funds in the certain existing Sricon bank
accounts
or the Citibank N.A. bank account;
and
|
|
•
|
Sricon
obtaining a certificate from an independent accountant indicating
the fair
value of the Sricon shares subject to the deposit.
|
|
•
|
The
Promoters and Sricon shall not propose any resolution at a Sricon
shareholders meeting if such resolution is not approved by the
IGC
nominated Director at a meeting of the Sricon Board of Directors;
|
|
•
|
Until
the Sricon Completion, the Promoters shall not transfer all or
any part of
their shareholdings in Sricon to any person;
|
|
•
|
Approval
of the director nominated by IGC shall be required for passing
any
resolution which will have the effect of changing the signatories
to the
existing bank accounts and the Citibank N.A. account and for opening
any
account with any bank;
|
|
|
•
|
Where
a resolution for allotment of shares in favor of IGC is proposed
by an IGC
nominated Sricon Director, the Promoters (if they are also Sricon
Directors) shall cause the Directors nominated by them to vote
in favor of
the resolution;
|
|
|
•
|
The
Sricon shareholders shall vote to approve an amendment to the Sricon
Articles of Association; and
|
|
•
|
The
Promoters shall deliver to IGC certain documents creating a pledge
(the
“Pledge”) on 53.88% (1,579,711 shares) of Sricon’s existing
share capital in favor of IGC to ensure that the Promoters will
fulfill
their obligations under the Amended Sricon Subscription
Agreement.
|
|
•
|
TBL
and Odeon Share Purchase
Agreement (SPA): The TBL and Odeon SPAs set out the terms and
conditions for IGC’s purchase of the common stock of TBL and the preferred
convertible debenture from Odeon. The agreements are
incorporated by reference and summarized
here:
|
|
•
|
TBL
currently has 4,287,500 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
|
|
•
|
Odeon
owns a preferred convertible debenture, which may be converted
to
5,000,000 shares of common stock.
|
|
•
|
At
closing, IGC will purchase the following:
|
|
•
|
7,150,000
shares of common stock from TBL for INR 275,000,000 (approximately
$6.9
million);
|
|
•
|
the
preferred convertible debenture from Odeon for $2.0 million; and
|
|
•
|
new
convertible preferred shares (CPS) from TBL for INR 125,000,000
(approximately $3.13 million). The instrument will carry a dividend
of 6%
and may be converted to 2,100,000 shares of common stock.
|
|
•
|
In
summary, at closing, there will be 18,537,500 shares issued and
outstanding on a fully diluted basis. Of these, IGC will own approximately
14,250,000 shares, or approximately 77%, under the assumption that
IGC
elects to convert both convertible
instruments.
|
|
•
|
Under
the terms of the SPAs, IGC has the right to execute the purchase
agreement
or assign the SPA to a subsidiary. IGC expects to execute the purchases
through its Mauritius subsidiary,
IGC-M.
|
|
•
|
The
promoters of TBL and the management of IGC will provide customary
representations and warranties to each other.
|
|
•
|
The
promoters of Odeon will not provide any representations or warrantees
about TBL, but will provide customary warranties relating to Odeon.
The
agreement with Odeon has a deadline of January 31, 2008, unless
extended
by mutual consent.
|
|
•
|
TBL
Share Holders Agreement
(SHA): The agreements are incorporated by reference and
summarized here.
|
|
•
|
Mr.
V.C. Antony will be the Chairman of the board.
|
|
•
|
Mr.
Jortin Antony (son of V. C. Antony) will be the managing director.
|
|
•
|
The
TBL SHA provides for deferred contingent consideration payable
to the
Promoters of TBL in the form of shares of common stock (“TBL Earn Out
Shares”) based on TBL meeting certain earnings targets. The
targets and the number of TBL Earn Out shares are set out as
follows:
|
|
FY
ending
March
31,
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
||||||||||||||
|
(In
millions of US dollars, except share data)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
18.8
|
$
|
35.0
|
$
|
56.3
|
$
|
81.3
|
$
|
125.0
|
|||||||||
|
Earnings
|
$
|
2.6
|
$
|
4.0
|
$
|
5.6
|
$
|
8.1
|
$
|
12.5
|
|||||||||
|
TBL
Earn Out shares
|
140,800
|
265,800
|
265,800
|
265,800
|
265,800
|
||||||||||||||
|
•
|
If
TBL’s earnings for a given fiscal year are equal to at least 85% of
such
target, but are less than 100% of the target for that year, the
Promoters
shall receive a pro rated portion of the maximum share award for
that
fiscal year. If the earnings achieved in a fiscal year are less
than 85% of the target, then no TBL Earn Out Shares will be
awarded.
|
|
•
The
representations and warranties as provided in the TBL SPA remaining
true
and correct as of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the
Amended TBL SPA (the “TBL Completion”);
|
|
•
|
Receipt
of approvals of the TBL Board of Directors of the Amended TBL SPA
and the
transactions contemplated thereunder ;
|
|
•
|
The
performance and completion of certain agreements, obligations and
conditions to be performed by TBL and the Promoters under the Amended
TBL
SPA ;
|
|
•
|
Amendment of TBL’s
Articles of Association;
|
|
•
|
The
appointment of one nominee of IGC as a member of the Board of Director
of
TBL by the shareholders of TBL effective upon the completion of
the
funding;
|
|
•
|
TBL opening a new
bank account with Citibank N.A;
|
|
•
|
Written
evidence from the Promoters that Ram Mukunda and an IGC nominee
have
become, in addition to the existing signatories, authorized signatories
on
certain existing TBL bank accounts subject to certain undertakings
by TBL.
Mr. Mukunda and the IGC nominee are to be the exclusive signatories
on the
Citibank N.A. account subject to certain undertakings by
TBL;
|
|
•
|
The
Promoters and TBL providing written confirmation thatthat (i) TBL
receivables are free of encumbrances; (ii) no lender or third party
has
any rights over the TBL receivables, (iii) TBL receivables are
credited to
the Citibank N.A. bank account; (iv) TBL receivables are free to
be
utilized as contemplated under the Amended TBL Subscription Agreement;
(v)
TBL receivables are not subject to any agreement whereby any party
other
than IGC has priority over the receivables; and (vi) except for
certain
existing TBL bank accounts, TBL does not maintain any other bank
accounts;
|
|
•
|
TBL
obtaining a certificate from an independent accountant indicating
the fair
value of the TBL shares subject to the deposit.
|
|
• Promoters
and
TBL confirming that except for SAAG RR Infra Limited (“SAAG”) and Odeon,
the TBL Board of Directors does not recognize any other “investors” (as
identified in the TBL Articles of Association) and no persons other
than
SAAG and Odeon have been granted special rights or privileges at
meetings
of the TBL Board of Directors or the TBL shareholders;
|
|
•
|
The
Promoters and TBL shall not propose any resolution at a TBL shareholders
meeting if such resolution is not approved by the IGC nominated
Director
at a meeting of the TBL Board of Directors;
|
|
•
|
Until
the TBL Completion, the Promoters shall not transfer all or any
part of
their shareholdings in TBL to any person;
|
|
•
|
Where
a resolution for allotment of shares in favor of IGC is proposed
by an IGC
nominated TBL Director, the Promoters (if they are also TBL Directors)
shall cause the Directors nominated by them to vote in favor of
the
resolution;
|
|
•
|
The
TBL shareholders shall vote to approve an amendment to the TBL
Articles of
Association; and;
|
|
•
|
The
Promoters shall deliver to IGC certain documents creating a pledge
(the
“Pledge”) on 100% (4,287,500 shares) of TBL’s share capital in
favor of IGC to ensure that the Promoters will fulfill their obligations
under the Amended TBL Subscription
Agreement.
|
|
•
|
each
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of
our
outstanding shares of common stock;
|
|
•
|
each
of our executive officers, directors and our special advisors;
and
|
|
•
|
all
of our officers and directors as a group.
|
|
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
|
Number
of
Shares
of
Common
Stock
Owned
(2)
|
Percent
of
Common
Stock
Owned
|
||||||
|
Ranga
Krishna
|
350,000
|
(3)
|
2.5
|
%
|
||||
|
Ram
Mukunda
|
1,675,000
|
(4)
|
11.99
|
%
|
||||
|
Sudhakar
Shenoy
|
50,000
|
*
|
||||||
|
Suhail
Nathani
|
50,000
|
*
|
||||||
|
Larry
Pressler
|
25,000
|
*
|
||||||
|
P.G.
Kakodkar
|
12,500
|
*
|
||||||
|
Shakti
Sinha
|
12,500
|
*
|
||||||
|
Dr.
Prabuddha Ganguli
|
12,500
|
*
|
||||||
|
Dr.
Anil K. Gupta
|
25,000
|
*
|
||||||
|
The
Baupost Group, L.L.C.
|
1,066,800
|
(5)
|
7.6
|
%
|
||||
|
Fir
Tree, Inc.
|
1,383,000
|
(6)
|
9.9
|
%
|
||||
|
HBK
Investments L.P.
|
1,075,695
|
(7)
|
7.7
|
%
|
||||
|
D.B.
Zwirn & Co., L.P
|
1,485,404
|
(8)
|
10.63
|
%
|
||||
|
Andrew
M. Weiss, Ph.D
|
1,031,100
|
(9)
|
7.38
|
%
|
||||
|
Executive
officers and directors (4 persons)
|
2,125,000
|
15.21
|
%
|
|||||
|
(1)
|
Unless
otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following
is 4336
Montgomery Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814.
|
|
(2)
|
Unless
otherwise noted, the nature of the ownership is common stock of
the
Company.
|
|
(3)
|
Excludes
446,226.42 shares issuable to Dr. Krishna within 10 days after
the
consummation of the Acquisition Proposal pursuant to the terms
of a loan
from Dr. Krishna to the Company described
below.
|
|
(4)
|
Includes
425,000 shares owned by Mr. Mukunda’s wife, Parveen
Mukunda.
|
|
(5)
|
Based
on a Schedule 13G jointly filed with the SEC on February 13, 2007
by The
Baupost Group, L.L.C. (“Baupost”), SAK Corporation and Seth A.
Klarman. SAK Corporation is the Manager of Baupost, a
registered investment adviser. Seth A. Klarman, as the sole Director
of
SAK Corporation and a controlling person of Baupost, may be deemed
to have
beneficial ownership of the securities beneficially owned by Baupost.
The
securities reported as being beneficially owned by Baupost include
securities purchased on behalf of various investment limited partnerships.
The address for each of the foregoing parties is 10 St. James Avenue,
Suite 2000, Boston, Massachusetts
02116.
|
|
(6)
|
Based
on an amended Schedule 13G jointly filed with the SEC on February
14, 2007
by Sapling, LLC (“Sapling”), Fir Tree Recovery Master Fund, L.P (“Fir Tree
Recovery”) and Fir Tree, Inc. (“Fir Tree”). Fir Tree is the
investment manager of Sapling and Fir Tree Recovery. As disclosed
in the
amended Schedule 13G, Sapling and Fir Tree Recovery are the beneficial
owners of 969,378 shares of common stock (6.9%) and 413,622 shares
of
common stock (3%), respectively. Fir Tree may be deemed to
beneficially own all of the shares held by Sapling and Fir Tree
Recovery
(1,383,000 shares) as a result of being the investment manager
of Sapling
and Fir Tree Recovery. The address for each of the foregoing
parties is 4336 Montgomery Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland
20814.
|
|
(7)
|
Based
on a Schedule 13G jointly filed with the SEC on June 15, 2007 by
HBK
Investments L.P., HBK Services LLC, HBK Partners II L.P., HBK Management
LLC, and HBK Master Fund L.P. (collectively, “HBK”). The
address for HBK is 300 Crescent Court, Suite 799, Dallas, Texas
75201.
|
|
(8)
|
Based
on an amended Schedule 13G jointly filed with the SEC on October
15, 2007
by D.B. Zwirn & Co., L.P.,D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund, Ltd.,
D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund, L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, Zwirn
Holdings,
LLC, and Daniel B. Zwirn, each of which may be deemed the beneficial
owner
of (i) 582,286 shares of common stock (4.17%) owned by D.B. Zwirn
Special
Opportunities Fund, L.P. and (ii) 903,118 shares of common
stock (6.46%) owned by D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund,
Ltd. (each entity referred to in (i) through (iii) is herein
referred to as a “Fund” and, collectively, as the “Funds”). D.B. Zwirn
& Co., L.P. is the manager of each of the Funds, and consequently
has
voting control and investment discretion over the common stock
held by
each of the Funds. Daniel B. Zwirn is the managing member of and
thereby
controls, Zwirn Holdings, LLC, which in turn is the managing member
of and
thereby controls D.B. Zwirn & Co., L.P. The address of each of D.B.
Zwirn & Co., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, Zwirn Holdings, LLC, and Daniel B.
Zwirn is 745 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY
10151.
|
|
(9)
|
Based
on a Schedule 13G jointly filed with the SEC on August 20, 2007
by Weiss
Asset Management LLC, Weiss Capital, LLC and Andrew M. Weiss Ph.
D., each
of which may be deemed the beneficial owner of (i) 299,668 shares
of
common stock (2.14%) owned by Weiss Capital, LLC and (ii) 731,432
shares
of common stock (5.23%) owned by Weiss Asset Management LLC (each
entity
referred to in (i) through (ii) is herein referred to as a “Fund” and,
collectively, as the “Funds”). Andrew M. Weiss Ph. Dais the managing
member of each of the Funds, and consequently has voting control
and
investment discretion over the common stock held by each of the
Funds. The
address of each of Weiss Asset Management LLC, Weiss Capital, LLC
and
Andrew M. Weiss Ph. D. is 29 Commonwealth Avenue, 10th Floor, Boston,
Massachusetts 02116.
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|
•
|
No
governmental entity shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced
or
entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree,
injunction
or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that
is in
effect and that has the effect of making the acquisition illegal
or
otherwise prohibiting consummation of the acquisition substantially
on the
terms contemplated by the Share Holders and Purchase Agreement.
|
|
•
|
The
IGC stockholders shall have approved the transactions outlined
in the
Acquisition Proposal and holders of 20% or more of the shares common
stock
of IGC issued in IGC’s initial public offering and outstanding immediately
before the closing shall not have exercised their rights to convert
their
shares into a pro rata share of the trust fund.
|
|
•
|
Sricon
and TBL and their stockholders must have performed in all material
respects all obligations that are to be performed by each of them
under
the Share Holders and Purchase Agreements.
|
|
•
|
IGC,
Sricon, TBL and Odeon’s respective representations and warranties must be
true and correct in all material respects as of the date of completion
of
the acquisition.
|
|
•
|
No
action, suit or proceeding shall exist that is reasonably likely
to
prevent the acquisition or cause rescission of the acquisition
following
closing.
|
|
•
|
IGC
shall have obtained all consents, waivers, permits and approvals
required
in connection with the consummation of the acquisition if failure
to
obtain the same would be reasonably expected to cause a material
adverse
effect.
|
|
•
|
There
must not have occurred, since the date of the respective SPAs,
any
material adverse effect on IGC, Sricon or TBL .
|
|
•
|
Sricon
and TBL must have provided to IGC (i) the stockholder list of Sricon
and
TBL (indicating the category of equity participation of residents
and
non-resident Indians) after the proposed acquisition of Shares
by IGC; and
(ii) a certificate from a chartered accountant indicating the “fair value”
of the Shares calculated in accordance with the Guidelines for
Valuation
of Shares and Fixation of Premia (“Indian Pricing Guidelines”).
|
|
•
|
The
current stockholders of Sricon and TBL must have obtained written
consents
from all banks, financial institutions, lenders to Sricon and TBL
as may
be required for change in shareholding of Sricon and TBL in form
and
substance satisfactory to IGC.
|
|
•
|
Sricon
and TBL must have provided details of the bank accounts of Sricon
and TBL
maintained with the authorized dealer to IGC.
|
|
•
|
Each
of IGC’s, Sricon’s and TBL’s obligations to effect the acquisition is
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified conditions before
completion of the Acquisition.
|
|
•
|
Each
of IGC’s and CWEL’s obligations to effect the acquisition is subject to
the satisfaction or waiver of specified conditions before completion
of
the Acquisition.
|
|
•
|
All
or part of each of the SSPA and SPAs may be terminated at any time
prior
to the consummation of the Acquisition, whether before or after
receipt of
the IGC stockholder approval, by mutual written consent of IGC
on the one
hand and each of Sricon, TBL, Odeon, and Promoters, as the case
may be on
the other hand.
|
|
•
|
The
Odeon SPA will terminate on January 31, 2008 unless extended by
mutual
agreement between IGC and Odeon.
|
|
•
|
The
agreements between IGC and CWEL will terminate on March 31, 2008
unless
extended by mutual agreement between IGC and CWEL.
|
|
•
|
Ranga
Krishna, our chairman, will remain as the chairman of IGC.
|
|
•
|
Ram
Mukunda will be the executive chairman, chief executive officer
and
president.
|
|
•
|
Richard
Prins will remain as a director on the board.
|
|
•
|
Sudhakar
Shenoy and Suhail Nathani, if elected, will remain as directors
on the
board.
|
|
•
|
Ravindra
Lal Srivastava will remain as the chairman and managing director.
|
|
•
|
Sankataprasad
Srivastava (brother of R. L. Srivastava) will remain as a director.
|
|
•
|
Indravatidevi
Srivastava (wife of R.L. Srivastava) will remain as a director.
|
|
•
|
Ram
Mukunda, who is currently the chief executive officer of IGC, will
be
elected to the board of Sricon.
|
|
•
|
Richard
Prins, who is a director on the board of IGC, will be elected to
the board
of Sricon.
|
|
•
|
Velankalathil
Chandy Antony will remain as the chairman.
|
|
•
|
Jortin
Antony (son of V.C. Antony) will remain as the managing director.
|
|
•
|
George
Thomas will remain as a director.
|
|
•
|
Ram
Mukunda, who is currently the chief executive officer of IGC, will
be
elected to the board of TBL.
|
|
•
|
Richard
Prins, who is a director on the board of IGC, will be elected to
the board
of TBL.
|
|
(Amounts
in US Dollars, except share data and as stated otherwise)
|
From
Inception
(April
29, 2005) to March 31, 2006
|
Year
Ended
March
31, 2007
|
Six
Months Ended September 30, 2006
|
Six
Months Ended September 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest
income
|
$
|
210,584
|
$
|
3,171,818
|
$
|
1,580,124
|
$
|
1,298,063
|
||||||||
|
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
(398,840
|
)
|
2,302,855
|
1,284,755
|
71,935
|
|||||||||||
|
Provision
for Income taxes
|
(45,000
|
)
|
(784,858
|
)
|
(437,600
|
)
|
(24,604
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Net
income (loss)
|
(443,840
|
)
|
1,517,997
|
847,155
|
47,331
|
|||||||||||
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding – basic and diluted
|
3,191,000
|
13,974,500
|
13,974,500
|
13,974,500
|
||||||||||||
|
Net
income (loss) per share – basic and diluted
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.00
|
|||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||||||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||||||||
|
Investments
held in trust fund
|
$
|
65,825,016
|
$
|
66,104,275
|
$
|
67,091,690
|
|||||
|
LIABILITES
|
|||||||||||
|
Common
stock subject to possible conversion
|
12,762,785
|
12,762,785
|
12,762,785
|
||||||||
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
50,170,702
|
$
|
52,923,699
|
$
|
52,971,030
|
|||||
|
Year
Ended
|
Six
months ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars except share data and as stated otherwise)
|
March
31, 2003
|
March
31, 2004
|
March
31, 2005
|
March
31, 2006
|
Mar31,
2007
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
4,580
|
$
|
15,298
|
$
|
11,477
|
$
|
11,011
|
$
|
10,604
|
$
|
4,422
|
$
|
7,251
|
||||||||||||||
|
Income
before income taxes
|
320
|
646
|
907
|
668
|
778
|
232
|
1,059
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income
taxes
|
(69
|
)
|
(199
|
)
|
(363
|
)
|
(186
|
)
|
(368
|
)
|
(58
|
)
|
(328
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
251
|
446
|
544
|
482
|
410
|
174
|
731
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Earning
per share - basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.19
|
$
|
0.16
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.25
|
||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
95,200
|
183,259
|
2,932,159
|
2,932,159
|
2,932,159
|
2,932,159
|
2,932,159
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
As
of
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars)
|
March
31, 2003
|
March
31, 2004
|
March
31, 2005
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accounts
receivables
|
$
|
234
|
$
|
2,223
|
$
|
2,128
|
$
|
2,083
|
$
|
2,751
|
$
|
6,574
|
|||||||||||
|
Unbilled
receivables
|
357
|
984
|
974
|
2,980
|
2,866
|
2,442
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Inventories
|
43
|
71
|
154
|
248
|
71
|
146
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
1,461
|
3,098
|
3,424
|
4,347
|
4,903
|
4,977
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
BOT
Project under progress
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
1,584
|
3,080
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
LIABILITES
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Short-term
borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
|
-
|
359
|
5,103
|
3,868
|
3,646
|
3,570
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Due
to related parties
|
217
|
1,553
|
1,724
|
1,604
|
2,264
|
1,744
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
404
|
1,089
|
1,278
|
1,855
|
2,182
|
2,479
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Other
liabilities
|
462
|
1,267
|
1,307
|
697
|
1,913
|
896
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
1,189
|
$
|
2,822
|
$
|
2,760
|
$
|
3,740
|
$
|
4,289
|
$
|
5,400
|
|||||||||||
|
Year
Ended
|
Six
months ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars, except share data and as stated otherwise)
|
March
31, 2003
|
March
31, 2004
|
March
31, 2005
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
13,145
|
$
|
8,773
|
$
|
8,954
|
$
|
2,285
|
$
|
4,318
|
$
|
316
|
$
|
2,855
|
||||||||||||||
|
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
722
|
(2,609
|
)
|
(3,823
|
)
|
(2,369
|
)
|
401
|
(867
|
)
|
2,812
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Income
taxes
|
322
|
(63
|
)
|
515
|
62
|
135
|
12
|
(83
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
(loss)/income
|
400
|
(2,672
|
)
|
(3,308
|
)
|
(2,307
|
)
|
536
|
(855
|
)
|
2,729
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings
(loss) per share
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
(0.62
|
)
|
$
|
(0.77
|
)
|
$
|
(0.54
|
)
|
$
|
0.13
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
$
|
0.62
|
||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
(0.62
|
)
|
$
|
(0.77
|
)
|
$
|
(0.54
|
)
|
$
|
0.13
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
$
|
0.34
|
||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
8,037,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
As
of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars)
|
March
31, 2003
|
March
31, 2004
|
March
31, 2005
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
200
|
$
|
107
|
$
|
83
|
$
|
69
|
$
|
1,208
|
$
|
100
|
||||||||||||
|
Inventories
|
4,728
|
4,922
|
4,459
|
4,182
|
1,284
|
1,784
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Prepaid
and other assets
|
1,777
|
2,070
|
1,765
|
1,275
|
1,231
|
798
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Property,
plant and equipment (net)
|
3,622
|
3,985
|
3,463
|
2,417
|
2,265
|
2,352
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
LIABILTIES
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Short
term borrowings and current portion of long-term loan
|
1,495
|
6,614
|
6,291
|
8,125
|
6,079
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Trade
payable
|
3,348
|
2,738
|
3,341
|
987
|
1,502
|
3,168
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Long
term debts, net of current portion
|
4,883
|
2,892
|
3,897
|
3,656
|
2,333
|
3,870
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Advance
from customers
|
1,488
|
2,755
|
3,057
|
2,997
|
1,877
|
884
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
Stockholders' equity
|
$
|
2,927
|
$
|
320
|
$
|
(3,032
|
)
|
$
|
(5,438
|
)
|
$
|
(4,895
|
)
|
$
|
(1,504
|
)
|
||||||||
|
1.
|
To
approve the “Acquisition Proposal” of IGC acting directly or indirectly
through the IGC Group, consisting of the following proposed acquisitions:
a) acquisition of a 63% equity interest in Sricon, b) the acquisition
of
convertible preference shares, and a direct equity interest in
Techni
Bharathi (“TBL”), and c) the acquisition from Odeon Limited of convertible
preference shares of TBL, which when converted along with the convertible
preference shares purchased directly from TBL would result in IGC
owning a
77% equity interest in TBL.
|
|
2.
|
To
elect Sudhakar Shenoy and Suhail Nathani to IGC’s board of directors to
hold office as Class A directors for a period to expire at the
fourth
annual meeting of stockholders.
|
|
3.
|
To
adopt the IGC 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
|
|
4.
|
To
approve any adjournments or postponements of the special meeting
to a
later date or dates, if necessary, for the purpose of soliciting
additional proxies.
|
|
1.
|
Attract
and retain qualified executives and other employees, and to provide
such
persons with an opportunity to acquire an equity interest in
us.
|
|
2.
|
Create
incentives designed to motivate our employees and employees of
our
subsidiaries to significantly contribute to our growth and profitability.
|
|
3.
|
Provide
our executives, directors, advisors and other employees and persons
who,
by their position, ability and diligence, are able to make important
contributions to our growth and profitability with an incentive
to assist
us in achieving our long-term objectives.
|
|
•
|
Fluctuations
in revenue due to seasonality: For example, during the monsoon
season, the heavy rains slow down road building and during the summer
months the winds are not strong enough to power the wind
turbines. This results in uneven revenue and operating results
over the year.
|
|
•
|
Commencement,
completion and termination of contracts during any particular
quarter.
|
|
•
|
Additions
and departures of key personnel.
|
|
•
|
Claims
filed against the contractee for delays and changes in scope, among
others, can sometimes enter arbitration and take time to
settle. This could result in a tightening of working
capital.
|
|
•
|
Strategic
decisions made by us and our competitors, such as acquisitions,
divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic investments and
changes
in business strategy.
|
|
•
|
we
do not achieve the perceived benefits of the Acquisition as rapidly
as, or
to the extent anticipated by, financial or industry analysts;
or
|
|
•
|
the
effect of the Acquisition on our financial statements is not consistent
with the expectations of financial or industry
analysts.
|
|
•
|
The
number of our stockholders voting against the Acquisition
Proposal.
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Competition
in the road building sector.
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Legislation
by the government of India.
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General
economic conditions and the Indian growth
rates.
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Our
ability to win licenses, contracts and
execute.
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approve
the Acquisition Proposal,
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adopt
the IGC 2008 Employee, Directors and Consultant Stock Option
Plan,
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elect
two members to the board of IGC,
and
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adopt
the Adjournment Proposal for adjourning or postponing the special
meeting
to a later date.
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has
unanimously determined that the Acquisition Proposal is fair to and
in the
best interests of IGC and its
stockholders;
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has
unanimously determined that the aggregate fair market value of the
Acquisition Proposal will exceed 80% of our net assets at the time
of the
Acquisition;
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has
unanimously approved and declared advisable the Acquisition Proposal,
the
election of two individuals to the board of IGC, the 2008 Stock Option
Plan Proposal, and the Adjournment
Proposal;
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unanimously
recommends that IGC common stockholders vote “FOR“
the Acquisition
Proposal;
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unanimously
recommends that IGC common stockholders vote “FOR”
the Stock
Plan
Proposal;
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unanimously
recommends that IGC common stock holders vote “FOR”
the election
of
Messr. Shenoy and Nathani to the board of IGC ;
and
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unanimously
recommends that IGC common stockholders vote “FOR“
the adjournment
proposal.
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You
can vote by signing and returning the enclosed proxy card. If you
vote by
proxy card, your “proxy,” whose name is listed on the proxy card, will
vote your shares as you instruct on the proxy card. If you sign
and return the proxy card, but do not give instructions on how to
vote
your shares, your shares will be voted, as recommended by our board,
“FOR”
the approval of the Acquisition Proposal, “FOR” the 2008 Stock Option Plan
Proposal, “FOR” the election of the proposed nominees to the board of IGC
and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal.
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You
can vote by telephone or the Internet by following the telephone
or
Internet voting instructions that are included with your proxy card.
If
you vote by telephone or the Internet, you should not return the
proxy
card. The deadline for voting by telephone or electronically is 9:30
a.m.
Eastern Time on _________________,
2008.
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You
can attend the special meeting and vote in person. We will give you
a
ballot when you arrive. However, if your shares are held in the name
of
your broker, bank or another nominee, you must get a proxy from the
broker, bank or other nominee. That is the only way we can be sure
that
the broker, bank or nominee has not already voted your
shares.
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You
may send another proxy card with a later
date,
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You
may notify Ram Mukunda, our CEO, in writing before the special meeting
that you have revoked your proxy, with such written notification
addressed
to us at India Globalization Capital, Inc. 4336 Montgomery
Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814,
or
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You
may attend the special meeting, revoke your proxy and vote in
person.
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1.
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acquire
a total of 63% of the issued and outstanding securities of Sricon
Infrastructure for around $29m in cash, this transaction will be
in two
parts:
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we
will purchase a 58% equity interest in Sricon, on a fully diluted
basis,
directly from Sricon for about $26m
and
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we
will purchase an additional 5% equity interest in Sricon, on a fully
diluted basis, from the promoters of Sricon for about
$3m;
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2.
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acquire
a total of 77% of the issued and outstanding securities of Techni
Bharathi
(TBL) for around $12m. This transaction will be in three
parts:
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for
approximately $6.9 m, we will purchase a 38.7% equity interest directly
from TBL,
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for
$2 m, we will purchase from Odeon Limited, a holder of TBL securities,
a
convertible preferred debenture, which may be converted to approximately
a
26.9% equity interest in TBL (IGC intends to exercise the conversion
of
this instrument),
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for
approximately $3.13 m, we will purchase directly from TBL a new
convertible preferred stock, which may be converted to 11.3% equity
interest of TBL.
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Our
top
down analysis and why the
selected industries are attractive: our
analysis of the industry
shows that macro growth drivers for the industry are very
strong. According
to Committee for
Infrastructure Financing, India & Bloomberg India expects to spend
$475 billion on infrastructure build out. The
major sectors where this
spending will take place are in the areas of Power, Urban infrastructure,
irrigation, airports, ports, railways and roads. Overall
the industry sector is
very attractive and the Indian infrastructure companies have increased,
in
value, over 800 percent, (source: Bloomberg) over the past three
years. Further,
we found the market to
be fragmented with many local undercapitalized players. We
also found barriers to entry
in the form of new government regulations that made contract bid
qualifications more stringent.
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The
specific acquisitions and why they are attractive: both Sricon
and TBL
have industry knowledge and prior experience. Sricon in particular
has the
ability to bid on large contracts. Sricon has expertise in building
cement
plants, and mining, both high margin, recurring businesses. TBL
has a
strong regional presence in three states as well prior experience
in
states where the margins for basic infrastructure build out are
higher.
The ownership of these companies allows us to participate in building
and
owning assets in the form of build operate and transfer contracts,
owing
these companies gives us significant advantage in controlling costs
associated with the engineering and building of these types of
assets. As
an example, the wind energy plant to be built by CWEL is a green
energy
power plant that we could own as a platform, from which we could
build out
several hundred mega watts of power plants including hydro, solar
and
clean thermal plants. Either Sricon or TBL could manage and eventually
build out some of these assets helping in driving down costs.
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Companies
willing to sell majority stakes: both TBL and Sricon were willing
to sell
majority stakes in their companies and allow a substantial portion
of the
money to be used to capitalize the companies. The management believed
in
their ability to grow the companies and was willing to take future
awards
of stock as an incentive to meet projections.
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Valuation
and discount to public market multiples: the infrastructure industry
in
India is growing very rapidly and we have an opportunity to acquire
two
companies at fairly steep discounts to the public markets, providing
arbitrage and high growth to our shareholders.
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The
management teams and their commitment to corporate governance,
and the
ability of the company to potentially comply with SOX 404: we found
that
part of the challenge in acquiring majority stakes in companies,
in India,
was that entrepreneurs want to hold on to their stock even if it
means not
participating in high growth. The other challenge was that companies
would
have to become SOX 404 compliant. Several of the companies we spoke
to
including ones that we made offers to were reluctant to potentially
comply
with SOX 404. The management of Sricon and TBL were aware and willing
to
let us institute changes to their financial reporting and disclosure
methodologies in order to become SOX 404
compliant.
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Size
and managing multiple companies: the board considered that the
companies
were small in size and that scaling these companies would present
challenges. Part of the mitigating factors considered was IGC management’s
experience with managing rapid growth and our access to Indian
management
that can help with scaling operations. With respect to multiple
companies the board believed that the IGC’s management had considerable
experience managing holding companies and that we could postpone
integration and operate Sricon and TBL independently, as these
companies
had capable management teams.
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Government
clients and branding: the board considered that this is a business
where
contracts are being awarded by the government and the brand of
both Sricon
and TBL will need to be enhanced. The mitigating factors considered
were,
1) our board and advisors have extensive contacts with the Indian
government and could actively help in positioning and branding
the
companies with the government of India; 2) some of our board members
have
experience dealing with federal government contracting in the US
and 3)
some of our board members have been dealing with Indian government
owned
companies for the past twenty
years.
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Cash
business: the fact that the business is labor intensive and that
cash was
used to pay employees, or contract workers was considered. In order
to
mitigate risk associated with this aspect of the business, especially
in
light of SOX 404, we negotiated clauses in our ownership that allows
us to
overhaul the accounting department hire and fire the chief financial
officer.
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Corporate
governance, reporting and SOX 404 compliance: the board considered
that
these companies would need to comply with SOX 404 in two years.
The
mitigating factors were the 1) Indian management’s willingness to let us
install people, systems and processes that could meet public company
corporate governance standards and SOX 404 compliance, 2) our management’s
experience with public companies in the US and SOX 404 and 3) our
access
to experienced people that could help with reporting, governance
and
compliance.
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Indian
Roads and Highways
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Category
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Length
(miles)
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%
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Expressways
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124
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*
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National
Highways
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41,352
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2
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State
Highways
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79,488
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4
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Major
District Roads
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291,870
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14
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%
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Rural
Roads
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1,645,650
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80
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%
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Total
Length
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than 1%
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Lane
capacity is insufficient and most highways are still two lanes or
less.
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A
quarter of all highways are congested to the point that truck traffic
is
greatly impeded.
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Currently,
only one third of routine road maintenance needs are being
met.
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Seventy
percent of India’s population lives in rural areas and forty percent of
villages do not have access to all weather roads and are cut off
during
the monsoon season.
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In
urban centers the dramatic growth in vehicle ownership (around 15%
a year
during the past decade) has reduced rush hour speeds to less than
10 mph
in the central areas of major
cities.
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The
continued anticipated growth in the India economy will only exacerbate
these trends unless significant new capital is deployed
quickly.
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Indian
Road and Highway Assets
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Source:
World Bank (WB)
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Period
2001-2011 Investment
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Period
2011-2021 Investment
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(Amounts
in USD millions)
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Expressways
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$
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6,742
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$
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15,730
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National
Highways:
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Widening/maintenance
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$
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23,596
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$
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25,157
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Expansion
of NH system
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$
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3,371
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$
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4,045
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State
Highways:
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Widening/maintenance
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$
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15,730
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$
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25,843
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Expansion
of SH system
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$
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1,124
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$
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2,247
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Total
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$
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50,562
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$
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73,022
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The
NHAI identifies the end points and creates plans for a toll road,
and
solicits bids for these roads.
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The
bidders must show prior experience, technical expertise, financial
strength, appropriate inventory of equipment, experienced personal
and
logistics support among other factors, to qualify as a viable
bidder.
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Once
technically qualified the financial bids are opened and
awarded.
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the
potential bidder can ask the government to subsidize the cost of
building
the highway by asking for concessions,
or
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the
potential bidder can subsidize the government by offering to share
the
toll revenue, or
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the
bidder can offer to do neither.
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1)
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tax
incentives on income from designated infrastructure
projects;
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2)
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deregulation
of complimentary industries that are essential to such
projects;
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3)
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independent
government oversight for the bidding process;
and
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4)
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fast
track clearance for foreign investors in qualifying
projects.
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The
National Highways Act,
1956 has been amended to permit private entrepreneurs to undertake
National Highway (NH) projects on a Build Operate and Transfer (BOT),
sometimes referred to as Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT), basis
and
collect tolls. Under this Act, a simplified procedure has been prescribed
for acquisition of land for the building, maintenance, management
or
operation of highways and separate provisions have been made for
the levy
and collection of fees for both public and private funded
highways.
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State
legal framework:
The Indian Toll Act, 1851, makes it possible for State Governments
to levy
and collect tolls on any road or bridge that has been made or repaired
at
the expense of the Central Government or any State Government. However,
the Act still needs to be amended by respective State Governments
to allow
the private sector to levy and collect tolls on State roads and bridges.
Some State Governments have amended the Act – for example Uttar Pradesh
and Madhya Pradesh, and others have taken legal steps in order to
promote
private sector participation. In addition to amending the
Indian Toll Act, some states (e.g. Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, etc.)
have
taken steps to enact a uniform law for infrastructure
development.
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1)
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Automatic
approval for foreign equity investments up to 100 per cent, and foreign
commercial borrowing to the extent of 30 per cent of the project
cost.
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2)
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Granting
road building the status of an
“Industry.”
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3)
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Exemption
from import duty on identified high quality construction plant and
equipment, including duty free import of bitumen (used to make
“asphalt”).
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4)
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The
restriction on the maximum equity holding by a foreign company in
an
Indian joint venture has been
lifted.
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Sricon
is one of a few companies in India that has the expertise to construct
and
overhaul high temperature cement
plants;
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Sricon
is also one of a few companies with expertise in the construction
of
jetties for overhauling ships on sea
ports;
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Sricon
has expertise in the mining of coal and iron ore;
and
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Sricon
is an ISO 9001:2000 accredited
company.
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Indicative
Customer list
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National
Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
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National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
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Maharashtra-
PWD, Gujarat- PWD, Orrisa- PWD, MP- PWD/RDA, among
others.
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Customers:
Over the past 10 years Sricon has qualified in all states
in India
and has worked in several, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Orissa
and
Madhya Pradesh. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
awards contracts on a national level (interstate highways) and the
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) awards contacts for the
civil
works associated with power plants. NCL awards mining contracts.
Intra-state contracts are awarded by agencies within the state. The
table
titled “Indicative Customer List” sets out some of Sricon’s present and
former customers. In the table, MP is the state of Madhya
Pradesh and PWD stands for Public Works Department and RDA stands
for Road
Development Authority. Each state and some cities have a
PWD/RDA and Sricon is registered across India and is qualified to
bid on
contracts anywhere in India.
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Human
Resources: Sricon currently has a team of 282 technical and skilled
individuals and deploys a labor force of around 600 unskilled individuals.
It is located in the center of India, with easy access to all major
metros
around the country.
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Strategic
differentiation: Sricon obtains all of its work through a process
of bidding with agencies of the Indian federal, state, and local
governments. Over the past 10 years, Sricon has created core competencies
that differentiate it from its competition. Sricon established
a national reach and an expertise in the building of jetties and
docks at
river and sea ports. It also established an expertise in the
building and maintenance of high tech chimneys and high temperature
cement
plants, as well as mining of coal, limestone and iron ore. It then
established a national presence and a brand in road maintenance and
building, including the equipment and processes that today has resulted
in
brand equity among its key customers. Sricon has a track record
of successful projects that in the aggregate establishes its technical
qualifications on most future projects. From a technical
qualifications perspective, management believes that Sricon is well
positioned to specialize in certain areas, consistently win contracts
in
the road, highway sector, mining, construction of airports, sea ports
and
rapidly scale its operations, provided that it gets an adequate influx
of
capital.
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Contract
bidding process: In order to create transparency, the
Indian government has centralized the process for awarding contracts
for
the building of inter-state roads. The process is as
follows:
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At
the “federal” level, as an example, the National Highway Authority of
India (NHAI) puts out a Statement of Work. The statement of
work has a detailed description of the work to be performed as well
as the
time frame.
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Two
proposals are submitted, the first sets out technical capabilities,
prior
experience, specialized machinery and manpower, among other criteria
and
the second proposal sets out a financial
bid.
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The
NHAI evaluates the technical bids and short lists technically qualified
companies.
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The
short list of technically qualified companies are then invited to
place a
financial bid and show financial strength through revenue, net worth,
and
balance sheet. The financial bids are opened and typically the lowest
bid
wins the contract.
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The
process of bidding on a contract is capital intensive on the contractor
as
it must have the following financial resources: 1) earnest money
deposit
to show financial strength of between 2% to 10% of the project cost,
2)
performance guarantee of between 5% and 10%, 3) working capital and
4)
capital for plant and machinery.
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Technical
expertise, stable of equipment combined with financial resources
can
enable the company to bid on large highway construction contracts
as well
as the building of airports and sea ports, where the environment
is
frequently less competitive, technical expertise is greater and the
margins are larger.
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The
financial qualifications for bidding on larger projects are also
determined by a limit that NHAI places on its contractors. As
the contractor executes larger highways, the ceiling is
lifted. For example, currently Sricon’s ceiling is fairly
high. It can bid on highway construction projects worth $114
million each, if it has the adequate financial resources. As
and when it executes a $114 million highway successfully, the ceiling
will
be lifted. We believe that the current ceiling is a competitive
advantage, as Sricon can bid on highway, airport and sea port construction
projects in the $100 million range, providing substantial growth
opportunities.
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Management: Sricon
is currently a traditional Indian family-owned and managed business
that
is transitioning to a professionally run business. The officers
and directors of the business have over a decade of road building
and
heavy construction experience. They have led the company from a
small subcontractor, to a medium sized business. Our board of
directors, after evaluating over 150 companies and associated management
teams in India, believe that the management of Sricon, in particular
its
leadership team, is in large part poised to be successful in what
we
expect will be a meteoric raise in road building and BOT
activity. We expect to combine Sricon’s extensive in-country
experience and road building expertise with our strategic, financing,
structuring, and business process experience to lead the company
in an
exciting and dynamic environment. The leadership of Sricon is set
out
below:
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Mr.
Rabindralal B. Srivastava
(54) is Founder and Chairman. In 1974, he started his career in
Larsen and Toubro (L&T), one of India’s premier engineering and
construction companies. In 1994, he became a civil engineering
sub-contractor to L&T, as Vijay Engineering. He worked as a
sub-contractor for L&T in Haldia, West Bengal and Tuticorin in South
India among others. Under his leadership, Vijay Engineering
expanded to include civil engineering and construction of power plants,
water treatment plants, steel mills, sugar plants and
mining. In 1996, Mr. Srivastava founded Srivastava Construction
Limited, which in 2004 changed its name to Sricon Infrastructure
to
address the larger infrastructure needs in India like highway
construction. He merged Vijay Engineering and Sricon in
2004. Mr. Srivastava graduated with a BSc. from Banaras
University in 1974.
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Mr.
Srivastava founded Hi-tech Pro-Oil Complex in 1996. The company
is involved in the extraction of soy bean
oil.
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He
founded Aurobindo Laminations Limited in 2003. The company
manufactures laminated
particleboards.
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Mr.
Abhay Wakhare (36)
has been the General Manager of Finance and Accounting and the company
secretary since 2004 where he is responsible for finance, accounting,
human resources, and is the corporate secretary of the company. Mr.
Wakhare has broad experience, having worked in several industries.
From
2002-2004 he was the General Manager Finance, for the ammunitions
manufacturing division of the Eros Group of companies. From 1999-2002,
he
was an entrepreneur having founded a perfume company. From 1996-1999,
he
was the chief executive officer of Disani Agro Limited, a $50m pesticide
and herbicide manufacturer. From 1994-1996, he was the Assistant
General
Manager Finance, at Hindustan Lever. Mr. Wakhare’s education
and qualifications are as follows: Bachelor of Commerce, 1990,
Masters of Commerce, 1992, Nagpur University. 1993 Indian Institute
of
Cost Accountants. 1993, Chartered Financial
Analyst. 1993, Bachelor of Law, Pune
University. MBA, 1994, SIMB, Pune. Masters in Law
1996, Osmaniya University. MSc. Finance, 1997,
Business School of Hyderabad.
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Mr.
Ajay Dhiman, (40),
is Project Manager. He joined Sricon in 2006 and is
responsible for the planning and oversight of highway
construction. From 1994 to 2006, he held various positions
including as the AE-Superintendent with the Border Road Organization,
which is responsible for the construction and maintenance of all
border
roads in India. Mr. Dhiman graduated in 1994 from the Associate
Member Institute of Engineers, Delhi with the equivalent of a B.E.
(civil).
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S.K.
Dubey, (39), is
General Manager (Projects). Since 1995, he has been responsible
for Planning & Execution of Civil & Mechanical Engineering
Projects. From 1992 to 1995, he was a Project Engineer with
Reva Engineering Industries Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi. Mr. Dubey graduated
from
Pune University in 1990 with a BE.
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Gross
margins: Over the past two years Sricon borrowed money in order to
buy
heavy construction equipment, which in turn has allowed it to improve
gross margin and position itself for the future. We expect to
continue to purchase plant and machinery in order to further increase
gross margins. Its gross margins for FY 2005, FY 2006, and FY
2007 were approximately 19.2%, 21.9% and 23.6%,
respectively.
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Depreciation:
There is a significant difference in the way that IGAAP treats
depreciation and the way USGAAP treats depreciation. Under
Indian accounting standards, companies depreciate assets over much
longer
periods. For example, buildings are depreciated over 58 years
and 25 years in IGAAP and USGAAP respectively. Other
differences include vehicles, furniture, and office equipment, which
are
depreciated over 20 years and 5 years in IGAAP and USGAAP
respectively. This creates a difference in the earnings
reported under IGAAP and USGAAP. Earnings will be reported in
USGAAP subsequent to the
Acquisition
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Interest:
Sricon pays an average of 13.5% interest on its loans. In addition,
it
pays an average of 16.5% interest on
plant and
equipment that it leases. Not including lease payments, Sricon
paid $312 thousand, $389 thousand and $533 thousand in interest for
FY
2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
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Sricon’s
earnings for FY 2005, 2006, and 2007 are about $544 thousand, $482
thousand and $410 thousand, respectively. The decline in
earnings over the past three years has been due to the increase in
finance
costs. It is our belief that by lowering the cost of capital
and providing liquidity to the company, there will be a substantial
improvement in earnings.
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The
projected revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 is
around $22
million with after tax earnings of around $2.8
million.
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The
projected revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 is
around $92
million with after tax earnings of around $13 million, with the
increase
from 2008 expected to come from increased execution of the contracts
into
which Sricon has already
entered.
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Sricon
has a backlog of contracts to be completed worth approximately $195
million not including the BOT. The major contracts are as
follows:
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for
the construction of the Seoni-Lakhanadaon section of National Highway
number seven (NH-7) valued at around $18.25 million over the next
eighteen
months,
|
|
•
|
for
the construction of the Seoni-Mandala section of NH-7 valued at around
$19.25 million over the next eighteen
months,
|
|
•
|
for
the construction and expansion of a part of the Nagpur to Hyderabad
section of NH-7 valued at around $35 million over the next 21
months,
|
|
•
|
the
Northern Coal Limited contract for evacuation and partial mining
of coal
valued at around $62.5 million over the next 36 months,
and
|
|
•
|
three
cement plant contracts with a total back log of around $60 million
over 36
months.
|
|
•
|
At
the end of FY 2009 (March 31, 2009), we anticipate that the backlog
of
current contracts will be around $80.8 million. The following
shows the projected revenue, by project, of the backlogged work
for fiscal
years 2008 and 2009, and the projected earnings from these projects
in
total:
|
|
First
half FY 2008 April 1-September 30, 2007 (Actual)
|
Second
half FY 2008 (October 07-March 2008)
|
FY
2008 (ending
March
31, 2008)
|
FY
2009
(ending
March
31, 2009)
|
||||||||||||
|
Rajeshree
cement plant
|
$
|
0.00m
|
$
|
0.75m
|
$
|
0.75m
|
$
|
5.00m
|
|||||||
|
Rajula
cement plant
|
$
|
1.61m
|
$
|
3.82m
|
$
|
5.43m
|
$
|
7.50m
|
|||||||
|
Avapur
cement plant
|
$
|
2.00m
|
$
|
2.57m
|
$
|
4.57m
|
$
|
7.50m
|
|||||||
|
Northern
coal limited
|
$
|
0.40m
|
$
|
1.20m
|
$
|
1.60m
|
$
|
19.00m
|
|||||||
|
Part
of NH 7- bridge
|
$
|
0.00m
|
$
|
0.00m
|
$
|
0.00m
|
$
|
11.25m
|
|||||||
|
Part
of NH-7
|
$
|
2.85m
|
$
|
3.81m
|
$
|
6.66m
|
$
|
13.75m
|
|||||||
|
Seoni-Lakhadaon
HH-7
|
$
|
0.00m
|
$
|
1.00m
|
$
|
1.00m
|
$
|
13.75m
|
|||||||
|
Seoni-Mandala
HH-7
|
$
|
0.00m
|
$
|
1.00m
|
$
|
1.00m
|
$
|
13.75m
|
|||||||
|
Other
Income
|
$
|
0.43m
|
$
|
0.25m
|
$
|
0.68m
|
$
|
1.00m
|
|||||||
|
Projected
revenue
|
$
|
7.29m
|
$
|
14.4m
|
$
|
21.7m
|
$
|
92.5m
|
|||||||
|
Projected
earnings
|
$
|
2.8m
|
$
|
13.0m
|
|||||||||||
|
•
|
Short/MediumTerm
Margin
Expansion: We project an improvement in earnings margins
from 3-5% to between 14-18% on a post tax basis for the following
reasons:
|
|
•
|
Typically,
Sricon pays between 1% and 2% a month more on raw materials because
it
does not have the cash to pre-pay or pay vendors on a current
basis. Adequate capital provides leverage with vendors that
results in purchasing power. Sricon expects to reduce its
overall cost of raw materials, which would result in an increase
in
margins of about 5%.
|
|
•
|
Sricon
expects to become more vertical by adding machinery like crushers,
which
would allow Sricon to make its own aggregate. This increases
cost efficiency and productivity, which translates into added
margin. It is estimated that this will result in an overall
improvement in margins of approximately
3%.
|
|
•
|
Sricon
expects to reduce its overall cost of capital. It expects to reduce
its
interest rate from an average 13.5% to around 9% through an improved
balance sheet resulting from the infusion of capital from the acquisition
and the ability to access less expensive lending sources in the United
States. It
also expects to reduce the cost of leasing equipment by purchasing
plant
and machinery. We project an increase in margins of between
5-7% from a reduction of the overall cost of
capital.
|
|
TBL
Indicative Customer list
|
|
National
Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
|
|
Konkan
Railway Corporation and the Southern Railway.
|
|
Karnataka-
PWD, Kerala- PWD, Assam- PWD, Tamilnadu PWD, among
others.
|
|
National
Thermal Power Corporation.
|
|
Cochin
International airport Limited
|
|
•
|
Customers:
Over the past 10 years, TBL has focused on four states: Karnataka,
Tamilnadu, Kerala and Assam. The table titled “TBL Indicative Customer
List” sets out some of TBL’s present and former
customers.
|
|
•
|
Human
Resources: TBL currently has a team of 110 technical and skilled
individuals and deploys a labor force of around 250 unskilled individuals.
It is located in the south of India, with easy access to all major
Indian
metropolitan areas.
|
|
•
|
Strategic
differentiation: TBL obtains all of its work through a process of
bidding with agencies of the Indian federal, state and local governments.
Over the past 25 years, TBL has created core competencies that
differentiate it from the competition. It has core competencies
in the construction of highways, irrigation projects and
railroads. From a technical qualifications perspective,
management believes that TBL is well positioned to specialize in
certain
areas and consistently win contracts in the road, highway, irrigation,
railroad and power sectors and rapidly scale its operations, provided
that
it gets an adequate influx of
capital.
|
|
•
|
Management: TBL
is currently a traditional Indian family-owned and managed business
that
is transitioning to a professionally run business. The officers
and directors of the business have over a decade of road building
and
heavy construction experience. They have led the company from a
small sub-contractor, to a medium sized business. Our board of
directors, after evaluating over 150 companies and associated management
teams in India, believe that the management of TBL, in particular
its
leadership team, is in large part poised to be successful in what
we
expect will be a significant raise in road building, BOT and heavy
construction activity. We expect to combine TBL’s extensive
in-country experience with IGC’s strategic, financing, structuring, and
business process experience to lead the company in an exciting and
dynamic
environment. The leadership of TBL is set out
below:
|
|
•
|
Mr.
V.C Antony (76) is
Chairman. Mr. Antony brings over 50 years of experience in the
construction of highways, bridges, dams, railroads and offshore platforms.
He is the founder of TBL and became its Chairman in 1991. In
1976 he became Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Bhagheeratha
Engineering. In 1990 he took it public on the Bombay Stock
Exchange. Under his leadership, Bhagheeratha grew to be one of
the 10 largest construction companies in India. He expanded
Bhagheeratha into the Middle East, specifically Iraq, UAE, Qatar
and
Yemen. Mr. Antony retired as the Managing Director in
1997. Mr. Antony became the South Zone Chairman of the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 1991. He is currently
on the board of the Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre in Kerala,
India.
|
|
•
|
Mr.
Jortin Antony (40)
is the son of V.C. Antony. He has been the Managing
Director of TBL since 2000. Prior to that he held various
positions at Bhagheeratha starting as a management trainee in
1991. From 1997 to 2000 he was the Director of Projects at
Bhagheeratha. In 2003, Mr. Jortin Antony was awarded the Young
Entrepreneur Award from the Rashtra Deepika. He graduated with
a B.Eng, in 1991, from Bangalore Institute of Technology, University
of
Bangalore.
|
|
•
|
Mr.
Benoi Madhavan (44)
joined Techni Bharathi Limited as General Manager (Technical) in
December
2006. He has been responsible for preparing bids, budgets and
technical monitoring of contracts. From February 2004 to
December 2006, he was the Deputy General Manager in Aarvee Associates,
Hyderabad, a company engaged as a consultant to the National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI). From 1998 to 2004, he was with TBL
as Manager (Contracts & Projects). Mr. Madhavan graduated in 1987 from
the University of Calicut, Kerala with a BEng in Civil
Engineering. He is a member of the Institution of Engineers and
the Indian Road Congress.
|
|
•
|
Mr.
Alex Antony (40) is
a cousin of Jortin Antony. He has been with TBL since
1995. Since 2004, he has been Vice President (Contracts),
responsible for contract administration and co-ordination of various
projects of the company. From 1995 – 2004, he was Vice
President (Operations). From 1992 – 1995, he worked as General
Manager, Kairali Orchids Private Limited a floriculture business.
Mr. Alex
Antony graduated in 1987 from Gandhi University, Kerala,
India.
|
|
•
|
Mr.
M Santhosh Kumar
(41) has been with TBL since 1991. Since 2002, he has
been the Deputy Manager (Finance and Accounting). From 2000 to
2002, he was the Marketing Executive for Techni Soft (India) Limited,
a
subsidiary of Techni Bharathi Limited. From 1991 to 2000, he
held various positions at TBL in the Finance and Accounting
department. From 1986 to 1991, he worked as an accountant in
the Chartered Accounting firm of Balan and Company. In 1986,
Mr. Santhoshkumar graduated with a BA in Commerce from Gandhi University,
Kerala, India.
|
|
•
|
Gross
Margins: For FY 2005, 2006 and 2007, TBL’s gross margins were
($1.1 million), ($0.3 million) and $1.7 million,
respectively.
|
|
•
|
Interest:
TBL pays an average of 14% interest on its loans. In addition, it
pays an
average of 16% on plant and equipment that it leases. Not
including lease payments, TBL paid $1.9 million, $1.5 million and
$1.1
million in interest for FY 2005, 2006 and 2007,
respectively. As a percentage of revenue interest payment in FY
2005, 2006 and FY 2007 were about 21%, 67% and 26%,
respectively. It is our belief that by appropriately reducing
the leverage and reducing the cost of capital, TBL will be able to
increase its profitability.
|
|
•
|
Bank
Loans: TBL has been restructuring and continues to restructure its
debt. In FY 2005, FY 2006 and FY 2007 the long-term component
of debt was $3.9 million, $3.7 million and $2.3 million,
respectively. TBL’s total liabilities at FYE 2006, FYE 2007 and
September 30, 2007 were approximately $16 million, $12 million and
$8
million, respectively. The reduction of was achieved through :
1) the sale of real estate assets, 2) the sale of shares to Odeon
and 3)
discounts obtained from banks for one time
settlements.
|
|
•
|
TBL’s
earnings for FY 2005, 2006, and 2007 were about ($3.3 million), ($2.3
million) and $0.5 million, respectively. It is our belief that
by lowering the cost of capital and providing liquidity to the company,
there will be a substantial improvement in
earnings.
|
|
•
|
The
projected revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 is
around $8.5
million with after tax earnings of around $3.2
million.
|
|
•
|
The
projected revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 is
around $28
million with after tax earnings of around $3.6
million.
|
|
•
|
TBL
has a backlog of contracts to be completed of approximately $47
million. The major contracts are as
follows:
|
|
•
|
for
the partial construction of NH 54 in Assam, valued around $36 million
over
the next eighteen months, and
|
|
•
|
for
the partial construction of the Tiruneivi road, valued at around
$11
million over the next eighteen
months.
|
|
•
|
The
following is a projection of the revenue and earnings of TBL, based
on the
current back log, and IGC funding, through fiscal year
2009:
|
|
First
half FY 2008
April
1-September 30, 2007 (Actual)
|
Second
half FY 2008 (October 07-March 2008)
|
FY
2008 (ending March 31, 2008)
|
FY
2009 (ending March 31, 2009)
|
||||||||||||
|
(In
millions of US dollars)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Anuva
Anganali road
|
$
|
0.35
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
0.35
|
$
|
0.00
|
|||||||
|
Cochin
International Airport
|
$
|
2.50
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
2.50
|
$
|
0.00
|
|||||||
|
NH
54 Assam road
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
10.50
|
|||||||
|
NH
54 Assam road (JV)
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
1.30
|
$
|
1.30
|
$
|
12.50
|
|||||||
|
Tirunelvi
road
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
1.70
|
$
|
1.70
|
$
|
4.25
|
|||||||
|
Other
Income
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
0.30
|
|||||||
|
Projected
revenue
|
$
|
5.54
|
$
|
3.00
|
$
|
8.5
|
$
|
27.6
|
|||||||
|
Projected
earnings
|
$
|
3.2
|
$
|
3.6
|
|||||||||||
|
•
|
Typically,
TBL pays between 1 and 3 percent a month more on raw materials because
it
does not have the cash to pre-pay or pay vendors on a current
basis. Adequate capital provides leverage with vendors that
result in purchasing power, and an anticipated increase in margin
of an
estimated 5%.
|
|
•
|
TBL
expects to add plant and machinery enhancing productivity and resulting
in
an estimated margin improvement of around
3%.
|
|
•
|
In
FY 2007, TBL’s interest payments were around 26% of revenue. We
expect to decrease interest costs through a progressive improvement
of the
balance sheet, reduced debt levels resulting from the infusion of
capital
from IGC and our ability to access less expensive lending sources
in the
United States. We expect these efforts to result in margin improvement
of
approximately 5%.
|
|
•
|
We
expect to increase G&A in the short term by an additional 3% of
revenue.
|
|
·
|
Our
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ram Mukunda has over 10
years of
international experience acquiring and integrating acquisitions.
He has
led teams that conducted due diligence, valuations, made acquisitions
and
integrated minority and majority stakes of companies in the US,
India,
Germany, France, Hong Kong, Guam and Canada. He has led and managed
several multimillion-dollar international business transactions
involving
high growth, business restructuring, turn around, cost reduction,
corporate governance and off-shoring strategies. He has led public
companies through capital raises, high growth, restructuring, involving
both organic and inorganic expansion. He has been on the sell-side
and
buy-side of an acquisition. His experience has helped him gain
valuable
insight in creating business models, evaluating risk, conducting
due
diligence and the principals of evaluating and valuing
businesses.
|
|||
|
·
|
Our
board director Dick Prins, over the past 24 years, has been involved
in
valuing companies, rendering fairness opinions, conducting due
diligence
and practically all services related to mergers and acquisitions.
Specifically, he analyzed and valued companies for five years at
the
leveraged buyout firm of Tuscarora Corporation. For eight years
he led the
investment banking team at Crestar Financial Corporation that conducted
valuations and due diligence as well as helped companies acquire
and sell
business. For the past eleven years he has been involved in all
aspects of
mergers and acquisitions at the firm of Ferris, Baker Watts, where
he is
the Director of Investment Banking.
|
|||
|
·
|
Societe
Generale’s (SG) M&A team, based in Singapore. The lead
banker Mr. Vivek Dixit and his team help companies manage due diligence,
value companies and negotiate transactions. They have extensive
experience with mergers and acquisitions in India, Singapore and
Hong
Kong. SG was responsible for coordinating with Odeon, which is
based in Singapore. They were also was responsible for helping
interview and recruit professionals, helping us analyze various
industry
sectors, managing and reviewing the transaction agreements, helping
with
negotiating strategies, providing market intelligence and helping
with the
due diligence and valuation.
|
|
·
|
The
firm of Economic Laws Practice (ELP) is a law firm in India with
offices
in Mumbai and Delhi. One of their Partners, Suhail Nathani, is
a director
on our board. The Partner responsible for our matters, Sujjain
Talwar, has
teams that specialize in conducting legal due diligence, negotiating
and
drafting agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and general Indian
corporate law. The firm was responsible for conducting legal due
diligence
on Sricon, TBL and the wind energy farm to be built by CWEL. The
firm was
also responsible for drafting the acquisition agreements and ensuring
compliance with Indian law. Sujjain Talwar and Suhail Nathani were
also
responsible for legal negotiations with Sricon, TBL, CWEL and their
respective legal representatives.
|
|
·
|
Ferris,
Baker Watts (FBW) based in the U.S. assisted in due diligence,
valuation
and feed back on our acquisitions from a US public markets perspective.
Mr. Prins is Director of Investment Banking at FBW and also a director
on
our board.
|
|
·
|
Mercurius
Advisory Services based in Delhi, India, was responsible for conducting
financial due diligence and helping the accounting staff at Sricon
and TBL
prepare USGAAP statements, schedules and the requisite back-up
required
for a successful USGAAP audit. The principals at Mercurius are
individuals
with prior experience at the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse,
Coopers.
Their clients include several multi national companies located
in India.
Mercurius was also responsible for modeling the future earnings
of Sricon
and TBL.
|
|
·
|
Tamilnadu
Financial Services Limited (TFS), was hired by us to conduct due
diligence
and manage the financial workflow at TBL. TFS was asked to focus
on the
ongoing negotiations between TBL and their bankers and to assess
the risk
and feasibility of bank settlements as well as to evaluate the
probability
of collecting on delay claims filed by TBL, as these are important
qualitative considerations that impacted our offer to TBL.
|
|
·
|
PCAOB
listed audit firm Yoganandh & Ram based in Chennai, India, was
responsible for conducting a three-year USGAAP audit of Sricon
and TBL.
|
|
·
|
Ernst
and Young LLP, India was hired by us to conduct due diligence on
the wind
energy farm to be built by CWEL and to specifically analyze the
eligibility of the wind energy farm to generate carbon credits.
|
|
·
|
Country/political
risk consists of the likelihood that our business would be affected
adversely from mass riots, civil war, currency devaluation, regulatory
changes etc. While this risk would apply to all companies in India
its
impact on the infrastructure sector could be more than a sector
like
Information Technology (IT) or Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).
For
example, civil disturbance is likely to hurt our business, versus
a
business in IT or BPO.
|
|
·
|
Currency
risk consists of risk associated with the relative value of the
Indian
Rupee versus the U.S. dollar. We determined that while a likely
increase
in value of the Indian Rupee could potentially hurt other sectors
like IT
or BPO, it would actually benefit the Infrastructure sector as
raw
materials and heavy machinery are imported into India.
|
|
·
|
Labor
risk consists of risk associated with labor. This is an important
risk
factor as certain aspects of the business depend on a large unskilled
labor-force. We determined that this risk while real, was a risk
factor
that potentially was limited to certain states in India where Sricon
and
TBL did not have much, if any, business.
|
|
·
|
Risk
associated with clients (collection risk) was determined to be
relatively
low as most of the contracts that are awarded are by companies
owned by
the government. While we perceived a likely hood of payment delays,
we did
not expect any defaults. We also determined that our two companies
were
not at risk, as they did not have any contracts with states that
had a
higher likelihood of default.
|
|
·
|
We
analyzed the transparency of the contract award process in India
and
determined that the government had overhauled the process and introduced
a
great deal of transparency including sealed bids and strict guidelines
for
technical qualifications as well as stringent rules for financial
qualifications.
|
|
Name
of Company
|
P/E
for FYE 2009 as of August 27, 2007
|
P/E
for FYE 2009 as of December 28, 2007
|
P/E
for FYE 2008 as of August 27, 2007
|
P/E
for FYE 2008 as of December 28, 2007
|
|
IVRCL
Infrastructure
|
18.9
|
27.1
|
25.4
|
36.4
|
|
JMC
Projects
|
10.4
|
19.2
|
17.7
|
32.6
|
|
B.L.
Kashyap
|
11.6
|
26.3
|
16.8
|
38.3
|
|
Madhucon
Infrastructure
|
9.8
|
24.9
|
14.9
|
38.2
|
|
Nagarjuna
construction
|
16.8
|
30.4
|
22.4
|
40.6
|
|
Gammon
India
|
22.8
|
31.8
|
30.8
|
43.0
|
|
Hidustan
Construction
|
21.8
|
39.0
|
34.1
|
60.9
|
|
Patel
Engineering
|
16.6
|
37.5
|
22.1
|
50.1
|
|
Sadbhav
Engineering
|
11.1
|
23.0
|
15.5
|
32.0
|
|
Simplex
infrastructure
|
10.5
|
19.7
|
19.0
|
35.5
|
|
Average
|
15.0
|
27.9
|
21.9
|
40.8
|
|
·
|
Market
liquidity: As both Sricon and TBL are private, their stock is illiquid
contributing to a discount in its value over the value calculated
using
public market metrics.
|
|
·
|
Capital
structure: Both Sricon and TBL have been paying interest rates
that are
higher than the public companies. Further, they are leveraged to
a greater
extent than their public company counterparts. While, it is expected
that
IGC will use its balance sheet to reduce the overall cost of capital
for
Sricon and TBL and will normalize the capital structure to make
it
comparable to the public companies, their capital structure contributes
to
a discount over public market multiples.
|
|
·
|
Profitability:
Both Sricon and TBL have been run as private companies optimized
for
minimal tax, we would expect to run these companies as public companies
seeking to maximize profit. This also results in a discount over
public
company multiples.
|
|
·
|
Operations:
The peer group, while in the same industry as Sricon and TBL, tend
to have
products, services and revenue mix that are broader than Sricon
and TBL.
These result in a discount over the public market multiples.
|
|
·
|
Scale:
Both Sricon and TBL are smaller than the public market peer group
resulting in a different risk profile. While the capitalization
that IGC
will provide is expected to remove financial risk, the risk of
scaling
operations will remain. This also results in a discount over the
public
market multiples.
|
|
Announcement
date
|
Buyer
|
Target
|
%
acquired
|
Acq.
Price/FY
net profit
|
|
28-
Aug-07
|
Blackstone
|
Nagarjuna
construction
|
8.9%
|
47.5X
|
|
12-Jul-07
|
CVIGP
II Client Rosehill Ltd.
|
Subhash
Projects & Marketing
|
9.6%
|
20.6X
|
|
13-Feb-07
|
AMIF
Ltd
|
Kalindee
Rail Nirman
|
15.2%
|
44.8X
|
|
27-Dec-05
|
Consortium
|
Unitech
Ltd
|
14.3%
|
33.5X
|
|
8-Aug-05
|
Beethoven
Ltd
|
Simplex
Infrastructure
|
15.0%
|
24.7X
|
|
12-Oct-04
|
Italian-Thai
Development
|
ITD
Cementation
|
80.4%
|
20.3X
|
|
5-Oct-04
|
Chrys
Capital III LLC
|
Gammon
India
|
14.6%
|
42.2X
|
|
Average
|
31.4X
|
|
As
of August 27, 2007
|
As
of December 28, 2007
|
|
|
FYE
March 31, 2009
|
169%
of escrow
|
218%
of escrow
|
|
FYE
March 31, 2008
|
84%
of escrow
|
100%
of escrow
|
|
•
|
INR
120,000,000 (US $3.0 million at current exchange rates) in cash at
closing
for the Sale Shares, representing a price per share of INR 341.06
(roughly
$8.53 at current exchange rates);
and
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|
•
|
INR
1,030,000,000 (US $25.75 million at current exchange rates) in cash
at
closing for the New Sricon Shares, representing a price per share
of INR
254.84 (roughly $6.37 at current exchange
rates).
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·
|
corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver the share subscription
agreement and perform their respective obligations under, and complete
the
transactions contemplated by, the
agreement;
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·
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proper
authorization of the execution and delivery of, and proper execution
and
delivery of, the agreement;
|
|
·
|
corporate
organization, good standing and
capitalization;
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|
·
|
the
receipt, prior to closing, of all government approvals and other
necessary
third party consents;
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|
·
|
the
absence of violations of certain laws and regulations and of their
respective charter documents; and
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|
·
|
the
absence of material litigation.
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|
·
|
the
fair presentation, in all material respects, in their audited financial
statements, of Sricon’s and the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of Sricon and its affiliates as of the date prepared;
that
they were prepared in accordance with Indian GAAP and that Sricon
has no
undisclosed liabilities that are required to be reflected in the
financial
statements;
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·
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the
absence of material adverse changes or events since the date of the
audited financial statements;
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·
|
the
intellectual property owned or otherwise used by
Sricon;
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|
·
|
the
validity of, and absence of any material default under Sricon’s
significant contracts;
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|
·
|
the
timely filing of tax returns, payment of taxes and creation of
reserves;
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|
·
|
the
possession of all necessary licenses required to permit Sricon to
conduct
their respective operations;
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|
·
|
the
real property owned or leased by
Sricon;
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|
·
|
employee
benefit matters;
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|
·
|
environmental
matters and compliance with environmental
laws;
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|
·
|
the
insurance policies carried by
Sricon;
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|
·
|
the
maintenance of internal accounting
controls;
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|
·
|
the
absence of restrictive practices and arrangements and related competition
matters; and
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|
·
|
the
absence of certain related party
transactions.
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•
|
no
order or injunction enjoining the Sricon
Acquisition;
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•
|
no
statute, rule, order or decree shall have been enacted or promulgated
which would prohibit the Sricon Acquisition or limit the ownership
of
Sricon;
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•
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receipt
of certain consents;
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•
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a
lack of material adverse changes to Sricon and its
business;
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•
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IGC’s
completion of due diligence to its satisfaction;
and
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•
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the
satisfaction by IGC of all other conditions for it to consummate
a
business combination.
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•
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at
any time, by mutual written
agreement;
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•
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by
IGC, if it is not satisfied with its due diligence review of Sricon
by
October 31, 2007, which date has now passed;
and
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•
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by
IGC, if on the closing date it is not satisfied that there has been
no
material adverse change in Sricon’s business, operations, financial
condition or prospect.
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•
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certain
confidentiality and indemnification obligations will survive the
termination; and
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•
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with
respect to termination by mutual agreement or for failure to close
within
the timeframe set forth in the Sricon Subscription Agreement, such
termination shall not create liability for either
party.
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•
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the
Promoters and IGC will each have the right to designate representatives
on
Sricon’s board of directors. The Promoters will have the right
to nominate three of the five directors initially comprising the
Board
after the Acquisition;
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•
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R.L.
Srivastava will be designated as the Managing Director and Chairman
of
Sricon; and
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•
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IGC
will be entitled to designate the chief financial officer of
Sricon.
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•
|
Any
capital expenditure or indebtedness (including giving of security
for or
guaranteeing debts) beyond 15% of the budget in the business plan
that is
approved by the Board of Directors;
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•
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Investments
in any other companies;
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•
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Amendments
to Sricon’s charter documents;
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•
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Commencement
of any new line of business or acquisition of shares of a company,
which
is unrelated to the business of
Sricon;
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•
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Entering
into agreements with Sricon’s promoters, directors, key employees and
their respective affiliates;
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•
|
Winding
up and/or liquidation of Sricon;
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•
|
Sale,
license or pledge of Sricon’s assets, including, without limitation, its
intellectual property, other than in the normal course of
business;
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•
|
Any
agreement, arrangement, transaction to sell or assignment of intellectual
property rights including those relating to copyrights, trademarks,
patents and designs belonging to Sricon, other than in the normal
course
of business and on normal and reasonable commercial
terms;
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•
|
Any
new scheme or plan for grant of employee stock options, or sweat
equity
shares to any person or entity, including any modification to any
new
scheme; and
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•
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The
making by Sricon or its subsidiaries of any arrangement with its
creditors
and the moving for insolvency, receivership or bankruptcy or applying
for
the appointment of a receiver or an administrator or similar officer
over
the Company’s assets.
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•
|
The representations
and warranties as provided in the Sricon SSPA remaining true and
correct
as of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Amended
Sricon
SSPA (the “Sricon Completion”);
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•
|
Receipt
of approvals of the Sricon Board of Directors of the Amended Sricon
SSPA
and the transactions contemplated thereunder ;
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•
|
The
performance and completion of certain agreements, obligations and
conditions to be performed by Sricon and the Promoters under the
Amended
Sricon SSPA ;
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•
|
Amendment of
Sricon’s Memorandum and Articles of Association;
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•
|
The
appointment of one nominee of IGC as a member of the Board of Director
of
Sricon by the shareholders of Sricon effective upon the completion
of the
funding;
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•
|
Sricon opening a new
bank account with Citibank N.A;
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•
|
Written
evidence from the Promoters that Ram Mukunda has become an authorized
signatory on certain existing Sricon bank accounts subject to certain
undertakings by Sricon. Mr. Mukunda is to be the sole signatory
on the
Citibank N.A. bank account subject to certain undertakings by
Sricon;
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•
|
The
Promoters and Sricon providing written confirmation that (i) they
have
given written instructions to the banks with whom certain existing
Sricon
bank accounts are maintained for automatic transfer into the Citibank
N.A.
bank account, every month, effective April 1, 2008, of 20% of the
receivables paid into certain existing Sricon bank accounts, including
without limitation, the receivables due to Sricon pursuant to the
Joint
Venture Agreement entered into by Sricon with Hindustan Steel Works
Constructions Limited; (ii) no lender or third party has any rights
over
funds lying to the credit of the existing Sricon bank accounts;
(iii)
Sricon has not entered into any agreement whereby any party other
than IGC
has priority over the funds in the certain existing Sricon bank
accounts
or the Citibank N.A. bank account;
and
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|
•
|
Sricon
obtaining a certificate from an independent accountant indicating
the fair
value of the Sricon shares subject to the deposit.
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|
•
|
The
Promoters and Sricon shall not propose any resolution at a Sricon
shareholders meeting if such resolution is not approved by the
IGC
nominated Director at a meeting of the Sricon Board of Directors;
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|
•
|
Until
the Sricon Completion, the Promoters shall not transfer all or
any part of
their shareholdings in Sricon to any person;
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|
•
|
Approval
of the director nominated by IGC shall be required for passing
any
resolution which will have the effect of changing the signatories
to the
existing bank accounts and the Citibank N.A. account and for opening
any
account with any bank;
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•
|
Where
a resolution for allotment of shares in favor of IGC is proposed
by an IGC
nominated Sricon Director, the Promoters (if they are also Sricon
Directors) shall cause the Directors nominated by them to vote
in favor of
the resolution;
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•
|
The
Sricon shareholders shall vote to approve an amendment to the Sricon
Articles of Association; and
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•
|
The
Promoters shall deliver to IGC certain documents creating a pledge
(the
“Pledge”) on 53.88% (1,579,711 shares) of Sricon’s existing
share capital in favor of IGC to ensure that the Promoters will
fulfill
their obligations under the Amended Sricon Subscription
Agreement.
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|
•
|
INR
275,000,000 ($6.9 million at current exchange rates) in cash at closing
for the equity shares, representing a price per share of INR 38.46
(roughly $0.96 at
current exchange rates); and
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|
•
|
INR
125,000,000 ($3.1 million at current exchange rates) in cash at closing
for the New Shares, representing a price per share of INR 10.00
(roughly $0.25 at current exchange
rates).
|
|
·
|
corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver the share subscription
agreement and perform their respective obligations under, and complete
the
transactions contemplated by, the
agreement;
|
|
·
|
proper
authorization of the execution and delivery of, and proper execution
and
delivery of, the agreement;
|
|
·
|
corporate
organization, good standing and
capitalization;
|
|
·
|
the
receipt, prior to closing, of all government approvals and other
necessary
third party consents;
|
|
·
|
the
absence of violations of certain laws and regulations and of their
respective charter documents; and
|
|
·
|
the
absence of material litigation.
|
|
·
|
the
fair presentation, in all material respects, in their audited financial
statements, of TBL’s and the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of TBL and its affiliates as of the date prepared;
that
they were prepared in accordance with Indian GAAP and that TBL has
no
undisclosed liabilities that are required to be reflected in the
financial
statements;
|
|
·
|
the
absence of material adverse changes or events since the date of the
audited financial statements;
|
|
·
|
the
intellectual property owned or otherwise used by
TBL;
|
|
·
|
the
validity of, and absence of any material default under TBL’s significant
contracts;
|
|
·
|
the
timely filing of tax returns, payment of taxes and creation of
reserves;
|
|
·
|
the
possession of all necessary licenses required to permit TBL to conduct
their respective operations;
|
|
·
|
the
real property owned or leased by
TBL;
|
|
·
|
employee
benefit matters;
|
|
·
|
•environmental
matters and compliance with environmental
laws;
|
|
·
|
•the
insurance policies carried by TBL;
|
|
·
|
•the
maintenance of internal accounting
controls;
|
|
·
|
•the
absence of restrictive practices and arrangements and related competition
matters; and
|
|
·
|
•the
absence of certain related party
transactions.
|
|
•
|
no
order or injunction enjoining the
Acquisition;
|
|
•
|
no
statute, rule, order or decree shall have been enacted or promulgated
that
would prohibit the Acquisition or limit the ownership of
TBL;
|
|
•
|
receipt
of certain consents;
|
|
•
|
a
lack of material adverse changes to TBL and its
business;
|
|
•
|
IGC’s
completion of due diligence to its satisfaction;
and
|
|
•
|
the
satisfaction by IGC of all other conditions for it to consummate
a
business combination.
|
|
•
|
at
any time, by mutual written
agreement;
|
|
•
|
by
IGC, if it is not satisfied with its due diligence review of TBL
by
October 31, 2007, which date has passed;
or
|
|
•
|
by
IGC, if on the closing date it is not satisfied that there has been
no
material adverse change in TBL’s business, operations, financial condition
or prospects.
|
|
•
|
certain
confidentiality and indemnification obligations will survive the
termination; and
|
|
•
|
with
respect to termination by mutual agreement or for failure to close
within
the timeframe set forth in the Subscription Agreement, such termination
shall not create liability for either
party.
|
|
•
|
the
Promoters and IGC will each have the right to designate representatives
on
TBL’s board of directors. The Promoters will have the right to
nominate a majority of the
directors;
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|
•
|
Jortin
Antony will be designated as the Managing Director of TBL;
and
|
|
•
|
IGC
will be entitled to designate the chief financial officer of
TBL.
|
|
•
|
Any
capital expenditure or indebtedness (including giving of security
for or
guaranteeing debts) beyond 15% of the budget in the business plan
that is
approved by the board;
|
|
•
|
Investments
in any other companies;
|
|
•
|
Amendments
to TBL’s charter documents;
|
|
•
|
Commencement
of any new line of business or acquisition of shares of a company,
which
is unrelated to the business of
TBL;
|
|
•
|
Entering
into agreements with TBL’s promoters, directors, key employees and their
respective affiliates;
|
|
•
|
Winding
up and/or liquidation of TBL;
|
|
•
|
Sale,
license or pledge of TBL’s assets, including, without limitation, its
intellectual property, other than in the normal course of
business;
|
|
•
|
Any
agreement, arrangement, transaction to sell or assignment of intellectual
property rights including those relating to copyrights, trademarks,
patents and designs belonging to TBL, other than in the normal course
of
business and on normal and reasonable commercial
terms;
|
|
•
|
Any
new scheme or plan for grant of employee stock options, or sweat
equity
shares to any person or entity, including any modification to any
new
scheme; and
|
|
•
|
The
making by TBL or its subsidiaries of any arrangement with its creditors
and the moving for insolvency, receivership or bankruptcy or applying
for
the appointment of a receiver or an administrator or similar officer
over
TBL’s assets.
|
|
•
|
The
representations and warranties as provided in the TBL SPA remaining
true
and correct as of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the
Amended TBL SPA (the “TBL Completion”);
|
|
•
|
Receipt
of approvals of the TBL Board of Directors of the Amended TBL SPA
and the
transactions contemplated thereunder ;
|
|
•
|
The
performance and completion of certain agreements, obligations and
conditions to be performed by TBL and the Promoters under the Amended
TBL
SPA ;
|
|
•
|
Amendment of TBL’s
Articles of Association;
|
|
•
|
The
appointment of one nominee of IGC as a member of the Board of Director
of
TBL by the shareholders of TBL effective upon the completion of
the
funding;
|
|
•
|
TBL opening a new
bank account with Citibank N.A;
|
|
•
|
Written
evidence from the Promoters that Ram Mukunda and an IGC nominee
have
become, in addition to the existing signatories, authorized signatories
on
certain existing TBL bank accounts subject to certain undertakings
by TBL.
Mr. Mukunda and the IGC nominee are to be the exclusive signatories
on the
Citibank N.A. account subject to certain undertakings by
TBL;
|
|
•
|
The
Promoters and TBL providing written confirmation thatthat (i) TBL
receivables are free of encumbrances; (ii) no lender or third party
has
any rights over the TBL receivables, (iii) TBL receivables are
credited to
the Citibank N.A. bank account; (iv) TBL receivables are free to
be
utilized as contemplated under the Amended TBL Subscription Agreement;
(v)
TBL receivables are not subject to any agreement whereby any party
other
than IGC has priority over the receivables; and (vi) except for
certain
existing TBL bank accounts, TBL does not maintain any other bank
accounts;
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|
•
|
TBL
obtaining a certificate from an independent accountant indicating
the fair
value of the TBL shares subject to the deposit.
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|
•
Promoters and TBL
confirming that except for SAAG RR Infra Limited (“SAAG”) and Odeon, the
TBL Board of Directors does not recognize any other “investors” (as
identified in the TBL Articles of Association) and no persons other
than
SAAG and Odeon have been granted special rights or privileges at
meetings
of the TBL Board of Directors or the TBL shareholders;
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|
•
|
The
Promoters and TBL shall not propose any resolution at a TBL shareholders
meeting if such resolution is not approved by the IGC nominated
Director
at a meeting of the TBL Board of Directors;
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|
•
|
Until
the TBL Completion, the Promoters shall not transfer all or any
part of
their shareholdings in TBL to any person;
|
|
•
|
Where
a resolution for allotment of shares in favor of IGC is proposed
by an IGC
nominated TBL Director, the Promoters (if they are also TBL Directors)
shall cause the Directors nominated by them to vote in favor of
the
resolution;
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|
•
|
The
TBL shareholders shall vote to approve an amendment to the TBL
Articles of
Association; and;
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|
|
•
|
The
Promoters shall deliver to IGC certain documents creating a pledge
(the
“Pledge”) on 100% (4,287,500 shares) of TBL’s share capital in
favor of IGC to ensure that the Promoters will fulfill their obligations
under the Amended TBL Subscription
Agreement.
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•
|
at
any time, by mutual written agreement; and
|
|
•
|
if
the Odeon Acquisition is not completed by January 31, 2008.
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|
•
|
certain
confidentiality and indemnification obligations will survive the
termination; and
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|
•
|
with
respect to termination by mutual agreement or for failure to close
within
the timeframe set forth in the Odeon Purchase Agreement, such termination
shall not create liability for either
party.
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|
•
|
the
determination of which employees, directors and consultants will
be
granted options and other awards;
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|
•
|
the
number of shares subject to options and other
awards;
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•
|
the
exercise price of each option, which may not be less than fair market
value on the date of grant;
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•
|
the
schedule upon which options become
exercisable;
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•
|
the
terms and conditions of other awards, including conditions for repurchase,
termination or cancellation, issue price and repurchase price;
and
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|
•
|
all
other terms and conditions upon which each award may be granted in
accordance with the Stock Plan.
|
|
•
|
provide
that all outstanding options shall be assumed or substituted by the
successor corporation;
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•
|
upon
written notice to a participant, (i) provide that the participant’s
unexercised options or awards will terminate immediately prior to
the
consummation of such transaction unless exercised by the participant;
or
(ii) terminate all unexercised outstanding options immediately prior
to
the consummation of such transaction unless exercised by the
optionee;
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•
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in
the event of a merger pursuant to which holders of our common stock
will
receive a cash payment for each share surrendered in the merger,
make or
provide for a cash payment to the optionees equal to the difference
between the merger price times the number of shares of our common
stock
subject to such outstanding options, and the aggregate exercise price
of
all such outstanding options, in exchange for the termination of
such
options;
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|
•
|
provide
that all or any outstanding options shall become exercisable in full
immediately prior to such event;
and
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•
|
provide
that outstanding awards shall be assumed or substituted by the successor
corporation, become realizable or deliverable, or restrictions applicable
to an award will lapse, in whole or in part, prior to or upon the
reorganization event.]
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Incentive
Stock Options:
|
Incentive
stock options are intended to qualify for treatment under Section
422 of
the Code. An incentive stock option does not result in taxable income
to
the optionee or deduction to the company at the time it is granted
or
exercised, provided that no disposition is made by the optionee of
the
shares acquired pursuant to the option within two years after the
date of
grant of the option nor within one year after the date of issuance
of
shares the optionee (referred to as the “ISO holding period”). However,
the difference between the fair market value of the shares on the
date of
exercise and the option price will be an item of tax preference includible
in “alternative minimum taxable income.” Upon disposition of the shares
after the expiration of the ISO holding period, the optionee will
generally recognize long term capital gain or loss based on the difference
between the disposition proceeds and the option price paid for the
shares.
If the shares are disposed of prior to the expiration of the ISO
holding
period, the optionee generally will recognize taxable compensation,
and we
will have a corresponding deduction, in the year of the disposition,
equal
to the excess of the fair market value of the shares on the date
of
exercise of the option over the option price. Any additional gain
realized
on the disposition will normally constitute capital gain. If the
amount
realized upon such a disqualifying disposition is less than fair
market
value of the shares on the date of exercise, the amount of compensation
income will be limited to the excess of the amount realized over
the
optionee’s adjusted basis in the shares.
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Non-Qualified
Options:
|
Options
otherwise qualifying as incentive stock options, to the extent the
aggregate fair market value of shares with respect to which such
options
are first exercisable by an individual in any calendar year exceeds
$100,000, and options designated as non-qualified options will be
treated
as options that are not incentive stock options.
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A
non-qualified option ordinarily will not result in income to the
optionee
or deduction to us at the time of grant. The optionee will recognize
compensation income at the time of exercise of such non-qualified
option
in an amount equal to the excess of the then value of the shares
over the
option price per share. Such compensation income of optionees may
be
subject to withholding taxes, and a deduction may then be allowable
to us
in an amount equal to the optionee’s compensation
income.
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|
An
optionee’s initial basis in shares so acquired will be the amount paid on
exercise of the non-qualified option plus the amount of any corresponding
compensation income. Any gain or loss as a result of a subsequent
disposition of the shares so acquired will be capital gain or
loss.
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Stock
Grants:
|
With
respect to stock grants under the Stock Plan that result in the issuance
of shares that are either not restricted as to transferability or
not
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, the grantee must generally
recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of shares
received. Thus, deferral of the time of issuance will generally result
in
the deferral of the time the grantee will be liable for income taxes
with
respect to such issuance. We generally will be entitled to a deduction
in
an amount equal to the ordinary income recognized by the
grantee.
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|
With
respect to stock grants involving the issuance of shares that are
restricted as to transferability and subject to a substantial risk
of
forfeiture, the grantee must generally recognize ordinary income
equal to
the fair market value of the shares received at the first time the
shares
become transferable or are not subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture, whichever occurs earlier. A grantee may elect to be taxed
at
the time of receipt of shares rather than upon lapse of restrictions
on
transferability or substantial risk of forfeiture, but if the grantee
subsequently forfeits such shares, the grantee would not be entitled
to
any tax deduction, including as a capital loss, for the value of
the
shares on which he previously paid tax. The grantee must file such
election with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days of the
receipt
of the shares. We generally will be entitled to a deduction in an
amount
equal to the ordinary income recognized by the
grantee.
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Name
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Age
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|
Sudhakar
Shenoy
|
59
|
||
|
Suhail
Nathani
|
40
|
||
|
(Amounts
in US Dollars, except share data and as stated otherwise)
|
Six
Months Ended September 30, 2006
|
Six
Months Ended September 30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Interest
Income (IGC had no revenue for all periods presented)
|
$
|
1,580,124
|
$
|
1,298,063
|
||||
|
Earnings
before Income Taxes
|
1,284,755
|
71,935
|
||||||
|
Income
Taxes
|
(437,600
|
)
|
(24,604
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
Income
|
847,155
|
47,331
|
||||||
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding – basic and diluted
|
13,974,500
|
13,974,500
|
||||||
|
Net
income per share – basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.00
|
||||
|
(Amounts
in US Dollars, except share data and as stated otherwise)
|
As
of
March
31, 2007
|
As
of
September
30, 2007
|
|||||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||||
|
Investments
held in trust fund
|
$
|
66,104,275
|
$
|
67,091,690
|
|||
|
LIABILITES
|
|||||||
|
Common
stock subject to possible conversion
|
12,762,785
|
12,762,785
|
|||||
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
52,923,699
|
$
|
52,971,030
|
|||
|
i.
|
Non-Cash
Compensation Expenses: In February 2006, prior to the IPO, the
Company
issued an aggregate of 200,000 shares of common stock to its founders
and
advisors. The shares were issued for an aggregate price of $2,000.
The
fair value of these shares was estimated to be $537,741; the difference
of
$535,741 was recorded as compensation expense on the accompanying
statement of operations. The fair value was determined by allocating
the
$6.00 Unit price in the subsequent Offering between the estimated
fair
value of the shares and warrants to be included therein. The per
share
fair value was estimated to be $2.69. The Company estimated this
using the
Black-Scholes method, using a U.S. risk-free interest rate of 4.5%
and a
volatility of 52.44%. The March 31, 2006 financial statements as
originally issued were restated to record this compensation expense.
As a
result, the deficit accumulated during the development stage and
net loss
increased by $535,741 ($0.17 per share, from income per share of
$.03 to
loss per share of $0.14) and additional paid in capital increased
by
$535,741. The estimates used related to a one-time charge and therefore
will not change on an ongoing basis.
|
|
ii.
|
Warrants
issued to Oliveira Capital: In February 2007, the Company sold
a
promissory note and 425,000 warrants to Oliveira Capital, LLC for
$3,000,000. Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase from
the
Company one share of common stock at an exercise price of $5.00
commencing
on the earlier of the completion of a Business Combination with
a target
business or the distribution of the Trust Fund and expiring five
years
from the date of issuance. The warrants have an exercise price
of $5.00.
The Company has determined, based upon a Black-Scholes model, that
the
fair value of the warrants on the date of issuance would approximately
be
$1,235,000 using an expected life of five years, volatility of
46% and a
U.S. risk-free interest rate of 4.8%. We computed volatility for
a period
of five years. For approximately the first four years we used the
trading
history of two representative companies that are listed on the
Indian
Stock exchange. For approximately one year the trading history
of the
Company’s common stock was used. The average volatility of the combined
data extending over five years was calculated as 46%. Management
believes
that this volatility is a reasonable benchmark to use in estimating
the
value of the warrants. This estimate is not expected to change
from period to period.
|
|
iii.
|
Deferred
Acquisition
costs: MBL,
Sricon, TBL and
CWEL. In
each period we have accrued
expenses associated with these acquisitions. To
the extent that we do not
consummate any one of the transactions, we will expense all costs
associated with that particular potential acquisition in the quarter
where
the decision is made. For
example, as the MBL
acquisition has become improbable we expect to expense deferred
acquisition costs (approximately $150,000) associated with
MBL.
|
|
iv.
|
Income
per common share: Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing
net
income (loss) applicable to common stockholders by the weighted
average
number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings
per
share reflect the additional dilution for all potentially dilutive
securities such as stock warrants and options. The effect of the
22,949,000 outstanding warrants, issued in connection with the
Public
Offering and the Private Placement, the 500,000 outstanding units
issued
to the underwriters in connection with the Public Offering and
the 425,000
warrants to purchase shares of common stock issued to Oliveira
Capital,
LLC in connection with the promissory note has not been included
in the
diluted weighted average shares since the warrants are contingently
exercisable at the consummation of a business combination. The
underling
stock associated with the exercise of warrants arising from the
private
placement and the warrants issued to Oliveira Capital will become
dilutive
at the consummation of a business combination. The dilutive effects
of
these have been captured in the Pro-Forma statements, presented
elsewhere.
The units and attached warrants issued to the underwriter is exercisable
at a price of $6.50 and will become dilutive once the common stock
reaches
$6.50 post consummation of a business
combination.
|
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars, except share data and as stated
otherwise)
|
Six
months ended
September
30, 2006
|
Six
months ended
September
30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
4,422
|
$
|
7,251
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cost
of Revenue
|
(3,450
|
)
|
(5,124
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
(432
|
)
|
(601
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Depreciation
|
(116
|
)
|
(157
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(3,998
|
)
|
(5,882
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating
Income
|
424
|
1,369
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Interest
expense
|
(232
|
)
|
(353
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Interest
income,
|
32
|
36
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
Income
|
8
|
7
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
income before income taxes
|
232
|
1,059
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income
Taxes
|
(58
|
)
|
(328
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
174
|
731
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings
per share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.25
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
2,932,159
|
2,932,159
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
•
|
Road
construction and maintenance
|
|
•
|
Canal
and earth work
|
|
•
|
Maintenance
of cement plant, including refractory
work
|
|
•
|
Civil
work for power and steel plants
|
|
•
|
Limestone
and coal mining
|
|
•
|
With
MECON Limited: MECON Limited is a public enterprise having vast experience
in engineering and turnkey execution of civil construction and
infrastructure projects. Under the terms of the technical
alliance, MECON would assist Sricon in undertaking projects in the
GCC
(Gulf Cooperation Council) countries
on
turnkey basis.
|
|
•
|
With
Hindustan Steelworks Construction Limited (“HSCL”): HSCL is a Government
undertaking having vast experience in turnkey execution of civil
construction and infrastructure projects. Under the terms of the
technical
alliance, HSCL would assist Sricon in participating in various packages
of
NHAI in Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh.
|
|
•
|
With
Systems America Inc.: Systems America Inc. is an American company
engaged
in construction and development of infrastructure
projects. Under the terms of the technical alliance, Systems
America Inc. would support Sricon in large highways
projects.
|
|
•
|
National
Highway Authority of India
|
|
•
|
Projects
on BOT basis
|
|
•
|
National
Thermal Power Corporation
|
|
•
|
Maharashtra
Jeevan Pradhikaran
|
|
•
|
Western
Coalfields Limited
|
|
•
|
Larsen
and Tubro Limited
|
|
•
|
Public
Works Department
|
|
•
|
Nagpur
Municipal Corporation
|
|
•
|
Nagpur
Improvement Trust
|
|
•
|
Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited
|
|
•
|
Hindustan
Steelworks Construction Limited
|
|
•
|
Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
|
|
•
|
Central
Public Works Department
|
|
•
|
National
Building Construction Corporation
Limited
|
|
•
|
Engineers
Project India Limited
|
|
•
|
Mecon
|
|
•
|
Hindusthan
Construction Limited
|
|
•
|
National
Project Construction Limited
|
|
•
|
Sardar
Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited
|
|
•
|
R
& B Division, Amveli
|
|
•
|
Nagpur
Municipal Corporation
|
|
•
|
Nagpur
Improvement Trust
|
|
Sector
|
FY2001-04
USD
millions
|
FY2004-07
USD
millions
|
|||||
|
Roads
|
$
|
7,656.61
|
$
|
14,617.16
|
|||
|
Power
|
9,280.74
|
19,721.57
|
|||||
|
Oil
and Gas
|
8,816.70
|
15,313.22
|
|||||
|
Ports/Airports/Shipping
|
2,088.16
|
3,712.29
|
|||||
|
Railways
|
7,424.59
|
11,136.89
|
|||||
|
Telecom
|
15,313.22
|
16,937.35
|
|||||
|
Total
|
$
|
50,580.02
|
$
|
81,438.48
|
|||
|
Funding
Agency/Source
|
No.
of Projects
|
Total
Value
|
|||||
|
(USD
in Millions)
|
|||||||
|
NHAI
|
50
|
$
|
2,218.46
|
||||
|
World
Bank
|
15
|
1,043.20
|
|||||
|
Asian
Development Bank
|
8
|
290.14
|
|||||
|
Annuity
|
8
|
546.10
|
|||||
|
BOT
|
7
|
768.90
|
|||||
|
Total
|
88
|
$
|
4,866.80
|
||||
|
•
|
Competition
from the local companies that have a small regional footprint - These
types of companies typically compete for small local
contracts.
|
|
•
|
Marketing
/Business Development - Construction contracts are offered by the
Government sector including the Central and the State Governments.
Funds
for these are allocated through their budgets as well as through
international and domestic financial institutions such as the World
Bank,
Asian Development Bank, Japan Bank for International Co-operation,
Housing
& Urban Development Corporation, National Bank for Agricultural &
Rural Development. In view of the nature of our market, the major
sources
of information of ensuing tenders for construction contracts are
newspapers and government gazettes. In addition, construction contracts
are also offered by the private sector. While there is
increased transparency in the bid process, a change in the methodology
of
bidding and award of contracts could adversely affect the
Company.
|
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars)
|
As
of
March
31, 2007
|
As
of
September
30, 2007
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
15,358
|
$
|
15,580
|
|||
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
15,358
|
$
|
15,580
|
|||
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars)
|
As
of
March
31, 2007
|
As
of
September
30, 2007
|
|||||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||||
|
Accounts
receivables
|
$
|
2,751
|
$
|
6,574
|
|||
|
Unbilled
receivables
|
2,866
|
2,442
|
|||||
|
Inventories
|
71
|
146
|
|||||
|
BOT
Project under progress
|
3,080
|
-
|
|||||
|
LIABILITES
|
|||||||
|
Short-term
borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
|
3,646
|
3,570
|
|||||
|
Due
to related parties
|
2,264
|
1,744
|
|||||
|
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
2,182
|
2,479
|
|||||
|
Other
liabilities
|
1,913
|
896
|
|||||
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
4,289
|
$
|
5,400
|
|||
|
For
the six months ended
|
||||||||
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars)
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Revenue
(including interest and other income)
|
$
|
4,462
|
$
|
7,294
|
||||
|
Expenses
|
(4,230
|
)
|
(6,235
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
Income
|
$
|
174
|
$
|
731
|
||||
|
For
the six months ended
|
||||||||
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars)
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Revenue
(including interest and other income)
|
$
|
4,422
|
$
|
7,251
|
||||
|
Net
income before income taxes
|
232
|
1,059
|
||||||
|
Income
Taxes
|
(58
|
)
|
(328
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
Income
|
174
|
731
|
||||||
|
Income
(loss) per share: basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.25
|
||||
|
(Amounts
in Thousand US Dollars,except share data and as stated
otherwise)
|
Six
months ended September 30, 2006
|
Six
months ended September 30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
316
|
$
|
2,855
|
||||
|
Cost
of Revenue
|
(633
|
)
|
(2,017
|
)
|
||||
|
Selling,
General and Administration Expenses
|
(151
|
)
|
(280
|
)
|
||||
|
Depreciation
|
(180
|
)
|
(102
|
)
|
||||
|
(964
|
)
|
(2,399
|
)
|
|||||
|
Operating
Income/ (Loss)
|
(648
|
)
|
456
|
|||||
|
Interest
Expense (net)
|
(408
|
)
|
(331
|
)
|
||||
|
Interest
Income (net)
|
26
|
|||||||
|
Other
Income
|
189
|
2,661
|
||||||
|
Net
(loss)/income before income taxes
|
(867
|
)
|
2,812
|
|||||
|
Income
taxes
|
12
|
(83
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
(loss)/income after income taxes
|
(855
|
)
|
2,729
|
|||||
|
Provision
for Dividend on Preference Stock and tax thereon
|
-
|
(78
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
(loss)/income
|
(855
|
)
|
2,651
|
|||||
|
Earnings
per share:
|
||||||||
|
Basic
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
$
|
0.64
|
|||
|
Diluted
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
$
|
0.34
|
|||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding – Basic
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding - Diluted
|
4,287,500
|
8,037,500
|
||||||
|
·
|
Roads
and bridges
|
|
·
|
Mechanized
earthworks
|
|
·
|
Hydro-electric
project
|
|
·
|
High-rise
building complexes and townships
|
|
·
|
Dams
and tunnels
|
|
·
|
Irrigation
projects
|
|
·
|
Airport
runways and other infrastructure
|
|
·
|
Turnkey
projects
|
|
·
|
Railroad
construction
|
|
As
of
|
|||||||
|
(Amounts
in US Dollars ‘000)
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
7,098
|
$
|
6,442
|
|||
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
$
|
7,098
|
$
|
6,442
|
|||
|
As
of
|
||||||||
|
(Amounts
in US Dollars ‘000)
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
|
ASSETS
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,208
|
$
|
100
|
||||
|
Inventories
|
1,284
|
1,784
|
||||||
|
Prepaid
and other assets
|
1,231
|
798
|
||||||
|
Property,
plant and equipment (net)
|
2,265
|
2,352
|
||||||
|
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||
|
Short
term borrowings and current portion of long tern loan
|
6,079
|
-
|
||||||
|
Trade
payable
|
1,502
|
3,168
|
||||||
|
Long
term debts, net of current portion
|
2,333
|
3,870
|
||||||
|
Advance
from customers
|
1,877
|
884
|
||||||
|
Total
Stockholders' equity
|
$
|
(4,895
|
)
|
$
|
(1,504
|
)
|
||
|
For
the six months ended
|
||||||||
|
(Amounts
in US Dollars ‘000)
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Revenues
(including interest and other income)
|
$
|
505
|
$
|
5,542
|
||||
|
Expenses
|
(1,372
|
)
|
(2,730
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
Income (Loss)
|
$
|
(855
|
)
|
$
|
2,651
|
|||
|
For
the six months ended
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
(Amounts
in US Dollars ‘000)
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
316
|
$
|
2,855
|
||||||||||||||
|
Other
Income
|
189
|
2,661
|
||||||||||||||||
|
(Loss)
/ Income Before
Income
Taxes
|
(867
|
)
|
2,812
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Income
Taxes
|
(12
|
)
|
(83
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
(Loss)
/ Income after
Income
Taxes
|
(855
|
)
|
2,729
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Provision
for dividend on Preference Shares and Tax thereon
|
-
|
(78
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Net
(Loss) / Income
|
(855
|
)
|
2,651
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Earning
per Share - Basic
|
(0.20
|
)
|
0.64
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Earning
per Share - Diluted
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
$
|
0.34
|
|||||||||||||
|
·
|
Assuming
No Exercise of Redemption Rights: This presentation assumes that
none of
the IGC stockholders exercise their redemption rights;
and
|
|
·
|
Assuming
Maximum Exercise of Redemption Rights: This presentation assumes
that
stockholders holding 2,259,770 common stock exercise their redemption
rights.
|
|
Consolidated
|
Consolidated
|
||||||
|
Assuming
No
|
Assuming
Maximum
|
||||||
|
Exercise
of
|
Exercise
of
|
||||||
|
Redemption
Rights
|
Redemption
Rights
|
||||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
$
|
65,057,804
|
$
|
52,085,381
|
|||
|
Property
and equipment, net and deposit towards Wind PPE
|
36,526,499
|
36,526,499
|
|||||
|
Goodwill
|
15,622,550
|
15,622,550
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
119,842,840
|
106,870,417
|
|||||
|
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
28,449,334
|
28,449,334
|
|||||
|
Minority
Interest
|
13,490,582
|
13,490,582
|
|||||
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
65,435,439
|
$
|
52,463,016
|
|||
|
Consolidated
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Assuming
No
|
Assuming
Maximum
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Pro
Forma
|
Exercise
of
|
Pro
Forma
|
Exercise
of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Sricon
|
TBL
|
IGC
|
Adjustments
|
Redemption
Rights
|
Adjustments
|
Redemption
Rights
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Current
Assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
45,909
|
$
|
99,874
|
$
|
258,628
|
67,091,690
|
(a)
|
$
|
49,214,047
|
(12,762,785
|
)
|
(h)
|
$
|
36,241,624
|
||||||||||||||
|
41,900,000
|
(a)
|
(209,638
|
)
|
(h)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(41,900,000
|
)
|
(a)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(5,000,000
|
)
|
(a)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(6,150,000
|
)
|
(c)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(604,910
|
)
|
(d)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(3,156,494
|
)
|
(e)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(1,769,400
|
)
|
(f)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(1,601,250
|
)
|
(g)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
6,573,862
|
92,553
|
-
|
6,666,415
|
6,666,415
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Unbilled
Receivables
|
2,441,568
|
-
|
-
|
2,441,568
|
2,441,568
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Inventories
|
145,997
|
1,783,950
|
-
|
1,929,947
|
1,929,947
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Investments
held in Trust Fund
|
-
|
-
|
67,091,690
|
(67,091,690
|
)
|
(a)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Interest
Receivable - Convertible Debenture
|
-
|
-
|
157,479
|
157,479
|
157,479
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Convertible
debenture in MBL
|
-
|
-
|
3,000,000
|
3,000,000
|
3,000,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
506,422
|
798,415
|
21,766
|
1,326,603
|
1,326,603
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Due
from related parties
|
207,632
|
114,113
|
-
|
321,745
|
321,745
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
9,921,390
|
2,888,905
|
70,529,563
|
65,057,804
|
52,085,381
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
4,977,384
|
2,352,403
|
-
|
7,329,787
|
7,329,787
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Deposit
towards Wind PPE
|
29,196,712
|
(c)
|
29,196,712
|
29,196,712
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Goodwill
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15,622,550
|
(a)
|
15,622,550
|
15,622,550
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Investment
- joint ventures
|
40,978
|
-
|
-
|
40,978
|
40,978
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Investment
– others
|
23,231
|
77,987
|
-
|
101,218
|
101,218
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Deposit
to CWEL
|
-
|
-
|
250,000
|
(250,000
|
)
|
(c)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Restricted
cash, non-current
|
238,168
|
282,692
|
-
|
520,860
|
520,860
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
acquisition costs
|
-
|
-
|
252,167
|
1,601,250
|
(g)
|
128,726
|
128,726
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(1,724,691
|
)
|
(a)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
tax assets, net of valuation allowance
|
-
|
350,867
|
625,640
|
976,507
|
976,507
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
assets
|
378,490
|
489,208
|
-
|
867,698
|
867,698
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
15,579,641
|
$
|
6,442,062
|
$
|
71,657,370
|
$
|
119,842,840
|
$
|
106,870,417
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Short-term
borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
|
3,569,927
|
-
|
-
|
3,569,927
|
3,569,927
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Trade
payables
|
312,213
|
3,168,361
|
-
|
3,480,574
|
3,480,574
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
-
|
-
|
458,097
|
(59,910
|
)
|
(d)
|
241,693
|
241,693
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
(156,494
|
)
|
(e)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Notes
payable to stockholders
|
-
|
-
|
545,000
|
(545,000
|
)
|
(d)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Taxes
payable
|
-
|
-
|
449,434
|
449,434
|
449,434
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
trust interest
|
-
|
-
|
209,638
|
(209,638
|
)
|
(h)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Note
Payable to Oliveira Capital, LLC
|
-
|
-
|
2,491,985
|
(2,491,985
|
)
|
(e)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Due
to Underwriters
|
-
|
-
|
1,769,400
|
(1,769,400
|
)
|
(f)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Due
to related parties
|
1,743,603
|
-
|
-
|
1,743,603
|
1,743,603
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
current liabilities
|
205,678
|
24,138
|
-
|
229,816
|
229,816
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
current liabilities
|
5,831,421
|
3,192,499
|
5,923,554
|
9,715,047
|
9,715,047
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
2,479,367
|
3,869,967
|
-
|
22,100,000
|
(c)
|
28,449,334
|
28,449,334
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Advance
from Customers
|
-
|
883,998
|
-
|
883,998
|
883,998
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
taxes on income
|
595,179
|
-
|
-
|
595,179
|
595,179
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Security
Deposit from joint ventures
|
377,358
|
-
|
-
|
377,358
|
377,358
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
liabilities
|
895,903
|
-
|
-
|
895,903
|
895,903
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
Liabilities
|
$
|
10,179,228
|
$
|
7,946,464
|
$
|
5,923,554
|
$
|
40,916,819
|
$
|
40,916,819
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Minority
Interest
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
13,490,582
|
(a)
|
13,490,582
|
13,490,582
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common
stock subject to possible conversion, 2,259,770 at conversion
value
|
-
|
-
|
12,762,785
|
(12,762,785
|
)
|
(h)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Preferred
Stock
|
-
|
1,182,033
|
-
|
(1,182,033
|
)
|
(a)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common
stock
|
674,000
|
988,000
|
1,397
|
(1,662,000
|
)
|
(a)
|
1,623
|
1,397
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
226
|
(h)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
726,000
|
199,000
|
51,848,146
|
42,150,000
|
(a)
|
64,610,705
|
(12,762,785
|
)
|
(h)
|
51,848,146
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(43,075,000
|
)
|
(a)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
12,762,559
|
(h)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Retained
earnings
|
3,550,077
|
(3,297,435
|
)
|
1,121,488
|
(252,642
|
)
|
(a)
|
823,111
|
(209,638
|
)
|
(h)
|
613,473
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
(508,015
|
)
|
(e)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
209,638
|
(h)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive (loss) income
|
450,336
|
(576,000
|
)
|
-
|
125,664
|
(a)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
5,400,413
|
(1,504,402
|
)
|
52,971,031
|
65,435,439
|
52,463,016
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
15,579,641
|
$
|
6,442,062
|
$
|
71,657,370
|
$
|
119,842,840
|
$
|
106,870,417
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(a)
|
|
Amount
released from escrow
|
$
|
67,091,690
|
|
|
Described
in Note b
|
$
|
41,900,000
|
|
|
$2,000,000
for the purchase of CPS from Odeon and $3,000,000 for the purchase
of
shares from the promoters of Sricon.
|
$
|
5,000,000
|
|
Sricon
|
TBL
|
IGC-Power
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
|
New
Equity Shares
|
$
|
25,750,000
|
$
|
6,875,000
|
$
|
6,400,000
|
$
|
39,025,000
|
|||||||
|
New
Preference Shares
|
-
|
3,125,000
|
-
|
3,125,000
|
|||||||||||
|
Equity
Shares Purchased from existing shareholders
|
3,000,000
|
-
|
-
|
3,000,000
|
|||||||||||
|
Preference
Shares Purchased from existing shareholders
|
-
|
2,000,000
|
-
|
2,000,000
|
|||||||||||
|
Allocation
of estimated acquisition costs
|
689,973
|
338,006
|
696,712
|
1,724,691
|
|||||||||||
|
$
|
29,439,973
|
$
|
12,338,006
|
$
|
7,096,712
|
$
|
48,874,691
|
||||||||
|
Amount
paid for the subscription of new equity shares
|
$
|
39,025,000
|
|
|
Amount
paid for new preference shares
|
$
|
3,125,000
|
|
|
Total
|
$
|
42,150,000
|
|
|
Amount
transferred from CWEL
|
$
|
250,000
|
|
|
Total
shown in Pro forma
|
$
|
41,900,000
|
|
Sricon
|
TBL
|
IGC-Power
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
|
Current
assets
|
$
|
22,472,976
|
$
|
9,907,857
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
32,380,833
|
||||||||
|
Property
and equipment, net and deposit towards Wind
PPE
|
3,135,752
|
1,808,321
|
29,196,712
|
34,140,785
|
||||||||||||
|
Other
non current assets
|
428,946
|
923,034
|
-
|
1,351,980
|
||||||||||||
|
Goodwill
|
9,815,213
|
5,807,337
|
-
|
15,622,550
|
||||||||||||
|
Short-term
borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
|
(2,249,054
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(2,249,054
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Other
Current liabilities
|
(1,424,741
|
)
|
(2,454,113
|
)
|
-
|
(3,878,854
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
(1,562,001
|
)
|
(2,974,890
|
)
|
(22,100,000
|
)
|
(26,636,891
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Other
non-current liabilities
|
(1,177,118
|
)
|
(679,540
|
)
|
-
|
(1,856,657
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
29,439,973
|
$
|
12,338,006
|
$
|
7,096,712
|
$
|
48,874,691
|
||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Assuming
No
|
Assuming
Maximum
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Pro
Forma
|
Exercise
of
|
Exercise
of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Sricon
|
TBL
|
IGC
|
Adjustments
|
Redemption
Rights
|
Redemption
Rights
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
7,251,166
|
$
|
2,855,255
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
10,106,421
|
$
|
10,106,421
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Cost
of revenue
|
(5,124,293
|
)
|
(2,017,534
|
)
|
-
|
(7,141,827
|
)
|
(7,141,827
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Gross
profit
|
2,126,873
|
837,721
|
-
|
2,964,594
|
2,964,594
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
(600,851
|
)
|
(279,715
|
)
|
-
|
(880,566
|
)
|
(880,566
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Depreciation
|
(156,944
|
)
|
(101,670
|
)
|
-
|
(258,614
|
)
|
(258,614
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating
income
|
1,369,078
|
456,336
|
-
|
1,825,414
|
1,825,414
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Legal
and formation, travel and other start up costs
|
-
|
-
|
(384,528
|
)
|
(384,528
|
)
|
(384,528
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Interest
expense
|
(352,642
|
)
|
(331,287
|
)
|
(841,600
|
)
|
18,710
|
(i)
|
(1,329,707
|
)
|
(1,329,707
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
177,112
|
(j)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Interest
income
|
35,598
|
25,933
|
1,298,063
|
(353,714
|
)
|
(k)
|
1,005,880
|
(250,985
|
)
|
(k)
|
754,895
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
Income
|
7,255
|
2,661,125
|
-
|
2,668,380
|
2,668,380
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income
before income taxes
|
1,059,289
|
2,812,107
|
71,935
|
3,785,439
|
3,534,454
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Provision
for income taxes, net
|
(327,211
|
)
|
(83,227
|
)
|
(24,604
|
)
|
54,004
|
(l)
|
(381,038
|
)
|
85,845
|
(l)
|
(295,193
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Income
after income taxes
|
732,078
|
2,728,880
|
47,331
|
3,404,401
|
3,239,261
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Provision
for Dividend on Preference Stock and its Tax
|
-
|
(78,340
|
)
|
-
|
(78,340
|
)
|
(78,340
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Minority
Interest
|
(880,493
|
)
|
(p)
|
(880,493
|
)
|
(880,493
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
$
|
732,078
|
$
|
2,650,540
|
$
|
47,331
|
$
|
2,445,568
|
$
|
2,280,428
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
income per share: basic
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
0.18
|
$
|
0.19
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
income per share: diluted
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
0.15
|
$
|
0.16
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares –basic
|
13,974,500
|
(q)
|
13,974,500
|
(q)
|
13,974,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares-diluted
|
13,974,500
|
(q)
|
16,786,623
|
(q)
|
14,526,853
|
|
Consolidated
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Assuming
No
|
Assuming
Maximum
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Pro
Forma
|
Exercise
of
|
Exercise
of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Sricon
|
TBL
|
IGC
|
Adjustments
|
Redemption
Rights
|
Redemption
Rights
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
10,604,093
|
$
|
4,318,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
$
|
14,922,093
|
$
|
14,922,093
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cost
of revenue
|
(8,100,559
|
)
|
(2,656,000
|
)
|
-
|
(10,756,559
|
)
|
(10,756,559
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Gross
profit
|
2,503,534
|
1,662,000
|
-
|
4,165,534
|
4,165,534
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
(1,114,548
|
)
|
(458,000
|
)
|
-
|
(1,572,548
|
)
|
(1,572,548
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Depreciation
|
(243,309
|
)
|
(207,000
|
)
|
-
|
(450,309
|
)
|
(450,309
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating
income
|
1,145,677
|
997,000
|
-
|
2,142,677
|
2,142,677
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Legal
and formation, travel and other start up costs
|
-
|
-
|
(765,047
|
)
|
(765,047
|
)
|
(765,047
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Interest
expense
|
(532,717
|
)
|
(1,144,000
|
)
|
(103,916
|
)
|
41,200
|
(m)
|
(1,706,907
|
)
|
(1,706,907
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
32,526
|
(n)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Interest
income
|
65,874
|
16,000
|
3,171,818
|
(898,129
|
)
|
(o)
|
2,355,563
|
(613,945
|
)
|
(o)
|
1,741,618
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
Income
|
99,945
|
532,000
|
-
|
631,945
|
631,945
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income
before income taxes
|
778,779
|
401,000
|
2,302,855
|
2,658,231
|
2,044,286
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Provision
for income taxes, net
|
(368,485
|
)
|
135,000
|
(784,858
|
)
|
280,973
|
(b)
|
(737,370
|
)
|
209,244
|
(b)
|
(528,126
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Minority
Interest
|
(275,089
|
)
|
(p)
|
(275,089
|
)
|
(275,089
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
$
|
410,294
|
$
|
536,000
|
$
|
1,517,997
|
$
|
1,645,772
|
$
|
1,241,071
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
income per share: basic
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.11
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
income per share: diluted
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.10
|
$
|
0.08
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares-basic
|
13,974,500
|
(q)
|
13,974,500
|
(q)
|
13,974,500
|
||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares-diluted
|
13,974,500
|
(q)
|
16,946,525
|
(q)
|
14,686,755
|
|
i.
|
For
September 30, 2007: The basic shares include shares sold in the
IPO,
founder’s shares and shares sold in the private placement. The fully
diluted
shares include basic shares plus the following: shares arising
from the
exercise of warrants sold as part of the units in the offering
plus shares
arising
from the exercise of warrants issued to Oliveira Capital. The UPO
issued to
the underwriters (1,500,000 shares) is not considered in this calculation
as the strike price for the UPO is “out of the money” at $6.50 per share.
The historical weighted average per share, for our shares, through
September 30, 2007, was applied using the treasury method of calculating
the fully diluted shares. The calculation
for
fully diluted shares includes 2,812,123 shares and excludes 20,561,877
shares
from the EPS computations.
|
|
ii.
|
For
FYE March 31, 2007: The basic
shares
include shares sold in the IPO, founder’s shares and shares sold in the
private placement. The fully
diluted
shares include basic shares plus the following: shares arising
from the
exercise of warrants sold as part of the units in the offering
plus shares
arising from the exercise of warrants issued to Oliveira Capital.
The UPO
issued to
the underwriters (1,500,000 shares) is not considered in this calculation
as the strike price for the UPO is “out of the money” at $6.50 per share.
The historical weighted average per share, for our shares, through
March
31, 2007 was applied using the treasury method of calculating fully
diluted shares. The calculation
for
fully diluted shares includes 2,972,025 shares and excludes 20,401,975
shares from the EPS computations.
|
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
|
Dr.
Ranga Krishna
|
43
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
|
Ram
Mukunda
|
48
|
Chief
Executive Officer, President and Director
|
|
John
Selvaraj
|
63
|
Treasurer
|
|
Sudhakar
Shenoy
|
59
|
Director
|
|
Richard
Prins
|
50
|
Director
|
|
Suhail
Nathani
|
40
|
Director
|
|
Larry
Pressler
|
64
|
Special
Advisor
|
|
Howard
Gutman
|
50
|
Special
Advisor
|
|
P.G.
Kakodkar
|
70
|
Special
Advisor
|
|
Shakti
Sinha
|
49
|
Special
Advisor
|
|
Dr.
Prabuddha Ganguli
|
57
|
Special
Advisor
|
|
Dr.
Anil K. Gupta
|
56
|
Special
Advisor
|
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
|
Ravindralal
Srivastava
|
54
|
Chairman
and Managing Director
|
|
Abhay
Wakhare
|
37
|
GM
Finance and Accounting
|
|
Richard
Prins
|
50
|
Director
|
|
Ram
Mukunda
|
48
|
Director
|
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
|
V.
C. Antony
|
76
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
|
Jortin
Antony
|
40
|
Managing
Director
|
|
M.
Santhosh Kumar
|
41
|
Manager
Finance and Accounting
|
|
Richard
Prins
|
50
|
Director
|
|
Ram
Mukunda
|
48
|
Director
|
|
Summary
compensation of executive of Sricon
|
|||
|
FY
2005
|
FY
2006
|
FY
2007
|
|
|
Mr.
R Srivastava
|
INR
600,000
|
INR
600,000
|
INR
600,000
|
|
USD
15,000
|
USD
15,000
|
USD
15,000
|
|
|
Summary
compensation of executive of TBL
|
|||
|
FY
2005
|
FY
2006
|
FY
2007
|
|
|
Mr.
Jortin Antony
|
INR
480,000
|
INR
480,000
|
INR
480,000
|
|
USD
12,000
|
USD
12,000
|
USD
12,000
|
|
|
•
|
Upon
the completion of the Acquisition, we expect to enter into an employment
agreement with Ram Mukunda, the terms of which have not been completely
decided, pursuant to which Mr. Mukunda will serve as our Executive
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. We expect that
the agreement will provide for compensation commensurate with industry
practice and standards, standard confidentiality and noncompetition
provisions and a requirement that Mr. Mukunda devote his best efforts
and
as much time as is required to execute his responsibilities and duties
under the agreement to us. We anticipate that the Agreement
will be terminable by us at any time either with or without
cause.
|
|
March
31, 2007
|
March
31, 2006
|
||||||
|
Audit
Fees
|
$
|
84,725
|
$
|
80,
800
|
|||
|
Audit-Related
Fees
|
0
|
0
|
|||||
|
Tax
Fees(1)
|
3,837
|
0
|
|||||
|
All
Other Fees(2)
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
Total
|
$
|
88,562
|
$
|
80,800
|
|||
|
(1)
|
Tax
Fees relate to tax compliance, tax planning and advice. These
services include tax return preparation and advice on state and local
tax
issues.
|
|
(2)
|
There
were no services rendered other than those identified in the above
categories.
|
|
Name
|
Number
of Shares (1)
|
Relationship
to Us
|
|||
|
Dr.
Ranga Krishna
|
250,000
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
|||
|
Ram
Mukunda
|
1,250,000
|
Chief
Executive Officer, President and Director
|
|||
|
John
Cherin
|
250,000
|
Chief
Financial Officer and Director (2)
|
|||
|
Name
|
Number
of Shares(1)(3)(4)
|
Relationship
to Us
|
|||
|
Parveen
Mukunda(5)
|
425,000
|
Secretary
|
|||
|
Sudhakar
Shenoy
|
37,500
|
Director
|
|||
|
Suhail
Nathani
|
37,500
|
Director
|
|||
|
Shakti
Sinha
|
12,500
|
Special
Advisor
|
|||
|
Dr.
Prabuddha Ganguli
|
12,500
|
Special
Advisor
|
|||
|
Dr.
Anil K. Gupta
|
25,000
|
Special
Advisor
|
|||
|
(1)
|
The
share numbers and per share purchase prices in this section reflect
the
effects of a 1-for-2 reverse split effected September 29,
2005.
|
|
(2)
|
John
Cherin resigned as our CFO, Treasurer, and Director on November 27,
2006.
|
|
(3)
|
The
shares were issued to our officers, directors and Special Advisors
in
consideration of services rendered or to be rendered to
us.
|
|
(4)
|
On
September 7, 2005, one stockholder surrendered to us 62,500 shares,
and on
February 3, 2006, a stockholder surrendered to us 137,500 shares.
These
were reissued as set forth below.
|
|
(5)
|
Parveen
Mukunda is the wife of Ram Mukunda.
|
|
Name
|
Number
of Shares
|
Relationship
to Us
|
|||
|
Dr.
Ranga Krishna
|
100,000
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
|||
|
John
Cherin
|
37,500
|
Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director
|
|||
|
Larry
Pressler
|
25,000
|
Special
Advisor
|
|||
|
P.G.
Kakodkar
|
12,500
|
Special
Advisor
|
|||
|
Sudhakar
Shenoy
|
12,500
|
Director
|
|||
|
Suhail
Nathani
|
12,500
|
Director
|
|||
|
Common
Stock
|
Warrants
|
Units
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
2006
Second Quarter (from May 24, 2006)
|
$
|
5.66
|
$
|
5.33
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
2006
Fourth Quarter
|
$
|
5.88
|
$
|
5.80
|
$
|
0.88
|
$
|
0.80
|
$
|
7.74
|
$
|
7.55
|
|||||||||||
|
2007
First Quarter
|
$
|
5.84
|
$
|
5.55
|
$
|
0.69
|
$
|
0.67
|
$
|
6.85
|
$
|
6.85
|
|||||||||||
|
2007
Second Quarter
|
$
|
5.74
|
$
|
5.69
|
$
|
0.63
|
$
|
0.60
|
$
|
7.19
|
$
|
6.77
|
|||||||||||
|
2007
Third Quarter
|
$
|
5.90
|
$
|
5.73
|
$
|
0.63
|
$
|
0.58
|
$
|
6.67
|
$
|
6.67
|
|||||||||||
|
2007
Fourth Quarter (through November 15, 2007
|
$
|
5.80
|
$
|
5.69
|
$
|
0.60
|
$
|
0.34
|
$
|
6.81
|
$
|
6.39
|
|||||||||||
|
INDIA
GLOBALIZATION CAPITAL INC.
|
|
|
Unaudited
Condensed Financial Statements:
|
|
|
F-2
|
|
|
F-3
|
|
|
F-4
|
|
|
F-5
|
|
|
F-6
|
|
|
Financial
Statements:
|
|
|
F-13
|
|
|
F-14
|
|
|
F-15
|
|
|
F-16
|
|
|
F-17
|
|
|
F-18
|
|
|
SRICON
INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED
|
|
|
Unaudited
Condensed Financial Statements:
|
|
|
F-26
|
|
|
F-27
|
|
|
F-28
|
|
|
F-29
|
|
|
F-30
|
|
|
F-31
|
|
|
Audited
Financial Statements:
|
|
|
F-43
|
|
|
F-44
|
|
|
F-45
|
|
|
F-46
|
|
|
F-47
|
|
|
F-48
|
|
|
TECHNI
BHARATHI LIMITED
|
|
|
Unaudited
Condensed Financial Statements:
|
|
|
F-70
|
|
|
F-71
|
|
|
F-72
|
|
|
F-73
|
|
|
F-74
|
|
|
F-75
|
|
|
Audited
Financial Statements:
|
|
|
F-85
|
|
|
F-86
|
|
|
F-87
|
|
|
F-88
|
|
|
F-89
|
|
|
F-90
|
|
September
30, 2007
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
ASSETS
|
||||||||
|
Current
Assets:
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
258,628
|
$
|
1,169,422
|
||||
|
Investments
held in Trust Fund
|
67,091,690
|
66,104,275
|
||||||
|
Interest
Receivable - Convertible Debenture
|
157,479
|
37,479
|
||||||
|
Convertible
debenture in MBL
|
3,000,000
|
3,000,000
|
||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
21,766
|
74,197
|
||||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
70,529,563
|
70,385,373
|
||||||
|
Deposit
to CWEL
|
250,000
|
-
|
||||||
|
Deferred
acquisition costs
|
252,167
|
158,739
|
||||||
|
Deferred
tax assets – Federal and State, net of valuation allowance
|
625,640
|
142,652
|
||||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
71,657,370
|
$
|
70,686,764
|
||||
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
$
|
458,098
|
$
|
237,286
|
||||
|
Notes
payable to stockholders
|
545,000
|
870,000
|
||||||
|
Taxes
payable
|
449,434
|
296,842
|
||||||
|
Deferred
trust interest
|
209,638
|
32,526
|
||||||
|
Note
Payable to Oliveira Capital, LLC
|
2,491,985
|
1,794,226
|
||||||
|
Due
to Underwriters
|
1,769,400
|
1,769,400
|
||||||
|
Total
current liabilities
|
5,923,555
|
5,000,280
|
||||||
|
Common
stock subject to possible conversion, 2,259,770 at conversion value
(Note
A)
|
12,762,785
|
12,762,785
|
||||||
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCY
|
||||||||
|
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
|
||||||||
|
Preferred
stock $.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
and
outstanding
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Common
stock — $.0001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; issued and
outstanding 13,974,500 (including 2,259,770 shares subject to possible
conversion)
|
1,397
|
1,397
|
||||||
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
51,848,145
|
51,848,145
|
||||||
|
Income
accumulated during the development stage
|
1,121,488
|
1,074,157
|
||||||
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
52,971,030
|
52,923,699
|
||||||
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
71,657,370
|
$
|
70,686,764
|
||||
|
April
29, 2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Three
Months
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
Six
Months
|
(Date
of Inception)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Ended
September
30
|
Ended
September
30
|
Ended
September 30
|
Ended
September 30
|
Through
September 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Legal
and formation, travel and other start up costs
|
$
|
(204,684
|
)
|
$
|
(157,556
|
)
|
$
|
(384,528
|
)
|
$
|
(277,869
|
)
|
$
|
(1,217,758
|
)
|
|||||
|
Compensation
expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(535,741
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Interest
expense
|
(381,722
|
)
|
(9,200
|
)
|
(841,600
|
)
|
(17,500
|
)
|
(951,016
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Interest
income
|
603,145
|
796,323
|
1,
298,063
|
1,580,124
|
4,680,465
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Income
before income taxes
|
16,739
|
629,567
|
71,935
|
1,284,755
|
1,975,950
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Provision
for income taxes, net
|
5,691
|
214,800
|
24,604
|
437,600
|
854,462
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Net
income
|
$
|
11,048
|
$
|
414,767
|
$
|
47,331
|
$
|
847,155
|
$
|
1,121,488
|
||||||||||
|
Net
income per share: basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
0.03
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
0.06
|
||||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding-basic and diluted
|
13,974,500
|
13,974,500
|
13,974,500
|
13,974,500
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(Deficit)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Additional
|
during
the
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Common
Stock
|
Paid-in
|
Development
|
Stockholders’
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Stage
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock to Founders at $.01 per share
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(1,750,000
shares on May 5, 2005 and 750,000 shares on June 20, 2005)
|
2,500,000
|
$
|
250
|
$
|
24,750
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
25,000
|
|||||||||||
|
Surrendered
shares (on September 7, 2005 and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
February
5, 2006 of 62,500 and 137,500 respectively)
|
(200,000
|
)
|
(20
|
)
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock to Founders at $.01 per share
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
on
February 5, 2006
|
200,000
|
20
|
537,721
|
-
|
537,741
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of 170,000 units in a private placement on March 2, 2006 at $6
per
Unit.
|
170,000
|
17
|
1,019,983
|
-
|
1,020,000
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of 11,304,500 units, net of underwriters’ discount
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
and
offering expenses, on March 8, 2006 at $6 per Unit, (including
2,259,770
shares
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
subject
to possible conversion) and $100 from
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
underwriters
option
|
11,304,500
|
1,130
|
61,793,456
|
-
|
61,794,586
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Proceeds
subject to possible conversion of shares
|
-
|
-
|
(12,762,785
|
)
|
-
|
(12,762,785
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net
loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(443,840
|
)
|
$
|
(443,840
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
Balance
at March 31, 2006
|
13,974,500
|
1,397
|
50,613,145
|
(443,840
|
)
|
50,170,702
|
||||||||||||||
|
Fair
value, based upon Black-Scholes model, of 425,000 warrants issued
to
Oliveira Capital, LLC in connection with $3,000,000 promissory
note issued
on February 5, 2007.
|
-
|
-
|
1,235,000
|
-
|
1,235,000
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,517,997
|
1,517,997
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Balance
at March 31,2007
|
13,974,500
|
1,397
|
51,848,145
|
1,074,157
|
52,923,699
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Unaudited:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
income for the six months ended September 30, 2007
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
47,331
|
47,331
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Balance
at September 30, 2007
|
13,974,500
|
$
|
1,397
|
$
|
51,848,145
|
$
|
1,121,488
|
$
|
52,971,030
|
|||||||||||
|
April
29, 2005
|
||||||||||||
|
(Date
of Inception)
|
||||||||||||
|
Six
Months ended
|
Six
Months ended
|
through
|
||||||||||
|
September
30, 2007
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||||||
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Net
income
|
$
|
47,331
|
$
|
847,155
|
$
|
1,121,488
|
||||||
|
Adjustment
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest
earned on Treasury Bills
|
(1,342,086
|
)
|
(1,545,132
|
)
|
(4,643,877
|
)
|
||||||
|
Non-cash
compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
535,741
|
|||||||||
|
Deferred
taxes
|
(482,988
|
)
|
(46,400
|
)
|
(625,640
|
)
|
||||||
|
Amortization
of debt discount on Oliveira debt
|
697,759
|
-
|
726,985
|
|||||||||
|
Changes
in:
|
||||||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
52,431
|
42,656
|
(21,766
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Interest
receivable - convertible debenture
|
(120,000
|
)
|
-
|
(157,479
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Deferred
interest liability
|
177,112
|
-
|
209,638
|
|||||||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
245,812
|
(192,760
|
)
|
418,098
|
||||||||
|
Taxes
payable
|
152,592
|
484,000
|
449,434
|
|||||||||
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(572,037
|
)
|
(410,481
|
)
|
(1,987,378
|
)
|
||||||
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Purchase
of treasury bills
|
(199,725,789
|
)
|
(393,686,250
|
)
|
(1,053,495,803
|
)
|
||||||
|
Maturity
of treasury bills
|
200,079,157
|
395,112,851
|
991,048,488
|
|||||||||
|
Decrease
(increase) in cash held in trust
|
1,304
|
172,567
|
(497
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Purchase
of convertible debenture
|
-
|
-
|
(3,000,000
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Deposit
to CWEL
|
(250,000
|
)
|
-
|
(250,000
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Payment
of deferred acquisition costs
|
(118,429
|
)
|
-
|
(212,168
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(13,757
|
)
|
1,599,168
|
(65,909,980
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock to Founders
|
-
|
-
|
27,000
|
|||||||||
|
Payments
of offering costs
|
-
|
-
|
(4,263,114
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds
from notes payable to stockholders
|
275,000
|
-
|
1,145,000
|
|||||||||
|
Proceeds
from notes payable to stockholders
|
(600,000
|
)
|
-
|
(600,000
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of underwriters option
|
-
|
-
|
100
|
|||||||||
|
Gross
proceeds from initial public offering
|
-
|
-
|
67,827,000
|
|||||||||
|
Proceeds
from private placement
|
-
|
-
|
1,020,000
|
|||||||||
|
Proceeds
from note payable to Oliveira Capital, LLC
|
-
|
-
|
3,000,000
|
|||||||||
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
(325,000
|
)
|
-
|
68,155,986
|
||||||||
|
Net
(decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalent
|
(910,794
|
)
|
1,188,687
|
258,628
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalent at the beginning of the period
|
1,169,422
|
2,210
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalent at the end of the period
|
$
|
258,628
|
$
|
1,190,897
|
$
|
258,628
|
||||||
|
Supplemental
schedule of non cash financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Accrual
of deferred underwriters’ fees
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
1,769,400
|
||||||||
|
Accrual
of deferred acquisition costs
|
$
|
40,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
40,000
|
||||||
|
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Issuance
of warrants in connection with Oliveira Debt
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
1,235,000
|
||||||||
|
September
30, 2007 (Unaudited)
|
March
31, 2007 (Audited)
|
||||||
|
Investment
held for the benefit of the Company
|
$
|
63,845,850
|
$
|
63,845,850
|
|||
|
Investment
held for the benefit of the Underwriter
|
1,769,400
|
1,769,400
|
|||||
|
Investment
earnings (available to fund Company expenses up to a maximum
of $2,150,000, net of taxes)(1)
|
1,476,440
|
489,025
|
|||||
|
$
|
67,091,690
|
$
|
66,104,275
|
||||
|
(1)
|
Through
March 31, 2007, the Company has transferred approximately $2,150,000
of
investment earnings (the maximum amount permitted pursuant to the
terms of
the Public Offering) from the Trust Fund into its operating
account.
|
|
March
31,
|
||||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
|
ASSETS
|
||||||||
|
Current
Assets:
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,169,422
|
$
|
2,210
|
||||
|
Investments
held in Trust Fund
|
66,104,275
|
65,825,016
|
||||||
|
Interest
Receivable—Convertible Debenture
|
37,479
|
-
|
||||||
|
Convertible
debenture in MBL
|
3,000,000
|
-
|
||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
74,197
|
76,766
|
||||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
70,385,373
|
65,903,992
|
||||||
|
Deferred
acquisition costs
|
158,739
|
-
|
||||||
|
Deferred
tax assets—Federal and State, net of valuation allowance
|
142,652
|
25,000
|
||||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
70,686,764
|
$
|
65,928,992
|
||||
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
$
|
237,286
|
$
|
286,105
|
||||
|
Notes
payable to stockholders
|
870,000
|
870,000
|
||||||
|
Taxes
payable
|
296,842
|
70,000
|
||||||
|
Deferred
trust interest
|
32,526
|
-
|
||||||
|
Note
Payable to Oliveira Capital, LLC
|
1,794,226
|
-
|
||||||
|
Due
to underwriter
|
1,769,400
|
1,769,400
|
||||||
|
Total
current liabilities
|
$
|
5,000,280
|
$
|
2,995,505
|
||||
|
Common
stock subject to possible conversion, 2,259,770 at conversion value
(Note
A)
|
12,762,785
|
12,762,785
|
||||||
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCY
|
||||||||
|
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
|
||||||||
|
Preferred
stock $.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
and
outstanding
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
|
Common
stock — $.0001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; issued and
outstanding 13,974,500
|
1,397
|
1,397
|
||||||
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
51,848,145
|
50,613,145
|
||||||
|
Income
(Deficit) accumulated during the development stage
|
1,074,157
|
(443,840
|
)
|
|||||
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
52,923,699
|
$
|
50,170,702
|
||||
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
$
|
70,686,764
|
$
|
65,928,992
|
||||
|
April
29, 2005
|
April
29, 2005
|
|||||||||
|
(Date
of Inception)
|
(Date
of Inception)
|
|||||||||
|
Year
Ended
|
through
|
Through
|
||||||||
|
March
31, 2007
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||||
|
Legal
and formation, travel and other start up costs
|
$
|
(765,047
|
)
|
$
|
(68,183
|
)
|
$
|
(833,230
|
)
|
|
|
Compensation
expense
|
—
|
(535,741
|
)
|
(535,741
|
)
|
|||||
|
Interest
expense
|
(103,916
|
)
|
(5,500
|
)
|
(106,416
|
)
|
||||
|
Interest
income
|
3,171,818
|
210,584
|
3,382,402
|
|||||||
|
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
2,302,855
|
(398,840
|
)
|
1,904,015
|
||||||
|
Provision
for income taxes, net
|
784,858
|
45,000
|
829,858
|
|||||||
|
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
1,517,997
|
$
|
(443,840
|
)
|
$
|
1,074,157
|
|||
|
Net
income (loss) per share: basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares
|
||||||||||
|
outstanding-basic
and diluted
|
13,974,500
|
3,191,000
|
||||||||
|
Common
Stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
|
Income
(Deficit) Accumulated
During
the Development Stage
|
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock to founders at $.01 per share (1,750,000 shares
on May 5,
2005 and 750,000 shares on June 20, 2005)
|
2,500,000
|
$
|
250
|
$
|
24,750
|
—
|
$
|
25,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Surrendered
shares (on September 7, 2005 and February 5, 2006 of 62,500 and
137,500
respectively)
|
(200,000
|
)
|
(20
|
)
|
20
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock to founders at $.01 per share on February 5,
2006
|
200,000
|
20
|
537,721
|
—
|
537,741
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of 170,000 units in a private placement on March 2, 2006 at $6
per Unit
|
170,000
|
17
|
1,019,983
|
—
|
1,020,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Issue
of 11,304,500 units, net of underwriters’ discount and offering expenses,
on March 8, 2006 at $6 per Unit, (including 2,259,770 shares
subject to possible conversion) and $100 from underwriters
option
|
11,304,500
|
1,130
|
61,793,456
|
—
|
61,794,586
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Proceeds
subject to possible conversion of shares
|
(12,762,785
|
)
|
—
|
(12,762,785
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss for the period
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
(443,840
|
)
|
(443,840
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
at March 31, 2006
|
13,974,500
|
$
|
1,397
|
$
|
50,613,145
|
$
|
(443,840
|
)
|
$
|
50,170,702
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Fair
value, based on Black-Scholes model, of 425,000 warrants issued
to
Oliveira Capital, LLC in connection with a $3,000,000 promissory
note on
February 5, 2007
|
—
|
—
|
1,235,000
|
—
|
1,235,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
1,517,997
|
1,517,997
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
at March 31, 2007
|
13,974,500
|
$
|
1,397
|
$
|
51,848,145
|
$
|
1,074,157
|
$
|
52,923,699
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2007
|
April
29, 2005
(Date
of Inception)Through
March
31, 2006
|
April
29, 2005
(Date
of Inception)
Through
March
31, 2007
|
|||||||
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|||||||||
|
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
1,517,997
|
$
|
(443,840
|
)
|
$
|
1,074,157
|
||
|
Adjustment
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|||||||||
|
Interest
earned on Treasury Bills
|
(3,098,769
|
)
|
(203,022
|
)
|
(3,301,791
|
)
|
|||
|
Non-cash
compensation expense
|
-
|
535,741
|
535,741
|
||||||
|
Deferred
taxes
|
(117,652
|
)
|
(25,000
|
)
|
(142,652
|
)
|
|||
|
Amortization
of debt discount on Oliveira debt
|
29,226
|
-
|
29,226
|
||||||
|
Changes
in:
|
|||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
2,569
|
(76,766
|
)
|
(74,197
|
)
|
||||
|
Interest
receivable - convertible debenture
|
(37,479
|
)
|
-
|
(37,479
|
)
|
||||
|
Deferred
interest liability
|
32,526
|
-
|
32,526
|
||||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
(113,819
|
)
|
47,679
|
(66,140
|
)
|
||||
|
Taxes
payable
|
226,842
|
70,000
|
296,842
|
||||||
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(1,558,559
|
)
|
(95,208
|
)
|
(1,653,767
|
)
|
|||
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|||||||||
|
Purchase
of treasury bills
|
(722,540,587
|
)
|
(131,229,427
|
)
|
(853,770,014
|
)
|
|||
|
Maturity
of treasury bills
|
725,189,331
|
65,780,000
|
790,969,331
|
||||||
|
Decrease
(increase) in cash held in trust
|
170,766
|
(172,567
|
)
|
(1,801
|
)
|
||||
|
Purchase
of convertible debenture
|
(3,000,000
|
)
|
-
|
(3,000,000
|
)
|
||||
|
Payment
of deferred acquisition costs
|
(93,739
|
)
|
-
|
(93,739
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(274,229
|
)
|
(65,621,994
|
)
|
(65,896,223
|
)
|
|||
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock to founders
|
27,000
|
27,000
|
|||||||
|
Payments
of offering costs
|
(4,024,688
|
)
|
(4,024,688
|
)
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from notes payable to stockholders
|
870,000
|
870,000
|
|||||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of underwriters option
|
100
|
100
|
|||||||
|
Proceeds
from initial public offering
|
67,827,000
|
67,827,000
|
|||||||
|
Proceeds
from private placement
|
1,020,000
|
1,020,000
|
|||||||
|
Proceeds
from note payable to Oliveira Capital, LLC
|
3,000,000
|
-
|
3,000,000
|
||||||
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
3,000,000
|
65,719,412
|
68,719,412
|
||||||
|
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalent
|
1,167,212
|
2,210
|
1,169,422
|
||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalent at the beginning of the
period
|
2,210
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalent at the end of the period
|
$
|
1,169,422
|
$
|
2,210
|
$
|
1,169,422
|
|||
|
Supplemental
schedule of non cash financing activities:
|
|||||||||
|
Accrual
of offering costs
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
238,426
|
$
|
238,426
|
|||
|
Accrual
of deferred underwriters’ fees
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,769,400
|
$
|
1,769,400
|
|||
|
Accrual
of deferred acquisition costs
|
$
|
65,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
65,000
|
|||
|
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|||||||||
|
Interest
paid
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||
|
Income
taxes paid
|
$
|
675,668
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
675,668
|
|||
|
Fair
value of warrants included in additional paid in capital
|
$
|
1,235,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,235,000
|
|||
|
March
31,
|
|||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
|
Investment
held for the benefit of the Company
|
$
|
63,845,850
|
$
|
63,845,850
|
|||
|
Investment
held for the benefit of the Underwriter
|
1,769,400
|
1,769,400
|
|||||
|
Investment
earnings (available to fund Company expenses up to a maximum of
$2,150,000, net of taxes)(1)
|
489,025
|
209,766
|
|||||
|
$
|
66,104,275
|
$
|
65,825,016
|
||||
|
(1)
Through March 31, 2007, the Company has transferred approximately
$2,150,000 of Investment Earnings from the Trust Account into its
operating account.
|
|||||||
|
March
31,
|
|||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
|
Current:
|
|||||||
|
Federal
|
$
|
902,510
|
$
|
70,000
|
|||
|
Deferred:
|
|||||||
|
Federal
|
(117,652
|
)
|
(25,000
|
)
|
|||
|
Total tax provision
|
$
|
784,858
|
$
|
45,000
|
|||
|
March
31,
|
|||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
|
Statutory
Federal income tax rate
|
34
|
%
|
34
|
%
|
|||
|
Non-cash
compensation expense
|
(45.7
|
)%
|
|||||
|
State
tax benefit net of federal tax
|
(1.3
|
)%
|
(1.3
|
)%
|
|||
|
Increase
in state valuation allowance
|
1.3
|
%
|
1.3
|
%
|
|||
|
Other
|
-
|
.4
|
%
|
||||
|
Effective
income tax rate
|
34
|
%
|
(11.3
|
)%
|
|||
|
March
31,
|
|||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
|
Operating
costs deferred for income tax purposes
|
$
|
242,015
|
$
|
30,000
|
|||
|
Interest
income deferred for reporting purposes
|
11,059
|
-
|
|||||
|
Difference
between accrual accounting for reporting purposes and cash accounting
for
tax purposes
|
(75,514
|
)
|
-
|
||||
|
Less:
Valuation Allowance
|
(34,908
|
)
|
(5,000
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
deferred tax asset
|
$
|
142,652
|
$
|
25,000
|
|||
|
As
of
|
|||||||
|
As
of
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
(Unaudited)
|
||||||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
89
|
$
|
46
|
|||
|
Accounts
receivables
|
2,751
|
6,574
|
|||||
|
Unbilled
receivables
|
2,866
|
2,442
|
|||||
|
Inventories
|
71
|
146
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
and other assets
|
674
|
506
|
|||||
|
Due
from related parties
|
259
|
208
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
6,710
|
9,921
|
|||||
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
4,903
|
4,977
|
|||||
|
BOT
Project under Progress
|
3,080
|
-
|
|||||
|
Investment
- joint ventures
|
-
|
41
|
|||||
|
Investment
– others
|
387
|
23
|
|||||
|
Restricted
cash, non-current
|
62
|
238
|
|||||
|
Other
assets
|
216
|
378
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
15,358
|
15,580
|
|||||
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|||||||
|
Current
liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Short-term
borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
|
3,646
|
3,570
|
|||||
|
Trade
payables
|
139
|
312
|
|||||
|
Due
to related parties
|
2,264
|
1,744
|
|||||
|
Other
current liabilities
|
39
|
206
|
|||||
|
Deferred
taxes on income
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total
current liabilities
|
6,088
|
5,831
|
|||||
|
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
2,182
|
2,479
|
|||||
|
Deferred
taxes on income
|
538
|
595
|
|||||
|
Security
Deposit from joint ventures
|
348
|
377
|
|||||
|
Other
liabilities
|
1,913
|
896
|
|||||
|
Total
liabilities
|
11,069
|
10,179
|
|||||
|
Stockholders'
equity
|
|||||||
|
Common
stock, par value USD 0.23 (INR 10) per share
|
674
|
674
|
|||||
|
Additional
Paid in Capital
|
726
|
726
|
|||||
|
Retained
earnings
|
2,818
|
3,550
|
|||||
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive (loss) income
|
71
|
450
|
|||||
|
Total
stockholders' equity
|
4,289
|
5,400
|
|||||
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
15,358
|
$
|
15,580
|
|||
|
Six
months ended
|
Six
months ended
|
|||||||
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
4,422
|
$
|
7,251
|
||||
|
Cost
of revenue
|
(3,450
|
)
|
(5,124
|
)
|
||||
|
Gross
profit
|
972
|
2,127
|
||||||
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
(432
|
)
|
(601
|
)
|
||||
|
Depreciation
|
(116
|
)
|
(157
|
)
|
||||
|
Operating
income
|
424
|
1,369
|
||||||
|
Interest
expense (net)
|
(232
|
)
|
(353
|
)
|
||||
|
Interest
income (net)
|
32
|
36
|
||||||
|
Other
income
|
8
|
7
|
||||||
|
Operating
income before income taxes
|
232
|
1,059
|
||||||
|
Income
tax gain / (expense)
|
(54
|
)
|
(322
|
)
|
||||
|
Fringe
Benefit tax expense
|
(4
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
Income:
|
174
|
731
|
||||||
|
Earnings
per share
|
0.06
|
0.25
|
||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
0.06
|
0.25
|
||||||
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
$
|
2,932,159
|
$
|
2,932,159
|
||||
|
Common
Stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Par
value
|
Additional
Paid in Capital
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income / (loss)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of April 1, 2006
|
2,932,159
|
674
|
726
|
2,408
|
(68
|
)
|
3,740
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Loss
on foreign currency translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(120
|
)
|
(120
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
174
|
-
|
174
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of September 30, 2006
|
2,932,159
|
674
|
726
|
2,582
|
(188
|
)
|
3,794
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as at April 1, 2007
|
2,932,159
|
674
|
726
|
2,818
|
71
|
4,289
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Gain
on foreign currency translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
379
|
379
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
731
|
-
|
731
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of September 30, 2007
|
2,932,159
|
674
|
726
|
3.550
|
450
|
5,400
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Six
months ended
|
Six
months ended
|
|||||||
|
September
30,2006
|
September
30,2007
|
|||||||
|
Cash
flows from operating
activities
|
||||||||
|
Net
income
|
$
|
174
|
$
|
731
|
||||
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
provided
(used) in operating activities:
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Depreciation
|
116
|
157
|
||||||
|
Deferred
tax expense
|
50
|
12
|
||||||
|
Loss
on sale of property and equipment
|
-
|
63
|
||||||
|
340
|
963
|
|||||||
|
Changes
in assets and
liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Accounts
receivable
|
274
|
(3,506
|
)
|
|||||
|
Unbilled
Receivable
|
344
|
651
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
149
|
(68
|
)
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
(91
|
)
|
219
|
|||||
|
Trade
payables
|
(125
|
)
|
157
|
|||||
|
Other
current liabilities
|
167
|
160
|
||||||
|
Security
Deposit from joint ventures
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Other
non-current liabilities
|
(312
|
)
|
(1,150
|
)
|
||||
|
Non-current
assets
|
318
|
(64
|
)
|
|||||
|
BOT
Project under Progress
|
(833
|
)
|
3,260
|
|||||
|
Net
cash used in (provided by) operating activities
|
231
|
622
|
||||||
|
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
||||||||
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
(372
|
)
|
(11
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds
from sale of property and equipment
|
-
|
122
|
||||||
|
Non
Current Investments
|
(295
|
)
|
387
|
|||||
|
Investment
in joint ventures
|
13
|
(116
|
)
|
|||||
|
Restricted
cash
|
295
|
(166
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(359
|
)
|
216
|
|||||
|
Cash
flows from financing
activities
|
||||||||
|
Net
movement in cash credit and bank overdraft
|
(370
|
)
|
85
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from other short-term borrowings
|
(1
|
)
|
11
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from long-term borrowings
|
763
|
328
|
||||||
|
Repayment
of long-term borrowings
|
(475
|
)
|
(687
|
)
|
||||
|
Due
to related parties, net
|
(253
|
)
|
(623
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
(336
|
)
|
(886
|
)
|
||||
|
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
(17
|
)
|
5
|
|||||
|
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the
year
|
(481
|
)
|
(43
|
)
|
||||
|
Add:
Balance as at the beginning of the period
|
539
|
89
|
||||||
|
Balance
as at the end of the period
|
$
|
58
|
$
|
46
|
||||
|
Supplementary
information to Cash flow Statement
|
Six
Months ended
|
Six
Months ended
|
|||||
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Cash
paid during the year
|
|||||||
|
Income
tax
|
$
|
167
|
$
|
416
|
|||
|
Interest
|
$
|
204
|
$
|
303
|
|||
|
Six
months ended
|
Month
end Average
Rate
(P&L rate)
|
Period
end rate
(Balance
sheet rate)
|
|
September
30, 2006
|
INR
45.80 per USD
|
INR
45.95 per USD
|
|
September
30, 2007
|
INR
40.72 per USD
|
INR
39.75 per USD
|
|
Category
|
Years
|
|
Buildings
|
25
|
|
Plant
and Machinery
|
20
|
|
Computer
Equipment
|
3
|
|
Office
Equipment
|
5
|
|
Furniture
and Fixtures
|
5
|
|
Vehicles
|
5
|
|
Leasehold
Improvements
|
Over
the period of lease or useful life (if
less)
|
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
Particulars
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||
|
Land
|
45
|
48
|
|||||
|
Buildings
|
49
|
48
|
|||||
|
Plant
& Machinery
|
5,468
|
5,623
|
|||||
|
Computers
|
58
|
64
|
|||||
|
Furniture
and Fixture
|
56
|
62
|
|||||
|
Office
equipment
|
25
|
28
|
|||||
|
Vehicles
|
165
|
180
|
|||||
|
Leasehold
Improvements
|
160
|
178
|
|||||
|
Total
|
6,026
|
6,231
|
|||||
|
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
|
1,123
|
1,254
|
|||||
|
Net
|
4,903
|
4,977
|
|||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
Particulars
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||
|
Furniture
and Fixture
|
19
|
28
|
|||||
|
Office
equipment
|
11
|
12
|
|||||
|
Leasehold
Improvements
|
17
|
34
|
|||||
|
Vehicles
|
86
|
112
|
|||||
|
Total
|
133
|
186
|
|||||
|
Six
Months ended September 30,
|
|||||||
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||
|
Current
Tax Expense
|
5
|
310
|
|||||
|
Deferred
Tax Expenses / (Income)
|
50
|
12
|
|||||
|
Income
Tax Expense / (Income)
|
54
|
322
|
|||||
|
As
of
|
||||||||
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||||
|
Net
Income before Taxes
|
779
|
912
|
||||||
|
Enacted
Tax Rates in India
|
33.9900
|
%
|
33.9900
|
%
|
||||
|
Computed
Tax Expense / (Income)
|
(265
|
)
|
(310
|
)
|
||||
|
Increase
/ (reduction) in taxes on account of:
|
||||||||
|
Effect
of changes in tax rate
|
1
|
-
|
||||||
|
Timing
Differences
|
620
|
632
|
||||||
|
Income
tax expense / (income) reported
|
357
|
322
|
||||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
|||||||
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Assets
|
||||||||
|
Retirement
Benefits
|
11
|
14
|
||||||
|
11
|
14
|
|||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Property
and equipment
|
(549
|
)
|
(609
|
)
|
||||
|
(549
|
)
|
(609
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
deferred tax liability
|
(538
|
)
|
(595
|
)
|
||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Secured
|
2,069
|
2,330
|
|||||
|
Unsecured
|
278
|
314
|
|||||
|
Total
|
2,347
|
2,644
|
|||||
|
Add:
|
-
|
||||||
|
Current
portion of long term debt
|
1,299
|
926
|
|||||
|
Total
|
3,646
|
3,570
|
|||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Secured
|
|||||||
|
Term
loans
|
1,568
|
1,571
|
|||||
|
Loan
for assets purchased under capital lease
|
1,913
|
1,834
|
|||||
|
Total
|
3,481
|
3,405
|
|||||
|
Less:
Current portion (Payable within 1 year)
|
1,299
|
926
|
|||||
|
Total
|
2,182
|
2,479
|
|||||
|
Six
Month ended September 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||
|
Relationship
|
Key
Management Personnel
|
Joint
Venture Entities
|
Other
Related Parties
|
|||||||||
|
Fund
Transfer For Exp.
|
-
|
167
|
457
|
|||||||||
|
Fund
Received For Exp.
|
-
|
-
|
(238
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Purchase
of Assets
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Sale/transfer
of Assets
|
-
|
-
|
28
|
|||||||||
|
Employee
related transaction by the group
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Employee
related transaction for the group
|
-
|
-
|
(30
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Exp.
Incurred by the group
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Exp.
Incurred for the group
|
-
|
-
|
(4
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Closing
Balance receivable /
(payable)
|
86
|
(322
|
)
|
(1,549
|
)
|
|||||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
539
|
$
|
89
|
|||
|
Accounts
receivables
|
2,083
|
2,751
|
|||||
|
Unbilled
receivables
|
2,980
|
2,866
|
|||||
|
Inventories
|
248
|
71
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
and other assets
|
617
|
674
|
|||||
|
Due
from related parties
|
241
|
259
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
6,708
|
6,710
|
|||||
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
4,347
|
4,903
|
|||||
|
BOT
Project under Progress
|
1,584
|
3,080
|
|||||
|
Investment
- joint ventures
|
43
|
-
|
|||||
|
Investment
– others
|
148
|
387
|
|||||
|
Restricted
cash, non-current
|
724
|
62
|
|||||
|
Other
assets
|
407
|
216
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
13,961
|
15,358
|
|||||
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|||||||
|
Current
liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Short-term
borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
|
3,868
|
3,646
|
|||||
|
Trade
payables
|
1,366
|
139
|
|||||
|
Due
to related parties
|
1,604
|
2,264
|
|||||
|
Other
current liabilities
|
53
|
39
|
|||||
|
Deferred
taxes on income
|
|||||||
|
Total
current liabilities
|
6,891
|
6,088
|
|||||
|
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
1,855
|
2,182
|
|||||
|
Deferred
taxes on income
|
441
|
538
|
|||||
|
Security
Deposit from joint ventures
|
337
|
348
|
|||||
|
Other
liabilities
|
697
|
1,913
|
|||||
|
Total
liabilities
|
10,221
|
11,069
|
|||||
|
Stockholders'
equity
|
|||||||
|
Common
stock, par value USD 0.23 (INR10) per share
|
674
|
674
|
|||||
|
Additional
Paid in Capital
|
726
|
726
|
|||||
|
Retained
earnings
|
2,408
|
2,818
|
|||||
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive (loss) / income
|
(68
|
)
|
71
|
||||
|
Total
stockholders' equity
|
3,740
|
4,289
|
|||||
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
13,961
|
$
|
15,358
|
|||
|
Year
ended
|
Year
ended
|
Year
ended
|
||||||||||
|
March
31, 2005
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
11,477
|
$
|
11,011
|
$
|
10,604
|
||||||
|
Cost
of revenue
|
(9,271
|
)
|
(8,596
|
)
|
(8,101
|
)
|
||||||
|
Gross
profit
|
2,206
|
2,415
|
2,503
|
|||||||||
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
(920
|
)
|
(1,241
|
)
|
(1,115
|
)
|
||||||
|
Depreciation
|
(190
|
)
|
(240
|
)
|
(243
|
)
|
||||||
|
Operating
income
|
1,096
|
934
|
1,145
|
|||||||||
|
Interest
expense (net)
|
(312
|
)
|
(389
|
)
|
(533
|
)
|
||||||
|
Interest
income (net)
|
60
|
50
|
66
|
|||||||||
|
Other
income
|
63
|
73
|
100
|
|||||||||
|
Operating
income before income taxes
|
907
|
668
|
778
|
|||||||||
|
Income
tax gain / (expense)
|
(363
|
)
|
(179
|
)
|
(357
|
)
|
||||||
|
Fringe
Benefit tax expense
|
-
|
(7
|
)
|
(11
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Net
Income:
|
544
|
482
|
410
|
|||||||||
|
Earnings
per share
|
||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
0.19
|
0.16
|
0.14
|
|||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
$
|
2,932,159
|
$
|
2,932,159
|
$
|
2,932,159
|
||||||
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid in Capital
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income / (loss)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Par
value
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of April 1, 2004
|
183,259
|
44
|
1,356
|
1,383
|
(2
|
)
|
2,781
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Gain
on foreign currency translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Bonus
Shares issued
|
2,748,900
|
630
|
(630
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
544
|
-
|
544
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2005
|
2,932,159
|
674
|
726
|
1,926
|
(1
|
)
|
3,326
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Loss
on foreign currency translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(67
|
)
|
(68
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
482
|
-
|
482
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2006
|
2,932,159
|
674
|
726
|
2,408
|
(68
|
)
|
3,740
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Gain
on foreign currency translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
139
|
139
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
410
|
-
|
410
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as at March 31, 2007
|
2,932,159
|
674
|
726
|
2,818
|
71
|
4,289
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Year
ended
|
Year
ended
|
Year
ended
|
||||||||||
|
March
31,2005
|
March
31,2006
|
March
31,2007
|
||||||||||
|
Cash
flows from operating
activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Net
income
|
$
|
544
|
$
|
482
|
$
|
410
|
||||||
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
||||||||||||
|
provided
(used) in operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Depreciation
|
190
|
240
|
243
|
|||||||||
|
Deferred
tax expense
|
168
|
34
|
79
|
|||||||||
|
Loss
on sale of property and equipment
|
(26
|
)
|
5
|
(67
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Changes
in assets and liabilities
|
||||||||||||
|
Accounts
receivable
|
82
|
4
|
(574
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Unbilled
Receivable
|
5
|
(2,039
|
)
|
200
|
||||||||
|
Inventories
|
(81
|
)
|
(98
|
)
|
177
|
|||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
39
|
(473
|
)
|
(37
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Trade
payables
|
(469
|
)
|
792
|
(1,214
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Other
current liabilities
|
314
|
(302
|
)
|
(15
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Security
Deposit from joint ventures
|
-
|
340
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Other
non-current liabilities
|
11
|
528
|
1,140
|
|||||||||
|
Non-current
assets
|
(111
|
)
|
(91
|
)
|
126
|
|||||||
|
BOT
Project under Progress
|
-
|
(1,595
|
)
|
(1,380
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Net
cash used in (provided by) operating activities
|
666
|
(2,173
|
)
|
(911
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Cash
flows from investing
activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
(517
|
)
|
(1,415
|
)
|
(727
|
)
|
||||||
|
Proceeds
from sale of property and equipment
|
42
|
26
|
10
|
|||||||||
|
Non
Current Investments
|
(285
|
)
|
506
|
(224
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Investment
in joint ventures
|
-
|
(43
|
)
|
111
|
||||||||
|
Restricted
cash
|
104
|
(483
|
)
|
654
|
||||||||
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(656
|
)
|
(1,409
|
)
|
(176
|
)
|
||||||
|
Cash
flows from financing
activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Net
movement in cash credit and bank overdraft
|
156
|
2,294
|
(628
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds
from other short-term borrowings
|
58
|
44
|
165
|
|||||||||
|
Proceeds
from long-term borrowings
|
248
|
2,343
|
1,497
|
|||||||||
|
Repayment
of long-term borrowings
|
(426
|
)
|
(752
|
)
|
(966
|
)
|
||||||
|
Due
to related parties, net
|
20
|
(63
|
)
|
572
|
||||||||
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
56
|
3,866
|
640
|
|||||||||
|
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
1
|
(7
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the
year
|
67
|
277
|
(450
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Add:
Balance as at the beginning of the year
|
195
|
262
|
539
|
|||||||||
|
Balance
as at the end of the year
|
$
|
262
|
$
|
539
|
$
|
89
|
||||||
|
Supplementary
information to Cash flow Statement
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2005
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2006
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2007
|
||||||||
|
Cash
paid during the year
|
|||||||||||
|
Income
tax
|
184
|
270
|
170
|
||||||||
|
Interest
|
248
|
293
|
386
|
||||||||
|
Non
– Cash Items:
|
|||||||||||
|
Common
stock issued on conversion of additional paid in capital
|
630
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
|
1.
|
BACKGROUND
|
|
(USD
in
Millions)
|
|||||||
|
Sector
|
FY20
01-04
|
FY20
04-07
|
|||||
|
Roads
|
$
|
7,656.61
|
$
|
14,617.16
|
|||
|
Power
|
9,280.74
|
19,721.57
|
|||||
|
Oil
& Gas
|
8,816.70
|
15,313.22
|
|||||
|
Ports/
Airports/ Shipping
|
2,088.16
|
3,712.29
|
|||||
|
Railways
|
7,424.59
|
11,136.89
|
|||||
|
Telecom
|
15,313.22
|
16,937.35
|
|||||
|
Total
|
$
|
50,580.02
|
$
|
81,438.48
|
|||
|
(USD in
Millions)
|
|||||||
|
Funding
Agency/Source
|
No.
of Projects
|
Total
Value
|
|||||
|
NHAI
|
$
|
50
|
$
|
2,218.46
|
|||
|
World
Bank
|
15
|
1,043.20
|
|||||
|
Asian
Development Bank
|
8
|
290.14
|
|||||
|
Annuity
|
8
|
546.10
|
|||||
|
BOT
|
7
|
768.90
|
|||||
|
Total
|
$
|
88
|
$
|
4,866.80
|
|||
|
Year
|
Month
end Average Rate (P&L
rate)
|
Year
end rate (Balance sheet
rate)
|
|
2004-05
|
INR
44.85 per USD
|
INR
43.62 per USD
|
|
2005-06
|
INR
44.18 per USD
|
INR
44.48 per USD
|
|
2006-07
|
INR
45.11 per USD
|
INR
43.10 per USD
|
|
Category
|
Years
|
|
Buildings
|
25
|
|
Plant
and Machinery
|
20
|
|
Computer
Equipment
|
3
|
|
Office
Equipment
|
5
|
|
Furniture
and Fixtures
|
5
|
|
Vehicles
|
5
|
|
Leasehold
Improvements
|
Over
the period of lease or useful life (if
less)
|
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
Particulars
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||||
|
Land
|
43
|
45
|
|||||
|
Buildings
|
43
|
49
|
|||||
|
Plant
& Machinery
|
4,658
|
5,468
|
|||||
|
Electrical
Installation
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
Roads
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
Computers
|
53
|
58
|
|||||
|
Furniture
and Fixture
|
54
|
56
|
|||||
|
Office
equipment
|
23
|
25
|
|||||
|
Vehicles
|
160
|
165
|
|||||
|
Leasehold
Improvements
|
155
|
160
|
|||||
|
Total
|
5,189
|
6,026
|
|||||
|
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
|
842
|
1,123
|
|||||
|
Net
|
4,347
|
4,903
|
|||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
Particulars
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||||
|
Furniture
and Fixture
|
15
|
19
|
|||||
|
Office
equipment
|
10
|
11
|
|||||
|
Vehicles
|
14
|
17
|
|||||
|
Leasehold
Improvements
|
44
|
86
|
|||||
|
Total
|
83
|
133
|
|||||
|
Year
ended March 31,
|
|||||||||||
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|||||||||
|
Current
Tax Expense
|
195
|
145
|
278
|
||||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Expenses / (Income)
|
168
|
34
|
79
|
||||||||
|
Income
Tax Expense / (Income)
|
363
|
179
|
357
|
||||||||
|
Year
ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||
|
Net
Income before Taxes
|
907
|
668
|
779
|
|||||||||
|
Enacted
Tax Rates in India
|
36.5925
|
%
|
33.6600
|
%
|
33.9900
|
%
|
||||||
|
Computed
Tax Expense / (Income)
|
(332
|
)
|
(225
|
)
|
(265
|
)
|
||||||
|
Increase
/ (reduction) in taxes on account of:
|
||||||||||||
|
Effect
of changes in tax rate
|
2
|
(12
|
)
|
1
|
||||||||
|
Timing
Differences
|
693
|
416
|
620
|
|||||||||
|
Income
tax expense / (income) reported
|
363
|
179
|
357
|
|||||||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
|||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Assets
|
||||||||
|
Retirement
Benefits
|
9
|
11
|
||||||
|
9
|
11
|
|||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Property
and equipment
|
(450
|
)
|
(549
|
)
|
||||
|
(450
|
)
|
(549
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
deferred tax liability
|
(441
|
)
|
(538
|
)
|
||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
Secured
|
2,787
|
2,069
|
|||||
|
Unsecured
|
102
|
278
|
|||||
|
Total
|
2,889
|
2,347
|
|||||
|
Add:
|
|||||||
|
Current
portion of long term debt
|
979
|
1,299
|
|||||
|
Total
|
3,868
|
3,646
|
|||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
Secured
|
87
|
109
|
|||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
Change
in Projected Benefit Obligation
|
|||||||
|
Accumulated
Benefit Obligation
|
9
|
13
|
|||||
|
Projected
Benefit obligation at the beginning of the year
|
13
|
22
|
|||||
|
Current
Service Cost
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
|
Interest
Cost
|
1
|
2
|
|||||
|
Benefits
paid
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
Actuarial
(gain)/ loss
|
5
|
2
|
|||||
|
Projected
Benefit obligation at the end of the year
|
21
|
29
|
|||||
|
Net
amount recognized
|
21
|
29
|
|||||
|
For
Year Ended
|
||||||||||||
|
March
31, 2005
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||||||
|
Current
Service Cost
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|||||||||
|
Interest
Cost
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|||||||||
|
Recognized
actuarial (gain)/loss
|
-
|
(5
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Net
Gratuity Cost
|
2
|
(1
|
)
|
2
|
||||||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
Net
Gratuity Liability
|
21
|
29
|
|||||
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2006
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2007
|
|||||||
|
Discounting
Rate
|
8.00
|
%
|
8.00
|
%
|
||||
|
Rate
of Compensation increase
|
5.50
|
%
|
5.50
|
%
|
||||
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2006
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2007
|
|||||||
|
Discounting
Rate
|
8.00
|
%
|
8.00
|
%
|
||||
|
Rate
of Compensation increase
|
5.50
|
%
|
5.50
|
%
|
||||
|
Return
on plan asset
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
||||
|
As
of
|
|||
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||
|
Year
Ending March 31, 2008
|
1
|
||
|
Year
Ending March 31, 2009
|
2
|
||
|
Year
Ending March 31, 2010
|
2
|
||
|
Year
Ending March 31, 2011
|
2
|
||
|
Year
Ending March 31, 2012
|
1
|
||
|
Year
Ending March 31, 2013 - 17
|
22
|
||
|
Total
|
30
|
||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
Secured
|
|||||||
|
Term
loans
|
890
|
1,568
|
|||||
|
Loan
for assets purchased under capital lease
|
1,944
|
1,913
|
|||||
|
Total
|
2,834
|
3,481
|
|||||
|
Less:
Current portion (Payable within 1 year)
|
979
|
1,299
|
|||||
|
Total
|
1,855
|
2,182
|
|||||
|
Year
|
As
of
March
31, 2007
|
||
|
2008
|
1,299
|
||
|
2009
|
1,073
|
||
|
2010
|
782
|
||
|
2011
|
326
|
||
|
2012
|
-
|
||
|
Total
|
3,481
|
||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
Term
Loans
|
2,932
|
2,376
|
|||||
|
Year
ended March 31,2005
|
||||||||
|
Relationship
|
Key
Management Personnel
|
Other
Related Parties
|
||||||
|
Fund
Transferred
|
-
|
90
|
||||||
|
Fund
Received
|
-
|
(151
|
)
|
|||||
|
Purchase
of Assets
|
-
|
(269
|
)
|
|||||
|
Sale/transfer
of Assets
|
-
|
130
|
||||||
|
Employee
related transaction by the Company
|
-
|
1
|
||||||
|
Employee
related transaction for the Company
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Expenses
incurred by the Company
|
114
|
446
|
||||||
|
Expenses
incurred for the Company
|
(33
|
)
|
(891
|
)
|
||||
|
Closing
Balance receivable / (payable)
|
(266
|
)
|
(1,188
|
)
|
||||
|
Year
ended March 31, 2006
|
||||||||||||
|
Relationship
|
Key
Management Personnel
|
Joint
Venture
|
Other
Related Parties
|
|||||||||
|
Fund
Transferred
|
-
|
(193
|
)
|
437
|
||||||||
|
Fund
Received
|
-
|
-
|
(913
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Purchase
of Assets
|
(39
|
)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Sale/transfer
of Assets
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||
|
Employee
related transaction by the Company
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
|||||||||
|
Employee
related transaction for the Company
|
-
|
(0
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Expenses
incurred by the Company
|
168
|
169
|
818
|
|||||||||
|
Expenses
incurred for the Company
|
(63
|
)
|
(82
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
||||||
|
Closing
Balance receivable / (payable)
|
(190
|
)
|
42
|
(1,173
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Year
ended March 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||
|
Relationship
|
Key
Management Personnel
|
Joint
Venture
|
Other
Related Parties
|
|||||||||
|
Fund
Transferred
|
-
|
15
|
780
|
|||||||||
|
Fund
Received
|
-
|
(151
|
)
|
(1,258
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Purchase
of Assets
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
|
Sale/transfer
of Assets
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||
|
Employee
related transaction by the Company
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Employee
related transaction for the Company
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
|
Expenses
incurred by the Company
|
634
|
21
|
150
|
|||||||||
|
Expenses
incurred for the Company
|
(172
|
)
|
(32
|
)
|
(73
|
)
|
||||||
|
Closing
Balance receivable / (payable)
|
79
|
(455
|
)
|
(1,630
|
)
|
|||||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
|||||||
|
ASSETS
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
|
Current
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash
& Cash Equivalents
|
$
|
1,208
|
$
|
100
|
||||
|
Accounts
Receivables
|
43
|
93
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
1,284
|
1,784
|
||||||
|
Prepaid
and Other Assets
|
1,231
|
798
|
||||||
|
Due
from related Parties
|
218
|
114
|
||||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
3,984
|
2,889
|
||||||
|
Investment
- Subsidiary
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Investment
- Others
|
72
|
78
|
||||||
|
Property,
Plant & Equipment (net)
|
2,265
|
2,352
|
||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Asset
|
199
|
351
|
||||||
|
Restricted
Cash & Cash Equivalents
|
371
|
283
|
||||||
|
Other
Assets
|
207
|
489
|
||||||
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
7,098
|
6,442
|
||||||
|
Liabilities
and Shareholder's Equity
|
||||||||
|
Current
Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Short
Term Borrowings and current portion of long term loan
|
6,079
|
-
|
||||||
|
Trade
Payable
|
1,502
|
3,168
|
||||||
|
Other
Current Liabilities
|
144
|
24
|
||||||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
7,725
|
3,192
|
||||||
|
Long
Term Debts, net of current portion
|
2,333
|
3,870
|
||||||
|
Other
Liabilities
|
58
|
-
|
||||||
|
Advance
from Customers
|
1,877
|
884
|
||||||
|
Total
Liabilities
|
11,993
|
7,946
|
||||||
|
Share
Holders Equity
|
||||||||
|
Common
Stock
|
988
|
988
|
||||||
|
Preferred
stock
|
-
|
1,182
|
||||||
|
Additional
Paid in capital
|
199
|
199
|
||||||
|
Retained
Earnings
|
(5,948
|
)
|
(3,297
|
)
|
||||
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income / (Loss)
|
(134
|
)
|
(576
|
)
|
||||
|
Total
Stockholders Equity
|
(4,895
|
)
|
(1,504
|
)
|
||||
|
Total
Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity
|
$
|
7,098
|
$
|
6,442
|
||||
|
Six
months ended
|
Six
months ended
|
|||||||
|
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2007
|
|||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
316
|
$
|
2,855
|
||||
|
Cost
of Revenue
|
(633
|
)
|
(2,017
|
)
|
||||
|
Gross
Profit/ (Loss)
|
(317
|
)
|
838
|
|||||
|
Selling,
General & Administration Expenses
|
(151
|
)
|
(280
|
)
|
||||
|
Depreciation
|
(180
|
)
|
(102
|
)
|
||||
|
Operating
Earnings / (Loss)
|
(648
|
)
|
456
|
|||||
|
Interest
Income (Net)
|
-
|
26
|
||||||
|
Interest
Expenses (Net)
|
(408
|
)
|
(331
|
)
|
||||
|
Other
Income
|
189
|
2,661
|
||||||
|
Operating
Income / (Loss) Before Income Taxes
|
(867
|
)
|
2,812
|
|||||
|
Income
Tax Expense
|
-
|
(44
|
)
|
|||||
|
Fringe
Benefit Tax Expense
|
-
|
(4
|
)
|
|||||
|
Deferred
Tax Expense
|
12
|
(35
|
)
|
|||||
|
Income
/ (Loss) after Income Taxes
|
(855
|
)
|
2,729
|
|||||
|
Provision
for Dividend on Preference Stock
|
-
|
(70
|
)
|
|||||
|
Tax
on Preference Share Dividend
|
-
|
(8
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
(Loss) / Income
|
(855
|
)
|
2,651
|
|||||
|
(Loss)
/ Earnings per Share
|
||||||||
|
Basic
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
$
|
0.64
|
|||
|
Diluted
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
$
|
0.34
|
|||
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||
|
Basic
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
||||||
|
Diluted
|
4,287,500
|
8,037,500
|
||||||
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Additional
|
other
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common
stock
|
Preference
Stock
|
paid
in
|
comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Particulars
|
Shares
|
Par
Value
|
Shares
|
Par
Value
|
Capital
|
Retained
Earnings
|
income
/ (Loss)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as on April 1, 2006
|
428,750
|
988
|
-
|
-
|
199
|
(6,484
|
)
|
(141
|
)
|
(5,438
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income/(Loss) for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(855
|
)
|
-
|
(855
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Gain
/ Loss on Foreign Currency Translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
166
|
166
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as on September 30, 2006
|
428,750
|
988
|
199
|
(7,339
|
)
|
25
|
(6,127
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as on April 1, 2007
|
4,287,500
|
988
|
199
|
(5,948
|
)
|
(134
|
)
|
(4,895
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income/ (Loss) for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,651
|
-
|
2,651
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
New
Preference Share Capital Issued
|
-
|
-
|
5,000,000
|
1,182
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,182
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Gain/(Loss)
on Foreign
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Currency
Translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(442
|
)
|
(442
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as on September 30, 2007
|
4,287,500
|
988
|
5,000,000
|
1,182
|
199
|
(3,297
|
)
|
(576
|
)
|
(1,504
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Six
months ended
September
30,2006
|
Six
months ended
September
30,2007
|
||||||||
|
Cash
From Operating
Activities
|
|||||||||
|
Net
Income/(Loss)
|
$
|
(855
|
)
|
$
|
2,651
|
||||
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net Income to net cash from
|
|||||||||
|
Operating
activities
|
|||||||||
|
Depreciation
|
180
|
102
|
|||||||
|
Deferred
Tax (income) /Expense
|
(12
|
)
|
35
|
||||||
|
(687
|
)
|
2,788
|
|||||||
|
Changes
in Assets and
liabilities
|
|||||||||
|
Restricted
cash
|
232
|
88
|
|||||||
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
12
|
(50
|
)
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
432
|
(500
|
)
|
||||||
|
Prepaid
and other Assets
|
146
|
433
|
|||||||
|
Long
term other assets
|
133
|
(282
|
)
|
||||||
|
Trade
Payable
|
2,233
|
1,586
|
|||||||
|
Other
Current liabilities
|
(78
|
)
|
(120
|
)
|
|||||
|
Advance
from Customer
|
(2,075
|
)
|
(993
|
)
|
|||||
|
Other
liabilities
|
(2
|
)
|
(58
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
cash provided by/ (used in) operating activities
|
346
|
2,892
|
|||||||
|
Cash
flow from Investing
Activities
|
|||||||||
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
-
|
(7
|
)
|
||||||
|
Proceeds
from Sale of Investments
|
11
|
-
|
|||||||
|
Net
cash provided by/ (used in) Investing activities
|
11
|
(7
|
)
|
||||||
|
Cash
flow from Financing
Activities
|
|||||||||
|
Due
from Related Parties
|
40
|
-
|
|||||||
|
Issue
of preference shares
|
-
|
1,182
|
|||||||
|
Debts
- net
|
(413
|
)
|
(5,231
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
Cash provided by/ (used in ) financing Activities
|
(373
|
)
|
(4,049
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
(decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents during the
year
|
(16
|
)
|
(1,164
|
)
|
|||||
|
Effect
of exchange rate in Cash Equivalents
|
10
|
56
|
|||||||
|
Add:
Balance at beginning of year
|
69
|
1,208
|
|||||||
|
Balance
at end of the year
|
$
|
63
|
$
|
100
|
|||||
|
March
31, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||
|
Authorized
common stock
|
8,000,000
shares of INR 100 per share
|
8,000,000
shares of INR 10 per share
|
|||
|
Issued
and outstanding common stock
|
4,287,500
shares of INR 10 per share
|
4,287,500
shares of INR 10 per share
|
|||
|
Authorized
preference stock
|
7,000,000
shares of INR 10 per share
|
7,000,000
shares of INR 10 per share
|
|||
|
Issued
and outstanding preference stock
|
-
|
5,000,000
shares of INR 10 per share.
|
|||
|
Six
months ended
|
Month End
Average Rate
(P
&
L
rate)
|
Period
end rate (Balance Sheet
rate)
|
|
30
September, 2006
|
INR
45.80 per USD
|
INR
45.95 per USD
|
|
30
September, 2007
|
INR
40.72 per USD
|
INR
39.75 per USD
|
|
Asset
Type
|
Useful
Life
|
|
Building
(Flat)
|
25
years
|
|
Computer
Equipment
|
3
years
|
|
Furniture
and Fixtures
|
5
years
|
|
Vehicles
|
5
years
|
|
Plant
and Equipment
|
20
years
|
|
Particulars
|
As
of
March
31, 2007
|
As
of
September
30, 2007
|
|||||
|
Land
|
2
|
2
|
|||||
|
Building
(Flat)
|
23
|
24
|
|||||
|
Machineries
& Equipment
|
4,177
|
4,537
|
|||||
|
Furniture
& Fixtures
|
75
|
81
|
|||||
|
Vehicles
|
698
|
756
|
|||||
|
Total
|
4,975
|
5,400
|
|||||
|
Less:
Accumulated Depreciation
|
2,710
|
3,048
|
|||||
|
Net
|
2,265
|
2,352
|
|||||
|
Particulars
|
As
of
March
31, 2007
|
As
of
September
30, 2007
|
|||||
|
Short
Term Borrowings and current portion of long term debts
|
|||||||
|
Secured
Loan:- Cash
Credit Loan & WCTL from Bank
|
6,079
|
-
|
|||||
|
Long
Term Debts, net of current portion
|
|||||||
|
Term
loan
|
1,656
|
1,390
|
|||||
|
Loan
for assets purchased under Capital lease
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
Unsecured
Loan – Directors
|
1
|
94
|
|||||
|
Unsecured
Loan – Others
|
676
|
1,250
|
|||||
|
Secured
Loan - Cash Credit
|
-
|
1,136
|
|||||
|
Total
|
8,412
|
3,870
|
|||||
|
Assets
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
Current
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash
& Cash Equivalents
|
$
|
69
|
$
|
1,208
|
||||
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
307
|
43
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
4,182
|
1,284
|
||||||
|
Prepaid
and Other Assets
|
1,275
|
1,231
|
||||||
|
Due
from Related Parties
|
139
|
218
|
||||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
5,972
|
3,984
|
||||||
|
Investment-Subsidiary
|
382
|
-
|
||||||
|
Investment-Others
|
76
|
72
|
||||||
|
Property,
Plant & Equipment (net)
|
2,417
|
2,265
|
||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Asset
|
203
|
199
|
||||||
|
Restricted
Cash & Cash Equivalents
|
589
|
371
|
||||||
|
Other
Assets
|
805
|
207
|
||||||
|
Total
Assets
|
10,444
|
7,098
|
||||||
|
Liabilities
and Shareholder's Equity
|
||||||||
|
Current
Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Short
Term Borrowings and current portion of long term loan
|
8,125
|
6,079
|
||||||
|
Trade
Payable
|
987
|
1,502
|
||||||
|
Current
maturities of Long Term Debts
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Other
Current Liabilities
|
78
|
144
|
||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Liability
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
9,190
|
7,725
|
||||||
|
Long
Term Debts, net of current portion
|
3,656
|
2,333
|
||||||
|
Other
Liabilities
|
39
|
58
|
||||||
|
Deferred
Tax Liability
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
Advance
from Customers
|
2,997
|
1,877
|
||||||
|
Total
Liabilities
|
15,882
|
11,993
|
||||||
|
Share
Holders Equity
|
||||||||
|
Common
Stock
|
988
|
988
|
||||||
|
Additional
Paid in Capital
|
199
|
199
|
||||||
|
Retained
Earnings
|
(6,484
|
)
|
(5,948
|
)
|
||||
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
|
(141
|
)
|
(134
|
)
|
||||
|
Total
Stockholders Equity
|
(5,438
|
)
|
(4,895
|
)
|
||||
|
Total
Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity
|
$
|
10,444
|
$
|
7,098
|
||||
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2005
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2006
|
Year
ended
March
31, 2007
|
||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
8,954
|
$
|
2,285
|
$
|
4,318
|
||||||
|
Cost
of Revenue
|
(10,010
|
)
|
(2,567
|
)
|
(2,656
|
)
|
||||||
|
Gross
(Loss) / Profit
|
(1,056
|
)
|
(282
|
)
|
1,662
|
|||||||
|
Selling,
General & Administration Expenses
|
(1,388
|
)
|
(615
|
)
|
(458
|
)
|
||||||
|
Depreciation
|
(483
|
)
|
(513
|
)
|
(207
|
)
|
||||||
|
Operating
(Loss) / Income
|
(2,927
|
)
|
(1,410
|
)
|
997
|
|||||||
|
Interest
Income(net)
|
97
|
49
|
16
|
|||||||||
|
Interest
Expenses(net)
|
(1,864
|
)
|
(1,524
|
)
|
(1,144
|
)
|
||||||
|
Other
Income
|
871
|
516
|
532
|
|||||||||
|
Net
operating (loss) / income before income taxes
|
(3,823
|
)
|
(2,369
|
)
|
401
|
|||||||
|
Income
Tax Income
|
515
|
67
|
140
|
|||||||||
|
Fringe
Benefit Tax Expense
|
-
|
(5
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Net
(Loss) / Income
|
(3,308
|
)
|
(2,307
|
)
|
536
|
|||||||
|
(Loss)
/ Earnings per Share
|
||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
$
|
(0.77
|
)
|
$
|
(0.54
|
)
|
$
|
0.13
|
||||
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
4,287,500
|
|||||||||
|
Year
Ended
March
31, 2005
|
Year
Ended
March
31, 2006
|
Year
Ended
March
31, 2007
|
||||||||||
|
Cash
flows from operating activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Net
(Loss) / Income
|
$
|
(3,308
|
)
|
$
|
(2,307
|
)
|
$
|
536
|
||||
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net Income
|
||||||||||||
|
to
net cash from operating activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Depreciation
|
483
|
506
|
207
|
|||||||||
|
Deferred
Tax (income)
|
(651
|
)
|
(87
|
)
|
(192
|
)
|
||||||
|
Loss on
sale on property and equipment-net
|
382
|
119
|
3
|
|||||||||
|
Loss on
sale of Investment-net
|
313
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
Other
non cash expenditure
|
64
|
268
|
219
|
|||||||||
|
Changes
in Assets and liabilities
|
||||||||||||
|
Restricted
cash
|
(45
|
)
|
279
|
219
|
||||||||
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
(374
|
)
|
1,010
|
261
|
||||||||
|
Inventories
|
402
|
274
|
2,898
|
|||||||||
|
Prepaid
and other Assets
|
558
|
385
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Long
term other assets
|
826
|
(134
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Accounts
Payable
|
226
|
(71
|
)
|
937
|
||||||||
|
Advance
from Customer
|
53
|
(978
|
)
|
(214
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Other
liabilities
|
9
|
(21
|
)
|
85
|
||||||||
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by operating activities
|
(1,062
|
)
|
(757
|
)
|
4,947
|
|||||||
|
Cash
flow from Investing Activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
(7
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||||||
|
Proceeds
from sale of property and equipment
|
-
|
433
|
13
|
|||||||||
|
Purchase
of Investments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Proceeds
from Sale of Investments
|
148
|
125
|
401
|
|||||||||
|
Net
cash provided by Investing activities
|
141
|
554
|
411
|
|||||||||
|
Cash
flow from Financing Activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Debts
– net
|
907
|
199
|
(4,275
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Net
Cash provided by (used in) financing Activities
|
907
|
199
|
(4,275
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Effect
of exchange rate on cash equivalents
|
(7
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
56
|
|||||||
|
Net
(decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents during the
year
|
(14
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
1,083
|
|||||||
|
Add:
Balance at beginning of year
|
104
|
82
|
69
|
|||||||||
|
Balance
at end of the year
|
$
|
83
|
$
|
69
|
$
|
1,208
|
||||||
|
Common
Stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Par
value
|
Additional
Paid in Capital
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Accumulated
other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of April 1, 2004
|
428,750
|
988
|
199
|
(869
|
)
|
2
|
320
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,308
|
)
|
-
|
(3,308
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Loss on
Foreign Currency Translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(44
|
)
|
(44
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2005
|
428,750
|
988
|
199
|
(4,177
|
)
|
(42
|
)
|
(3,032
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,307
|
)
|
-
|
(2,307
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Loss on
Foreign Currency Translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(99
|
)
|
(99
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2006
|
428,750
|
988
|
199
|
(6,484
|
)
|
(141
|
)
|
(5,438
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
536
|
-
|
536
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Gain
on Foreign Currency Translation
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
7
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2007
|
4,287,500
|
988
|
199
|
(5,948
|
)
|
(134
|
)
|
(4,895
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Sector
|
FY20
01-04
|
FY20
04-07
|
|||||
|
Roads
|
$
|
7,656.61
|
$
|
14,617.16
|
|||
|
Power
|
9,280.74
|
19,721.57
|
|||||
|
Oil
& Gas
|
8,816.70
|
15,313.22
|
|||||
|
Ports/
Airports/ Shipping
|
2,088.16
|
3,712.29
|
|||||
|
Railways
|
7,424.59
|
11,136.89
|
|||||
|
Telecom
|
15,313.22
|
16,937.35
|
|||||
|
Total
|
$
|
50,580.02
|
$
|
81,438.48
|
|||
|
Funding
Agency/Source
|
No.
of Projects
|
Total
Value
USD
in Millions
|
|||||
|
NHAI
|
50
|
$
|
2,218.46
|
||||
|
World
Bank
|
15
|
1,043.20
|
|||||
|
Asian
Development Bank
|
8
|
290.14
|
|||||
|
Annuity
|
8
|
546.10
|
|||||
|
BOT
|
7
|
768.90
|
|||||
|
Total
|
88
|
$
|
4,866.80
|
||||
|
Year
|
Month
end Average Rate (P&L
rate)
|
Year
end rate (Balance sheet
rate)
|
|
2004-05
|
INR
44.85 per USD
|
INR
43.62 per USD
|
|
2005-06
|
INR
44.18 per USD
|
INR
44.48 per USD
|
|
2006-07
|
INR
45.11 per USD
|
INR
43.10 per USD
|
|
Category
|
Useful
Life (years)
|
|
Building
(Flat)
|
25
|
|
Plant
and Machinery
|
20
|
|
Computer
Equipment
|
3
|
|
Office
Equipment
|
5
|
|
Furniture
and Fixtures
|
5
|
|
Vehicles
|
5
|
|
Leasehold
Improvements
|
Over
the period of lease or useful life (if
less)
|
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
||||||
|
Authorized
Common Stock
|
500,000
shares of INR 100 per share
|
8,000,000
shares of INR 10 per share
|
|||||
|
Issued
and Outstanding Common Stock
|
428,750
shares of INR 100 per share
|
4,287,500
shares of INR 10 per share
|
|||||
|
Authorized
preference stock
|
-
|
7,000,000
of INR 10 per share
|
|||||
|
Issued
and Outstanding Preference stock
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
As
at
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||||
|
Land
|
2
|
2
|
|||||
|
Building
(Apartment)
|
22
|
23
|
|||||
|
Machineries
& Equipment
|
4,045
|
4,177
|
|||||
|
Furniture
& Fixtures
|
72
|
75
|
|||||
|
Vehicles
|
699
|
698
|
|||||
|
Total
|
4,840
|
4,975
|
|||||
|
Less:
Accumulated Depreciation
|
2,423
|
2,710
|
|||||
|
Net
|
2,417
|
2,265
|
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
Particulars
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||||
|
Secured
|
|||||||
|
Cash
Credit Loan & WCTL from Bank
|
8,125
|
6,079
|
|||||
|
Total
|
8,125
|
6,079
|
|||||
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
||||||
|
Particulars
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||||
|
Earned
leave
|
17
|
11
|
|||||
|
Provident
Fund
|
(1
|
)
|
13
|
||||
|
Gratuity
|
23
|
34
|
|||||
|
Total
|
39
|
58
|
|||||
|
As
at
|
March
31, 2006
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||||
|
Term
loan
|
1,644
|
1,656
|
|||||
|
Loan
for assets purchased under Capital lease
|
582
|
-
|
|||||
|
Unsecured
Loan – Directors
|
205
|
1
|
|||||
|
Unsecured
Loan – Others
|
1,225
|
676
|
|||||
|
Total
|
3,656
|
2,333
|
|
Transactions
|
Key
Management personnel
|
Associate
Companies
|
|||||
|
Contract
Income
|
Zero
|
208
|
|||||
|
Investment
|
Zero
|
23
|
|||||
|
Managerial
Remuneration
|
16
|
Zero
|
|||||
|
Key
Management personnel
|
Associate
Companies
|
|||
|
Payables
|
Zero
|
71
|
||
|
A.
|
The
Company is inter
alia engaged in the business of infrastructure development
specialising in construction of roads (the “Business”);
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B.
|
The
Investor is currently engaged in making investments in India especially
in
sectors such as power, infrastructure, etc. and wishes to make a
foray
into the Business;
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C.
|
The
Company has, at the date of this Agreement, an authorised share capital
of
INR 3,00,00,000 consisting
of
30,00,000 equity shares of par value INR 10 each. As
of date
2932159 Equity Shares have been issued and are held by the persons
in the
number and proportion as set out in Schedule
2;
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D.
|
The
Promoters have requested the Investor and the Investor proposes to
invest
in the Company in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement;
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E.
|
The
Promoters are the existing shareholders of the Company as indicated
in
Schedule 2, and Mr. R. L. Srivastava is the legal and beneficial
owner of
351,840 shares as set forth in Annexure 1 (the “Sale Shares”). The
Investor wishes to acquire the Sale Shares of the Company from Mr.
R. L.
Srivastava;
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F.
|
The
Parties hereto wish to record in the manner herein mentioned the
terms and
conditions on which the Investor shall acquire and Mr. R. L. Srivastava
shall sell the Sale Shares of the Company to the Investor and the
Investor
shall subscribe to the Equity Shares of the
Company.
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1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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(a)
|
'Act'
shall mean the
Indian Companies Act, 1956 and any amendment thereto or any other
succeeding enactment for the time being in
force.
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(b)
|
‘Affiliate’
means
when
used in respect of a specified legal person, each legal person that
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is
controlled by, or is under common control with the person specified.
In
this definition “control” (and its derivatives) means both (i) holding
beneficially more than fifty per cent (50%) of equity interests and
(ii)
the ability to cast more than fifty (50%)per cent of the voting rights
attaching to voting securities or (iii) power to direct the management
or
policies of such entity by contract or otherwise. The term ‘Affiliate’,
when used in respect of an individual party mean such party’s Relative as
defined in section 6 of the Act.
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(c)
|
'Agreement'
shall mean
this Share Subscription cum Purchase Agreement, as from time to time
amended, supplemented or replaced or otherwise modified and any document
which amends, supplements, replaces or otherwise modifies this Agreement,
together with the recitals and all the Annexes, Appendices and Schedules
attached hereto.
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(d)
|
“Applicable
Law” shall
mean all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules,
orders, bye laws, administrative interpretation, writ, injunction,
directive, protocols, codes, policies, notices, directions, judgment
or
decree or other instrument or other requirements of any Governmental
Authority in any relevant jurisdiction applicable to any Party from
time
to time.
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(e)
|
‘Articles’
means the
Articles of Association of the Company to be duly amended to reflect
the
terms of the Shareholders Agreement (as from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented in accordance with the provisions thereof)
to the
extent permitted under law.
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(f)
|
'Authorised
Dealer'
shall mean Allahabad
Bank,
Manishnagar Branch, Somalwada Branch, Wardha Road, Nagpur -
25.
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(g)
|
‘Audited
Accounts’
means, the Company’s audited accounts as at March 31, 2007 for the
financial year ended March 31,
2007.
|
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(h)
|
'Board'
shall mean the
board of directors of the Company.
|
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(i)
|
‘Claim’
includes any
notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document issued or action
taken by any tax, fiscal or other statutory or governmental authority,
body or official whatsoever (whether of India or elsewhere in the
world)
whereby the Company is or may be placed or sought to be placed under
a
liability to make a payment or deprived of any relief, allowance,
credit
or repayment otherwise available.
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(j)
|
'Completion'
shall mean
completion of the events specified in Clause4.3 below and
the
Investor being registered as a member in respect of the Subscription
Shares and the Sale Shares in the register of members of
Company.
|
|
(k)
|
‘Completion
Date' shall
mean date mentioned in Clause4.3
hereof.
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|
(l)
|
'Conditions
Precedent'
shall mean the conditions precedent mentioned in Clause 3 of this
Agreement.
|
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(m)
|
‘Derivative
Securities’
means any subscriptions, options, debentures, bonds, conversion rights,
warrants, or similar agreements, Securities or commitments of any
kind
obligating the Company to issue, grant, deliver or sell, or cause
to be
issued, granted, delivered or sold (i) any shares in the share capital
or
any derivative securities of the Company; (ii) any securities convertible
into or exchangeable for any shares in the share capital of the Company;
(iii) any obligations measured by the price or value of the shares
in the
share capital of the Company; or (iv) any rights to participate in
the
equity or income of the Company or to participate in or direct the
election of any directors or officers of the
Company.
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(n)
|
'Encumbrances'
means any
encumbrance, lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge, easement,
conditional sale or other title retention or non-disposal agreement
or
other restriction of a similar kind, and all other easements,
encroachments and title defects of every type and nature, or any
conditional sale, contract, title, retention contract, or other contract
to give or to refrain from giving any of the
foregoing.
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(o)
|
‘Fully
Diluted’ or‘Fully Diluted
Basis’
means all the Shares of the Company, including the Shares proposed
to be
issued pursuant to this Agreement, all the Shares comprised in a
proposed
issue and the Shares underlying all Derivative Securities after making
adjustments for stock splits, bonus issues, consolidation of shares
etc.
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(p)
|
‘INR’
means the lawful
currency of India.
|
|
(q)
|
‘Intellectual
Property’
shall mean all forms of intellectual property rights subsisting under
any
law or equity and all analogous rights subsisting under the laws
of all
jurisdictions and shall include any product or process of the human
intellect whether registrable as patents, trade marks, copyrights,
designs
or otherwise such as an invention, or derivative works of the same
expression or literary creation, unique name, trade secret, business
method, database, industrial process, computer program, source code,
process, presentation, etc.
|
|
(r)
|
‘Issue
Price’ means the
price of Rs. 254.84 per Subscription
Share.
|
|
(s)
|
‘Liabilities’
means any
and all contingent, current, deferred or long-term liabilities,
obligations, payables, forms of taxation whether of India or elsewhere
in
the world, past, present and deferred (including, without limitation,
income tax, stamp duty, customs and other import or export duties)
and all
other statutory or governmental impositions, duties and levies and
all
penalties, charges, costs and interest relating to any
Claim.
|
|
(t)
|
‘Memorandum’
means the
Memorandum of Association of the
Company.
|
|
(u)
|
'Party'
shall mean the
Investor, the Promoters or the Company referred to individually and
'Parties' shall mean
the
Investor, the Promoters and the Company referred to
collectively.
|
|
(v)
|
'Person'
shall include
an individual, an association, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture, a trust, an unincorporated organisation, a joint stock company
or
other entity or organisation, including a government or political
subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof and/or any other
legal entity.
|
|
(w)
|
'Representations
and
Warranties' shall mean the representations and warranties given by
the Company and/or the Promoters in this Agreement, in particular
Clause 5
hereto.
|
|
(x)
|
‘Sale
Shares’ shall mean
351840 Shares, held by Mr. R. L. Srivastava, free from Encumbrances,
as
specified in Annexure
1 hereto representing 12% of the total issued and paid up share
capital of the Company on
Completion.
|
|
(y)
|
‘Sale
Consideration’
means an aggregate amount of Rs. 12,00,00,000 [Rs. Twelve
crores
only] to be paid by the Investor for purchase of the Sale
Shares.
|
|
(z)
|
‘Securities’
means, with
respect to any person, such person's equity capital, registered capital,
joint venture or other ownership interests (including, without limitation,
in the case of the Company, shares) or any options, warrants, loans
or
other securities that are directly or indirectly convertible into,
at or
exercisable or exchangeable for, at the sole option of such person,
such
equity capital, registered capital, joint venture or other ownership
interests (whether or not such Derivative Securities are issued by
such
person).
|
|
(aa)
|
'Shares'
or “Equity Shares”
shall
mean the equity shares of Company.
|
|
(bb)
|
'Shareholder'
or 'Shareholders' shall
mean any Person who holds any
Shares.
|
|
(cc)
|
‘Shareholders
Agreement’
means the agreement of even date entered into between the Promoters,
the
Company, the Investor in relation to the management and governance
of the
Company on the terms and conditions mentioned
therein.
|
|
(dd)
|
‘Subscription
Shares’
mean 4041676 Equity Shares proposed to be issued by the Company to
the
Investor at the Issue Price, which would upon such issue entitle
the
Investor to 51 % of the post issue share capital of the Company on
a Fully
Diluted Basis at the Completion
Date.
|
|
(ee)
|
‘Subscription
Price’
means an aggregate amount of Rs. 103,00,00,000 [Rs. One Hundred and
Three
crores only] to be paid by the Investor for subscription to the
Subscription Shares.
|
|
(ff)
|
‘Tax’
or collectively
‘Taxes’ shall mean
(i) any and all taxes imposed by any governmental body, assessments
and
other governmental charges, duties, impositions and liabilities,
including
sales tax, excise duties, service tax, wealth tax, dividend tax,
value
added tax, other taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts,
income,
profits, use and occupation, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding,
payroll, employment and property taxes, together with all interest,
penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts; (ii)
any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause
(i) as a result of being or ceasing to be a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period; and (iii)
any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause
(i) or (ii) as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify
any other Person or as a result of any obligations under any agreements
or
arrangements with any other Person with respect to such amounts and
including any liability for taxes of a predecessor entity or a
transferor.
|
|
(gg)
|
‘Transaction
Documents’
shall mean any and all deeds, documents; letters executed or proposed
to
be executed between the Parties to achieve Completion, including
this
Agreement and the Shareholders
Agreement.
|
|
(hh)
|
‘Warrantors’
means the
Company and the Promoters and ‘Warrantor’ means any
one of them.
|
|
1.2
|
Other
Defined Terms:
|
|
(i)
|
‘Business
Days’ means
the days on which the banks are open for business in Mumbai,
India.
|
|
(ii)
|
‘Dispute’
shall
have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 10.1 of this
Agreement.
|
|
(iii)
|
‘Losses’
shall have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 6.1 of this
Agreement.
|
|
1.3
|
Interpretation
|
|
1.3.1
|
The
terms referred to in this Agreement shall, unless defined otherwise
or
inconsistent with the context or meaning thereof, bear the meaning
ascribed to it under the relevant
statute/legislation.
|
|
1.3.2
|
All
references in this Agreement to statutory provisions shall be construed
as
meaning and including references
to:
|
|
(a)
|
Any
statutory modification, consolidation or re-enactment (whether before
or
after the date of this Agreement) for the time being in
force;
|
|
(b)
|
All
statutory instruments or orders made pursuant to a statutory provision;
and
|
|
(c)
|
any
statutory provisions of which these statutory provisions are a
consolidation, re-enactment or
modification.
|
|
1.3.3
|
Words
denoting the singular shall include the plural and words denoting
any
gender shall include all genders.
|
|
1.3.4
|
Headings
to clauses, sub-clauses and paragraphs are for information only and
shall
not form part of the operative provisions of this Agreement or the
Schedules and shall be ignored in construing the
same.
|
|
1.3.5
|
References
to recitals, clauses or schedules are, unless the context otherwise
requires, are references to recitals, to clauses of or schedules
to this
Agreement.
|
|
1.3.6
|
Reference
to days, months and years are to Gregorian days, months and calendar
years
respectively.
|
|
1.3.7
|
Any
reference to the words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to
clauses
or annexures of this Agreement as specified
therein.
|
|
1.3.8
|
Any
expression importing a natural person includes any company, trust,
partnership, joint venture, association, body corporate or governmental
agency.
|
|
1.3.9
|
Where
a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, another part of speech
or
other grammatical form in respect of that word or phrase has a
corresponding meaning.
|
|
1.3.10
|
Reference
to “Investor”, unless repugnant to the context shall for the purpose of
this Agreement, mean and include the Affiliates of the
Investor.
|
|
1.5.11
|
The
words “include” and “including” shall be construed without
limitation.
|
|
1.5.12
|
The
rule of construction, if any, that a contract should be interpreted
against the Party responsible for the drafting and preparation thereof,
shall not apply to this Agreement.
|
|
2.
|
SUBSCRIPTION
AND SALE ON COMPLETION DATE
|
|
2.1
|
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, and relying on the Representations
and
Warranties and the indemnities given by the Promoters and the Company
under this Agreement, the Investor agrees on the Completion Date
to
subscribe for and the Company agrees to issue and allot to the Investor
the Subscription Shares in consideration of the Subscription
Price.
|
|
2.2
|
The
Subscription Shares shall be issued free from all Encumbrances and
together with all rights, title and interests now or hereafter attaching
thereto. The Subscription Shares shall rank pari passu with all
the
existing Shares of the Company.
|
|
2B.
|
SALE
AND PURCHASE OF SALE SHARES
|
|
2.1
|
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, and relying on the Representations
and
Warranties and the indemnities given by the Promoters and the Company
jointly and severally under this Agreement, Mr. R.L. Srivastava has
agreed
to sell, transfer or convey the Sale Shares and the Investor has
agreed to
purchase, acquire and accept the Sale Shares (together with all benefits
and rights attaching thereto), free of all Encumbrances, for the
Sale
Consideration.
|
|
2.2
|
Mr.
R.L. Srivastava shall be responsible for all taxes, levies and dues,
including without limitation, income tax assessed, if any, paid or
payable
in connection with the sale, transfer or conveyance of Sale
Shares.
|
|
2.3
|
Mr.
R.L. Srivastava hereby waives any pre-emption rights he may have
in
relation to any of the Sale Shares under the Articles of Association
of
the Company or otherwise.
|
|
3.
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
|
|
3.1
|
The
Parties agree that the obligation of the Investor to subscribe to
the
Subscription Shares and to acquire the Sale Shares in the manner
provided
herein, is conditional upon (i) the fulfilment of the following conditions
to the satisfaction of the Investor, unless specifically waived in
writing
by the Investor; and (ii) only if all the Representations and Warranties
continue to be true and correct on the Completion
Date:
|
|
3.1.1
|
The
passing by the Board, in accordance with the Act and the Articles,
of
resolutions approving, initialling and
authorizing:
|
|
a)
|
the
execution of the Transaction Documents and the performance of the
transactions contemplated therein;
|
|
b)
|
the
draft of the amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association
of
the Company, to reflect, to the extent permitted by law, the provisions
of
the Shareholders Agreement, in the form approved by the Investor,
subject
to obtaining approval of the shareholders of the
Company;
|
|
c)
|
the
issue of the Subscription Shares pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement;
|
|
3.1.2
|
Execution
of the Shareholders Agreement;
|
|
3.1.3
|
Completion
of a business, financial, accounting, tax, technical, legal and regulatory
due diligence on the Company by the Investor and resolution of all
issues
arising therefrom to the satisfaction of the Investor on or before
45
Business Days from the date of this
Agreement;
|
|
3.1.4
|
Mr.
R.L. Srivastava signing
a consent
letter, in the form and content as specified in Annexure II, consenting
to the transfer of the Sale Shares to the Investor and the price
at which
such Sale Shares are proposed to be transferred to the
Investor;
|
|
3.1.5
|
The
Company providing to the Investor the shareholding pattern of Company
(indicating the category wise equity participation of residents and
non
residents) after the proposed acquisition of Sale Shares by the Investor;
and (ii) a certificate from a chartered accountant indicating the
‘fair
value’ of the Shares calculated in accordance with the Guidelines for
Valuation of Shares and Fixation of Premia (‘Pricing
Guidelines’);
|
|
3.1.6
|
A
resolution being passed at a duly constituted meeting of the board
of
directors of Investor and a resolution being passed at duly constituted
meeting of the shareholders of the Investor, approving the subscription
to
the Subscription Shares and the purchase of the Sale Shares and the
satisfaction of all other conditions for the Investor to effect a
Business
Combination as set forth in the Investor's Prospectus dated March
3, 2006
as filed with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission;
|
|
3.1.7
|
The
Promoters obtaining written consents from all banks, financial
institutions, lenders of the Company and all other third parties
as may be
required for change in shareholding of the Company in form and substance
satisfactory to the Investor;
|
|
3.1.8
|
There
shall not have been any change, effect or circumstance from the
date hereof to the Completion Date, which has or may reasonably be
expected to have an adverse effect on the Company, the Company’s
prospects/profits/profitability/financial position/ financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the
Business;
|
|
3.1.9
|
Providing
details of the bank account of the Company maintained with the Authorised
Dealer to the Investor for the purpose of receiving the Subscription
Price
under this Agreement;
|
|
3.1.10
|
Providing
details of the bank account of Mr. R.L. Srivastava maintained with
the
Authorised Dealer to the Investor for the purpose of receiving the
Sale
Consideration under this Agreement;
|
|
3.1.11
|
The
Parties obtaining all statutory consents and approvals required or
desirable under any and all applicable laws and regulations (i) for
the
subscription, issue and allotment of the Subscription Shares pursuant
to
the terms of this Agreement; and (ii) to give effect to the transactions
contemplated herein and under the Transaction Documents having been
obtained and remaining in full force and
effect;
|
|
3.1.12
|
Each
of the Promoters delivering to the Investor a no-objection certificate
in
the form contained in Schedule 4 hereto and a no-objection certificate
from the Company in the form contained in Schedule 4A
hereto;
|
|
3.1.13
|
Investor
receiving from the Promoters and the Company three year financial
statements for the period ended March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and
March
31, 2005 converted into US GAAP and audited by a Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (www.pcaob.com) and unaudited US GAAP financial statements
for the period commencing April 1, 2007 and ending September 30,
2007 or
as of such later period, which shall not be earlier than 7 days prior
to
the Completion Date.
|
|
3.2
|
Upon
fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent, the Promoters and the Company
shall notify the Investor of the same in
writing.
|
|
3.3
|
If
the Conditions Precedent mentioned in Clause 3.1.3 above is
not fulfilled or satisfied to the satisfaction of the Investor or
waived
in writing by the Investor within 45 days of the date of this Agreement
or
such other date as may be mutually agreed between the Parties in
writing,
the Investor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement forthwith.
The termination of this Agreement shall not in any way affect or
prejudice
any right accrued to any Party against the other prior to such
termination. The Promoters however hereby confirm, undertake and
agree,
that they shall cause the Company to provide to the Investor and/or
its
advisors, all relevant information relating to the Company, including
accounting, financial, tax, marketing, technical, human resources
and
legal information, whether or not requested by the Investor and/or
its
advisors, latest by the completion of 45 days from the date of this
Agreement. The Promoters acknowledge and confirm that the Investor
and/or
its advisors shall be entitled to request for any information that
they
deem necessary and material in relation to the Company for the purpose
of
conducting the due diligence exercise. The Promoters shall provide
full
and complete access to the Investor and/or its advisors to all of
the
records, facilities, employees, suppliers and customers of the Company,
along with answers and clarifications to questions raised by the
Investor
and/or its advisors and will cooperate fully with them in the completion
of the due diligence exercise. The Parties acknowledge and confirm
that
the quantum and payment of the Subscription Price for the Subscription
Shares and the Sale Consideration for the Sale Shares shall be subject
to
the satisfactory results of the due diligence exercise to be conducted
by
the Investor, at the sole satisfaction of the Investor and in the
event,
the Investor is not satisfied with the results of the due diligence
exercise conducted by the Investor but has waived the requirement
of the
Condition Precedent mentioned in Clause 3.1.3 above, the
Parties shall mutually agree on a revised Subscription Price and
Sale
Consideration.
|
|
3.4
|
The
Promoters and the Company undertake to use all best efforts to ensure
that
all the Conditions Precedent are satisfied as soon as possible and
the
Condition Precedent as mentioned in Clause 3.1.3 is
satisfied no later than the date mentioned in Clause 3.3
above.
|
|
3.5
|
The
Promoters and the Company shall co-operate and provide all information
and
reasonable assistance to the Investor and/or its advisors and authorised
representatives to enable them to verify the records/documents of
the
Company.
|
|
4.
|
COMPLETION
|
|
4.1
|
The
Promoters and the Company shall notify the Investor of the fulfilment
of
the Conditions Precedent and provide to the Investor, all the requisite
documents evidencing fulfilment of such Conditions Precedent applicable
to
the Promoters and/or the Company. The Investor through its
advisors/counsel shall then satisfy itself as to the fulfilment of
the
Conditions Precedent. The Investor shall notify the Promoters and
the
Company within 7 days from the date of receipt of all the
documents/information from the Promoters of its satisfaction or
dissatisfaction with the same or of waiving the fulfilment of any
of the
Conditions Precedent applicable to the Promoters and/or
Company.
|
|
4.2
|
In
case the Investor notifies the Promoters or the Company of its
dissatisfaction under Clause 4.1 above,
the
Promoters shall fulfil the unfulfilled Conditions Precedent within
7 days
of receipt of such notice and shall provide to the Investor, all
requisite
documents evidencing fulfilment of that Condition Precedent. Subject
to
Clause 3.3 above, the procedure referred to in Clause 4.1 above shall
be followed thereafter until the fulfilment of all Conditions Precedent
applicable to the Promoters and/or Company, to the satisfaction of
the
Investor.
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4.3
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Upon
fulfilment of all the Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of
the
Investor or if specifically waived in writing by the Investor, the
Parties
shall proceed to complete the issue of the Subscription Shares to
the
Investor and the sale of the Sale Shares to the Investor
(‘Completion’) in
the manner provided in this Clause. Such Completion shall take place
on a
date set by the Investor (the ‘Completion Date’), which
date shall not be later than 15 days from the fulfilment of all the
Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of the Investor. This date
may
however be extended upon mutual agreement between the
Parties.
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4.4
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The
Completion shall take place at the office of Economic Laws Practice,
1502
Dalamal Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai -
400021.
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4.5
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On
the Completion Date, the Investor shall file Form FC-TRS, in quadruplicate
with the Authorised Dealer along with the following
documents:
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4.5.1
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All
documents received by the Investor from Mr. R.L. Srivastava and/or
the Company under Clauses 3.1.4 and 3.1.5
above;
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4.5.2
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Consent
letter of the Investor agreeing to purchase the Sale Shares and indicating
the Sale Consideration to be paid by the Investor for such purpose;
and
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4.5.3
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An
undertaking specifying that (i) the Investor is eligible to acquire
the
Sale Shares under the Foreign Direct Investment Policy of the Government
of India from Indian resident shareholders; (ii) such acquisition
is
within the existing sectoral caps specified thereunder; and (iii)
the
price per Share is in compliance with the Pricing
Guidelines.
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4.6
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Immediately
thereafter, Mr. R.L. Srivastava shall deliver the following documents
to
the Investor:
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4.6.1
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A
certificate signed by Mr. R.L. Srivastava to the effect that the
Representations and Warranties contained in this Agreement, continue
to be
true and correct as on the Completion Date with the same effect as
though
such Representations and Warranties had been made as of such
date;
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4.6.2
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Original
share certificates evidencing the Sale Shares (‘Sale Share Certificates’);
and
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4.6.3
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The
Share Transfer Forms duly stamped and executed by
him.
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4.7
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Upon
filing Form FC-TRS with the Authorised Dealer and fulfilment of the
provisions of Clause 4.5 above, the Investor shall remit the Sale
Consideration, for further credit to the account of Mr. R.L. Srivastava
as
intimated to the Investor in accordance with Clause 3.1.10 hereof.
All
such payments to be made by Investor to Mr. R.L. Srivastava shall
be
subject to such withholdings/deductions of tax as may be required
under
the Applicable Laws.
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4.8
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Immediately
upon the Investor receiving the certificate annexed to Form FC-TRS
from
the Authorised Dealer, the Investor shall lodge the Share Transfer
Forms
and the Sale Share Certificates with the Company for transfer of
the Sale
Shares in the name of the Investor. The Company shall, upon receipt
of the
said documents from the Investor, do the
following:
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(i)
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Immediately
convene a meeting of the Board, wherein the Board shall pass the
necessary
resolutions:
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(a)
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approving
the transfer of the Sale Shares from Mr. R.L. Srivastava to the name
of
the Investor; and
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(b)
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approving
the Investor as a member of Company in respect of the Sale Shares
and
entering the name of the Investor in the register of
members.
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(ii)
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Enter
the name of the Investor as the legal and beneficial owner of the
Sale
Shares, free of all Encumbrances, in the register of members of
Company;
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(iii)
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Make
the necessary endorsements on the Sale Share Certificates, indicating
the
name of the Investor as the legal and beneficial owner of the Sale
Shares
evidenced thereunder; and
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(iv)
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Return
the original Sale Share Certificates, duly endorsed in the name of
the
Investor, to the Investor or its authorised representative as it
may
direct.
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4.9
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Upon
satisfaction of the events referred to in Clause 4.8, the Company
shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Investor:
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a)
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certified
true copies of the Board Resolutions referred to in clause
3.1.1;
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b)
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written
confirmation from the Company and each of the Promoters that as at
the
Completion Date:
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·
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no
change, effect or circumstance has occurred, which has or may reasonably
be expected to have an adverse effect on the Company, the Company’s
prospects/profits/profitability/financial position/ financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the operations/businesses and/or
the
Business; and
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·
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the
Representations and Warranties are true, accurate and complete and
that it
is not aware of any matter or thing which is in breach of or inconsistent
with any of the Representations and
Warranties;
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c)
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the
no-objection certificates referred to in clause
3.1.11.
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4.10
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Immediately
thereafter, a meeting of the Board shall be held at which, the Board
shall
pass resolutions:
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(i)
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approving
the allotment of the Subscription Shares to the Investor with the
corresponding certificates;
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(ii)
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approving
the appointment of the directors, as specified by the Investor on
the
Board; and
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(iii)
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convening
an extra-ordinary general meeting of the Company in accordance with
the
Articles of the Company to amend the Memorandum and Articles of the
Company to incorporate the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement
in the
form approved by the Board under Clause 3.1.1(b)
above.
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4.11
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Immediately
thereafter, a meeting of the shareholders shall be held at short
notice,
at which the following resolutions shall be
passed:
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(ii)
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approving
the amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association in the
form
approved by the Board under Clause
3.1.1(b).
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4.12
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Immediately
thereafter the Company shall (i) issue and deliver to the authorised
representative of the Investor the original certificates duly stamped,
signed and sealed for the Subscription Shares subscribed to by the
Investor; and (ii) incorporate the name of the Investor as the legal
and
beneficial owner of the Subscription Shares in the register of members
of
the Company.
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4.13
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Notwithstanding
the above, on the Completion Date the Investor shall also have a
right to
review the books and accounts of the Company to verify to the satisfaction
of the Investor, that no event has occurred which has or may have
an adverse effect on the Business, operations, financial
condition or prospects of the Business. In the event, the Investor
is not
satisfied with the results of its review; the Investor shall have
the
right to terminate this Agreement forthwith. The termination of this
Agreement shall not in any way affect or prejudice any right accrued
to
any Party against the other prior to such
termination.
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4.14
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On
the Completion Date the Investor
shall:
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a)
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deliver
an application in writing for the Subscription Shares to be subscribed
by
them on the Completion Date; and
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b)
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pay
to the Company the Subscription Price by way of telegraphic
transfer.
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4.15
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Immediately
after subscription to the Subscription Shares and the purchase of
the Sale
Shares by the Investor, the equity shareholding of the Company on
a Fully
Diluted Basis shall be as follows:
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Shareholders
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No.
of Shares held
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Approximate
% of the total paid up Equity Shares
on a Fully Diluted Basis
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Investor
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4393516
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63
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Ravindra
Lal Srivastava
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1227871
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17.61
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Indravati
Devi Srivastava
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1152640
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16.53
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Sankata
Srivastava
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96640
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1.39
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Bihari
Lal Srivastava
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16000
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0.23
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Ramdulare
Srivastava
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55168
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0.79
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Ramdulari
Devi Srivastava
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32000
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0.45
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Total:
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6973835
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100%
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4.16
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The
Parties to this Agreement agree to take all measures that may be
required
to ensure to the extent possible, that all the events contemplated
in
Clause 4 above on
the Completion Date are completed on the same
day.
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4.17
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Notwithstanding
the provisions of Clause
4.16 hereto, all proceedings to be taken and all documents to
be
executed and delivered by the Parties at Completion shall be deemed
to
have been taken and executed simultaneously to the extent possible
and no
proceedings shall be deemed to have been taken nor documents executed
or
delivered until all have been taken, executed and
delivered.
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4.18
|
Immediately
after the Board meetings of the Company and passing of the resolutions
mentioned above, the Parties shall ensure that the Company shall
record
the necessary entries in its registers and carry out all the actions
that
have been resolved to be carried out in order to effectively achieve
Completion.
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4.19
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The
Company shall ensure that within 30 days from the Completion Date,
the
relevant forms of the Company are filed with the concerned regulatory
authorities including the Registrar of Companies, Reserve Bank of
India,
etc. in accordance with the provisions of Applicable
Law
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4.20
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Investor’s
Remedy
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4.20.1
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If
after having received the Subscription Price and the Sale Consideration
from the Investor pursuant to Clause 4.7 and 4.14 above, the provisions
of
this Clause 4 are not complied with by the Company and/or the Promoters
on
the Completion Date, the Investor shall have the right to obligate
the
Company and/or the Promoters and if so required, by the Investor,
the
Company and/or Mr. R. L. Srivastava shall forthwith refund to the
Investor
the Subscription Price and the Sale Consideration received from the
Investor pursuant to Clause 4.10 above together with interest thereon
calculated at the rate of the then applicable State Bank of India
prime
lending rate (“SBI PLR”) plus 10% from the date the Investor paid the
Subscription Price and the Sale Consideration to the date of actual
refund
by the Company with interest (“Liquidated Damages”). The Parties agree and
acknowledge that the Liquidated Damages is a genuine pre estimate
of the
loss that may be suffered by the Investor as a result of non-compliance
by
the Company and/ or the Promoters of the obligations specified in
this
Agreement.
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4.20.2
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The
Parties agree and acknowledge that this obligation of the Company
to
refund the Subscription Price, and Mr. R.L. Srivastava to
refund the Sale Consideration, to the Investor shall be without prejudice
to any other right, which the Investor may have under this Agreement
and
in law or in equity.
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5.1
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True
and Accurate: The
Warrantors represent, warrant and undertake to the Investor, that
each of
the statements set out in this Clause and Schedule 3 hereof, as applicable
to the Warrantors, is now and will be true and accurate at the Completion
Date. The Warrantors acknowledge that the Investor, in entering into
this
Agreement, is relying on such representations, warranties and undertakings
and shall be entitled to treat the same as conditions of the Agreement.
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5.2
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Investor
Representation:The Investor hereby
represents and warrants that it has the corporate power and authority
to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated herein. The execution, delivery
and
performance by Investor of the Transaction Documents have been duly
authorized and approved by its board of
directors.
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5.3
|
Separate
and Independent: Each
of the Representations and Warranties shall be separate and independent
and, save as expressly provided to the contrary, shall not be limited
by
reference to or inference from any other Representations and Warranty
or
any other term of this Agreement, which is not expressly referenced
to the
Representations and Warranty
concerned.
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5.4
|
Knowledge:
If any Representation or
Warranty is qualified by knowledge, then it means that the Representation
or Warranty has been made to the best knowledge of the Warrantors,
after
the Warrantors have made and caused to be made such due and proper
inquiries as may be required in respect of the relevant matter to
obtain
informed knowledge.
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5.5
|
Undertaking: None
of the
Warrantors shall do, allow or procure any act or omission before
the
Completion Date which would respectively constitute a breach of any
of the
Representations and Warranties if they were given at the Completion
Date,
or which would make any of the Representations and Warranties inaccurate
or misleading if they were so
given.
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5.6
|
Notification
of breach: Each of
the Warrantors hereby agree to disclose promptly to the Investor
in
writing immediately upon becoming aware of the same, any matter,
event or
circumstance (including any omission to act) which may arise or become
known to it after the date of this Agreement
which:
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5.6.1
|
would
render any of the Representations and Warranties to be inaccurate;
or
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|
5.6.2
|
has,
or is likely to have, an adverse effect on the financial
position/prospects/profits/profitability/financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the Business of the
Company.
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|
5.7
|
Survival: The
Representations
and Warranties provided in this Agreement shall survive the Completion
Date.
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|
5.8
|
The
Company and the Promoter hereby agree and acknowledge that the Investor
has agreed to subscribe to the Subscription Shares and purchase the
Sale
Shares inter alia
relying upon the Representations and
Warranties.
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6.1
|
Without
prejudice to any other right available to the Investor in law or
under
equity, the Promoters shall jointly and severally indemnify, defend
and
hold harmless the Investor, their Affiliates, directors, advisors,
officers, employees and agents, or, if so desired by the Investor,
the
Promoters shall indemnify the Company, from and against any and all
liabilities, damages, demands, Claims (including third party Claims),
actions, judgments or causes of action, assessments, interest, fines,
penalties, and other costs or expenses (including, without limitation,
amounts paid in settlement, court costs and all reasonable attorneys'
fees
and out of pocket expenses) (“Losses”) directly
based
upon, arising out of, or in relation to or otherwise in respect
of:
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i.
|
any
inaccuracy in or any breach of any Representation and Warranty, covenant
or agreement of the Promoters or Company contained in this Agreement
or
any document or other papers delivered by any of them to the Investor
in
connection with or pursuant to this
Agreement;
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ii.
|
any
liability arising out of non compliance of any obligation undertaken
by
the Company or the Promoters;
|
|
iii.
|
any
liabilities and obligations of whatever nature relating to any litigation,
Claim or governmental investigation pending or relating to the Business
or
operations of the Promoters or the Business of the Company prior
to the
date of execution of this Agreement and as on the Completion
Date;
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iv.
|
any
liability due to any non-compliance of any applicable law, rules
or
regulations prior to the date of execution of this Agreement and
as on the
Completion Date.
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|
6.2
|
Any
compensation or indemnity as referred to in Clause 6.1 above shall
be such
as to place the Investor in the same position as it would have been
in,
had there not been any such breach and as if the Representation and
Warranty under which Investor is to be indemnified, had been
correct.
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|
7.1
|
The
Investor and/or the Promoters and their designated officers, employees,
accountants and attorneys shall have the right, at any time and from
time
to time during normal business hours and upon notice which may be
of at
least 3 (three) days, to carry out inspection of documents, records,
premises and all other properties of the Company at their own cost
as long
as they hold any Shares in the
Company.
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|
7.2
|
The
Investor and their designated officers, employees, accountants and
attorneys shall have the right to consult with the officers, employees,
accountants and attorneys of the Company for the purpose of affording
the
Investor full opportunity to make such investigation as it may desire
and
to collect such information, data, documents, evidence as may be
required
for the purpose of and in the course of such inspection in connection
therewith. Such investigations and/or audit, however, shall not affect
the
Representations and Warranties made by the Promoters or the
Company.
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|
8.
|
INTERIM
MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS
|
|
8.1
|
During
the period beginning from the execution of this Agreement and continuing
until the Completion Date, the Company shall, and the Promoters shall
cause the Company to carry on its Business in the usual, regular
and
ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted,
to pay its debts and Taxes when due, to pay or perform other obligations
when due, and, to the extent consistent with such businesses, to
use its
best efforts consistent with past practice and policies to preserve
intact
their present business organizations, keep available the services
of their
present officers and employees and preserve their relationships with
customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees and others
having
business dealings with them, all with the goal of preserving their
goodwill and ongoing businesses at the Completion
Date.
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|
8.2
|
The
Promoters shall cause the Company to provide the Investor and its
officers, agents, advisors, consultants and other representatives
reasonable access to (i) all of the properties, books, contracts,
commitments and records of the Company, (ii) all other information
concerning the Business, properties and personnel (subject to restrictions
imposed by Applicable Law) of the Company as the Investor may request,
and
(iii) all employees of the Company. The Promoters shall cause the
Company
to provide such information within 5 days of making a request for
the
same.
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|
8.3
|
During
the period beginning from the execution of this Agreement and continuing
until the Completion Date the Company and/or the
Promoters (including their respective Affiliates,
representatives and/or advisors) shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Investor:
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|
(i)
|
solicit,
encourage, entertain, initiate or participate in any inquiry, negotiations
or discussions or disclose any information pertaining to the Company
or
enter into any agreement with respect to any offer or proposal to,
acquire
or merge or restructure (including through business transfer, asset
transfer, amalgamation, demerger, hiving off or in any other manner
whatsoever) or dispose off, alienate or Encumber any assets or business
of
the Company or parts thereof (an ‘Acquisition
Proposal’);
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|
(ii)
|
assist
or cooperate with any Person to make any Acquisition Proposal;
or
|
|
(iii)
|
solicit,
negotiate or enter into any agreement with any Person with respect
to an
Acquisition Proposal;
|
|
(iv)
|
In
the event the Company or the Promoters receive, prior to the Completion
Date, any Acquisition Proposal, the Company or the Promoters receiving
such Acquisition Proposal shall immediately suspend any discussions
with
such offeror or party with regard to such Acquisition Proposal and
immediately inform the Investor as to any such Acquisition Proposal,
including information as to the principal terms of such Acquisition
Proposal or request, as the case may be, and any other information
that
the Investor may request;
|
|
(v)
|
sell,
license or transfer to any Person any rights to any Intellectual
Property
or enter into any agreement with respect to Intellectual Property
with any
Person;
|
|
(vi)
|
amend
or change its Articles of Association and/or Memorandum of Association
in
any manner whatsoever;
|
|
(vii)
|
adopt
or change accounting methods or practices other than as required
by the
Indian GAAP or revalue any of its assets, including writing down
value of
inventory or writing off notes or accounts
receivable;
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|
(viii)
|
issue,
sell, or grant, contract to issue, sell or grant, or authorize the
issuance, delivery, sale or purchase of any Securities of the Company
or
any other securities, including securities convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for Shares in the
Company;
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|
(ix)
|
declare,
set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions
(whether
in cash, stock or property) in respect of any shares of the Company,
or
split, combine or reclassify any shares of the Company, or issue
or
authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in
lieu of
or in substitution for shares of the Company or repurchase, redeem,
or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of the Company
(or
options, warrants or other rights convertible into, exercisable or
exchangeable therefor);
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(x)
|
grant
any severance or termination, pay (cash, equity or otherwise) to
any
director or officer or to any employee of the Company, or increase
(by way
of cash, equity or otherwise) the salary or other compensation payable
or
to become payable by the Company to any of their officers, directors,
employees or advisors, or declare, pay or make any commitment or
obligation of any kind for the payment (in the form of cash, equity
or
otherwise) by the Company of a bonus or other additional salary or
compensation to any such Person, or adopt or amend any employee benefit
plan (except as necessary to comply with applicable law) or enter
into any
agreement with any Person which guarantees employment with the Company
for
a specific period of time or enter into any settlement or compromise
agreement with any employees of the
Company;
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|
(xi)
|
waive
any share repurchase rights, accelerate, amend or change the period
of
exercisability of options or restricted shares, or reprice options
granted
to any employee, consultant, director or other stock plans or authorize
cash payments in exchange for any options granted under any employment
stock option plans;
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|
(xii)
|
sell,
lease, license, Encumber or otherwise dispose off any of the assets
or
properties of the Company;
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|
(xiii)
|
enter
into/agree to enter into any new contract not in the ordinary course
of
business and/or on terms that are beyond normal and reasonable commercial
terms including amending or otherwise modifying (or agreeing to do
so), or
violating the terms of any of the contracts entered into by the
Company;
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|
(xiv)
|
commence,
compromise or settle any pending or threatened litigation, debt or
other
legal proceedings;
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|
(xv)
|
make
or change any election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement, settle
any
Claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension
or
waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Claim or assessment
in
respect of Taxes;
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|
(xvi)
|
cause
any increase in liabilities of the Business including by way of incurring
any indebtedness in the Business in the form of loans or financial
assistance from any lending agency or bank or repaying or incurring
any
additional indebtedness or making any advance payments other than
what has
been contractually agreed upon (upon disclosure and consent to/of
the
Investor);
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|
(xvii)
|
amending
any terms of any agreement with any of the
creditors/debtors;
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|
(xviii)
|
enter
into/agree to enter into any new contract, agreement, arrangement
with any
related party of the Company;
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|
(xix)
|
undertake
any expenditure, transaction or commitment other than in the
normal course of business; or
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|
(xx)
|
take
or agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the actions described
in
the preceding clauses of this Clause 8 or any
other
action that would prevent the Company from performing or cause the
Company
not to perform its covenants hereunder or that would prejudice the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction
Documents.
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|
Amicable
Settlement
|
|
10.1
|
If
any dispute arises between Investor and/or the Promoters and/or Company
during the subsistence of this Agreement or thereafter, in connection
with
the validity, interpretation, implementation or alleged breach of
any
provision of this Agreement or regarding a question, including the
question as to whether the termination of this Agreement by one Party
hereto has been legitimate (“Dispute”), the disputing
Parties hereto shall endeavour to settle such Dispute amicably. The
attempt to bring about an amicable settlement shall be considered
to have
failed if not resolved within 60 days from the date of the
Dispute.
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|
Conciliation
|
|
10.2
|
If
the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with
Clause 10.1 within
the period specified therein, the Parties shall forthwith but not
later
than 30 days after expiry of the aforesaid period, refer the Dispute
to
Mr. Ram Mukunda and Mr. R.L. Srivastava for resolution of the said
Dispute. The attempt to bring about such resolution shall be considered
to
have failed if not resolved within 30 days from the date of receipt
of a
written notification in this
regard.
|
|
Arbitration
|
|
10.3
|
If
the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with
Clause 10.2 within
the period specified therein, any Party to the Dispute shall be entitled
to serve a notice invoking this Clause and making a reference to
an
arbitration panel of three arbitrators. Each party to the dispute
shall
appoint one arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of the notice of
the
Party making the reference, and the two arbitrators, so appointed
shall
appoint a third arbitrator. The Arbitration proceedings shall
be held in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,
1996. The
decision of the arbitration panel shall be binding on all the Parties
to
the Dispute.
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|
10.7
|
The
Arbitrator’s award shall be substantiated in writing. The court of
arbitration shall also decide on the costs of the arbitration proceedings.
The cost of arbitration shall be borne by the
Company.
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|
10.8
|
The
award shall be binding on the Parties subject to the Applicable Laws
in
force and the award shall be enforceable in any competent court of
law.
|
|
10.9
|
The
Mumbai court (including any appellant court) in India shall have
exclusive
jurisdiction.
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11.1
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Any
notice or other communication that may be given by one Party to the
other
shall always be in writing and shall be served either by (i) hand
delivery
duly acknowledged; or (ii) sent by registered post with acknowledgment
due; or (iii) by facsimile at the respective addresses set out herein
below or at such other address as may be subsequently intimated by
one
party to the other in writing as set out herein. If the notice is
sent by
facsimile, the said notice shall also be sent by registered post
acknowledgment due.
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11.2
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All
notices shall be deemed to have been validly given on (i) the business
date immediately after the date of transmission with confirmed answer
back, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, or (ii) the business
date
of receipt, if sent by courier or hand delivery; or (iii) the expiry
of
seven days after posting, if sent by registered
post.
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11.3
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Any
Party may, from time to time, change its address or representative
for
receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement by giving to the
other
Party not less than 10 days prior written
notice.
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13.1
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The
Parties recognise that each of them will be given and have access
to
confidential and proprietary information of the other Parties. The
Parties
undertake not to use any of such confidential information for their
own
corporate purposes without the prior written consent of the Party
owning
such information and shall keep confidential and not to disclose
to any
third party any of the other Parties’ confidential and proprietary
information for a period of one year from the date hereof. The Parties
shall also cause their respective directors, employees, officers
and any
other persons to whom the above mentioned information is disclosed
to
execute a letter of confidentiality to the effect provided in this
Clause.
The obligations of confidentiality shall not apply to any information
that:
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(b)
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was
known to the Party prior to its disclosure by the disclosing
Party;
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(c)
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has
become generally available to the public (other than by virtue of
its
disclosure by the receiving Party);
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(d)
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may
be required in any report or statement that is required to be submitted
by
the Company to any governmental or regulatory
body;
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(e)
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may
be required in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection
with
any litigation; or
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(f)
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was
approved by both the Parties (for the avoidance of doubt, disclosure
to
the Affiliates of the Investor shall be
permitted);
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(g)
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is
required by a regulatory authority or the regulations of any recognized
stock exchange;
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(h)
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is
reasonably required for disclosure to professional advisers of the
Party,
who shall have given undertakings of strict
confidentiality;
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(i)
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may
be required to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable
to any Party hereto.
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13.2.
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Upon
termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall cause the Company
to
either (i) return to the Investor and Promoters, as applicable, and
the
Parties shall return to each other, all documents and information
belonging to such Person and all copies thereof in the possession
or under
the control of a Party which does not own such property, and all
confidential information in whatever media; or (ii) destroy all documents
and information belonging to the other Party and all copies thereof
in the
possession or under the control of a Party. Provided that the Investor
and/or its advisors may retain, in a secure location, copies of such
documents and records for purposes of defending any legal proceeding
or as
is required to be maintained in order to satisfy any law, rule,
regulation, or accounting or financial reporting standards to which
the
Investor may be subject.
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13.3.
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The
Parties acknowledge and agree that the covenants and obligations
with
respect to confidentiality set forth in this Clause relate to special,
unique and extraordinary matters, and that a violation of any of
the terms
of such covenants and obligations will cause the Company and the
owner of
such property irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are
not
available at law. Therefore, the Parties agree that the Party entitled
to
enforce the covenants set forth above, shall be entitled to an injunction,
restraining order or such other equitable relief as a court of competent
jurisdiction may deem necessary or appropriate to restrain the other
Party
from committing any violation of the covenants and obligations contained
in this Clause. These injunctive remedies are cumulative and are
in
addition to any other rights and remedies the concerned Party may
have at
law or in equity.
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14.
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AUTHORISED
PERSON
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15.1
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Grounds
for Termination: Save and except the rights and obligations of the
Parties
that terminate as provided in the specific clauses in this Agreement,
this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until terminated
in
accordance with the provisions of this
Clause.
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15.2
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This
Agreement can be terminated at any time prior to the subscription
by the
Investor in the manner set out in Clause 4 of this Agreement, by
mutual
written agreement of the Parties.
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15.3
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This
Agreement shall stand terminated under Clause 4 if the Completion
does not
take place as per Clause 4.3.
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15.4
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Effect
of Termination: Termination of this Agreement under Clauses 15.2
to 15.3
shall be without liability of any Party (or any shareholder, director,
officer, agent, employee, consultant or representative of such Party)
to
the other Parties.
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15.5
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The
provisions of Clause 6 (Indemnity), 10 (Arbitration), 11 (Notices),
and 13
(Confidentiality) shall survive the termination hereof pursuant to
Clause
15.1.
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16.13.1
The Parties agree that if the transactions contemplated in this Agreement
cannot be completed in the manner set forth herein, then the Parties
shall
use reasonable endeavours to enter into other transactions that (a)
would
result in a substantially similar outcome and (b) do not prejudice
any of
the Parties. Each of the Parties further agrees that, during
any such negotiations, it shall refrain from initiating any legal
actions
against the other Parties; and
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16.13.2
Each Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all
further
acts and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution
and
delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or
as the
other Parties may reasonably require, whether on or after the date
of this
Agreement, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and
the
transactions contemplated by it and for the purpose of vesting in
the
Investor the full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be
transferred to the Investor under this
Agreement.
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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)
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "
Investor "
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA
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)
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(Authorised
Signatory)
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)
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ON
THE 15th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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)
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WITNESS:
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)
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NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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)
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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)
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "SRICON
INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD"
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. R.L. SRIVASTAVA
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(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THE
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)
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RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
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)
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ON
THE 15th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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)
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WITNESS:
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)
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ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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)
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "Promoter"
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)
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MR.
R. L. SRIVASTAVA
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ON
THE 15th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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)
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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)
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WITNESS:
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)
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ADDRESS:
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A.
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The
Parties entered into a Share Subscription cum Purchase Agreement
on the
15th day of September, 2007 (the “SSA”), setting out the terms and
conditions subject to which the Investor would subscribe to the
Subscription Shares;
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B.
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Clause
3 of the SSA sets out the conditions to be satisfied by the Parties
prior
to the Investor subscribing to the Subscription Shares. Some of
the
conditions to be satisfied by the Parties are as under: (i) completion
of
a business, financial, accounting, tax, technical, legal and regulatory
due diligence on the Company by the Investor and resolution of
all issues
arising therefrom to the satisfaction of the Investor on or before
45
Business Days from the date of this Agreement, (ii) resolution
being
passed at a duly constituted meeting of the board of directors
of Investor
and a resolution being passed at duly constituted meeting of the
shareholders of the Investor, approving the subscription to the
Subscription Shares and the satisfaction of all other conditions
for the
Investor to effect a Business Combination as set forth in the Investor's
Prospectus dated March 3, 2006 as filed with the US Securities
and
Exchange Commission, (iii) the Promoters obtaining written consents
from
all banks, financial institutions, lenders of the Company and all
other
third parties as may be required for change in shareholding of
the Company
in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor, (iv) each of
the
Promoters delivering to the Investor a no-objection certificate
in the
form contained in Schedule 4 to the SSA and a no-objection certificate
from the Company in the form contained in Schedule 4A to the SSA;
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C.
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The
Company is in need of urgent funds and pending satisfaction of
the
conditions precedent set out in Clause 3 of the SSA, has requested
the
Investor to infuse the Portion of Subscription Price (as defined
below),
towards subscription to Portion of Subscription Shares (as defined
below);
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D.
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The
Investor has agreed to subscribe to the Portion of Subscription
Shares in
the Company subject to the terms and conditions set out in this
Agreement.
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(a)
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Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Investor hereby agrees to subscribe
for, and the Company agrees to allot and issue to the Investor
at
Completion, the Portion of Subscription Shares, provided that subject
to
Clause 3, the Portion of Subscription Price shall be funded as
advance
against Shares of the Company.
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(b)
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The
consideration payable by the Investor to the Company for the Portion
of
Subscription Shares shall be the Portion of Subscription Price
or
thereabout as the Parties may mutually agree.
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(
a)
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the
Representations and Warranties as provided in Clause 5 and Schedule
3 of
the SSA and under this Agreement, remaining true and correct on
the
Funding Date;
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(
b)
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approval
of the Board
for
(i)
the
execution,
delivery and
performance by the
Company of
this Agreement, (ii) creation of an Account in the manner
and for
the purposes
contemplated in this Agreement, (iii) appointment of the Investor’s nominee
as an authorized signatory to the Existing
Accounts
and the Account to
be
created pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) deposit into the Account,
20% of
the receivables paid into the Existing Accounts, including without
limitation, the receivables due to the Company pursuant to the
Joint
Venture Agreement entered into by the Company with Hindustan Steel
Works
Constructions Limited, (v) granting irrevocable authority to the
Investor’s nominee being the authorized signatory to the Account, to
operate and withdraw the amounts lying to the credit of the Account
at any
time and for any reason whatsoever, (vi) subject
to the
approval of the members, amending the Articles of Association of
the
Company to give effect to the matters set out in Clause 4, (vii)
in-principle allotment of such number of shares to the Investor,
at the
specific request of the Investor, pending subscription to the entire
Subscription Shares, as will increase the Investor’s shareholding in the
Company to 51%, and an undertaking that such allotment will be completed
within 2
working days of the Investor infusing funds towards subscription
to the
share capital of the Company and requesting the Company to allot
Shares,
and (viii) implementing the relevant transactions set forth in
this
Agreement to which the Company is a party or which require approval
by the Board;
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(
c)
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each
of the Company and the Promoters having performed and complied
with all
agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement
that
are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before
the
Funding;
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(d)
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memorandum
and articles of association of the Company being amended to reflect,
to
the extent permitted by law, the provisions of this Agreement;
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(e)
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one
(1) nominee of the Investor having been duly elected/appointed
as
Director, effective upon Funding;
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(f)
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the
Company having opened the Account;
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(g)
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evidence
being adduced by the Promoters, of written instructions issued
to the
banks with whom the Existing Accounts are maintained by the Company,
of
the inclusion of Mr. Ram Mukunda as an authorized signatory to
the
Existing Accounts and evidence being adduced of written instructions
issued to Citibank N.A of the change in authorized signatories
and
appointment of Mr. Ram Mukunda of the sole authorized signatory
of the
Account with Citibank;
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(h)
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certificate
from the Promoters and the Company confirming that (i) they have
given
written instructions to the banks with whom Existing Accounts are
maintained, for automatic transfer into the Account, every month,
with
effect from April 1, 2008, of 20% of the receivables paid into
the
Existing Accounts, including without limitation, the receivables
due to
the Company pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement entered into
by the
Company with Hindustan Steel Works Constructions Limited, and that
they
have taken all necessary steps to ensure automatic and regular
transfer of
funds as contemplated herein, (ii) no lender or third party has
any rights
over the funds lying to the credit of the Existing Accounts (iii)
the
Company has not entered into any agreement or understanding whereby
any
party other than the Investor has priority over the funds in the
Existing
Accounts or the Account;
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(i)
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the
Company appointing the Investor’s nominee as the authorized signatory to
the Account with an undertaking that (i) except upon specific written
instructions of the Investor, the Investor’s nominee shall not be replaced
and such appointment and understanding having been communicated
to
Citibank N.A (ii) they shall not open any savings or current account
or
any other account with any bank except with the specific written
consent
of the Investor;
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(j)
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the
Company issuing irrevocable written instructions to Citibank N.A.,
to
honor all cheques, demand drafts and other payment instructions
issued by
the Investor’s nominee, without first obtaining approval of the Promoters
or the Company;
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(k)
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the
Company obtaining a certificate from an independent chartered accountant
indicating the ‘fair value’ of the Shares calculated in accordance with
the Guidelines for Valuation of Shares and Fixation of Premia.
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(a)
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Funding
shall take place on the Funding Date, or at such other place as
the
Parties may agree. The Portion of Subscription Price shall be retained
as
advance against Shares, until Completion.
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(b)
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Simultaneously
upon Funding, the provisions of Clauses 3 (Conditions subsequent
to
Completion), 4.1(e) (Voting), 4.1(g) (Meeting and Minutes of Board
Meeting), 4.1(h) (Notice), 4.1(i) (Quorum), 4.1(j) (Determination
of
Quorum), 4.1(k) (Resolution by Circulation), 4.2 (Management and
other
Committees), 4.3 (Rights of the Investor), 4.4 (Veto Rights, to
the extent
of meetings of the Board) (subject to Clause 4(e) herein) and 5
(Dividend
Policy) of the Shareholders Agreement shall become effective and
the
Promoters and the Company shall be bound by the terms contained
therein.
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(c)
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The
Promoters and the Company shall not propose any resolution at a
Shareholders Meeting, if such resolution has not been approved
by the
director nominated by the Investor at a meeting of the Board.
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(d)
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Until
Completion under this Agreement, the Promoters shall not be entitled
to
Transfer all or any part of their Shareholding to any Person. Approval
of
the director nominated by the Investor shall be required for passing
any
resolution which will have the effect of changing the signatories
to the
Existing Accounts or the Account and for opening any account with
any
bank.
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(e)
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The
Parties agree that where a resolution for allotment of shares in
favour of
the Investor is proposed by the director nominated by the Investor,
the
Promoters shall (if they are also Directors) / cause the directors
nominated by them on the Board, to vote in favour of the resolution.
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(f)
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A
meeting of the shareholders shall be convened and a special resolution
shall be passed approving amendment to the Articles of Association,
to
give effect to the matters set out in this Agreement.
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(g)
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The
Promoters agree and acknowledge that until Funding, they are in
complete
control over the affairs of the Company and undertake that they
shall, to
the extent within their power and control, cause the Company to
fulfill
all its obligations hereunder so as to ensure that the covenants
set forth
in this Agreement are fulfilled by such dates as specified in this
Agreement. To secure the performance of the obligations of the
Promoters
and the Company as set out in this Agreement, the Promoters shall
create a
pledge on the Promoter Shares in favour of the Investor or any
Person
nominated by it. For such purpose, the Promoters shall on the Funding
Date
or any date thereafter, and if required, with the approval of the
regulatory authorities, if required, deliver the following documents
to
the Investor, or his representative/nominee:
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·
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Original
certificates evidencing right, title and interest to the Promoter
Shares;
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·
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Undated
share transfer forms signed by the Promoters in favour of the Investor;
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·
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A
duly stamped, irrevocable power of attorney (substantially in the
form and
content as specified in Schedule 2 hereof)
from
each Promoter, pursuant to which each Promoter permits the Investor
to
take all necessary action and sign all necessary documents, letters,
undertakings etc. as may be required so as to effect a transfer
of the
Promoter Shares to the Investor or any of his nominees, as the
case may
be, and be registered as a ‘member’ in respect of the Promoter Shares;
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·
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the
shareholding pattern of the Company after the exercise of the pledge
by
the Investor.
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(g)
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The
Promoters
unconditionally agree, acknowledge, undertake and confirm that
they shall
take all necessary action and sign all necessary documents, letters,
undertakings etc. as may be required so as to effect a transfer
of the
Promoter Shares to the Investor or any of his nominees, as the case may
be, and be registered as a member inrespect of the Promoter Shares,
if
called upon by the Investor to do so.
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(h)
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The
Promoters and the Company agree and acknowledge that the covenants
and
obligations under Clauses 3 and 4 relate to special, unique and
extraordinary matters, and that a violation of any of the terms
of such
covenants and obligations will cause the Investor irreparable injury
and
hence the Investors shall be entitled to specific performance of
the
obligations undertaken by the Company and/or the Promoters under
Clauses 3
and 4.
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(a)
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Upon
fulfillment of all the Conditions Precedent set out in the SSA,
to the
satisfaction of the Investor or if specifically waived in writing
by the
Investor, the Parties shall proceed to complete the allotment of
the
Portion of Subscription Shares to the Investor in the manner provided
in
this Clause.
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(b)
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At
Completion, the Company shall:
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·
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allot
and issue to the Investor, the Portion of Subscription Shares;
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·
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deliver
to the Investor one or more original share certificates and other
instruments, if any, evidencing the Investor’s title to the Portion of
Subscription Shares;
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·
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duly
register, as required by Law, the Portion of Subscription Shares
in the
Company's registers and provide evidence thereof to the Investor;
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(c)
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If
any one or more of the Conditions Precedent set out in the SSA
are not
satisfied to the satisfaction of the Investor or waived in writing
by the
Investor, the Investor shall notify the Promoters and the Company
of the
non satisfaction of the Condition Precedent. Within 7 days of receipt
of
such intimation from the Investor, the Promoters shall cause the
Company
to and the Company shall refund an amount equivalent to the Portion
of
Subscription Price to the Investor. If the Company fails to make
repayment
of the Portion of Subscription Price to the Investor within 7 days
of
receipt of notice from the Investor, the Investor’s nominee shall, without
any further act or approval of the Promoters or the Company, issue
instructions to the Citibank N.A., to repatriate funds lying in
the
Account to the Investor and the Parties shall cause Citibank N.A.
to
forthwith repatriate such funds to the Investor.
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(d)
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If
the funds lying in the Account is less than the Portion of Subscription
Price, the Promoters will cause the Company to fund the Account
with such
amount by which the funds lying in the Account fall short of the
Portion
of Subscription Price. If the Promoters fail to cause the Company
to fund
the shortfall in the Portion of Subscription Price, or upon the
Promoters
and/or the Company committing a breach of any of their obligations
under
this Agreement and more specifically under Clause 5 hereof and
failing to
remedy the breach within 7 days of being notified of the same by
the
Investor,
then, without prejudice to any of its rights under this Agreement,
the
Investor shall have a right to forthwith exercise the pledge and
at its discretion,
require
the
Board to allot to itself, Portion of Subscription Shares andtake
all
necessary action,to be registered as a member of the Company in
respect of
the Promoter Sharesand or Portion of Subscription Shares.
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(e)
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Upon
the Promoters and/or the Company committing a breach of any of
their
obligations under Clause 5(d)hereof and failing to remedy the breach
within 7 days of being notified of the same by the Investor and
the
Investor being unable to exercise the pledge and / or be registered
as a
member in respect of the Promoter Shares or any part thereof, due
to any
reason whatsoever, the Investor shall be entitled, pending subscription
to
the Subscription Shares, to be allotted Portion of Subscription
Shares and
to subscribe to such number of shares in the Company as will bring
its
shareholding to 51% of the paid up share capital of the Company
as on such
date (“Additional Shares”). Upon exercise of such option by the Investor,
and upon infusion of funds by the Investor towards subscription
to the
Additional Shares, the Company shall allot Additional Shares to
the
Investor and at such price as may be determined by the Investor,
provided
that the pricing shall be in accordance with the laws of India.
Upon
exercise of such option by the Investor, the Investor shall be
entitled to
appoint majority directors on the Board and exercise all rights
available
to the Investor under law, as a 51% shareholder in the Company.
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(
f)
|
The
Promoters and the Company hereby undertake that they shall, upon
exercise
by the Investor of its right under Clauses 5(d)and 5(e) above,
cooperate
with the Investor and take all necessary steps to ensure that the
name of
the Investor or any Person nominated by the Investor is registered
as a
‘member’ in the register of members of the Company in respect of the
Promoter Sharesand Additional Shares.
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(h)
|
In
the event of enforcement of pledge by the Investor, of the Promoter
Shares, or in the event of the Promoters committing a breach of
any of
their obligations of causing the Company to perform its obligations,
or in
the event of subscription by the Investor, to Additional Shares,
in the
circumstances set out in Clause 5(e)above, subject to the rights
available
to the Investor to appoint majority Directors on the Board and
exercise
all rights available to the Investor under law, as a 51% shareholder
in
the Company, the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement will
get
triggered. However, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in
the Shareholders Agreement, the Investor shall not be subject to
any
restrictions on transfer of Portion of Subscription Shares or Promoter
Shares or Additional Shares, whether set out in the Shareholders
Agreement
or otherwise and the provision of this clause shall supersede anything
to
the contrary contained in the Shareholders Agreement or under any
other
agreement entered into between the Parties.However, the Promoters
and the
Company agree that they shall be bound by Clauses 6, 7, 8 and 9
of the
Shareholders Agreement.
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(
a)
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The
Parties agree and acknowledge that the Investor shall be entitled
to
appoint one director on the Board effective upon Funding and that
such
director shall be appointed under Section 255(2) of the Act. The
Promoters
and the Company shall not be entitled to remove the Director
appointed/nominated by the Investor, unless required by Law.
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(b)
|
The
right of nomination and appointment of the director conferred on
the
Investor under Clause 6(a) shall include the right at any time
to remove
from office any such persons nominated or appointed by them and
from time
to time determine the period for which such persons shall hold
office as
Director. If the Investor desires that any director nominated or
appointed
by it should cease to be a director of the Company, the Promoters
shall
cause, and shall exercise its voting rights in such manner, so
as to
ensure such removal and appointment of new director nominated by
the
Investor to replace the director so removed as soon as may be practicable.
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(c)
|
The
director appointed/nominated by the Investor shall be entitled
to receive
all notices, agenda, etc. and to attend all General Meetings and
Board
Meetings and Meetings of any Committees of the Board of which they
are
members.
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(d)
|
In
the event the Investor or any of its Affiliates cease to (i) be
shareholders of the Company, then all the rights of the Investor
as a
Shareholder shall automatically terminate and the Investor shall
cause his
nominee Director to resign from the Board.
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(a)
|
Except
to the extent specifically modified by this Agreement, all the
terms of
the SSA shall survive and continue to remain valid and binding
on the
Parties. Reference in the SSA to subscription to Investor Shares
or
Subscription Shares respectively, wherever they appear, shall be
deemed to
mean subscription to Investor Shares or Subscription Shares as
respectively reduced by the Portion of Subscription Shares and
Additional
Shares and reference to payment of Investor Price or Subscription
Price,
respectively, wherever they appear in the SSA, shall be deemed
to mean
payment of Investor Price or Subscription Price as respectively
reduced by
the Portion of Subscription Price and price paid for the Additional
Shares.
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(b)
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This
Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery
of this
Agreement by the Investor, the Promoters and the Company.
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(
c)
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Except
as expressly set forth in this Agreement, all agreements, covenants,
undertakings, provisions, stipulations, and promises contained
in the SSA
are hereby ratified, readopted, approved, and confirmed and remain
in full
force and effect.
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(
a)
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Amicable
Settlement: If any dispute arises between Investor and/or the Promoters
and/or Company during the subsistence of this Agreement or thereafter,
in
connection with the validity, interpretation, implementation or
alleged
breach of any provision of this Agreement or regarding a question,
including the question as to whether the termination of this Agreement
by
one Party hereto has been legitimate (“Dispute”), the disputing Parties
hereto shall endeavour to settle such Dispute amicably. The attempt
to
bring about an amicable settlement shall be considered to have
failed if
not resolved within 60 days from the date of the Dispute.
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(
b)
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Conciliation:
If the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with Clause 8(a) within the period specified therein, the Parties
shall
forthwith but not later than 30 days after expiry of the aforesaid
period,
refer the Dispute to Mr. Ram Mukunda and Mr. R.L. Srivastava for
resolution of the said Dispute. The attempt to bring about such
resolution
shall be considered to have failed if not resolved within 30 days
from the
date of receipt of a written notification in this regard.
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(
c)
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Arbitration:
If the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with Clause 8(b) within the period specified therein, any Party
to the
Dispute shall be entitled to serve a notice invoking this Clause
and
making a reference to an arbitration panel of three arbitrators.
Each
party to the dispute shall appoint one arbitrator within 30 days
of
receipt of the notice of the Party making the reference, and the
two
arbitrators, so appointed shall appoint a third arbitrator. The
Arbitration proceedings shall be held in accordance with the Arbitration
and Conciliation Act, 1996. The decision of the arbitration panel
shall be
binding on all the Parties to the Dispute.
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(
d)
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The
place of the arbitration shall be Mumbai, India.
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(
e)
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The
arbitration proceedings shall be governed by the laws of India.
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(
f)
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The
proceedings of arbitration shall be in the English language.
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(
g)
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The
Arbitrator’s award shall be substantiated in writing. The court of
arbitration shall also decide on the costs of the arbitration proceedings.
The cost of arbitration shall be borne by the Company.
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(
h)
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The
award shall be binding on the Parties subject to the Applicable
Laws in
force and the award shall be enforceable in any competent court
of law.
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(
i)
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The
Mumbai court (including any appellant court) in India shall have
exclusive
jurisdiction.
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(a)
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No
Implied Waiver
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(b)
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Governing
law
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(c)
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Costs
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(d)
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Execution
in Counterparts
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(e)
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Assignment
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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)
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED " INVESTOR "
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)
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INDIA
GLOBALIZATION CAPITAL,
INC.
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)
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ON
THE 19thDAY OF DECEMBER,2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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)
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WITNESS:
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)
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NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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)
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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)
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED " COMPANY "
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)
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BY
THE HAND OF Mr.
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)
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R.
L. SRIVASTAVAPURSUANT TO THE
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)
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RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
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)
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ON
THE 17th DAY
OF DECEMBER,2007
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)
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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)
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WITNESS:
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)
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NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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)
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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)
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BY
MR. R. L. SRIVASTAVA FOR HIMSELF
AND ON
BEHALF OFTHE " Promoters "
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)
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)
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ON
THE 19th DAY
OF DECEMBER,2007
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)
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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)
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WITNESS:
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)
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NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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)
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Name
of Shareholder
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Number
of Shares
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%
shareholding on a Fully Diluted Basis
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|
Ravindra
Lal Srivastava
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1579711
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53.88
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Indravati
Devi Srivastava
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1152640
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39.31
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Sankata
Prasad Srivastava
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96640
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3.30
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Bihari
Lal Srivastava
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16000
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0.55
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Ramdulare
Lal Srivastava
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55168
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1.88
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Ramdulari
Devi Srivastava
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32000
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1.09
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Total
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2932159
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100
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NOW
KNOW YE ALL AND THESE PRESENTS WITNESS THAT
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Re:
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Acquisition
of 15,79,711 equity
shares of Sricon Infrastructure Private Limited (“Company”) by India
Globalisation Capital, Inc. (“Purchaser”) from Indian resident
shareholders
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(a)
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If
the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with
Clause 16.2 within the period specified therein, any Party to the
Dispute
shall be entitled to serve a notice invoking this Clause and making
a
reference to an arbitration panel of three arbitrators. Each party
to the
dispute shall appoint one arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of
the
notice of the Party making the reference, and the two arbitrators,
so
appointed shall appoint a third arbitrator. The Arbitration
proceedings shall be held in accordance with the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996. The decision of the arbitration panel shall
be
binding on all the Parties to the
Dispute.
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(b)
|
The
place of the arbitration shall be Mumbai,
India.
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(c)
|
The
proceedings of arbitration shall be in the English
language.
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(d)
|
The
arbitration proceedings shall be governed by the laws of India and
the
Mumbai courts (including any appellant court) in India shall have
exclusive jurisdiction.
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(e)
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Parties agree that any of them may seek interim
measures including injunctive relief in relation to the provisions
of this
agreement or the Parties' performance of it from any court of competent
jurisdiction. Each Party shall co-operate in good faith to expedite
(to
the maximum extent practicable) the conduct of any arbitral proceedings
commenced under this Agreement.
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(f)
|
The
costs and expenses of the arbitration, including, without limitation,
the
fees of the arbitration and the Arbitrator, shall be borne equally
by each
Party to the dispute or claim and each Party shall pay its own fees,
disbursements and other charges of its counsel, except as may be
otherwise
determined by the Arbitrator. The Arbitrator would have the power
to award
interest on any sum awarded pursuant to the arbitration proceedings
and
such sum would carry interest, if awarded, until the actual payment
of
such amounts.
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(g)
|
Any
award made by the Arbitrator shall be final and binding on each of
the
Parties that were parties to the dispute. The Parties expressly agree
to
waive the applicability of any Applicable Laws and regulations that
would
otherwise give the right to appeal the decisions of the Arbitrator
so that
there shall be no appeal to any court of Law for the award of the
Arbitrator, except a Party shall not challenge or resist any enforcement
action taken by any other Party in any court of Law in whose favour
an
award of the Arbitrator was given.
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17.1
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Any
notice or other communication that may be given by one Party to the
other
shall always be in writing and shall be served either by (i) hand
delivery
duly acknowledged; or (ii) sent by registered post with acknowledgment
due; or (iii) by facsimile at the respective addresses set out herein
below or at such other address as may be subsequently intimated by
one
party to the other in writing as set out herein. If the notice is
sent by
facsimile, the said notice shall also be sent by registered post
acknowledgment due.
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17.2
|
All
notices shall be deemed to have been validly given on (i) the business
date immediately after the date of transmission with confirmed answer
back, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, or (ii) the business
date
of receipt, if sent by courier or hand delivery; or (iii) the expiry
of
seven days after posting, if sent by registered
post.
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17.3
|
Any
Party may, from time to time, change its address or representative
for
receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement by giving to the
other
Party not less than 10 days prior written
notice.
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19.1
|
General
Obligation. Each Party undertakes that it shall not
reveal, and shall ensure that its directors, officers, managers,
partners,
members, employees, legal, financial and professional advisors and
bankers
(collectively, “Representatives”) do not
reveal, to any third party any Confidential Information without the
prior
written consent of the Company or the concerned Party, as the case
may be
regardless of whether this Agreement is terminated or
not.
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19.2
|
Exceptions.
The provisions
of Clause 19.1 shall not apply to:
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(a)
|
disclosure
of Confidential Information that is or becomes generally available
to the
public other than as a result of disclosure by or at the direction
of a
Party or any of its Representatives in violation of this
Agreement;
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(b)
|
disclosure
by a Party to its Representatives and Affiliates (and their officers
and
directors) or to transferee of Shares in accordance with this Agreement
provided such Representatives, Affiliates and transferees are bound
by
similar confidentiality
obligations;
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(c)
|
disclosure
by the Company of Confidential Information concerning the Company
that is
reasonably necessary in the ordinary course of business or otherwise
in
connection with transactions or proposed transactions of the Company;
and
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(d)
|
obligations
disclosure, after giving prior notice to the other Parties to the
extent
practicable under the circumstances and subject to any practicable
arrangements to protect confidentiality, to the extent required under
the
rules of any stock exchange or by Applicable Laws or governmental
regulations or generally accepted accounting principles applicable
to any
Party or judicial or regulatory process or in connection with any
judicial
process regarding any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out
of or
relating to this Agreement.
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A.
|
The
Company is engaged in the business of infrastructure development
specialising in construction of roads (the “Business”);
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|
B.
|
IGC
is currently engaged in making investments in India especially in
sectors
which inter alia
includes power, infrastructure, and wishes to make a foray into the
Business;
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C.
|
The
Parties have entered into a Share Subscription cum Purchase Agreement
(“SSPA”) of even
date, setting out the terms and conditions subject to which IGC shall
subscribe to Shares in the Company and acquire Shares from the Promoters
of the Company. Pursuant to the SSPA, IGC has agreed to subscribe
to and
acquire Shares of the Company, such that post subscription and
acquisition, IGC shall hold 63% of the issued and paid up share capital of
the Company subject to the conditions set out
therein;
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D.
|
The
Parties have agreed to enter into this Agreement for the purposes
of
regulating their relationship with each other as members of the Company
and regulating, as between themselves, certain aspects of the affairs
of
the Company.
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1.
|
DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
|
Definitions
|
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(a)
|
“Act
or Companies Act”
shall mean the Indian Companies Act, 1956 and any amendment
thereto
or any other succeeding enactment for the time being in
force.
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(b)
|
”Affiliate”
means (i)
when used in respect of a specified legal person, each legal person
that
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls
or is
Controlled by, or is under common Control with the person specified
(ii)
when used in respect of an individual party, such person’s relative within
the meaning of section 6 of the Act. In this definition “Control” (and its
derivatives) means both (i) holding beneficially more than fifty
per cent
(50%) of equity interests and (ii) the ability to cast more than
fifty
(50%) per cent of the voting rights attaching to voting shares or
(iii)
power to direct the management or policies of such entity by contract
or
otherwise.
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|
22.12.1 (c)
|
The
Parties agree that if the understanding contemplated in this Agreement
cannot be completed in the manner set forth herein, then the Parties
shall
use reasonable endeavours to enter into such understanding that (a)
would
result in a substantially similar outcome and (b) do not materially
prejudice any of the Parties. Each of the Parties further
agrees that, during any such negotiations, it shall refrain from
initiating any legal actions against the other Parties; and“Agreement” shall mean
this Shareholders Agreement together with the annexures thereto as
from
time to time made, amended, supplemented or replaced or otherwise
modified
in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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22.12.2 (d)
|
Each
Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all further
acts
and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and
delivery
of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as the other
Parties may reasonably require, whether on or after the date of this
Agreement, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and
the
understanding contemplated by it and for the purpose of vesting in
IGC the
full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be transferred
to IGC
under this Agreement.“Applicable Law(s)”
means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment,
order, decree, bye-law, approval, directive, guideline, policy,
requirement or other governmental restriction or any similar form
of
decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administrative
order having the force of law of any of the foregoing, by any Government
Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in
question.
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|
22.16(e)
|
Survival.
In the event of
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Clause 10, notwithstanding
anything mentioned herein, Clauses which by their nature survive
termination shall survive the termination of this Agreement.”Board” shall mean
the
board of directors of the Company.
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|
22.17(f)
|
Consent
to Specific
Performance. The Parties declare that it is impossible to measure
in money the damages that would be suffered by a Party by reason
of the
failure by any other Party to perform any of the obligations
hereunder. Therefore, if any Party shall institute any action
or proceeding to seek specific performance or enforcement of the
provisions hereof any Party against whom such action or proceeding
is
brought hereby waives any claim or defence therein that the other
Party
has an adequate remedy at Law. “Budget” means the
budget of the Company from time to time approved by the Shareholders
in
accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
|
|
22.18(g)
|
Covenants
Reasonable. The Parties agree that, having regard to all
the circumstances, the covenants contained herein are reasonable
and
necessary for the protection of the Parties and their
Affiliates. If any such covenant is held to be void as going
beyond what is reasonable in all the circumstances, but would be
valid if
amended as to scope or duration or both, the covenant will apply
with such
minimum modifications regarding its scope and duration as may be
necessary
to make it valid and effective“Business”
has the
meaning given in recital A.
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|
22.19(h)
|
No
Implied Representation.
Each of the Parties acknowledges that, in agreeing to enter into
this
Agreement, it has not relied on any representation, warranty, collateral
contract or other assurance except those set out in this Agreement
and the
documents referred to in made by or on behalf of the other Party
before
the signature of this Agreement.“Business Plan”
means the
operating and capital budget for the Company prepared on an annual
basis
for a Financial Year, with reference to the Business, which business
plan
shall identify and set out, inter alia, the time
scales and financial projections with key assumptions listed, including
all planned commitments, borrowings, amount and timing of capital
contributions to be made by the Shareholders, projected profit and
loss,
balance sheet, cash flow for such Financial Year in a form to be
mutually
agreed in writing between the
Parties.
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|
22.20(i)
|
Without
prejudice The
Parties agree that the rights and remedies of the Parties hereunder
are in
addition to their rights at Law or equity.”Claim” includes
any
notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document issued or action
taken by any tax, fiscal or other statutory or governmental authority,
body or official whatsoever (whether of India or elsewhere in the
world)
whereby the Company is or may be placed or sought to be placed under
a
liability to make a payment or deprived of any relief, allowance,
credit
or repayment otherwise available.
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|
(j)
|
“Company”
means
Sricon
Infrastructure Private Limited, incorporated under the laws of India
(registration number 11-106275) whose registered office is at Sricon
House
25, Pragati Layout, Rajeev Nagar, Nagpur,
India.
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|
(k)
|
“Completion”
and
“Completion
Date” shall
have the meanings ascribed to it in the
SSPA.
|
|
(l)
|
“Confidential
Information” means the provisions of this Agreement and (i) any
information concerning the organisation, business, technology, trade
secrets, know-how, finance, transactions or affairs of the Company,
any
subsidiary or any other Shareholder or any of their respective Affiliates,
directors, officers or employees (whether conveyed in written, oral
or in
any other form and whether such information is furnished before,
on or
after the date hereof) and (ii) any information or materials prepared by a
Party or its Representatives that contains or otherwise reflects,
or is
generated from, Confidential
Information.
|
|
(m)
|
“Directors”
means
the
directors of the Company and “Director”
means any
one
of them (as the context requires).
|
|
(n)
|
“Effective
Date” shall
mean the date of execution of this Agreement by the
Parties.
|
|
(o)
|
“Encumbrances”
means any
encumbrance, lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge, easement,
conditional sale or other title retention or non-disposal agreement
or
other restriction of a similar kind, and all other easements,
encroachments and title defects of every type and nature, or any
conditional sale contract, title retention contract, or other contract
to
give or to refrain from giving any of the
foregoing.
|
|
(p)
|
“Financial
Year” means
the financial year of the Company ending 31st March or other financial
year agreed by the Shareholders at a general
meeting.
|
|
(q)
|
“Government
Authority” or
“Government
Authorities” means (a) central, state, city, municipal or local
government, governmental authority or political subdivision thereof
having
jurisdiction; or (b) any agency or instrumentality of any of the
authorities referred to in Clause (a); or (c) any regulatory or
administrative authority, body or other organisation having jurisdiction,
to the extent that the rules, regulations, standards, requirements,
procedures or orders of such authority, body or other organisation
have
the force of Applicable Laws; or (d) any court or tribunal having
jurisdiction.
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|
(r)
|
“IGC
Competitor” means
any person (alone or together with any of its affiliates and successors
and permitted assigns of such person) who is engaged in similar
Business.
|
|
(s)
|
‘INR’
means the lawful
currency of India.
|
|
(t)
|
‘Key
Employees’ shall
mean the Managing Director, the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company.
|
|
(u)
|
‘Liabilities’
means any
and all current liabilities, obligations, payables, forms of taxation
whether of India or elsewhere in the world, past, present and deferred
(including, without limitation, income tax, stamp duty, customs and
other
import or export duties) and all other statutory or governmental
impositions, duties and levies and all penalties, charges, costs
and
interest relating to any Claim.
|
|
SIGNED
AND DELIVERED(v)
|
)“Management
Committee”
has the meaning assigned in Clause
4.2.
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED " INDIA
GLOBILIZATION CAPTIAL INC., USA"(w)
|
)'Party'
shall mean IGC,
the Company or the Promoters referred to individually and 'Parties' shall mean
IGC, the Company and the Promoters referred to
collectively.
|
|
BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA(x)
|
)'Person'
shall include
an individual, an association, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture, a trust, an unincorporated organisation, a joint stock company
or
other entity or organisation, including a government or political
subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof and/or any other
legal entity.
|
|
(Authorised
Signatory)y)
|
)“Pro
Rata Share” means,
with respect to any Shareholder, the proportion that the number of
fully
paid up Shares held by such Shareholder bears to the aggregate number
of
fully paid up Shares held by all Shareholders, in each case on
a fully diluted basis.
|
|
(z)
|
“Sale
Shares” means such
number of Shares of the Company agreed to be acquired by IGC from
the
Promoters representing 12 percent of the total issued and paid up
share
capital of the Company as of the Effective
Date.
|
|
ON
THE 15TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007(aa)
|
)“Securities”
means,
with
respect to any person, such person's equity capital, registered capital,
joint venture or other ownership interests (including, without limitation,
in the case of the Company, shares) or any options, warrants, loans
or
other securities that are directly or indirectly convertible into,
at or
exercisable or exchangeable for, at the sole option of such person,
such
equity capital, registered capital, joint venture or other ownership
interests (whether or not such Derivative Securities are issued by
such
person).
|
|
IN
THE PRESENCE OF:(bb)
|
)'Shares'
shall mean the
equity and/or the preference shares of the
Company.
|
|
WITNESS:(cc)
|
)"Share
Capital” means the
amount derived by multiplying the total number of Shares by Rs. Ten
(10).
|
|
(dd)
|
'Shareholder'
or 'Shareholders' shall
mean IGC and the Promoters and / or any person to whom Shares are
issued
or transferred in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
|
|
NAME
AND ADDRESS:(ee)
|
)“Shareholding”
in
relation to a Shareholder, means ownership of the Shares by such
Shareholder, at any time.
|
|
(ff)
|
“Share
Subscription cum Purchase
Agreement” or “SSPA” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
Recital C.
|
|
(gg)
|
“Subscribed
Shares”
shall mean such number of Shares of the Company agreed to be subscribed
by
IGC such that when taken together with the Sale Shares, IGC’s total
shareholding shall represent 63 percent of the total issued and paid
up
share capital of the Company on
Completion.
|
|
(hh)
|
“Transfer”
means
to
sell, gift, assign, amalgamate, merge, transmit (whether by operation
of
Law or otherwise) or create any Encumbrance on any Shares or any
right,
title or interest therein or otherwise to dispose of the Shares in
any
manner whatsoever.
|
|
SIGNED
AND DELIVERED(ii)
|
)‘Warrantors’
means the
Company and the Promoters and ‘Warrantor’ means any
one of them.
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED "SRICON
INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED "1.2
|
)Other
Defined
Terms:
|
|
BY
THE HAND OF MR. R.L. SRIVASTAVA(i)
|
)‘Business
Days’ means
the days on which the banks are open for business in
India.
|
|
(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THEii)
|
)‘Dispute’
shall
have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 16.1 of this
Agreement.
|
|
RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD(iii)
|
)‘Losses’
shall have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 14.1 of this
Agreement.
|
|
ON
THE 15TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 20071.3
|
)Interpretation
|
||
|
IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
|
)
|
||
|
WITNESS:
|
)
|
||
|
ADDRESS:
|
)
|
||
|
SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
|
)
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED "PROMOTERS"
|
)
|
|
MR.
R.L. SRIVASTAVA
|
)
|
|
ON
THE 15TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
|
)
|
|
IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
|
)
|
|
WITNESS:
|
)
|
|
ADDRESS:
|
|
|
)
|
|
|
1.3.1
|
In
this Agreement (unless the context requires otherwise), any express
reference to an enactment (which includes any legislation in any
jurisdiction) includes references
to:
|
|
(i)
|
that
enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment
before, on or after the date of this
Agreement;
|
|
(ii)
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any
enactment which that enactment re-enacts (with or without modification);
and
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(iii)
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any
subordinate legislation (including regulations) made (before, on
or after
the date of this Agreement) under that enactment, as re-enacted,
amended,
extended or applied as described in paragraph (i) above, or under
any
enactment referred to in paragraph (ii)
above.
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1.3.2
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In
this Agreement, reference to including and include shall be construed
to
mean “including without limitation” and “include without limitation”
respectively.
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1.3.3
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In
this Agreement, references to a person shall be construed so as to
include
any individual, firm, company, unincorporated association of persons,
government, state or agency of a state or any joint venture, association,
partnership, or employee representative body (whether or not having
separate legal personality).
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1.3.4
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Where
there is any inconsistency between the definitions set out in this
Clause
l and the definitions set out in any other clause or schedule, then
for
the purposes of construing such clause or schedule, the definitions
set
out in such clause or schedule shall
prevail.
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1.3.5
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In
this Agreement:
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(i)
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words
importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;
and
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(ii)
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references
to IGC unless repugnant to the context shall for the purpose of this
Agreement mean and include the Affiliates of
IGC.
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1.3.6
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The
headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation and are
for
convenience only. Any schedule or annex to this Agreement shall take
effect as if set out in this Agreement and references to this Agreement
shall include its schedules and
annexure.
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1.3.7
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In
this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference
to a
Recital, Clause, Subclause, paragraph, subparagraph, Schedule or
item is a
reference to a Recital, Clause, sub-clause, paragraph, subparagraph,
Schedule or item of this Agreement.
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1.3.8
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For
the purposes of any calculation under this Agreement any fraction
will be
rounded off to the next integer.
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1.3.9
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Any
time period prescribed for the performance of any obligation of IGC
and/or
any of its Affiliate under this Agreement to Transfer or subscribe
to
Shares of the Company shall be extended by as many days as necessary
in
order to facilitate IGC and/or its Affiliate to obtain all such approvals
(if any) from Government Authorities required under Applicable Laws
in
order to fulfil such obligations not being in any event more than
90 days
from the date hereof or such longer period as may specifically be
agreed
between the Parties.
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2.1
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The
Company has, at the date of this Agreement, an authorised Share Capital
of
INR 3,00,00,000 consisting of 30,00,000 Equity Shares of par value
INR 10
each. As of date 2932159 Equity Shares have been issued and are held
by
the persons in the number and proportion as set out in Schedule
2A.
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2.2
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Upon
Completion, the Shareholding pattern of the Company shall be as set
out in
Schedule
2B.
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2.3
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Promoters
and IGC agree that on Completion, the Parties would have only partly
funded the Company and that both Parties hereby agree to further
fund the
Company, as and when required to the maximum extent as specified
in the
Business Plan in proportion to their Shareholding in the Company.
The
Parties shall mutually agree on the manner and time of such future
funding.
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2.4
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In
the event the Company does not have adequate resources to fund its
operations as envisaged in the Business Plan as amended or revised
with
approval of the Board or the Shareholders, and provided the Shareholders
have funded their full share of funding commitment as set forth in
the
Business Plan, the Company shall raise such additional funds (“Additional Funds”) (i)
through external commercial borrowings from IGC on reasonable effort
basis, in compliance with the exchange control regulations or
alternatively, through other modes of non-convertible debt on terms
and
conditions to be satisfactory to IGC within a period of 45 days from
the
requirement of the Additional Funds; or (ii) if the Board determines
that
the Company is not able to raise external commercial borrowing or
non-convertible debt as referred to herein, by an offering
of Shares (“Additional Shares”) to
the Shareholders in proportion to their respective Pro Rata Share
in the
Company and on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed between
the
Parties. Such Additional Shares to be issued upon subscription to
the
Shareholders shall be fully paid up by the respective Shareholder
in cash.
In the event any Shareholder does not subscribe entirely to its Pro
Rata
Share of Additional Shares, the other Shareholder shall have the
right to
subscribe to the unsubscribed portion of the Pro Rata Share of the
unsubscribing Shareholder in the Additional Shares (“Unsubscribed Additional
Shares”). In the event that any Shareholder nominates an
Affiliate to subscribe to the Additional Shares or the Unsubscribed
Additional Shares, such Shareholder shall cause such Affiliate to
execute
an Affiliate Deed of Adherence in the form set out in Schedule 4 and the
Company shall not issue the Additional Shares or the Unsubscribed
Additional Shares to such Affiliate unless a duly executed (by all
parties
thereto) Affiliate Deed of Adherence has been lodged with
it.
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A.
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The
Company is a public limited company inter alia engaged
in
the business of infrastructure development specialising in construction
of
roads over the
last two decades (the “Business”);The Company
shall purchase key man insurance policy of such amounts as may be
decided
by the Board, with benefits payable to the Company, covering the
Key
Employees and such of the Promoters as may be identified by the
Company.
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B. 4.
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The
Investor is currently engaged in making investments in India especially
in
sectors such as power, infrastructure, etc. and wishes to make a
foray
into the Business;BOARD
OF DIRECTORS CONSTITUTION, APPOINTMENT, NOMINATION AND
MANAGEMENT
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C. 4.1
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The
Company has, at the date of this Agreement, an authorised share capital
of
INR 15,00,00,000 consisting
of
80,00,000 equity shares of par value INR 10 each and 70,00,000
15% redeemable preference shares of par value INR 10 each. As
of date 4287500 Equity Shares have been issued and are held by the
persons
in the number as set out in Schedule 2 A and 5,000,000
convertible preference shares have been issued (“Sale Shares”);Constitution,
Appointment and
Nomination
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D.
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The
Promoters have requested the
Investor and the Investor proposes to invest in the Company in accordance
with the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement.
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1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND
INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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(a)
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Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement and the Companies Act, the Board
shall
be responsible for the management, supervision, direction and control
of
the Company. Subject to Applicable Laws, the Board shall
initially consist of five (5) Directors but may be increased up to
seven
(7) Directors
subject to a maximum of twelve (12) Directors and such Directors
shall be
appointed in accordance with this
Agreement.
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(b)
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Composition
of the
Board. The Parties agree that subject to Applicable Laws, the
Promoters shall be entitled to nominate three (3) Directors, out
of which
one shall be Mr R.L. Srivastava and IGC shall be entitled to nominate
two
(2) Directors on the Board. All Directors shall be persons whose
period of
office shall be liable to determination by retirement of directors
by
rotation and shall be required to be appointed by the Company in
a general
meeting. On the restructuring of the Board, Mr R. L. Srivastava,
shall be
appointed as the Managing Director of the
Company.
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(c)
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Appointment
and Removal of
Directors. Subject to the Applicable Laws, Mr R. L.
Srivastava shall serve a term of five (5) years. Subject to the mutual
consent of the Board and Mr R. L. Srivastava, the five (5) year term
of Mr
R. L. Srivastava may be extended to a further term not exceeding
5 years
at any one time.
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(d)
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Alternate
Directors. Any
Director may, by prior written notice to the other Shareholders and
the
Company, nominate one alternate at any time to act on his behalf
as a
Director in circumstances and for such period as may be valid under
the
Companies Act, and the Shareholders shall procure that the Board
shall
approve any such nomination and appoint the relevant individual to
act as
alternate Director. The Shareholders shall procure that the
Board will, unless the nominating Director instructs the Board otherwise,
automatically reappoint any nominated alternate if, for any reason,
the
nominated alternate's office is deemed to have been vacated. An alternate
Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of the
Board,
to attend and vote at any such meeting at which the Director appointing
him is not personally present and at the meeting to exercise and
discharge
all the functions, powers and duties of his appointee or as a Director.
An
alternate Director shall automatically vacate his office as an alternate
Director if the Director who appointed him ceases to be a
Director.
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(e)
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Voting.
Subject to
quorum requirements under Clause 4.1(i) being met each Director shall
have
one vote on the Board and, except as otherwise specifically provided
in
Clause 4.5 below and/or as specifically required by the Companies
Act, all
decisions of the Board shall be taken by a simple majority of the
Directors present and voting or deemed to be present at the meeting
or in
the case of resolution by circulation by majority of Directors to
whom the
resolution is circulated in accordance with Clause 4.1(k) below.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a resolution
in
respect of Fundamental Issue shall require the affirmative vote of
a
Director nominated by IGC, for it to be validly
passed.
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(f)
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Chairman.
The Chairman
of the Board shall from the Completion Date be Mr. R.L. Srivastava
and
shall have a term of two (2) years. The Chairman shall thereafter
be
elected by the majority of the Board. In case the Chairman is unavailable,
any IGC Director may be appointed by the Board as the Chairman for
that
particular meeting to act as the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman
shall
not have a casting vote.
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(g)
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Meeting
and Minutes of Board
Meeting. The Board shall meet as may be necessary to discharge its
duties but in any case no less frequently than holding at least one
meeting every three calendar months. The minutes of the Board
shall be circulated within ten (10) Business Days of the date of
the
meeting of the Board. At the beginning of each meeting of the
Board, the Board minutes of the previous meeting shall be approved
if
agreed to by all Directors.
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(h)
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Notice.
At least fifteen
(15) Business Days' notice of each Board meeting shall be given to
each
Director unless, in any particular case, all of the Directors otherwise
agree in writing. The notice of the meeting of the Board shall be
accompanied by an agenda of the business to be transacted at that
meeting
together with all papers to be circulated or presented to the same.
No
business shall be discussed at a Board meeting unless such business
was
included in the agenda.
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(i)
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Quorum.
The quorum at
meetings of the Board shall be comprised in accordance with the provisions
of the Companies Act, and provided further that it also comprisesof
one
Director nominated by IGC and/or its
Affiliates.
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(j)
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Determination
of Quorum.
If within two (2) hours from the time appointed for the holding of
a
meeting of the Board a quorum as set forth in Clause 4.1(i) is not
present, the meeting of the Board shall stand adjourned to the next
day in
the same week (or if that day is a public holiday, to the next Business
Day thereafter) at the same time and place as the original meeting,
or to
such other day and at such other time and place as the Board may
determine. If at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present
within one (1) hour from the time fixed for holding the meeting,
the
meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week (or
if that
day is a public holiday, to the next Business Day thereafter), at
the same
time and place as the reconvened meeting, or to such other day and
such
other time and place as the Board may determine. If at such re-adjourned
meeting a quorum is not present within one (1) hour from the time
fixed
for holding the meeting notwithstanding anything mentioned in Clause
4.1(i) or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Directors present shall
constitute a quorum at such meeting.
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(k)
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Resolution
by
Circulation. A resolution by circulation must be circulated to all
Directors and approved by majority of the Directors subject to Clause
4.4
in accordance with Applicable Laws and shall be as valid and effectual
as
if it had been passed at a meeting of Directors duly convened and
constituted. The resolution may be contained in one document or
in several documents in like form each signed or approved by one
or more
Directors concerned, but a resolution signed or approved by an alternate
Director need not also be signed or approved by the Director appointing
such alternate Director and, if it is signed or approved by a Director
who
has appointed an alternate Director, it need not be signed or approved
by
the alternate Director in that
capacity.
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(a)
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'Act'
shall mean the Indian
Companies Act, 1956 and any amendment thereto or any other succeeding
enactment for the time being in
force.
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(b)
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‘Affiliate’
means
when used
in respect of a specified legal person, each legal person that directly
or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled
by, or is under common control with the person specified. In this
definition “control” (and its derivatives) means both (i) holding
beneficially more than fifty per cent (50%) of equity interests and
(ii)
the ability to cast more than fifty (50%)per cent of the voting rights
attaching to voting securities or (iii) power to direct the management
or
policies of such entity by contract or otherwise. The term ‘Affiliate’,
when used in respect of an individual party mean such party’s Relative as
defined in section 6 of the Act.
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(c)
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'Agreement'
shall mean this
Share Subscription Agreement, as from time to time amended, supplemented
or replaced or otherwise modified and any document which amends,
supplements, replaces or otherwise modifies this Agreement, together
with
the recitals and all the Annexes, Appendices and Schedules attached
hereto.
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(l)
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Shareholders
Meeting
Quorum. The quorum at meetings of the Shareholders shall be as
required by the Companies Act and shall comprise of at least one
(1)
representative of IGC and/or its
Affiliates.
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(m)
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Determination
of Quorum for
Shareholders Meeting. In the event the quorum is not present at any
Shareholders meeting, the meeting shall be reconvened in accordance
with
the provisions of the Companies Act and provisions of the Companies
Act
shall apply to the adjourned meeting. Voting at a meeting of the
Shareholders shall only be by poll.
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(n)
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Shareholders
Meeting:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at
a general
meeting a resolution in respect of Fundamental Issue is proposed
to be
passed such resolution shall require the affirmative vote of the
authorised representative of IGC for it to be validly
passed.
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(d) 4.2
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‘Applicable
Law’ shall mean
all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, orders,
bye
laws, administrative interpretation, writ, injunction, directive,
protocols, codes, policies, notices, directions, judgment or decree
or
other instrument or other requirements of any Governmental Authority
in
any relevant jurisdiction applicable to any Party from time to time. Management
and other Committees
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(e)
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‘Articles’
means the
Articles of Association of the Company to be duly amended to reflect
the
terms of the Shareholders Agreement (as from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented in accordance with the provisions thereof)
to the
extent permitted under law.
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(f)
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'Authorised
Dealer' shall
mean the banker
of the Company.
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(g)
|
'Board'
shall mean the
board of directors of the Company.
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4.2.1
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The
Board shall constitute a Managing Committee chaired by the Managing
Director and two other persons as members, one to be appointed by
the
Managing Director and the second to be appointed by IGC. The Management
Committee shall be responsible for framing of the management and
operational policies including but not limited to policies relating
to
human resources, remuneration, salaries, purchase, processes and
procedures.
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4.2.2
|
If
the Board finds it necessary to constitute further other working
committee
or committees, the powers of such working committee or committees
shall be
determined by the Board. The members of any such working committee
or
committees shall not decide the powers of such committee unless delegated
by the Board or otherwise required by
law.
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4.2.3
|
Subject
to Applicable Laws, each Party shall have the right to nominate one
person
each on all the working committees constituted by the
Board.
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(h) 4.3.1
|
‘Claim’
includes any
notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document issued or action
taken by any tax, fiscal or other statutory or governmental authority,
body or official whatsoever (whether of India or elsewhere in the
world)
whereby the Company is or may be placed or sought to be placed under
a
liability to make a payment or deprived of any relief, allowance,
credit
or repayment otherwise available.IGC shall have the sole and absolute
right to appoint the CFO of the Company, including the right to decide
on
the terms of employment, duties, scope of work and the key
responsibilities of the CFO including but not limited to financial
planning, financial control, audit and treasury functions of the
Company. The CFO shall report to the Managing
Director. The CFO’s employment may not be terminated under any
circumstances without prior written approval from
IGC.
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(i) 4.3.2
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'Completion'
shall mean
completion of the events specified in Clause4.3 below and the
Investor being registered as a member in respect of the Subscription
Shares in the register of members of Company.The Company and the
Promoters
acknowledge that IGC as a company follows stringent compliance, reporting
and audit requirements including but not limited to timely and accurate
closure and reporting of financial statements compliant with US GAAP
and
the appointment and removal of the statutory auditors and internal
auditors shall not be without the affirmative vote of IGC, including
the
right of the IGC Director to nominate an auditor at the Board
meeting.
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(j) 4.3.3
|
‘Completion
Date' shall
mean date mentioned in Clause4.3 hereof.Subject
to
the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall not without the prior
approval of IGC
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(k)4.3.3.1
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‘CPS’
means
1,25,00,000
compulsorily convertible preference shares of the face value of INR
10
each with the terms and conditions as listed in Schedule 5 hereto proposed
to be issued by the Company to the Investor pursuant to the terms
of this
Agreement.Authorize, create, alter the rights attaching to or issue
any
Securities that are dilutive of IGC’s ownership of the Subscribed Shares,
on an as-converted, fully diluted basis or that have rights, preferences,
or privileges senior to or on a parity with the Subscribed Shares;
or
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(l) 4.3.3.2
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‘CPS
Consideration’ means
INR 125000000 to be paid by the Investor to the Company for the
CPS.Authorize, create, alter or issue any Securities that are dilutive
of
IGC’s economic interest in the
Company.
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(m) 4.3.4
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'Conditions
Precedent'
shall mean the conditions precedent mentioned in Clause 3 of this
Agreement.IGC shall have the right to receive US GAAP financial statements
of the Company reviewed by the statutory auditor of the Company within
10
days of the end of each financial quarter. IGC shall also have the
right
to receive the US GAAP financial statements audited by the statutory
auditor of the Company within 45 days of the end of each financial
year.
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(n)
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‘Derivative
Securities’
means any subscriptions, options, debentures, bonds, conversion rights,
warrants, or similar agreements, Securities or commitments of any
kind
obligating the Company to issue, grant, deliver or sell, or cause
to be
issued, granted, delivered or sold (i) any shares in the share capital
or
any derivative securities of the Company; (ii) any securities convertible
into or exchangeable for any shares in the share capital of the Company;
(iii) any obligations measured by the price or value of the shares
in the
share capital of the Company; or (iv) any rights to participate in
the
equity or income of the Company or to participate in or direct the
election of any directors or officers of the
Company.
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(oi)
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'Encumbrances'
means any
encumbrance, lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge, easement,
conditional sale or other title retention or non-disposal agreement
or
other restriction of a similar kind, and all other easements,
encroachments and title defects of every type and nature, or any
conditional sale, contract, title, retention contract, or other contract
to give or to refrain from giving any of the foregoing.Any capital
expenditure or indebtedness (including giving of security for or
guaranteeing debts) beyond 15% of the
Budget in the
Business Plan (including a revised Business Plan) that is approved
by the
Board of Directors.
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(pii)
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‘INR’
means the lawful
currency of India.Investments in any other companies / assets /
entities.
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(qiii)
|
‘Intellectual
Property’
shall mean all forms of intellectual property rights subsisting under
any
law or equity and all analogous rights subsisting under the laws
of all
jurisdictions and shall include any product or process of the human
intellect whether registrable as patents, trade marks, copyrights,
designs
or otherwise such as an invention, or derivative works of the same
expression or literary creation, unique name, trade secret, business
method, database, industrial process, computer program, source code,
process, presentation, etc.Amendments or any proposal to amend the
Memorandum or Articles of Association of the Company including change
in
the number of Board members of the
Company.
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(riv)
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‘Investor
Shares’ mean
7,15,00,000 Equity Shares proposed to be issued by the Company to
the
Investor at the Issue Price.Commencement of any new line of business
or
acquisition of shares of a company, which is unrelated to the Business
of
the Company, including spending/lending any funds or furnishing any
guarantee or credit or any type of assistance to any party which
carries
on or proposes to carry on any business unrelated to the Business
of the
Company.
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(sv)
|
‘Investor
Consideration’
means INR 275000000 to be paid by the Investor to the Company for
the
Investor Shares.Commencement or settlement of litigation in any particular
Financial Year other than those arising as part of the Company’s normal
course of business.
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(tvi)
|
‘Issue
Price’ means the
price of Rs. 38.46 per Investor Share.Changes to material tax policies
or
practices other than those required by Applicable
Laws.
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(uvii)
|
‘Liabilities’
means any and
all contingent, current, deferred or long-term liabilities, obligations,
payables, forms of taxation whether of India or elsewhere in the
world,
past, present and deferred (including, without limitation, income
tax,
stamp duty, customs and other import or export duties) and all other
statutory or governmental impositions, duties and levies and all
penalties, charges, costs and interest relating to any Claim.Recommend,
giving or renewing of security for or the guaranteeing of debts or
obligations of the Company or any subsidiary and / or Affiliates
of any
Person, other than in the normal course of
business.
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(viii)
|
‘Memorandum’
meansAny
change in the MemorandumFinancial Year for preparation of
Associationaudited accounts of the
Company.
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(wix)
|
'Party'
shall mean the
Investor, the Promoters or the Company referred to individually and
'Parties' shall mean
the
Investor, the Promoters and the Company referred to collectively.Winding
up and / or liquidation of the
Company.
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(x)
|
'Person'
shall include an
individual, an association, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture,
a trust, an unincorporated organisation, a joint stock company or
other
entity or organisation, including a government or political subdivision,
or an agency or instrumentality thereof and/or any other legal
entity.Divestment of or sale or Encumbrances of assets, investments,
lease, license or exchange or pledge in any other way, proposing
to
dispose off any assets or undertaking of the Company, other than
in the
normal course of business and on normal and reasonable commercial
terms
and conditions.
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(yxi)
|
'Representations
and
Warranties' shall mean the representations and warranties given by
the Company and/or the Promoters in this Agreement, in particular
Clause 5 hereto.Any
agreement, arrangement, transaction to sell or assignment of intellectual
property rights including those relating to copyrights, trademarks,
patents and designs belonging to the Company, other than in the normal
course of business and on normal and reasonable commercial
terms.
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(zxii)
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‘Securities’
means, with
respect to any person, such person's equity capital, registered capital,
joint venture or other ownership interests (including, without limitation,
in the case of the Company, shares) or any options, warrants, loans
or
other securities that are directly or indirectly convertible into,
at or
exercisable or exchangeable for, at the sole option of such person,
such
equity capital, registered capital, joint venture or other ownership
interests (whether or not such Derivative Securities are issued by
such
person).Shifting of registered
office, outside the city of Nagpur.
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(aaxiii)
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'Shares'
shall mean the
equity shares or preference shares of the Company.Commencement of
new
business/unit/division outside India, or applying for pre-qualification
for bids and appointing representatives for liaison in a foreign
country.
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(bbxiv)
|
'Shareholder'
or 'Shareholders' shall mean
any Person who holds any Shares.Any increase in the issued, subscribed
or
paid up equity or preference Share Capital of the Company or its
subsidiary or any other company where it has a substantial investment,
or
re-organization of the Share Capital of the Company or its subsidiary
or
any other company where it has investment, including new issue of
Shares
or other Securities of the Company or its subsidiary or any other
company
where it has investment or any preferential issue of Shares or redemption
of any Shares, issuance of convertible warrants, or grant of any
options
over its Shares by the Company or its subsidiary or any other company
where it has investment.
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(ccxv)
|
‘Shareholders
Agreement’
means the agreement of even date entered into between the Promoters,
the
Company, the Investor in relation to the management and governance
of the
Company on the terms and conditions mentioned therein.Any transfer
of
Equity Shares of the Company otherwise than contemplated by this
Agreement.
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(ddxvi)
|
‘Subscription
Price’ means
an aggregate of the Investor Consideration and the CPS
Consideration.Approval of any new scheme or plan for grant of employee
stock options, or sweat equity shares to any person or entity, including
any modification to any new scheme.
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(eexvii)
|
‘Subscription
Shares’ means
an aggregate of the Investor Shares and the CPS.Granting of loan
and/or
procuring, selling to or any other dealings with any subsidiary or
related
Party or Affiliates or Promoters of the Company, which has or is
likely to
have an actual or potential effect on the financials of the
Company.
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(ffxviii)
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‘Tax’
or collectively ‘Taxes’ shall mean
(i) any
and all taxes imposed by any governmental body, assessments and other
governmental charges, duties, impositions and liabilities, including
sales
tax, excise duties, service tax, wealth tax, dividend tax, value
added
tax, other taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts, income,
profits, use and occupation, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding,
payroll, employment and property taxes, together with all interest,
penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts; (ii)
any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause
(i) as a result of being or ceasing to be a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period; and (iii)
any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause
(i) or (ii) as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify
any other Person or as a result of any obligations under any agreements
or
arrangements with any other Person with respect to such amounts and
including any liability for taxes of a predecessor entity or a
transferor.Save as required by Applicable Laws any adoption or change
of
the dividend or distribution policy or accounting principle or policy
(e.g., depreciation, asset devaluation, etc.) which has a material
impact
on the Shareholding of the
Shareholders.
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(xix)
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Creation,
allotment, issue, acquisition, reduction, repayment, conversion or
redemption of any share or loan capital, including but not limited
to the
issue or otherwise, of options, warrants, or other Shares or of any
instrument convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for Shares;
or
entering into an agreement, arrangement or undertaking to do any
of those
things, or any action which alters the Share Capital of the Company,
or
the variation of rights of any Shares of the Company, except raising
of
Additional Funds by issuance of Additional Shares as contemplated
under
Clause 2.4.
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(ggxx)
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‘Transaction
Documents’
shall mean any and all deeds, documents; letters executed or proposed
to
be executed between the Parties to achieve Completion, including
this
Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement.Borrowing by the Company
other
than as agreed in Clause 2.4 of the
Agreement.
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(hhxxi)
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‘Warrantors’
means the
Company and the Promoters and ‘Warrantor’ means any
one
of them.Entering into or amendments of any existing agreements, joint
venture agreements, partnership or consortium agreements as
well as new mergers, acquisitions, consolidations or amalgamations
with
other entity.
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1.2(xxii)
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Other
Defined Terms:Change
in the number of Directors, creation or modification of an executive
committee or Management Committee or any other working
committee.
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(xxiii)
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‘Business
Days’ means the
days on which the banks are open for business in Mumbai, India.Any
commitment or agreement to do any of the
foregoing.
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(iixxiv)
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‘Dispute’
shall
have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 10.1 of this
Agreement.Delegation of powers to the Managing Committee and other
working
committees constituted by the
Board.
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(iiixxv)
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‘Losses’
shall have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 6.1 of this
Agreement.Approval of or modification to the Business
Plan.
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1.3(xxvi)
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InterpretationDetermination
of the remuneration and the other employment terms of the Key Employees,
Directors, and/or officers including
revisions/amendments.
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1.3.1(xxvii)
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The
terms referred to in this Agreement shall, unless defined otherwise
or
inconsistent with the context or meaning thereof, bear the meaning
ascribed to it under the relevant statute/legislation.Any significant
change to the HR policy of the
Company.
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1.3.2(xxviii)
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All
references in this Agreement to statutory provisions shall be construed
as
meaning and including references to:Appointment of the Managing Director,
Chairman or members of the Managing Committee, in the event the existing
Chairman is absent for any reason.
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(a)
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Any
statutory modification, consolidation or re-enactment (whether before
or
after the date of this Agreement) for the time being in
force;
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(b)
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All
statutory instruments or orders made pursuant to a statutory provision;
and
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(c)
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any
statutory provisions of which these statutory provisions are a
consolidation, re-enactment or
modification.
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(xxix)
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Capital
expenditure, including constructions and leases, and indebtedness
in
excess of the levels agreed upon in the annual Business Plan / Budgets
of
the Company;
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(xxx)
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Any
substantial deviation in operations and strategies compared to Business
Plan of the Company;
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(xxxi)
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Affiliated
or related party transactions, agreements or arrangements between
the
Company and the Promoters, directors, officers, Key Employees or
their
Affiliates;
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1.3.3(xxxii)
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Words
denoting the singular shall include the plural and words denoting
any
gender shall include all genders.Formation of or entry by the Company
or
its subsidiaries into joint venture, consortium, partnership or similar
arrangement with any other person or
business;
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1.3.4(xxxiii)
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Headings
to clauses, sub-clauses and paragraphs are for information only and
shall
not form part of the operative provisions of this Agreement or the
Schedules and shall be ignored in construing the same.Adoption of
a
dividend policy, declaration of any dividend outside the dividend
policy
or amending any dividend policy of the
Company;
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1.3.5(xxxiv)
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References
to recitals, clauses or schedules are, unless the context otherwise
requires, are references to recitals, to clauses of or schedules
to this
Agreement.Make any application of any insurance proceeds or compensation
for compulsory acquisition or expropriation in each of the aforementioned
cases;
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1.3.6(xxxv)
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Reference
to days, months and years are to Gregorian days, months and calendar
years
respectively.The making by the Company or its subsidiaries of any
arrangement with its creditors and the moving for insolvency, receivership
or bankruptcy;
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1.3.7 (xxxvi)
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Any
reference to the words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to
clauses
or annexures of this Agreement as specified therein.Timing, size,
split
between new and existing Shares, and final pricing of any Initial
Public
Offering (including appointment of advisers and their terms of
appointment), or follow on offering, rights issue or any offer for
sale;
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1.3.8 (xxxvii)
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Any
expression importing a natural person includes any company, trust,
partnership, joint venture, association, body corporate or governmental
agency.Applying for the appointment of a receiver or an administrator
or
similar officer over the Company's
assets;
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1.3.9(xxxix)
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Where
a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, another part of speech
or
other grammatical form in respect of that word or phrase has a
corresponding meaning.To sub-let or assign or dispose of or create
any
Encumbrance on any other material asset of the
Company;
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1.3.10(xl)
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Reference
to “Investor”, unless repugnant to the context shall for the purpose of
this Agreement, mean and include the Affiliates of the Investor.To
take
any decisions relating to the employment of any person or take any
decision relating to any seconded
person;
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1.5.11(xli)
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The
words “include” and “including” shall be construed without limitation.To
approve, enter into, revoke or vary any material insurance
policies;
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1.5.12(xlii)
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The
rule of construction, if any, that a contract should be interpreted
against the Party responsible for the drafting and preparation thereof,
shall not apply to this Agreement.Appointment of the statutory and
internal auditors to the Company.
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2.
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SUBSCRIPTION
ON COMPLETION
DATENo Shareholder shall Transfer or attempt to Transfer any Shares
or any right, title or interest therein except as expressly permitted
by
the provisions of Clauses 6 (Transfer), 7 (Sale to Third Party Pre-emption
Rights), 8 (Drag Along Rights), 9 (Tag Along Rights) ,10 (Term and
Termination) and 18 (Lock-in). Any Transfer of Shares pursuant
to Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9,10 and 18 shall comply with the conditions
of this
Clause 6.
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2.1
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Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, and relying on the Representations
and
Warranties and the indemnities given by the Promoters and the Company
under this Agreement, the Investor agrees on the Completion Date
to
subscribe for and the Company agrees to issue and allot to the Investor
the Subscription Shares in consideration of the Subscription
Price.
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2.2
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The
Subscription Shares shall be issued free from all Encumbrances and
together with all rights, title and interests now or hereafter attaching
thereto. The Subscription Shares shall in accordance with Applicable
Laws
and as the context may require, rank pari passu with all
the
existing Shares of the Company.
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A
Transfer of Shares shall be valid only if the transferee executes
Transferee Deed of Adherence together with a no objection certificate
substantially similar to the form contained in Schedule 3 or if the
transferee is an Affiliate of the Transferor then an Affiliate Deed
of
Adherence substantially similar to the form contained in Schedule
4.
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(b)
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Transfer
to a
Competitor: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, for so long as IGC (or any of its Affiliates) is
a
Shareholder, no Shareholder (other than IGC and/or its Affiliate)
shall
Transfer or attempt to Transfer any Shares to an IGC
Competitor.
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3.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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3.1
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The
Parties agree that the obligation of the Investor to subscribe to
the
Subscription Shares in the manner provided herein, is conditional
upon (i)
the fulfilment of the following conditions to the satisfaction of
the
Investor, unless specifically waived in writing by the Investor;
and (ii)
only if all the Representations and Warranties continue to be true
and
correct on the Completion Date:
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(c)
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Transfer
to an
Affiliate: Notwithstanding the restriction on Transfer of Shares
set forth in Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 18, anytime during the term
of
this Agreement, any Shareholder may Transfer Shares held by it to
its
respective Affiliates, (“Permitted Transferee”)
provided such Permitted Transferee executes the deed of adherence
in the
format prescribed in Schedule 4 hereto
(the
“Affiliate
Deed of
Adherence”).
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3.1.1(d)
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The
passing by the Board, in accordance with the Act and the Articles,
of
resolutions approving, initialling and authorizing:Notice of Sale
to a Permitted
Transferee: At least five (5) Business Days prior to the permitted
Transfer under Clause 6(c), any Shareholder intending to Transfer
any of
its Shares to a Permitted Transferee shall send a notice to the other
Shareholders stating the date on which the intended Transfer is to
occur,
the name of the Permitted Transferee, the number and class of Shares
involved and attaching (i) a completed and duly executed (by the
Permitted
Transferee and the transferor Shareholder) Affiliate Deed of Adherence
and
(ii) copies of all approvals and consents required to be obtained
under
Law. Each Shareholder shall, within three (3) days of the receipt
of such
notice, execute the Affiliate Deed of Adherence and file the same
with the
Company. Provided however that nothing contained herein shall
require a Shareholder to execute an Affiliate Deed of Adherence in
relation to a Transfer of Shares in contravention of this
Agreement.
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a)
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the
execution of the Transaction Documents and the performance of the
transactions contemplated therein;
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b)
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the
draft of the amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association
of
the Company, to reflect, to the extent permitted by law, the provisions
of
the Shareholders Agreement, in the form approved by the Investor,
subject
to obtaining approval of the shareholders of the
Company;
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c)
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the
issue of the Subscription Shares pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement;
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d)
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the
approval of the resignation of Mr. K.V. Thomas, Mr. Jose Thomas and
Mr. N.
Sunder from the Board;
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3.1.2
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Execution
of the Shareholders Agreement;
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3.1.3
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Completion
of a business, financial, accounting, tax, technical, legal and regulatory
due diligence on the Company by the Investor and resolution of all
issues
arising therefrom to the satisfaction of the Investor on or before
45
Business Days from the date of this
Agreement;
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3.1.4
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A
resolution being passed at a duly constituted meeting of the board
of
directors of Investor and a resolution being passed at duly constituted
meeting of the shareholders of the Investor, approving the subscription
to
the Subscription Shares and the satisfaction of all other conditions
for
the Investor to effect a Business Combination as set forth in the
Investor's Prospectus dated March 3, 2006 as filed with the US Securities
and Exchange Commission;
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3.1.5
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The
Promoters obtaining written consents from all banks, financial
institutions, lenders of the Company and all other third parties
as may be
required for change in shareholding of the Company in form and substance
satisfactory to the Investor;
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3.1.6
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There
shall not have been any change, effect or circumstance from the
date hereof to the Completion Date, which has or may reasonably be
expected to have an adverse effect on the Company, the Company’s
prospects/profits/profitability/financial position/ financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the
Business;
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3.1.7
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Providing
details of the bank account of the Company maintained with the Authorised
Dealer to the Investor for the purpose of receiving the Subscription
Price
under this Agreement;
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3.1.8
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The
Parties obtaining all statutory consents and approvals required or
desirable under any and all applicable laws and regulations (i) for
the
subscription, issue and allotment of the Subscription Shares pursuant
to
the terms of this Agreement; and (ii) to give effect to the transactions
contemplated herein and under the Transaction Documents having been
obtained and remaining in full force and
effect;
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(e)
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The
Company shall register a Transfer of Shares to a Permitted Transferee
only
upon the receipt (a) of a valid Affiliate Deed of Adherence duly
executed
by all parties thereto and (b) a copy of all consents required under
Law
sanctioning such transfer and documentary proof that conditions stipulated
by Government Authority, if any, for such Transfer have been
fulfilled.
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(f)
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Within
five (5) Business Days of registering any Transfer by a Shareholder
of
Shares to a Permitted Transferee in its register of members, the
Company
shall send a notice to the other Shareholders stating that such Transfer
has taken place and setting forth the name of the transferor, the
name of
the Permitted Transferee and the number of Shares
transferred.
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(g)
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Any
Transfer or attempt to Transfer the Shares in contravention of the
provisions of this Agreement, including without a proper and duly
executed
Affiliate Deed of Adherence shall constitute a material breach of
this
Agreement.
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3.1.9 (a)
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Each
of the Promoters delivering to the Investor a no-objection certificate
in
the form contained in Schedule 4 hereto and a no-objection certificate
from the Company in the form contained in Schedule 4A hereto;The
Transfer
Notice shall inter alia provide: (i) the sale price (on a 'per Share’
basis) (“Offer
Price”) (ii) the number of Shares proposed to be sold by the Seller
(the “Transfer Shares”)
(iii) the terms of the Transfer (collectively
with
the Offer Price the “Transfer Terms”). A
Transfer Notice shall be irrevocable. The Parties agree that the
Offer
Price shall only be a cash price.
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3.1.10(b)
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Investor
receiving from the Promoters and the Company three year financial
statements for the period ended March 31, 2007, March 31, 2006 and
March
31, 2005 converted into US GAAP and audited by a Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (www.pcaob.com) and unaudited US GAAP financial statements
for the period commencing April 1, 2007 and ending September 30,
2007 or
as of such later period, which shall not be earlier than 7 days prior
to
the Completion Date;If a Seller issues a Transfer Notice, the Offeree
shall have the right (but not the obligation), exercisable within
thirty
(30) days from receipt of the Transfer Notice (“Offer Period”),
to:
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3.1.11
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The
purchase of the Sale Shares by the Investor and the incorporation
of the
name of the Investor in the register of members in respect to the
Sale
Shares.
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3.2
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Upon
fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent, the Promoters and the Company
shall notify the Investor of the same in
writing.
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3.3
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If
the Conditions Precedent mentioned in Clause 3.1.3 above is not
fulfilled or satisfied to the satisfaction of the Investor or waived
in
writing by the Investor within 45 days of the date of this Agreement
or
such other date as may be mutually agreed between the Parties in
writing,
the Investor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement forthwith.
The termination of this Agreement shall not in any way affect or
prejudice
any right accrued to any Party against the other prior to such
termination. The Promoters however hereby confirm, undertake and
agree,
that they shall cause the Company to provide to the Investor and/or
its
advisors, all relevant information relating to the Company, including
accounting, financial, tax, marketing, technical, human resources
and
legal information, whether or not requested by the Investor and/or
its
advisors, latest by the completion of 45 days from the date of this
Agreement. The Promoters acknowledge and confirm that the Investor
and/or
its advisors shall be entitled to request for any information that
they
deem necessary and material in relation to the Company for the purpose
of
conducting the due diligence exercise. The Promoters shall provide
full
and complete access to the Investor and/or its advisors to all of
the
records, facilities, employees, suppliers and customers of the Company,
along with answers and clarifications to questions raised by the
Investor
and/or its advisors and will cooperate fully with them in the completion
of the due diligence exercise. The Parties acknowledge and confirm
that
the quantum and payment of the Subscription Price for the Subscription
Shares shall be subject to the satisfactory results of the due diligence
exercise to be conducted by the Investor, at the sole satisfaction
of the
Investor and in the event, the Investor is not satisfied with the
results
of the due diligence exercise conducted by the Investor but has waived
the
requirement of the Condition Precedent mentioned in Clause 3.1.3 above, the
Parties shall mutually agree on a revised Subscription
Price.
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3.4
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The
Promoters and the Company undertake to use all best efforts to ensure
that
all the Conditions Precedent are satisfied as soon as possible and
the
Condition Precedent as mentioned in Clause 3.1.3 is satisfied
no later than the date mentioned in Clause 3.3
above.
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3.5
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The
Promoters and the Company shall co-operate and provide all information
and
reasonable assistance to the Investor and/or its advisors and authorised
representatives to enable them to verify the records/documents of
the
Company.
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4.
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COMPLETION
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4.1
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The
Promoters and the Company shall notify the Investor of the fulfilment
of
the Conditions Precedent and provide to the Investor, all the requisite
documents evidencing fulfilment of such Conditions Precedent applicable
to
the Promoters and/or the Company. The Investor through its
advisors/counsel shall then satisfy itself as to the fulfilment of
the
Conditions Precedent. The Investor shall notify the Promoters and
the
Company within 7 days from the date of receipt of all the
documents/information from the Promoters of its satisfaction or
dissatisfaction with the same or of waiving the fulfilment of any
of the
Conditions Precedent applicable to the Promoters and/or
Company.
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4.2
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In
case the Investor notifies the Promoters or the Company of its
dissatisfaction under Clause
4.1 above, the Promoters shall fulfil the unfulfilled Conditions
Precedent within 7 days of receipt of such notice and shall provide
to the
Investor, all requisite documents evidencing fulfilment of that Condition
Precedent. Subject to Clause 3.3 above, the procedure referred to
in Clause 4.1 above shall
be
followed thereafter until the fulfilment of all Conditions Precedent
applicable to the Promoters and/or Company, to the satisfaction of
the
Investor.
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4.3
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Upon
fulfilment of all the Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of
the
Investor or if specifically waived in writing by the Investor, the
Parties
shall proceed to complete the issue of the Subscription Shares to
the
Investor (‘Completion’) in the manner
provided in this Clause. Such Completion shall take place on a date
set by
the Investor (the ‘Completion Date’), which
date shall not be later than 15 days from the fulfilment of all the
Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of the Investor. This date
may
however be extended upon mutual agreement between the
Parties.
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4.4
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The
Completion shall take place at the office of Economic Laws Practice,
1502
Dalamal Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai -
400021.
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4.5
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On
the Completion Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to
the Investor:
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(i)
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accept
the Transfer Terms, by issuing a letter of acceptance (“Acceptance
Notice”) to the Seller, in which case, Clause 7(c) shall apply;
and
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(ii)
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issue
a Tag Along Notice in accordance with Clause 8 below and accordingly
Clause 8 shall apply.
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(c)
|
If
the Acceptance Notice is issued the Offeree shall be obliged to purchase
all the Transfer Shares and the sale and purchase of the Transfer
Shares
in favour of the Offeree shall be completed within thirty (30) days
from
the date of issue of the Acceptance Notice by the Offeree. At such
completion, the Seller shall deliver to the Offeree certificates
and other
documents representing its title to the Transfer Shares, accompanied
by
duly executed and valid instruments of transfer. Such Transfer Shares
shall be free and clear of any Encumbrance (other than Encumbrances
specifically permitted hereunder), and the Seller shall so represent
and
warrant and shall further represent and warrant that it is the legal
and
beneficial owner of such Transfer Shares. The Offeree shall at such
completion deliver payment in full of the Offer Price in accordance
with
the terms set forth in the Transfer Notice. In the event that the
Offeree
nominates an Affiliate or a nominee for the purpose of purchasing
the
Transfer Shares or part thereof, it shall cause such Affiliate or
nominee
to execute a Deed of Adherence in the format contained in Schedule 3 (“Transferee Deed
of
Adherence”). At
such
completion, all of the Parties to the transaction shall execute such
additional documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effect
the sale
of the Transfer Shares to the Offeree. Any stamp duty payable
on the transfer of any Transfer Shares shall be borne and paid by
the
Offeree.
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(d)
|
The
failure of an Offeree to give the Acceptance Notice or the Tag Along
Notice within the Offer Period shall be deemed to be a waiver of
such
Offeree's right of first refusal or its tag along
right.
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(e)
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If
no Acceptance Notice or Tag Along Notice, as the case may be, is
issued by
an Offeree within the Offer Period, then subject to Clause 6(b) the
Seller
shall be entitled to Transfer the Transfer Shares to a Proposed Transferee
on terms no more favourable than the Transfer Terms within thirty
(30)
days of the expiry of the Offer Period. Provided that the Proposed
Transferee duly executes a Transferee Deed of Adherence. In the event
the
Seller is IGC (and/or its Affiliates or nominees holding Shares in
the
Company) then so long as IGC, together with its Affiliates and nominees
holding Shares in the Company (“IGC Group”), is the
majority shareholder in the Company and so long as it wishes to Transfer
all (but not less than all) of the outstanding Shares held by IGC
Group,
IGC shall have a further right (but not an obligation) to require
the
Promoters and its Affiliates and nominees holding Shares in the Company
(“PromotersGroup
Shareholders”) to
sell to such Proposed Transferee all the then outstanding Shares
held by
Promoters Group Shareholders (“Promoters Outstanding
Shares”) in accordance with Clause 8 below.
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(f)
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If
the Seller fails to Transfer the Transfer Shares to the Proposed
Transferee within the said period of thirty (30) days calculated
as above,
it will not be entitled to Transfer the Transfer Shares thereafter
to any
person, without re-offering the Transfer Shares to the Offeree in
accordance with provisions of this Clause
7.
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(g)
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Any
Transfer of the Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 7 shall be
valid
only upon the execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and shall
be
registered by the Company upon a validly and duly executed (by all
parties
thereto) Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with it. The other
Shareholders undertake to execute such Transferee Deed of Adherence,
as
may be required in order to give effect to such Transfer of the Transfer
Shares to the Offeree, its Affiliate, or a proposed
transferee. Provided however that nothing contained herein
shall require a Shareholder to execute a Transferee Deed of Adherence
where the Transfer is in contravention of the provisions of this
Agreement.
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(a)
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Subject
to Clause 7(e) above and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
stated
in Clause 9 below if at any time IGC Group wishes to Transfer all
(but not
less than all) of the Shares held collectively by IGC Group to a
Proposed
Transferee as provided under Clause 7 above, IGC shall have a right
(but
not an obligation) to serve a written notice on the Promoters (“Drag Along Notice”)
requiring the Promoters Group Shareholders to Transfer all (but not
less
than all) the Shares held by the Promoters Group Shareholders to
the
Proposed Transferee identified by IGC under Clause 7 aboveon the
Transfer
Terms.
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(b)
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If
a Drag Along Notice is issued by IGC, the Transfer and purchase of
the IGC
Transfer Shares and Promoter Outstanding Shares shall, subject to
Clause
8(b), be completed within thirty (30) days from the date of issue
of the
Drag Along Notice by IGC, the time taken to obtain any regulatory
approval
being excluded for the calculation. At such closing, IGC and Promoter
Group Shareholders shall deliver certificates and other documents
representing their title to the IGC Transfer Shares and the Promoter
Outstanding Shares, respectively, accompanied by duly executed and
valid
instruments of transfer, to the Proposed Transferee. IGC shall
procure that the third party shall deliver at such closing, payment
in
full of the Offer Price in accordance with the terms set forth in
the
Transfer Notice and execute the Transferee Deed of
Adherence. At such closing, all of the Parties to the
transaction shall execute such additional documents as may be necessary
or
appropriate to effect the sale of the IGC Transfer Shares and Promoter
Outstanding Shares to the Proposed Transferee. Any stamp duty
or transfer charges payable on the transfer of any IGC Transfer Shares
and
the Promoter Outstanding Shares shall be borne in accordance with
the
Transfer Terms.
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(c)
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Any
Transfer of the IGC Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 8 shall
be
valid only upon the execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and
shall
be registered by the Company upon a validly and duly executed (by
all
parties thereto) Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with
it.
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certified
true copies of the Board Resolutions referred to in clause 3.1.1;Subject
to Clause7(b)(ii) above, if at any time any Shareholder (“Proposed Transferor”)
intends to Transfer its Transfer Shares to the Proposed Transferee,
each
of the other Shareholders shall have a right but not an obligation
to
serve a written notice on the Proposed Transferor (“Tag Along Notice”)
stating that the Proposed Transferor procures an offer from the Proposed
Transferee to purchase such number of Shares from each of the other
Shareholders as is calculated in accordance with paragraph (c) below
(“Tag Along
Shares”) on the Transfer Terms. Each of the Shareholders who
exercise such a right and the Proposed Transferor shall be collectively
referred to as the Transferors. Accordingly, the number of shares
purchased by the Proposed Transferee from each of the Transferors
shall be
amount calculated under paragraph
(c).
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(b)
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written
confirmation from the Company and each of the Promoters that as at
the
Completion Date:A Transfer of the Transfer Shares by IGC to the Proposed
Transferee under this Clause 9 shall not be registered unless the
Tag
Along Shares are purchased by the Proposed Transferee simultaneously
with
the Transfer Shares and the Proposed Transferee has executed a Transferee
Deed of Adherence. The sale and purchase of the Transfer Shares and
the
Tag Along Shares shall be completed within thirty (30) days from
the date
of issue of the Tag Along Notice and the time taken to obtain any
regulatory approval being excluded for the calculation. At such closing,
IGC and such Shareholders shall deliver certificates and other documents
representing their title to the Transfer Shares and the Tag Along
Shares,
respectively, accompanied by duly executed and valid instruments
of
transfer, to the Proposed Transferee. IGC shall procure that
the Proposed Transferee shall deliver, at such closing, payment in
full of
the Offer Price in accordance with the terms set forth in the Transfer
and
shall execute a Transferee Deed of Adherence. At such closing,
all of the parties to the transaction shall execute such additional
documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the sale of
the
Transfer Shares and the Tag Along Shares to the Proposed Transferee.
IGC
shall procure that any stamp duty or transfer charges payable on
the
transfer of any Transfer Shares and the Tag Along Shares shall be
borne by
the Proposed Transferee.
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no
change, effect or circumstance has occurred, which has or may reasonably
be expected to have an adverse effect on the Company, the Company’s
prospects/profits/profitability/financial position/ financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the operations/businesses and/or
the
Business; and
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(c)
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The
number of Tag Along Shares shall be calculated in the following
manner:
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the
Representations and Warranties are true, accurate and complete and
that it
is not aware of any matter or thing which is in breach of or inconsistent
with any of the Representations and Warranties;For Transferors 1
to
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the
no-objection certificates referred to in clause 3.1.9.Any Transfer
of the
Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 9 shall be valid only upon
the
execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and shall be registered
by the
Company upon a validly and duly executed (by all parties thereto)
a
Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with
it.
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4.6
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Immediately
thereafter, a meeting of the Board shall be held at which, the Board
shall
pass resolutions:
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(i)
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approving
the allotment of the Subscription Shares to the Investor with the
corresponding certificates;
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(ii)
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approving
the appointment of the directors, as specified by the Investor on
the
Board; and
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(iii)
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convening
an extra-ordinary general meeting of the Company in accordance with
the
Articles of the Company to amend the Memorandum and Articles of the
Company to incorporate the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement
in the
form approved by the Board under Clause 3.1.1(b) above and to approve
the
issue of the Subscription Shares to the Investor pursuant to section
81(1A) of the Act.
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4.7
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Immediately
thereafter, a meeting of the shareholders shall be held at short
notice,
at which the following resolutions shall be
passed:
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(ii)
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approving
the amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association in the
form
approved by the Board under Clause
3.1.1(b).
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4.8
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Immediately
thereafter the Company shall (i) issue and deliver to the authorised
representative of the Investor the original certificates duly stamped,
signed and sealed for the Subscription Shares subscribed to by the
Investor; and (ii) incorporate the name of the Investor as the legal
and
beneficial owner of the Subscription Shares in the register of members
of
the Company.
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4.9
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Notwithstanding
the above, on the Completion Date the Investor shall also have a
right to
review the books and accounts of the Company to verify to the satisfaction
of the Investor, that no event has occurred which has or may have
an adverse effect on the Business, operations, financial
condition or prospects of the Business. In the event, the Investor
is not
satisfied with the results of its review; the Investor shall have
the
right to terminate this Agreement forthwith. The termination of this
Agreement shall not in any way affect or prejudice any right accrued
to
any Party against the other prior to such
termination.
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4.10
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On
the Completion Date the Investor
shall:
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a)
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deliver
an application in writing for the Subscription Shares to be subscribed
by
them on the Completion Date; and
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b)
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pay
to the Company the Subscription Price by way of telegraphic
transfer.
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4.11 10.
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Immediately
after subscription to the Subscription Shares by the Investor, the
equity
shareholding of the Company shall be as set out in Schedule 2B.TERM
AND TERMINATION BY
DEFAULT
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4.12(a)
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The
Parties to this Agreement agree to take all measures that may be
required
to ensure to the extent possible, that all the events contemplated
in
Clause 4 above on the
Completion Date are completed on the same day.This Agreement shall
come
into effect on the Completion
Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all rights
available to the Promoters and/or their Affiliates under this Agreement
shall terminate upon (i) the Shareholding of the Promoters and/or
their
Affiliates falling below 37% or such other percent as the case may
be, in
the event the Promoters receive their entitlement referred to in
Clause
4.5 or (ii) the Shares of the Company getting listed on any recognised
stock exchange, whichever is
earlier.
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4.13(b)
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Notwithstanding
the provisions of Clause
4.12 hereto, all proceedings to be taken and all documents to
be
executed and delivered by the Parties at Completion shall be deemed
to
have been taken and executed simultaneously to the extent possible
and no
proceedings shall be deemed to have been taken nor documents executed
or
delivered until all have been taken, executed and delivered.In the
event
that any Shareholder (a“Defaulting
Shareholder”) suffers the following event(a“Default”),
the other
Shareholder (“Non-Defaulting
Shareholder”) shall be entitled to exercise the options specified
under Clause10(c) below, the Defaulting Shareholder is in material
breach
of this Agreement and such default has not been cured within 30 days
of
the issuance of a written notice of such default by a Non-Defaulting
Shareholder. For the purposes of this Agreement the term ‘material breach’
shall include a breach of the obligations under clauses 2.4 (future
funding), 4.1(n) (shareholders meeting), 6 (restrictions on transfer
of
shares) and 13 (representations and
warranties).
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4.14 (c)
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Immediately
after the Board meetings of the Company and passing of the resolutions
mentioned above, the Parties shall ensure that the Company shall
record
the necessary entries in its registers and carry out all the actions
that
have been resolved to be carried out in order to effectively achieve
Completion.Upon the occurrence of a Default, any Non-Defaulting
Shareholder may for so long as such default subsists issue a default
notice to the Defaulting Shareholders (the “Default Notice”)
together with a copy to every other Shareholder and the Company specifying
the nature of the Default. Upon the issuance of the Default
Notice, the Non-Defaulting Shareholders shall have following
options:
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4.15
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The
Company shall ensure that within 30 days from the Completion Date,
the
relevant forms of the Company are filed with the concerned regulatory
authorities including the Registrar of Companies, Reserve Bank of
India,
etc. in accordance with the provisions of Applicable
Law
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4.16
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Investor’s
Remedy
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(i)
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to
purchase all (but not less than all) the Shares held by the Defaulting
Shareholder and its Affiliates (as the case maybe) (the “Default Shares”) at the
Default Price to be determined in accordance with Clause 10 (k) ;
or
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(ii)
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subject
to Clause 6 Transfer its entire Shareholding to the Proposed Transferee
(not being an IGC Competitor) on the Transfer Terms with a right
(but not
an obligation) to require the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer
the
Default Shares held by Defaulting Shareholders and its Affiliates
(as the
case maybe) at the Default Price to be determined in accordance with
Clause 10 (k) to such Proposed
Transferee.
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4.16.1 (d)
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If
after having received the Subscription Price from the Investor pursuant
to
Clause 4.10 above, the provisions of this Clause 4 are not complied
with
by the Company and/or the Promoters on the Completion Date, the Investor
shall have the right to obligate the Company and/or the Promoters
and if
so required, by the Investor, the Company and/or the Promoters shall
forthwith refund to the Investor the Subscription Price received
from the
Investor pursuant to Clause 4.10 above together with interest thereon
calculated at the rate of the then applicable State Bank of India
prime
lending rate (“SBI PLR”) plus 10% from the date the Investor paid the
Subscription Price to the date of actual refund by the Company with
interest (“Liquidated Damages”). The Parties agree and acknowledge that
the Liquidated Damages is a genuine pre estimate of the loss that
may be
suffered by the Investor as a result of non-compliance by the Company
and/
or the Promoters of the obligations specified in this Agreement.Any
Non-Defaulting Shareholder desirous of purchasing the Default Shares
or
requiring the Transfer of the Default Shares shall, no later than
three
months (“Default Option
Period”) from the issuance of the Default Notice, issue a notice to
the other Non-Defaulting Shareholders, the Defaulting Shareholders
and the
Company of its intention to purchase all (but not part of the Default
Shares) at Default Price (the “Default Purchase
Notice”) or its intention of Transferring its entire Shareholding
with/without requiring the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer its
Default
Shares to the Proposed Transferee (the “Non Default Purchase
Notice”). Provided however that where more than one
Non-Defaulting Shareholder chooses to exercise: (i) their option
under
Clause 10(c)(i) the Default Shares shall be sold to such Non-Defaulting
Shareholders pro rata to their Shareholding; or (ii) their option
under
Clause 10(c)(ii) the Non Defaulting Shareholders shall have an option
but
not an obligation to require the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer
their
Default Shares on a proportionate basis, to be calculated in accordance
with the formula specified under Clause 7(k). The Defaulting Shareholder
shall be obligated to sell the Default Shares to the Non-Defaulting
Shareholders who exercise their option (the “Opting Non-Default
Shareholders”) either to purchase the Default Shares by issuing the
Default Purchase Notice or to the Proposed Transferee identified
in the
Default Purchase Notice by an Opting Non-Default
Shareholder.
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4.16.2 (e)
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The
Parties agree and acknowledge that this obligation of the Company
to
refund the Subscription Price to the Investor shall be without prejudice
to any other right, which the Investor may have under this Agreement
and
in law or in equity.The Transfer of the Default Shares to the Opting
Non-Default Shareholders/Proposed Transferee shall occur on a date
to be
specified by the Opting Non-Defaulting Shareholder (the “Default Option
Settlement
Date”) in a written notice, which date shall be no less than seven
days after the date of such notice provided that such notice shall
be
issued no later than three months after the last day of the Default
Option
Period. On the Default Option Settlement Date, the Defaulting Shareholder
shall either sell the Default Shares to the Opting Non-Default
Shareholders or to the Proposed Transferee depending upon the option
exercised by the Opting Non-Defaulting Shareholder in accordance
with
Clause 10.
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5.1 (f)
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True
and Accurate: The
Warrantors represent, warrant and undertake to the Investor, that
each of
the statements set out in this Clause and Schedule 3 hereof, as applicable
to the Warrantors, is now and will be true and accurate at the Completion
Date. The Warrantors acknowledge that the Investor, in entering into
this
Agreement, is relying on such representations, warranties and undertakings
and shall be entitled to treat the same as conditions of the Agreement.
On
the Default Option Settlement Date, the Defaulting Shareholder shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Opting Non-Default
Shareholders/Proposed Transferee the
following:
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5.2 (g)
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Investor
Representation:The Investor hereby
represents and warrants that it has the corporate power and authority
to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated herein. The execution, delivery
and
performance by Investor of the Transaction Documents have been duly
authorized and approved by its board of directors.The Defaulting
Shareholder shall warrant that the Defaulting Shareholder and/or
its
Affiliate, as the case maybe, is the owner of the Default Shares
and that
such Default Shares are free from
Encumbrances.
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5.3 (h)
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Separate
and Independent: Each
of the Representations and Warranties shall be separate and independent
and, save as expressly provided to the contrary, shall not be limited
by
reference to or inference from any other Representations and Warranty
or
any other term of this Agreement, which is not expressly referenced
to the
Representations and Warranty concerned.On the Default Option Settlement
Date the Non-Defaulting Shareholders/third party shall deliver or
cause to
be delivered to the Defaulting Shareholder their Pro Rata Share of
the
Default Price by way of a bank cheque payable to the Defaulting
Shareholder. The Opting Non-Defaulting Shareholders further covenant
that
in the event that they opt to purchase the Defaulting Shares through
an
Affiliate, they shall cause such Affiliate to execute an
Affiliate Deed of Adherence or if through a third party, they shall
cause
such third party to execute a Transferee Deed of Adherence as the
case may
be and the Company shall not register such a Transfer unless a validly
executed Affiliate Deed of Adherence or the Transferee Deed of Adherence
is lodged with it.
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5.4 (i)
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Knowledge:
If any Representation or
Warranty is qualified by knowledge, then it means that the Representation
or Warranty has been made to the best knowledge of the Warrantors,
after
the Warrantors have made and caused to be made such due and proper
inquiries as may be required in respect of the relevant matter to
obtain
informed knowledge.Upon the transfer of the Default Shares to the
Opting
Non-Defaulting Shareholders or the third party, the Defaulting Shareholder
shall cease to have any rights hereunder.
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5.5 (j)
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Undertaking: None
of the
Warrantors shall do, allow or procure any act or omission before
the
Completion Date which would respectively constitute a breach of any
of the
Representations and Warranties if they were given at the Completion
Date,
or which would make any of the Representations and Warranties inaccurate
or misleading if they were so given.In the event that a transferee
nominated by an Opting Non-Default Shareholder fails to perform its
obligations to complete the sale of the Default Shares the person
nominating such transferee shall be liable to complete such
Transfer.
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5.6 (k)
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Notification
of breach: Each of
the Warrantors hereby agree to disclose promptly to the Investor
in
writing immediately upon becoming aware of the same, any matter,
event or
circumstance (including any omission to act) which may arise or become
known to it after the date of this Agreement which:Default Price
for the
purposes of this Clause 10 means a price being an amount equivalent
to
90% of the
FMV
Price. For the purposes of this Agreement, “FMV Price” shall mean
the fair market value of Shares as determined by any of the big 4
accounting firms (“Valuer(s)”) as set
forth in this Clause 10 Should none of these Valuers be
available to perform the valuation exercise, a reputable international
bank or Indian bank shall be
appointed.
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5.6.1
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would
render any of the Representations and Warranties to be inaccurate;
or
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5.6.2
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has,
or is likely to have, an adverse effect on the financial
position/prospects/profits/profitability/financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the Business of the
Company.
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(l)
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The
FMV Price shall be determined on the basis
of:
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(m)
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The
Shareholders shall engage an independent Valuer of international
repute to
determine the fair market value of the Company Assets. Company
Assets’ in this Clause means all the assets of the Company. The terms of
the appointment of the Valuer shall be decided by
IGC.
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5.7 (n)
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Survival: The
provisions of
Clauses 13 (Representations and Warranties provided in this
Agreementwarranties), 14 (Indemnity), 16 (Resolution of Disputes),
17
(Notices), and 19 (Confidentiality) shall survive the Completion
Date.termination hereof pursuant to Clause
10.1.
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5.8 11.
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The
Company and the Promoter hereby agree and acknowledge that the Investor
has agreed to subscribe to the Subscription Shares inter alia relying
upon
the Representations and Warranties.NON-COMPETE
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611.1
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Without
prejudice to any other right available to the Investor in law or
under
equity, the Promoters shall jointly and severally indemnify, defend
and
hold harmless the Investor, their Affiliates, directors, advisors,
officers, employees and agents, or, if so desired by the Investor,
the
Promoters shall indemnify the Company, from and against any and all
liabilities, damages, demands, Claims (including third party Claims),
actions, judgments or causes of action, assessments, interest, fines,
penalties, and other costs or expenses (including, without limitation,
amounts paid in settlement, court costs and all reasonable attorneys'
fees
and out of pocket expenses) (“Losses”) directly
based
upon, arising out of, or in relation to or otherwise in respect of:The
Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates for so long as IGC
and
the Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates are Shareholders
in
the Company, shall not carry on or engage directly or indirectly,
whether
through partnership or as a shareholder, joint venture partner,
collaborator, consultant or agent or in any other manner whatsoever,
whether for profit or otherwise, in any business which competes directly
or indirectly with the whole or any part of the Business or any other
activity/business directly or indirectly carried on by the Company
or
which can reasonably be construed as being same or similar to the
Business
of the Company.
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i.
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any
inaccuracy in or any breach of any Representation and Warranty, covenant
or agreement of the Promoters or Company contained in this Agreement
or
any document or other papers delivered by any of them to the Investor
in
connection with or pursuant to this
Agreement;11.2 The Promoters and/or any of them or
their Affiliates hereby agree and acknowledge that as long as IGC
and/or
any of its Affiliates and Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates
are Shareholders in the Company, they shall carry on any activity/business
in the nature of Business, in present or in future, solely and exclusively
through the Company.
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ii.
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any
liability arising out of non compliance of any obligation undertaken
by
the Company or the Promoters;11.3 The Promoters
agree and acknowledge that the covenants and obligations under Clauses
11.1 and 11.2 above relate to special, unique and extraordinary matters,
and that a violation of any of the terms of such covenants and obligations
will cause the other Parties irreparable injury. Therefore, IGC and/or
any
of its Affiliates shall be entitled to an interim injunction, restraining
order or such other equitable relief as a court of competent jurisdiction
may deem necessary or appropriate to restrain the Promoters and/or
any of
them or their Affiliates from committing any violation of the covenants
and obligations contained in this
Agreement.
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iii.
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any
liabilities and obligations of whatever nature relating to any litigation,
Claim or governmental investigation pending or relating to the Business
or
operations of the Promoters or the Business of the Company prior
to the
date of execution of this Agreement and as on the Completion
Date;11.4 The Parties acknowledge and agree
that the above restrictions are considered reasonable for the legitimate
protection of the business and goodwill of the Company, but in the
event
such restriction shall be found to be void, but would be valid, if
some
part thereof was deleted or the scope, period or area of application
were
reduced, the above restriction shall apply with the deletion of such
words
or such reduction of scope, period or area of application as may
be
required to make the restrictions contained in this Clause valid
and
effective. Notwithstanding the limitation of this provision by any
law for
the time being in force, the Parties undertake, at all times to observe
and be bound by the spirit of this Clause. Provided however, that
on the
revocation, removal or diminution of the law or provisions, as the
case
may be, by virtue of which the restrictions contained in this Clause
were
limited as provided hereinabove, the original restrictions would
stand
renewed and be effective to their original extent, as if they had
not been
limited by the law or provisions
revoked.
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iv.
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any
liability due to any non-compliance of any applicable law,
rules or
regulations prior to the date of execution of this Agreement and
as on the
Completion Date.11.5 The covenants of the
Promoters and/or their Affiliates under this Clause 11 shall survive
for a
period of 5 years from the date they cease to be Shareholders of
the
Company or unless as specifically waived by IGC or its
nominees/assignees.
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6.2 12
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Any
compensation or indemnity as referred to in Clause 6.1 above shall
be such
as to place the Investor in the same position as it would have been
in,
had there not been any such breach and as if the Representation and
Warranty under which Investor is to be indemnified, had been correct.PLEDGE OR ENCUMBRANCE
OF SHARES
OF PROMOTERS
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7.1
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The
Investor and/or the Promoters and their designated officers, employees,
accountants and attorneys shall have the right, at any time and from
time
to time during normal business hours and upon notice which may be
of at
least 3 (three) days, to carry out inspection of documents, records,
premises and all other properties of the Company at their own cost
as long
as they hold any Shares in the Company.The Promoters shall not pledge,
mortgage, hypothecate, charge or otherwise Encumber any of the Shares
of
the Company either directly or indirectly nor otherwise use such
Shares as
collateral for any purpose which could result in an involuntary Transfer
of such Shares or any right, title or interest therein in favour
of any
person, including but not limited to, any lenders of the Company
except
with the prior written consent of IGC. The Promoters shall also
be entitled to pledge their shares in favour of lenders i.e. banks
and
financial institutions only with the prior written consent of
IGC.
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7.2
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The
Investor and their designated officers, employees, accountants and
attorneys shall have the right to consult with the officers, employees,
accountants and attorneys of the Company for the purpose of affording
the
Investor full opportunity to make such investigation as it may desire
and
to collect such information, data, documents, evidence as may be
required
for the purpose of and in the course of such inspection in connection
therewith. Such investigations and/or audit, however, shall not affect
the
Representations and Warranties made by the Promoters or the
Company.
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8.
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INTERIM
MANAGEMENT AND
ACCESS
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8.1
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During
the period beginning from the execution of this Agreement and continuing
until the Completion Date, the Company shall, and the Promoters shall
cause the Company to carry on its Business in the usual, regular
and
ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted,
to pay its debts and Taxes when due, to pay or perform other obligations
when due, and, to the extent consistent with such businesses, to
use its
best efforts consistent with past practice and policies to preserve
intact
their present business organizations, keep available the services
of their
present officers and employees and preserve their relationships with
customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees and others
having
business dealings with them, all with the goal of preserving their
goodwill and ongoing businesses at the Completion
Date.
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8.2
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The
Promoters shall cause the Company to provide the Investor and its
officers, agents, advisors, consultants and other representatives
reasonable access to (i) all of the properties, books, contracts,
commitments and records of the Company, (ii) all other information
concerning the Business, properties and personnel (subject to restrictions
imposed by Applicable Law) of the Company as the Investor may request,
and
(iii) all employees of the Company. The Promoters shall cause the
Company
to provide such information within 5 days of making a request for
the
same.
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8.3
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During
the period beginning from the execution of this Agreement and continuing
until the Completion Date the Company and/or the
Promoters (including their respective Affiliates,
representatives and/or advisors) shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Investor:
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(a)
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such
Party has the full power and authority to enter into, execute and
deliver
this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby
and, if
such Party is not a natural person, such Party is duly incorporated
or
organised with limited liability and existing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organisation;
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(b)
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the
execution and delivery by such Party of this Agreement and the performance
by such Party of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorised by all necessary corporate or other action of such
Party;
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(c)
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assuming
the due authorisation, execution and delivery hereof by the other
Parties,
this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of such
Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms,
except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganisation, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally;
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(d)
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the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Party
and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
(i)
violate any provision of the organisational or governance documents
of
such Party; (ii) require such Party to obtain any consent, approval
or
action of, or make any filing with or give any notice to, any Government
Authority in such Party's country of organisation or any other person
pursuant to any instrument, contract or other agreement to which
such
Party is a party or by which such Party is bound, other than such
filing
required as a result of the transactions contemplated herein; (iii)
conflict with or result in any material breach or violation of any
of the
terms and conditions of, or constitute (with notice or lapse of time
or
both constitute) a default under, any instrument, contract or other
agreement to which such Party is a party or by which such Party is
bound;
(iv) violate any order, judgment or decree against, or binding upon,
such
Party or upon its respective shares, properties or businesses; or
(v)
violate any Law of such Party's country of organisation or any other
country in which it maintains its principal
office;
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(e)
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there
exists no Encumbrance on any of the Shares of the
Company;
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(f)
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The
Parties reiterate and confirm the representations, warranties and
undertakings and each statement made in Schedule 3 of the SSPA, as
applicable to the Parties, and confirm that the same are is now and
will
be true and accurate at the Completion
Date.
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(i) 13A.
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solicit,
encourage, entertain, initiate or participate in any inquiry, negotiations
or discussions or disclose any information pertaining to the Company
or
enter into any agreement with respect to any offer or proposal to,
acquire
or merge or restructure (including through business transfer, asset
transfer, amalgamation, demerger, hiving off or in any other manner
whatsoever) or dispose off, alienate or Encumber any assets or business
of
the Company or parts thereof (an ‘Acquisition Proposal’);COMPANY
WARRANTIES
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(ii)
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assist
or cooperate with any Person to make any Acquisition Proposal;
or
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(iii)
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solicit,
negotiate or enter into any agreement with any Person with respect
to an
Acquisition Proposal;
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(a)
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The
Company shall ensure that under the terms of this Agreement, it shall
perform its obligations so as to ensure that upon
Completion, Shares constituting 63% of the paid up Share
Capital of the Company are transferred and registered to nominees
of IGC
being [names of the nominees] at the face value of Shares Rs. 10
per
Share.
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(b)
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The
Company warrants that as on the date hereof the Company has not done
or
committed to do any act, matter or thing or has not assumed any liability,
other than in the ordinary course of
business.
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(iv)14.1
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In
the event the Company or the Promoters receive, prior to the Completion
Date, any Acquisition Proposal, the Company or the Promoters receiving
such Acquisition Proposal shall immediately suspend any discussions
with
such offeror or party with regard to such Acquisition Proposal and
immediately inform the Investor as to any such Acquisition Proposal,
including information as to the principal terms of such Acquisition
Proposal or request, as the case may be, and any other information
that
the Investor may request;Without prejudice to any other right available
to
IGC in law or under equity, the Company and the Promoters shall jointly
and severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless IGC, their Affiliates,
directors, advisors, officers, employees and agents, or, if so desired
by
IGC, the Promoters shall indemnify the Company, from and against
any and
all liabilities, damages, demands, Claims (including third party
Claims),
actions, judgments or causes of action, assessments, interest, fines,
penalties, and other costs or expenses (including, without limitation,
amounts paid in settlement, court costs and all reasonable attorneys'
fees
and out of pocket expenses) (“Losses”) directly
based
upon, arising out of, or in relation to or otherwise in respect
of:
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(v)i.
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sell,
license or transfer to any Person any rights to any Intellectual
Property
or enter into any agreement with respect to Intellectual Property
with any
Person;any inaccuracy in or any breach of any Representation and
Warranty,
covenant or agreement of the Promoters or Company contained in this
Agreement or in the SSPA or any document or other papers delivered
by any
of them to IGC in connection with or pursuant to this
Agreement;
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(vi)ii.
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amend
or change its Articles of Association and/or Memorandum of Association
in
any manner whatsoever;any liability arising out of non compliance
of any
obligation undertaken by the Company or the Promoters; save and except
as
may be disclosed in the audited financial statements of the Company
which
have been disclosed to IGC prior to the Completion
Date;
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(vii)iii.
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adopt
or change accounting methods or practices other than as required
by the
Indian GAAP or revalue any of its assets, including writing down
value of
inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable;any liabilities
and
obligations of whatever nature relating to any litigation, Claim
or
governmental investigation pending or relating to the Business or
operations of the Promoters or the Business of the Company prior
to the
date of execution of this Agreement and as on the Completion Date;
save
and except as may be disclosed in the audited financial statements
of the
Company which have been disclosed to IGC prior to the Completion
Date;
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(viii)iv.
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issue,
sell, or grant, contract to issue, sell or grant, or authorize the
issuance, delivery, sale or purchase of any Securities of the Company
or
any other securities, including securities convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for Shares in the Company;any liability
due to
any non-compliance of any applicable law, rules or regulations prior
to
the date of execution of this Agreement and as on the Completion
Date;
save and except as may be disclosed in the audited financial statements
of
the Company which have been disclosed to IGC prior to the Completion
Date.
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(ix)14.2
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declare,
set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions
(whether
in cash, stock or property) in respect of any shares of the Company,
or
split, combine or reclassify any shares of the Company, or issue
or
authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in
lieu of
or in substitution for shares of the Company or repurchase, redeem,
or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of the Company
(or
options, warrants or other rights convertible into, exercisable or
exchangeable therefore);Any compensation or indemnity as referred
to in
Clause 14.1 above shall be such as to place IGC in the same position
as it
would have been in, had there not been any such breach and as if
the
Representation and Warranty under which IGC is to be indemnified,
had been
correct.
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(x)16.2
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grant
any severance or termination, pay (cash, equity or otherwise) to
any
director or officer or to any employee of the Company, or increase
(by way
of cash, equity or otherwise) the salary or other compensation payable
or
to become payable by the Company to any of their officers, directors,
employees or advisors, or declare, pay or make any commitment or
obligation of any kind for the payment (in the form of cash, equity
or
otherwise) by the Company of a bonus or other additional salary or
compensation to any such Person, or adopt or amend any employee benefit
plan (except as necessary to comply with applicable law) or enter
into any
agreement with any Person which guarantees employment with the Company
for
a specific period of time or enter into any settlement or compromise
agreement with any employees of the
Company;Conciliation
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(xi)
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waive
any share repurchase rights, accelerate, amend or change the period
of
exercisability of options or restricted shares, or reprice options
granted
to any employee, consultant, director or other stock plans or authorize
cash payments in exchange for any options granted under any employment
stock option plans;
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(xii)
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sell,
lease, license, Encumber or otherwise dispose off any of the assets
or
properties of the Company;
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(xiii)
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enter
into/agree to enter into any new contract not in the ordinary course
of
business and/or on terms that are beyond normal and reasonable commercial
terms including amending or otherwise modifying (or agreeing to do
so), or
violating the terms of any of the contracts entered into by the
Company;
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(xiv)
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commence,
compromise or settle any pending or threatened litigation, debt or
other
legal proceedings;
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(xv)
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make
or change any election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement, settle
any
Claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension
or
waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Claim or assessment
in
respect of Taxes;
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(xvi)
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cause
any increase in liabilities of the Business including by way of incurring
any indebtedness in the Business in the form of loans or financial
assistance from any lending agency or bank or repaying or incurring
any
additional indebtedness or making any advance payments other than
what has
been contractually agreed upon (upon disclosure and consent to/of
the
Investor);
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(xvii)
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amending
any terms of any agreement with any of the
creditors/debtors;
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(xviii)
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enter
into/agree to enter into any new contract, agreement, arrangement
with any
related party of the Company;
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(xix)
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undertake
any expenditure, transaction or commitment other than in the
normal course of business; or
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(xx)
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take
or agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the actions described
in
the preceding clauses of this Clause 8 or any other
action that would prevent the Company from performing or cause the
Company
not to perform its covenants hereunder or that would prejudice the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction
Documents.
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16.3
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Amicable
SettlementArbitration
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10.1
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If
any dispute arises between Investor and/or the Promoters and/or Company
during the subsistence of this Agreement or thereafter, in connection
with
the validity, interpretation, implementation or alleged breach of
any
provision of this Agreement or regarding a question, including the
question as to whether the termination of this Agreement by one Party
hereto has been legitimate (“Dispute”), the disputing
Parties hereto shall endeavour to settle such Dispute amicably. The
attempt to bring about an amicable settlement shall be considered
to have
failed if not resolved within 60 days from the date of the
Dispute.
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Conciliation
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10.2
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If
the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with
Clause 10.1 within
the period specified therein, the Parties shall forthwith but not
later
than 30 days after expiry of the aforesaid period, refer the Dispute
to
Mr. Ram Mukunda and Mr. Jortin Antony for resolution of the said
Dispute.
The attempt to bring about such resolution shall be considered to
have
failed if not resolved within 30 days from the date of receipt of
a
written notification in this
regard.
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Arbitration
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10.3
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If
the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with
Clause 10.2 within
the period specified therein, any Party to the Dispute shall be entitled
to serve a notice invoking this Clause and making a reference to
an
arbitration panel of three arbitrators. Each party to the dispute
shall
appoint one arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of the notice of
the
Party making the reference, and the two arbitrators, so appointed
shall
appoint a third arbitrator. The Arbitration proceedings shall
be held in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,
1996. The
decision of the arbitration panel shall be binding on all the Parties
to
the Dispute.
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10.7
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The
Arbitrator’s award shall be substantiated in writing. The court of
arbitration shall also decide on the costs of the arbitration proceedings.
The cost of arbitration shall be borne by the
Company.
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10.8
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The
award shall be binding on the Parties subject to the Applicable Laws
in
force and the award shall be enforceable in any competent court of
law.
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(a)
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If
the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with
Clause 16.2 within the period specified therein, any Party to the
Dispute
shall be entitled to serve a notice invoking this Clause and making
a
reference to an arbitration panel of three arbitrators. Each party
to the
dispute shall appoint one arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of
the
notice of the Party making the reference, and the two arbitrators,
so
appointed shall appoint a third arbitrator. The Arbitration
proceedings shall be held in accordance with the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996. The decision of the arbitration panel shall
be
binding on all the Parties to the
Dispute.
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(b)
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The
place of the arbitration shall be Mumbai,
India.
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(c)
|
The
proceedings of arbitration shall be in the English
language.
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(d)
|
The
arbitration proceedings shall be governed by the laws of India and
the
Mumbai courts (including any appellant court) in India shall have
exclusive jurisdiction.
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(e)
|
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Parties agree that any of them may seek interim
measures including injunctive relief in relation to the provisions
of this
agreement or the Parties' performance of it from any court of competent
jurisdiction. Each Party shall co-operate in good faith to expedite
(to
the maximum extent practicable) the conduct of any arbitral proceedings
commenced under this Agreement.
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(f)
|
The
costs and expenses of the arbitration, including, without limitation,
the
fees of the arbitration and the Arbitrator, shall be borne equally
by each
Party to the dispute or claim and each Party shall pay its own fees,
disbursements and other charges of its counsel, except as may be
otherwise
determined by the Arbitrator. The Arbitrator would have the power
to award
interest on any sum awarded pursuant to the arbitration proceedings
and
such sum would carry interest, if awarded, until the actual payment
of
such amounts.
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(g)
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Any
award made by the Arbitrator shall be final and binding on each of
the
Parties that were parties to the dispute. The Parties expressly agree
to
waive the applicability of any Applicable Laws and regulations that
would
otherwise give the right to appeal the decisions of the Arbitrator
so that
there shall be no appeal to any court of Law for the award of the
Arbitrator, except a Party shall not challenge or resist any enforcement
action taken by any other Party in any court of Law in whose favour
an
award of the Arbitrator was given.
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10.917.1
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The
Mumbai court (including any appellant court) in India shall have
exclusive
jurisdiction.Any notice or other communication that may be given
by one
Party to the other shall always be in writing and shall be served
either
by (i) hand delivery duly acknowledged; or (ii) sent by registered
post
with acknowledgment due; or (iii) by facsimile at the respective
addresses
set out herein below or at such other address as may be subsequently
intimated by one party to the other in writing as set out herein.
If the
notice is sent by facsimile, the said notice shall also be sent by
registered post acknowledgment due.
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11.117.2
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Any
notice or other communication that may be given by one Party to the
other
shall always be in writing and shall be served either by (i) hand
delivery
duly acknowledged; or (ii) sent by registered post with acknowledgment
due; or (iii) by facsimile at the respective addresses set out herein
below or at such other address as may be subsequently intimated by
one
party to the other in writing as set out herein. If the notice is
sent by
facsimile, the said notice shall also be sent by registered post
acknowledgment due.All notices shall be deemed to have been validly
given
on (i) the business date immediately after the date of transmission
with
confirmed answer back, if transmitted by facsimile transmission,
or (ii)
the business date of receipt, if sent by courier or hand delivery;
or
(iii) the expiry of seven days after posting, if sent by registered
post.
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17.3
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Any
Party may, from time to time, change its address or representative
for
receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement by giving to the
other
Party not less than 10 days prior written
notice.
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11.2
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All
notices shall be deemed to have been validly given on (i) the business
date immediately after the date of transmission with confirmed answer
back, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, or (ii) the business
date
of receipt, if sent by courier or hand delivery; or (iii) the expiry
of
seven days after posting, if sent by registered
post.
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11.3
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Any
Party may, from time to time, change its address or representative
for
receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement by giving to the
other
Party not less than 10 days prior written
notice.
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13.1
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The
Parties recognise that each of them will be given and have access
to
confidential and proprietary information of the other Parties. The
Parties
undertake not to use any of such confidential information for their
own
corporate purposes without the prior written consent of the Party
owning
such information and shall keep confidential and not to disclose
to any
third party any of the other Parties’ confidential and proprietary
information for a period of one year from the date hereof. The Parties
shall also cause their respective directors, employees, officers
and any
other persons to whom the above mentioned information is disclosed
to
execute a letter of confidentiality to the effect provided in this
Clause.
The obligations of confidentiality shall not apply to any information
that:
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19.1
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General
Obligation. Each Party undertakes that it shall not
reveal, and shall ensure that its directors, officers, managers,
partners,
members, employees, legal, financial and professional advisors and
bankers
(collectively, “Representatives”) do
not reveal, to any third party any Confidential Information without
the
prior written consent of the Company or the concerned Party, as the
case
may be regardless of whether this Agreement is terminated or
not.
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19.2
|
Exceptions.
The
provisions of Clause 19.1 shall not apply
to:
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(a)
|
disclosure
of Confidential Information that is or becomes generally available
to the
public other than as a result of disclosure by or at the direction
of a
Party or any of its Representatives in violation of this
Agreement;
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(b)
|
was
known to the Party prior to its disclosure by the disclosing
Party;disclosure by a Party to its Representatives and Affiliates
(and
their officers and directors) or to transferee of Shares in accordance
with this Agreement provided such Representatives, Affiliates and
transferees are bound by similar confidentiality
obligations;
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(c)
|
has
become generally available to the public (other than by virtue of
its
disclosure by the receiving Party);disclosure by the Company of
Confidential Information concerning the Company that is reasonably
necessary in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in connection
with transactions or proposed transactions of the Company;
and
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(d)
|
may
be required in any report or statement that is required to be submitted
by
the Company to any governmental or regulatory body;obligations disclosure,
after giving prior notice to the other Parties to the extent practicable
under the circumstances and subject to any practicable arrangements
to
protect confidentiality, to the extent required under the rules of
any
stock exchange or by Applicable Laws or governmental regulations
or
generally accepted accounting principles applicable to any Party
or
judicial or regulatory process or in connection with any judicial
process
regarding any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating
to this Agreement.
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(e)
|
may
be required in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection
with
any litigation; or
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(f)
|
was
approved by both the Parties (for the avoidance of doubt, disclosure
to
the Affiliates of the Investor shall be
permitted);
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(g)
|
is
required by a regulatory authority or the regulations of any recognized
stock exchange including the reporting requirements of the Investor
to
SEC;
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(h)
|
is
reasonably required for disclosure to professional advisers of the
Party,
who shall have given undertakings of strict
confidentiality;
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(i)
|
may
be required to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable
to any Party hereto.
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13.2.
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Upon
termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall cause the Company
to
either (i) return to the Investor and Promoters, as applicable, and
the
Parties shall return to each other, all documents and information
belonging to such Person and all copies thereof in the possession
or under
the control of a Party which does not own such property, and all
confidential information in whatever media; or (ii) destroy all documents
and information belonging to the other Party and all copies thereof
in the
possession or under the control of a Party. Provided that the Investor
and/or its advisors may retain, in a secure location, copies of such
documents and records for purposes of defending any legal proceeding
or as
is required to be maintained in order to satisfy any law, rule,
regulation, or accounting or financial reporting standards to which
the
Investor may be subject.
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13.3.
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The
Parties acknowledge and agree that the covenants and obligations
with
respect to confidentiality set forth in this Clause relate to special,
unique and extraordinary matters, and that a violation of any of
the terms
of such covenants and obligations will cause the Company and the
owner of
such property irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are
not
available at law. Therefore, the Parties agree that the Party entitled
to
enforce the covenants set forth above, shall be entitled to an injunction,
restraining order or such other equitable relief as a court of competent
jurisdiction may deem necessary or appropriate to restrain the other
Party
from committing any violation of the covenants and obligations contained
in this Clause. These injunctive remedies are cumulative and are
in
addition to any other rights and remedies the concerned Party may
have at
law or in equity.
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14.
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AUTHORISED
PERSON
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15.1
|
Grounds
for Termination: Save and except the rights and obligations of the
Parties
that terminate as provided in the specific clauses in this Agreement,
this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until terminated
in
accordance with the provisions of this
Clause.
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15.2
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This
Agreement can be terminated at any time prior to the subscription
by the
Investor in the manner set out in Clause 4 of this Agreement, by
mutual
written agreement of the Parties.
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15.3
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This
Agreement shall stand terminated under Clause 4 if the Completion
does not
take place as per Clause 4.3.
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15.4
|
Effect
of Termination: Termination of this Agreement under Clauses 15.2
to 15.3
shall be without liability of any Party (or any shareholder, director,
officer, agent, employee, consultant or representative of such Party)
to
the other Parties.
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15.5
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The
provisions of Clause 6 (Indemnity), 10 (Arbitration), 11 (Notices),
and 13
(Confidentiality) shall survive the termination hereof pursuant to
Clause
15.1.
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22.12.1
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The
Parties agree that if the understanding contemplated in this Agreement
cannot be completed in the manner set forth herein, then the Parties
shall
use reasonable endeavours to enter into such understanding that (a)
would
result in a substantially similar outcome and (b) do not materially
prejudice any of the Parties. Each of the Parties further
agrees that, during any such negotiations, it shall refrain from
initiating any legal actions against the other Parties;
and
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22.12.2
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Each
Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all further
acts
and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and
delivery
of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as the other
Parties may reasonably require, whether on or after the date of this
Agreement, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and
the
understanding contemplated by it and for the purpose of vesting in
IGC the
full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be transferred
to IGC
under this Agreement.
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22.16
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Survival.
In the event
of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Clause 10, notwithstanding
anything mentioned herein, Clauses which by their nature survive
termination shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
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22.17
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Consent
to Specific
Performance. The Parties declare that it is impossible to measure
in money the damages that would be suffered by a Party by reason
of the
failure by any other Party to perform any of the obligations
hereunder. Therefore, if any Party shall institute any action
or proceeding to seek specific performance or enforcement of the
provisions hereof any Party against whom such action or proceeding
is
brought hereby waives any claim or defence therein that the other
Party
has an adequate remedy at Law.
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22.18
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Covenants
Reasonable. The Parties agree that, having regard to all
the circumstances, the covenants contained herein are reasonable
and
necessary for the protection of the Parties and their
Affiliates. If any such covenant is held to be void as going
beyond what is reasonable in all the circumstances, but would be
valid if
amended as to scope or duration or both, the covenant will apply
with such
minimum modifications regarding its scope and duration as may be
necessary
to make it valid and effective
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22.19
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No
Implied
Representation. Each of the Parties acknowledges that, in agreeing
to enter into this Agreement, it has not relied on any representation,
warranty, collateral contract or other assurance except those set
out in
this Agreement and the documents referred to in made by or on behalf
of
the other Party before the signature of this
Agreement.
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22.20
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Without
prejudice The
Parties agree that the rights and remedies of the Parties hereunder
are in
addition to their rights at Law or
equity.
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SIGNED
AND
DELIVERED
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16.13.1
The Parties agree that if the transactions contemplated in this Agreement
cannot be completed in the manner set forth herein, then the Parties
shall
use reasonable endeavours to enter into other transactions that (a)
would
result in a substantially similar outcome and (b) do not prejudice
any of
the Parties. Each of the Parties further agrees that, during
any such negotiations, it shall refrain from initiating any legal
actions
against the other Parties; and)
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "
INDIA
GLOBILIZATION CAPTIAL INC., USA"
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16.13.2
Each Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all
further
acts and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution
and
delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or
as the
other Parties may reasonably require, whether on or after the date
of this
Agreement, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and
the
transactions contemplated by it and for the purpose of vesting in
the
Investor the full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be
transferred to the Investor under this
Agreement.)
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA
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)
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(Authorised
Signatory)
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)
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ON
THE 15TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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)
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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)
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WITNESS:
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)
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NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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)
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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)
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "SRICON
INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED "
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)
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. R.L. SRIVASTAVA
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)
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(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THE
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)
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RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
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)
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ON
THE 15TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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)
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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)
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WITNESS:
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)
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ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "PROMOTERS"
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MR.
R.L. SRIVASTAVA
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ON
THE 15TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED " Investor
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA
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(Authorised
Signatory)
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ON
THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "TECHNI
BHARATHI LTD"
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. JORTIN ANTONY
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(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THE
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RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
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ON
THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "Promoter"
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MR.
JORTIN ANTONY
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ON
THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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ADDRESS:
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A.
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The
Company is a public limited company inter alia engaged
in
the business of infrastructure development specialising in construction
of
roads over
the last two decades (the “Business”);
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B.
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The
Investor is currently engaged in making investments in India especially
in
sectors such as power, infrastructure, etc. and wishes to make a
foray
into the Business;
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C.
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The
Company has, at the date of this Agreement, an authorised share capital
of
INR 15,00,00,000 consisting
of
80,00,000 equity shares of par value INR 10 each and
70,00,000
15% redeemable preference shares of par value INR 10 each. As
of date 4287500 Equity Shares have been issued and are held by the
persons
in the number as set out in Schedule 2 A and
5,000,000 convertible preference shares have been issued (“Sale
Shares”);
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D.
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The
Promoters have requested the Investor and the Investor proposes to
invest
in the Company in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement.
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1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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A.(a)
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The
Company is engaged in the business of infrastructure development
specialising in construction of roads (the “Business”);'Act'
shall mean the
Indian Companies Act, 1956 and any amendment thereto or any other
succeeding enactment for the time being in
force.
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B.(b)
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IGC
is currently engaged in making investments in India especially in
sectors
which inter alia
includes power, infrastructure, and wishes to make a foray into the
Business;‘Affiliate’
means when used in respect of a specified legal person, each
legal
person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with the
person
specified. In this definition “control” (and its derivatives) means both
(i) holding beneficially more than fifty per cent (50%) of equity
interests and (ii) the ability to cast more than fifty (50%)per cent
of
the voting rights attaching to voting securities or (iii) power to
direct
the management or policies of such entity by contract or otherwise.
The
term ‘Affiliate’, when used in respect of an individual party mean such
party’s Relative as defined in section 6 of the
Act.
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C.(c)
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The
Parties have entered into a Share Subscription Agreement (“SSPA”) of even date,
setting out the terms and conditions subject to which IGC shall subscribe
to certain Equity Shares and convertible preference shares in the
Company;'Agreement' shall mean
this Share Subscription Agreement, as from time to time amended,
supplemented or replaced or otherwise modified and any document which
amends, supplements, replaces or otherwise modifies this Agreement,
together with the recitals and all the Annexes, Appendices and Schedules
attached hereto.
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D.(d)
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The
Parties have agreed to enter into this Agreement for the purposes
of
regulating their relationship with each other as members of the Company
and regulating, as between themselves, certain aspects of the affairs
of
the Company.‘Applicable
Law’ shall mean all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances,
regulations, rules, orders, bye laws, administrative interpretation,
writ,
injunction, directive, protocols, codes, policies, notices, directions,
judgment or decree or other instrument or other requirements of any
Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction applicable to
any
Party from time to time.
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1.(e)
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DEFINITIONS
AND
INTERPRETATION‘Articles’
means the
Articles of Association of the Company to be duly amended to reflect
the
terms of the Shareholders Agreement (as from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented in accordance with the provisions thereof)
to the
extent permitted under law.
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1.1(f)
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Definitions'Authorised
Dealer'
shall mean the
banker of the
Company.
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(ag)
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“Act
or Companies Act”
shall mean the Indian Companies Act, 1956 and any amendment
thereto
or any other succeeding enactment for the time being in force.'Board' shall mean
the
board of directors of the Company.
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(bh)
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”Affiliate”
means (i) when
used in respect of a specified legal person, each legal person that
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls
or is
Controlled by, or is under common Control with the person specified
(ii)
when used in respect of an individual party, such person’s relative within
the meaning of section 6 of the Act. In this definition “Control” (and its
derivatives) means both (i) holding beneficially more than fifty
per cent
(50%) of equity interests and (ii) the ability to cast more than
fifty
(50%) per cent of the voting rights attaching to voting shares or
(iii)
power to direct the management or policies of such entity by contract
or
otherwise.‘Claim’
includes any notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document
issued
or action taken by any tax, fiscal or other statutory or governmental
authority, body or official whatsoever (whether of India or elsewhere
in
the world) whereby the Company is or may be placed or sought to be
placed
under a liability to make a payment or deprived of any relief, allowance,
credit or repayment otherwise
available.
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(i)
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'Completion'
shall mean
completion of the events specified in Clause4.3 below and
the
Investor being registered as a member in respect of the Subscription
Shares in the register of members of
Company.
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(j)
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‘Completion
Date' shall
mean date mentioned in Clause4.3
hereof.
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(k)
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‘CPS’
means
1,25,00,000
compulsorily convertible preference shares of the face value of INR
10
each with the terms and conditions as listed in Schedule 5 hereto
proposed to be issued by the Company to the Investor pursuant to
the terms
of this Agreement.
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(l)
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‘CPS
Consideration’ means
INR 125000000 to be paid by the Investor to the Company for the
CPS.
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(m)
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'Conditions
Precedent'
shall mean the conditions precedent mentioned in Clause 3 of this
Agreement.
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(n)
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‘Derivative
Securities’
means any subscriptions, options, debentures, bonds, conversion rights,
warrants, or similar agreements, Securities or commitments of any
kind
obligating the Company to issue, grant, deliver or sell, or cause
to be
issued, granted, delivered or sold (i) any shares in the share capital
or
any derivative securities of the Company; (ii) any securities convertible
into or exchangeable for any shares in the share capital of the Company;
(iii) any obligations measured by the price or value of the shares
in the
share capital of the Company; or (iv) any rights to participate in
the
equity or income of the Company or to participate in or direct the
election of any directors or officers of the
Company.
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(co)
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“Agreement”
shall
mean this
Shareholders Agreement together with the annexures thereto as from
time to
time made, amended, supplemented or replaced or otherwise modified
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.'Encumbrances' means any
encumbrance, lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge, easement,
conditional sale or other title retention or non-disposal agreement
or
other restriction of a similar kind, and all other easements,
encroachments and title defects of every type and nature, or any
conditional sale, contract, title, retention contract, or other contract
to give or to refrain from giving any of the
foregoing.
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(dp)
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“Applicable
Law(s)” means
any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment, order, decree,
bye-law, approval, directive, guideline, policy, requirement or other
governmental restriction or any similar form of decision of, or
determination by, or any interpretation or administrative order having
the
force of law of any of the foregoing, by any Government Authority
having
jurisdiction over the matter in question.‘INR’ means the
lawful
currency of India.
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(eq)
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”Board”‘Intellectual
Property’
shall mean the boardall forms of directorsintellectual property rights
subsisting under any law or equity and all analogous rights subsisting
under the laws of all jurisdictions and shall include any product
or
process of the Company.human intellect whether registrable as patents,
trade marks, copyrights, designs or otherwise such as an invention,
or
derivative works of the same expression or literary creation, unique
name,
trade secret, business method, database, industrial process, computer
program, source code, process, presentation,
etc.
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(fr)
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“Budget”
means
the budget
of the Company from time to time approved by the Shareholders in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.‘Investor Shares’ mean
7,15,00,000 Equity Shares proposed to be issued by the Company to
the
Investor at the Issue Price.
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(gs)
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“Business”
has
the meaning
given in recital A.‘Investor Consideration’
means INR 275000000 to be paid by the Investor to the Company for
the
Investor Shares.
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(ht)
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“Business
Plan”‘Issue Price’
means the
operating and capital budget for the Company prepared on an annual
basis
for a Financial Year, with reference to the Business, which business
plan
shall identify and set out, inter alia, the time
scales and financial projections with key assumptions listed, including
all planned commitments, borrowings, amount and timingprice of capital
contributions to be made by the Shareholders, projected profit and
loss,
balance sheet, cash flow for such Financial Year in a form to be
mutually
agreed in writing between the Parties.Rs. 38.46 per Investor
Share.
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(iu)
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”Claim”
includes any
notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document issued or action
taken by any tax, fiscal or other statutory or governmental authority,
body or official whatsoever (whether of India or elsewhere in the
world)
whereby the Company is or may be placed or sought to be placed under
a
liability to make a payment or deprived of any relief, allowance,
credit
or repayment otherwise available.‘Liabilities’ means any
and all contingent, current, deferred or long-term liabilities,
obligations, payables, forms of taxation whether of India or elsewhere
in
the world, past, present and deferred (including, without limitation,
income tax, stamp duty, customs and other import or export duties)
and all
other statutory or governmental impositions, duties and levies and
all
penalties, charges, costs and interest relating to any
Claim.
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(jv)
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“Company”
means
Techni
Bharathi Limited, incorporated under the laws of India having its
registered office is at By pass road, Edappally, Kochi – 682 024,
India.‘Memorandum’
means the Memorandum of Association of the
Company.
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(kw)
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“Completion”
and
“Completion
Date” shall have
the meanings ascribed to it in the SSA.'Party' shall mean
the
Investor, the Promoters or the Company referred to individually and
'Parties' shall mean
the
Investor, the Promoters and the Company referred to
collectively.
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(lx)
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“Confidential
Information”
means the provisions of this Agreement and (i) any information concerning
the organisation, business, technology, trade secrets, know-how,
finance,
transactions or affairs of the Company, any subsidiary or any other
Shareholder or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers
or
employees (whether conveyed in written, oral or in any other form
and
whether such information is furnished before, on or after the date
hereof)
and (ii) any information or materials prepared by a Party or its
Representatives that contains or otherwise reflects, or is generated
from,
Confidential Information.'Person' shall include
an individual, an association, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture, a trust, an unincorporated organisation, a joint stock company
or
other entity or organisation, including a government or political
subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof and/or any other
legal entity.
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(my)
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“CPS”
means
the convertible
preference shares subscribed to by IGC pursuant to the provisions
of the
SSA.'Representations
and
Warranties' shall mean the representations and warranties given by
the Company and/or the Promoters in this Agreement, in particular
Clause 5
hereto.
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(nz)
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“Directors”
means
the
directors of the Company and “Director” means any one
of
them (as the context requires).‘Securities’ means,
with
respect to any person, such person's equity capital, registered capital,
joint venture or other ownership interests (including, without limitation,
in the case of the Company, shares) or any options, warrants, loans
or
other securities that are directly or indirectly convertible into,
at or
exercisable or exchangeable for, at the sole option of such person,
such
equity capital, registered capital, joint venture or other ownership
interests (whether or not such Derivative Securities are issued by
such
person).
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(oaa)
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“Effective
Date” shall mean
the date of execution of this Agreement by the Parties.'Shares' shall mean
the
equity shares or preference shares of the
Company.
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(pbb)
|
“Encumbrances”
means any
encumbrance, lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge, easement,
conditional sale or other title retention or non-disposal agreement
or
other restriction of a similar kind, and all other easements,
encroachments and title defects of every type and nature, or any
conditional sale contract, title retention contract, or other contract
to
give or to refrain from giving any of the foregoing.'Shareholder' or 'Shareholders'
shall
mean any Person who holds any
Shares.
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(qcc)
|
“Financial
Year” means the
financial year of the Company ending 31st March or other financial
year
agreed by the Shareholders at a general meeting.‘Shareholders Agreement’
means the agreement of even date entered into between the Promoters,
the
Company, the Investor in relation to the management and governance
of the
Company on the terms and conditions mentioned
therein.
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(rdd)
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“Government
Authority” or
“Government
Authorities” means (a) central, state, city, municipal or local
government, governmental authority or political subdivision thereof
having
jurisdiction; or (b) any agency or instrumentality of any of the
authorities referred to in Clause (a); or (c) any regulatory or
administrative authority, body or other organisation having jurisdiction,
to the extent that the rules, regulations, standards, requirements,
procedures or orders of such authority, body or other organisation
have
the force of Applicable Laws; or (d) any court or tribunal having
jurisdiction.‘Subscription Price’
means an aggregate of the Investor Consideration and the CPS
Consideration.
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(see)
|
“IGC
Competitor” means any
person (alone or together with any of its affiliates and successors
and
permitted assigns of such person) who is engaged in similar Business.‘Subscription Shares’
means an aggregate of the Investor Shares and the
CPS.
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(tff)
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‘INR’
means the lawful
currency of India.‘Tax’ or collectively
‘Taxes’ shall mean
(i) any and all taxes imposed by any governmental body, assessments
and
other governmental charges, duties, impositions and liabilities,
including
sales tax, excise duties, service tax, wealth tax, dividend tax,
value
added tax, other taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts,
income,
profits, use and occupation, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding,
payroll, employment and property taxes, together with all interest,
penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts; (ii)
any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause
(i) as a result of being or ceasing to be a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period; and (iii)
any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause
(i) or (ii) as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify
any other Person or as a result of any obligations under any agreements
or
arrangements with any other Person with respect to such amounts and
including any liability for taxes of a predecessor entity or a
transferor.
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(ugg)
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‘Key
Employees’ shall mean
the Managing Director, the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief
Executive
Officer of the Company.‘Transaction Documents’
shall mean any and all deeds, documents; letters executed or proposed
to
be executed between the Parties to achieve Completion, including
this
Agreement and the Shareholders
Agreement.
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(vhh)
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‘Liabilities’
means any and
all current liabilities, obligations, payables, forms of taxation
whether
of India or elsewhere in the world, past, present and deferred (including,
without limitation, income tax, stamp duty, customs and other import
or
export duties) and all other statutory or governmental impositions,
duties
and levies and all penalties, charges, costs and interest relating
to any
Claim.‘Warrantors’
means the Company and the Promoters and ‘Warrantor’ means any
one of them.
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(w)1.2
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'Party'
shall mean IGC, the
Company or the Promoters referred to individually and 'Parties' shall mean
IGC,
the Company and the Promoters referred to collectively.Other Defined
Terms:
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(xi)
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'Person'
shall include an
individual, an association, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture,
a trust, an unincorporated organisation, a joint stock company or
other
entity or organisation, including a government or political subdivision,
or an agency or instrumentality thereof and/or any other legal
entity.‘Business
Days’ means the days on which the banks are open for business in
Mumbai, India.
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(yii)
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“Pro
Rata Share” means, with
respect to any Shareholder, the proportion that the number of fully
paid
up Shares held by such Shareholder bears to the aggregate number
of fully
paid up Shares held by all Shareholders, in each case on
a fully diluted basis.‘Dispute’
shall have
the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 10.1 of this
Agreement.
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(ziii)
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“Securities”
means,
with
respect to any person, such person's equity capital, registered capital,
joint venture or other ownership interests (including, without limitation,
in the case of the Company, shares) or any options, warrants, loans
or
other securities that are directly or indirectly convertible into,
at or
exercisable or exchangeable for, at the sole option of such person,
such
equity capital, registered capital, joint venture or other ownership
interests (whether or not such Derivative Securities are issued by
such
person).‘Losses’
shall have the meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 6.1 of this
Agreement.
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(aa)1.3
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'Shares'
shall mean the
equity shares of the Company.Interpretation
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(bb)1.3.1
|
"Share
Capital” means the
amount derived by multiplying the total number of Shares by Rs. Ten
(10).The terms referred to in this Agreement shall, unless defined
otherwise or inconsistent with the context or meaning thereof, bear
the
meaning ascribed to it under the relevant
statute/legislation.
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(cc)1.3.2
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'Shareholder'
or 'Shareholders' shall mean
IGC and the Promoters and / or any person to whom Shares are issued
or
transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.All references
in this Agreement to statutory provisions shall be construed as meaning
and including references to:
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(dd)
|
“Shareholding”
in
relation
to a Shareholder, means ownership of the Shares by such Shareholder,
at
any time.
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(ee)
|
“Share
Subscription
Agreement” or “SSA” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
Recital C.
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(ff)
|
“Subscribed
Shares” shall
mean such number of Shares of the Company agreed to be subscribed
by IGC
pursuant to the provisions of the
SSA.
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(a)
|
Any
statutory modification, consolidation or re-enactment (whether before
or
after the date of this Agreement) for the time being in
force;
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(b)
|
All
statutory instruments or orders made pursuant to a statutory provision;
and
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(c)
|
any
statutory provisions of which these statutory provisions are a
consolidation, re-enactment or
modification.
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(gg)1.3.3
|
“Transfer”
means
to sell,
gift, assign, amalgamate, merge, transmit (whether by operation of
Law or
otherwise) or create any Encumbrance on any Shares or any right,
title or
interest therein or otherwise to dispose of the Shares in any manner
whatsoever.Words denoting the singular shall include the plural and
words
denoting any gender shall include all
genders.
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(hh)1.3.4
|
‘Warrantors’
means the
Company and the Promoters and ‘Warrantor’ means any
one
of them.Headings to clauses, sub-clauses and paragraphs are for
information only and shall not form part of the operative provisions
of
this Agreement or the Schedules and shall be ignored in construing
the
same.
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1.23.5
|
Other
Defined
Terms:References to recitals, clauses or schedules are, unless the
context otherwise requires, are references to recitals, to clauses
of or
schedules to this Agreement.
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(i)1.3.6
|
‘Business
Days’ means the
days on which the banks are open for business in Mumbai, India.Reference
to days, months and years are to Gregorian days, months and calendar
years
respectively.
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(ii)1.3.7
|
‘Dispute’
shall
have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 16.1 of this
Agreement.Any reference to the words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall
refer to clauses or annexures of this Agreement as specified
therein.
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(iii)1.3.8
|
‘Losses’
shall have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 14.1 of this
Agreement.Any expression importing a natural person includes any
company,
trust, partnership, joint venture, association, body corporate or
governmental agency.
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1.3.9
|
Where
a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, another part of speech
or
other grammatical form in respect of that word or phrase has a
corresponding meaning.
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1.3.10
|
Reference
to “Investor”, unless repugnant to the context shall for the purpose of
this Agreement, mean and include the Affiliates of the
Investor.
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1.5.11
|
The
words “include” and “including” shall be construed without
limitation.
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1.5.12
|
The
rule of construction, if any, that a contract should be interpreted
against the Party responsible for the drafting and preparation thereof,
shall not apply to this Agreement.
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1.32.
|
InterpretationSUBSCRIPTION
ON COMPLETION
DATE
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2.1
|
Subject
to the terms of this
Agreement, and relying on the Representations and Warranties and
the
indemnities given by the Promoters and the Company under this Agreement,
the Investor agrees on the Completion Date to subscribe for and the
Company agrees to issue and allot to the Investor the Subscription
Shares
in consideration of the Subscription
Price.
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1.3.1
|
In
this Agreement (unless the context requires otherwise), any express
reference to an enactment (which includes any legislation in any
jurisdiction) includes references
to:
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(i)
|
that
enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment
before, on or after the date of this
Agreement;
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(ii)
|
any
enactment which that enactment re-enacts (with or without modification);
and
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(iii)
|
any
subordinate legislation (including regulations) made (before, on
or after
the date of this Agreement) under that enactment, as re-enacted,
amended,
extended or applied as described in paragraph (i) above, or under
any
enactment referred to in paragraph (ii)
above.
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2.2
|
The
Subscription Shares shall be issued free from all Encumbrances and
together with all rights, title and interests now or hereafter attaching
thereto. The Subscription Shares shall in accordance with Applicable
Laws
and as the context may require, rank pari passu with all
the
existing Shares of the Company.
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3.
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
|
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|
3.1
|
The
Parties agree that the obligation of the Investor to subscribe to
the
Subscription Shares in the manner provided herein, is conditional
upon (i)
the fulfilment of the following conditions to the satisfaction of
the
Investor, unless specifically waived in writing by the Investor;
and (ii)
only if all the Representations and Warranties continue to be true
and
correct on the Completion Date:
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3.1.1
|
The
passing by the Board, in accordance with the Act and the Articles,
of
resolutions approving, initialling and
authorizing:
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1.3.2a)
|
In
this Agreement, reference to including and include shall be construed
to
mean “including without limitation” and “include without limitation”
respectively.the execution of the Transaction Documents and the
performance of the transactions contemplated
therein;
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1.3.3
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In
this Agreement, references to a person shall be construed so as to
include
any individual, firm, company, unincorporated association of persons,
government, state or agency of a state or any
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joint
venture, association, partnership, or employee representative body
(whether or not having separate legal
personality).
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1.3.4
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Where
there is any inconsistency between the definitions set out in this
Clause
l and the definitions set out in any other clause or schedule, then
for
the purposes of construing such clause or schedule, the definitions
set
out in such clause or schedule shall
prevail.
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b)
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the
draft of the amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association
of
the Company, to reflect, to the extent permitted by law, the provisions
of
the Shareholders Agreement, in the form approved by the Investor,
subject
to obtaining approval of the shareholders of the
Company;
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c)
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the
issue of the Subscription Shares pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement;
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1.3.5d)
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In
this Agreement:the approval of the resignation of Mr. K.V. Thomas,
Mr.
Jose Thomas and Mr. N. Sunder from the
Board;
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(i)
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words
importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;
and
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(ii)
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references
to IGC unless repugnant to the context shall for the purpose of this
Agreement mean and include the Affiliates of
IGC.
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1.3.6
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The
headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation and are
for
convenience only. Any schedule or annex to this Agreement shall take
effect as if set out in this Agreement and references to this Agreement
shall include its schedules and
annexure.
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1.3.7
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In
this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference
to a
Recital, Clause, Subclause, paragraph, subparagraph, Schedule or
item is a
reference to a Recital, Clause, sub-clause, paragraph, subparagraph,
Schedule or item of this Agreement.
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1.3.8
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For
the purposes of any calculation under this Agreement any fraction
will be
rounded off to the next integer.
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1.3.9
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Any
time period prescribed for the performance of any obligation of IGC
and/or
any of its Affiliate under this Agreement to Transfer or subscribe
to
Shares of the Company shall be extended by as many days as necessary
in
order to facilitate IGC and/or its Affiliate to obtain all such approvals
(if any) from Government Authorities required under Applicable Laws
in
order to fulfil such obligations not being in any event more than
90 days
from the date hereof or such longer period as may specifically be
agreed
between the Parties.
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3.1.2
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Execution
of the Shareholders Agreement;
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3.1.3
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Completion
of a business, financial, accounting, tax, technical, legal and regulatory
due diligence on the Company by the Investor and resolution of all
issues
arising therefrom to the satisfaction of the Investor on or before
45
Business Days from the date of this
Agreement;
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3.1.4
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A
resolution being passed at a duly constituted meeting of the board
of
directors of Investor and a resolution being passed at duly constituted
meeting of the shareholders of the Investor, approving the subscription
to
the Subscription Shares and the satisfaction of all other conditions
for
the Investor to effect a Business Combination as set forth in the
Investor's Prospectus dated March 3, 2006 as filed with the US Securities
and Exchange Commission;
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3.1.5
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The
Promoters obtaining written consents from all banks, financial
institutions, lenders of the Company and all other third parties
as may be
required for change in shareholding of the Company in form and substance
satisfactory to the Investor;
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3.1.6
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There
shall not have been any change, effect or circumstance from the
date hereof to the Completion Date, which has or may reasonably be
expected to have an adverse effect on the Company, the Company’s
prospects/profits/profitability/financial position/ financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the
Business;
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3.1.7
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Providing
details of the bank account of the Company maintained with the Authorised
Dealer to the Investor for the purpose of receiving the Subscription
Price
under this Agreement;
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3.1.8
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The
Parties obtaining all statutory consents and approvals required or
desirable under any and all applicable laws and regulations (i) for
the
subscription, issue and allotment of the Subscription Shares pursuant
to
the terms of this Agreement; and (ii) to give effect to the transactions
contemplated herein and under the Transaction Documents having been
obtained and remaining in full force and
effect;
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23.1.9
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The
Company has, at the date of this Agreement, an authorised share capital
of
INR 15,00,00,000 consisting
of
80,00,000 equity shares of par value INR 10 each and 70,00,000
15% redeemable preference shares of par value INR 10 each. As
of date 4287500 Equity Shares have been issued and are held by the
persons
in the number as set out in Schedule 2 A and 5,000,000
convertible preference shares have been issued.Each of the Promoters
delivering to the Investor a no-objection certificate in the form
contained in Schedule 4 hereto and a no-objection certificate from
the
Company in the form contained in Schedule 4A
hereto;
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2.23.1.10
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Upon
Completion, the Shareholding pattern of the Company shall be as set
out in
Schedule 2B and the
CPS shall be issued to IGC.Investor receiving from the Promoters
and the
Company three year financial statements for the period ended March
31,
2007, March 31, 2006 and March 31, 2005 converted into US GAAP and
audited
by a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (www.pcaob.com) and
unaudited US GAAP financial statements for the period commencing
April 1,
2007 and ending September 30, 2007 or as of such later period, which
shall
not be earlier than 7 days prior to the Completion
Date;
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2.3.1.11
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Promoters
and IGC agree that on Completion, the Parties would have only partly
funded the Company and that both Parties hereby agree to further
fund the
Company, as and when required to the maximum extent as specified
in the
Business Plan in proportion to their Shareholding in the Company.
The
Parties shall mutually agree on the manner and time of such future
funding.The purchase of the Sale Shares by the Investor and the
incorporation of the name of the Investor in the register of members
in
respect to the Sale Shares.
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3.2.4
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In
the event the Company does not have adequate resources to fund its
operations as envisaged in the Business Plan as amended or revised
with
approval of the Board or the Shareholders, and provided the Shareholders
have funded their full share of funding commitment as set forth in
the
Business Plan, the Company shall raise such additional funds (“Additional Funds”) (i)
through external commercial borrowings from IGC on reasonable effort
basis, in compliance with the exchange control regulations or
alternatively, through other modes of non-convertible debt on terms
and
conditions to be satisfactory to IGC within a period of 45 days from
the
requirement of the Additional Funds; or (ii) if the Board determines
that
the Company is not able to raise external commercial borrowing or
non-convertible debt as referred to herein, by an offering
of Shares (“Additional Shares”) to the
Shareholders in proportion to their respective Pro Rata Share in
the
Company and on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed between
the
Parties. Such Additional Shares to be issued upon subscription to
the
Shareholders shall be fully paid up by the respective Shareholder
in cash.
In the event any Shareholder does not subscribe entirely to its Pro
Rata
Share of Additional Shares, the other Shareholder shall have the
right to
subscribe to the unsubscribed portion of the Pro Rata Share of the
unsubscribing Shareholder in the Additional Shares (“Unsubscribed Additional
Shares”). In the
event that any
Shareholder nominates an Affiliate to subscribe to the Additional
Shares
or the Unsubscribed Additional Shares, such Shareholder shall cause
such
Affiliate to execute an Affiliate Deed of Adherence in the form set
out in
Schedule 4 and the
Company shall not issue the Additional Shares or the Unsubscribed
Additional Shares to such Affiliate unless a duly executed (by all
parties
thereto) Affiliate Deed of Adherence has been lodged with it.Upon
fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent, the Promoters and the Company
shall notify the Investor of the same in
writing.
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3.3
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The
Company shall purchase key man insurance policy of such amounts as
may be
decided by the Board, with benefits payable to the Company, covering
the
Key Employees and such of the Promoters as may be identified by the
Company.If the Conditions Precedent mentioned in Clause 3.1.3 above is
not fulfilled or satisfied to the satisfaction of the Investor or
waived
in writing by the Investor within 45 days of the date of this Agreement
or
such other date as may be mutually agreed between the Parties in
writing,
the Investor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement forthwith.
The termination of this Agreement shall not in any way affect or
prejudice
any right accrued to any Party against the other prior to such
termination. The Promoters however hereby confirm, undertake and
agree,
that they shall cause the Company to provide to the Investor and/or
its
advisors, all relevant information relating to the Company, including
accounting, financial, tax, marketing, technical, human resources
and
legal information, whether or not requested by the Investor and/or
its
advisors, latest by the completion of 45 days from the date of this
Agreement. The Promoters acknowledge and confirm that the Investor
and/or
its advisors shall be entitled to request for any information that
they
deem necessary and material in relation to the Company for the purpose
of
conducting the due diligence exercise. The Promoters shall provide
full
and complete access to the Investor and/or its advisors to all of
the
records, facilities, employees, suppliers and customers of the Company,
along with answers and clarifications to questions raised by the
Investor
and/or its advisors and will cooperate fully with them in the completion
of the due diligence exercise. The Parties acknowledge and confirm
that
the quantum and payment of the Subscription Price for the Subscription
Shares shall be subject to the satisfactory results of the due diligence
exercise to be conducted by the Investor, at the sole satisfaction
of the
Investor and in the event, the Investor is not satisfied with the
results
of the due diligence exercise conducted by the Investor but has waived
the
requirement of the Condition Precedent mentioned in Clause 3.1.3 above, the
Parties shall mutually agree on a revised Subscription
Price.
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3.4.
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BOARD
OF DIRECTORS CONSTITUTION,
APPOINTMENT, NOMINATION AND MANAGEMENTThe Promoters and the Company
undertake to use all best efforts to ensure that all the Conditions
Precedent are satisfied as soon as possible and the Condition Precedent
as
mentioned in Clause
3.1.3 is satisfied no later than the date mentioned in Clause 3.3
above.
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4.13.5
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Constitution,
Appointment and
NominationThe Promoters and the Company shall co-operate and
provide all information and reasonable assistance to the Investor
and/or
its advisors and authorised representatives to enable them to verify
the
records/documents of the Company.
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(a)
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Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement and the Companies Act, the Board
shall
be responsible for the management, supervision, direction and control
of
the Company. Subject to Applicable Laws, the Board shall
initially consist of five (5) Directors but may be increased up to
seven
(7) Directors
subject to a maximum of twelve (12) Directors and such Directors
shall be
appointed in accordance with this
Agreement.
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(b)
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Composition
of the Board.
The Parties agree that subject to Applicable Laws, the Promoters
shall be
entitled to nominate three (3) Directors, out of which one shall
be Mr
Jortin Antony and IGC shall be entitled to nominate two (2) Directors
on
the Board. All Directors shall be persons whose period of office
shall be
liable to determination by retirement of directors by rotation and
shall
be required to be appointed by the Company in a general meeting.
On the
restructuring of the Board, Mr Jortin Antony, shall be appointed
as the
Managing Director of the Company.
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4.
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COMPLETION
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4.1
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The
Promoters and the Company shall notify the Investor of the fulfilment
of
the Conditions Precedent and provide to the Investor, all the requisite
documents evidencing fulfilment of such Conditions Precedent applicable
to
the Promoters and/or the Company. The Investor through its
advisors/counsel shall then satisfy itself as to the fulfilment of
the
Conditions Precedent. The Investor shall notify the Promoters and
the
Company within 7 days from the date of receipt of all the
documents/information from the Promoters of its satisfaction or
dissatisfaction with the same or of waiving the fulfilment of any
of the
Conditions Precedent applicable to the Promoters and/or
Company.
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4.2
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In
case the Investor notifies the Promoters or the Company of its
dissatisfaction under Clause 4.1 above,
the
Promoters shall fulfil the unfulfilled Conditions Precedent within
7 days
of receipt of such notice and shall provide to the Investor, all
requisite
documents evidencing fulfilment of that Condition Precedent. Subject
to
Clause 3.3 above, the procedure referred to in Clause 4.1 above shall
be followed thereafter until the fulfilment of all Conditions Precedent
applicable to the Promoters and/or Company, to the satisfaction of
the
Investor.
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4.3
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Upon
fulfilment of all the Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of
the
Investor or if specifically waived in writing by the Investor, the
Parties
shall proceed to complete the issue of the Subscription Shares to
the
Investor (‘Completion’) in the
manner provided in this Clause. Such Completion shall take place
on a date
set by the Investor (the ‘Completion Date’), which
date shall not be later than 15 days from the fulfilment of all the
Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of the Investor. This date
may
however be extended upon mutual agreement between the
Parties.
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4.4
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The
Completion shall take place at the office of Economic Laws Practice,
1502
Dalamal Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai -
400021.
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4.5
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On
the Completion Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to
the Investor:
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(c)a)
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Appointment
and Removal of
Directors. Subject to the Applicable Laws, Mr Jortin
Antony shall serve a term of five (5) years. Subject to the mutual
consent
of the Board and Mr Jortin Antony, the five (5) year term of Mr Jortin
Antony may be extended to a further term not exceeding 5 years at
any one
time.certified true copies of the Board Resolutions referred to in
clause
3.1.1;
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(d)
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Alternate
Directors. Any
Director may, by prior written notice to the other Shareholders and
the
Company, nominate one alternate at any time to act on his behalf
as a
Director in circumstances and for such period as may be valid under
the
Companies Act, and the Shareholders shall procure that the Board
shall
approve any such nomination and appoint the relevant individual to
act as
alternate Director. The Shareholders shall procure that the
Board will, unless the nominating Director instructs the Board otherwise,
automatically reappoint any nominated alternate if, for any reason,
the
nominated alternate's office is deemed to have been vacated. An alternate
Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of the
Board,
to attend and vote at any such meeting at which the Director appointing
him is not personally present and at the meeting to exercise and
discharge
all the functions, powers and duties of his appointee or as a Director.
An
alternate Director shall automatically vacate his office as an alternate
Director if the Director who appointed him ceases to be a
Director.
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(e)
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Voting.
Subject to quorum
requirements under Clause 4.1(i) being met each Director shall have
one
vote on the Board and, except as otherwise specifically provided
in Clause
4.5 below and/or as specifically required by the Companies Act, all
decisions of the Board shall be taken by a simple majority of the
Directors present and voting or deemed to be present at the meeting
or in
the case of resolution by circulation by majority of Directors to
whom the
resolution is circulated in accordance with Clause 4.1(k) below.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a resolution
in
respect of Fundamental Issue shall require the affirmative vote of
a
Director nominated by IGC, for it to be validly
passed.
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b)
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written
confirmation from the Company and each of the Promoters that as at
the
Completion Date:
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no
change, effect or circumstance has occurred, which has or may reasonably
be expected to have an adverse effect on the Company, the Company’s
prospects/profits/profitability/financial position/ financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the operations/businesses and/or
the
Business; and
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the
Representations and Warranties are true, accurate and complete and
that it
is not aware of any matter or thing which is in breach of or inconsistent
with any of the Representations and
Warranties;
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(f)c)
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Chairman.
The Chairman of
the Board shall be elected by the majority of the Board. In case
the
Chairman is unavailable, any IGC Director may be appointed by the
Board as
the Chairman for that particular meeting to act as the Chairman of
the
Board. The Chairman shall not have a casting vote.the no-objection
certificates referred to in clause
3.1.9.
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(g)
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Meeting
and Minutes of Board
Meeting. The Board shall meet as may be necessary to discharge its
duties but in any case no less frequently than holding at least one
meeting every three calendar months. The minutes of the Board
shall be circulated within ten (10) Business Days of the date of
the
meeting of the Board. At the beginning of each meeting of the
Board, the Board minutes of the previous meeting shall be approved
if
agreed to by all Directors.
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4.6
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Immediately
thereafter, a meeting of the Board shall be held at which, the Board
shall
pass resolutions:
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(h)i)
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Notice.
At least fifteen
(15) Business Days' notice of each Board meeting shall be given to
each
Director unless, in any particular case, all of the Directors otherwise
agree in writing. The notice of the meeting of the Board shall be
accompanied by an agenda of the business to be transacted at that
meeting
together with all papers to be circulated or presented to the same.
No
business shall be discussed at a Board meeting unless such business
was
included in the agenda.approving the allotment of the Subscription
Shares
to the Investor with the corresponding
certificates;
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(ii)
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Quorum.
The quorum at
meetings of the Board shall be comprised in accordance with the provisions
of the Companies Act, and provided further that it also comprises
of one
Director nominated by IGC and/or its Affiliates.approving the appointment
of the directors, as specified by the Investor on the Board;
and
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(j)iii)
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Determination
of Quorum. If
within two (2) hours from the time appointed for the holding of a
meeting
of the Board a quorum as set forth in Clause 4.1(i) is not present,
the
meeting of the Board shall stand adjourned to the next day in the
same
week (or if that day is a public holiday, to the next Business Day
thereafter) at the same time and place as the original meeting, or
to such
other day and at such other time and place as the Board may
determine. If at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present
within one (1) hour from the time fixed for holding the meeting,
the
meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week (or
if that
day is a public holiday, to the next Business Day thereafter), at
the same
time and place as the reconvened meeting, or to such other day and
such
other time and place as the Board may determine. If at such re-adjourned
meeting a quorum is not present within one (1) hour from the time
fixed
for holding the meeting notwithstanding anything mentioned in Clause
4.1(i) or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Directors present shall
constitute a quorum at such meeting. convening an extra-ordinary
general
meeting of the Company in accordance with the Articles of the Company
to
amend the Memorandum and Articles of the Company to incorporate the
provisions of the Shareholders Agreement in the form approved by
the Board
under Clause 3.1.1(b) above and to approve the issue of the Subscription
Shares to the Investor pursuant to section 81(1A) of the
Act.
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(k)
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Resolution
by Circulation.
A resolution by circulation must be circulated to all Directors and
approved by majority of the Directors subject to Clause 4.4 in accordance
with Applicable Laws and shall be as valid and effectual as if it
had been
passed at a meeting of Directors duly convened and
constituted. The resolution may be contained in one document or
in several documents in like form each signed or approved by one
or more
Directors concerned, but a resolution signed or approved by an alternate
Director need not also be signed or approved by the Director appointing
such alternate Director and, if it is signed or approved by a Director
who
has appointed an alternate Director, it need not be signed or approved
by
the alternate Director in that
capacity.
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4.7
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Immediately
thereafter, a meeting of the shareholders shall be held at short
notice,
at which the following resolutions shall be
passed:
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(l)ii)
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Shareholders
Meeting
Quorum. The quorum at meetings of the Shareholders shall be as
required by the Companies Act and shall comprise of at least one
(1)
representative of IGC and/or its Affiliates.approving the amendments
to
the Memorandum and Articles of Association in the form approved by
the
Board under Clause 3.1.1(b).
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(m)
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Determination
of Quorum for
Shareholders Meeting. In the event the quorum is not present at any
Shareholders meeting, the meeting shall be reconvened in accordance
with
the provisions of the Companies Act and provisions of the Companies
Act
shall apply to the adjourned meeting. Voting at a meeting of the
Shareholders shall only be by poll.
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(n)
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Shareholders
Meeting:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at
a general
meeting a resolution in respect of Fundamental Issue is proposed
to be
passed such resolution shall require the affirmative vote of the
authorised representative of IGC for it to be validly
passed.
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4.8
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Immediately
thereafter the Company shall (i) issue and deliver to the authorised
representative of the Investor the original certificates duly stamped,
signed and sealed for the Subscription Shares subscribed to by the
Investor; and (ii) incorporate the name of the Investor as the legal
and
beneficial owner of the Subscription Shares in the register of members
of
the Company.
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4.9
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Notwithstanding
the above, on the Completion Date the Investor shall also have a
right to
review the books and accounts of the Company to verify to the satisfaction
of the Investor, that no event has occurred which has or may have
an adverse effect on the Business, operations, financial
condition or prospects of the Business. In the event, the Investor
is not
satisfied with the results of its review; the Investor shall have
the
right to terminate this Agreement forthwith. The termination of this
Agreement shall not in any way affect or prejudice any right accrued
to
any Party against the other prior to such
termination.
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4.10
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On
the Completion Date the Investor
shall:
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a)
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deliver
an application in writing for the Subscription Shares to be subscribed
by
them on the Completion Date; and
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b)
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pay
to the Company the Subscription Price by way of telegraphic
transfer.
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4.2.1
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If
the Board finds it necessary to constitute further other working
committee
or committees, the powers of such working committee or committees
shall be
determined by the Board. The members of any such working committee
or
committees shall not decide the powers of such committee unless delegated
by the Board or otherwise required by
law.
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4.2.2
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Subject
to Applicable Laws, each Party shall have the right to nominate one
person
each on all the working committees constituted by the Board, but
the
Chairman shall be appointed by IGC.
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4.11
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Immediately
after subscription to the Subscription Shares by the Investor, the
equity
shareholding of the Company shall be as set out in Schedule
2B.
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4.12
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The
Parties to this Agreement agree to take all measures that may be
required
to ensure to the extent possible, that all the events contemplated
in
Clause 4 above on
the Completion Date are completed on the same
day.
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4.3.113
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IGC
shall have the sole and absolute right to appoint the CFO of the
Company,
including the right to decide on the terms of employment, duties,
scope of
work and the key responsibilities of the CFO including but not limited
to
financial planning, financial control, audit and treasury functions
of the
Company. The CFO shall report to the Managing
Director. The CFO’s employment may not be terminated under any
circumstances without prior written approval from IGC.Notwithstanding
the
provisions of Clause
4.12 hereto, all proceedings to be taken and all documents to
be
executed and delivered by the Parties at Completion shall be deemed
to
have been taken and executed simultaneously to the extent possible
and no
proceedings shall be deemed to have been taken nor documents executed
or
delivered until all have been taken, executed and
delivered.
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4.3.214
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The
Company and the Promoters acknowledge that IGC as a company follows
stringent compliance, reporting and audit requirements including
but not
limited to timely and accurate closure and reporting of financial
statements compliant with US GAAP and the appointment and removal
of the
statutory auditors and internal auditors shall not be without the
affirmative vote of IGC, including the right of the IGC Director
to
nominate an auditor at the Board meeting.Immediately after the Board
meetings of the Company and passing of the resolutions mentioned
above,
the Parties shall ensure that the Company shall record the necessary
entries in its registers and carry out all the actions that have
been
resolved to be carried out in order to effectively achieve
Completion.
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4.3.315
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Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall not without the
prior
approval of IGCThe Company shall ensure that within 30 days from
the
Completion Date, the relevant forms of the Company are filed with
the
concerned regulatory authorities including the Registrar of Companies,
Reserve Bank of India, etc. in accordance with the provisions of
Applicable Law
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4.3.3.116
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Authorize,
create, alter the rights attaching to or issue any Securities that
are
dilutive of IGC’s ownership of the Subscribed Shares or the CPS, on an
as-converted, fully diluted basis or that have rights, preferences,
or
privileges senior to or on a parity with the Subscribed Shares or
the CPS;
orInvestor’s
Remedy
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4.3.416.1
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IGC
shall have the right to receive US GAAP financial statements of the
Company reviewed by the statutory auditor of the Company within 10
days of
the end of each financial quarter. IGC shall also have the right
to
receive the US GAAP financial statements audited by the statutory
auditor
of the Company within 45 days of the end of each financial year.If
after
having received the Subscription Price from the Investor pursuant
to
Clause 4.10 above, the provisions of this Clause 4 are not complied
with
by the Company and/or the Promoters on the Completion Date, the Investor
shall have the right to obligate the Company and/or the Promoters
and if
so required, by the Investor, the Company and/or the Promoters shall
forthwith refund to the Investor the Subscription Price received
from the
Investor pursuant to Clause 4.10 above together with interest thereon
calculated at the rate of the then applicable State Bank of India
prime
lending rate (“SBI PLR”) plus 10% from the date the Investor paid the
Subscription Price to the date of actual refund by the Company with
interest (“Liquidated Damages”). The Parties agree and acknowledge that
the Liquidated Damages is a genuine pre estimate of the loss that
may be
suffered by the Investor as a result of non-compliance by the Company
and/
or the Promoters of the obligations specified in this
Agreement.
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(i) 4.16.2
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Any
capital expenditure or indebtedness (including giving of security
for or
guaranteeing debts) beyond 15% of the Budget
in the
Business Plan (including a revised Business Plan) that is approved
by the
Board of Directors.The Parties agree and acknowledge that this obligation
of the Company to refund the Subscription Price to the Investor shall
be
without prejudice to any other right, which the Investor may have
under
this Agreement and in law or in
equity.
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(ii) 5.1
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Investments
in any other companies / assets / entities.True and Accurate: The
Warrantors represent, warrant and undertake to the Investor, that
each of
the statements set out in this Clause and Schedule 3 hereof, as applicable
to the Warrantors, is now and will be true and accurate at the Completion
Date. The Warrantors acknowledge that the Investor, in entering into
this
Agreement, is relying on such representations, warranties and
undertakings
and shall be entitled to treat the same as conditions of the Agreement.
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5.2
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Investor
Representation:The Investor hereby
represents and warrants that it has the corporate power and authority
to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated herein. The execution, delivery
and
performance by Investor of the Transaction Documents have been duly
authorized and approved by its board of
directors.
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5.3
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Separate
and Independent: Each
of the Representations and Warranties shall be separate and independent
and, save as expressly provided to the contrary, shall not be limited
by
reference to or inference from any other Representations and Warranty
or
any other term of this Agreement, which is not expressly referenced
to the
Representations and Warranty
concerned.
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5.4
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Knowledge:
If any Representation or
Warranty is qualified by knowledge, then it means that the Representation
or Warranty has been made to the best knowledge of the Warrantors,
after
the Warrantors have made and caused to be made such due and proper
inquiries as may be required in respect of the relevant matter to
obtain
informed knowledge.
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5.5
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Undertaking: None
of the
Warrantors shall do, allow or procure any act or omission before
the
Completion Date which would respectively constitute a breach of any
of the
Representations and Warranties if they were given at the Completion
Date,
or which would make any of the Representations and Warranties inaccurate
or misleading if they were so
given.
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5.6
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Notification
of breach: Each of
the Warrantors hereby agree to disclose promptly to the Investor
in
writing immediately upon becoming aware of the same, any matter,
event or
circumstance (including any omission to act) which may arise or become
known to it after the date of this Agreement
which:
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(iii)
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Amendments
or any proposal to amend the Memorandum or Articles of Association
of the
Company including change in the number of Board members of the
Company.
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(iv)
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Commencement
of any new line of business or acquisition of shares of a company,
which
is unrelated to the Business of the Company, including spending/lending
any funds or furnishing any guarantee or credit or any type of assistance
to any party which carries on or proposes to carry on any business
unrelated to the Business of the
Company.
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5.6.1
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would
render any of the Representations and Warranties to be inaccurate;
or
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5.6.2
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has,
or is likely to have, an adverse effect on the financial
position/prospects/profits/profitability/financial condition/
operations/businesses/ assets and/or the Business of the
Company.
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(v) 5.7
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Commencement
or settlement of litigation in any particular Financial Year other
than
those arising as part of the Company’s normal course of business.Survival: The Representations
and Warranties provided in this Agreement shall survive the Completion
Date.
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(vi) 5.8
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Changes
to material tax policies or practices other than those required by
Applicable Laws.The Company and the Promoter hereby agree and acknowledge
that the Investor has agreed to subscribe to the Subscription Shares
inter alia relying
upon
the Representations and Warranties.
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(vii) 6.1
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Recommend,
giving or renewing of security for or the guaranteeing of debts or
obligations of the Company or any subsidiary and / or Affiliates
of any
Person, other than in the normal course of business.Without prejudice
to
any other right available to the Investor in law or under equity,
the
Promoters shall jointly and severally indemnify, defend and hold
harmless
the Investor, their Affiliates, directors, advisors, officers, employees
and agents, or, if so desired by the Investor, the Promoters shall
indemnify the Company, from and against any and all liabilities,
damages,
demands, Claims (including third party Claims), actions, judgments
or
causes of action, assessments, interest, fines, penalties, and other
costs
or expenses (including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement,
court costs and all reasonable attorneys' fees and out of pocket
expenses)
(“Losses”)
directly based upon, arising out of, or in relation to or otherwise
in
respect of:
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(viii)i.
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Any
change in the Financial Year for preparation of audited accounts
of the
Company.any inaccuracy in or any breach of any Representation and
Warranty, covenant or agreement of the Promoters or Company contained
in
this Agreement or any document or other papers delivered by any of
them to
the Investor in connection with or pursuant to this
Agreement;
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(ix)ii.
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Winding
up and / or liquidation of the Company.any liability arising out
of non
compliance of any obligation undertaken by the Company or the
Promoters;
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(x)iii.
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Divestment
of or sale or Encumbrances of assets, investments, lease, license
or
exchange or pledge in any other way, proposing to dispose off any
assets
or undertaking of the Company, other than in the normal course of
business
and on normal and reasonable commercial terms and conditions.any
liabilities and obligations of whatever nature relating to any litigation,
Claim or governmental investigation pending or relating to the Business
or
operations of the Promoters or the Business of the Company prior
to the
date of execution of this Agreement and as on the Completion
Date;
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(xi)iv.
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Any
agreement, arrangement, transaction to sell or assignment of intellectual
property rights including those relating to copyrights, trademarks,
patents and designs belonging to the Company, other than in the normal
course of business and on normal and reasonable commercial terms.any
liability due to any non-compliance of any applicable law, rules
or
regulations prior to the date of execution of this Agreement and
as on the
Completion Date.
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(xii) 6.2
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Shifting
of registered
office, outside the city of Nagpur.Any compensation or indemnity
as
referred to in Clause 6.1 above shall be such as to place the Investor
in
the same position as it would have been in, had there not been any
such
breach and as if the Representation and Warranty under which Investor
is
to be indemnified, had been
correct.
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(xiii) 7.1
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Commencement
of new business/unit/division outside India, or applying for
pre-qualification for bids and appointing representatives for liaison
in a
foreign country.The Investor and/or the Promoters and their designated
officers, employees, accountants and attorneys shall have the right,
at
any time and from time to time during normal business hours and upon
notice which may be of at least 3 (three) days, to carry out inspection
of
documents, records, premises and all other properties of the Company
at
their own cost as long as they hold any Shares in the
Company.
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(xiv) 7.2
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Any
increase in the issued, subscribed or paid up equity or preference
Share
Capital of the Company or its subsidiary or any other company where
it has
a substantial investment, or re-organization of the Share Capital
of the
Company or its subsidiary or any other company where it has investment,
including new issue of Shares or other Securities of the Company
or its
subsidiary or any other company where it has investment or any
preferential issue of Shares or redemption of any Shares, issuance
of
convertible warrants, or grant of any options over its Shares by
the
Company or its subsidiary or any other company where it has investment.The
Investor and their designated officers, employees, accountants and
attorneys shall have the right to consult with the officers, employees,
accountants and attorneys of the Company for the purpose of affording
the
Investor full opportunity to make such investigation as it may desire
and
to collect such information, data, documents, evidence as may be
required
for the purpose of and in the course of such inspection in connection
therewith. Such investigations and/or audit, however, shall not affect
the
Representations and Warranties made by the Promoters or the
Company.
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(xv) 8.
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Any
transfer of Equity Shares of the Company otherwise than contemplated
by
this Agreement.INTERIM
MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS
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(xvi) 8.1
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Approval
of any new scheme or plan for grant of employee stock options, or
sweat
equity shares to any person or entity, including any modification
to any
new scheme.During the period beginning from the execution of this
Agreement and continuing until the Completion Date, the Company shall,
and
the Promoters shall cause the Company to carry on its Business in
the
usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner
as
heretofore conducted, to pay its debts and Taxes when due, to pay
or
perform other obligations when due, and, to the extent consistent
with
such businesses, to use its best efforts consistent with past practice
and
policies to preserve intact their present business organizations,
keep
available the services of their present officers and employees and
preserve their relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors,
licensors, licensees and others having business dealings with them,
all
with the goal of preserving their goodwill and ongoing businesses
at the
Completion Date.
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(xvii) 8.2
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Granting
of loan and/or procuring, selling to or any other dealings with any
subsidiary or related Party or Affiliates or Promoters of the Company,
which has or is likely to have an actual or potential effect on the
financials of the Company.The Promoters shall cause the Company to
provide
the Investor and its officers, agents, advisors, consultants and
other
representatives reasonable access to (i) all of the properties, books,
contracts, commitments and records of the Company, (ii) all other
information concerning the Business, properties and personnel (subject
to
restrictions imposed by Applicable Law) of the Company as the Investor
may
request, and (iii) all employees of the Company. The Promoters shall
cause
the Company to provide such information within 5 days of making a
request
for the same.
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(xviii) 8.3
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Save
as required by Applicable Laws any adoption or change of the dividend
or
distribution policy or accounting principle or policy (e.g., depreciation,
asset devaluation, etc.) which has a material impact on the Shareholding
of the Shareholders.During the period beginning from the execution
of this
Agreement and continuing until the Completion Date the Company and/or
the
Promoters (including their respective Affiliates,
representatives and/or advisors) shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Investor:
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(xix)
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Creation,
allotment, issue, acquisition, reduction, repayment, conversion or
redemption of any share or loan capital, including but not limited
to the
issue or otherwise, of options, warrants, or other Shares or of any
instrument convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for Shares;
or
entering into an agreement, arrangement or undertaking to do any
of those
things, or any action which alters the Share Capital of the Company,
or
the variation of rights of any Shares of the Company, except raising
of
Additional Funds by issuance of Additional Shares as contemplated
under
Clause 2.4.
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(xx)
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Borrowing
by the Company other than as agreed in Clause 2.4 of the
Agreement.
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(xxi) i)
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Entering
into or amendments of any existing agreements, joint venture
agreements, partnership or consortium agreements as well as new
mergers, acquisitions, consolidations or amalgamations with other
entity.solicit, encourage, entertain, initiate or participate in
any
inquiry, negotiations or discussions or disclose any information
pertaining to the Company or enter into any agreement with respect
to any
offer or proposal to, acquire or merge or restructure (including
through
business transfer, asset transfer, amalgamation, demerger, hiving
off or
in any other manner whatsoever) or dispose off, alienate or Encumber
any
assets or business of the Company or parts thereof
(an ‘Acquisition
Proposal’);
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(xxii) ii)
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Change
in the number of Directors, creation or modification of an executive
committee or any other working committee.assist or cooperate with
any
Person to make any Acquisition Proposal;
or
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(xxiii) (iii)
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Any
commitment or agreement to do any of the foregoing.solicit, negotiate
or
enter into any agreement with any Person with respect to an Acquisition
Proposal;
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(xxiv) iv)
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Delegation
of powers to the working committees constituted by the Board.In the
event
the Company or the Promoters receive, prior to the Completion Date,
any
Acquisition Proposal, the Company or the Promoters receiving such
Acquisition Proposal shall immediately suspend any discussions with
such
offeror or party with regard to such Acquisition Proposal and immediately
inform the Investor as to any such Acquisition Proposal, including
information as to the principal terms of such Acquisition Proposal
or
request, as the case may be, and any other information that the Investor
may request;
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(xxv) v)
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Approval
of or modification to the Business Plan.sell, license or transfer
to any
Person any rights to any Intellectual Property or enter into any
agreement
with respect to Intellectual Property with any
Person;
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(xxvi) vi)
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Determination
of the remuneration and the other employment terms of the Key Employees,
Directors, and/or officers including revisions/amendments.amend or
change
its Articles of Association and/or Memorandum of Association in any
manner
whatsoever;
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(xxvii) (vii)
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Any
significant change to the HR policy of the Company.adopt or change
accounting methods or practices other than as required by the Indian
GAAP
or revalue any of its assets, including writing down value of inventory
or
writing off notes or accounts
receivable;
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(xxviii) (viii)
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Appointment
of the Managing Director, Chairman or members of the working committees,
in the event the existing Chairman is absent for any reason.issue,
sell,
or grant, contract to issue, sell or grant, or authorize the issuance,
delivery, sale or purchase of any Securities of the Company or any
other
securities, including securities convertible into, or exercisable
or
exchangeable for Shares in the
Company;
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(xxix) ix)
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Capital
expenditure, including constructions and leases, and indebtedness
in
excess of the levels agreed upon in the annual Business Plan / Budgets
of
the Company;declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any
other
distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of
any
shares of the Company, or split, combine or reclassify any shares
of the
Company, or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities
in
respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of the Company
or
repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly,
any
shares of the Company (or options, warrants or other rights convertible
into, exercisable or exchangeable
therefore);
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(xxx) )
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Any
substantial deviation in operations and strategies compared to Business
Plan of the Company;grant any severance or termination, pay (cash,
equity
or otherwise) to any director or officer or to any employee of the
Company, or increase (by way of cash, equity or otherwise) the salary
or
other compensation payable or to become payable by the Company to
any of
their officers, directors, employees or advisors, or declare, pay
or make
any commitment or obligation of any kind for the payment (in the
form of
cash, equity or otherwise) by the Company of a bonus or other additional
salary or compensation to any such Person, or adopt or amend any
employee
benefit plan (except as necessary to comply with applicable law)
or enter
into any agreement with any Person which guarantees employment with
the
Company for a specific period of time or enter into any settlement
or
compromise agreement with any employees of the
Company;
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(xxxi) xi)
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Affiliated
or related party transactions, agreements or arrangements between
the
Company and the Promoters, directors, officers, Key Employees or
their
Affiliates;waive any share repurchase rights, accelerate, amend or
change
the period of exercisability of options or restricted shares, or
reprice
options granted to any employee, consultant, director or other stock
plans
or authorize cash payments in exchange for any options granted under
any
employment stock option plans;
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(xxxii) (xii)
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Formation
of or entry by the Company or its subsidiaries into joint venture,
consortium, partnership or similar arrangement with any other person
or
business;sell, lease, license, Encumber or otherwise dispose off
any of
the assets or properties of the
Company;
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(xxxiii) (xiii)
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Adoption
of a dividend policy, declaration of any dividend outside the dividend
policy or amending any dividend policy of the Company;enter into/agree
to
enter into any new contract not in the ordinary course of business
and/or
on terms that are beyond normal and reasonable commercial terms including
amending or otherwise modifying (or agreeing to do so), or violating
the
terms of any of the contracts entered into by the
Company;
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(xxxiv) (xiv)
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Make
any application of any insurance proceeds or compensation for compulsory
acquisition or expropriation in each of the aforementioned cases;commence,
compromise or settle any pending or threatened litigation, debt or
other
legal proceedings;
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(xxxv) xv)
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The
making by the Company or its subsidiaries of any arrangement with
its
creditors and the moving for insolvency, receivership or bankruptcy;make
or change any election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement, settle
any
Claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension
or
waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Claim or assessment
in
respect of Taxes;
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(xxxvi) (xvi)
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Timing,
size, split between new and existing Shares, and final pricing of
any
Initial Public Offering (including appointment of advisers and their
terms
of appointment), or follow on offering, rights issue or any offer
for
sale;cause any increase in liabilities of the Business including
by way of
incurring any indebtedness in the Business in the form of loans or
financial assistance from any lending agency or bank or repaying
or
incurring any additional indebtedness or making any advance payments
other
than what has been contractually agreed upon (upon disclosure and
consent
to/of the Investor);
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(xvii)
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(xxxvii) Applying
for the appointment of a receiver or an administrator or similar
officer
over the Company's assets;amending any terms of any agreement with
any of
the creditors/debtors;
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(xxxix) (xviii)
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To
sub-let or assign or dispose of or create any Encumbrance on any
other
material asset of the Company;enter into/agree to enter into any
new
contract, agreement, arrangement with any related party of the
Company;
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(xl) xix)
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To
take any decisions relating to the employment of any person or take
any
decision relating to any seconded person;undertake any expenditure,
transaction or commitment other than in the normal course of
business; or
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(xli) xx)
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To
approve, enter into, revoke or vary any material insurance policies;take
or agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the actions described
in
the preceding clauses of this Clause 8 or any
other
action that would prevent the Company from performing or cause the
Company
not to perform its covenants hereunder or that would prejudice the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction
Documents.
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(xlii)
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Appointment
of the statutory and internal auditors to the
Company;
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(xliii)
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The
administration, setting of exercise of any
ESOP.
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No
Shareholder shall Transfer or attempt to Transfer any Shares or any
right,
title or interest therein except as expressly permitted by the provisions
of Clauses 6 (Transfer), 7 (Sale to Third Party Pre-emption Rights),
8
(Drag Along Rights), 9 (Tag Along Rights) ,10 (Term and Termination)
and
18 (Lock-in). Any Transfer of Shares pursuant to Clauses 6, 7,
8, 9, 10 and 18 shall comply with the conditions of this Clause 6.Amicable
Settlement
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A
Transfer of Shares shall be valid only if the transferee executes
Transferee Deed of Adherence together with a no objection certificate
substantially similar to the form contained in Schedule 3 or if the
transferee is an Affiliate of the Transferor then an Affiliate Deed
of
Adherence substantially similar to the form contained in Schedule
4.
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(b)
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Transfer
to a Competitor:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
for
so long as IGC (or any of its Affiliates) is a Shareholder, no Shareholder
(other than IGC and/or its Affiliate) shall Transfer or attempt to
Transfer any Shares to an IGC
Competitor.
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10.1
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If
any dispute arises between Investor and/or the Promoters and/or Company
during the subsistence of this Agreement or thereafter, in connection
with
the validity, interpretation, implementation or alleged breach of
any
provision of this Agreement or regarding a question, including the
question as to whether the termination of this Agreement by one Party
hereto has been legitimate (“Dispute”), the disputing
Parties hereto shall endeavour to settle such Dispute amicably. The
attempt to bring about an amicable settlement shall be considered
to have
failed if not resolved within 60 days from the date of the
Dispute.
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Conciliation
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10.2
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If
the Parties are unable to
amicably settle the Dispute in accordance with Clause
10.1 within the
period specified therein, the Parties shall forthwith but not later
than
30 days after expiry of the aforesaid period, refer the Dispute to
Mr. Ram
Mukunda and Mr. Jortin Antony for resolution of the said Dispute.
The
attempt to bring about such resolution shall be considered to have
failed
if not resolved within 30 days from the date of receipt of a written
notification in this regard.
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(c)
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Transfer
to an Affiliate:
Notwithstanding the restriction on Transfer of Shares set forth in
Clauses
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 18, anytime during the term of this Agreement,
any
Shareholder may Transfer Shares held by it to its respective Affiliates,
(“Permitted
Transferee”) provided such Permitted Transferee executes the deed
of adherence in the format prescribed in Schedule 4 hereto (the
“Affiliate
Deed of
Adherence”).
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Arbitration
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(d) 10.3
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Notice
of Sale to a Permitted
Transferee: At least five (5) Business Days prior to the permitted
Transfer under Clause 6(c), any Shareholder intending to Transfer
any of
its Shares to a Permitted Transferee shall send a notice to the other
Shareholders stating the date on which the intended Transfer is to
occur,
the name of the Permitted Transferee, the number and class of Shares
involved and attaching (i) a completed and duly executed (by the
Permitted
Transferee and the transferor Shareholder) Affiliate Deed of Adherence
and
(ii) copies of all approvals and consents required to be obtained
under
Law. Each Shareholder shall, within three (3) days of the receipt
of such
notice, execute the Affiliate Deed of Adherence and file the same
with the
Company. Provided however that nothing contained herein shall
require a Shareholder to execute an Affiliate Deed of Adherence in
relation to a Transfer of Shares in contravention of this Agreement.If
the
Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance with
Clause 10.2 within
the
period specified therein, any Party to the Dispute shall be entitled
to
serve a notice invoking this Clause and making a reference to an
arbitration panel of three arbitrators. Each party to the dispute
shall
appoint one arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of the notice of
the
Party making the reference, and the two arbitrators, so appointed
shall
appoint a third arbitrator. The Arbitration proceedings shall
be held in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,
1996. The
decision of the arbitration panel shall be binding on all the Parties
to
the Dispute.
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(e) 10.7
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The
Company shall register a Transfer of Shares to a Permitted Transferee
only
upon the receipt (a) of a valid Affiliate Deed of Adherence duly
executed
by all parties thereto and (b) a copy of all consents required under
Law
sanctioning such transfer and documentary proof that conditions stipulated
by Government Authority, if any, for such Transfer have been fulfilled.The
Arbitrator’s award shall be substantiated in writing. The court of
arbitration shall also decide on the costs of the arbitration proceedings.
The cost of arbitration shall be borne by the
Company.
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(f) 10.8
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Within
five (5) Business Days of registering any Transfer by a Shareholder
of
Shares to a Permitted Transferee in its register of members, the
Company
shall send a notice to the other Shareholders stating that such Transfer
has taken place and setting forth the name of the transferor, the
name of
the Permitted Transferee and the number of Shares transferred.The
award
shall be binding on the Parties subject to the Applicable Laws in
force
and the award shall be enforceable in any competent court of
law.
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(g) 10.9
|
Any
Transfer or attempt to Transfer the Shares in contravention of the
provisions of this Agreement, including without a proper and duly
executed
Affiliate Deed of Adherence shall constitute a material breach of
this
Agreement.The Mumbai court (including any appellant court) in India
shall
have exclusive jurisdiction.
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11.1
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Any
notice or other communication that may be given by one Party to the
other
shall always be in writing and shall be served either by (i) hand
delivery
duly acknowledged; or (ii) sent by registered post with acknowledgment
due; or (iii) by facsimile at the respective addresses set out herein
below or at such other address as may be subsequently intimated by
one
party to the other in writing as set out herein. If the notice is
sent by
facsimile, the said notice shall also be sent by registered post
acknowledgment due.
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(a) 11.2
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The
Transfer Notice shall inter alia provide: (i) the sale price (on
a 'per
Share’ basis) (“Offer
Price”) (ii) the number of Shares proposed to be sold by the Seller
(the “Transfer Shares”)
(iii) the terms of the Transfer (collectively
with
the Offer Price the “Transfer Terms”). A
Transfer Notice shall be irrevocable. The Parties agree that the
Offer
Price shall only be a cash price.All notices shall be deemed to have
been
validly given on (i) the business date immediately after the date
of
transmission with confirmed answer back, if transmitted by facsimile
transmission, or (ii) the business date of receipt, if sent by courier
or
hand delivery; or (iii) the expiry of seven days after posting, if
sent by
registered post.
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(b) 11.3
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If
a Seller issues a Transfer Notice, the Offeree shall have the right
(but
not the obligation), exercisable within thirty (30) days from receipt
of
the Transfer Notice (“Offer
Period”), to:Any Party may, from time to time, change its address
or representative for receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement
by
giving to the other Party not less than 10 days prior written
notice.
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(i)
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accept
the Transfer Terms, by issuing a letter of acceptance (“Acceptance
Notice”) to the Seller, in which case, Clause 7(c) shall apply;
and
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13.1
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The
Parties recognise that each of them will be given and have access
to
confidential and proprietary information of the other Parties. The
Parties
undertake not to use any of such confidential information for their
own
corporate purposes without the prior written consent of the Party
owning
such information and shall keep confidential and not to disclose
to any
third party any of the other Parties’ confidential and proprietary
information for a period of one year from the date hereof. The Parties
shall also cause their respective directors, employees, officers
and any
other persons to whom the above mentioned information is disclosed
to
execute a letter of confidentiality to the effect provided in this
Clause.
The obligations of confidentiality shall not apply to any information
that:
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(ii)b)
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issue
a Tag Along Notice in accordance with Clause 8 below and accordingly
Clause 8 shall apply. was known to the Party prior to its disclosure
by
the disclosing Party;
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(c)
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If
the Acceptance Notice is issued the Offeree shall be obliged to purchase
all the Transfer Shares and the sale and purchase of the Transfer
Shares
in favour of the Offeree shall be completed within thirty (30) days
from
the date of issue of the Acceptance Notice by the Offeree. At such
completion, the Seller shall deliver to the Offeree certificates
and other
documents representing its title to the Transfer Shares, accompanied
by
duly executed and valid instruments of transfer. Such Transfer Shares
shall be free and clear of any Encumbrance (other than Encumbrances
specifically permitted hereunder), and the Seller shall so represent
and
warrant and shall further represent and warrant that it is the legal
and
beneficial owner of such Transfer Shares. The Offeree shall at such
completion deliver payment in full of the Offer Price in accordance
with
the terms set forth in the Transfer Notice. In the event that the
Offeree
nominates an Affiliate or a nominee for the purpose of purchasing
the
Transfer Shares or part thereof, it shall cause such Affiliate or
nominee
to execute a Deed of Adherence in the format contained in Schedule 3 (“Transferee Deed of
Adherence”). At such
completion,
all of the Parties to the transaction shall execute such additional
documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the sale of
the
Transfer Shares to the Offeree. Any stamp duty payable on the
transfer of any Transfer Shares shall be borne and paid by the Offeree.has
become generally available to the public (other than by virtue of
its
disclosure by the receiving Party);
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(d)
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The
failure of an Offeree to give the Acceptance Notice or the Tag Along
Notice within the Offer Period shall be deemed to be a waiver of
such
Offeree's right of first refusal or its tag along right.may be required
in
any report or statement that is required to be submitted by the Company
to
any governmental or regulatory
body;
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(e)
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If
no Acceptance Notice or Tag Along Notice, as the case may be, is
issued by
an Offeree within the Offer Period, then subject to Clause 6(b) the
Seller
shall be entitled to Transfer the Transfer Shares to a Proposed Transferee
on terms no more favourable than the Transfer Terms within thirty
(30)
days of the expiry of the Offer Period. Provided that the Proposed
Transferee duly executes a Transferee Deed of Adherence. In the event
the
Seller is IGC (and/or its Affiliates or nominees holding Shares in
the
Company) then so long as IGC, together with its Affiliates and nominees
holding Shares in the Company (“IGC Group”), is the
majority shareholder in the Company and so long as it wishes to Transfer
all (but not less than all) of the outstanding Shares held by IGC
Group,
IGC shall have a further right (but not an obligation) to require
the
Promoters and its Affiliates and nominees holding Shares in the Company
(“PromotersGroup
Shareholders”) to sell to such Proposed Transferee all the then
outstanding Shares held by Promoters Group Shareholders (“Promoters Outstanding
Shares”) in accordance with Clause 8 below. may be required in
response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation;
or
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(f)
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If
the Seller fails to Transfer the Transfer Shares to theProposed Transferee
within the said period of thirty (30) days calculated as above, it
will
not be entitled to Transfer the Transfer Shares thereafter to any
person,
without re-offering the Transfer Shares to the Offeree in accordance
with
provisions of this Clause 7. was approved by both the Parties (for
the
avoidance of doubt, disclosure to the Affiliates of the Investor
shall be
permitted);
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(g)
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Any
Transfer of the Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 7 shall be
valid
only upon the execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and shall
be
registered by the Company upon a validly and duly executed (by all
parties
thereto) Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with it. The other
Shareholders undertake to execute such Transferee Deed of Adherence,
as
may be required in order to give effect to such Transfer of the Transfer
Shares to the Offeree, its Affiliate, or a proposed
transferee. Provided however that nothing contained herein
shall require a Shareholder to execute a Transferee Deed of Adherence
where the Transfer is in contravention of the provisions of this
Agreement.is required by a regulatory authority or the regulations
of any
recognized stock exchange including the reporting requirements of
the
Investor to SEC;
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(a)h)
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Subject
to Clause 7(e) above and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
stated
in Clause 9 below if at any time IGC Group wishes to Transfer all
(but not
less than all) of the Shares held collectively by IGC Group to a
Proposed
Transferee as provided under Clause 7 above, IGC shall have a right
and an
obligation to serve a written notice on the Promoters (“Drag Along Notice”)
requiring the Promoters Group Shareholders to Transfer all (but not
less
than all) the Shares held by the Promoters Group Shareholders to
the
Proposed Transferee identified by IGC under Clause 7 above on the
Transfer
Terms. is reasonably required for disclosure to professional advisers
of
the Party, who shall have given undertakings of strict
confidentiality;
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(b)i)
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If
a Drag Along Notice is issued by IGC, the Transfer and purchase of
the IGC
Transfer Shares and Promoter Outstanding Shares shall, subject to
Clause
8(b), be completed within thirty (30) days from the date of issue
of the
Drag Along Notice by IGC, the time taken to obtain any regulatory
approval
being excluded for the calculation. At such closing, IGC and Promoter
Group Shareholders shall deliver certificates and other documents
representing their title to the IGC Transfer Shares and the Promoter
Outstanding Shares, respectively, accompanied by duly executed and
valid
instruments of transfer, to the Proposed Transferee. IGC shall
procure that the third party shall deliver at such closing, payment
in
full of the Offer Price in accordance with the terms set forth in
the
Transfer Notice and execute the Transferee Deed of
Adherence. At such closing, all of the Parties to the
transaction shall execute such additional documents as may be necessary
or
appropriate to effect the sale of the IGC Transfer Shares and Promoter
Outstanding Shares to the Proposed Transferee. Any stamp duty
or transfer charges payable on the transfer of any IGC Transfer Shares
and
the Promoter Outstanding Shares shall be borne in accordance with
the
Transfer Terms.may be
required to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable
to
any Party hereto.
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(c)
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Any
Transfer of the IGC Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 8 shall
be
valid only upon the execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and
shall
be registered by the Company upon a validly and duly executed (by
all
parties thereto) Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with
it.
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(a)
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Subject
to Clause 7(b)(ii) above, if at any time any Shareholder (“Proposed Transferor”)
intends to Transfer its Transfer Shares to the Proposed Transferee,
each
of the other Shareholders shall have a right but not an obligation
to
serve a written notice on the Proposed Transferor (“Tag Along Notice”) stating
that the Proposed Transferor procures an offer from the Proposed
Transferee to purchase such number of Shares from each of the other
Shareholders as is calculated in accordance with paragraph (c) below
(“Tag Along Shares”)
on the Transfer Terms. Each of the Shareholders who exercise such
a right
and the Proposed Transferor shall be collectively referred to as
the
Transferors. Accordingly, the number of shares purchased by the Proposed
Transferee from each of the Transferors shall be amount calculated
under
paragraph (c).
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(b)
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A
Transfer of the Transfer Shares by IGC to the Proposed Transferee
under
this Clause 9 shall not be registered unless the Tag Along Shares
are
purchased by the Proposed Transferee simultaneously with the Transfer
Shares and the Proposed Transferee has executed a Transferee Deed
of
Adherence. The sale and purchase of the Transfer Shares and the Tag
Along
Shares shall be completed within thirty (30) days from the date of
issue
of the Tag Along Notice and the time taken to obtain any regulatory
approval being excluded for the calculation. At such closing, IGC
and such
Shareholders shall deliver certificates and other documents representing
their title to the Transfer Shares and the Tag Along Shares, respectively,
accompanied by duly executed and valid instruments of transfer, to
the
Proposed Transferee. IGC shall procure that the Proposed
Transferee shall deliver, at such closing, payment in full of the
Offer
Price in accordance with the terms set forth in the Transfer and
shall
execute a Transferee Deed of Adherence. At such closing, all of
the parties to the transaction shall execute such additional documents
as
may be necessary or appropriate to effect the sale of the Transfer
Shares
and the Tag Along Shares to the Proposed Transferee. IGC shall procure
that any stamp duty or transfer charges payable on the transfer of
any
Transfer Shares and the Tag Along Shares shall be borne by the Proposed
Transferee.
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(c)
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The
number of Tag Along Shares shall be calculated in the following
manner:
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13.2.
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Upon
termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall cause the Company
to
either (i) return to the Investor and Promoters, as applicable, and
the
Parties shall return to each other, all documents and information
belonging to such Person and all copies thereof in the possession
or under
the control of a Party which does not own such property, and all
confidential information in whatever media; or (ii) destroy all documents
and information belonging to the other Party and all copies thereof
in the
possession or under the control of a Party. Provided that the Investor
and/or its advisors may retain, in a secure location, copies of such
documents and records for purposes of defending any legal proceeding
or as
is required to be maintained in order to satisfy any law, rule,
regulation, or accounting or financial reporting standards to which
the
Investor may be subject.
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13.3.
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The
Parties acknowledge and agree that the covenants and obligations
with
respect to confidentiality set forth in this Clause relate to special,
unique and extraordinary matters, and that a violation of any of
the terms
of such covenants and obligations will cause the Company and the
owner of
such property irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are
not
available at law. Therefore, the Parties agree that the Party entitled
to
enforce the covenants set forth above, shall be entitled to an injunction,
restraining order or such other equitable relief as a court of competent
jurisdiction may deem necessary or appropriate to restrain the other
Party
from committing any violation of the covenants and obligations contained
in this Clause. These injunctive remedies are cumulative and are
in
addition to any other rights and remedies the concerned Party may
have at
law or in equity.
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14.
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AUTHORISED
PERSON
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15.1
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For
Transferors 1 to NGrounds for Termination: Save and except the rights
and
obligations of the Parties that terminate as provided in the specific
clauses in this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in full
force and
effect until terminated in accordance with the provisions of this
Clause.
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(d)
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Any
Transfer of the Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 9 shall be
valid
only upon the execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and shall
be
registered by the Company upon a validly and duly executed (by all
parties
thereto) a Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with
it.
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15.2
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This
Agreement can be terminated at any time prior to the subscription
by the
Investor in the manner set out in Clause 4 of this Agreement, by
mutual
written agreement of the Parties.
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10.15.3
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TERM
AND TERMINATION BY
DEFAULTThis Agreement shall stand terminated under Clause 4 if the
Completion does not take place as per Clause
4.3.
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(a) 15.4
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This
AgreementEffect of Termination: Termination of this Agreement under
Clauses 15.2 to 15.3 shall come into effect on the Completion
Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all rights
available to the Promoters and/be without liability of any Party
(or their
Affiliates under this Agreement shall terminate upon (i) the Shareholding
of the Promoters and/any shareholder, director, officer, agent, employee,
consultant or their Affiliates falling below 23% orrepresentative
of such
Party) to the other percent as the case may be, in the event Mr.
Jortin
Antony receives his entitlement referred to in Clause 4.5 or (ii)
the
Shares of the Company getting listed on any recognised stock exchange,
whichever is earlier.Parties.
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(b) 15.5
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In
the event that any Shareholder (a“Defaulting
Shareholder”)
suffers the following event (a“Default”),
the other
Shareholder (“Non-Defaulting
Shareholder”) shall be entitled to exercise the options specified
under Clause10(c) below, the Defaulting Shareholder is in material
breach
of this Agreement and such default has not been cured within 30 days
of
the issuance of a written notice of such default by a Non-Defaulting
Shareholder. For the purposes of this Agreement the term ‘material breach’
shall include a breach of the obligations under clauses 2.4 (future
funding), 4.1(n) (shareholders meeting), 6 (restrictions on transfer
of
shares) and 13 (representations and warranties).The provisions of
Clause 6
(Indemnity), 10 (Arbitration), 11 (Notices), and 13 (Confidentiality)
shall survive the termination hereof pursuant to Clause
15.1.
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(c)
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Upon
the occurrence of a Default, any Non-Defaulting Shareholder may for
so
long as such default subsists issue a default notice to the Defaulting
Shareholders (the “Default
Notice”) together with a copy to every other Shareholder and the
Company specifying the nature of the Default. Upon the issuance
of the Default Notice, the Non-Defaulting Shareholders shall have
following options:
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(i)
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to
purchase all (but not less than all) the Shares held by the Defaulting
Shareholder and its Affiliates (as the case maybe) (the “Default Shares”) at the
Default Price to be determined in accordance with Clause 10 (k) ;
or
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(ii)
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subject
to Clause 6 Transfer its entire Shareholding to the Proposed Transferee
(not being an IGC Competitor) on the Transfer Terms with a right
(but not
an obligation) to require the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer
the
Default Shares held by Defaulting Shareholders and its Affiliates
(as the
case maybe) at the Default Price to be determined in accordance with
Clause 10 (k) to such Proposed
Transferee.
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(d)
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Any
Non-Defaulting Shareholder desirous of purchasing the Default Shares
or
requiring the Transfer of the Default Shares shall, no later than
three
months (“Default Option
Period”) from the issuance of the Default Notice, issue a notice to
the other Non-Defaulting Shareholders, the Defaulting Shareholders
and the
Company of its intention to purchase all (but not part of the Default
Shares) at Default Price (the “Default Purchase Notice”)
or its intention of Transferring its entire Shareholding with/without
requiring the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer its Default Shares
to the
Proposed Transferee (the “Non Default Purchase
Notice”). Provided however that where more than one
Non-Defaulting Shareholder chooses to exercise: (i) their option
under
Clause 10(c)(i) the Default Shares shall be sold to such Non-Defaulting
Shareholders pro rata to their Shareholding; or (ii) their option
under
Clause 10(c)(ii) the Non Defaulting Shareholders shall have an option
but
not an obligation to require the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer
their
Default Shares on a proportionate basis, to be calculated in accordance
with the formula specified under Clause 10(k). The Defaulting Shareholder
shall be obligated to sell the Default Shares to the Non-Defaulting
Shareholders who exercise their option (the “Opting Non-Default
Shareholders”) either to purchase the Default Shares by issuing the
Default Purchase Notice or to the Proposed Transferee identified
in the
Default Purchase Notice by an Opting Non-Default
Shareholder.
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(e)
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The
Transfer of the Default Shares to the Opting Non-Default
Shareholders/Proposed Transferee shall occur on a date to be specified
by
the Opting Non-Defaulting Shareholder (the “Default Option Settlement
Date”) in a written notice, which date shall be no less than seven
days after the date of such notice provided that such notice shall
be
issued no later than three months after the last day of the Default
Option
Period. On the Default Option Settlement Date, the Defaulting Shareholder
shall either sell the Default Shares to the Opting Non-Default
Shareholders or to the Proposed Transferee depending upon the option
exercised by the Opting Non-Defaulting Shareholder in accordance
with
Clause 10.
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(f)
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On
the Default Option Settlement Date, the Defaulting Shareholder shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Opting Non-Default
Shareholders/Proposed Transferee the
following:
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(g)
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The
Defaulting Shareholder shall warrant that the Defaulting Shareholder
and/or its Affiliate, as the case maybe, is the owner of the Default
Shares and that such Default Shares are free from
Encumbrances.
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(h)
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On
the Default Option Settlement Date the Non-Defaulting Shareholders/third
party shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Defaulting Shareholder
their Pro Rata Share of the Default Price by way of a bank cheque
payable
to the Defaulting Shareholder. The Opting Non-Defaulting Shareholders
further covenant that in the event that they opt to purchase the
Defaulting Shares through an Affiliate, they shall cause such
Affiliate to execute an Affiliate Deed of Adherence or if through
a third
party, they shall cause such third party to execute a Transferee
Deed of
Adherence as the case may be and the Company shall not register such
a
Transfer unless a validly executed Affiliate Deed of Adherence or
the
Transferee Deed of Adherence is lodged with
it.
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(i)
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Upon
the transfer of the Default Shares to the Opting Non-Defaulting
Shareholders or the third party, the Defaulting Shareholder shall
cease to
have any rights hereunder.
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(j)
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In
the event that a transferee nominated by an Opting Non-Default Shareholder
fails to perform its obligations to complete the sale of the Default
Shares the person nominating such transferee shall be liable to complete
such Transfer.
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(k)
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Default
Price for the purposes of this Clause 10 means a price being an amount
equivalent to 90% of
the FMV Price. For the purposes of this Agreement, “FMV Price” shall mean
the
fair market value of Shares as determined by any of the big 4 accounting
firms (“Valuer(s)”)
as set forth in this Clause 10 Should none of these
Valuers be available to perform the valuation exercise, a reputable
international bank or Indian bank shall be
appointed.
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(l)
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The
FMV Price shall be determined on the basis
of:
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(m)
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The
Shareholders shall engage an independent Valuer of international
repute to
determine the fair market value of the Company Assets. Company
Assets’ in this Clause means all the assets of the Company. The terms of
the appointment of the Valuer shall be decided by
IGC.
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(n)
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The
provisions of Clauses 13 (Representations and warranties), 14 (Indemnity),
16 (Resolution of Disputes), 17 (Notices), and 19 (Confidentiality)
shall
survive the termination hereof pursuant to Clause
10.1.
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11.
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NON-COMPETE16.13.1
The
Parties agree that if the transactions contemplated in this Agreement
cannot be completed in the manner set forth herein, then the Parties
shall
use reasonable endeavours to enter into other transactions that (a)
would
result in a substantially similar outcome and (b) do not prejudice
any of
the Parties. Each of the Parties further agrees that, during
any such negotiations, it shall refrain from initiating any legal
actions
against the other Parties; and
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11.1
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The
Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates for so long as IGC
and
the Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates are Shareholders
in
the Company, shall not carry on or engage directly or indirectly,
whether
through partnership or as a shareholder, joint venture partner,
collaborator, consultant or agent or in any other manner whatsoever,
whether for profit or otherwise, in any business which competes directly
or indirectly with the whole or any part of the Business or any other
activity/business directly or indirectly carried on by the Company
or
which can reasonably be construed as being same or similar to the
Business
of the Company. Mr. V.C. Antony is required to resign as director
either
from the Company or from Bhagheeratha Engineering Limited, Kochi.16.13.2
Each Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all
further
acts and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution
and
delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or
as the
other Parties may reasonably require, whether on or after the date
of this
Agreement, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and
the
transactions contemplated by it and for the purpose of vesting in
the
Investor the full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be
transferred to the Investor under this
Agreement.
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11.2 The
Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates hereby agree and
acknowledge that as long as IGC and/or any of its Affiliates and
Promoters
and/or any of them or their Affiliates are Shareholders in the Company,
they shall carry on any activity/business in the nature of Business,
in
present or in future, solely and exclusively through the
Company.
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11.3 The
Promoters agree and acknowledge that the covenants and obligations
under
Clauses 11.1 and 11.2 above relate to special, unique and extraordinary
matters, and that a violation of any of the terms of such covenants
and
obligations will cause the other Parties irreparable injury. Therefore,
IGC and/or any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to an interim
injunction, restraining order or such other equitable relief as a
court of
competent jurisdiction may deem necessary or appropriate to restrain
the
Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates from committing
any
violation of the covenants and obligations contained in this
Agreement.
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11.4 The
Parties acknowledge and agree that the above restrictions are considered
reasonable for the legitimate protection of the business and goodwill
of
the Company, but in the event such restriction shall be found to
be void,
but would be valid, if some part thereof was deleted or the scope,
period
or area of application were reduced, the above restriction shall
apply
with the deletion of such words or such reduction of scope, period
or area
of application as may be required to make the restrictions contained
in
this Clause valid and effective. Notwithstanding the limitation of
this
provision by any law for the time being in force, the Parties undertake,
at all times to observe and be bound by the spirit of this Clause.
Provided however, that on the revocation, removal or diminution of
the law
or provisions, as the case may be, by virtue of which the restrictions
contained in this Clause were limited as provided hereinabove, the
original restrictions would stand renewed and be effective to their
original extent, as if they had not been limited by the law or provisions
revoked.
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11.5 The
covenants of the Promoters and/or their Affiliates under this Clause
11
shall survive for a period of 5 years from the date they cease to
be
Shareholders of the Company or unless as specifically waived by IGC
or its
nominees/assignees.
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12.
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PLEDGE
OR ENCUMBRANCE OF SHARES OF
PROMOTERS
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The
Promoters shall not pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, charge or otherwise
Encumber any of the Shares of the Company either directly or indirectly
nor otherwise use such Shares as collateral for any purpose which
could
result in an involuntary Transfer of such Shares or any right, title
or
interest therein in favour of any person, including but not limited
to,
any lenders of the Company except with the prior written consent
of
IGC. The Promoters shall also be entitled to pledge their
shares in favour of lenders i.e. banks and financial institutions
only
with the prior written consent of
IGC.
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(a)
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such
Party has the full power and authority to enter into, execute and
deliver
this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby
and, if
such Party is not a natural person, such Party is duly incorporated
or
organised with limited liability and existing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organisation;
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(b)
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the
execution and delivery by such Party of this Agreement and the performance
by such Party of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorised by all necessary corporate or other action of such
Party;
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(c)
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assuming
the due authorisation, execution and delivery hereof by the other
Parties,
this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of such
Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms,
except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganisation, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally;
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(d)
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the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Party
and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
(i)
violate any provision of the organisational or governance documents
of
such Party; (ii) require such Party to obtain any consent, approval
or
action of, or make any filing with or give any notice to, any Government
Authority in such Party's country of organisation or any other person
pursuant to any instrument, contract or other agreement to which
such
Party is a party or by which such Party is bound, other than such
filing
required as a result of the transactions contemplated herein; (iii)
conflict with or result in any material breach or violation of any
of the
terms and conditions of, or constitute (with notice or lapse of time
or
both constitute) a default under, any instrument, contract or other
agreement to which such Party is a party or by which such Party is
bound;
(iv) violate any order, judgment or decree against, or binding upon,
such
Party or upon its respective shares, properties or businesses; or
(v)
violate any Law of such Party's country of organisation or any other
country in which it maintains its principal
office;
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(e)
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there
exists no Encumbrance on any of the Shares of the
Company;
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(f)
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The
Parties reiterate and confirm the representations, warranties and
undertakings and each statement made in Schedule 3 of the SSPA, as
applicable to the Parties, and confirm that the same are is now and
will
be true and accurate at the Completion
Date.
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13ASIGNED
AND
DELIVERED
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COMPANY
WARRANTIES)
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(a)
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The
Company shall ensure that under the terms of this Agreement, it shall
perform its obligations so as to ensure that upon
Completion, the Subscribed Shares and the CPS are
transferred and registered to nominees of IGC being [names of the
nominees] at the face value of Shares Rs. 10 per
Share.
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(b)
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The
Company warrants that as on the date hereof the Company has not done
or
committed to do any act, matter or thing or has not assumed any liability,
other than in the ordinary course of
business.
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14.1BY
THE WITHINNAMED "
Investor "
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA
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(Authorised
Signatory)
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Without
prejudice to any other right available to IGC in law or under equity,
the
Company and the Promoters shall jointly and severally indemnify,
defend
and hold harmless IGC, their Affiliates, directors, advisors, officers,
employees and agents, or, if so desired by IGC, the Promoters shall
indemnify the Company, from and against any and all liabilities,
damages,
demands, Claims (including third party Claims), actions, judgments
or
causes of action, assessments, interest, fines, penalties, and other
costs
or expenses (including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement,
court costs and all reasonable attorneys' fees and out of pocket
expenses)
(“Losses”) directly
based upon, arising out of, or in relation to or otherwise in respect
of:)
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i.
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any
inaccuracy in or any breach of any Representation and Warranty, covenant
or agreement of the Promoters or Company contained in this Agreement
or in
the SSPA or any document or other papers delivered by any of them
to IGC
in connection with or pursuant to this
Agreement;
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ii. ON
THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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any
liability arising out of non compliance of any obligation undertaken
by
the Company or the Promoters; save and except as may be disclosed
in the
audited financial statements of the Company which have been disclosed
to
IGC prior to the Completion Date;)
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iii. IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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any
liabilities and obligations of whatever nature relating to any litigation,
Claim or governmental investigation pending or relating to the Business
or
operations of the Promoters or the Business of the Company prior
to the
date of execution of this Agreement and as on the Completion Date;
save
and except as may be disclosed in the audited financial statements
of the
Company which have been disclosed to IGC prior to the Completion
Date;)
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iv. WITNESS:
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any
liability due to any non-compliance of any applicable law, rules
or
regulations prior to the date of execution of this Agreement and
as on the
Completion Date; save and except as may be disclosed in the audited
financial statements of the Company which have been disclosed to
IGC prior
to the Completion Date.)
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14.2
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Any
compensation or indemnity as referred to in Clause 14.1 above shall
be
such as to place IGC in the same position as it would have been in,
had
there not been any such breach and as if the Representation and Warranty
under which IGC is to be indemnified, had been
correct.
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16.2NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "TECHNI
BHARATHI LTD"
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. JORTIN ANTONY
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(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THE
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RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
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ON
THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "Promoter"
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MR.
JORTIN ANTONY
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ON
THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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ADDRESS:
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16.3A.
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ArbitrationThe
Parties entered into a Share
Subscription Agreement on the 16th day of September, 2007 (the “SSA”),
setting out the terms and conditions subject to which the Investor
would
subscribe to the Subscription
Shares;
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(a)
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If
the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with
Clause 16.2 within the period specified therein, any Party to the
Dispute
shall be entitled to serve a notice invoking this Clause and making
a
reference to an arbitration panel of three arbitrators. Each party
to the
dispute shall appoint one arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of
the
notice of the Party making the reference, and the two arbitrators,
so
appointed shall appoint a third arbitrator. The Arbitration
proceedings shall be held in accordance with the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996. The decision of the arbitration panel shall
be
binding on all the Parties to the
Dispute.
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(b)
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The
place of the arbitration shall be Mumbai,
India.
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(c)
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The
proceedings of arbitration shall be in the English
language.
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(d)
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The
arbitration proceedings shall be governed by the laws of India and
the
Mumbai courts (including any appellant court) in India shall have
exclusive jurisdiction.
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(e)
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Parties agree that any of them may seek interim
measures including injunctive relief in relation to the provisions
of this
agreement or the Parties' performance of it from any court of competent
jurisdiction. Each Party shall co-operate in good faith to expedite
(to
the maximum extent practicable) the conduct of any arbitral proceedings
commenced under this Agreement.
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(f)
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The
costs and expenses of the arbitration, including, without limitation,
the
fees of the arbitration and the Arbitrator, shall be borne equally
by each
Party to the dispute or claim and each Party shall pay its own fees,
disbursements and other charges of its counsel, except as may be
otherwise
determined by the Arbitrator. The Arbitrator would have the power
to award
interest on any sum awarded pursuant to the arbitration proceedings
and
such sum would carry interest, if awarded, until the actual payment
of
such amounts.
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Any
award made by the Arbitrator shall be final and binding on each of
the
Parties that were parties to the dispute. The Parties expressly agree
to
waive the applicability of any Applicable Laws and regulations that
would
otherwise give the right to appeal the decisions of the Arbitrator
so that
there shall be no appeal to any court of Law for the award of the
Arbitrator, except a Party shall not challenge or resist any enforcement
action taken by any other Party in any court of Law in whose favour
an
award of the Arbitrator was given.
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17.1
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Any
notice or other communication that may be given by one Party to the
other
shall always be in writing and shall be served either by (i) hand
delivery
duly acknowledged; or (ii) sent by registered post with acknowledgment
due; or (iii) by facsimile at the respective addresses set out herein
below or at such other address as may be subsequently intimated by
one
party to the other in writing as set out herein. If the notice is
sent by
facsimile, the said notice shall also be sent by registered post
acknowledgment due.
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17.2
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All
notices shall be deemed to have been validly given on (i) the business
date immediately after the date of transmission with confirmed answer
back, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, or (ii) the business
date
of receipt, if sent by courier or hand delivery; or (iii) the expiry
of
seven days after posting, if sent by registered
post.
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17.3
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Any
Party may, from time to time, change its address or representative
for
receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement by giving to the
other
Party not less than 10 days prior written
notice.
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B.
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Clause
3 of the SSA sets out the
conditions to be satisfied by the Parties prior to the Investor
subscribing to the Subscription Shares. Some of the conditions to
be
satisfied by the Parties are as under: (i) completion of a business,
financial, accounting, tax, technical, legal and regulatory due diligence
on the Company by the Investor and resolution of all issues arising
therefrom to the satisfaction of the Investor on or before 45 Business
Days from the date of this Amendment Agreement, (ii) resolution being
passed at a duly constituted meeting of the board of directors of
Investor
and a resolution being passed at duly constituted meeting of the
shareholders of the Investor, approving the subscription to the
Subscription Shares and the satisfaction of all other conditions
for the
Investor to effect a Business Combination as set forth in the Investor's
Prospectus dated March 3, 2006 as filed with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission, (iii) the Promoters obtaining written consents
from
all banks, financial institutions, lenders of the Company and all
other
third parties as may be required for change in shareholding of the
Company
in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor, (iv) each of
the
Promoters delivering to the Investor a no-objection certificate in
the
form contained in Schedule 4 to the SSA and a no-objection certificate
from the Company in the form contained in Schedule 4A to the
SSA;
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C.
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Pending
satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set out in Clause 3 of the SSA, the Company
has
requested the Investor to infuse the Portion of Subscription Price
(as
defined below), towards subscription to Portion of Subscription Shares
(as
defined below);
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D.
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The
Investor has agreed to
subscribe to the Portion of Subscription Shares in the Company subject
to
the terms and conditions set out in this Amendment
Agreement.
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19.1
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General
Obligation. Each Party undertakes that it shall not
reveal, and shall ensure that its directors, officers, managers,
partners,
members, employees, legal, financial and professional advisors and
bankers
(collectively, “Representatives”) do not
reveal, to any third party any Confidential Information without the
prior
written consent of the Company or the concerned Party, as the case
may be
regardless of whether this Agreement is terminated or
not.
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19.2
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Exceptions.
The provisions
of Clause 19.1 shall not apply to:
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(a)
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disclosure
of Confidential Information that is or becomes generally available
to the
public other than as a result of disclosure by or at the direction
of a
Party or any of its Representatives in violation of this
Agreement;
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(b)
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disclosure
by a Party to its Representatives and Affiliates (and their officers
and
directors) or to transferee of Shares in accordance with this Agreement
provided such Representatives, Affiliates and transferees are bound
by
similar confidentiality obligations;
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(c)
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disclosure
by the Company of Confidential Information concerning the Company
that is
reasonably necessary in the ordinary course of business or otherwise
in
connection with transactions or proposed transactions of the Company;
and
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(d)
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obligations
disclosure, after giving prior notice to the other Parties to the
extent
practicable under the circumstances and subject to any practicable
arrangements to protect confidentiality, to the extent required under
the
rules of any stock exchange or by Applicable Laws or governmental
regulations or generally accepted accounting principles applicable
to any
Party or judicial or regulatory process or in connection with any
judicial
process regarding any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out
of or
relating to this Agreement.
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(a)
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Subject
to the terms of this
Amendment Agreement, the Investor hereby agrees to subscribe for,
and the
Company agrees to allot and issue to the Investor at Completion,
the
Portion of Subscription Shares, provided that subject to Clause 3,
the
Portion of Subscription Price shall be funded as advance against
Shares of
the Company.
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(b)
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The
consideration payable by the
Investor to the Company for the Portion of Subscription Shares shall
be
the Portion of Subscription Price or thereabout as the Parties may
mutually agree. The Investor shall be entitled to subscribe to the
Portion
of Subscription Shares and infuse the Portion of Subscription Price
in
tranches, as may be decided by the
Investor.
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(a)
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the
Representations and Warranties
as provided in Clause 5 and Schedule 3 of the SSA and under this
Amendment
Agreement, remaining true and correct on the Funding Date and on
every
subsequent date on which Funding
happens;
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(b)
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approval
of the Board for (i) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Amendment
Agreement, (ii) creation of an Account in the manner and for the
purposes
contemplated in this Amendment Agreement, (iii) appointment of two
(2) of
the Investor’s nominees as authorized signatories to the Existing Accounts
and the Account to be created pursuant to this Amendment Agreement,
(iv)
deposit into the Account, of Receivables arising pursuant to the
Third
Party Contracts and instructions to be issued in writing to counter
parties to Third Party Contracts, instructing counter parties to
deposit
the Receivables directly into the Account, in the manner contemplated
in
this Amendment Agreement, (v) granting irrevocable authority to the
Investor’s nominees, being the authorized signatories to the Existing
Accounts and the Account, to operate and withdraw the amounts lying
to the
credit of the Existing Accounts and the Account at any time and for
any
reason whatsoever, (vi) subject to the approval of the members, amending
the Articles of Association of the Company to give effect to the
matters
set out in this Agreement, (vii) in-principle approval for allotment
of
such number of shares to the Investor, at the specific request of
the
Investor, pending subscription to the entire Subscription Shares,
as will
increase the Investor’s shareholding in the Company to 51%, and an
undertaking that such allotment will be completed within 2 working
days of
the Investor infusing funds towards subscription to the share capital
of
the Company and requesting the Company to allot Shares, (viii)
transferring 10 Equity Shares held by the Promoters in favor of Mr.
Sujjain Talwar and (ix) implementing the relevant transactions set
forth
in this Amendment Agreement to which the Company is a party or which
require approval by the
Board;
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(c)
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each
of the Company and the
Promoters having performed and complied with all agreements, obligations
and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be
performed or complied with by it on or before the
Funding;
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(d)
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the
articles of association of the
Company being amended to reflect, to the extent permitted by law,
the
provisions of this Amendment
Agreement;
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(e)
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one
(1) nominee of the Investor
having been duly elected/appointed as Director, effective upon Funding
and
for that purpose, convening necessary board and shareholders meetings,
as
may be necessary or
required;
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(f)
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the
Company having opened the
Account;
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22.12.1
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The
Parties agree that if the understanding contemplated in this Agreement
cannot be completed in the manner set forth herein, then the Parties
shall
use reasonable endeavours to enter into such understanding that (a)
would
result in a substantially similar outcome and (b) do not materially
prejudice any of the Parties. Each of the Parties further
agrees that, during any such negotiations, it shall refrain from
initiating any legal actions against the other Parties;
and
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22.12.2
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Each
Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all further
acts
and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and
delivery
of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as the other
Parties may reasonably require, whether on or after the date of this
Agreement, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and the
understanding contemplated by it and for the purpose of vesting in
IGC the
full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be transferred
to IGC
under this Agreement.
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22.16
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Survival.
In the event of
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Clause 10, notwithstanding
anything mentioned herein, Clauses which by their nature survive
termination shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
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22.17
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Consent
to Specific
Performance. The Parties declare that it is impossible to measure
in money the damages that would be suffered by a Party by reason
of the
failure by any other Party to perform any of the obligations
hereunder. Therefore, if any Party shall institute any action
or proceeding to seek specific performance or enforcement of the
provisions hereof any Party against whom such action or proceeding
is
brought hereby waives any claim or defence therein that the other
Party
has an adequate remedy at Law.
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22.18
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Covenants
Reasonable. The Parties agree that, having regard to all
the circumstances, the covenants contained herein are reasonable
and
necessary for the protection of the Parties and their
Affiliates. If any such covenant is held to be void as going
beyond what is reasonable in all the circumstances, but would be
valid if
amended as to scope or duration or both, the covenant will apply
with such
minimum modifications regarding its scope and duration as may be
necessary
to make it valid and effective
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22.19
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No
Implied Representation.
Each of the Parties acknowledges that, in agreeing to enter into
this
Agreement, it has not relied on any representation, warranty, collateral
contract or other assurance except those set out in this Agreement
and the
documents referred to in made by or on behalf of the other Party
before
the signature of this Agreement.
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22.20
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Without
prejudice The
Parties agree that the rights and remedies of the Parties hereunder
are in
addition to their rights at Law or
equity.
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(g)
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evidence
being adduced by the
Promoters, of written instructions issued to the banks with whom
the
Existing Accounts are maintained by the Company, of the inclusion,
in
addition to the existing authorized signatories, of Mr. Ram Mukunda
and
another nominee of the Investor as authorized signatories to the
Existing
Accounts, with authority to operate the Existing Accounts singly
and
evidence being adduced of written instructions issued to Citibank
N.A of
the change in authorized signatories and appointment of Mr. Ram Mukunda
and another nominee of the Investor as the exclusive authorized
signatories of the Account with Citibank, with authority to operate
the
account singly;
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(h)
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certificate
from the Promoters and
the Company confirming that (i) the Receivables are free from Encumbrances
(ii) no lender or third party has any rights over the Receivables
(iii)
the Promoters and the Company have taken all steps necessary to ensure
that the Receivables are credited into the Account as contemplated
under
this Amendment Agreement, (iv) the Receivables are free to be utilized
for
the purposes and in the manner contemplated under this Amendment
Agreement
(v) the Company has not entered into any agreement or understanding
whereby any party other than the Investor has priority over the
Receivables, and (vi) except for the Existing Accounts, the Company
does
not maintain or operate any account with any
bank;
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(i)
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the
Company appointing the
Investor’s nominees as the authorized signatories to the Account and
including the name of the Investor’s nominees as authorized signatories to
the Existing Accounts, with an undertaking that (i) the authorized
signatories nominated by the Investor shall be entitled to operate
the
Existing Accounts and Account singly, (ii) except upon specific written
instructions of the Investor, the Investor’s nominees shall not be
replaced and such appointment and understanding having been communicated
to Citibank N.A and the banks with whom the Company maintains the
Existing
Account (iii) they shall not open any savings or current account
or any
other account with any bank except with the specific written consent
of
the Investor (iv) that all future receivables arising from contracts
that
the Company may enter into, after this date, will be directed to
be
deposited into the Account;
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(j)
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the
Company issuing irrevocable
written instructions to Citibank N.A and the banks with whom Existing
Accounts are maintained, to honor all cheques, demand drafts and
other
payment instructions issued by the Investor’s nominees, without first
obtaining approval of the Promoters or the
Company;
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(k)
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the
Company obtaining a
certificate from an independent chartered accountant indicating the
‘fair
value’ of the Shares calculated in accordance with the Guidelines for
Valuation of Shares and Fixation of
Premia;
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(l)
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the
Promoters causing Odeon
Limited to postpone the completion date under the share purchase
agreement
dated September 21, 2007 entered into between the Investor and Odeon
Limited, from January
31, 2008 to a date set out in
Schedule
3;
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(m)
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the
Promoters obtaining written
consents from all banks, financial institutions, lenders of the Company
and all other third parties as may be required for change in shareholding
of the Company in form and substance satisfactory to the
Investor;
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(n)
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the
Promoters causing the Company
to and the Company obtaining all statutory and other consents and
approvals required or desirable under any and all applicable laws
and
regulations, including but not limited to (i) approval of the Board
of
Directors and shareholders for increase in the authorized share capital,
if required, (ii) in-principle approval of the Board of Directors
and
shareholders for subscription, issue and allotment of the Portion
of
Subscription Shares pursuant to the terms of this Amendment Agreement,
if
necessary; and (iii) to give effect to the transactions contemplated
herein;
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(o)
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the
Promoters and the Company
undertaking that (i) the Portion of Subscription Price shall be utilized
exclusively for the purposes set out in Schedule 3 and not for any
other
purpose (ii) the Company shall deliver to the Investor at weekly
intervals, details set out in Schedule
3;
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(p)
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the
Promoters and the Company
confirming that except for SAAG RR Infra Limited and Odeon Limited,
the
board of directors have not recognized any person or entity as an
‘investor’ and except for SAAG RR Infra Limited and Odeon Limited, no
other person has been granted any special rights or privileges at
board or
shareholders meetings;
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(r)
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the
Promoters causing the board of
directors of the Company to, and the board of directors recognizing
the
Investor as an ‘investor’ for the purposes of the Articles of Association
of the Company and the Investor being vested with all rights available
to
an ‘investor’;
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED " INDIA
GLOBILIZATION CAPTIAL INC., USA"
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA
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(Authorised
Signatory)
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ON
THE 16TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "TECHNI
BHARATHI LIMITED "
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THE HAND OF MR. JORTIN ANTONY
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(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THE
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RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
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ON
THE 16TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "PROMOTERS"
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MR.
JORTIN ANTONY
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ON
THE 16TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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(s)
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the
Promoter causing the Company
to, and the Company executing necessary forms and declarations to
enable
refund of the share application money to the Investor, in the event
the
Conditions Precedent to the SSA does not
occur.
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(t)
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the
Promoters transferring 10
Equity Shares in favor of Mr. Sujjain Talwar or any other person
as may be
nominated by the Investor and the Company approving the transfer
of shares
from the Promoter in favor of Mr. Sujjain Talwar or any other person
as
may be nominated by the Investor, at a price to be determined by
the
Investor, and the Promoters causing the Company to, and the Company
amending the Articles of Association to give effect to the transfer
on the
terms determined by the
Investor.
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(u)
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the
Promoters and the Company
shall obtain a letter from SAAG RR Infra Limited, in the form attached
as
Schedule
4, in respect
of the
matters set out therein and accepted by the
Investor.
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(v)
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Each
of the Promoters delivering
to the Investor, a no-objection certificate in the form contained
in
Schedule 4 to the SSA and a no-objection certificate from the Company
in
the form contained in Schedule 4A to the
SSA.
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(a)
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Funding
of the first tranche shall
take place on the Funding Date, or at such other place as the Parties
may
agree. The Portion of Subscription Price shall be retained as advance
against Shares, until
Completion.
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(b)
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Simultaneously
upon Funding, the
provisions of Clauses 3 (Conditions subsequent to Completion), 4.1(d)
(Alternate Directors) 4.1(g) (Meeting and Minutes of Board Meeting),
4.1(h) (Notice), 4.1(i) (Quorum), 4.1(j) (Determination of Quorum),
4.1(k)
(Resolution by Circulation), 4.2 (Committees), 4.3 (Rights of the
Investor) and 5 (Dividend Policy) of the Shareholders Agreement shall
become effective and the Promoters and the Company shall be bound
by the
terms contained therein.
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(c)
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The
Promoters and the Company
shall not propose any resolution at a Shareholders Meeting, if such
resolution has not been approved by the director nominated by the
Investor, at a meeting of the
Board.
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(d)
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Until
Completion under this
Amendment Agreement, the Promoters shall not be entitled to Transfer
all
or any part of their Shareholding to any
Person.
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(e)
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The
Parties agree that where a
resolution for allotment of shares in favour of the Investor is proposed
by the director nominated by the Investor, the Promoters shall (if
they
are also Directors) / cause the directors nominated by them on the
Board,
to vote in favour of the
resolution.
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(f)
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A
meeting of the shareholders
shall be convened and a special resolution shall be passed approving
amendment to the Articles of Association, to give effect to the matters
set out in this Amendment
Agreement.
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(g)
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The
Promoters agree and
acknowledge that until Funding, they are in complete control over
the
affairs of the Company and undertake that they shall, to the extent
within
their power and control, cause the Company to fulfill all its obligations
hereunder so as to ensure that the covenants set forth in this Amendment
Agreement are fulfilled by such dates as specified in this Amendment
Agreement. To secure the performance of the obligations of the Promoters
and the Company as set out in this Amendment Agreement, the Promoters
shall create a pledge on the Promoter Shares in favour of the Investor
or
any Person nominated by it. For such purpose, the Promoters shall
on the
Funding Date or any date thereafter, and if required, with the approval
of
the regulatory authorities, deliver the following documents to the
Investor, or his
representative/nominee:
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§
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Original
certificates evidencing
right, title and interest to the Promoter
Shares;
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§
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Undated
share transfer forms
signed by the Promoters in favour of the
Investor;
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§
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A
duly stamped, irrevocable power
of attorney (substantially in the form and content as specified in
Schedule
2hereof) from
each
Promoter, pursuant to which each Promoter permits the Investor to
take all
necessary action and sign all necessary documents, letters, undertakings
etc. as may be required so as to effect a transfer of the Promoter
Shares
to the Investor or any of his nominees, as the case may be, and be
registered as a ‘member’ in respect of the Promoter
Shares;
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§
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the
shareholding pattern of the
Company after the exercise of the pledge by the
Investor.
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(h)
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The
Promoters unconditionally
agree,
acknowledge, undertake and confirm that they shall take all necessary
action and sign all necessary documents, letters, undertakings etc.
as may
be required so as to effect a transfer of the Promoter Shares to
the
Investor or any of his nominees, as the case may be, and be registered
as
a member inrespect of the Promoter Shares, if called upon by the
Investor
to do so.
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(i)
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The
Promoters and the Company
agree and acknowledge that the covenants and obligations under Clauses
3
and 4 relate to special, unique and extraordinary matters, and that
a
violation of any of the terms of such covenants and obligations will
cause
the Investor irreparable injury and hence the Investors shall be
entitled
to specific performance of the obligations undertaken by the Company
and/or the Promoters under Clauses 3 and
4.
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(a)
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Upon
fulfillment of all the
Conditions Precedent set out in the SSA, to the satisfaction of the
Investor or if specifically waived in writing by the Investor, the
Parties
shall proceed to complete the allotment of the Portion of Subscription
Shares to the Investor in the manner provided in this
Clause.
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(b)
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At
Completion, the Company
shall:
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§
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allot
and issue to the Investor,
the Portion of Subscription
Shares;
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§
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deliver
to the Investor one or
more original share certificates and other instruments, if any, evidencing
the Investor’s title to the Portion of Subscription
Shares;
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§
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duly
register, as required by Law,
the Portion of Subscription Shares in the Company's registers and
provide
evidence thereof to the
Investor;
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(c)
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If
any one or more of the
Conditions Precedent set out in the SSA are not satisfied to the
satisfaction of the Investor or waived in writing by the Investor,
the
Investor shall notify the Promoters and the Company of the non
satisfaction of the Condition Precedent. Within 7 days of receipt
of such
intimation from the Investor, the Promoters shall cause the Company
to and
the Company shall refund an amount equivalent to the Portion of
Subscription Price to the Investor. If the Company fails to make
repayment
of the Portion of Subscription Price to the Investor within 7 days
of
receipt of notice from the Investor, the Investor’s nominee may, without
any further act or approval of the Promoters or the Company, issue
instructions to Citibank N.A to repatriate funds lying in the Account
to
the Investor and the Parties shall cause Citibank N.A to forthwith
repatriate such funds to the
Investor.
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(d)
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If
the funds lying in the Account
are less than the Portion of Subscription Price, the Promoters will
cause
the Company to fund the Account with such amount by which the funds
lying
in the Escrow Account fall short of the Portion of Subscription Price.
If
the Promoters fail to cause the Company to fund the shortfall in
the
Portion of Subscription Price, or upon the Promoters and/or the Company
committing a breach of any of their obligations under this Amendment
Agreement and more specifically under Clause 5 hereof and failing
to
remedy the breach within 7 days of being notified of the same by
the
Investor, then,
without prejudice to any of
its rights under this Amendment Agreement, the Investor shall have
a right
to forthwith exercise the pledge and, at its discretion, require
the Board to allot to
itself, Portion of Subscription Shares and take all necessary action,to
be
registered as a member of the Company in respect of the Promoter
Shares and
or Portion of Subscription
Shares.
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A.
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The
Seller is the owner of Five Million (5,000,000) convertible preference
shares of the face value of INR 10 each with the terms and conditions
as
listed in Schedule 1
hereto (the “Shares”)
in Techni Bharathi Limited, a public limited company organised and
existing under the laws of India with its registered office and principle
place of business at By pass road, Edappally, Kochi – 682 024, India
(“Company”).
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B.
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The
Seller has agreed to sell the Shares to the Purchaser and the Purchaser
has agreed to purchase the Shares from the Seller in accordance with
the
provisions of this Agreement.
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1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND
INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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(a)
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‘Affiliate’
means
when used
in respect of a specified legal person, each legal person that directly
or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled
by, or is under common control with the person specified. In this
definition “control” (and its derivatives) means both (i) holding
beneficially more than fifty per cent (50%) of equity interests and
(ii)
the ability to cast more than fifty (50%)per cent of the voting rights
attaching to voting securities.
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(b)
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'Agreement'
shall mean this
Share Purchase Agreement, as from time to time amended, supplemented
or
replaced or otherwise modified and any document which amends, supplements,
replaces or otherwise modifies this Agreement, together with the
recitals
and all the Schedules attached
hereto.
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(c)
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“Applicable
Law” shall mean
all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, orders,
bye
laws, administrative interpretation, writ, injunction, directive,
protocols, codes, policies, notices, directions, judgment or decree
or
other instrument or other requirements of any Governmental Authority
in
any relevant jurisdiction applicable to any Party from time to
time.
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(d)
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‘Articles’
means Articles
of Association of the Company.
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(e)
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‘Board’
means Board of
Directors of the Company.
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(f)
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‘Claim’
includes any
notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document issued or action
taken by any tax, fiscal or other statutory or governmental authority,
body or official whatsoever (whether of India or elsewhere in the
world)
whereby the Company is or may be placed or sought to be placed under
a
liability to make a payment or deprived of any relief, allowance,
credit
or repayment otherwise available.
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(g)
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'Completion'
shall mean
completion of the events specified in Clause4.1 below and the
Purchaser being registered as a member in respect of the Shares in
the
register of members of Company.
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(h)
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‘Completion
Date' shall
mean date mentioned in Clause4.1
hereof.
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(i)
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'Conditions
Precedent'
shall mean the conditions precedent mentioned in Clause 3 of this
Agreement.
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(j)
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“CPS”
means
6% compulsorily
convertible preference shares of the Company agreed to be subscribed
by
the Purchaser in terms of the Share Subscription
Agreement.
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(e)
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Upon
the Promoters and/or the
Company committing a breach of any of their obligations under Clause
5(d)hereof and failing to remedy the breach within 7 days of being
notified of the same by the Investor and the Investor being unable
to
exercise the pledge and / or be registered as a member in respect
of the
Promoter Shares or any part thereof, due to any reason whatsoever,
the
Investor shall be entitled, pending subscription to the Subscription
Shares, to be allotted Portion of Subscription Shares and to subscribe
to
such number of shares in the Company as will bring its shareholding
to 51%
of the paid up share capital of the Company as on such date (“Additional
Shares”). Upon exercise of such option by the Investor, and upon infusion
of funds by the Investor towards subscription to the Additional Shares,
the Company shall allot Additional Shares to the Investor and at
such
price as may be determined by the Investor, provided that the pricing
shall be in accordance with the laws of India. Upon exercise of such
option by the Investor, the Investor shall be entitled to appoint
majority
directors on the Board and exercise all rights available to the Investor
under law, as a 51% shareholder in the
Company.
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(f)
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The
Promoters and the Company
hereby undertake that they shall, upon exercise by the Investor of
its
right under Clauses 5(d)and 5(e) above, cooperate with the Investor
and
take all necessary steps to ensure that the name of the Investor
or any
Person nominated by the Investor is registered as a ‘member’ in the
register of members of the Company in respect of the Promoter Sharesand
Additional Shares.
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(g)
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In
the event of enforcement of
pledge by the Investor, of the Promoter Shares, or in the event of
the
Promoters committing a breach of any of their obligations of causing
the
Company to perform its obligations, or in the event of subscription
by the
Investor, to Additional Shares, in the circumstances set out in Clause
5(e)above, subject to the rights available to the Investor to appoint
majority Directors on the Board and exercise all rights available
to the
Investor under law, as a 51% shareholder in the Company, the provisions
of
the Shareholders Agreement will get triggered. However, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the Shareholders Agreement,
the
Investor shall not be subject to any restrictions on transfer of
Portion
of Subscription Shares or Promoter Shares or Additional Shares, whether
set out in the Shareholders Agreement or otherwise and the provision
of
this clause shall supersede anything to the contrary contained in
the
Shareholders Agreement or under any other agreement entered into
between
the Parties.However, the Promoters and the Company agree that they
shall
be bound by Clauses 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Shareholders
Agreement.
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(a)
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The
Parties agree and acknowledge
that the Investor shall be entitled to appoint one director on the
Board
effective upon Funding and that such director shall be appointed
under
Section 255(2) of the Act. The Promoters and the Company shall not
be
entitled to remove the Director appointed/nominated by the Investor,
unless required by Law, in which event, the Investor shall be entitled
to
nominate a director in place of the director removed and the Promoters
shall cause the Company to and the Company shall appoint such person
as
director on the Board.
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(b)
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The
right of nomination and
appointment of the director conferred on the Investor under Clause
6(a)
shall include the right at any time to remove from office any such
persons
nominated or appointed by them and from time to time determine the
period
for which such persons shall hold office as Director. If the Investor
desires that any director nominated or appointed by it should cease
to be
a director of the Company, the Promoters shall cause, and shall exercise
its voting rights in such manner, so as to ensure such removal and
appointment of new director nominated by the Investor to replace
the
director so removed as soon as may be
practicable.
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(c)
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The
director appointed/nominated
by the Investor shall be entitled to receive all notices, agenda,
etc. and
to attend all General Meetings and Board Meetings and Meetings of
any
Committees of the Board of which they are
members.
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(d)
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The
quorum at meetings of the
Board shall be comprised in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, and provided further that it also comprises of a Director
nominated by the Investor and/or its Affiliates. Subject to quorum
requirements being met, each Director shall have one vote on the
Board
and, except as otherwise specifically required by the Companies Act,
all
decisions of the Board shall be taken by a simple majority of the
Directors present and voting or deemed to be present at the meeting
or in
the case of resolution by circulation, by majority of Directors to
whom
the resolution is circulated in accordance with Clause 4.1(k) of
the SHA.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any
other
document, no resolution shall be validly passed except with the
affirmative vote of a Director nominated by
IGC.
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(e)
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In
the event the Investor or any
of its Affiliates cease to (i) be shareholders of the Company, then
all
the rights of the Investor as a Shareholder shall automatically terminate
and the Investor shall cause its nominee Directors to resign from
the
Board.
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(k)
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'Encumbrances'
means any
encumbrance, lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge, easement,
conditional sale or other title retention or non-disposal agreement
or
other restriction of a similar kind, and all other easements,
encroachments and title defects of every type and nature, or any
conditional sale contract, title, retention contract, or other contract
to
give or to refrain from giving any of the
foregoing.
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(l)
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‘INR’
means the lawful
currency of India.
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(m)
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“Investor
Shares” means
7,150,000 equity shares of the Company agreed to be subscribed by
the
Purchaser in terms of the Share Subscription
Agreement.
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(n)
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'Party'
shall mean the
Seller and the Purchaser referred to individually and 'Parties' shall mean
the
Seller and the Purchaser referred to
collectively.
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(o)
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‘Purchase
Price’ means an
aggregate amount of USD 2 million to be paid by the Purchaser to
the
Seller for acquiring Shares.
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(p)
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'Person'
shall include an
individual, an association, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture,
a trust, an unincorporated organisation, a joint stock company or
other
entity or organisation, including a government or political subdivision,
or an agency or instrumentality thereof and/or any other legal
entity.
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(q)
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“Promoters”
shall
have the
meaning ascribed to the term in the Share Subscription
Agreement.
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(r)
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Representations and Warranties means
the representations and warranties of the Seller as set out in Recital
A
and clauses 5.1.1 to 5.1.5 (both
inclusive).
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(s)
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“Share
Subscription
Agreement” means the agreement to be executed between the
Purchaser, the Company and the
Promoters.
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1.2
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Interpretation
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1.2.1
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The
terms referred to in this Agreement shall, unless defined otherwise
or
inconsistent with the context or meaning thereof, bear the meaning
ascribed to it under the relevant
statute/legislation.
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1.2.2
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All
references in this Agreement to statutory provisions shall be construed
as
meaning and including references
to:
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(a)
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Any
statutory modification, consolidation or re-enactment (whether before
or
after the date of this Agreement) for the time being in
force;
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(b)
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All
statutory instruments or orders made pursuant to a statutory provision;
and
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(c)
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any
statutory provisions of which these statutory provisions are a
consolidation, re-enactment or
modification.
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1.2.3
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Words
denoting the singular shall include the plural and words denoting
any
gender shall include all genders.
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1.2.4
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Headings
to clauses, sub-clauses and paragraphs are for information only and
shall
not form part of the operative provisions of this Agreement or the
Schedules and shall be ignored in construing the
same.
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1.2.5
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References
to recitals, clauses or schedules are, unless the context otherwise
requires, are references to recitals, to clauses of or schedules
to this
Agreement.
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1.2.6
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Reference
to days, months and years are to Gregorian days, months and calendar
years
respectively.
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1.2.7
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Any
reference to the words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to
clauses
or annexures of this Agreement as specified
therein.
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1.2.8
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Any
expression importing a natural person includes any company, trust,
partnership, joint venture, association, body corporate or governmental
agency.
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1.2.9
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Where
a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, another part of speech
or
other grammatical form in respect of that word or phrase has a
corresponding meaning.
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1.2.10
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Reference
to “Purchaser”, unless repugnant to the context shall for the purpose of
this Agreement, mean and include the Affiliates of the
Purchaser.
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(a)
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Shareholders
Meeting Quorum. The
quorum at meetings of the Shareholders shall be as required by the
Companies Act, provided that the presence of Mr. Sujjain Talwar either
in
person or by proxy shall be necessary to constitute a valid
quorum.
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(b)
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Determination
of Quorum for
Shareholders Meeting. In the event the quorum is not present at any
Shareholders meeting, the meeting shall be reconvened in accordance
with
the provisions of the Companies Act and provisions of the Companies
Act
shall apply to the adjourned meeting. Voting at a meeting of the
Shareholders shall only be with the unanimous consent of all the
shareholders present and voting. It is clarified for the avoidance
of
doubt that the affirmative vote of Mr. Sujjain Talwar or his proxy,
as the
case may be, shall be necessary to pass a valid resolution at any
shareholders meeting.
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(a)
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The
Promoters and the Company
represent, warrant and undertake to the Investor, that each of the
statements set out in this Agreement, is now and will be true and
accurate
at the Completion Date. The Promoters and the Company acknowledge
that the
Investor, in entering into this Agreement, is relying on such
representations, warranties and undertakings and shall be entitled
to
treat the same as conditions of the
Agreement.
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(b)
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The
Company has the corporate
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement,
and
the transactions contemplated herein. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement has been duly authorized
and
approved by its Board of
Directors.
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(c)
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The
execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement will not violate, conflict with, result
in a
breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a
default,
an event of default or an event creating rights of acceleration,
modification, termination or cancellation or a loss of rights under,
or
result in any Encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company under
(i)
the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, (ii) any
shareholders contract/loan arrangement entered into by the Company,
(iii)
any court order to which the Company is a party or by which the Company
is
bound; or (iv) any laws affecting the
Company.
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(d)
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The
Representations and Warranties
provided in this Agreement and in the SSA shall survive the Completion
Date.
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(a)
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Except
to the extent specifically
modified by this Amendment Agreement, all the terms of the SSA shall
survive and continue to remain valid and binding on the Parties.
Reference
in the SSA to subscription to Investor Shares or Subscription Shares
respectively, wherever they appear, shall be deemed to mean subscription
to Investor Shares or Subscription Shares as respectively reduced
by the
Portion of Subscription Shares and Additional Shares and reference
to
payment of Investor Price or Subscription Price, respectively, wherever
they appear in the SSA, shall be deemed to mean payment of Investor
Price
or Subscription Price as respectively reduced by the Portion of
Subscription Price and price paid for the Additional
Shares.
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(b)
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This
Amendment Agreement shall
become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Amendment
Agreement by the Investor, the Promoters and the
Company.
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(c)
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Except
as expressly set forth in
this Amendment Agreement, all agreements, covenants, undertakings,
provisions, stipulations, and promises contained in the SSA are hereby
ratified, readopted, approved, and confirmed and remain in full force
and
effect.
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2.
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PURCHASE
AND SALE OF
SHARES
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2.1
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Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, on the Completion Date the Seller
shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to the Purchaser
the
ownership and possession of the Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances
and restrictions of any kind, with all rights attached or accruing
thereto
(including without limitation, accrued dividends if any) and the
Purchaser
shall purchase the Shares from the Seller for the Purchase
Price.
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3.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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3.1
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The
Parties agree that the obligation of the Purchaser to purchase the
Shares
in the manner provided herein, is conditional upon (i) the Purchaser
subscribing to the Investor Shares and the CPS; and (ii) only if
all the
Representations and Warranties continue to be true and correct on
the
Completion Date.
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3.2
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Upon
fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent, the Purchaser shall notify
the
Seller of the same in writing.
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4.
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COMPLETION
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4.1
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Upon
fulfilment of all the Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of
the
Purchaser or if specifically waived in writing by the Purchaser,
the
Parties shall proceed to complete the sale of the Shares to the Purchaser
(‘Completion’) in the
manner provided in this Clause. Such Completion shall take place
on a date
set by the Purchaser (the ‘Completion Date’), which
date shall not be later than 15 days from the fulfilment of all the
Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of the Purchaser. Such Completion
Date shall however in no event be later than January 31, 2008 unless
extended upon mutual agreement between the
Parties.
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4.2
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The
Completion shall take place at Economic Laws Practice, 1502, Dalamal
Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021 or such other place as may be
mutually agreed upon by the
Parties.
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4.3
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On
the Completion Date, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to
the Purchaser:
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a)
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written
confirmation from the Seller that as at the Completion Date the
Representations and Warranties are true, accurate and complete and
that it
is not aware of any matter or thing which is in breach of or inconsistent
with any of the Representations and
Warranties;
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b)
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duly
signed share transfer forms and the original share certificates respecting
the Shares.
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4.4
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On
the Completion Date, a meeting of the Board shall be held at which,
the
Board shall pass resolutions approving the transfer of the Shares
held by
the Seller to the Purchaser, endorse share certificates in the name
of the
Purchaser and deliver the share certificates to the Purchaser and
record
such transfer in the register of members maintained by the Company
and
incorporate the name of the Purchaser as the legal and beneficial
owner of
the Shares in the register of members of the
Company.
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4.5
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On
the Completion Date the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller the Purchase
Price by way of telegraphic
transfer.
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4.6
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The
Parties to this Agreement agree to take all measures that may be
required
to ensure to the extent possible, that all the events contemplated
in
Clause 4 above on the
Completion Date are completed on the same day1.
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(a)
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Amicable
Settlement: If any
dispute arises between Investor and/or the Promoters and/or Company
during
the subsistence of this Amendment Agreement or thereafter, in connection
with the validity, interpretation, implementation or alleged breach
of any
provision of this Amendment Agreement or regarding a question, including
the question as to whether the termination of this Amendment Agreement
by
one Party hereto has been legitimate (“Dispute”), the disputing Parties
hereto shall endeavour to settle such Dispute amicably. The attempt
to
bring about an amicable settlement shall be considered to have failed
if
not resolved within 60 days from the date of the
Dispute.
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(b)
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Conciliation:
If the Parties are
unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance with Clause 8(a)
within the period specified therein, the Parties shall forthwith
but not
later than 30 days after expiry of the aforesaid period, refer the
Dispute
to Mr. Ram Mukunda and Mr. Jortin Antony for resolution of the said
Dispute. The attempt to bring about such resolution shall be considered
to
have failed if not resolved within 30 days from the date of receipt
of a
written notification in this
regard.
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(c)
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Arbitration:
If the Parties are
unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance with Clause 8(b)
within the period specified therein, any Party to the Dispute shall
be
entitled to serve a notice invoking this Clause and making a reference
to
an arbitration panel of three arbitrators. Each party to the dispute
shall
appoint one arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of the notice of
the
Party making the reference, and the two arbitrators, so appointed
shall
appoint a third arbitrator. The Arbitration proceedings shall be
held in
accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The decision
of the arbitration panel shall be binding on all the Parties to the
Dispute.
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(d)
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The
place of the arbitration shall
be Mumbai, India.
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(e)
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The
arbitration proceedings shall
be governed by the laws of
India.
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(f)
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The
proceedings of arbitration
shall be in the English
language.
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(g)
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The
Arbitrator’s award shall be
substantiated in writing. The court of arbitration shall also decide
on
the costs of the arbitration proceedings. The cost of arbitration
shall be
borne by the Company.
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(h)
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The
award shall be binding on the
Parties subject to the Applicable Laws in force and the award shall
be
enforceable in any competent court of
law.
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(i)
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The
Mumbai court (including any
appellant court) in India shall have exclusive
jurisdiction.
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5.1
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True
and Accurate: The Seller
represents, warrants and undertakes to the Purchaser, that each of
the
statements set out in this Clause hereunder, as applicable to the
Seller,
is now and will be true and accurate at the Completion Date. The
Seller
acknowledges that the Purchaser, in entering into this Agreement,
is
relying on such representations, warranties and undertakings and
shall be
entitled to treat the same as conditions of the Agreement.
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5.1.1
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Ownership
of Shares: The Seller is the sole
recorded and beneficial owner of
Shares.
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5.1.2
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No
liens or Encumbrances: The Seller has
good and marketable title to the Shares, free and clear of all
Encumbrances.
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5.1.3
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Right
to transfer Shares: The Seller has
full capacity, right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to
transfer
and deliver the Shares to the Purchaser, in the manner provided in
this
Agreement, the Purchaser will receive good and marketable title to
the
Shares, free and clear of all
Encumbrances.
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5.1.4
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No
liability: The Seller has no asserted or
unasserted liability or Claim whatsoever towards the
Company.
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5.1.5
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Non-contravention:
The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, the consummation by the Seller
of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance by the
Seller
with the provisions hereof or thereof do not and will not (a) subject
to
the conditions precedent set out herein, require any filing by the
Seller
with, or the permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any court,
arbitrator or arbitral tribunal, administrative agency or commission
or
other governmental or regulatory authority or agency (a “Governmental
Entity”), (b) conflict with or violate any order, writ, injunction,
decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to, binding upon or
enforceable against the Seller, (c) constitute a breach of any duty
owed
by the Seller or any person acting in a representative or fiduciary
capacity with respect to the Seller, or (d) result in a violation
or
breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time
or both)
a default under or give rise to any right of termination, amendment,
cancellation or acceleration.
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5.2
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Purchaser
Representation:The Purchaser
hereby represents and warrants that it has the corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated herein. The execution, delivery and performance
by the Purchaser of thus Agreement has been duly authorized and approved
by its board of directors.
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5.3
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Separate
and Independent: Each
of the Representations and Warranties shall be separate and independent
and, save as expressly provided to the contrary, shall not be limited
by
reference to or inference from any other Representations and Warranty
or
any other term of this Agreement, which is not expressly referenced
to the
Representations and Warranty
concerned.
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5.4
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Undertaking: The
Seller shall
not do, allow or procure any act or omission before the Completion
Date
which would respectively constitute a breach of any of the Representations
and Warranties if they were given at the Completion Date, or which
would
make any of the Representations and Warranties inaccurate or misleading
if
they were so given.
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5.6
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Notification
of breach: The
Seller hereby agrees to disclose promptly to the Purchaser in writing
immediately upon becoming aware of the same, any matter, event or
circumstance (including any omission to act) which may arise or become
known to it after the date of this Agreement which would render any
of the
Representations and Warranties to be
inaccurate.
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5.7
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Survival: The
Representations
and Warranties provided in this Agreement shall survive the Completion
Date.
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(a)
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Without
prejudice to any other
right available to the Investor in law or under equity, the Promoters
shall jointly and severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Investor, their Affiliates, directors, advisors, officers, employees
and
agents, or, if so desired by the Investor, the Promoters shall indemnify
the Company, from and against any and all liabilities, damages, demands,
Claims (including third party Claims), actions, judgments or causes
of
action, assessments, interest, fines, penalties, and other costs
or
expenses (including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement,
court
costs and all reasonable attorneys' fees and out of pocket expenses)
(“Losses”) directly based upon, arising out of, or in relation to or
otherwise in respect of:
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(i)
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any
inaccuracy in or any breach of
any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Promoters
or
Company contained in the SSA or this Agreement or any document or
other
papers delivered by any of them to the Investor in connection with
or
pursuant to the SSA or this
Agreement;
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(ii)
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any
liability arising out of non
compliance of any obligation undertaken by the Company or the
Promoters;
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(iii)
|
any
liabilities and obligations of
whatever nature relating to any litigation, claim or governmental
investigation pending or relating to the business or operations of
the
Promoters or the Business of the Company prior to the date of execution
of
the SSA or this Agreement and as on the Completion
Date;
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(iv)
|
any
liability due to any
non-compliance of any applicable law, rules or regulations prior
to the
date of execution of this Agreement and as on the Completion
Date.
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(b)
|
Any
compensation or indemnity as
referred to in Clause 9(a) above shall be such as to place the Investor
in
the same position as it would have been in, had there not been any
such
breach and as if the Representation and Warranty under which Investor
is
to be indemnified, had been
correct.
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(a)
|
No
Implied
Waiver
|
|
(b)
|
Governing
law
|
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(c)
|
Costs
|
|
(d)
|
Execution
in
Counterparts
|
|
(e)
|
Assignment
|
|
6.1SIGNED
AND
DELIVERED
|
Without
prejudice to any other right available to the Purchaser in law or
under
equity, the Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Purchaser, their Affiliates, directors, advisors, officers, employees
and
agents, from and against any and all liabilities, damages, demands,
Claims
(including third party Claims), actions, judgments or causes of action,
assessments, interest, fines, penalties, and other costs or expenses
(including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement, court
costs
and all reasonable attorneys' fees and out of pocket expenses) (“Losses”) directly
based
upon, arising out of, or in relation to or otherwise in respect of
)
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i. BY
THE WITHINNAMED "INVESTOR
"
|
any
inaccuracy in or any breach of any Representation and Warranty, covenant
or agreement of the Seller contained in this Agreement or any document
or
other papers delivered by Seller to the Purchaser in connection with
or
pursuant to this Agreement;)
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ii. INDIA
GLOBALIZATION CAPITAL, INC.
|
any
liability arising out of non compliance of any obligation undertaken
by
the Seller.)
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6.2
|
Any
compensation or indemnity as referred to in Clause 6.1 above shall
be such
as to place the Purchaser in the same position as it would have been
in,
had there not been any such breach and as if the Representation and
Warranty under which Purchaser is to be indemnified, had been
correct.)
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7.1
|
Any
notice or other communication
that may be given by one Party to the other shall always be in writing
and
shall be served either by (i) hand delivery duly acknowledged; or
(ii)
sent by registered post with acknowledgment due; or (iii) by facsimile
at
the respective addresses set out herein below or at such other address
as
may be subsequently intimated by one party to the other in writing
as set
out herein. If the notice is sent by facsimile, the said notice shall
also
be sent by registered post acknowledgment
due.
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|
7.2ON
THE 21st DAY
OF
DECEMBER2007
|
All
notices shall be deemed to have been validly given on (i) the business
date immediately after the date of transmission with confirmed answer
back, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, or (ii) the business
date
of receipt, if sent by courier or hand delivery; or (iii) the expiry
of
seven days after posting, if sent by registered post.)
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7.3IN
THE PRESENCE
OF:
|
Any
Party may, from time to time, change its address or representative
for
receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement by giving to the
other
Party not less than 10 days prior written notice.)
|
|
WITNESS:
|
)
|
|
NAME
AND
ADDRESS:
|
)
|
|
SIGNED
AND
DELIVERED
|
)
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED "COMPANY"
|
)
|
|
BY
THE HAND OF
Mr.
|
)
|
|
(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO
THE
|
)
|
|
RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE
BOARD
|
)
|
|
ON
THE 10thDAY OF
DECEMBER2007
|
)
|
|
IN
THE PRESENCE
OF:
|
)
|
|
WITNESS:
|
)
|
|
NAME
AND
ADDRESS:
|
)
|
|
SIGNED
AND
DELIVERED
|
)
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED "Promoters"
|
)
|
|
)
|
|
|
)
|
|
|
ON
THE 21st DAY
OF
DECEMBER2007
|
)
|
|
IN
THE PRESENCE
OF:
|
)
|
|
WITNESS:
|
)
|
|
NAME
AND
ADDRESS:
|
)
|
|
10.1Name
of
Shareholder
|
Grounds
for Termination: Save and except the rights and obligations of the
Parties
that terminate as provided in the specific clauses in this Agreement,
this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until terminated
in
accordance with the provisions of this Clause.Number
of
Shares
|
|
10.2Mr.
M.K.
Chacko
|
This
Agreement can be terminated at any time prior to the sale of the
Shares in
the manner set out in Clause 4 of this Agreement, by mutual written
agreement of the Parties.2000
|
|
10.3Dr.
V.J.
Sebastian
|
This
Agreement shall stand terminated if the Completion does not take
place as
per Clause 4.1.520000
|
|
10.4Mrs.
Kunjamma
Antony
|
Effect
of Termination: Termination of this Agreement under Clauses 10.2
to 10.3
shall be without liability of any Party (or any shareholder, director,
officer, agent, employee, consultant or representative of such Party)
to
the other Party.237000
|
|
10.5Mr.
James
Joseph
|
The
provisions of Clause 6 (Indemnity), 7 (Notices), and 9 (Confidentiality)
shall survive the termination hereof pursuant to Clause 10.1.2000
|
|
Mr.
Antony C.
Thevaril
|
493100
|
|
Mr.
Joy
Joseph
|
2000
|
|
Mrs.
Thresiamma
Joseph
|
2000
|
|
Kairali
Orchids Private
Limited
|
116000
|
|
Mr.
P.C.
Chacko
|
2000
|
|
Mrs.
Reeni
Jose
|
4000
|
|
Mr.
Gijo
Thomas
|
6000
|
|
Mr.
V.C.
Antony
|
290380
|
|
Mrs.
Simi
Antony
|
6000
|
|
Mr.
Alex
Antony
|
494720
|
|
Mr.
K.V.
George
|
16000
|
|
Prof.
Jose
Thomas
|
2000
|
|
Mr.
P.V.
Mathai
|
2000
|
|
Mr.
P.K. Sukumaran
Nair
|
2000
|
|
Mr.
Jose
Joseph
|
3680
|
|
Mr.
K.V.
Thomas
|
500
|
|
Mr.
Jortin
Antony
|
813800
|
|
Mr.
George
Thomas
|
91800
|
|
Mr.
Thomas
Oommen
|
2000
|
|
AAA
Investment
Company
|
360000
|
|
Mrs.
Jeggy
George
|
72000
|
|
Mrs.
Sheeba
Jortin
|
679520
|
|
Mr.
Shaju
Antony
|
15000
|
|
Mr.
Georgekutty
Kurian
|
50000
|
|
Total
|
42,87,500
|
|
NOW
KNOW YE ALL AND THESE PRESENTS
WITNESS THAT
|
|
SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
|
)
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED " Purchaser
"
|
)
|
|
BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA
|
)
|
|
(Authorised
Signatory)
|
)
|
|
ON
THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
|
)
|
|
IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
|
)
|
|
WITNESS:
|
)
|
|
NAME
AND ADDRESS:
|
)
|
|
SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
|
)
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED "Seller"
|
)
|
|
BY
THE HAND OF MR. BEN LIM CHOON KEE
|
)
|
|
(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THE
|
)
|
|
RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
|
)
|
|
ON
THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
|
)
|
|
IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
|
)
|
|
WITNESS:
|
)
|
|
ADDRESS:
|
)
|
|
1.
Name
of
Shareholder
|
In
this agreement words and expressions shall have the same meanings
as are
respectively assigned to them in the conditions of the contract herein
referred to.Number
of
Shares
|
|
2.
Mr. M.K.
Chacko
|
Section
headings appearing in this Agreement are inserted for convenience
of
reference only, and shall in no way be construed to be interpretations
of
the provisions hereof. 2000
|
|
3.
Dr. V.J.
Sebastian
|
The
following documents shall be deemed to form and be read and construed
as
part of this Agreement:520000
|
|
4.
Mrs. Kunjamma
Antony
|
In
consideration of the payments to be made by the Employer to the Contractor
as hereinafter mentioned, the Contractor hereby covenants with the
Employer to execute and complete the Works and remedy any defects
therein,
in conformity with the provisions of the Agreement. 237000
|
|
5.
Mr. James
Joseph
|
The
Employer hereby covenants to pay the Contractor, in consideration
of the
execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of defects
therein, the Contract Price at the time and in the manner prescribed
in
Schedule 1 of this Agreement.2000
|
|
6.
Mr. Antony C.
Thevaril
|
AMTL
and MAIL agree that they shall transfer their capacity Allotment
to CWEL
or as per the advise of CWEL at the time of commissioning. 493100
|
|
7.
Mr. Joy
Joseph
|
It
is agreed between the Parties that the capacity of the wind farm
shall be
24 MW consisting of 96 (ninety six) 250KW WEGs and the wind energy
farm
will be set up in the State of Karnataka in the land and capacity
allotted
to the Contractor or their associate companies. The technical
specifications of the Contractor 250 KW wind electrical generator
shall
be: 2000
|
|
Mrs.
Thresiamma
Joseph
|
2000
|
|
Kairali
Orchids Private
Limited
|
116000
|
|
Mr.
P.C.
Chacko
|
2000
|
|
Mrs.
Reeni
Jose
|
4000
|
|
Mr.
Gijo
Thomas
|
6000
|
|
Mr.
V.C.
Antony
|
290380
|
|
Mrs.
Simi
Antony
|
6000
|
|
Mr.
Alex
Antony
|
494720
|
|
Mr.
K.V.
George
|
16000
|
|
Prof.
Jose
Thomas
|
2000
|
|
Mr.
P.V.
Mathai
|
2000
|
|
Mr.
P.K. Sukumaran
Nair
|
2000
|
|
Mr.
Jose
Joseph
|
3680
|
|
Mr.
K.V.
Thomas
|
500
|
|
Mr.
Jortin
Antony
|
813800
|
|
Mr.
George
Thomas
|
91800
|
|
Mr.
Thomas
Oommen
|
2000
|
|
AAA
Investment
Company
|
360000
|
|
Mrs.
Jeggy
George
|
72000
|
|
Mrs.
Sheeba
Jortin
|
679520
|
|
Mr.
Shaju
Antony
|
15000
|
|
Mr.
Georgekutty
Kurian
|
50000
|
|
Total
|
42,87,500
|
|
8.1.1
|
Design,
manufacture and supply of WEGs including Tower, Nacelle, Rotor, Cables
and
Control Panels and including providing all spares at cost during
the life
of the WEGs, being 20 (twenty)
years..
|
|
8.1.2
|
Packing,
handling, loading and unloading and transportation of all equipment
to the
Site.
|
|
8.1.3
|
Formation
of roads suitable for transporting all the machines and materials
through
heavy vehicles like cranes, trucks, trailers,
etc.
|
|
8.1.4
|
Site
clearance and Platform
construction.
|
|
8.1.5
|
Liaison
and obtaining all the clearances from Karnataka Renewable Energy
Development Limited (KREDL), Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation
Limited (KPTCL), Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC)
and
other government and private agencies, including,
without
limitation, those referenced in Schedules 2 and 4, in order for the
Employer to own and operate (or have operated on its behalf) the
Project.
|
|
8.1.6
|
Foundation
work for the WEGs.
|
|
8.1.7
|
Supply
and erection of all high-tension electrical works including transformer,
Meter, Metering Set, etc., including the
Yard.
|
|
8.1.8
|
Obtaining
Grid Tie up and evacuation and Synchronization
Clearances.
|
|
8.1.9
|
Over
Head Line work from Meter point to the tapping point/SS of
KPTCL.
|
|
8.1.10
|
Assembly
and erection of WEGs at site.
|
|
8.1.11
|
Test
run of all the WEGs after grid is
provided.
|
|
8.1.12
|
Commissioning
of the WEGs after providing the
grid.
|
|
8.1.13
|
Doing
all acts necessary to ensure that the Project is completed and operated
and maintained in accordance with the
Agreement.
|
|
8.1.14
|
The
Contractor shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to the sufficiency
of and all conditions and circumstances affecting the Contract Price,
the
Site and its surroundings, climatic conditions, the extent and nature
of
the Works, the labour, Plant and the Contractor’s Equipment required for
the Works and generally as to all other circumstances, risks and
contingencies which may be relevant to the performance of the Contractor’s
Obligations under the Agreement and/or to the payments to be made
in
respect thereof. The Contractor therefore accepts total responsibility
for
having foreseen all difficulties and costs and expenses for successfully
executing the Works and that subject to Clause 9 hereof, no increase
in
the Agreement Price and no extension of the Time other than provided
under
Clause 13.2 for Completion shall be made, based in whole or in part
upon
any discrepancy between actual circumstances encountered by the Contractor
and those anticipated or
considered.
|
|
8.1.15
|
The
Contractor acknowledges that the Employer has made available to the
Contractor, certain data and information solely for the convenience
of the
Contractor, the verification and interpretation of which is the sole
risk
and responsibility of the Contractor. The Contractor agrees that
the
Employer shall have no liability to the Contractor for the adequacy,
accuracy or completeness of such data and information and shall protect,
indemnify and hold the Employer harmless from and against any and
all
losses arising directly or indirectly from or incurred by reason
of the
use of any such data and information or any part thereof. Further,
the
Contractor hereby waives any claims it may otherwise have against
persons
who may have prepared, compiled, provided or prepared any such data
and
information and by other persons to whom the Contractor has supplied
such
data and information.
|
|
Re:
|
Acquisition
of 42,87,500 equity
shares of Techni Bharti Limited (“Company”) by India Globalization
Capital, Inc. (“Purchaser”) from Indian resident
shareholders
|
|
Clause
reference no.
|
11.1
Relating
to
|
The
Price in Clause 9 above, shall be paid to the Contractor as per Schedule
1
and subject to Clause 11.2 Particulars
|
|
Definitions
|
11.2Existing
Accounts
|
The
Parties agree that the Employer will have a right to make payments
directly to the major vendors and contractors specified in Schedule
3 as
per the instructions from the contractor and in accordance with the
contract with such vendors from time to time such payment being part
of
the down payment mentioned in Schedule 1.Please see Annexure
1
|
|
Definitions
|
11.3
Third Party
Contracts
|
The
employer shall pay a sum of Rs.100 Lakhs ( Rupees One Hundred Lakhs
Only )
on or before 15th
May 2007 to the Contractor as interest free deposit to facilitate
implementation of the project. Only 75% ( Seventy Five percentage)
of this
amount will be refunded by the Contractor to the Employer in case,
the
Employer fails to perform their obligations by 30.09.2007.(i) Four Laning Contract
of NH –
54, entered into between the Company and the National Highway Authority
of
India, between Maibong – Lumding, in the State of Assam, awarded under
Package no. AS – 25.
(ii)
Asphalting work of four
laning of NH – 7 entered into between the Company and IVRC Limited,
Chennai between Madurai – Thirunelveli, in the State of Tamil Nadu,
awarded under package no. NS –
41.
|
|
Clause
3(o)
|
11.4Utilisation
of Portion of
Subscription Price
|
The
Parties further agree that the Contractor shall create at the cost
of the
Employer security interest in favour of the Employer over all major
goods
and components purchased by the Contractor for the purpose of the
Project.
The Contractor shall create at the cost of the Employer a security
interest in favour of the Employer over all major goods and components
imported by the Contractor immediately after the goods and components
have
cleared customs in India.(i)
Rs. 4 crores for the Four Laning Contract in the State of
Assam
(ii)
Rs. 2 crores for the
asphalting work of four laning in the State of Tamil
Nadu
(iii)
Rs. 1.30 crores for settling
overdue interest to Federal Bank and repayment of first instalment
of
re-scheduled loan with Dhanalaxmi Bank Limited
(iv)
Rs. 1.5crores for paying the
first instalment of one time settlement with M/s Shamrao Vittal
Co-operative Bank, Mumbai
(v)
the balance will be used for
the purpose as agreed with the
Investor.
|
|
Clause
3(o)
|
11.5
Weekly
reportings
|
The
security interest created by the Contractor under Clause 11.4 shall
be
released at the cost of the employer once the ownership of the secured
goods and components passes to the Employer in accordance with this
contract.Cash flows
requirements and utilisations and project progress in a format acceptable
to the Investor.
|
|
11.6
|
The
Contractor shall assign all its rights under all agreements entered
into
between the Contractor and any vendor for the goods and components
purchased for the purpose of the Project to the
Employer.
|
|
11.7
|
The
Contractor shall submit a Corporate Guarantee in the agreed form
to the
Employer for the amount received till completion of the project on
pro-rata basis. The said Guarantee will automatically get diminished
depending upon the implementation of the
project.
|
|
Clause
3(l)
|
Odeon
Agreement
|
Postponement
of the Share Purchase
Agreement entered into by the Investor with Odeon Limited upto April
30,
2008.
|
|
Sl.
No.
|
Name
of
Bank
|
Account
No.
|
|
1.
|
12.1
State Bank of
Travancore
Edappally
Branch
Kochi
–
682
024
|
The
Employer’s obligations are conditional upon the satisfaction or waiver (if
applicable) of all of the following conditions:57016009072
|
|
2.
|
12.1.1Andhra
Bank
Ajay
Vihar
M.G.Road
Ernakulam
–
682001
|
A
resolution being passed at a duly constituted meeting of the board
of
directors of the Employer and a resolution being passed at duly
constituted meeting of the shareholders of the Employer, approving
the
development of a wind energy farm in Karnataka and the satisfaction
of all
other conditions for the Employer to effect a Business Combination
as set
forth in the Employer’s Prospectus dated March 3, 2006 as filed with the
US Securities and Exchange Commission.CA
1478
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3.
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Federal
Bank
Premier
Junction
Kalamassery
683
104
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CA
1504
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4.
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12.1.2Federal
Bank
St.
George Church
Building
Edappally
Kochi
–
682
024
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The
Contractor obtaining the necessary capacity allotment through its
associate companies AMTL and MAIL, as per schedule 4 from the Government
of Karnataka.512
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5.
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12.1.3Bank
of Baroda
Lourde
Centre
Opp.
Old Bus
Stand
Alwaye
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The
Contractor providing IGC with documentary proof that AMTL and MAIL
have
entered into a valid agreement as per Government Order No. DE 26
NCE 99,
Bangalore dated 3 May 1999, EN 259 NCE 2004 Bangalore dated 18.03.2005
and
EN 260 NCE 2004 Bangalore dated 26.08.2004 with the Government of
Karnataka through KREDL for 24 MW and that both AMTL and MAIL have
fulfilled all the conditions under their respective agreements and
are not
in breach of their respective agreements; 05620200000056
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12.1.4
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AMTL
and MAIL transferring their capacity allotment and all rights there
under
to the Contractor concurrent with the required down payment. The
Contractor will provide Employer documentary proof of the
same.
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12.1.5
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The
Parties entering into an agreement for the operation and maintenance
of
the wind energy farm;
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12.1.7
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The
Contractor shall obtain all necessary consents, approvals and licenses
for
the Employer to generate and sell the power generated as permissible
under
applicable laws and including but not limited to those specified
in
Schedules 2 and 4 in the form and content as per statutory
requirements;
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13.1
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All
the WEGs shall be supplied, installed and commissioned within 12
(twelve)
months from the Effective Date (“Time for Completion”). The
employer should make the down payment on or before 30.09.2007 so
as to
enable the contractor to implement the project successfully in
time.
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13.2
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The
Employer will extend the Time for Completion for a further period
of 3
(three) months (“Extended
Time for Completion”) if the Contractor completes Milestone VI of
the Project as specified in Schedule
1
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13.3
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In
the event the commissioning of all the 96 WEG’s is not completed within
the Extended Time for Completion, the Contractor will refund the
excess
amount received after deducting the value of completed WEGs and also
the
expenses incurred by the Contractor in connection with the implementation
of the project.
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13.4
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The
Project shall be completed as per the milestones provided in Schedule
1.
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13.5
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The
Employer shall take-over each WEG on the day of commissioning of
that WEG.
The Parties agree that on the day of commissioning of the WEG or
earlier
if permitted under applicable law, the Contractor shall procure that
the
Parties shall enter into a sub-lease agreement with the Government
of
Karnataka in form and content as per the statutory requirement, under
which the land relating to that WEG shall be subleased to the
Employer.
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13.6
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The
Contractor shall begin the operation and maintenance of each WEG
from the
date of its commissioning as per the terms and conditions of the
operations and maintenance contract between the
Parties.
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13.7
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The
Contractor shall ensure that there is in place a power purchase agreement
between the Employer and BESCOM for all the power generated by a
WEG as on
the date of commissioning of that WEG unless modified in writing
by the
Employer prior to completion either to the electricity board or as
a sale
to a third party if so decided by the Employer, in accordance with
prevailing Govt. rules.
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14.1
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Without
limiting any other provisions of the Agreement, the Contractor shall
perform the Work with due care and in a professional manner, using
sound
engineering and design principles and project management and supervisory
and warrant procedures, in accordance with and consistent with industry
standards and all applicable Laws. The Works done by the Contractor
shall
be fit for purpose. The Contractor represents and warrants that it
has the
requisite skills, experience, expertise and capacity to perform the
Work
in the foregoing manner and to satisfy and fulfill all of its obligations
and responsibilities under the
Agreement.
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14.2
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The
time is of an essence of the Agreement. This condition will apply
to both
Parties relating to payments and project
implementation.
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15.2.1
The payment of Liquidated Damages does not in any way relieve the
Contractor from any of its obligations to complete the Works or from
any
other obligations and liabilities of the Contractor under the Agreement.
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15.2.2
For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to any continuing
obligations of the Contractor under the Contract or otherwise, the
issue
of any Taking Over Certificate does not relieve the Contractor in
respect
of Liquidated Damages which have accrued up to the date of such Taking
Over Certificate, but which have not yet been paid by the Contractor.
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15.3.1
The Parties recognize the expense and inconvenience likely to be
incurred
from any need to prove the loss and damage that will be suffered
by the
employer only in the event of failure by the Contractor to achieve
completion of the Works by the relevant Time for Completion. The
Parties
acknowledge that the Liquidated Damages is a genuine pre-estimation
of and
reasonable compensation for the loss and damage that will be suffered
by
the Employer in the event of any such failure on the part of the
Contractor and the Contractor irrevocably undertakes that it will
not,
whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, contend that the levels
of
Liquidated Damages are not reasonable nor will it put the Employer
to the
proof thereof, nor further contend that its agreement to such sum
and
undertaking as aforesaid were arrived at by force, duress, coercion,
mistake or misrepresentation on the part of the Employer. If the
payment
of Liquidated Damages is unenforceable by the Employer for any reason
the
Contractor shall be liable to pay the Employer actual losses and
costs
caused or to the extent contributed to by the delay to the Time for
Completion for which the Contractor is responsible. The maximum liability
of the Contractor to the Employer, under this Clause 15 shall not
exceed
the amount of Rs.5.7 Crores.
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6.
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16.1
State Bank of
Travancore
P.O.Box
No.33
Tirunelveli
Branch
Sreepuram,
Tirunelveli
|
Each
Party represents, severally and not jointly, to the other Party hereto
that:67035845850
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7.
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16.1.1State
Bank of
India
Singtam
P.O.
East
Sikkim 237
134
|
Such
Party has the full power and authority to enter into, execute and
deliver
the Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby
and such
Party is duly incorporated or organized with limited liability and
existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation
or
organization;01000050183
–
Collection
01000050182
–
Disbursement
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8.
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16.1.2State
Bank of
Mysore
Taluk
Office Compound Main
Branch
Hiriyur
Chithradurga
District – 572
143
|
The
execution and delivery by such Party of the Agreement and the performance
by such Party of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other action of such Party;599
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9.
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16.1.3Syndicate
Bank
Perumanoor
Branch
M.G.Road
South
End
Perumanoor
Kochi
|
Assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other
Parties,
the Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of such
Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms,
except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally; and 101/46
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10.
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16.1.4State
Bank of
India
Talcher
Branch
ORISSA
Ph:
06760241024
|
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement by such Party
and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i)
violate
any provision of the organizational or governance documents of such
Party;
(ii) require such Party to obtain any consent, approval or action
of, or
make any filing with or give any notice to, any Government Authority
in
India or any other person pursuant to any instrument, Agreement or
other
agreement to which such Party is a party or by which such Party is
bound
save for those provided in Schedule 2; (iii) conflict with or result
in
any material breach or violation of any of the terms and conditions
of, or
constitute (with notice or lapse of time or both constitute) a default
under, any instrument, Agreement or other agreement to which such
Party is
a party or by which such Party is bound; (iv) violate any order,
judgment
or decree against, or binding upon, such Party or upon its respective
securities, properties or businesses; or (v) subject to the novation
of
the Agreement, violate any Laws of India or the Laws of its place
of
incorporation or organization any other country in which it maintains
its
principal office.30264141108
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11.
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16.2HDFC
Bank
Ground
Floor, Elmar
Square
39/4157,
M.G.Road
Ravipuram
Kochi
–
682
016
|
The
Contractor represents and warrants to the Employer that:0200350000411
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12.
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16.2.1Andhra
Bank
Rajajinagar
Branch
Rajaji
Nagar
Post
Bangalore
–
560
010
|
It
is fully experienced in the planning, programming, design and execution
and co-ordination of construction activities wind energy farms of
the
scope, complexity, size and technical sophistication of the Works
and that
it possesses the level of skill and expertise commensurate with such
experience, upon which the Employer is reliant;CA
1729
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13.
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16.2.2State
Bank of
Travancore
Vellayambalam
Branch
Vellayambalam
Trivandrum
695
010
|
It
shall be responsible for the design and execution of the Works and
the
said design and execution of the Works will meet in all respects
the
requirements of the Agreement;CA
638
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14.
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16.2.3Federal
Bank
Cuttack
Branch
Cuttack,
ORISSA
|
It
shall undertake and develop the design of the Works so as to procure
a
complete detailed design which both as a whole and as individual
parts
will be adequate, accurate and sufficient and will meet and comply
in all
respects with the Specifications, applicable Laws and industry practice
and that such detailed design will be such that the Works as a whole
and
as each individual part will be in all respects fit for its purpose
in
accordance with the Specifications, applicable Laws and industry
practice;A/c No.
417
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15.
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16.2.4Federal
Bank
Limited
No.
17, Connaughut
Circus
New
Delhi – 110
001
|
The
Works will be designed and executed and defects remedied in accordance
with industry practice and all applicable Laws and the functional
and
other requirements of the Agreement and when completed the Works
shall be
fit for the purpose for which the Works are intended, as specified
or as
may be inferred from the Agreement;CA
1975
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16.
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16.2.5State
Bank of
India
Lumding
Nagaon
District
Assam
|
The
Works have a rate of deterioration reasonably to be expected of a
high
quality, reliable and well-designed, engineered and constructed wind
energy farm with minimal lifecycle costs and shall be free of structural
defects and deficiencies;01000050173
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16.2.6
|
The
personnel to be employed by the Contractor in or about the design
and
execution of the Works will be properly skilled, competent and experienced
having regard to the nature and extent of the
Works;
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16.2.7
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The
Contractor has not and will not use substances or materials generally
known at the time of their use to be deleterious to health or safety
during the execution or the design life of the Works or to be likely
adversely to affect the operation or design life of the Permanent
Works or
persons using or employed or engaged on the same or to be likely
to cause
the Contractor or the Employer to be in breach of any applicable
Laws;
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16.2.8
|
It
will ensure that the Works will comprise only equipment which is
new
and/or unused and complies with the Agreement and which is manufactured
and prepared in accordance with the applicable Laws and with industry
practice; and
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16.2.9
|
It
will obtain all the necessary approvals and permits under applicable
law
for the successful completion and operation of the Project including
without limitation approvals and permits as detailed in Schedule
2 during
the execution of the Project.
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16.2.10
|
The
Contractor shall undertake the Operations, Maintenance and Security
Services Agreement (OMS Agreement) as detailed in Schedule
5
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(a)
|
Understanding
that it constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Contractor, enforceable in accordance with its term, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar
events
which may arise in future.
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(b)
|
Confirming
that it is not a party to any legal, administrative, arbitral,
investigation or other proceeding or controversy which is pending,
or, to
the best of the Contractor’s knowledge, threatened, which would adversely
affect the Contractor’s ability to perform under the OMS
Agreement
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(c)
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The
Contractor has examined the requirements of OMS Agreement in depth
and is
familiar with
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(i)
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its
terms
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(ii)
|
the
necessary experience and proper qualifications to perform the service
contemplated hereunder
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(iii)
|
reviewed
and examined all applicable laws, codes and standards (including
safety,
environmental and security requirements of the Project);
and
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(iv)
|
carefully
reviewed all documents, plans, drawings and other information that
it
deems necessary regarding the Project and its performance of the
services
hereunder that are available as of the date hereof.
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17.1
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Commencing
from the date of this Agreement, and on receipt of the first down
payment
the Contractor shall ensure that neither it nor any of its employees,
officers or advisers or representatives directly or indirectly solicit,
encourage or initiate any expression of interest, offer or proposal
by any
person other than the Employer for the matter and wind energy farm
contemplated under this Agreement, provided all the terms & conditions
including the payment terms are fulfilled in accordance with this
contract
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18.1
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The
equipment relating to each WEG is warranted by the Contractor for
a period
of 12 months from the date of commissioning of each WEG against any
defects owing to faulty design or manufacture, excluding normal wear
and
tear of components, consumables and electronic
components.
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19.1
|
During
the warranty period and during the term of the operation and maintenance
contract, the Contractor will provide an annual generation guarantee
of
5.50 lakhs units per WEG per year (“Assured Generation”) with a permitted
variation of up to 10% due to wind pattern variations from the data
published by MNES/IITM/KREDL.
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19.2
|
If
the average of the aggregate actual generation is below the Assured
Generation during the warranty period and during the term of the
operation
and maintenance contract, the Contractor undertakes to reimburse
the
shortfall at Rs.3.40 (prevailing KPTCL Power Purchase Agreement rate
or
any higher rate as stipulated in the power purchase agreement) per
unit to
the Employer.
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19.3
|
To
substantiate the above, the Contractor will provide a personal guarantee
of CMD & ED, being Mr. Marimuthu of the Contractor to the Employer in
a form and content acceptable to
Employer.
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20.1
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The
Contractor shall disclose all such required or necessary confidential
and
other information as the Employers representative may reasonably
require
in order to verify the Contractor’s compliance with the
Agreement.
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20.2
|
The
Parties shall treat the details of the Agreement as private and
confidential, except to the extent necessary to carry out obligations
under it or to comply with applicable Laws. The Parties shall not
publish,
permit to be published, or disclose any particulars of the Works
in any
trade or technical paper or elsewhere without the previous agreement
of
the other Party. Provided however that the Employer may publish or
permit
to be published or disclose the Agreement, without the consent of
the
Contractor, to comply with U.S Securities and Exchange Commission
rules
and regulations.
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21.1
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Only
during the period of continuous Operation and Maintenance services
by the
Contractor, the Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Employer,
any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or assignees, against
and from all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including legal
fees
and expenses) in respect of
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21.1.1
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bodily
injury, sickness, disease or death, of any person whatsoever arising
out
of or in the course of or by reason of the Contractor’s design (if any),
the execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of any
defects, unless directly and solely attributable to any negligence,
willful act or willful breach of the Agreement by the Employer,
and
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21.1.2
|
damage
to or loss of any property, real or personal, to the extent that
such
damage or loss:
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(a)
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arises
out of or in the course of or by reason of the Contractor’s design, the
execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of any defects,
and
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(b)
|
is
attributable to any negligence, willful act or breach of the Agreement
by
the Contractor, any of its directors, officers, employees, agents
or
assignees.
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21.2
|
Contractor
shall, indemnify and hold harmless Employer, its partner, its officers,
employees, agents, affiliates and representative from and against
any and
all direct actual and indirect damages, liabilities, fines, penalties,
as
maybe payable under applicable law arising out of, resulting from,
or
relating to the operation of the wind farm or negligence or misconduct
of
the Contractor in performing or failing to perform its obligations
under
this Operations, Maintenance and Security Services Agreement detailed
in
Schedule 5.
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21.3
|
Employer
agrees that in case of any loss or damage to the WEGs arising due
to
reasons outside the scope of the Operations, Maintenance and Services
Agreement , Contractor will not be made liable to make good such
losses
provided that Contractor has not contributed in any respect to such
loss
or damage. Contractor shall not be liable in case of any loss or
damage
caused to WEGs by reason of natural calamities, act of God and Force
Majeure. Contractor will be held liable for loss/damages due to its
negligence, omissions and failure to perform its contractual
obligations
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21.4
|
The
Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Contractor, any of
its
directors, officers, employees, agents or assignees, against and
from all
claims, damages, losses and expenses (including legal fees and expenses)
in respect of bodily injury, sickness, disease or death, which is
directly
and solely attributable to any negligence, willful act or willful
breach
of the Agreement by the Employer, any of its directors, officers,
employees, agents or assignees.
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22.1
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The
Contractor shall undertake per Schedule 5 the Operation Services,
Maintenance Services and Security Services of the 24 MW Wind Farm
to be
installed at Chitradurga District, Karnataka at the rate of Rs1,12,500
per
WEG per year from the date of commissioning of that WEG with an annual
escalation of 5 % on the above amount after the expiration of two
years
from the date of commissioning of that
WEG.
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22.2
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The
Contractor will impart training to nominated persons of the Employer,
as
and when required.
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23.1
|
The
Employer may assign/ Novate the entire benefit and obligations of
the
Agreement to its subsidiaries only without prior written consent
of the
Contractor but with prior notice and subject to the rights of the
contractor for continuously implementing the project till completion
without hindrance. Upon completion of the entire project by the
contractor, the employer has the right to novate /assign the WEGs
to any
parties subject to the settlement of dues payable to the contractor,
if
any.
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23.2
|
The
Contractor shall not assign or purport to assign the benefit of the
Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Employer.
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1.
|
With
effect from the date hereof
and until April 30, 2008, we shall not exercise our right or option
under
the Agreement or pursuant to any other arrangement, to subscribe
to
securities in the Company;
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2.
|
We
understand that the Company
will, before April 30, 2008, repay the loan of Rs. [ ] immediately
upon
receipt by the Company, of funds from IGC and will obtain
release
|
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of
the bank guarantee issued by [
] in favor of IVRCL, guaranteeing the repayment by the Company, of
an
amount of Rs. [ ]. Forthwith upon receipt of an amount of Rs. [ ]
from the
Company, we shall release and discharge the Company, of and from
any and
all past, present or future, known or unknown claims, debts, conditions,
promises, acts, demands, obligations, actions, causes of action,
rights,
accountings, damages, costs, expenses and compensation which SAAG
RR Infra
Limited now has, or which may hereinafter accrue or other wise be
acquired
by SAAG RR Infra Limited.
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24.1.1
|
Any
notice or other communication to be given under the Agreement shall
be in
writing and may be delivered in person or sent by fax or by recognized
international mail delivery such as DHL registered or certified mail
addressed to the relevant Party as follows to the Contractor
at:
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(a)
|
if
delivered in person, at the time of delivery; or
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(b)
|
if
sent by fax, at the expiration of two hours after the time of dispatch,
if
dispatched before 3.00 p.m. Indian Standard Time on any business
day, and
in any other case at 10.00 a.m. Indian Standard Time on the next
business
day following the date of dispatch.
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24.1.3
|
In
proving service of a notice or document it shall be sufficient to
prove
that delivery was made or that the fax was properly addressed and
sent.
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24.2
|
Governing
Law: This Agreement shall be governed in accordance with the laws
of
India;
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24.3
|
Integration:
This
Agreement and the documents
referenced in Clause 3 is the entire agreement between the parties
and
supersedes any other agreement or understanding between the parties,
whether oral or written.
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24.4.
|
Costs:
Save as otherwise provided in the Agreement, each Party shall pay
the
costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the entering
into and
completion of the Agreement.
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24.5.
|
Severability:
The provisions contained in the Agreement shall be enforceable independent
of each of the others and its validity shall not be affected if any
of the
other provisions are invalid. If any of those provisions are void
but
would be valid if some part of the provision were deleted, the provision
in question shall apply with such modification as may be necessary
to make
it valid.
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24.6
|
Survival:
In the event of termination of the Agreement notwithstanding anything
mentioned herein, Clauses which by their nature survive termination
shall
survive the termination of the
Agreement.
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24.7.
|
Amendment:
No variation, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms
of the
Agreement shall be valid, unless it is made in writing and mutually
agreed
upon by the Parties. Provided however, the Parties may mutually decide
in
writing to extend the scope of the Agreement
.
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24.8.
|
Partnership:
Nothing in the Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership
between the Parties or constitute either Party as the agent of the
other
Party for any purpose.
|
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24.9.
|
Independent
Contractor: CWEL shall perform its duties under this Agreement as
an
independent contractor, and not as an agent of
IGC.
|
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24.10
|
Waiver:
No failure or delay by either Party in exercising any right, power
or
remedy under the Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall
any single or partial exercise of the same preclude any further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Without
limiting the foregoing, no waiver by either Party of any breach of
any
provision of the Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any
subsequent breach of that or any other provision of the Agreement
.
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24.11
|
Covenants
Reasonable: The Parties agree that, having regard to all the
circumstances, the covenants contained herein are reasonable and
necessary
for the protection of the Parties. If any such covenant is held to
be void
as going beyond what is reasonable in all the circumstances, but
would be
valid if amended as to scope or duration or both, the covenant will
apply
with such minimum modifications regarding its scope and duration
as may be
necessary to make it valid and
effective.
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24.12
|
Counter-Parts:
Each Party shall execute one copy of the Agreement in
original.
|
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24.13
|
Whole
Agreement: As on the date of the Agreement, the Agreement contains
the
whole agreement between the Parties relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Agreement and supersedes all previous agreements
between the Parties relating to these
transactions.
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24.14
|
No
Implied Representation: Each of the Parties acknowledges that, in
agreeing
to enter into the Agreement , it has not relied on any representation,
warranty, collateral contract or other assurance except those set
out in
the Agreement and the documents referred to in made by or on behalf
of the
other Party before the execution of the
Agreement.
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24.15
|
Without
Prejudice: The Parties agree that the rights and remedies of the
Parties
hereunder are in addition to their rights at law or
equity.
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24.16
|
Further
Assurance: Each Party agrees to do all such actions, including execution
of all such deeds and documents, as may be reasonable required by
the
other Party to give effect to the transaction contemplated in the
Agreement.
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25.1.
|
The
Contractor will not be responsible, if during the continuance of
this
Agreement , the performance in whole or part of any obligation under
the
Agreement shall be prevented or delayed by any of the following
conditions:
25.1.1 Fire,
floods, epidemic,
earthquake, storms, heavy winds, untimely rains, quarantine restrictions,
etc.
25.1.2. War,
embargo, invasion,
hostility, riots, acts of public enmity, sabotages, explosions, strikes,
lockouts, revolution, act of god, acts of civil commotion
etc.
25.1.3.
Government
orders and / or
restrictions, changes in the government's policy etc.
25.1.4. In
such a case neither party
shall be entitled to cancel the Agreement nor shall any claims be
made for
such damages against the other party in respect of such delay or
non-performance and the performance and delivery of the Agreement
will be
resumed as soon as practicable after such eventuality has come to
an end
or ceased to exist.
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26.1.
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In
the event of any dispute or difference between the Parties arising
out of
relating to this Agreement (“Dispute”), the Parties shall make endeavors
to settle the “Dispute” amicably.
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26.2.
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If
within 30 days of the Dispute, there is no amicable settlement, the
Dispute shall, at the request of either Party, be referred to arbitration
under the rules (“Rules”) of the International Arbitration Association
before an arbitrator who shall be appointed by the Parties by mutual
consent. In the event that the Parties are unable to mutually agree
to the
appointment of an arbitrator within fifteen (15) days of one of the
Party
to the Dispute notifying its intention to refer the Dispute to arbitration
(“Arbitration Notice”), each Party to the dispute shall appoint one person
as the proposed arbitrator, who has the relevant expertise given
the
nature of the Dispute, within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of
the
Arbitration Notice and the appointed arbitrators shall appoint the
final
arbitrator who shall act as the presiding arbitrator. The place of
the
arbitration shall be Bangalore/Coimbatore /Singapore and the language
of
the arbitration shall be English.
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26.3.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Parties agree that any of them may seek interim
measures including injunctive relief in relation to the provisions
of this
agreement or the Parties' performance of it from any court of competent
jurisdiction. Each Party shall co-operate in good faith to expedite
(to
the maximum extent practicable) the conduct of any arbitral proceedings
commenced under this Agreement.
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26.4.
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The
costs and expenses of the arbitration, including, without limitation,
the
fees of the arbitration and the Arbitrator, shall be borne equally
by each
Party to the dispute or claim and each Party shall pay its own fees,
disbursements and other charges of its counsel, except as may be
otherwise
determined by the arbitrators. The arbitrators would have the power
to
award interest on any sum awarded pursuant to the arbitration proceedings
and such sum would carry interest, if awarded, until the actual payment
of
such amounts.
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26.5
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Any
award made by the arbitrators shall be final and binding on ach of
the
Parties that were parties to the dispute subject to the rights of
appeal.
The Parties expressly agree to waive the applicability of any Laws
and
regulations that would otherwise give the right to appeal the decisions
of
the arbitrators so that there shall be no appeal to any court of
Law for
the award of the arbitrators, except a Party shall not challenge
or resist
any enforcement action taken by any other Party in any court of Law
in
whose favour an award of the arbitrators was
given.
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27.1.
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In
the event of litigation to enforce the provisions of this Agreement,
the
prevailing party in such litigation shall be entitled to reasonable
attorney’s fees as fixed by the Court from the opposite
party.
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A.
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The
Company is engaged in the business of infrastructure development
specialising in construction of roads (the “Business”);
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B.
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IGC
is currently engaged in making investments in India especially in
sectors
which inter alia
includes power, infrastructure, and wishes to make a foray into the
Business;
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C.
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The
Parties have entered into a Share Subscription Agreement (“SSPA”) of even
date,
setting out the terms and conditions subject to which IGC shall subscribe
to certain Equity Shares and convertible preference shares in the
Company;
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D.
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The
Parties have agreed to enter into this Agreement for the purposes
of
regulating their relationship with each other as members of the Company
and regulating, as between themselves, certain aspects of the affairs
of
the Company.
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1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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(a)
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“Act
or Companies Act”
shall mean the Indian Companies Act, 1956 and any amendment
thereto
or any other succeeding enactment for the time being in
force.
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SIGNED
by: (b)
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SIGNED
by: ”Affiliate”
means (i) when used in respect of a specified legal person, each
legal
person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with the
person
specified (ii) when used in respect of an individual party, such
person’s
relative within the meaning of section 6 of the Act. In this definition
“Control” (and its derivatives) means both (i) holding beneficially more
than fifty per cent (50%) of equity interests and (ii) the ability
to cast
more than fifty (50%) per cent of the voting rights attaching to
voting
shares or (iii) power to direct the management or policies of such
entity
by contract or otherwise.
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For
INDIA GLOBALIZATION
CAPITAL
INC
RAM
MUKUNDA
CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER &
PRESIDENT
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For
CHIRANJJEEVI WIND ENERGY
LIMITED
R.V.S.MARIMUTHU
CHAIRMAN
&
MANAGING
DIRECOTR
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For
ARUL MARIAMMAN TEXTILES
LIMITED
M.A.KANAGARAJ
DIRECTOR
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FOR
MARUDHAVEL INDUSTRIES
LIMITED
K.KUMARAVEL
DIRECTOR
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Witness:
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Witness:
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Name:
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Name:
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Address:
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Address:
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Date:
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Date:
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(c)
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“Agreement”
shall
mean
this Shareholders Agreement together with the annexures thereto as
from
time to time made, amended, supplemented or replaced or otherwise
modified
in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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(d)
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“Applicable
Law(s)”
means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment,
order, decree, bye-law, approval, directive, guideline, policy,
requirement or other governmental restriction or any similar form
of
decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administrative
order having the force of law of any of the foregoing, by any Government
Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in
question.
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(e)
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”Board”
shall mean the
board of directors of the Company.
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(f)
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“Budget”
means
the
budget of the Company from time to time approved by the Shareholders
in
accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
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(g)
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“Business”
has
the
meaning given in recital A.
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(h)
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“Business
Plan” means the
operating and capital budget for the Company prepared on an annual
basis
for a Financial Year, with reference to the Business, which business
plan
shall identify and set out, inter alia, the time
scales and financial projections with key assumptions listed, including
all planned commitments, borrowings, amount and timing of capital
contributions to be made by the Shareholders, projected profit and
loss,
balance sheet, cash flow for such Financial Year in a form to be
mutually
agreed in writing between the
Parties.
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(i)
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”Claim”
includes any
notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document issued or action
taken by any tax, fiscal or other statutory or governmental authority,
body or official whatsoever (whether of India or elsewhere in the
world)
whereby the Company is or may be placed or sought to be placed under
a
liability to make a payment or deprived of any relief, allowance,
credit
or repayment otherwise available.
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(j)
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“Company”
means
Techni
Bharathi Limited, incorporated under the laws of India having its
registered office is at By pass road, Edappally, Kochi – 682 024,
India.
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(k)
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“Completion”
and
“Completion
Date” shall
have the meanings ascribed to it in the
SSA.
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(l)
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“Confidential
Information” means the provisions of this Agreement and (i) any
information concerning the organisation, business, technology, trade
secrets, know-how, finance, transactions or affairs of the Company,
any
subsidiary or any other Shareholder or any of their respective Affiliates,
directors, officers or employees (whether conveyed in written, oral
or in
any other form and whether such information is furnished before,
on or
after the date hereof) and (ii) any information or materials prepared
by a
Party or its Representatives that contains or otherwise reflects,
or is
generated from, Confidential
Information.
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(m)
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“CPS”
means
the
convertible preference shares subscribed to by IGC pursuant to the
provisions of the SSA.
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(n)
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“Directors”
means
the
directors of the Company and “Director”
means any
one
of them (as the context requires).
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(o)
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“Effective
Date” shall
mean the date of execution of this Agreement by the
Parties.
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(p)
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“Encumbrances”
means any
encumbrance, lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge, easement,
conditional sale or other title retention or non-disposal agreement
or
other restriction of a similar kind, and all other easements,
encroachments and title defects of every type and nature, or any
conditional sale contract, title retention contract, or other contract
to
give or to refrain from giving any of the
foregoing.
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(q)
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“Financial
Year” means
the financial year of the Company ending 31st March or other financial
year agreed by the Shareholders at a general
meeting.
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(r)
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“Government
Authority” or
“Government
Authorities” means (a) central, state, city, municipal or local
government, governmental authority or political subdivision thereof
having
jurisdiction; or (b) any agency or instrumentality of any of the
authorities referred to in Clause (a); or (c) any regulatory or
administrative authority, body or other organisation having jurisdiction,
to the extent that the rules, regulations, standards, requirements,
procedures or orders of such authority, body or other organisation
have
the force of Applicable Laws; or (d) any court or tribunal having
jurisdiction.
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(s)
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“IGC
Competitor” means
any person (alone or together with any of its affiliates and successors
and permitted assigns of such person) who is engaged in similar
Business.
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(t)
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‘INR’
means the lawful
currency of India.
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1.(u)
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Amendment
to Clause 11.3– Clause 11.3 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:‘Key
Employees’ shall mean the Managing Director, the Chief Financial
Officer and the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company.
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2.(v)
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Amendment
to Clause 13.1 – Clause 13.1 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:‘Liabilities’ means any
and all current liabilities, obligations, payables, forms of taxation
whether of India or elsewhere in the world, past, present and deferred
(including, without limitation, income tax, stamp duty, customs and
other
import or export duties) and all other statutory or governmental
impositions, duties and levies and all penalties, charges, costs
and
interest relating to any Claim.
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3.(w)
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Except
to the extent specifically modified by this Amendment, all the terms
of
the Agreement shall survive and continue to remain valid and binding
on
the Parties.'Party' shall mean
IGC,
the Company or the Promoters referred to individually and 'Parties' shall mean
IGC, the Company and the Promoters referred to
collectively.
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(x)
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'Person'
shall include
an individual, an association, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture, a trust, an unincorporated organisation, a joint stock company
or
other entity or organisation, including a government or political
subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof and/or any other
legal entity.
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(y)
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“Pro
Rata Share” means,
with respect to any Shareholder, the proportion that the number of
fully
paid up Shares held by such Shareholder bears to the aggregate number
of
fully paid up Shares held by all Shareholders, in each case on
a fully diluted basis.
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(z)
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“Securities”
means,
with
respect to any person, such person's equity capital, registered capital,
joint venture or other ownership interests (including, without limitation,
in the case of the Company, shares) or any options, warrants, loans
or
other securities that are directly or indirectly convertible into,
at or
exercisable or exchangeable for, at the sole option of such person,
such
equity capital, registered capital, joint venture or other ownership
interests (whether or not such Derivative Securities are issued by
such
person).
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(aa)
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'Shares'
shall mean the
equity shares of the Company.
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(bb)
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"Share
Capital” means the
amount derived by multiplying the total number of Shares by Rs. Ten
(10).
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(cc)
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'Shareholder'
or 'Shareholders' shall
mean IGC and the Promoters and / or any person to whom Shares are
issued
or transferred in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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(dd)
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“Shareholding”
in
relation to a Shareholder, means ownership of the Shares by such
Shareholder, at any time.
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(ee)
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“Share
Subscription
Agreement” or “SSA” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
Recital C.
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(ff)
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“Subscribed
Shares”
shall mean such number of Shares of the Company agreed to be subscribed
by
IGC pursuant to the provisions of the
SSA.
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(gg)
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“Transfer”
means
to
sell, gift, assign, amalgamate, merge, transmit (whether by operation
of
Law or otherwise) or create any Encumbrance on any Shares or any
right,
title or interest therein or otherwise to dispose of the Shares in
any
manner whatsoever.
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(hh)
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‘Warrantors’
means the
Company and the Promoters and ‘Warrantor’ means any
one of them.
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1.2
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Other
Defined Terms:
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(i)
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‘Business
Days’ means
the days on which the banks are open for business in Mumbai,
India.
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(ii)
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‘Dispute’
shall
have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 16.1 of this
Agreement.
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(iii)
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‘Losses’
shall have the
meaning as ascribed to it in Clause 14.1 of this
Agreement.
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SIGNED
by:/s/ Ram
Mukunda 1.3
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SIGNED
by: /s/ R.V.S.
Marimuthu Interpretation
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For
INDIA GLOBALIZATION CAPITAL
INC.
RAM
MUKUNDA
CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER & PRESIDENT
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For
CHIRANJJEEVI WIND ENERGY
LIMITED
R.V.S.MARIMUTHU
CHAIRMAN
&
MANAGING DIRECOTR
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For
ARUL MARIAMMAN TEXTILES
LIMITED
/s/
M.A. Kanagaraj
M.A.KANAGARAJ
DIRECTOR
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FOR
MARUDHAVEL INDUSTRIES
LIMITED
/s/
K.
Kumaravel
K.KUMARAVEL
DIRECTOR
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Witness:
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Witness:
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Name:
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Name:
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Address:
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Address:
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Date:
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Date:
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1.3.1
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In
this Agreement (unless the context requires otherwise), any express
reference to an enactment (which includes any legislation in any
jurisdiction) includes references
to:
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(i)
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that
enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment
before, on or after the date of this
Agreement;
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(ii)
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any
enactment which that enactment re-enacts (with or without modification);
and
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(iii)
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any
subordinate legislation (including regulations) made (before, on
or after
the date of this Agreement) under that enactment, as re-enacted,
amended,
extended or applied as described in paragraph (i) above, or under
any
enactment referred to in paragraph (ii)
above.
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1.3.2
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In
this Agreement, reference to including and include shall be construed
to
mean “including without limitation” and “include without limitation”
respectively.
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1.3.3
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In
this Agreement, references to a person shall be construed so as to
include
any individual, firm, company, unincorporated association of persons,
government, state or agency of a state or any
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joint
venture, association, partnership, or employee representative body
(whether or not having separate legal
personality).
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1.3.4
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Where
there is any inconsistency between the definitions set out in this
Clause
l and the definitions set out in any other clause or schedule, then
for
the purposes of construing such clause or schedule, the definitions
set
out in such clause or schedule shall
prevail.
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1.3.5
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In
this Agreement:
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(i)
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words
importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;
and
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(ii)
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references
to IGC unless repugnant to the context shall for the purpose of this
Agreement mean and include the Affiliates of
IGC.
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1.3.6
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The
headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation and are
for
convenience only. Any schedule or annex to this Agreement shall take
effect as if set out in this Agreement and references to this Agreement
shall include its schedules and
annexure.
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1.3.7
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In
this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference
to a
Recital, Clause, Subclause, paragraph, subparagraph, Schedule or
item is a
reference to a Recital, Clause, sub-clause, paragraph, subparagraph,
Schedule or item of this Agreement.
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1.3.8
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For
the purposes of any calculation under this Agreement any fraction
will be
rounded off to the next integer.
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1.3.9
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Any
time period prescribed for the performance of any obligation of IGC
and/or
any of its Affiliate under this Agreement to Transfer or subscribe
to
Shares of the Company shall be extended by as many days as necessary
in
order to facilitate IGC and/or its Affiliate to obtain all such approvals
(if any) from Government Authorities required under Applicable Laws
in
order to fulfil such obligations not being in any event more than
90 days
from the date hereof or such longer period as may specifically be
agreed
between the Parties.
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2.1
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The
Company has, at the date of this Agreement, an authorised share capital
of
INR 15,00,00,000 consisting
of
80,00,000 equity shares of par value INR 10 each and
70,00,000
15% redeemable preference shares of par value INR 10 each. As
of date 4287500 Equity Shares have been issued and are held by the
persons
in the number as set out in Schedule 2 A and
5,000,000 convertible preference shares have been
issued.
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2.2
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Upon
Completion, the Shareholding pattern of the Company shall be as set
out in
Schedule 2B and
the CPS shall be issued to IGC.
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2.3
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Promoters
and IGC agree that on Completion, the Parties would have only partly
funded the Company and that both Parties hereby agree to further
fund the
Company, as and when required to the maximum extent as specified
in the
Business Plan in proportion to their Shareholding in the Company.
The
Parties shall mutually agree on the manner and time of such future
funding.
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2.4
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In
the event the Company does not have adequate resources to fund its
operations as envisaged in the Business Plan as amended or revised
with
approval of the Board or the Shareholders, and provided the Shareholders
have funded their full share of funding commitment as set forth in
the
Business Plan, the Company shall raise such additional funds (“Additional Funds”) (i)
through external commercial borrowings from IGC on reasonable effort
basis, in compliance with the exchange control regulations or
alternatively, through other modes of non-convertible debt on terms
and
conditions to be satisfactory to IGC within a period of 45 days from
the
requirement of the Additional Funds; or (ii) if the Board determines
that
the Company is not able to raise external commercial borrowing or
non-convertible debt as referred to herein, by an offering
of Shares (“Additional Shares”) to
the Shareholders in proportion to their respective Pro Rata Share
in the
Company and on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed between
the
Parties. Such Additional Shares to be issued upon subscription to
the
Shareholders shall be fully paid up by the respective Shareholder
in cash.
In the event any Shareholder does not subscribe entirely to its Pro
Rata
Share of Additional Shares, the other Shareholder shall have the
right to
subscribe to the unsubscribed portion of the Pro Rata Share of the
unsubscribing Shareholder in the Additional Shares (“Unsubscribed Additional
Shares”). In the event that any Shareholder nominates an
Affiliate to subscribe to the Additional Shares or the Unsubscribed
Additional Shares, such Shareholder shall cause such Affiliate to
execute
an Affiliate Deed of Adherence in the form set out in Schedule 4 and the
Company shall not issue the Additional Shares or the Unsubscribed
Additional Shares to such Affiliate unless a duly executed (by all
parties
thereto) Affiliate Deed of Adherence has been lodged with
it.
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The
Company shall purchase key man insurance policy of such amounts as
may be
decided by the Board, with benefits payable to the Company, covering
the
Key Employees and such of the Promoters as may be identified by the
Company.
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4.
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BOARD
OF DIRECTORS CONSTITUTION, APPOINTMENT, NOMINATION AND
MANAGEMENT
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4.1
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Constitution,
Appointment and Nomination
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(a)
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Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement and the Companies Act, the Board
shall
be responsible for the management, supervision, direction and control
of
the Company. Subject to Applicable Laws, the Board shall
initially consist of five (5) Directors but may be increased up to
seven
(7) Directors
subject to a maximum of twelve (12) Directors and such Directors
shall be
appointed in accordance with this
Agreement.
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(b)
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Composition
of the
Board. The Parties agree that subject to Applicable Laws, the
Promoters shall be entitled to nominate three (3) Directors, out
of which
one shall be Mr Jortin Antony and IGC shall be entitled to nominate
two
(2) Directors on the Board. All Directors shall be persons whose
period of
office shall be liable to determination by retirement of directors
by
rotation and shall be required to be appointed by the Company in
a general
meeting. On the restructuring of the Board, Mr Jortin Antony, shall
be
appointed as the Managing Director of the
Company.
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ARTICLE
1.
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217Appointment
and Removal of
Directors. Subject to the Applicable Laws, Mr Jortin
Antony shall serve a term of five (5) years. Subject to the mutual
consent
of the Board and Mr Jortin Antony, the five (5) year term of Mr Jortin
Antony may be extended to a further term not exceeding 5 years at
any one
time.
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ARTICLE
2.
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217
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ARTICLE
3.
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221Alternate
Directors. Any
Director may, by prior written notice to the other Shareholders and
the
Company, nominate one alternate at any time to act on his behalf
as a
Director in circumstances and for such period as may be valid under
the
Companies Act, and the Shareholders shall procure that the Board
shall
approve any such nomination and appoint the relevant individual to
act as
alternate Director. The Shareholders shall procure that the
Board will, unless the nominating Director instructs the Board otherwise,
automatically reappoint any nominated alternate if, for any reason,
the
nominated alternate's office is deemed to have been vacated. An alternate
Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of the
Board,
to attend and vote at any such meeting at which the Director appointing
him is not personally present and at the meeting to exercise and
discharge
all the functions, powers and duties of his appointee or as a Director.
An
alternate Director shall automatically vacate his office as an alternate
Director if the Director who appointed him ceases to be a
Director.
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ARTICLE
4.
|
221Voting.
Subject to
quorum requirements under Clause 4.1(i) being met each Director shall
have
one vote on the Board and, except as otherwise specifically provided
in
Clause 4.5 below and/or as specifically required by the Companies
Act, all
decisions of the Board shall be taken by a simple majority of the
Directors present and voting or deemed to be present at the meeting
or in
the case of resolution by circulation by majority of Directors to
whom the
resolution is circulated in accordance with Clause 4.1(k) below.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a resolution
in
respect of Fundamental Issue shall require the affirmative vote of
a
Director nominated by IGC, for it to be validly
passed.
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ARTICLE
5.
|
233Chairman.
The Chairman
of the Board shall be elected by the majority of the Board. In case
the
Chairman is unavailable, any IGC Director may be appointed by the
Board as
the Chairman for that particular meeting to act as the Chairman of
the
Board. The Chairman shall not have a casting
vote.
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ARTICLE
6.
|
225Meeting
and Minutes of Board
Meeting. The Board shall meet as may be necessary to discharge its
duties but in any case no less frequently than holding at least one
meeting every three calendar months. The minutes of the Board
shall be circulated within ten (10) Business Days of the date of
the
meeting of the Board. At the beginning of each meeting of the
Board, the Board minutes of the previous meeting shall be approved
if
agreed to by all Directors.
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ARTICLE
7.
|
226Notice.
At least fifteen
(15) Business Days' notice of each Board meeting shall be given to
each
Director unless, in any particular case, all of the Directors otherwise
agree in writing. The notice of the meeting of the Board shall be
accompanied by an agenda of the business to be transacted at that
meeting
together with all papers to be circulated or presented to the same.
No
business shall be discussed at a Board meeting unless such business
was
included in the agenda.
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ARTICLE
8.
|
226Quorum.
The quorum at
meetings of the Board shall be comprised in accordance with the provisions
of the Companies Act, and provided further that it also comprises
of one
Director nominated by IGC and/or its
Affiliates.
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ARTICLE
9.
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228Determination
of Quorum.
If within two (2) hours from the time appointed for the holding of
a
meeting of the Board a quorum as set forth in Clause 4.1(i) is not
present, the meeting of the Board shall stand adjourned to the next
day in
the same week (or if that day is a public holiday, to the next Business
Day thereafter) at the same time and place as the original meeting,
or to
such other day and at such other time and place as the Board may
determine. If at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present
within one (1) hour from the time fixed for holding the meeting,
the
meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week (or
if that
day is a public holiday, to the next Business Day thereafter), at
the same
time and place as the reconvened meeting, or to such other day and
such
other time and place as the Board may determine. If at such re-adjourned
meeting a quorum is not present within one (1) hour from the time
fixed
for holding the meeting notwithstanding anything mentioned in Clause
4.1(i) or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Directors present shall
constitute a quorum at such meeting.
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ARTICLE
10.
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229Resolution
by
Circulation. A resolution by circulation must be circulated to all
Directors and approved by majority of the Directors subject to Clause
4.4
in accordance with Applicable Laws and shall be as valid and effectual
as
if it had been passed at a meeting of Directors duly convened and
constituted. The resolution may be contained in one document or
in several documents in like form each signed or approved by one
or more
Directors concerned, but a resolution signed or approved by an alternate
Director need not also be signed or approved by the Director appointing
such alternate Director and, if it is signed or approved by a Director
who
has appointed an alternate Director, it need not be signed or approved
by
the alternate Director in that
capacity.
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ARTICLE
11.
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230Shareholders
Meeting
Quorum. The quorum at meetings of the Shareholders shall be as
required by the Companies Act and shall comprise of at least one
(1)
representative of IGC and/or its
Affiliates.
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ARTICLE
12.
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231Determination
of Quorum for
Shareholders Meeting. In the event the quorum is not present at any
Shareholders meeting, the meeting shall be reconvened in accordance
with
the provisions of the Companies Act and provisions of the Companies
Act
shall apply to the adjourned meeting. Voting at a meeting of the
Shareholders shall only be by poll.
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ARTICLE
13.
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231Shareholders
Meeting:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at
a general
meeting a resolution in respect of Fundamental Issue is proposed
to be
passed such resolution shall require the affirmative vote of the
authorised representative of IGC for it to be validly
passed.
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14.
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ARTICLE
1.
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ESTABLISHMENT,
PURPOSE, AND
DURATION
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ARTICLE
2.
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DEFINITIONS
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4.2.1
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If
the Board finds it necessary to constitute further other working
committee
or committees, the powers of such working committee or committees
shall be
determined by the Board. The members of any such working committee
or
committees shall not decide the powers of such committee unless delegated
by the Board or otherwise required by
law.
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4.2.2
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Subject
to Applicable Laws, each Party shall have the right to nominate one
person
each on all the working committees constituted by the Board, but
the
Chairman shall be appointed by IGC.
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(a) 4.3.1
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“Affiliate”
shall
mean any corporation or
other entity (including, but not limited to, a partnership or limited
liability company) that is affiliated with the Company through stock
or
equity ownership such that it controls or is controlled by, or is
under
common control with, the Company.IGC shall have the sole and absolute
right to appoint the CFO of the Company, including the right to decide
on
the terms of employment, duties, scope of work and the key
responsibilities of the CFO including but not limited to financial
planning, financial control, audit and treasury functions of the
Company. The CFO shall report to the Managing
Director. The CFO’s employment may not be terminated under any
circumstances without prior written approval from
IGC.
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(b) 4.3.2
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“Agreement”
means
an agreement entered into
by each Participant and the Company, setting forth the terms and
provisions applicable to Awards granted to Participants under this
Plan.The Company and the Promoters acknowledge that IGC as a company
follows stringent compliance, reporting and audit requirements including
but not limited to timely and accurate closure and reporting of financial
statements compliant with US GAAP and the appointment and removal
of the
statutory auditors and internal auditors shall not be without the
affirmative vote of IGC, including the right of the IGC Director
to
nominate an auditor at the Board
meeting.
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(c) 4.3.3
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“Award”
means,
individually or collectively,
a grant under this Plan of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified
Stock
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted
Stock
Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Other Stock-Based Awards
and
Cash-Based Awards.Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company
shall not without the prior approval of
IGC
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(d) 4.3.3.1
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“Beneficial
Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules
and
Regulations under the Exchange Act.Authorize, create, alter the rights
attaching to or issue any Securities that are dilutive of IGC’s ownership
of the Subscribed Shares or the CPS, on an as-converted, fully diluted
basis or that have rights, preferences, or privileges senior to or
on a
parity with the Subscribed Shares or the CPS;
or
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(e) 4.3.4
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“Board”
or
“Board
of Directors” means the Board of
Directors of the Company.IGC shall have the right to receive US GAAP
financial statements of the Company reviewed by the statutory auditor
of
the Company within 10 days of the end of each financial quarter.
IGC shall
also have the right to receive the US GAAP financial statements audited
by
the statutory auditor of the Company within 45 days of the end of
each
financial year.
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(fi)
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“Cause”
means
(i) the same definition for
“cause” set forth in any employment agreement between the Participant and
the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate in effect when the event(s)
occur, or, (ii) in the absence of such an employment agreement, the
Participant’s conduct that is (A) the Participant’s engaging in any act or
omission in the capacity of his or her employment with the Company,
Subsidiary and/or Affiliate constituting dishonesty, theft, fraud,
embezzlement, moral turpitude or other wrongdoing or malfeasance;
or, (B)
the Participant’s conviction of a felony under federal or state law; or,
(C) the Participant’s engaging in any act or omission constituting gross
misuse of his or her authorities, gross or continual dereliction
of his or
her duties to the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate, or that is
materially injurious or embarrassing to any such entity’s business,
operations or reputation; or, (D) the Participant breaching the
noncompetition, nonsolicitation, or confidentiality provisions of
any
written agreement with the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate
prohibiting such conduct. Solely for purposes of this Plan, the
Plan Administrator may use the designation of “Cause,” or without “Cause,”
determined by the Company (or any subsidiary that is the “employer” of the
Participant) or the Plan Administrator may make an independent designation
of “Cause” with respect to employment termination in accordance with the
terms of this Plan. The designation of the Plan Administrator
with respect to “Cause” under this Plan shall not be used for any other
purpose and shall not be used against either the Company or any
Participant.Any capital expenditure or indebtedness (including giving
of
security for or guaranteeing debts) beyond 15% of the
Budget in the
Business Plan (including a revised Business Plan) that is approved
by the
Board of Directors.
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(ii)
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Investments
in any other companies / assets /
entities.
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(giii)
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“Change
in Control” has meaning set forth in
Article 15 of this
Plan.Amendments or any proposal to amend the Memorandum or Articles
of
Association of the Company including change in the number of Board
members
of the Company.
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(hiv)
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“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor act
thereto.Commencement of any new line of business or acquisition of
shares
of a company, which is unrelated to the Business of the Company,
including
spending/lending any funds or furnishing any guarantee or credit
or any
type of assistance to any party which carries on or proposes to carry
on
any business unrelated to the Business of the
Company.
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(iv)
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“Committee”
means
the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors appointed by the Board to administer the
Plan
with respect to grants of Awards, as specified in Article 3, and to perform
the functions set forth therein; or in the absence of such appointment,
the Board itself.Commencement or settlement of litigation in any
particular Financial Year other than those arising as part of the
Company’s normal course of
business.
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(jvi)
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“Common
Stock” means the common stock of the
Company.Changes to material tax policies or practices other than
those
required by Applicable Laws.
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(kvii)
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“Company”
means
India Globalization Capital,
Inc., a Maryland corporation, or any successor thereto as provided
in
Article 20.Recommend,
giving or renewing of security for or the guaranteeing of debts or
obligations of the Company or any subsidiary and / or Affiliates
of any
Person, other than in the normal course of
business.
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(lviii)
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“Covered
Employee” means any key Employee
who is or may become a “Covered Employee,” as defined in Code Section
162(m), and who is designated, either as an individual Employee or
class
of Employees, by the Committee within the shorter of: (i) ninety
(90) days
after the beginning of the Performance Period, or (ii) twenty-five
percent
(25%) of the Performance Period has elapsed, as a “Covered Employee” under
this Plan for such applicable Performance Period.Any change in the
Financial Year for preparation of audited accounts of the
Company.
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(mix)
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“Detrimental
Activity” means the violation
of any agreement between the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate
and the
Participant pertaining to (a) the disclosure of confidential information
or trade secrets of any such entity, (b) the solicitation of employees,
customers, suppliers, licensees, licensors or contractors of any
such
entity, or (c) the performance of competitive services with respect
to the
business of the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate; provided, that
the
Committee may provide in the Agreement that only certain of the
restrictions provided above apply for purposes of the Agreement.Winding
up
and / or liquidation of the
Company.
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(nx)
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“Director”
means
any individual who is a
member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary,
or Affiliate and who is not an Employee.Divestment of or sale or
Encumbrances of assets, investments, lease, license or exchange or
pledge
in any other way, proposing to dispose off any assets or undertaking
of
the Company, other than in the normal course of business and on normal
and
reasonable commercial terms and
conditions.
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(oxi)
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“Disability”
shall
have the meaning ascribed
in such term in the Company’s long-term disability plan covering the
Participant, or in the absence of such plan, a meaning consistent
with
Code Section 22(e)(3), unless otherwise specified in an employment
agreement between the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate and a
Participant. The existence of Disability shall be determined by
the Committee in good faith. To the extent an Award constitutes
“deferred compensation” subject to Code Section 409A and provides for
payment upon disability, the Agreement shall define “disability” pursuant
to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(4).Any agreement, arrangement,
transaction to sell or assignment of intellectual property rights
including those relating to copyrights, trademarks, patents and designs
belonging to the Company, other than in the normal course of business
and
on normal and reasonable commercial
terms.
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(pxii)
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“Employee”
means
any employee of the Company
or any Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate.Shifting of registered
office, outside the city of Nagpur.
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(qxiii)
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“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act
thereto.Commencement of new business/unit/division outside India,
or
applying for pre-qualification for bids and appointing representatives
for
liaison in a foreign country.
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(xiv)
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Any
increase in the issued, subscribed or paid up equity or preference
Share
Capital of the Company or its subsidiary or any other company where
it has
a substantial investment, or re-organization of the Share Capital
of the
Company or its subsidiary or any other company where it has investment,
including new issue of Shares or other Securities of the Company
or its
subsidiary or any other company where it has investment or any
preferential issue of Shares or redemption of any Shares, issuance
of
convertible warrants, or grant of any options over its Shares by
the
Company or its subsidiary or any other company where it has
investment.
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(xv)
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Any
transfer of Equity Shares of the Company otherwise than contemplated
by
this Agreement.
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(xvi)
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Approval
of any new scheme or plan for grant of employee stock options, or
sweat
equity shares to any person or entity, including any modification
to any
new scheme.
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(xvii)
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Granting
of loan and/or procuring, selling to or any other dealings with any
subsidiary or related Party or Affiliates or Promoters of the Company,
which has or is likely to have an actual or potential effect on the
financials of the Company.
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(xviii)
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Save
as required by Applicable Laws any adoption or change of the dividend
or
distribution policy or accounting principle or policy (e.g., depreciation,
asset devaluation, etc.) which has a material impact on the Shareholding
of the Shareholders.
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(xix)
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Creation,
allotment, issue, acquisition, reduction, repayment, conversion or
redemption of any share or loan capital, including but not limited
to the
issue or otherwise, of options, warrants, or other Shares or of any
instrument convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for Shares;
or
entering into an agreement, arrangement or undertaking to do any
of those
things, or any action which alters the Share Capital of the Company,
or
the variation of rights of any Shares of the Company, except raising
of
Additional Funds by issuance of Additional Shares as contemplated
under
Clause 2.4.
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(xx)
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Borrowing
by the Company other than as agreed in Clause 2.4 of the
Agreement.
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(rxxi)
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“Fair
Market Value” shall be determined as
follows:Entering into or amendments of any existing agreements, joint
venture agreements, partnership or consortium agreements as
well as new mergers, acquisitions, consolidations or amalgamations
with
other entity.
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(xxii)
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If,
on the relevant date, the Shares are traded on a national or regional
securities exchange or on The American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) and closing
sale prices for the Shares are customarily quoted, on the basis of
the
closing sale price on the principal securities exchange on which
the
Shares may then be traded or, if there is no such sale on the relevant
date, then on the immediately preceding day on which a sale was
reported;Change in the number of Directors, creation or modification
of an
executive committee or any other working
committee.
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(xxiii)
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If,
on the relevant date, the Shares are not listed on any securities
exchange
or traded on AMEX, but nevertheless are publicly traded and reported
on
AMEX without closing sale prices for the Shares being customarily
quoted,
on the basis of the mean between the closing bid and asked quotations
in
such other over-the-counter market as reported by AMEX; but, if there
are
no bid and asked quotations in the over-the-counter market as reported
by
AMEX on that date, then the mean between the closing bid and asked
quotations in the over-the-counter market as reported by AMEX on
the
immediately preceding day such bid and asked prices were quoted;
andAny
commitment or agreement to do any of the
foregoing.
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(iiixxiv)
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If,
on the relevant date, the Shares are not publicly traded as described
in
(i) or (ii), on the basis of the good faith determination of the
Committee.Delegation of powers to the working committees constituted
by
the Board.
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(sxxv)
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“Grant
Price” means the price established
when the Committee approves the grant of a SAR pursuant to Article 7, used to
determine whether there is any payment due upon exercise of the
SAR.Approval of or modification to the Business
Plan.
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(txxvi)
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“Incentive
Stock Option” or “ISO” means an option to purchase
Shares
granted under Article
6 to an Employee which is designated as an Incentive Stock
Option
and is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code,
or
any successor provision.Determination of the remuneration and the
other
employment terms of the Key Employees, Directors, and/or officers
including revisions/amendments.
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(uxxvii)
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“Insider”
shall
mean an individual who is,
on the relevant date, an officer or a director, or a ten percent
(10%)
Beneficial Owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or any successor
provision, as “officer” and “director” are defined under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.Any significant change to the HR policy of the
Company.
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(vxxviii)
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“Nonqualified
Stock Option” or “NQSO” means an option to purchase
Shares
granted under Article
6, and which is not intended to meet the requirements of Code
Section 422 or which fails to meet such requirements.Appointment
of the
Managing Director, Chairman or members of the working committees,
in the
event the existing Chairman is absent for any
reason.
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(wxxix)
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“Non-Tandem
SAR” means a SAR that is granted
independently of any Option, as described in Article 7.Capital
expenditure, including constructions and leases, and indebtedness
in
excess of the levels agreed upon in the annual Business Plan / Budgets
of
the Company;
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(xxx)
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“Option”
means
an Incentive Stock Option or
a Nonqualified Stock Option, as described in Article 6.Any substantial
deviation in operations and strategies compared to Business Plan
of the
Company;
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(yxxxi)
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“Option
Price” means the price at which a
Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to an Option, as
determined by the Committee.Affiliated or related party transactions,
agreements or arrangements between the Company and the Promoters,
directors, officers, Key Employees or their
Affiliates;
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(zxxxii)
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“Other
Stock-Based Award” means an
equity-based or equity-related Award not otherwise described by the
terms
of this Plan, granted pursuant to Article 10.Formation
of or
entry by the Company or its subsidiaries into joint venture, consortium,
partnership or similar arrangement with any other person or
business;
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(aaxxxiii)
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“Parent”
means
a “parent corporation,”
whether now or hereafter existing as defined in Code Section
424(e).Adoption of a dividend policy, declaration of any dividend
outside
the dividend policy or amending any dividend policy of the
Company;
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(bbxxxiv)
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“Participant”
means
an Employee, a Director,
consultant or other person who performs services for the Company
or a
Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate of the Company, who has been granted
an
Award under the Plan which is outstanding.Make any application of
any
insurance proceeds or compensation for compulsory acquisition or
expropriation in each of the aforementioned
cases;
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(xxxv)
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The
making by the Company or its subsidiaries of any arrangement with
its
creditors and the moving for insolvency, receivership or
bankruptcy;
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(xxxvi)
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Timing,
size, split between new and existing Shares, and final pricing of
any
Initial Public Offering (including appointment of advisers and their
terms
of appointment), or follow on offering, rights issue or any offer
for
sale;
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(xxxvii) Applying
for the appointment of a receiver or an administrator or similar
officer
over the Company's assets;
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(xxxix)
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To
sub-let or assign or dispose of or create any Encumbrance on any
other
material asset of the Company;
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(xl)
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To
take any decisions relating to the employment of any person or take
any
decision relating to any seconded
person;
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(xli)
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To
approve, enter into, revoke or vary any material insurance
policies;
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(xlii)
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Appointment
of the statutory and internal auditors to the
Company;
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(xliii)
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The
administration, setting of exercise of any
ESOP.
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(cc)
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“Performance-Based
Compensation” means
compensation under an Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements
of Code Section 162(m) for certain performance-based compensation
paid to
Covered Employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in
this Plan shall be construed to mean that an Award which does not
satisfy
the requirements for performance-based compensation under Code Section
162(m) does not constitute performance-based compensation for other
purposes, including Code Section 409A.No Shareholder shall Transfer
or
attempt to Transfer any Shares or any right, title or interest therein
except as expressly permitted by the provisions of Clauses 6 (Transfer),
7
(Sale to Third Party Pre-emption Rights), 8 (Drag Along Rights),
9 (Tag
Along Rights) ,10 (Term and Termination) and 18 (Lock-in). Any
Transfer of Shares pursuant to Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 18 shall
comply
with the conditions of this Clause
6.
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(dd)
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“Performance-Based
Exception” means the
exception for Performance-Based Compensation from the tax deductibility
limitations of Code Section 162(m).
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(ee)
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“Performance
Measures” means measures as
described in Article
11 on which the performance goals are based and which are approved
by the Company’s shareholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify
Awards as Performance-Based
Compensation.
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A
Transfer of Shares shall be valid only if the transferee executes
Transferee Deed of Adherence together with a no objection certificate
substantially similar to the form contained in Schedule 3 or if the
transferee is an Affiliate of the Transferor then an Affiliate Deed
of
Adherence substantially similar to the form contained in Schedule
4.
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(b)
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Transfer
to a
Competitor: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, for so long as IGC (or any of its Affiliates) is
a
Shareholder, no Shareholder (other than IGC and/or its Affiliate)
shall
Transfer or attempt to Transfer any Shares to an IGC
Competitor.
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(ff)
|
“Performance
Period” means the
period of time during
which the performance goals must be met in order to determine the
degree
of payout and/or vesting with respect to an
Award.
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(gg)
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“Performance
Share” means an Award under
Article 9 and subject
to the terms of this Plan, denominated in fully paid Shares, the
value of
which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the
extent
to which corresponding performance criteria or Performance Measure(s),
as
applicable, have been achieved.
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(c)
|
Transfer
to an
Affiliate: Notwithstanding the restriction on Transfer of Shares
set forth in Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 18, anytime during the term
of
this Agreement, any Shareholder may Transfer Shares held by it to
its
respective Affiliates, (“Permitted Transferee”)
provided such Permitted Transferee executes the deed of adherence
in the
format prescribed in Schedule 4 hereto
(the
“Affiliate
Deed of
Adherence”).
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(hhd)
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“Performance
Unit” means an Award under
Article 9 and subject
to the terms of this Plan, denominated in units, the value of which
at the
time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent to which
corresponding performance criteria or Performance Measure(s), as
applicable, have been achieved.Notice of Sale
to a Permitted
Transferee: At least five (5) Business Days prior to the permitted
Transfer under Clause 6(c), any Shareholder intending to Transfer
any of
its Shares to a Permitted Transferee shall send a notice to the other
Shareholders stating the date on which the intended Transfer is to
occur,
the name of the Permitted Transferee, the number and class of Shares
involved and attaching (i) a completed and duly executed (by the
Permitted
Transferee and the transferor Shareholder) Affiliate Deed of Adherence
and
(ii) copies of all approvals and consents required to be obtained
under
Law. Each Shareholder shall, within three (3) days of the receipt
of such
notice, execute the Affiliate Deed of Adherence and file the same
with the
Company. Provided however that nothing contained herein shall
require a Shareholder to execute an Affiliate Deed of Adherence in
relation to a Transfer of Shares in contravention of this
Agreement.
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(iie)
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“Period
of Restriction” means the period
when Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture (based on the passage of time, the
achievement of performance goals, or the occurrence of other events
as
determined by the Committee, in its discretion).The Company shall
register
a Transfer of Shares to a Permitted Transferee only upon the receipt
(a)
of a valid Affiliate Deed of Adherence duly executed by all parties
thereto and (b) a copy of all consents required under Law sanctioning
such
transfer and documentary proof that conditions stipulated by Government
Authority, if any, for such Transfer have been
fulfilled.
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(jjf)
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“Person”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)
thereof.Within five (5) Business Days of registering any Transfer
by a
Shareholder of Shares to a Permitted Transferee in its register of
members, the Company shall send a notice to the other Shareholders
stating
that such Transfer has taken place and setting forth the name of
the
transferor, the name of the Permitted Transferee and the number of
Shares
transferred.
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(kkg)
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“Plan”
means
this India Globalization
Capital, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, including any amendments thereto.Any
Transfer or attempt to Transfer the Shares in contravention of the
provisions of this Agreement, including without a proper and duly
executed
Affiliate Deed of Adherence shall constitute a material breach of
this
Agreement.
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(ll)
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“Restricted
Stock” means an Award of Common
Stock granted in accordance with the terms of Article 8 and the other
provisions of the Plan, and which is nontransferable and subject
to a
substantial risk of forfeiture. Shares of Common Stock shall
cease to be Restricted Stock when, in accordance with the terms hereof
and
the applicable Agreement, they become transferable and free of substantial
risk of forfeiture.
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(mm)
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“Restricted
Stock Unit” means an Award to a
Participant pursuant to Article 8, except that
no
Shares are actually awarded to the Participant on the Grant
Date.
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(nn)
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“Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock of
the Company (including any new, additional or different stock or
securities resulting from the changes described in Section 4.2).
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(oo)
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“Stock
Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award, designated
as a SAR,
pursuant to the terms of Article 7
herein.
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(pp)
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“Subsidiary”
means
(i) in the case of an
ISO, any company during any period in which it is a “subsidiary
corporation” (as that term is defined in Code Section 424(f)), and (ii) in
the case of all other Awards, in addition to a “subsidiary corporation” as
defined above, a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture
or
other entity in which the Company as fifty percent (50%) or more
of the
voting power or equity interests.
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(qq)
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“Tandem
SAR” means a SAR that is granted in
connection with a related Option pursuant to Article 7, the exercise
of
which shall require forfeiture of the right to purchase a Share under
the
related Option (and when a Share is purchased under the Option, the
Tandem
SAR shall similarly be forfeited).
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(rr)
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“Third-Party
Service Provider” means any
consultant, agent, advisor, or independent contractor who renders
services
to the Company, any Parent, any Subsidiary, or an Affiliate that:
(i) are
not in connection with the offer or sale of the Company’s securities in a
capital raising transaction; and (ii) do not directly or indirectly
promote or maintain a market for the Company’s
securities.
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ARTICLE
3.(a)
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ADMINISTRATIONThe
Transfer
Notice shall inter alia provide: (i) the sale price (on a 'per Share’
basis) (“Offer
Price”) (ii) the number of Shares proposed to be sold by the Seller
(the “Transfer Shares”)
(iii) the terms of the Transfer (collectively
with
the Offer Price the “Transfer Terms”). A
Transfer Notice shall be irrevocable. The Parties agree that the
Offer
Price shall only be a cash price.
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ARTICLE
4. (b)
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SHARES
SUBJECT TO THE
PLANIf a Seller issues a Transfer Notice, the Offeree shall have
the right (but not the obligation), exercisable within thirty (30)
days
from receipt of the Transfer Notice (“Offer Period”),
to:
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accept
the Transfer Terms, by issuing a letter of acceptance (“Acceptance
Notice”) to the Seller, in which case, Clause 7(c) shall apply;
and
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(ii)
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issue
a Tag Along Notice in accordance with Clause 8 below and accordingly
Clause 8 shall apply.
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(c)
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If
the Acceptance Notice is issued the Offeree shall be obliged to purchase
all the Transfer Shares and the sale and purchase of the Transfer
Shares
in favour of the Offeree shall be completed within thirty (30) days
from
the date of issue of the Acceptance Notice by the Offeree. At such
completion, the Seller shall deliver to the Offeree certificates
and other
documents representing its title to the Transfer Shares, accompanied
by
duly executed and valid instruments of transfer. Such Transfer Shares
shall be free and clear of any Encumbrance (other than Encumbrances
specifically permitted hereunder), and the Seller shall so represent
and
warrant and shall further represent and warrant that it is the legal
and
beneficial owner of such Transfer Shares. The Offeree shall at such
completion deliver payment in full of the Offer Price in accordance
with
the terms set forth in the Transfer Notice. In the event that the
Offeree
nominates an Affiliate or a nominee for the purpose of purchasing
the
Transfer Shares or part thereof, it shall cause such Affiliate or
nominee
to execute a Deed of Adherence in the format contained in Schedule 3 (“Transferee Deed
of
Adherence”). At
such
completion, all of the Parties to the transaction shall execute such
additional documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effect
the sale
of the Transfer Shares to the Offeree. Any stamp duty payable
on the transfer of any Transfer Shares shall be borne and paid by
the
Offeree.
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(d)
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The
failure of an Offeree to give the Acceptance Notice or the Tag Along
Notice within the Offer Period shall be deemed to be a waiver of
such
Offeree's right of first refusal or its tag along
right.
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(e)
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If
no Acceptance Notice or Tag Along Notice, as the case may be, is
issued by
an Offeree within the Offer Period, then subject to Clause 6(b) the
Seller
shall be entitled to Transfer the Transfer Shares to a Proposed Transferee
on terms no more favourable than the Transfer Terms within thirty
(30)
days of the expiry of the Offer Period. Provided that the Proposed
Transferee duly executes a Transferee Deed of Adherence. In the event
the
Seller is IGC (and/or its Affiliates or nominees holding Shares in
the
Company) then so long as IGC, together with its Affiliates and nominees
holding Shares in the Company (“IGC Group”), is the
majority shareholder in the Company and so long as it wishes to Transfer
all (but not less than all) of the outstanding Shares held by IGC
Group,
IGC shall have a further right (but not an obligation) to require
the
Promoters and its Affiliates and nominees holding Shares in the Company
(“PromotersGroup
Shareholders”) to sell to such Proposed Transferee all the then
outstanding Shares held by Promoters Group Shareholders (“Promoters Outstanding
Shares”) in accordance with Clause 8 below.
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(f)
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If
the Seller fails to Transfer the Transfer Shares to theProposed Transferee
within the said period of thirty (30) days calculated as above, it
will
not be entitled to Transfer the Transfer Shares thereafter to any
person,
without re-offering the Transfer Shares to the Offeree in accordance
with
provisions of this Clause 7.
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(g)
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Any
Transfer of the Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 7 shall be
valid
only upon the execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and shall
be
registered by the Company upon a validly and duly executed (by all
parties
thereto) Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with it. The other
Shareholders undertake to execute such Transferee Deed of Adherence,
as
may be required in order to give effect to such Transfer of the Transfer
Shares to the Offeree, its Affiliate, or a proposed
transferee. Provided however that nothing contained herein
shall require a Shareholder to execute a Transferee Deed of Adherence
where the Transfer is in contravention of the provisions of this
Agreement.
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(a)
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Subject
to Clause 7(e) above and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
stated
in Clause 9 below if at any time IGC Group wishes to Transfer all
(but not
less than all) of the Shares held collectively by IGC Group to a
Proposed
Transferee as provided under Clause 7 above, IGC shall have a right
and an
obligation to serve a written notice on the Promoters (“Drag Along Notice”)
requiring the Promoters Group Shareholders to Transfer all (but not
less
than all) the Shares held by the Promoters Group Shareholders to
the
Proposed Transferee identified by IGC under Clause 7 above on the
Transfer
Terms.
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(b)
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If
a Drag Along Notice is issued by IGC, the Transfer and purchase of
the IGC
Transfer Shares and Promoter Outstanding Shares shall, subject to
Clause
8(b), be completed within thirty (30) days from the date of issue
of the
Drag Along Notice by IGC, the time taken to obtain any regulatory
approval
being excluded for the calculation. At such closing, IGC and Promoter
Group Shareholders shall deliver certificates and other documents
representing their title to the IGC Transfer Shares and the Promoter
Outstanding Shares, respectively, accompanied by duly executed and
valid
instruments of transfer, to the Proposed Transferee. IGC shall
procure that the third party shall deliver at such closing, payment
in
full of the Offer Price in accordance with the terms set forth in
the
Transfer Notice and execute the Transferee Deed of
Adherence. At such closing, all of the Parties to the
transaction shall execute such additional documents as may be necessary
or
appropriate to effect the sale of the IGC Transfer Shares and Promoter
Outstanding Shares to the Proposed Transferee. Any stamp duty
or transfer charges payable on the transfer of any IGC Transfer Shares
and
the Promoter Outstanding Shares shall be borne in accordance with
the
Transfer Terms.
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(c)
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Any
Transfer of the IGC Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 8 shall
be
valid only upon the execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and
shall
be registered by the Company upon a validly and duly executed (by
all
parties thereto) Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with
it.
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(a)
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The
grant of an Award shall reduce the Shares available for grant under
the
Plan by the number of Shares subject to the
Award.
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(b)
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While
an Award is outstanding, Shares subject to the Award shall be counted
against the authorized pool of Shares, regardless of vested
status.
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(c)
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Any
Shares related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture,
cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, are
settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or are exchanged with the Committee’s
permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for Awards not involving
Shares, shall be available again for grant under this
Plan.
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(a)
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Subject
to Clause 7(b)(ii) above, if at any time any Shareholder (“Proposed Transferor”)
intends to Transfer its Transfer Shares to the Proposed Transferee,
each
of the other Shareholders shall have a right but not an obligation
to
serve a written notice on the Proposed Transferor (“Tag Along Notice”)
stating that the Proposed Transferor procures an offer from the Proposed
Transferee to purchase such number of Shares from each of the other
Shareholders as is calculated in accordance with paragraph (c) below
(“Tag Along
Shares”) on the Transfer Terms. Each of the Shareholders who
exercise such a right and the Proposed Transferor shall be collectively
referred to as the Transferors. Accordingly, the number of shares
purchased by the Proposed Transferee from each of the Transferors
shall be
amount calculated under paragraph
(c).
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(b)
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A
Transfer of the Transfer Shares by IGC to the Proposed Transferee
under
this Clause 9 shall not be registered unless the Tag Along Shares
are
purchased by the Proposed Transferee simultaneously with the Transfer
Shares and the Proposed Transferee has executed a Transferee Deed
of
Adherence. The sale and purchase of the Transfer Shares and the Tag
Along
Shares shall be completed within thirty (30) days from the date of
issue
of the Tag Along Notice and the time taken to obtain any regulatory
approval being excluded for the calculation. At such closing, IGC
and such
Shareholders shall deliver certificates and other documents representing
their title to the Transfer Shares and the Tag Along Shares, respectively,
accompanied by duly executed and valid instruments of transfer, to
the
Proposed Transferee. IGC shall procure that the Proposed
Transferee shall deliver, at such closing, payment in full of the
Offer
Price in accordance with the terms set forth in the Transfer and
shall
execute a Transferee Deed of Adherence. At such closing, all of
the parties to the transaction shall execute such additional documents
as
may be necessary or appropriate to effect the sale of the Transfer
Shares
and the Tag Along Shares to the Proposed Transferee. IGC shall procure
that any stamp duty or transfer charges payable on the transfer of
any
Transfer Shares and the Tag Along Shares shall be borne by the Proposed
Transferee.
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(c)
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The
number of Tag Along Shares shall be calculated in the following
manner:
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If
the Option Price of any Option
granted under this Plan is satisfied by tendering Shares to the Company
(by either actual delivery or by attestation and subject to Section 6.7),
or if a SAR is exercised, only
the number of Shares issued, net of the Shares tendered, if any,
will be
delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares
available for delivery under this Plan.For Transferors 1 to
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(a)
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Options. The
maximum aggregate number of Shares subject to Options granted in
any one
Plan Year to any one Participant shall be three million (3,000,000)
as
adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2.
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(d)
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Any
Transfer of the Transfer Shares pursuant to this Clause 9 shall be
valid
only upon the execution of a Transferee Deed of Adherence and shall
be
registered by the Company upon a validly and duly executed (by all
parties
thereto) a Transferee Deed of Adherence being lodged with
it.
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(b) 10.
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SARs. The
maximum number of Shares subject to Stock Appreciation Rights granted
in
any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be three million
(3,000,000), as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2.TERM
AND TERMINATION BY
DEFAULT
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(ca)
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Restricted
Stock Units or
Restricted Stock. The maximum aggregate grant with
respect to Awards of Restricted Stock Units or Restricted Stock that
a
Participant may receive in any one Plan Year shall be three million
(3,000,000) Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2,
or equal to the
value of three million (3,000,000) Shares, as adjusted pursuant to
Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2.This
Agreement shall
come into effect on the Completion
Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all rights
available to the Promoters and/or their Affiliates under this Agreement
shall terminate upon (i) the Shareholding of the Promoters and/or
their
Affiliates falling below 23% or such other percent as the case may
be, in
the event Mr. Jortin Antony receives his entitlement referred to
in Clause
4.5 or (ii) the Shares of the Company getting listed on any recognised
stock exchange, whichever is
earlier.
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(db)
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Performance
Units
or Performance Shares. The maximum
aggregate
Award of Performance Units or Performance Shares that a Participant
may
receive in any one Plan Year shall be three million (3,000,000) Shares,
as
adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2,
or equal to the value of three
million (3,000,000) Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2,
determined as of the date of vesting or payout, as applicable.In the event that
any Shareholder
(a“Defaulting
Shareholder”)
suffers the following event (a“Default”),
the other Shareholder
(“Non-Defaulting
Shareholder”) shall
be entitled to exercise the options specified under Clause10(c) below,
the
Defaulting Shareholder is in material breach of this Agreement and
such
default has not been cured within 30 days of the issuance of a written
notice of such default by a Non-Defaulting Shareholder. For the purposes
of this Agreement the term ‘material breach’ shall include a breach of the
obligations under clauses 2.4 (future funding), 4.1(n) (shareholders
meeting), 6 (restrictions on transfer of shares) and 13 (representations
and warranties).
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(ec)
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Cash-Based
Awards. The maximum
aggregate
amount awarded or credited with respect to Cash-Based Awards to any
one
Participant in any one Plan Year may not exceed the greater of the
value
of eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) or three million (3,000,000)
Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2,
determined as of the date of vesting or payout, as applicable.Upon the occurrence
of a Default,
any Non-Defaulting Shareholder may for so long as such default subsists
issue a default notice to the Defaulting Shareholders (the “Default
Notice”) together
with a copy to every other Shareholder and the Company specifying
the
nature of the Default. Upon the issuance of the Default Notice,
the Non-Defaulting Shareholders shall have following
options:
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(f)
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Other
Stock-Based
Awards. The maximum
aggregate
grant with respect to Other Stock-Based Awards pursuant to Section
10.2 in
any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be three million (3,000,000)
Shares,
as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4
and/or
17.2.
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(i)
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to
purchase all (but not less than all) the Shares held by the Defaulting
Shareholder and its Affiliates (as the case maybe) (the “Default Shares”) at the
Default Price to be determined in accordance with Clause 10 (k) ;
or
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(ii)
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subject
to Clause 6 Transfer its entire Shareholding to the Proposed Transferee
(not being an IGC Competitor) on the Transfer Terms with a right
(but not
an obligation) to require the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer
the
Default Shares held by Defaulting Shareholders and its Affiliates
(as the
case maybe) at the Default Price to be determined in accordance with
Clause 10 (k) to such Proposed
Transferee.
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ARTICLE
5. (d)
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ELIGIBILITY
AND
PARTICIPATIONAny Non-Defaulting Shareholder desirous of purchasing
the Default Shares or requiring the Transfer of the Default Shares
shall,
no later than three months (“Default Option
Period”) from the issuance of the Default Notice, issue a notice to
the other Non-Defaulting Shareholders, the Defaulting Shareholders
and the
Company of its intention to purchase all (but not part of the Default
Shares) at Default Price (the “Default Purchase
Notice”) or its intention of Transferring its entire Shareholding
with/without requiring the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer its
Default
Shares to the Proposed Transferee (the “Non Default Purchase
Notice”). Provided however that where more than one
Non-Defaulting Shareholder chooses to exercise: (i) their option
under
Clause 10(c)(i) the Default Shares shall be sold to such Non-Defaulting
Shareholders pro rata to their Shareholding; or (ii) their option
under
Clause 10(c)(ii) the Non Defaulting Shareholders shall have an option
but
not an obligation to require the Defaulting Shareholder to Transfer
their
Default Shares on a proportionate basis, to be calculated in accordance
with the formula specified under Clause 10(k). The Defaulting Shareholder
shall be obligated to sell the Default Shares to the Non-Defaulting
Shareholders who exercise their option (the “Opting Non-Default
Shareholders”) either to purchase the Default Shares by issuing the
Default Purchase Notice or to the Proposed Transferee identified
in the
Default Purchase Notice by an Opting Non-Default
Shareholder.
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ARTICLE
6. (e)
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STOCK
OPTIONSThe Transfer
of the Default Shares to the Opting Non-Default Shareholders/Proposed
Transferee shall occur on a date to be specified by the Opting
Non-Defaulting Shareholder (the “Default Option
Settlement
Date”) in a written notice, which date shall be no less than seven
days after the date of such notice provided that such notice shall
be
issued no later than three months after the last day of the Default
Option
Period. On the Default Option Settlement Date, the Defaulting Shareholder
shall either sell the Default Shares to the Opting Non-Default
Shareholders or to the Proposed Transferee depending upon the option
exercised by the Opting Non-Defaulting Shareholder in accordance
with
Clause 10.
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(f)
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On
the Default Option Settlement Date, the Defaulting Shareholder shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Opting Non-Default
Shareholders/Proposed Transferee the
following:
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(g)
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The
Defaulting Shareholder shall warrant that the Defaulting Shareholder
and/or its Affiliate, as the case maybe, is the owner of the Default
Shares and that such Default Shares are free from
Encumbrances.
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(h)
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On
the Default Option Settlement Date the Non-Defaulting Shareholders/third
party shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Defaulting Shareholder
their Pro Rata Share of the Default Price by way of a bank cheque
payable
to the Defaulting Shareholder. The Opting Non-Defaulting Shareholders
further covenant that in the event that they opt to purchase the
Defaulting Shares through an Affiliate, they shall cause such
Affiliate to execute an Affiliate Deed of Adherence or if through
a third
party, they shall cause such third party to execute a Transferee
Deed of
Adherence as the case may be and the Company shall not register such
a
Transfer unless a validly executed Affiliate Deed of Adherence or
the
Transferee Deed of Adherence is lodged with
it.
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(i)
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Upon
the transfer of the Default Shares to the Opting Non-Defaulting
Shareholders or the third party, the Defaulting Shareholder shall
cease to
have any rights hereunder.
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(j)
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In
the event that a transferee nominated by an Opting Non-Default Shareholder
fails to perform its obligations to complete the sale of the Default
Shares the person nominating such transferee shall be liable to complete
such Transfer.
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(k)
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Default
Price for the purposes of this Clause 10 means a price being an amount
equivalent to 90%
of the FMV Price. For the purposes of this Agreement, “FMV Price” shall mean
the fair market value of Shares as determined by any of the big 4
accounting firms (“Valuer(s)”) as set
forth in this Clause 10 Should none of these Valuers be
available to perform the valuation exercise, a reputable international
bank or Indian bank shall be
appointed.
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(l)
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The
FMV Price shall be determined on the basis
of:
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(m)
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The
Shareholders shall engage an independent Valuer of international
repute to
determine the fair market value of the Company Assets. Company
Assets’ in this Clause means all the assets of the Company. The terms of
the appointment of the Valuer shall be decided by
IGC.
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(n)
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The
provisions of Clauses 13 (Representations and warranties), 14 (Indemnity),
16 (Resolution of Disputes), 17 (Notices), and 19 (Confidentiality)
shall
survive the termination hereof pursuant to Clause
10.1.
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11.
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NON-COMPETE
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11.1
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The
Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates for so long as IGC
and
the Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates are Shareholders
in
the Company, shall not carry on or engage directly or indirectly,
whether
through partnership or as a shareholder, joint venture partner,
collaborator, consultant or agent or in any other manner whatsoever,
whether for profit or otherwise, in any business which competes directly
or indirectly with the whole or any part of the Business or any other
activity/business directly or indirectly carried on by the Company
or
which can reasonably be construed as being same or similar to the
Business
of the Company. Mr. V.C. Antony is required to resign as director
either
from the Company or from Bhagheeratha Engineering Limited,
Kochi.
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11.2 The
Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates hereby agree and
acknowledge that as long as IGC and/or any of its Affiliates and
Promoters
and/or any of them or their Affiliates are Shareholders in the Company,
they shall carry on any activity/business in the nature of Business,
in
present or in future, solely and exclusively through the
Company.
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11.3 The
Promoters agree and acknowledge that the covenants and obligations
under
Clauses 11.1 and 11.2 above relate to special, unique and extraordinary
matters, and that a violation of any of the terms of such covenants
and
obligations will cause the other Parties irreparable injury. Therefore,
IGC and/or any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to an interim
injunction, restraining order or such other equitable relief as a
court of
competent jurisdiction may deem necessary or appropriate to restrain
the
Promoters and/or any of them or their Affiliates from committing
any
violation of the covenants and obligations contained in this
Agreement.
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11.4 The
Parties acknowledge and agree that the above restrictions are considered
reasonable for the legitimate protection of the business and goodwill
of
the Company, but in the event such restriction shall be found to
be void,
but would be valid, if some part thereof was deleted or the scope,
period
or area of application were reduced, the above restriction shall
apply
with the deletion of such words or such reduction of scope, period
or area
of application as may be required to make the restrictions contained
in
this Clause valid and effective. Notwithstanding the limitation of
this
provision by any law for the time being in force, the Parties undertake,
at all times to observe and be bound by the spirit of this Clause.
Provided however, that on the revocation, removal or diminution of
the law
or provisions, as the case may be, by virtue of which the restrictions
contained in this Clause were limited as provided hereinabove, the
original restrictions would stand renewed and be effective to their
original extent, as if they had not been limited by the law or provisions
revoked.
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11.5 The
covenants of the Promoters and/or their Affiliates under this Clause
11
shall survive for a period of 5 years from the date they cease to
be
Shareholders of the Company or unless as specifically waived by IGC
or its
nominees/assignees.
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12.
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PLEDGE
OR ENCUMBRANCE OF SHARES OF
PROMOTERS
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The
Promoters shall not pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, charge or otherwise
Encumber any of the Shares of the Company either directly or indirectly
nor otherwise use such Shares as collateral for any purpose which
could
result in an involuntary Transfer of such Shares or any right, title
or
interest therein in favour of any person, including but not limited
to,
any lenders of the Company except with the prior written consent
of
IGC. The Promoters shall also be entitled to pledge their
shares in favour of lenders i.e. banks and financial institutions
only
with the prior written consent of
IGC.
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(a)
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such
Party has the full power and authority to enter into, execute and
deliver
this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby
and, if
such Party is not a natural person, such Party is duly incorporated
or
organised with limited liability and existing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organisation;
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(b)
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the
execution and delivery by such Party of this Agreement and the performance
by such Party of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorised by all necessary corporate or other action of such
Party;
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(c)
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assuming
the due authorisation, execution and delivery hereof by the other
Parties,
this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of such
Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms,
except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganisation, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally;
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(d)
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the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Party
and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
(i)
violate any provision of the organisational or governance documents
of
such Party; (ii) require such Party to obtain any consent, approval
or
action of, or make any filing with or give any notice to, any Government
Authority in such Party's country of organisation or any other person
pursuant to any instrument, contract or other agreement to which
such
Party is a party or by which such Party is bound, other than such
filing
required as a result of the transactions contemplated herein; (iii)
conflict with or result in any material breach or violation of any
of the
terms and conditions of, or constitute (with notice or lapse of time
or
both constitute) a default under, any instrument, contract or other
agreement to which such Party is a party or by which such Party is
bound;
(iv) violate any order, judgment or decree against, or binding upon,
such
Party or upon its respective shares, properties or businesses; or
(v)
violate any Law of such Party's country of organisation or any other
country in which it maintains its principal
office;
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(e)
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there
exists no Encumbrance on any of the Shares of the
Company;
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(f)
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The
Parties reiterate and confirm the representations, warranties and
undertakings and each statement made in Schedule 3 of the SSPA, as
applicable to the Parties, and confirm that the same are is now and
will
be true and accurate at the Completion
Date.
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ARTICLE
7. 13A
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STOCK
APPRECIATION
RIGHTSCOMPANY
WARRANTIES
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(a)
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The
excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise
over
the Grant Price; by
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(b)
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The
number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is
exercised.
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(a)
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The
Company shall ensure that under the terms of this Agreement, it shall
perform its obligations so as to ensure that upon
Completion, the Subscribed Shares and the CPS are
transferred and registered to nominees of IGC being [names of the
nominees] at the face value of Shares Rs. 10 per
Share.
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(b)
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The
Company warrants that as on the date hereof the Company has not done
or
committed to do any act, matter or thing or has not assumed any liability,
other than in the ordinary course of
business.
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14.1
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Without
prejudice to any other right available to IGC in law or under equity,
the
Company and the Promoters shall jointly and severally indemnify,
defend
and hold harmless IGC, their Affiliates, directors, advisors, officers,
employees and agents, or, if so desired by IGC, the Promoters shall
indemnify the Company, from and against any and all liabilities,
damages,
demands, Claims (including third party Claims), actions, judgments
or
causes of action, assessments, interest, fines, penalties, and other
costs
or expenses (including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement,
court costs and all reasonable attorneys' fees and out of pocket
expenses)
(“Losses”)
directly based upon, arising out of, or in relation to or otherwise
in
respect of:
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i.
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any
inaccuracy in or any breach of any Representation and Warranty, covenant
or agreement of the Promoters or Company contained in this Agreement
or in
the SSPA or any document or other papers delivered by any of them
to IGC
in connection with or pursuant to this
Agreement;
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ii.
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any
liability arising out of non compliance of any obligation undertaken
by
the Company or the Promoters; save and except as may be disclosed
in the
audited financial statements of the Company which have been disclosed
to
IGC prior to the Completion Date;
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iii.
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any
liabilities and obligations of whatever nature relating to any litigation,
Claim or governmental investigation pending or relating to the Business
or
operations of the Promoters or the Business of the Company prior
to the
date of execution of this Agreement and as on the Completion Date;
save
and except as may be disclosed in the audited financial statements
of the
Company which have been disclosed to IGC prior to the Completion
Date;
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iv.
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any
liability due to any non-compliance of any applicable law, rules
or
regulations prior to the date of execution of this Agreement and
as on the
Completion Date; save and except as may be disclosed in the audited
financial statements of the Company which have been disclosed to
IGC prior
to the Completion Date.
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14.2
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Any
compensation or indemnity as referred to in Clause 14.1 above shall
be
such as to place IGC in the same position as it would have been in,
had
there not been any such breach and as if the Representation and Warranty
under which IGC is to be indemnified, had been
correct.
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16.2
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Conciliation
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ARTICLE
8. 16.3
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RESTRICTED
STOCK AND RESTRICTED
STOCK UNITSArbitration
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(a)
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If
the Parties are unable to amicably settle the Dispute in accordance
with
Clause 16.2 within the period specified therein, any Party to the
Dispute
shall be entitled to serve a notice invoking this Clause and making
a
reference to an arbitration panel of three arbitrators. Each party
to the
dispute shall appoint one arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of
the
notice of the Party making the reference, and the two arbitrators,
so
appointed shall appoint a third arbitrator. The Arbitration
proceedings shall be held in accordance with the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996. The decision of the arbitration panel shall
be
binding on all the Parties to the
Dispute.
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(b)
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The
place of the arbitration shall be Mumbai,
India.
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(c)
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The
proceedings of arbitration shall be in the English
language.
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(d)
|
The
arbitration proceedings shall be governed by the laws of India and
the
Mumbai courts (including any appellant court) in India shall have
exclusive jurisdiction.
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(e)
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Parties agree that any of them may seek interim
measures including injunctive relief in relation to the provisions
of this
agreement or the Parties' performance of it from any court of competent
jurisdiction. Each Party shall co-operate in good faith to expedite
(to
the maximum extent practicable) the conduct of any arbitral proceedings
commenced under this Agreement.
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(f)
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The
costs and expenses of the arbitration, including, without limitation,
the
fees of the arbitration and the Arbitrator, shall be borne equally
by each
Party to the dispute or claim and each Party shall pay its own fees,
disbursements and other charges of its counsel, except as may be
otherwise
determined by the Arbitrator. The Arbitrator would have the power
to award
interest on any sum awarded pursuant to the arbitration proceedings
and
such sum would carry interest, if awarded, until the actual payment
of
such amounts.
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(g)
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Any
award made by the Arbitrator shall be final and binding on each of
the
Parties that were parties to the dispute. The Parties expressly agree
to
waive the applicability of any Applicable Laws and regulations that
would
otherwise give the right to appeal the decisions of the Arbitrator
so that
there shall be no appeal to any court of Law for the award of the
Arbitrator, except a Party shall not challenge or resist any enforcement
action taken by any other Party in any court of Law in whose favour
an
award of the Arbitrator was given.
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17.1
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Any
notice or other communication that may be given by one Party to the
other
shall always be in writing and shall be served either by (i) hand
delivery
duly acknowledged; or (ii) sent by registered post with acknowledgment
due; or (iii) by facsimile at the respective addresses set out herein
below or at such other address as may be subsequently intimated by
one
party to the other in writing as set out herein. If the notice is
sent by
facsimile, the said notice shall also be sent by registered post
acknowledgment due.
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17.2
|
All
notices shall be deemed to have been validly given on (i) the business
date immediately after the date of transmission with confirmed answer
back, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, or (ii) the business
date
of receipt, if sent by courier or hand delivery; or (iii) the expiry
of
seven days after posting, if sent by registered
post.
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17.3
|
Any
Party may, from time to time, change its address or representative
for
receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement by giving to the
other
Party not less than 10 days prior written
notice.
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(a) The
Participant shall not be entitled to delivery of a certificate until
the
expiration or termination of the Period of Restriction for the Shares
represented by such certificate and the satisfaction of any and all
other
conditions prescribed in the Agreement or by the Committee or
Board;
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(b) None
of the Shares of Restricted Stock may be sold, transferred, assigned,
pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the Period
of
Restriction and until the satisfaction of any and all other conditions
prescribed in the Agreement or by the Committee or Board (including
satisfaction of any applicable tax withholding obligations);
and
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(c) All
of the Shares of Restricted Stock that have not vested shall be forfeited
and all rights of the Participant to such Shares of Restricted Stock
shall
terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company,
unless
the Participant has remained an employee of (or Director of or active
Third-Party Service Provider providing services to) the Company or
any of
its Subsidiaries, until the expiration or termination of the Period
of
Restriction and the satisfaction of any and all other conditions
prescribed in the Agreement or by the Committee or Board applicable
to
such Shares of Restricted Stock. Upon the forfeiture of any
Shares of Restricted Stock, such forfeited Shares shall be transferred
to
the Company without further action by the Participant and shall,
in
accordance with Section 4.2,
again be available for
grant under the Plan. If the Participant paid any amount for
the Shares of Restricted Stock that are forfeited, the Company shall
pay
the Participant the lesser of the Fair Market Value of the Shares
on the
date they are forfeited or the amount paid by the
Participant.
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19.1
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General
Obligation. Each Party undertakes that it shall not
reveal, and shall ensure that its directors, officers, managers,
partners,
members, employees, legal, financial and professional advisors and
bankers
(collectively, “Representatives”) do
not reveal, to any third party any Confidential Information without
the
prior written consent of the Company or the concerned Party, as the
case
may be regardless of whether this Agreement is terminated or
not.
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19.2
|
Exceptions.
The
provisions of Clause 19.1 shall not apply
to:
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(a)
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disclosure
of Confidential Information that is or becomes generally available
to the
public other than as a result of disclosure by or at the direction
of a
Party or any of its Representatives in violation of this
Agreement;
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(b)
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disclosure
by a Party to its Representatives and Affiliates (and their officers
and
directors) or to transferee of Shares in accordance with this Agreement
provided such Representatives, Affiliates and transferees are bound
by
similar confidentiality obligations;
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(c)
|
disclosure
by the Company of Confidential Information concerning the Company
that is
reasonably necessary in the ordinary course of business or otherwise
in
connection with transactions or proposed transactions of the Company;
and
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(d)
|
obligations
disclosure, after giving prior notice to the other Parties to the
extent
practicable under the circumstances and subject to any practicable
arrangements to protect confidentiality, to the extent required under
the
rules of any stock exchange or by Applicable Laws or governmental
regulations or generally accepted accounting principles applicable
to any
Party or judicial or regulatory process or in connection with any
judicial
process regarding any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out
of or
relating to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
9.
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PERFORMANCE
UNITS/PERFORMANCE
SHARES
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ARTICLE
10. 22.12.1
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CASH-BASED
AWARDS AND OTHER
STOCK-BASED AWARDSThe Parties agree that if the understanding
contemplated in this Agreement cannot be completed in the manner
set forth
herein, then the Parties shall use reasonable endeavours to enter
into
such understanding that (a) would result in a substantially similar
outcome and (b) do not materially prejudice any of the
Parties. Each of the Parties further agrees that, during any
such negotiations, it shall refrain from initiating any legal actions
against the other Parties; and
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22.12.2
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Each
Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all further
acts
and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and
delivery
of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as the other
Parties may reasonably require, whether on or after the date of this
Agreement, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and
the
understanding contemplated by it and for the purpose of vesting in
IGC the
full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be transferred
to IGC
under this Agreement.
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22.16
|
Survival.
In the event
of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Clause 10, notwithstanding
anything mentioned herein, Clauses which by their nature survive
termination shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
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22.17
|
Consent
to Specific
Performance. The Parties declare that it is impossible to measure
in money the damages that would be suffered by a Party by reason
of the
failure by any other Party to perform any of the obligations
hereunder. Therefore, if any Party shall institute any action
or proceeding to seek specific performance or enforcement of the
provisions hereof any Party against whom such action or proceeding
is
brought hereby waives any claim or defence therein that the other
Party
has an adequate remedy at Law.
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22.18
|
Covenants
Reasonable. The Parties agree that, having regard to all
the circumstances, the covenants contained herein are reasonable
and
necessary for the protection of the Parties and their
Affiliates. If any such covenant is held to be void as going
beyond what is reasonable in all the circumstances, but would be
valid if
amended as to scope or duration or both, the covenant will apply
with such
minimum modifications regarding its scope and duration as may be
necessary
to make it valid and effective
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22.19
|
No
Implied
Representation. Each of the Parties acknowledges that, in agreeing
to enter into this Agreement, it has not relied on any representation,
warranty, collateral contract or other assurance except those set
out in
this Agreement and the documents referred to in made by or on behalf
of
the other Party before the signature of this
Agreement.
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22.20
|
Without
prejudice The
Parties agree that the rights and remedies of the Parties hereunder
are in
addition to their rights at Law or
equity.
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ARTICLE
11. SIGNED
AND
DELIVERED
|
PERFORMANCE
MEASURES)
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|
(a) BY
THE WITHINNAMED " INDIA
GLOBILIZATION CAPTIAL INC., USA"
|
Net
earnings or net income (before or after taxes);)
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(b) BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA
|
Earnings
per share (basic or fully
diluted);)
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(c) Authorised
Signatory)
|
Net
sales or revenue growth;)
|
|
(d)
|
Net
operating profit;
|
|
(e) ON
THE 16TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
|
Return
measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital,
invested capital, equity, sales, or
revenue);)
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(f) IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
|
Cash
flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash
flow,
cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on
investment);)
|
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(g) WITNESS:
|
Earnings
before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or
amortization;)
|
|
(h)
|
Gross
or operating margins;
|
|
(i) NAME
AND ADDRESS:
|
Productivity
ratios;)
|
|
(j)
|
Share
price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total
shareholder return);
|
|
(k)
|
Expense
targets;
|
|
(l)
|
Leverage
targets (including, but not limited to, absolute amount of consolidated
debt, EBITDA/consolidated debt ratios and/or debt to equity
ratios);
|
|
(m)
|
Credit
rating targets;
|
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|
(n)
|
Margins;
|
|
|
(o)
|
Operating
efficiency;
|
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|
(p)
|
Market
share;
|
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|
(q)
|
Developing
new products and lines of revenue;
|
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|
(r)
|
Reducing
operating expenses;
|
|
|
(s)
|
Developing
new markets;
|
|
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(t)
|
Meeting
completion schedules;
|
|
|
(u)
|
Developing
and managing relationships with regulatory and other governmental
agencies;
|
|
|
(v)
|
Managing
cash;
|
|
|
(w)
|
Managing
claims against the Company, including litigation; and
|
|
|
(x)
|
Identifying
and completing strategic acquisitions
|
|
|
SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
|
)
|
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED "TECHNI
BHARATHI LIMITED "
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)
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|
|
BY
THE HAND OF MR. JORTIN ANTONY
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)
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(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THE
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)
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|
|
RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
|
)
|
|
|
ON
THE 16TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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)
|
|
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
|
)
|
|
|
WITNESS:
|
)
|
|
|
ADDRESS:
|
)
|
|
|
SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
|
)
|
|
|
BY
THE WITHINNAMED "PROMOTERS"
|
)
|
|
|
MR.
JORTIN ANTONY
|
)
|
|
|
ON
THE 16TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER 2007
|
)
|
|
|
IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
|
)
|
|
|
WITNESS:
|
)
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|
|
ADDRESS:
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||
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)
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ARTICLE
12.
|
DIVIDEND
EQUIVALENTS
|
|
ARTICLE
13.
|
BENEFICIARY
DESIGNATION
|
|
ARTICLE
14.
|
RIGHTS
OF PARTICIPANTSThe
Seller is the owner of Five Million (5,000,000) convertible preference
shares of the face value of INR 10 each with the terms and conditions
as
listed in Schedule
1 hereto (the “Shares”)
in Techni
Bharathi Limited, a public limited company organised and existing
under
the laws of India with its registered office and principle place
of
business at By pass road, Edappally, Kochi – 682 024, India (“Company”).
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ARTICLE
15B.
|
CHANGE
IN CONTROL AND OTHER
REORGANIZATIONSThe Seller has agreed to sell the Shares to the
Purchaser and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Shares from
the
Seller in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
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(a) 1.
|
provide
that all outstanding Options shall be assumed or substituted by the
successor corporation;DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
|
|
(b)1.1
|
in
the event of a Change in Control or merger pursuant to which holders
of
the Company's common stock will receive a cash payment for each share
surrendered in the merger, make or provide for a cash payment to
the
Participants equal to the difference between the merger price times
the
number of shares of the Company's common stock subject to such outstanding
Options, and the aggregate Option Price of all such outstanding Options,
in exchange for the termination of such Options;Definitions
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|
(ca)
|
upon
written notice to a Participant, (i) provide that the Participant’s
unexercised Options or Awards will terminate immediately prior to
the
consummation of such transaction unless exercised by the Participant;
or
(ii) terminate all unexercised outstanding Options immediately prior
to
the consummation of such transaction unless exercised by the
Participant;‘Affiliate’
means when used in respect of a specified legal person, each
legal
person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with the
person
specified. In this definition “control” (and its derivatives) means both
(i) holding beneficially more than fifty per cent (50%) of equity
interests and (ii) the ability to cast more than fifty (50%)per cent
of
the voting rights attaching to voting
securities.
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|
(db)
|
provide
that all or any outstanding Options shall become exercisable in full
immediately prior to such event; and'Agreement' shall mean
this Share Purchase Agreement, as from time to time amended, supplemented
or replaced or otherwise modified and any document which amends,
supplements, replaces or otherwise modifies this Agreement, together
with
the recitals and all the Schedules attached
hereto.
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|
(ec)
|
provide
that outstanding Awards shall be assumed or substituted by the successor
corporation, become realizable or deliverable, or restrictions applicable
to an Award will lapse, in whole or in part, prior to or upon the
Change
in Control, merger or other reorganization event, as the case may
be.“Applicable Law” shall
mean all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules,
orders, bye laws, administrative interpretation, writ, injunction,
directive, protocols, codes, policies, notices, directions, judgment
or
decree or other instrument or other requirements of any Governmental
Authority in any relevant jurisdiction applicable to any Party from
time
to time.
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(ad)
|
The
closing of the sale of all or substantially all of Company’s assets as an
entirety to any person or related group of persons other than an
existing
holder or existing holders of Company’s equity;‘Articles’ means
Articles of Association of the
Company.
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(be)
|
The
merger or consolidation of Company with or into another entity or
the
merger or consolidation of another entity with or into Company, in
either
case with the effect that immediately after such transaction the
equity
holders of Company immediately prior to such transaction hold less
than a
majority in interest of the total voting power of the outstanding
voting
interests of the entity surviving such merger or consolidation; or‘Board’ means Board
of
Directors of the Company.
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(cf)
|
The
closing of a transaction pursuant to which beneficial ownership of
more
than fifty percent (50%) of Company’s outstanding voting equity is
transferred to any person or related group of persons other than
an
existing holder or existing holders of Company’s equity.‘Claim’ includes
any
notice, demand, assessment, letter or other document issued or action
taken by any tax, fiscal or other statutory or governmental authority,
body or official whatsoever (whether of India or elsewhere in the
world)
whereby the Company is or may be placed or sought to be placed under
a
liability to make a payment or deprived of any relief, allowance,
credit
or repayment otherwise available.
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(g)
|
'Completion'
shall mean
completion of the events specified in Clause4.1 below and
the
Purchaser being registered as a member in respect of the Shares in
the
register of members of Company.
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|
(h)
|
‘Completion
Date' shall
mean date mentioned in Clause4.1
hereof.
|
|
(i)
|
'Conditions
Precedent'
shall mean the conditions precedent mentioned in Clause 3 of this
Agreement.
|
|
(j)
|
“CPS”
means
6%
compulsorily convertible preference shares of the Company agreed
to be
subscribed by the Purchaser in terms of the Share Subscription
Agreement.
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ARTICLE
16.(k)
|
CANCELLATION
OF AWARDS'Encumbrances'
means any
encumbrance, lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge, easement,
conditional sale or other title retention or non-disposal agreement
or
other restriction of a similar kind, and all other easements,
encroachments and title defects of every type and nature, or any
conditional sale contract, title, retention contract, or other contract
to
give or to refrain from giving any of the
foregoing.
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ARTICLE
17.(l)
|
AMENDMENT,
MODIFICATION AND
TERMINATION‘INR’
means the lawful
currency of India.
|
|
(m)
|
“Investor
Shares” means
7,150,000 equity shares of the Company agreed to be subscribed by
the
Purchaser in terms of the Share Subscription
Agreement.
|
|
(n)
|
'Party'
shall mean the
Seller and the Purchaser referred to individually and 'Parties' shall mean
the
Seller and the Purchaser referred to
collectively.
|
|
(o)
|
‘Purchase
Price’ means
an aggregate amount of USD 2 million to be paid by the Purchaser
to the
Seller for acquiring Shares.
|
|
(p)
|
'Person'
shall include
an individual, an association, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture, a trust, an unincorporated organisation, a joint stock company
or
other entity or organisation, including a government or political
subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof and/or any other
legal entity.
|
|
(q)
|
“Promoters”
shall
have
the meaning ascribed to the term in the Share Subscription
Agreement.
|
|
(r)
|
Representations and Warranties means
the representations and warranties of the Seller as set out in Recital
A
and clauses 5.1.1 to 5.1.5 (both
inclusive).
|
|
(s)
|
“Share
Subscription
Agreement” means the agreement to be executed between the
Purchaser, the Company and the
Promoters.
|
|
1.2
|
Interpretation
|
|
1.2.1
|
The
terms referred to in this Agreement shall, unless defined otherwise
or
inconsistent with the context or meaning thereof, bear the meaning
ascribed to it under the relevant
statute/legislation.
|
|
1.2.2
|
All
references in this Agreement to statutory provisions shall be construed
as
meaning and including references
to:
|
|
(a)
|
Any
statutory modification, consolidation or re-enactment (whether before
or
after the date of this Agreement) for the time being in
force;
|
|
(b)
|
All
statutory instruments or orders made pursuant to a statutory provision;
and
|
|
(c)
|
any
statutory provisions of which these statutory provisions are a
consolidation, re-enactment or
modification.
|
|
1.2.3
|
Words
denoting the singular shall include the plural and words denoting
any
gender shall include all genders.
|
|
1.2.4
|
Headings
to clauses, sub-clauses and paragraphs are for information only and
shall
not form part of the operative provisions of this Agreement or the
Schedules and shall be ignored in construing the
same.
|
|
1.2.5
|
References
to recitals, clauses or schedules are, unless the context otherwise
requires, are references to recitals, to clauses of or schedules
to this
Agreement.
|
|
1.2.6
|
Reference
to days, months and years are to Gregorian days, months and calendar
years
respectively.
|
|
1.2.7
|
Any
reference to the words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to
clauses
or annexures of this Agreement as specified
therein.
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1.2.8
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Any
expression importing a natural person includes any company, trust,
partnership, joint venture, association, body corporate or governmental
agency.
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1.2.9
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Where
a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, another part of speech
or
other grammatical form in respect of that word or phrase has a
corresponding meaning.
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1.2.10
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Reference
to “Purchaser”, unless repugnant to the context shall for the purpose of
this Agreement, mean and include the Affiliates of the
Purchaser.
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ARTICLE
182.
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WITHHOLDINGPURCHASE
AND SALE OF
SHARES
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ARTICLE
19.2.1
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INDEMNIFICATIONSubject
to
the terms and conditions hereof, on the Completion Date the Seller
shall
sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to the Purchaser the ownership
and possession of the Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances
and
restrictions of any kind, with all rights attached or accruing thereto
(including without limitation, accrued dividends if any) and the
Purchaser
shall purchase the Shares from the Seller for the Purchase
Price.
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ARTICLE
203.
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SUCCESSORSCONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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ARTICLE
21.3.1
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GENERAL
PROVISIONSThe
Parties agree that the obligation of the Purchaser to purchase the
Shares
in the manner provided herein, is conditional upon (i) the Purchaser
subscribing to the Investor Shares and the CPS; and (ii) only if
all the
Representations and Warranties continue to be true and correct on
the
Completion Date.
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3.2
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Upon
fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent, the Purchaser shall notify
the
Seller of the same in writing.
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4.
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COMPLETION
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4.1
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Upon
fulfilment of all the Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of
the
Purchaser or if specifically waived in writing by the Purchaser,
the
Parties shall proceed to complete the sale of the Shares to the Purchaser
(‘Completion’) in
the manner provided in this Clause. Such Completion shall take place
on a
date set by the Purchaser (the ‘Completion Date’), which
date shall not be later than 15 days from the fulfilment of all the
Conditions Precedent to the satisfaction of the Purchaser. Such Completion
Date shall however in no event be later than January 31, 2008 unless
extended upon mutual agreement between the
Parties.
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4.2
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The
Completion shall take place at Economic Laws Practice, 1502, Dalamal
Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021 or such other place as may be
mutually agreed upon by the
Parties.
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4.3
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On
the Completion Date, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to
the Purchaser:
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a)
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written
confirmation from the Seller that as at the Completion Date the
Representations and Warranties are true, accurate and complete and
that it
is not aware of any matter or thing which is in breach of or inconsistent
with any of the Representations and
Warranties;
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b)
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duly
signed share transfer forms and the original share certificates respecting
the Shares.
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4.4
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On
the Completion Date, a meeting of the Board shall be held at which,
the
Board shall pass resolutions approving the transfer of the Shares
held by
the Seller to the Purchaser, endorse share certificates in the name
of the
Purchaser and deliver the share certificates to the Purchaser and
record
such transfer in the register of members maintained by the Company
and
incorporate the name of the Purchaser as the legal and beneficial
owner of
the Shares in the register of members of the
Company.
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4.5
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On
the Completion Date the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller the Purchase
Price by way of telegraphic
transfer.
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4.6
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The
Parties to this Agreement agree to take all measures that may be
required
to ensure to the extent possible, that all the events contemplated
in
Clause 4 above on
the Completion Date are completed on the same day1.
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(a) 5.1
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Determine
which Affiliates and Subsidiaries shall be covered by this Plan;True and Accurate: The Seller
represents, warrants and undertakes to the Purchaser, that each of
the
statements set out in this Clause hereunder, as applicable to the
Seller,
is now and will be true and accurate at the Completion Date. The
Seller
acknowledges that the Purchaser, in entering into this Agreement,
is
relying on such representations, warranties and undertakings and
shall be
entitled to treat the same as conditions of the Agreement.
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(b) 5.1.1
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Determine
which Employees, Directors, and/or Third-Party Service Providers
outside
the United States are eligible to participate in this Plan;Ownership of Shares: The Seller is the sole
recorded and beneficial owner of
Shares.
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(c) 5.1.2
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Modify
the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Employees and/or
Third-Party Service Providers outside the United States to comply
with
applicable foreign laws;No liens or
Encumbrances: The Seller has good and marketable title to the
Shares, free and clear of all
Encumbrances.
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(d) 5.1.3
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Establish
subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures,
to
the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable. Any
subplans and modifications to Plan terms and procedures established
under
this Section 21.6 by
the Committee shall be attached to this Plan document as appendices;
andRight to transfer Shares: The
Seller has full capacity, right, power and authority to enter into
this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and
thereby to transfer and deliver the Shares to the Purchaser, in the
manner
provided in this Agreement, the Purchaser will receive good and marketable
title to the Shares, free and clear of all
Encumbrances.
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(e) 5.1.4
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Take
any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable
to
obtain approval or comply with any necessary local government regulatory
exemptions or approvals.No liability:
The Seller has no asserted or unasserted liability or Claim whatsoever
towards the Company.
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5.1.5
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Non-contravention:
The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, the consummation by the Seller
of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance by the
Seller
with the provisions hereof or thereof do not and will not (a) subject
to
the conditions precedent set out herein, require any filing by the
Seller
with, or the permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any court,
arbitrator or arbitral tribunal, administrative agency or commission
or
other governmental or regulatory authority or agency (a “Governmental
Entity”), (b) conflict with or violate any order, writ, injunction,
decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to, binding upon or
enforceable against the Seller, (c) constitute a breach of any duty
owed
by the Seller or any person acting in a representative or fiduciary
capacity with respect to the Seller, or (d) result in a violation
or
breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time
or both)
a default under or give rise to any right of termination, amendment,
cancellation or acceleration.
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5.2
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Purchaser
Representation:The Purchaser
hereby represents and warrants that it has the corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated herein. The execution, delivery and performance
by the Purchaser of thus Agreement has been duly authorized and approved
by its board of directors.
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5.3
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Separate
and Independent: Each
of the Representations and Warranties shall be separate and independent
and, save as expressly provided to the contrary, shall not be limited
by
reference to or inference from any other Representations and Warranty
or
any other term of this Agreement, which is not expressly referenced
to the
Representations and Warranty
concerned.
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5.4
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Undertaking: The
Seller shall
not do, allow or procure any act or omission before the Completion
Date
which would respectively constitute a breach of any of the Representations
and Warranties if they were given at the Completion Date, or which
would
make any of the Representations and Warranties inaccurate or misleading
if
they were so given.
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5.6
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Notification
of breach: The
Seller hereby agrees to disclose promptly to the Purchaser in writing
immediately upon becoming aware of the same, any matter, event or
circumstance (including any omission to act) which may arise or become
known to it after the date of this Agreement which would render any
of the
Representations and Warranties to be
inaccurate.
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5.7
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Survival: The
Representations
and Warranties provided in this Agreement shall survive the Completion
Date.
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6.1
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Without
prejudice to any other right available to the Purchaser in law or
under
equity, the Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Purchaser, their Affiliates, directors, advisors, officers, employees
and
agents, from and against any and all liabilities, damages, demands,
Claims
(including third party Claims), actions, judgments or causes of action,
assessments, interest, fines, penalties, and other costs or expenses
(including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement, court
costs
and all reasonable attorneys' fees and out of pocket expenses) (“Losses”) directly
based
upon, arising out of, or in relation to or otherwise in respect of
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i.
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any
inaccuracy in or any breach of any Representation and Warranty, covenant
or agreement of the Seller contained in this Agreement or any document
or
other papers delivered by Seller to the Purchaser in connection with
or
pursuant to this Agreement;
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ii.
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any
liability arising out of non compliance of any obligation undertaken
by
the Seller.
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6.2
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Any
compensation or indemnity as referred to in Clause 6.1 above shall
be such
as to place the Purchaser in the same position as it would have been
in,
had there not been any such breach and as if the Representation and
Warranty under which Purchaser is to be indemnified, had been
correct.
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7.1
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Any
notice or other communication that may be given by one Party to the
other
shall always be in writing and shall be served either by (i) hand
delivery
duly acknowledged; or (ii) sent by registered post with acknowledgment
due; or (iii) by facsimile at the respective addresses set out herein
below or at such other address as may be subsequently intimated by
one
party to the other in writing as set out herein. If the notice is
sent by
facsimile, the said notice shall also be sent by registered post
acknowledgment due.
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7.2
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All
notices shall be deemed to have been validly given on (i) the business
date immediately after the date of transmission with confirmed answer
back, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, or (ii) the business
date
of receipt, if sent by courier or hand delivery; or (iii) the expiry
of
seven days after posting, if sent by registered
post.
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7.3
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Any
Party may, from time to time, change its address or representative
for
receipt of notices provided for in this Agreement by giving to the
other
Party not less than 10 days prior written
notice.
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10.1
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Grounds
for Termination: Save and except the rights and obligations of the
Parties
that terminate as provided in the specific clauses in this Agreement,
this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until terminated
in
accordance with the provisions of this
Clause.
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10.2
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This
Agreement can be terminated at any time prior to the sale of the
Shares in
the manner set out in Clause 4 of this Agreement, by mutual written
agreement of the Parties.
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10.3
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This
Agreement shall stand terminated if the Completion does not take
place as
per Clause 4.1.
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10.4
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Effect
of Termination: Termination of this Agreement under Clauses 10.2
to 10.3
shall be without liability of any Party (or any shareholder, director,
officer, agent, employee, consultant or representative of such Party)
to
the other Party.
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10.5
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The
provisions of Clause 6 (Indemnity), 7 (Notices), and 9 (Confidentiality)
shall survive the termination hereof pursuant to Clause
10.1.
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "
Purchaser "
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. RAM MUKUNDA
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(Authorised
Signatory)
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ON
THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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NAME
AND ADDRESS:
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SIGNED
AND DELIVERED
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BY
THE WITHINNAMED "Seller"
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BY
THE HAND OF MR. BEN LIM CHOON KEE
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(AUTHORISED
SIGNATORY) PURSUANT TO THE
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RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE BOARD
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ON
THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007
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IN
THE PRESENCE OF:
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WITNESS:
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ADDRESS:
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1.
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In
this agreement words and expressions shall have the same meanings
as are
respectively assigned to them in the conditions of the contract herein
referred to.
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2.
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Section
headings appearing in this Agreement are inserted for convenience
of
reference only, and shall in no way be construed to be interpretations
of
the provisions hereof.
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3.
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The
following documents shall be deemed to form and be read and construed
as
part of this Agreement:
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4.
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In
consideration of the payments to be made by the Employer to the Contractor
as hereinafter mentioned, the Contractor hereby covenants with the
Employer to execute and complete the Works and remedy any defects
therein,
in conformity with the provisions of the
Agreement.
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5.
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The
Employer hereby covenants to pay the Contractor, in consideration
of the
execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of defects
therein, the Contract Price at the time and in the manner prescribed
in
Schedule 1 of this Agreement.
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6.
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AMTL
and MAIL agree that they shall transfer their capacity Allotment
to CWEL
or as per the advise of CWEL at the time of
commissioning.
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7.
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It
is agreed between the Parties that the capacity of the wind farm
shall be
24 MW consisting of 96 (ninety six) 250KW WEGs and the wind energy
farm
will be set up in the State of Karnataka in the land and capacity
allotted
to the Contractor or their associate companies. The technical
specifications of the Contractor 250 KW wind electrical generator
shall
be:
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8.1.1
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Design,
manufacture and supply of WEGs including Tower, Nacelle, Rotor, Cables
and
Control Panels and including providing all spares at cost during
the life
of the WEGs, being 20 (twenty)
years..
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8.1.2
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Packing,
handling, loading and unloading and transportation of all equipment
to the
Site.
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8.1.3
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Formation
of roads suitable for transporting all the machines and materials
through
heavy vehicles like cranes, trucks, trailers,
etc.
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8.1.4
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Site
clearance and Platform
construction.
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8.1.5
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Liaison
and obtaining all the clearances from Karnataka Renewable Energy
Development Limited (KREDL), Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation
Limited (KPTCL), Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC)
and
other government and private agencies, including,
without
limitation, those referenced in Schedules 2 and 4, in order for the
Employer to own and operate (or have operated on its behalf) the
Project.
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8.1.6
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Foundation
work for the WEGs.
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8.1.7
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Supply
and erection of all high-tension electrical works including transformer,
Meter, Metering Set, etc., including the
Yard.
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8.1.8
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Obtaining
Grid Tie up and evacuation and Synchronization
Clearances.
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8.1.9
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Over
Head Line work from Meter point to the tapping point/SS of
KPTCL.
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8.1.10
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Assembly
and erection of WEGs at site.
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8.1.11
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Test
run of all the WEGs after grid is
provided.
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8.1.12
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Commissioning
of the WEGs after providing the
grid.
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8.1.13
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Doing
all acts necessary to ensure that the Project is completed and operated
and maintained in accordance with the
Agreement.
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8.1.14
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The
Contractor shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to the sufficiency
of and all conditions and circumstances affecting the Contract Price,
the
Site and its surroundings, climatic conditions, the extent and nature
of
the Works, the labour, Plant and the Contractor’s Equipment required for
the Works and generally as to all other circumstances, risks and
contingencies which may be relevant to the performance of the Contractor’s
Obligations under the Agreement and/or to the payments to be made
in
respect thereof. The Contractor therefore accepts total responsibility
for
having foreseen all difficulties and costs and expenses for successfully
executing the Works and that subject to Clause 9 hereof, no increase
in
the Agreement Price and no extension of the Time other than provided
under
Clause 13.2 for Completion shall be made, based in whole or in part
upon
any discrepancy between actual circumstances encountered by the Contractor
and those anticipated or
considered.
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8.1.15
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The
Contractor acknowledges that the Employer has made available to the
Contractor, certain data and information solely for the convenience
of the
Contractor, the verification and interpretation of which is the sole
risk
and responsibility of the Contractor. The Contractor agrees that
the
Employer shall have no liability to the Contractor for the adequacy,
accuracy or completeness of such data and information and shall protect,
indemnify and hold the Employer harmless from and against any and
all
losses arising directly or indirectly from or incurred by reason
of the
use of any such data and information or any part thereof. Further,
the
Contractor hereby waives any claims it may otherwise have against
persons
who may have prepared, compiled, provided or prepared any such data
and
information and by other persons to whom the Contractor has supplied
such
data and information.
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11.1
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The
Price in Clause 9 above, shall be paid to the Contractor as per Schedule
1
and subject to Clause 11.2
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11.2
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The
Parties agree that the Employer will have a right to make payments
directly to the major vendors and contractors specified in Schedule
3 as
per the instructions from the contractor and in accordance with the
contract with such vendors from time to time such payment being part
of
the down payment mentioned in Schedule
1.
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11.3
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The
employer shall pay a sum of Rs.100 Lakhs ( Rupees One Hundred Lakhs
Only )
on or before 15th
May 2007 to the Contractor as interest free deposit to facilitate
implementation of the project. Only 75% ( Seventy Five percentage)
of this
amount will be refunded by the Contractor to the Employer in case,
the
Employer fails to perform their obligations by
30.09.2007.
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11.4
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The
Parties further agree that the Contractor shall create at the cost
of the
Employer security interest in favour of the Employer over all major
goods
and components purchased by the Contractor for the purpose of the
Project.
The Contractor shall create at the cost of the Employer a security
interest in favour of the Employer over all major goods and components
imported by the Contractor immediately after the goods and components
have
cleared customs in India.
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11.5
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The
security interest created by the Contractor under Clause 11.4 shall
be
released at the cost of the employer once the ownership of the secured
goods and components passes to the Employer in accordance with this
contract.
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11.6
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The
Contractor shall assign all its rights under all agreements entered
into
between the Contractor and any vendor for the goods and components
purchased for the purpose of the Project to the
Employer.
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11.7
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The
Contractor shall submit a Corporate Guarantee in the agreed form
to the
Employer for the amount received till completion of the project on
pro-rata basis. The said Guarantee will automatically get diminished
depending upon the implementation of the
project.
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12.1
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The
Employer’s obligations are conditional upon the satisfaction or waiver (if
applicable) of all of the following
conditions:
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12.1.1
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A
resolution being passed at a duly constituted meeting of the board
of
directors of the Employer and a resolution being passed at duly
constituted meeting of the shareholders of the Employer, approving
the
development of a wind energy farm in Karnataka and the satisfaction
of all
other conditions for the Employer to effect a Business Combination
as set
forth in the Employer’s Prospectus dated March 3, 2006 as filed with the
US Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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12.1.2
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The
Contractor obtaining the necessary capacity allotment through its
associate companies AMTL and MAIL, as per schedule 4 from the Government
of Karnataka.
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12.1.3
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The
Contractor providing IGC with documentary proof that AMTL and MAIL
have
entered into a valid agreement as per Government Order No. DE 26
NCE 99,
Bangalore dated 3 May 1999, EN 259 NCE 2004 Bangalore dated 18.03.2005
and
EN 260 NCE 2004 Bangalore dated 26.08.2004 with the Government of
Karnataka through KREDL for 24 MW and that both AMTL and MAIL have
fulfilled all the conditions under their respective agreements and
are not
in breach of their respective
agreements;
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12.1.4
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AMTL
and MAIL transferring their capacity allotment and all rights there
under
to the Contractor concurrent with the required down payment. The
Contractor will provide Employer documentary proof of the
same.
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12.1.5
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The
Parties entering into an agreement for the operation and maintenance
of
the wind energy farm;
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12.1.7
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The
Contractor shall obtain all necessary consents, approvals and licenses
for
the Employer to generate and sell the power generated as permissible
under
applicable laws and including but not limited to those specified
in
Schedules 2 and 4 in the form and content as per statutory
requirements;
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13.1
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All
the WEGs shall be supplied, installed and commissioned within 12
(twelve)
months from the Effective Date (“Time for Completion”).
The employer should make the down payment on or before 30.09.2007
so as to
enable the contractor to implement the project successfully in
time.
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13.2
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The
Employer will extend the Time for Completion for a further period
of 3
(three) months (“Extended
Time for Completion”) if the Contractor completes Milestone VI of
the Project as specified in Schedule
1
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13.3
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In
the event the commissioning of all the 96 WEG’s is not completed within
the Extended Time for Completion, the Contractor will refund the
excess
amount received after deducting the value of completed WEGs and also
the
expenses incurred by the Contractor in connection with the implementation
of the project.
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13.4
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The
Project shall be completed as per the milestones provided in Schedule
1.
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13.5
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The
Employer shall take-over each WEG on the day of commissioning of
that WEG.
The Parties agree that on the day of commissioning of the WEG or
earlier
if permitted under applicable law, the Contractor shall procure that
the
Parties shall enter into a sub-lease agreement with the Government
of
Karnataka in form and content as per the statutory requirement, under
which the land relating to that WEG shall be subleased to the
Employer.
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13.6
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The
Contractor shall begin the operation and maintenance of each WEG
from the
date of its commissioning as per the terms and conditions of the
operations and maintenance contract between the
Parties.
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13.7
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The
Contractor shall ensure that there is in place a power purchase agreement
between the Employer and BESCOM for all the power generated by a
WEG as on
the date of commissioning of that WEG unless modified in writing
by the
Employer prior to completion either to the electricity board or as
a sale
to a third party if so decided by the Employer, in accordance with
prevailing Govt. rules.
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14.1
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Without
limiting any other provisions of the Agreement, the Contractor shall
perform the Work with due care and in a professional manner, using
sound
engineering and design principles and project management and supervisory
and warrant procedures, in accordance with and consistent with industry
standards and all applicable Laws. The Works done by the Contractor
shall
be fit for purpose. The Contractor represents and warrants that it
has the
requisite skills, experience, expertise and capacity to perform the
Work
in the foregoing manner and to satisfy and fulfill all of its obligations
and responsibilities under the
Agreement.
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14.2
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The
time is of an essence of the Agreement. This condition will apply
to both
Parties relating to payments and project
implementation.
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15.2.1
The payment of Liquidated Damages does not in any way relieve the
Contractor from any of its obligations to complete the Works or from
any
other obligations and liabilities of the Contractor under the Agreement.
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15.2.2
For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to any continuing
obligations of the Contractor under the Contract or otherwise, the
issue
of any Taking Over Certificate does not relieve the Contractor in
respect
of Liquidated Damages which have accrued up to the date of such Taking
Over Certificate, but which have not yet been paid by the Contractor.
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15.3.1
The Parties recognize the expense and inconvenience likely to be
incurred
from any need to prove the loss and damage that will be suffered
by the
employer only in the event of failure by the Contractor to achieve
completion of the Works by the relevant Time for Completion. The
Parties
acknowledge that the Liquidated Damages is a genuine pre-estimation
of and
reasonable compensation for the loss and damage that will be suffered
by
the Employer in the event of any such failure on the part of the
Contractor and the Contractor irrevocably undertakes that it will
not,
whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, contend that the levels
of
Liquidated Damages are not reasonable nor will it put the Employer
to the
proof thereof, nor further contend that its agreement to such sum
and
undertaking as aforesaid were arrived at by force, duress, coercion,
mistake or misrepresentation on the part of the Employer. If the
payment
of Liquidated Damages is unenforceable by the Employer for any reason
the
Contractor shall be liable to pay the Employer actual losses and
costs
caused or to the extent contributed to by the delay to the Time for
Completion for which the Contractor is responsible. The maximum liability
of the Contractor to the Employer, under this Clause 15 shall not
exceed
the amount of Rs.5.7 Crores.
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16.1
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Each
Party represents, severally and not jointly, to the other Party hereto
that:
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16.1.1
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Such
Party has the full power and authority to enter into, execute and
deliver
the Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby
and such
Party is duly incorporated or organized with limited liability and
existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation
or
organization;
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16.1.2
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The
execution and delivery by such Party of the Agreement and the performance
by such Party of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other action of such
Party;
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16.1.3
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Assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other
Parties,
the Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of such
Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms,
except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally; and
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16.1.4
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The
execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement by such Party
and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i)
violate
any provision of the organizational or governance documents of such
Party;
(ii) require such Party to obtain any consent, approval or action
of, or
make any filing with or give any notice to, any Government Authority
in
India or any other person pursuant to any instrument, Agreement or
other
agreement to which such Party is a party or by which such Party is
bound
save for those provided in Schedule 2; (iii) conflict with or result
in
any material breach or violation of any of the terms and conditions
of, or
constitute (with notice or lapse of time or both constitute) a default
under, any instrument, Agreement or other agreement to which such
Party is
a party or by which such Party is bound; (iv) violate any order,
judgment
or decree against, or binding upon, such Party or upon its respective
securities, properties or businesses; or (v) subject to the novation
of
the Agreement, violate any Laws of India or the Laws of its place
of
incorporation or organization any other country in which it maintains
its
principal office.
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16.2
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The
Contractor represents and warrants to the Employer
that:
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16.2.1
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It
is fully experienced in the planning, programming, design and execution
and co-ordination of construction activities wind energy farms of
the
scope, complexity, size and technical sophistication of the Works
and that
it possesses the level of skill and expertise commensurate with such
experience, upon which the Employer is
reliant;
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16.2.2
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It
shall be responsible for the design and execution of the Works and
the
said design and execution of the Works will meet in all respects
the
requirements of the Agreement;
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16.2.3
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It
shall undertake and develop the design of the Works so as to procure
a
complete detailed design which both as a whole and as individual
parts
will be adequate, accurate and sufficient and will meet and comply
in all
respects with the Specifications, applicable Laws and industry practice
and that such detailed design will be such that the Works as a whole
and
as each individual part will be in all respects fit for its purpose
in
accordance with the Specifications, applicable Laws and industry
practice;
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16.2.4
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The
Works will be designed and executed and defects remedied in accordance
with industry practice and all applicable Laws and the functional
and
other requirements of the Agreement and when completed the Works
shall be
fit for the purpose for which the Works are intended, as specified
or as
may be inferred from the Agreement;
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16.2.5
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The
Works have a rate of deterioration reasonably to be expected of a
high
quality, reliable and well-designed, engineered and constructed wind
energy farm with minimal lifecycle costs and shall be free of structural
defects and deficiencies;
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16.2.6
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The
personnel to be employed by the Contractor in or about the design
and
execution of the Works will be properly skilled, competent and experienced
having regard to the nature and extent of the
Works;
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16.2.7
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The
Contractor has not and will not use substances or materials generally
known at the time of their use to be deleterious to health or safety
during the execution or the design life of the Works or to be likely
adversely to affect the operation or design life of the Permanent
Works or
persons using or employed or engaged on the same or to be likely
to cause
the Contractor or the Employer to be in breach of any applicable
Laws;
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16.2.8
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It
will ensure that the Works will comprise only equipment which is
new
and/or unused and complies with the Agreement and which is manufactured
and prepared in accordance with the applicable Laws and with industry
practice; and
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16.2.9
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It
will obtain all the necessary approvals and permits under applicable
law
for the successful completion and operation of the Project including
without limitation approvals and permits as detailed in Schedule
2 during
the execution of the Project.
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16.2.10
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The
Contractor shall undertake the Operations, Maintenance and Security
Services Agreement (OMS Agreement) as detailed in Schedule
5
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(a)
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Understanding
that it constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Contractor, enforceable in accordance with its term, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar
events
which may arise in future.
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(b)
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Confirming
that it is not a party to any legal, administrative, arbitral,
investigation or other proceeding or controversy which is pending,
or, to
the best of the Contractor’s knowledge, threatened, which would adversely
affect the Contractor’s ability to perform under the OMS
Agreement
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(c)
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The
Contractor has examined the requirements of OMS Agreement in depth
and is
familiar with
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(i)
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its
terms
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(ii)
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the
necessary experience and proper qualifications to perform the service
contemplated hereunder
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(iii)
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reviewed
and examined all applicable laws, codes and standards (including
safety,
environmental and security requirements of the Project);
and
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(iv)
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carefully
reviewed all documents, plans, drawings and other information that
it
deems necessary regarding the Project and its performance of the
services
hereunder that are available as of the date hereof.
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17.1
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Commencing
from the date of this Agreement, and on receipt of the first down
payment
the Contractor shall ensure that neither it nor any of its employees,
officers or advisers or representatives directly or indirectly solicit,
encourage or initiate any expression of interest, offer or proposal
by any
person other than the Employer for the matter and wind energy farm
contemplated under this Agreement, provided all the terms & conditions
including the payment terms are fulfilled in accordance with this
contract
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18.1
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The
equipment relating to each WEG is warranted by the Contractor for
a period
of 12 months from the date of commissioning of each WEG against any
defects owing to faulty design or manufacture, excluding normal wear
and
tear of components, consumables and electronic
components.
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19.1
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During
the warranty period and during the term of the operation and maintenance
contract, the Contractor will provide an annual generation guarantee
of
5.50 lakhs units per WEG per year (“Assured Generation”) with a permitted
variation of up to 10% due to wind pattern variations from the data
published by MNES/IITM/KREDL.
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19.2
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If
the average of the aggregate actual generation is below the Assured
Generation during the warranty period and during the term of the
operation
and maintenance contract, the Contractor undertakes to reimburse
the
shortfall at Rs.3.40 (prevailing KPTCL Power Purchase Agreement rate
or
any higher rate as stipulated in the power purchase agreement) per
unit to
the Employer.
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19.3
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To
substantiate the above, the Contractor will provide a personal guarantee
of CMD & ED, being Mr. Marimuthu of the Contractor to the Employer in
a form and content acceptable to
Employer.
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20.1
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The
Contractor shall disclose all such required or necessary confidential
and
other information as the Employers representative may reasonably
require
in order to verify the Contractor’s compliance with the
Agreement.
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20.2
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The
Parties shall treat the details of the Agreement as private and
confidential, except to the extent necessary to carry out obligations
under it or to comply with applicable Laws. The Parties shall not
publish,
permit to be published, or disclose any particulars of the Works
in any
trade or technical paper or elsewhere without the previous agreement
of
the other Party. Provided however that the Employer may publish or
permit
to be published or disclose the Agreement, without the consent of
the
Contractor, to comply with U.S Securities and Exchange Commission
rules
and regulations.
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21.1
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Only
during the period of continuous Operation and Maintenance services
by the
Contractor, the Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Employer,
any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or assignees, against
and from all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including legal
fees
and expenses) in respect of
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21.1.1
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bodily
injury, sickness, disease or death, of any person whatsoever arising
out
of or in the course of or by reason of the Contractor’s design (if any),
the execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of any
defects, unless directly and solely attributable to any negligence,
willful act or willful breach of the Agreement by the Employer,
and
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21.1.2
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damage
to or loss of any property, real or personal, to the extent that
such
damage or loss:
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(a)
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arises
out of or in the course of or by reason of the Contractor’s design, the
execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of any defects,
and
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(b)
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is
attributable to any negligence, willful act or breach of the Agreement
by
the Contractor, any of its directors, officers, employees, agents
or
assignees.
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21.2
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Contractor
shall, indemnify and hold harmless Employer, its partner, its officers,
employees, agents, affiliates and representative from and against
any and
all direct actual and indirect damages, liabilities, fines, penalties,
as
maybe payable under applicable law arising out of, resulting from,
or
relating to the operation of the wind farm or negligence or misconduct
of
the Contractor in performing or failing to perform its obligations
under
this Operations, Maintenance and Security Services Agreement detailed
in
Schedule 5.
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21.3
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Employer
agrees that in case of any loss or damage to the WEGs arising due
to
reasons outside the scope of the Operations, Maintenance and Services
Agreement , Contractor will not be made liable to make good such
losses
provided that Contractor has not contributed in any respect to such
loss
or damage. Contractor shall not be liable in case of any loss or
damage
caused to WEGs by reason of natural calamities, act of God and Force
Majeure. Contractor will be held liable for loss/damages due to its
negligence, omissions and failure to perform its contractual
obligations
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21.4
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The
Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Contractor, any of
its
directors, officers, employees, agents or assignees, against and
from all
claims, damages, losses and expenses (including legal fees and expenses)
in respect of bodily injury, sickness, disease or death, which is
directly
and solely attributable to any negligence, willful act or willful
breach
of the Agreement by the Employer, any of its directors, officers,
employees, agents or assignees.
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22.1
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The
Contractor shall undertake per Schedule 5 the Operation Services,
Maintenance Services and Security Services of the 24 MW Wind Farm
to be
installed at Chitradurga District, Karnataka at the rate of Rs1,12,500
per
WEG per year from the date of commissioning of that WEG with an annual
escalation of 5 % on the above amount after the expiration of two
years
from the date of commissioning of that
WEG.
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22.2
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The
Contractor will impart training to nominated persons of the Employer,
as
and when required.
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23.1
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The
Employer may assign/ Novate the entire benefit and obligations of
the
Agreement to its subsidiaries only without prior written consent
of the
Contractor but with prior notice and subject to the rights of the
contractor for continuously implementing the project till completion
without hindrance. Upon completion of the entire project by the
contractor, the employer has the right to novate /assign the WEGs
to any
parties subject to the settlement of dues payable to the contractor,
if
any.
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23.2
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The
Contractor shall not assign or purport to assign the benefit of the
Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Employer.
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24.1.1
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Any
notice or other communication to be given under the Agreement shall
be in
writing and may be delivered in person or sent by fax or by recognized
international mail delivery such as DHL registered or certified mail
addressed to the relevant Party as follows to the Contractor
at:
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(a)
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if
delivered in person, at the time of delivery; or
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(b)
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if
sent by fax, at the expiration of two hours after the time of dispatch,
if
dispatched before 3.00 p.m. Indian Standard Time on any business
day, and
in any other case at 10.00 a.m. Indian Standard Time on the next
business
day following the date of dispatch.
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24.1.3
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In
proving service of a notice or document it shall be sufficient to
prove
that delivery was made or that the fax was properly addressed and
sent.
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24.2
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Governing
Law: This Agreement shall be governed in accordance with the laws
of
India;
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24.3
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Integration:
This
Agreement and the documents
referenced in Clause 3 is the entire agreement between the parties
and
supersedes any other agreement or understanding between the parties,
whether oral or written.
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24.4.
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Costs:
Save as otherwise provided in the Agreement, each Party shall pay
the
costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the entering
into and
completion of the Agreement.
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24.5.
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Severability:
The provisions contained in the Agreement shall be enforceable independent
of each of the others and its validity shall not be affected if any
of the
other provisions are invalid. If any of those provisions are void
but
would be valid if some part of the provision were deleted, the provision
in question shall apply with such modification as may be necessary
to make
it valid.
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24.6
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Survival:
In the event of termination of the Agreement notwithstanding anything
mentioned herein, Clauses which by their nature survive termination
shall
survive the termination of the
Agreement.
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24.7.
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Amendment:
No variation, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms
of the
Agreement shall be valid, unless it is made in writing and mutually
agreed
upon by the Parties. Provided however, the Parties may mutually decide
in
writing to extend the scope of the Agreement
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24.8.
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Partnership:
Nothing in the Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership
between the Parties or constitute either Party as the agent of the
other
Party for any purpose.
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24.9.
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Independent
Contractor: CWEL shall perform its duties under this Agreement as
an
independent contractor, and not as an agent of
IGC.
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24.10
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Waiver:
No failure or delay by either Party in exercising any right, power
or
remedy under the Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall
any single or partial exercise of the same preclude any further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Without
limiting the foregoing, no waiver by either Party of any breach of
any
provision of the Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any
subsequent breach of that or any other provision of the Agreement
.
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24.11
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Covenants
Reasonable: The Parties agree that, having regard to all the
circumstances, the covenants contained herein are reasonable and
necessary
for the protection of the Parties. If any such covenant is held to
be void
as going beyond what is reasonable in all the circumstances, but
would be
valid if amended as to scope or duration or both, the covenant will
apply
with such minimum modifications regarding its scope and duration
as may be
necessary to make it valid and
effective.
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24.12
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Counter-Parts:
Each Party shall execute one copy of the Agreement in
original.
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24.13
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Whole
Agreement: As on the date of the Agreement, the Agreement contains
the
whole agreement between the Parties relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Agreement and supersedes all previous agreements
between the Parties relating to these
transactions.
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24.14
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No
Implied Representation: Each of the Parties acknowledges that, in
agreeing
to enter into the Agreement , it has not relied on any representation,
warranty, collateral contract or other assurance except those set
out in
the Agreement and the documents referred to in made by or on behalf
of the
other Party before the execution of the
Agreement.
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24.15
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Without
Prejudice: The Parties agree that the rights and remedies of the
Parties
hereunder are in addition to their rights at law or
equity.
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24.16
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Further
Assurance: Each Party agrees to do all such actions, including execution
of all such deeds and documents, as may be reasonable required by
the
other Party to give effect to the transaction contemplated in the
Agreement.
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25.1.
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The
Contractor will not be responsible, if during the continuance of
this
Agreement , the performance in whole or part of any obligation under
the
Agreement shall be prevented or delayed by any of the following
conditions:
25.1.1 Fire,
floods, epidemic,
earthquake, storms, heavy winds, untimely rains, quarantine restrictions,
etc.
25.1.2. War,
embargo, invasion,
hostility, riots, acts of public enmity, sabotages, explosions, strikes,
lockouts, revolution, act of god, acts of civil commotion
etc.
25.1.3.
Government
orders and / or
restrictions, changes in the government's policy etc.
25.1.4. In
such a case neither party
shall be entitled to cancel the Agreement nor shall any claims be
made for
such damages against the other party in respect of such delay or
non-performance and the performance and delivery of the Agreement
will be
resumed as soon as practicable after such eventuality has come to
an end
or ceased to exist.
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26.1.
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In
the event of any dispute or difference between the Parties arising
out of
relating to this Agreement (“Dispute”), the Parties shall make endeavors
to settle the “Dispute” amicably.
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26.2.
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If
within 30 days of the Dispute, there is no amicable settlement, the
Dispute shall, at the request of either Party, be referred to arbitration
under the rules (“Rules”) of the International Arbitration Association
before an arbitrator who shall be appointed by the Parties by mutual
consent. In the event that the Parties are unable to mutually agree
to the
appointment of an arbitrator within fifteen (15) days of one of the
Party
to the Dispute notifying its intention to refer the Dispute to arbitration
(“Arbitration Notice”), each Party to the dispute shall appoint one person
as the proposed arbitrator, who has the relevant expertise given
the
nature of the Dispute, within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of
the
Arbitration Notice and the appointed arbitrators shall appoint the
final
arbitrator who shall act as the presiding arbitrator. The place of
the
arbitration shall be Bangalore/Coimbatore /Singapore and the language
of
the arbitration shall be English.
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26.3.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Parties agree that any of them may seek interim
measures including injunctive relief in relation to the provisions
of this
agreement or the Parties' performance of it from any court of competent
jurisdiction. Each Party shall co-operate in good faith to expedite
(to
the maximum extent practicable) the conduct of any arbitral proceedings
commenced under this Agreement.
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26.4.
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The
costs and expenses of the arbitration, including, without limitation,
the
fees of the arbitration and the Arbitrator, shall be borne equally
by each
Party to the dispute or claim and each Party shall pay its own fees,
disbursements and other charges of its counsel, except as may be
otherwise
determined by the arbitrators. The arbitrators would have the power
to
award interest on any sum awarded pursuant to the arbitration proceedings
and such sum would carry interest, if awarded, until the actual payment
of
such amounts.
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26.5
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Any
award made by the arbitrators shall be final and binding on ach of
the
Parties that were parties to the dispute subject to the rights of
appeal.
The Parties expressly agree to waive the applicability of any Laws
and
regulations that would otherwise give the right to appeal the decisions
of
the arbitrators so that there shall be no appeal to any court of
Law for
the award of the arbitrators, except a Party shall not challenge
or resist
any enforcement action taken by any other Party in any court of Law
in
whose favour an award of the arbitrators was
given.
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27.1.
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In
the event of litigation to enforce the provisions of this Agreement,
the
prevailing party in such litigation shall be entitled to reasonable
attorney’s fees as fixed by the Court from the opposite
party.
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SIGNED
by:
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SIGNED
by:
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For
INDIA GLOBALIZATION
CAPITAL INC
RAM
MUKUNDA
CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT
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For
CHIRANJJEEVI WIND ENERGY LIMITED
R.V.S.MARIMUTHU
CHAIRMAN
& MANAGING DIRECOTR
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For
ARUL MARIAMMAN TEXTILES LIMITED
M.A.KANAGARAJ
DIRECTOR
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FOR
MARUDHAVEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
K.KUMARAVEL
DIRECTOR
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Witness:
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Witness:
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Name:
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Name:
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Address:
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Address:
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Date:
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Date:
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1.
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Amendment
to Clause 11.3– Clause 11.3 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
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2.
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Amendment
to Clause 13.1 – Clause 13.1 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
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3.
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Except
to the extent specifically modified by this Amendment, all the terms
of
the Agreement shall survive and continue to remain valid and binding
on
the Parties.
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SIGNED
by: /s/ Ram
Mukunda
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SIGNED
by: /s/ R.V.S.
Marimuthu
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For
INDIA GLOBALIZATION CAPITAL INC.
RAM
MUKUNDA
CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT
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For
CHIRANJJEEVI WIND ENERGY LIMITED
R.V.S.MARIMUTHU
CHAIRMAN
& MANAGING DIRECOTR
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For
ARUL MARIAMMAN TEXTILES LIMITED
/s/
M.A. Kanagaraj
M.A.KANAGARAJ
DIRECTOR
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FOR
MARUDHAVEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
/s/
K.
Kumaravel
K.KUMARAVEL
DIRECTOR
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Witness:
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Witness:
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Name:
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Name:
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Address:
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Address:
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Date:
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Date:
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ESTABLISHMENT,
PURPOSE, AND DURATION
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DEFINITIONS
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(a)
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“Affiliate”
shall
mean any corporation or
other entity (including, but not limited to, a partnership or limited
liability company) that is affiliated with the Company through stock
or
equity ownership such that it controls or is controlled by, or is
under
common control with, the Company.
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(b)
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“Agreement”
means
an agreement entered into
by each Participant and the Company, setting forth the terms and
provisions applicable to Awards granted to Participants under this
Plan.
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(c)
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“Award”
means,
individually or collectively,
a grant under this Plan of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified
Stock
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted
Stock
Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Other Stock-Based Awards
and
Cash-Based Awards.
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(d)
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“Beneficial
Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules
and
Regulations under the Exchange Act.
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(e)
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“Board”
or
“Board
of Directors” means the Board of
Directors of the Company.
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(f)
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“Cause”
means
(i) the same definition for
“cause” set forth in any employment agreement between the Participant and
the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate in effect when the event(s)
occur, or, (ii) in the absence of such an employment agreement, the
Participant’s conduct that is (A) the Participant’s engaging in any act or
omission in the capacity of his or her employment with the Company,
Subsidiary and/or Affiliate constituting dishonesty, theft, fraud,
embezzlement, moral turpitude or other wrongdoing or malfeasance;
or, (B)
the Participant’s conviction of a felony under federal or state law; or,
(C) the Participant’s engaging in any act or omission constituting gross
misuse of his or her authorities, gross or continual dereliction
of his or
her duties to the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate, or that is
materially injurious or embarrassing to any such entity’s business,
operations or reputation; or, (D) the Participant breaching the
noncompetition, nonsolicitation, or confidentiality provisions of
any
written agreement with the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate
prohibiting such conduct. Solely for purposes of this Plan, the
Plan Administrator may use the designation of “Cause,” or without “Cause,”
determined by the Company (or any subsidiary that is the “employer” of the
Participant) or the Plan Administrator may make an independent designation
of “Cause” with respect to employment termination in accordance with the
terms of this Plan. The designation of the Plan Administrator
with respect to “Cause” under this Plan shall not be used for any other
purpose and shall not be used against either the Company or any
Participant.
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(g)
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“Change
in Control” has meaning set forth in
Article 15 of this
Plan.
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(h)
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“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor act
thereto.
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(i)
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“Committee”
means
the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors appointed by the Board to administer the
Plan
with respect to grants of Awards, as specified in Article 3, and to
perform the functions set forth therein; or in the absence of such
appointment, the Board itself.
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(j)
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“Common
Stock” means the common stock of the
Company.
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(k)
|
“Company”
means
India Globalization Capital,
Inc., a Maryland corporation, or any successor thereto as provided
in
Article
20.
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(l)
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“Covered
Employee” means any key Employee
who is or may become a “Covered Employee,” as defined in Code Section
162(m), and who is designated, either as an individual Employee or
class
of Employees, by the Committee within the shorter of: (i) ninety
(90) days
after the beginning of the Performance Period, or (ii) twenty-five
percent
(25%) of the Performance Period has elapsed, as a “Covered Employee” under
this Plan for such applicable Performance
Period.
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(m)
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“Detrimental
Activity” means the violation
of any agreement between the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate
and the
Participant pertaining to (a) the disclosure of confidential information
or trade secrets of any such entity, (b) the solicitation of employees,
customers, suppliers, licensees, licensors or contractors of any
such
entity, or (c) the performance of competitive services with respect
to the
business of the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate; provided, that
the
Committee may provide in the Agreement that only certain of the
restrictions provided above apply for purposes of the
Agreement.
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(n)
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“Director”
means
any individual who is a
member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary,
or Affiliate and who is not an
Employee.
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(o)
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“Disability”
shall
have the meaning ascribed
in such term in the Company’s long-term disability plan covering the
Participant, or in the absence of such plan, a meaning consistent
with
Code Section 22(e)(3), unless otherwise specified in an employment
agreement between the Company, Subsidiary and/or Affiliate and a
Participant. The existence of Disability shall be determined by
the Committee in good faith. To the extent an Award constitutes
“deferred compensation” subject to Code Section 409A and provides for
payment upon disability, the Agreement shall define “disability” pursuant
to Treasury Regulation Section
1.409A-3(i)(4).
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(p)
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“Employee”
means
any employee of the Company
or any Parent, Subsidiary, or
Affiliate.
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(q)
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“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act
thereto.
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(r)
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“Fair
Market Value” shall be determined as
follows:
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(i)
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If,
on the relevant date, the Shares are traded on a national or regional
securities exchange or on The American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) and closing
sale prices for the Shares are customarily quoted, on the basis of
the
closing sale price on the principal securities exchange on which
the
Shares may then be traded or, if there is no such sale on the relevant
date, then on the immediately preceding day on which a sale was
reported;
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(ii)
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If,
on the relevant date, the Shares are not listed on any securities
exchange
or traded on AMEX, but nevertheless are publicly traded and reported
on
AMEX without closing sale prices for the Shares being customarily
quoted,
on the basis of the mean between the closing bid and asked quotations
in
such other over-the-counter market as reported by AMEX; but, if there
are
no bid and asked quotations in the over-the-counter market as reported
by
AMEX on that date, then the mean between the closing bid and asked
quotations in the over-the-counter market as reported by AMEX on
the
immediately preceding day such bid and asked prices were quoted;
and
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(iii)
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If,
on the relevant date, the Shares are not publicly traded as described
in
(i) or (ii), on the basis of the good faith determination of the
Committee.
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(s)
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“Grant
Price” means the price established
when the Committee approves the grant of a SAR pursuant to Article 7, used to
determine whether there is any payment due upon exercise of the
SAR.
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(t)
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“Incentive
Stock Option” or “ISO” means an option to purchase
Shares
granted under Article
6 to an Employee which is designated as an Incentive Stock
Option
and is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code,
or
any successor provision.
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(u)
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“Insider”
shall
mean an individual who is,
on the relevant date, an officer or a director, or a ten percent
(10%)
Beneficial Owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or any successor
provision, as “officer” and “director” are defined under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.
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(v)
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“Nonqualified
Stock Option” or “NQSO” means an option to purchase
Shares
granted under Article
6, and which is not intended to meet the requirements of Code
Section 422 or which fails to meet such
requirements.
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(w)
|
“Non-Tandem
SAR” means a SAR that is granted
independently of any Option, as described in Article
7.
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(x)
|
“Option”
means
an Incentive Stock Option or
a Nonqualified Stock Option, as described in Article
6.
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(y)
|
“Option
Price” means the price at which a
Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to an Option, as
determined by the Committee.
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(z)
|
“Other
Stock-Based Award” means an
equity-based or equity-related Award not otherwise described by the
terms
of this Plan, granted pursuant to Article
10.
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(aa)
|
“Parent”
means
a “parent corporation,”
whether now or hereafter existing as defined in Code Section
424(e).
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(bb)
|
“Participant”
means
an Employee, a Director,
consultant or other person who performs services for the Company
or a
Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate of the Company, who has been granted
an
Award under the Plan which is
outstanding.
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(cc)
|
“Performance-Based
Compensation” means
compensation under an Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements
of Code Section 162(m) for certain performance-based compensation
paid to
Covered Employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in
this Plan shall be construed to mean that an Award which does not
satisfy
the requirements for performance-based compensation under Code Section
162(m) does not constitute performance-based compensation for other
purposes, including Code Section
409A.
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(dd)
|
“Performance-Based
Exception” means the
exception for Performance-Based Compensation from the tax deductibility
limitations of Code Section 162(m).
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(ee)
|
“Performance
Measures” means measures as
described in Article
11 on which the performance goals are based and which are approved
by the Company’s shareholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify
Awards as Performance-Based
Compensation.
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(ff)
|
“Performance
Period” means the period of
time during which the performance goals must be met in order to determine
the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to an
Award.
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(gg)
|
“Performance
Share” means an Award under
Article 9 and
subject to the terms of this Plan, denominated in fully paid Shares,
the
value of which at the time it is payable is determined as a function
of
the extent to which corresponding performance criteria or Performance
Measure(s), as applicable, have been
achieved.
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(hh)
|
“Performance
Unit” means an Award under
Article 9 and
subject to the terms of this Plan, denominated in units, the value
of
which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the
extent
to which corresponding performance criteria or Performance Measure(s),
as
applicable, have been achieved.
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(ii)
|
“Period
of Restriction” means the period
when Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture (based on the passage of time, the
achievement of performance goals, or the occurrence of other events
as
determined by the Committee, in its
discretion).
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(jj)
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“Person”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)
thereof.
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(kk)
|
“Plan”
means
this India Globalization
Capital, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, including any amendments
thereto.
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(ll)
|
“Restricted
Stock” means an Award of Common
Stock granted in accordance with the terms of Article 8 and the
other
provisions of the Plan, and which is nontransferable and subject
to a
substantial risk of forfeiture. Shares of Common Stock shall
cease to be Restricted Stock when, in accordance with the terms hereof
and
the applicable Agreement, they become transferable and free of substantial
risk of forfeiture.
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(mm)
|
“Restricted
Stock Unit” means an Award to a
Participant pursuant to Article 8, except
that
no Shares are actually awarded to the Participant on the Grant
Date.
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(nn)
|
“Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock of
the Company (including any new, additional or different stock or
securities resulting from the changes described in Section 4.2).
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(oo)
|
“Stock
Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award, designated
as a SAR,
pursuant to the terms of Article 7
herein.
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(pp)
|
“Subsidiary”
means
(i) in the case of an
ISO, any company during any period in which it is a “subsidiary
corporation” (as that term is defined in Code Section 424(f)), and (ii) in
the case of all other Awards, in addition to a “subsidiary corporation” as
defined above, a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture
or
other entity in which the Company as fifty percent (50%) or more
of the
voting power or equity interests.
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(qq)
|
“Tandem
SAR” means a SAR that is granted in
connection with a related Option pursuant to Article 7, the exercise
of which shall require forfeiture of the right to purchase a Share
under
the related Option (and when a Share is purchased under the Option,
the
Tandem SAR shall similarly be
forfeited).
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(rr)
|
“Third-Party
Service Provider” means any
consultant, agent, advisor, or independent contractor who renders
services
to the Company, any Parent, any Subsidiary, or an Affiliate that:
(i) are
not in connection with the offer or sale of the Company’s securities in a
capital raising transaction; and (ii) do not directly or indirectly
promote or maintain a market for the Company’s
securities.
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ADMINISTRATION
|
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SHARES
SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
|
|
(a)
|
The
grant of an Award shall reduce the Shares available for grant under
the
Plan by the number of Shares subject to the
Award.
|
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(b)
|
While
an Award is outstanding, Shares subject to the Award shall be counted
against the authorized pool of Shares, regardless of vested
status.
|
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(c)
|
Any
Shares related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture,
cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, are
settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or are exchanged with the Committee’s
permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for Awards not involving
Shares, shall be available again for grant under this
Plan.
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(d)
|
If
the Option Price of any Option
granted under this Plan is satisfied by tendering Shares to the Company
(by either actual delivery or by attestation and subject to Section
6.7), or if a
SAR is
exercised, only the number of Shares issued, net of the Shares tendered,
if any, will be delivered for purposes of determining the maximum
number
of Shares available for delivery under this
Plan.
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(a)
|
Options. The
maximum aggregate number of Shares subject to Options granted in
any one
Plan Year to any one Participant shall be three million (3,000,000)
as
adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2.
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(b)
|
SARs. The
maximum number of Shares subject to Stock Appreciation Rights granted
in
any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be three million
(3,000,000), as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2.
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(c)
|
Restricted
Stock Units or
Restricted Stock. The maximum aggregate grant with
respect to Awards of Restricted Stock Units or Restricted Stock that
a
Participant may receive in any one Plan Year shall be three million
(3,000,000) Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4 and/or
17.2, or equal
to
the value of three million (3,000,000) Shares, as adjusted pursuant
to
Sections 4.4
and/or 17.2.
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(d)
|
Performance
Units or Performance Shares. The maximum
aggregate
Award of Performance Units or Performance Shares that a Participant
may
receive in any one Plan Year shall be three million (3,000,000) Shares,
as
adjusted pursuant to Sections
4.4
and/or 17.2,
or equal to the value of three
million (3,000,000) Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Sections
4.4 and/or
17.2,
determined as of the date of vesting or payout, as
applicable.
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(e)
|
Cash-Based
Awards. The maximum
aggregate
amount awarded or credited with respect to Cash-Based Awards to any
one
Participant in any one Plan Year may not exceed the greater of the
value
of eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) or three million (3,000,000)
Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Sections
4.4 and/or
17.2,
determined as of the date of vesting or payout, as
applicable.
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(f)
|
Other
Stock-Based Awards. The maximum
aggregate
grant with respect to Other Stock-Based Awards pursuant to Section
10.2 in
any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be three million (3,000,000)
Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.4
and/or 17.2.
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ELIGIBILITY
AND PARTICIPATION
|
|
STOCK
OPTIONS
|
|
STOCK
APPRECIATION RIGHTS
|
|
(a)
|
The
excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise
over
the Grant Price; by
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(b)
|
The
number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is
exercised.
|
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RESTRICTED
STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
|
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(a) The
Participant shall not be entitled to delivery of a certificate until
the
expiration or termination of the Period of Restriction for the Shares
represented by such certificate and the satisfaction of any and all
other
conditions prescribed in the Agreement or by the Committee or
Board;
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(b) None
of the Shares of Restricted Stock may be sold, transferred, assigned,
pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the Period
of
Restriction and until the satisfaction of any and all other conditions
prescribed in the Agreement or by the Committee or Board (including
satisfaction of any applicable tax withholding obligations);
and
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(c) All
of the Shares of Restricted Stock that have not vested shall be forfeited
and all rights of the Participant to such Shares of Restricted Stock
shall
terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company,
unless
the Participant has remained an employee of (or Director of or active
Third-Party Service Provider providing services to) the Company or
any of
its Subsidiaries, until the expiration or termination of the Period
of
Restriction and the satisfaction of any and all other conditions
prescribed in the Agreement or by the Committee or Board applicable
to
such Shares of Restricted Stock. Upon the forfeiture of any
Shares of Restricted Stock, such forfeited Shares shall be transferred
to
the Company without further action by the Participant and shall,
in
accordance with Section
4.2, again be available for grant under the Plan. If the
Participant paid any amount for the Shares of Restricted Stock that
are
forfeited, the Company shall pay the Participant the lesser of the
Fair
Market Value of the Shares on the date they are forfeited or the
amount
paid by the Participant.
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PERFORMANCE
UNITS/PERFORMANCE SHARES
|
|
CASH-BASED
AWARDS AND OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
|
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PERFORMANCE
MEASURES
|
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(a)
|
Net
earnings or net income (before or after taxes);
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(b)
|
Earnings
per share (basic or fully diluted);
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(c)
|
Net
sales or revenue growth;
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(d)
|
Net
operating profit;
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(e)
|
Return
measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital,
invested capital, equity, sales, or revenue);
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(f)
|
Cash
flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash
flow,
cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on
investment);
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(g)
|
Earnings
before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or
amortization;
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(h)
|
Gross
or operating margins;
|
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(i)
|
Productivity
ratios;
|
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(j)
|
Share
price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total
shareholder return);
|
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(k)
|
Expense
targets;
|
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(l)
|
Leverage
targets (including, but not limited to, absolute amount of consolidated
debt, and or debt to equity ratios);
|
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(m)
|
Credit
rating targets;
|
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(n)
|
Margins;
|
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|
(o)
|
Operating
efficiency;
|
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(p)
|
Market
share;
|
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(q)
|
Developing
new products and lines of revenue;
|
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(r)
|
Reducing
operating expenses;
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(s)
|
Developing
new markets;
|
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(t)
|
Meeting
completion schedules;
|
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(u)
|
Developing
and managing relationships with regulatory and other governmental
agencies;
|
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(v)
|
Managing
cash;
|
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(w)
|
Managing
claims against the Company, including litigation; and
|
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(x)
|
Identifying
and completing strategic acquisitions
|
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DIVIDEND
EQUIVALENTS
|
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BENEFICIARY
DESIGNATION
|
|
RIGHTS
OF PARTICIPANTS
|
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CHANGE
IN CONTROL AND OTHER
REORGANIZATIONS
|
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(a)
|
provide
that all outstanding Options shall be assumed or substituted by the
successor corporation;
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(b)
|
in
the event of a Change in Control or merger pursuant to which holders
of
the Company's common stock will receive a cash payment for each share
surrendered in the merger, make or provide for a cash payment to
the
Participants equal to the difference between the merger price times
the
number of shares of the Company's common stock subject to such outstanding
Options, and the aggregate Option Price of all such outstanding Options,
in exchange for the termination of such
Options;
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(c)
|
upon
written notice to a Participant, (i) provide that the Participant’s
unexercised Options or Awards will terminate immediately prior to
the
consummation of such transaction unless exercised by the Participant;
or
(ii) terminate all unexercised outstanding Options immediately prior
to
the consummation of such transaction unless exercised by the
Participant;
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(d)
|
provide
that all or any outstanding Options shall become exercisable in full
immediately prior to such event;
and
|
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(e)
|
provide
that outstanding Awards shall be assumed or substituted by the successor
corporation, become realizable or deliverable, or restrictions applicable
to an Award will lapse, in whole or in part, prior to or upon the
Change
in Control, merger or other reorganization event, as the case may
be.
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(a)
|
The
closing of the sale of all or substantially all of Company’s assets as an
entirety to any person or related group of persons other than an
existing
holder or existing holders of Company’s
equity;
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(b)
|
The
merger or consolidation of Company with or into another entity or
the
merger or consolidation of another entity with or into Company, in
either
case with the effect that immediately after such transaction the
equity
holders of Company immediately prior to such transaction hold less
than a
majority in interest of the total voting power of the outstanding
voting
interests of the entity surviving such merger or consolidation;
or
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(c)
|
The
closing of a transaction pursuant to which beneficial ownership of
more
than fifty percent (50%) of Company’s outstanding voting equity is
transferred to any person or related group of persons other than
an
existing holder or existing holders of Company’s
equity.
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CANCELLATION
OF AWARDS
|
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AMENDMENT,
MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION
|
|
WITHHOLDING
|
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INDEMNIFICATION
|
|
SUCCESSORS
|
|
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
|
|
(a)
|
Determine
which Affiliates and Subsidiaries shall be covered by this
Plan;
|
|
(b)
|
Determine
which Employees, Directors, and/or Third-Party Service Providers
outside
the United States are eligible to participate in this
Plan;
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(c)
|
Modify
the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Employees and/or
Third-Party Service Providers outside the United States to comply
with
applicable foreign laws;
|
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(d)
|
Establish
subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures,
to
the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable. Any
subplans and modifications to Plan terms and procedures established
under
this Section 21.6
by the Committee shall be attached to this Plan document as appendices;
and
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(e)
|
Take
any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable
to
obtain approval or comply with any necessary local government regulatory
exemptions or approvals.
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FOR
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AGAINST
|
ABSTAIN
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1.
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Proposal
to approve the “Acquisition Proposal” of Indial Globalization Capital,
Inc. (“IGC”) acting directly or indirectly through one or more newly
formed affiliates, consisting of the following proposed acquisitions:
a)
acquisition of a 63% equity interest in Sricon Infrastructures, Limited
(“Sricon”), b) the acquisition of convertible preference shares, and a
direct equity interest in Techni Bharathi (“TBL”) and c) the acquisition
from Odeon Limited of convertible preference shares of TBL, which
when
converted along with the convertible preference shares purchased
directly
from TBL would result in IGC owning a 77% equity interest in
TBL.
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o
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6.
|
Proposal
to approve the Letter Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007, among
Millennium, SAM and the Promoters of SAM, which grants Millennium
an
option to purchase up to 6% of the equity share capital of
SAM.
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o
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o
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To
elect two members of IGC’s board of directors to hold office as Class A
directors for a period to expire at the fourth annual meeting of
stockholders.
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NOMINEES
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O Sudhakar
Shenoy
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WITHHOLD
AUTHORITY FOR ALL NOMINEES
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O Suhail
Nathani
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FOR
ALL EXCEPT
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(See
instructions below)
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INSTRUCTION: To
withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and
fill in the circle next to each nominee you wish to withhold, as
shown
here: O
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3.
|
To
adopt the IGC 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
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4.
|
To
consider and vote upon a proposal to adjourn the special meeting
to a
later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation
and vote
of proxies.
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o
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o
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|
To
change the address on your account, please check the box at right
and
indicate your new address in the address space above. Please note
that
changes to the registered name(s) on the account may not be submitted
via
this method
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Signature
ofStockholder
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Date:
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Signature
ofStockholder
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Date:
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