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The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS:
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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
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SEC USE ONLY
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:
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BK WC
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
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Canada
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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SOLE VOTING POWER
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16,503,348 (1)
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SHARED VOTING POWER
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25,054,315
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
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16,503,348 (1)
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
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25,054,315
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
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41,557,663
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
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41.47%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
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CO, HC
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1
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS:
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Algonquin (AY Holdco) B.V.
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:
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AF
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
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Netherlands
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
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0
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SHARED VOTING POWER
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25,054,315
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
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0
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
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25,054,315
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
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25,054,315
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
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25%
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
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CO, HC
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1
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS:
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AAGES (AY Holdings) B.V.
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(a)
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(b)
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SEC USE ONLY
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:
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AF
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
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Netherlands
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
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0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
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25,054,315
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
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0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
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25,054,315
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
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25,054,315
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
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25%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
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CO
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(a), (f)
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This statement is being filed by:
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(i)
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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a Canadian corporation (“Algonquin”);
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(ii)
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Algonquin (AY Holdco) B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“AY Holdco”); and
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(iv)
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AAGES (AY Holdings) B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“AY Holdings,” and together with Algonquin and AY Holdco, the “Reporting Persons”).
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(b)
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The address of the principal business and principal office of Algonquin is 354 Davis Road, Suite 100, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6J 2X1.
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(c)
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The principal business of Algonquin is to own and operate a diversified portfolio of regulated and non-regulated generation, distribution, and transmission utility assets.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Joint Filing Agreement, dated March 9, 2018, among Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., Algonquin
(AY Holdco) B.V. and AAGES (AY Holdings) B.V.
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Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated November 1, 2017, between ACIL Luxco 1 S.A., Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., and Abengoa, S.A., as amended pursuant to Deed of Amendment No. 1, dated January 31, 2018, Deed of Amendment No. 2, dated February 15, 2018, and Deed of Amendment No. 3, dated February 27, 2018. | ||
On-Sale Purchase Agreement, between Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. and AAGES (AY Holdings) BV, dated March 8, 2018. | ||
Option and Right of First Refusal Agreement, dated November 1, 2017, between ACIL Luxco 1 S.A., Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., and Abengoa, S.A. | ||
Shareholders Agreement by and among Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., Abengoa-Algonquin Global Energy Solutions B.V. and Atlantica Yield PLC, dated March 5, 2018.
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Term Credit Agreement among Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., The Bank of Nova Scotia, and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce dated December 21, 2017.
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ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Ian Robertson
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Name: Ian Robertson
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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By:
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/s/ Chris Jarratt
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Name:Chris Jarratt
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Title: Vice Chair
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ALGONQUIN (AY HOLDCO) B.V.
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By:
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/s/ Ian Robertson
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Name: Ian Robertson
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Title: Managing Director A
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By:
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/s/ Bart van Dijk
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Name: Bart van Dijk
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Title: Managing Director B
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AAGES (AY HOLDINGS) B.V.
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By:
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/s/ Ian Robertson
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Name: Ian Robertson
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Title: Managing Director A
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By:
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/s/ Bart van Dijk
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Name: Bart van Dijk
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Title: Managing Director B
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ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
DIRECTORS
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Name
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Business Address
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Principal Occupation or Employment
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Country of
Citizenship
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Christopher J. Ball
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229 Niagara Street
Toronto, Ontario
M6J 2L5
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Executive Vice President,
Corpfinance International Limited;
President, CFI Capital Inc.
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Canada
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Christopher K. Jarratt
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Vice Chair,
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
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Canada
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D. Randy Laney
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Director,
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
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USA
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Kenneth Moore
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70 University Ave #1400,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2M4
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Managing Partner,
NewPoint Capital Partners Inc.
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Canada
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Ian E. Robertson
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Chief Executive Officer,
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
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Canada
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Masheed Saidi
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354 Davis Road, Suite 100
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Director
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
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USA
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Dilek Samil
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Director,
Algonquin Power &Utilities Corp.
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USA
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Melissa Stapleton Barnes
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Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, Indiana 46285
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Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Eli Lilly and Company
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USA
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George L. Steeves
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30 Catherine Avenue
Aurora, Ontario, L4G 1K5
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Senior Project Manager,
True North Energy
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Canada
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ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
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Name
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Business Address
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Principal Occupation or Employment
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Country of
Citizenship
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David Bronicheski
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Chief Financial Officer,
Algonquin Power &Utilities Corp.
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Canada
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David Pasieka
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Chief Operating Officer,
APUC’s Liberty Utilities Group
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Canada
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Ian E. Robertson
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Chief Executive Officer,
Algonquin Power &Utilities Corp.
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Canada
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Christopher K. Jarratt
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Vice Chair,
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
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Canada
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Mike Snow
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Chief Operating Officer,
APUC’s Liberty Power Group
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Canada
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ALGONQUIN (AY HOLDCO) B.V.
DIRECTORS
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Name
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Business Address
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Principal Occupation or Employment
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Country of
Citizenship
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Ian E. Robertson
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Chief Executive Officer,
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
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Canada
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Bart van Dijk
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Strawinskylaan 3127,
Atrium Building 8th Floor
1077 ZX Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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Business Unit Manager Legal,
Vistra Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Laurentius Ireneus Winfridus Klein
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Strawinskylaan 3127,
Atrium Building 8th Floor
1077 ZX Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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Business Unit Manager Finance,
Vistra Netherlands
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Netherlands
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AAGES (AY HOLDINGS) B.V.
DIRECTORS
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Name
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Business Address
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Principal Occupation or Employment
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Country of
Citizenship
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Ian E. Robertson
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Suite 100, 354 Davis Road,
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1
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Chief Executive Officer,
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
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Canada
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Bart van Dijk
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Strawinskylaan 3127,
Atrium Building 8th Floor
1077 ZX Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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Business Unit Manager Legal,
Vistra Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Laurentius Ireneus Winfridus Klein
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Strawinskylaan 3127,
Atrium Building 8th Floor
1077 ZX Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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Business Unit Manager Finance,
Vistra Netherlands
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Netherlands
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ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Ian Robertson
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Name: Ian Robertson
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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By:
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/s/ Chris Jarratt
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Name: Chris Jarratt
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Title: Vice Chair
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ALGONQUIN (AY HOLDCO) B.V.
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By:
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/s/ Ian Robertson
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Name: Ian Robertson
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Title: Managing Director A
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By:
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/s/ Bart van Dijk
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Name: Bart van Dijk
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Title: Managing Director B
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AAGES (AY HOLDINGS) B.V.
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By:
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/s/ Ian Robertson
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Name: Ian Robertson
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Title: Managing Director A
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By:
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/s/ Bart van Dijk
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Name: Bart van Dijk
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Title: Managing Director B
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SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
ATLANTICA YIELD PLC
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Clause
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Headings
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Page
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1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1
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2.
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SALE AND PURCHASE
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1
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3.
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CONSIDERATION
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2
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4.
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CONDITIONS
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3
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5.
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INTERIM PERIOD OBLIGATIONS
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7
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6.
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TAXATION
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7
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7.
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COMPLETION
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8.
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SELLER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
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8
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9.
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SELLER LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
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8
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10.
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PURCHASER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
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10
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11.
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COVENANT REGARDING SOLICITATION AND HIRING OF EMPLOYEES
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10
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12.
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TERMINATION
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11
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13.
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GUARANTEE
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11
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14.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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11
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15.
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NOTICES
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14
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16.
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GOVERNING LAW
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15
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17.
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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16
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SCHEDULE 1 DETAILS OF THE COMPANY
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17
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SCHEDULE 2 COMPLETION OBLIGATIONS
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18
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SCHEDULE 3 SELLER WARRANTIES
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20
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SCHEDULE 4 PURCHASER WARRANTIES
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23
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SCHEDULE 5 SELLER’S GUARANTOR WARRANTIES
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25
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SCHEDULE 6 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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(1) |
ACIL Luxco 1, S.A., a company incorporated in Luxembourg (registered number B212453) and whose registered office is at 48 Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, L-1330 Luxembourg (the “Seller”);
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(2) |
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (corporation number 236237-6) and whose registered office is at 354 Davis Road, Suite 100, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6J 2X1 (the “Purchaser”);
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(3) |
Abengoa, S.A., a public company with limited liability (sociedad anónima), duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Spain, with registered address at Campus Palmas Altas, Calle Energía Solar, 1, Sevilla (Spain), registered with the Mercantile Registry of Sevilla in Volume 5683, Sheet 62, Page SE-1507 and bearer of Spanish tax identification number A 41002288 (the “Seller’s Guarantor” or “Abengoa”).
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(A) |
The Seller holds 41,557,663 of the issued ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the share capital of the Company, representing as of the date hereof approximately 41.47% of its issued share capital.
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(B) |
The Seller has agreed to sell and transfer to the Purchaser that number of issued ordinary shares of US$0.10 of the Company (rounded up to the nearest whole number) representing as of the date of Completion 25%, and not less than 25%, of the Company’s issued share capital (the “Shares”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement.
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(C) |
The Seller has agreed to grant to Purchaser an option and right of first refusal with respect to the remaining shares in the issued share capital of the Company held by Seller as of the date hereof, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set out in that certain Option and Right of First Refusal Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Seller, Purchaser, and Seller’s Guarantor (the “Option Agreement”).
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(D) |
Abengoa has agreed to guarantee the performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder in accordance with the terms set out in Clause 13.1.
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(E) |
In addition to the above, Purchaser and Abengoa have agreed, pursuant to the provisions of the memorandum of understanding attached as Attachment 1 (the “MOU”), and subject to the Completion of the transaction contemplated hereby, to jointly incorporate a global utility infrastructure company (“AAGES”) with the purpose of identifying, developing, constructing, owning and operating a portfolio of global utility infrastructure projects, and intend that AAGES or a subsidiary thereof (“Purchaser Assignee”) become the acquiring entity of the Company’s shares pursuant to this Agreement.
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1. |
INTERPRETATION
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1.1 |
The definitions and other interpretative provisions set out in Schedule 6 shall apply throughout this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears.
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1.2 |
In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise requires, any reference to this Agreement includes a reference to the Schedules, each of which forms part of this Agreement for all purposes.
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2. |
SALE AND PURCHASE
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2.1 |
The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of and shall sell and the Purchaser shall purchase the Shares on the basis that they are sold at Completion with Full Title Guarantee and free from any Encumbrance and together with all rights attached to them at Completion or subsequently becoming attached to them.
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3. |
CONSIDERATION
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3.1 |
The consideration for the sale of the Shares shall be the payment at Completion to the Seller of an amount in cash (the “Consideration”) equal to the product of (a) the number of Shares purchased hereunder, times (b) US$24.25 per Share, as such per-Share price may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Clause 3.2.
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3.2 |
In the event of any change in the Company’s capital stock by reason of any split-up, reclassification, recapitalization, combination, exchange or similar occurrence, (a) the term “shares” (whether or not capitalized) shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares as well any shares into which or for which any or all of such shares may be changed or exchanged, and (b) any price expressed herein as a per-share amount shall be adjusted so that the amount for a share, and any shares into which or for which such share may be changed or exchanged shall, in the aggregate, equal such per-share amount as existing prior to such split-up, reclassification, recapitalization, combination, exchange or similar occurrence.
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3.3 |
The Consideration shall be paid to the Seller by way of cash payments as follows, provided that if requested by Purchaser or Seller, payment of the Consideration shall be effected through a payment agent reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and Seller:
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3.3.1 |
US$77,500,000 to the DOE, on behalf of the Seller;
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3.3.2 |
US$5,000,000 to AAGES, at direction of the Seller on behalf of the Seller’s Guarantor, as the Seller’s Guarantor’s equity contribution to the capital thereof; and
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3.3.3 |
the outstanding balance of the Consideration (after deducting the amounts set out in Clause 3.3.1 and Clause 3.3.2 above), by electronic transfer to the account of the Seller’s Solicitors (it being understood that the Seller may instruct the Purchaser to pay all or part of such amount to financing parties or other persons in connection with the matters noted in Clause 4.1.3).
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3.4 |
The Consideration payable to the Seller pursuant to Clause 3.3.3 shall be deemed to be reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate amount (if any) paid by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to a Claim or alleged Claim.
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3.5 |
In addition to the amount specified in Clause 3.1, subject to satisfaction of the conditions specified in Clauses 3.6 and 3.7 below on or prior to the date that is the 24-month anniversary of the Completion Date, the Consideration shall be increased by up to an amount (the “Baseline Earn-Out Amount”) equal to the number of Shares purchased under this Agreement, multiplied by the lesser of (a) US$0.60 per Share and (b) thirty percent (30%) of the amount, if any, by which the average closing market price for a Share over the twenty (20) Business Days prior to (and excluding) the 12-month anniversary of the Completion Date exceeds US$24.25.
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3.6 |
Fifty percent (50%) of the Baseline Earn-Out Amount will be due and payable by Purchaser to Seller five (5) Business Days following the later of (a) the twelve-month anniversary of the Completion Date, and (b) the date, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the Completion Date, on which the following conditions have been satisfied:
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3.7 |
Fifty percent (50%) of the Baseline Earn-Out Amount will be due and payable by Purchaser to Seller five (5) Business Days following the later of (a) the twelve-month anniversary of the Completion Date, and (b) the date, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the Completion Date, on which the following conditions have been satisfied: an independent engineer shall have certified to the Company that the Solana Project and the Kaxu Project (i) are then operating in accordance with their respective original expected design output as set out in the Applicable EPC Contract and (ii) subject to normal maintenance and repair, are then reasonably expected to be capable of operating over their respective expected useful lives at the output originally expected based on the original design thereof.
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3.8 |
The Purchaser’s obligations with respect to either portion of the Baseline Earn-Out Amount shall terminate and expire on the 24-month anniversary of the Completion Date to the extent that any conditions to the payment thereof have not been satisfied on or prior to such date.
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4. |
CONDITIONS
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4.1 |
Completion is conditional on the following Conditions being, except to the extent waived by Purchaser:
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4.1.1 |
The Seller or the relevant Group Company obtaining, in respect of the Solana Project, a waiver from the DOE in respect of the change of control provisions set out in the Solana Note Purchase Agreement and the Solana Loan Guaranty Agreement, and all conditions to the effectiveness of the waiver shall have been satisfied;
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4.1.2 |
The Seller or the relevant Group Company obtaining, in respect of the Mojave Project, a waiver from the DOE in respect of the change of control provisions set out in the Mojave Note Purchase Agreement and the Mojave Loan Guaranty Agreement, and all conditions to the effectiveness of the waiver shall have been satisfied;
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4.1.3 |
The Seller and Abengoa receiving the consents from any financing parties or other Persons required to implement the transaction set out in this Agreement including, without limitation, to release any and all Encumbrances over the Shares granted in favour of such financing parties or other Persons.
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4.1.4 |
The relevant Group Companies obtaining, in respect of the Mojave Project and the Solana Project, approval of FERC for the disposition of jurisdictional facilities effected by the sale of the Shares, and the Purchaser and Purchaser Assignee obtaining, in respect of the Mojave Project and the Solana Project, approval of FERC for the acquisition of the Shares.
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4.1.5 |
Any and all Group Companies having been fully and unconditionally released from any and all guarantees, sureties, and other liability, contingent or otherwise, for any liabilities or obligations of Abengoa or any of its Affiliates.
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4.1.6 |
The Group Companies receiving a waiver of any asserted breach, default, acceleration, right to suspend performance, or other material consequence under any financing agreement or other contract material to any facility in which any Group Company holds a significant financial interest, arising as a result of any act, omission, breach or default by Abengoa or any of its Affiliates.
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4.1.7 |
The Intercompany Accounts having been settled, discharged, offset, paid, terminated and/or extinguished in full, except for those Intercompany Accounts that (a) are acceptable to Purchaser in its sole discretion, acting reasonably, or (b) to the extent representing obligations of Seller or any of its Affiliates to any Group Company, secured by an irrevocable letter of credit, cash, or other liquid security, in each case acceptable to Purchaser in its sole discretion, acting reasonably.
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4.1.8 |
The Option Agreement shall be in full force and effect, and there shall not exist any event or circumstance then outstanding that constitutes, or with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a breach or default by Seller thereunder.
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4.1.9 |
Purchaser and Abengoa shall have entered into an agreement pursuant to which Abengoa shall pay to Purchaser the amount by which dividends paid by the Company on shares of the Company acquired by Purchaser or Purchaser Assignee from Seller (whether pursuant to this Agreement or the Option Agreement) are less than the amount that such dividends would have been had the Solana Project and the Kaxu Project performed in accordance with their respective original expected design output as set out in the Applicable EPC Contract; provided, that (i) the amount payable by Abengoa pursuant to such agreement shall not exceed an amount equal to US$0.30 per share multiplied by the number of shares of the Company acquired by Purchaser or Purchaser Assignee from Seller (whether pursuant to this Agreement or the Option Agreement); and (ii) any portion of the Baseline Earn-Out Amount that is not paid due to the failure of any conditions thereto set forth in Clause 3.7 above shall be credited against such payment obligation.
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4.1.10 |
Purchaser and Abengoa shall have caused Purchaser Assignee to have been formed, each in a jurisdiction acceptable to Purchaser, acting reasonably, and shall have executed and delivered, and otherwise taken such action as necessary to render effective (a) the governing documents thereof, containing the terms and conditions specified therefor in the MOU, and otherwise acceptable to Purchaser and Abengoa, acting reasonably, and (b) any and all corporate or other entity authorizations required for Purchaser Assignee to execute, deliver, perform their respective obligations under, and be legally bound by any agreement required to be entered into by Purchaser Assignee as a condition to the Completion hereunder.
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4.1.11 |
AAGES and the Company shall have entered into a Shareholders’ Agreement and a Right of First Offer Agreement containing the terms set forth in the term sheet therefor attached as Attachment 2 to this Agreement, and otherwise acceptable to Purchaser, acting reasonably.
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4.1.12 |
Abengoa and the Company shall have entered into a Construction Projects Transfer Agreement containing the terms set forth in the term sheet therefor attached as Attachment 3 to this Agreement, and otherwise acceptable to Purchaser, acting reasonably.
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4.2 |
The Purchaser may, by written notice to the Seller, waive any of the Conditions of Clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and from 4.1.4 to 4.1.12 in whole or in part at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement, whether following, on or before the Longstop Date (or, if applicable, in relation to Clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.4 the Extended Longstop Date).
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4.3 |
The Purchaser, the Seller and Abengoa, as applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to satisfy or procure the satisfaction of each of Conditions 4.1.1 to 4.1.12 not already satisfied or (with the exception of Condition 4.1.3 which cannot be waived) waived as soon as possible and in any event on or before the Longstop Date (or, if applicable, in relation to Clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.4 the Extended Longstop Date).
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4.4 |
The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the satisfaction of Conditions 4.1.1 to 4.1.7, as soon as possible after any such Condition has been satisfied and in any event within five Business Days of such satisfaction.
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4.5 |
Completion is further conditional on the following, except to the extent waived in writing by Purchaser:
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4.5.1 |
(a) All Fundamental Warranties, and all warranties of Seller’s Guarantor set out in Schedule 5, shall be true and accurate in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Completion Date, as if made on such date; and (b) all other Seller Warranties shall be true and accurate as of the Completion Date except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Group.
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4.5.2 |
Seller and Abengoa shall have complied with the interim period restrictions set out in Clause 5.1 and with its obligations under Clause 5.3.
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4.5.3 |
Seller shall have delivered to Purchaser a certificate executed on behalf of Seller by an authorized officer or representative of Seller, dated as of the Completion Date, representing and certifying the matters set forth in Clause 4.5.1 and Clause 4.5.2.
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4.5.4 |
There shall not have occurred, from the date hereof until the Completion Date, any event or circumstance that has had or would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Group, or (d) the ability of Seller or Abengoa to timely perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other agreement required to be entered into by Seller or Abengoa as a condition to Completion hereunder.
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4.5.5 |
There shall not exist any material breach or material default by any Group Company under, and no facts or circumstances shall exist that give rise to, or with the passage of time and/or delivery of notice would give rise to, a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation under, or the loss of a material benefit under, or any material restriction under, any instrument or material agreement to which any Group Company is a party or by which any Group Company is bound, except (a) as do not restrict the ability of the Company to declare or pay any dividend or distribution and (b) as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Group.
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4.5.6 |
No governmental authority shall have asserted, in writing or otherwise, that the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or the purchase, sale or transfer of the Shares to Purchaser (or its assignee) hereunder impose on Purchaser, any assignee thereof, the Company or any other Person any obligations, restrictions or requirements under any fair price, moratorium, control-share acquisition, affiliated transaction, mandatory purchase offer, or other takeover or antitakeover statute or regulation, including the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, or any takeover, antitakeover or similar provision of the constitutional documents of any Group Company.
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4.6 |
Completion is further conditional on the following, except to the extent waived in writing by Seller:
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4.6.1 |
All Purchaser Warranties shall be true and accurate in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Completion Date, as if made on such date.
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4.6.2 |
Purchaser shall have delivered to Seller a certificate executed on behalf of Purchaser by an authorized officer or representative of Purchaser, dated as of the Completion Date, representing and certifying the matters set forth in Clause 4.6.1.
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4.7 |
If one or more of the Conditions:
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4.7.1 |
in relation to Clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.4, remains un-satisfied on the date which is six (6) months following the date hereof, (the “Extended Longstop Date”), or in relation to any other Condition in Clause 4.1 remains un-satisfied on 1 February 2018 (or such later date as the Parties may agree) (the “Longstop Date”), and in either case has not been waived (other than the Condition stated in Clause 4.1.3, which cannot be waived) by the specified Party; or
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4.7.2 |
in relation to Clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.4, becomes impossible to satisfy (or, in the case of clause 4.1.3 the required consents are either refused or not given on terms to the Seller’s reasonable satisfaction), on or before the Extended Longstop Date or, in relation to any other Condition in Clause 4.1 becomes impossible to satisfy on or before the Longstop Date, and in either case, if it is a Condition which can be waived by a Party, has not been waived by such Party within ten Business Days of written notice form the other Party of such Condition becoming impossible to satisfy;
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5. |
INTERIM PERIOD OBLIGATIONS
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5.1 |
During the Interim Period, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser:
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5.1.1 |
The Seller shall not give or agree to give any option, right to acquire or call, or in any way dispose of the shares of the Company being transferred under this Agreement, other than as required pursuant to an Encumbrance contained in the finance documents entered into by the Seller in the context of the restructuring of the Abengoa group, up until the consent set out in Clause 4.1.3 is obtained;
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5.1.2 |
The Seller shall not create any additional Encumbrance over the shares being transferred under this Agreement;
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5.1.3 |
The Seller shall not enter into, and shall not permit any director, officer, employee or other representative of Seller to enter into, any contract or transaction with any Group Company, other than with the prior written consent of Purchaser.
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5.1.4 |
Abengoa shall not enter into, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates, any director, officer, employee or other representative of Abengoa to enter into, any contract or transaction with any Group Company, other than with the prior written consent of Purchaser.
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5.2 |
From the date of execution of this Agreement and until Completion, Purchaser and Abengoa agree to use reasonable endeavours to finalize agreement upon and, to the extent a contemplated party thereto, enter into or cause its respective Affiliates to enter into legally binding agreements containing detailed provisions reflecting the terms contemplated in the MOU and any term sheet attached hereto, and into any ancillary documentation which may be required in order to implement the terms contained in the MOU or such legally binding agreements.
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5.3 |
Seller and the Seller’s Guarantor shall cause all Intercompany Accounts to be settled, discharged, offset, paid, terminated and/or extinguished in full prior to Completion, except as otherwise permitted by Clause 4.1.7.
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6. |
TAXATION
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6.1 |
Any payments made by or due by the Purchaser pursuant to Clause 3 above shall be paid free and clear of all Taxation whatsoever save only for any deductions or withholdings required by law. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, the amounts deducted or withheld shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to Seller.
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7. |
COMPLETION
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7.1 |
Completion shall take place on the Completion Date at the offices of the Seller’s Solicitors or at such other place as the Seller and Purchaser shall agree.
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7.2 |
At Completion, the Seller and the Seller’s Guarantor shall observe and perform all of the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 2.
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7.3 |
At Completion, the Purchaser shall observe and perform all of the provisions of Part 2 of Schedule 2.
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8. |
SELLER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
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8.1 |
Subject to the limitations in Clause 9, the Seller warrants to the Purchaser, as at the date of this Agreement and as at the Completion Date, in the terms of the Seller Warranties.
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9. |
SELLER LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
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9.1 |
Following Completion, Purchaser shall give written notice to the Seller of any matter or event which may give rise to a Claim as soon as reasonably practicable after the Purchaser becomes aware of such matter or event together with reasonable details of such matter or event then known to the Purchaser; provided, however, that a delay in giving such notice shall not relieve Seller of any liability for such Claim except for the monetary amount by which Seller is prejudiced as a result of such delay.
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9.2 |
The Seller shall not be liable for any Claim unless the Purchaser gives written notice containing in reasonable detail of the legal and factual basis of the Claim, including the Purchaser’s estimate of the amount of the Claim, to the Seller on or before the date being (a) in the case of any Fundamental Claim, three (3) years from Completion, and (b) in the case of any other Claim, one year from Completion.
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9.3 |
To the extent that a Claim arises out of a liability which at the time that it is notified to the Seller is contingent only, the Seller shall not be under any obligation to make any payment to the Purchaser until the liability ceases to be contingent.
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9.4 |
A Claim shall not be enforceable against the Seller and shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, and no new Claim may be made in respect of the facts giving rise to such Claim, unless (a) Seller has confirmed in writing its liability for such Claim, or (b) legal proceedings in respect of such Claim are commenced (by being issued and served):
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9.4.1 |
within twelve months of such Claim ceasing to be contingent, if the Claim is based upon what, at the time of service of notice of the Claim on the Seller, was a contingent liability; and
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9.4.2 |
within twelve months of service of notice of the Claim on the Seller with regard to any Claim other than those Claims described in Clause 9.4.1.
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9.5 |
The aggregate amount of the liability of the Seller in respect of the aggregate of all Claims shall not exceed in the aggregate, an amount equal to the Consideration; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of the liability of the Seller in respect of the aggregate of all Claims other than Fundamental Claims shall not exceed, in the aggregate, an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Consideration.
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9.6 |
Upon the Purchaser notifying the Seller of a Claim or a matter or event which may lead to a Claim being made, the Purchaser shall give the Seller and its advisers such access as the Seller reasonably requests to the personnel, records and information in the possession of the Purchaser together with the right to examine and copy or photograph such assets, documents, records and information as the Seller reasonably requires.
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9.7 |
The Seller expressly disclaims all liability and responsibility for any conclusion, opinion, forecast or evaluation contained within or derived or capable of being derived from (a) any investigation carried out or made by or on behalf of the Purchaser in the course of any due diligence or other enquiry prior to the Parties entering into this Agreement or (b) any other data, document, record or information disclosed by the Seller or any Group Company or any employee, agent or adviser of any of them, to the Purchaser or to any person on behalf of the Purchaser. The Purchaser acknowledges that all information disclosed to it (or any person on behalf of the Purchaser) in the course of due diligence, other than the Due Diligence Reports, was provided by the Company and not by the Seller or by Abengoa and that the Due Diligence Reports were prepared by Abengoa’s advisors on the basis of information provided by the Company.
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9.8 |
Nothing in this Clause 9 restricts or limits the general obligation at law of each of the Purchaser and the Group Companies to mitigate any loss or damage which it may suffer or incur as a consequence of any breach of any Seller Warranty or any other provision of this Agreement or in relation to any other matter, event or circumstance which gives rise to a Claim.
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9.9 |
No person other than the Purchaser is entitled to make any Claim against the Seller. For the avoidance of doubt the Parties hereby acknowledge and accept that the Seller shall only be liable vis à vis the Purchaser for Claims Against the Seller and not in case for Claims Against the Seller’s Guarantor.
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9.10 |
The Purchaser agrees that it shall not be entitled to recover damages or obtain payment, reimbursement, restitution or indemnity, from Seller, to the extent that any amount thereof would be duplicative of amounts recovered or obtained by Purchaser in respect of any one shortfall, damage, deficiency, breach or other set of circumstances which give rise to one or more Claims. For this purpose, recovery by the relevant Group Company shall be deemed to be recovery by the Purchaser, in the amount by which such recovery by such Group Company reduces or eliminates the loss suffered by Purchaser.
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9.11 |
This Clause 9 applies notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary and shall not cease to have effect as a consequence of any rescission or termination of any other provisions of this Agreement.
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9.12 |
The limitations on the liability of the Seller set out in this Clause 9 shall not apply to the extent that the Claim is in respect of the fraud of the Seller.
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10. |
PURCHASER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
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10.1 |
The Purchaser warrants and represents to the Seller in the terms of the warranties set out in Schedule 4.
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10.2 |
The Purchaser acknowledges that it has been given an opportunity to carry out an investigation into the affairs of each Group Company and warrants to the Seller and the Seller’s Guarantor that none of the officers of the Purchaser has actual knowledge of any matter or thing which, at the date of this Agreement is known by such officer to constitute a breach of any representation or warranty given by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement.
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10.3 |
The Purchaser undertakes to the Seller that it shall, and shall procure that its group undertakings shall preserve for a period of at least seven years from Completion all books, records and documents of or relating to the Group existing at Completion. The Purchaser shall permit and allow and shall procure that its group undertakings shall permit and allow, upon reasonable notice (and in any event on 7 days’ written notice) and during normal business hours, the employees, agents and professional advisers of the Seller access to such books, records and documents and to inspect and make copies of them.
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10.4 |
Subject to the following provisions of this Clause, if at any time after the date of this Agreement, the Seller and/or the Seller’s Guarantor wishes to insure against its liabilities in respect of any Claims the Purchaser shall and shall procure that each Group Company shall provide such information in relation to this Agreement and the Group Companies as a prospective insurer or insurance broker may require before effecting the insurance. The Seller and/or the Seller’s Guarantor, as the case may be, shall bear the reasonable costs of the provision of such information. The Purchaser and each Group Company is under no obligation to provide such information if the insurer or insurance broker has failed to undertake to keep such information confidential or the disclosure of such information is prohibited by law or regulation.
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11. |
COVENANT REGARDING SOLICITATION AND HIRING OF EMPLOYEES
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11.1 |
Until the date that is five (5) years following Completion, Seller and Abengoa will not, and Abengoa will cause its Affiliates not to, either directly or indirectly (a) solicit, or induce any employee of any Group Company to terminate his or her employment relationship therewith (provided that nothing in this provision shall prohibit Seller or any of its Affiliates from utilizing general solicitations or help-wanted advertising not targeted or directed at employees of any Group Company), or (b) except following the termination of employment of any such person by a Group Company, hire any person that is, or at any time within the prior twelve (12) months was, an employee of any Group Company. Seller and Abengoa acknowledge and agree that breach of the provisions of this Clause 8.2 may cause irreparable injury to Purchaser for which monetary damages are inadequate, difficult to compute, or both and, accordingly, agrees that Purchaser shall be entitled to seek and obtain enforcement of the provisions of this Clause 8.2 by an order of specific performance or injunction, without limiting any other rights or remedies available to Purchaser hereunder or under applicable law.
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12. |
TERMINATION
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12.1 |
The termination of this Agreement shall not affect:
|
12.1.1 |
any rights or obligations which have accrued or become due prior to the date of termination; and
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12.1.2 |
the continued existence and validity of the rights and obligations of the Parties under any provision which is expressly or by implication intended to continue in force after termination (together with those Clauses necessary for their interpretation) including this Clause and Clauses 13, 15, 16 and 17.
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13. |
GUARANTEE
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13.1 |
The Seller’s Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Purchaser the punctual discharge by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement (including its liabilities to pay damages, agreed or otherwise under this Agreement).
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13.2 |
The Seller’s Guarantor warrants to the Purchaser in the terms of the warranties set out in Schedule 5. The provisions of Clause 9 shall apply in respect of all the warranties given by the Seller’s Guarantor under this Clause and for these purposes, references to “Seller” shall be substituted by “Seller’s Guarantor” and “Claim” shall include a claim by the Purchaser against the Seller’s Guarantor in respect of these warranties.
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14. |
MISCELLANEOUS
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14.1 |
Subject to the remaining provisions of this Clause 14.1, no Party shall release any announcement or despatch any announcement or circular, relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, unless the other Party has been given a reasonable opportunity to comment on the content to be included in such announcement or circular. Nothing in this Clause 14.1 shall prohibit any Party from making any announcement or despatching any circular as required by law or regulation or any regulatory body or the rules of any stock exchange.
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14.2 |
The Purchaser shall at the Seller’s request use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and supply such information and reports concerning any Group Company as may be required by the Seller to comply with any applicable law or regulation or the rules of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores), Madrid Stock Exchange (Bolsa De Madrid), US Securities and Exchange Commission or NASDAQ as to any continuing obligations or circular to be published by the Seller or any announcement required to be made in relation to this Agreement or any matter contemplated by it.
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14.3 |
Each Party undertakes to the other that, subject to Clause 14.4, unless the prior written consent of the other Party shall first have been obtained it shall, and shall procure that its officers, employees, advisers and agents shall keep confidential and shall not by failure to exercise due care or otherwise by any act or omission disclose to any person whatever, or use or exploit commercially for its or their own purposes, any of the confidential information of the other Party. For the purposes of this Clause 14.3, “Confidential Information” is the contents of this Agreement and any other agreement or arrangement contemplated by this Agreement and:
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14.3.1 |
information of whatever nature concerning the business, finances, assets, liabilities, dealings, transactions, know-how, customers, suppliers, processes or affairs of the other Party, or any of its group undertakings from time to time; and
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14.3.2 |
any information which is expressly indicated to be confidential in relation to the Party disclosing it (or in relation to any of its group undertakings from time to time),
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14.4 |
The consent referred to in Clause 14.3 shall not be required for disclosure by a Party of any Confidential Information:
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14.4.1 |
to its officers, employees, advisers and agents, in each case, as may be contemplated by this Agreement or, to the extent required to enable such Party to carry out its obligations under this Agreement and who shall in each case be made aware by such Party of its obligations under this Clause and shall be required by such Party to observe the same restrictions on the use of the relevant information as are contained in Clause 14.3, provided that such Party shall be responsible for any violation of Clause 14.3 by any such officer, employee, adviser or agent;
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14.4.2 |
subject to Clause 14.5, to the extent required by applicable law or by the regulations of any stock exchange or regulatory authority to which such Party is or may become subject or pursuant to any order of court or other competent authority or tribunal;
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14.4.3 |
to the extent that the relevant Confidential Information is in the public domain otherwise than by breach of this Agreement by any Party;
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14.4.4 |
which is disclosed to such Party by a third party who is not in breach of any undertaking or duty as to confidentiality whether express or implied;
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14.4.5 |
which that Party lawfully possessed prior to obtaining it from another, provided that this exception shall not apply to information concerning the Group in relation to the period before Completion;
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14.4.6 |
to any professional advisers to the disclosing party who are bound to the disclosing party by a duty of confidence which applies to any information disclosed; or
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14.4.7 |
to the other Party to this Agreement or pursuant to its terms.
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14.5 |
If a Party becomes required, in circumstances contemplated by Clause 14.4.2, to disclose any information such Party shall (save to the extent prohibited by law) give to the other Party such notice as is practical in the circumstances of such disclosure and shall co-operate with the other Party, having due regard to the other Party’s views, and take such steps as the other Party may reasonably require in order to enable it to mitigate the effects of, or avoid the requirements for, any such disclosure.
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14.6 |
Nothing in the Agreement or in any document referred to in it shall constitute the Parties a partner of any other, nor shall the execution, completion and implementation of this Agreement confer on either Party any power to bind or impose any obligations to any third parties on the other Party or to pledge the credit of the other Party.
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14.7 |
Subject to Clauses 14.8 and 14.9, no Party may assign its rights under this Agreement.
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14.8 |
The benefit of this Agreement may be assigned by any Party to its wholly owned subsidiaries provided that:
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(A) |
the assignor shall remain liable for its obligations under this Agreement; and
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(B) |
if at any time such assignee ceases to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the relevant original contracting party then before it ceases to be so, the original contracting Party and the assignee shall each be under a duty to procure an assignment of the benefit of this Agreement back to the original contracting party.
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14.9 |
The rights of the Purchaser under this Agreement can be assigned by the Purchaser to AAGES or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof prior to Completion (without prejudice to the obligation of Purchaser to acquire the shares being transferred under this Agreement from the Seller) provided, however, that no such assignment shall relieve the Purchaser of any of its obligations under this Agreement.
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14.10 |
No term of this Agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a Party to this Agreement.
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14.11 |
Each of the Parties to this Agreement confirms on behalf of itself and its Affiliates that this Agreement, together with the MOU and each term sheet attached hereto, represents the entire understanding, and constitutes the whole agreement, in relation to its subject matter and supersedes any previous agreement between the Parties with respect thereto and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, excludes any warranty, condition or other undertaking implied at law or by custom, usage or course of dealing.
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14.12 |
Each Party confirms on behalf of itself and its group undertakings that:
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14.12.1 |
in entering into this Agreement it has not relied on any representation, warranty, assurance, covenant, indemnity, undertaking or commitment which is not expressly set out or referred to in this Agreement; and
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14.12.2 |
in any event, without prejudice to any liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or fraudulent misstatement, the only rights or remedies in relation to any representation, warranty, assurance, covenant, indemnity, undertaking or commitment given or action taken in connection with this Agreement are those pursuant to this Agreement and no Party has any other right or remedy (whether by way of a claim for contribution or otherwise) in tort (including negligence) or for misrepresentation (whether negligent or otherwise, and whether made prior to, or in, this Agreement).
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14.13 |
If any provision or part of this Agreement is void or unenforceable due to any applicable law, it shall be deemed to be deleted and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
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14.14 |
So far as it remains to be performed this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after Completion. The rights and remedies of the Parties shall not be affected by Completion.
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14.15 |
The rights and remedies of the Parties shall not be affected by any failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy or by the giving of any indulgence by any other Party or by anything whatsoever except a specific waiver or release in writing and any such waiver or release shall not prejudice or affect any other rights or remedies of the Parties. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
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14.16 |
No variation of this Agreement (or any of the documents referred to in it) shall be valid unless it is in writing (which, for this purpose, does not include email) and signed by or on behalf of each of the Parties. The expression “variation” includes any variation, supplement, deletion or replacement however effected.
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14.17 |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the Parties to it on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original but all the counterparts together constitute one instrument.
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14.18 |
Every payment payable by the Purchaser under this Agreement shall be made in full without any set-off or counterclaim howsoever arising and shall be free and clear of, and without deduction of, or withholding for or on account of, any amount which is due and payable by the Seller under this Agreement.
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14.19 |
The Parties shall pay their own costs in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and any matter contemplated by it.
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14.20 |
This Agreement was negotiated in English and, to be valid, all certificates, notices, communications and other documents made in connection with it shall be in English. If all or any part of this Agreement or any such certificate, notice, communication or other document is for any reason translated into any language other than English the English text shall prevail. Each of the Parties understands English and is content for all communications relating to this Agreement to be served on it in English.
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15. |
NOTICES
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15.1 |
A notice (including any approval, consent or other communication) in connection with this Agreement and the documents referred to in it:
|
15.1.1 |
must be in writing;
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15.1.2 |
must be left at or delivered by courier to the address of the addressee or sent by pre-paid recorded delivery (airmail if posted to or from a place outside the country of delivery) to the address of the addressee or sent by facsimile to the facsimile number of the addressee in each case which is specified in this Clause in relation to the Party to whom the notice is addressed, and marked for the attention of the person so specified, or to such other address or facsimile number or marked for the attention of such other person, as the relevant Party may from time to time specify by notice given in accordance with this Clause.
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Seller
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Address:
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48 Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte
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L-1330, Luxembourg
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Facsimile:
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+352 26 34 36 66
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Attention:
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Mr. Christian Anders Digemose
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With copy to:
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Address:
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Manuel Pombo Angulo 20
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28050 Madrid
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Facsimile:
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Attention:
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Mr. Daniel Alaminos Echarri and Ms. Mercedes Domecq
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Purchaser
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Address:
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354 Davis Road, Suite 100
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Oakville, Ontario
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L6J 2X1, Canada
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Facsimile:
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(905) 465-4540
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Attention:
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Chief Executive Officer
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15.1.3 |
must not be sent by electronic mail.
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15.2 |
In the absence of evidence of earlier receipt, any notice shall take effect from the time that it is deemed to be received in accordance with Clause 15.3.
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15.3 |
Subject to Clause 15.4, a notice is deemed to be received:
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15.3.1 |
in the case of a notice left at the address of the addressee, upon delivery at that address;
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15.3.2 |
in the case of a posted letter, on the third day after posting or, if posted to or from a place outside the United Kingdom, the seventh day after posting; and
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15.3.3 |
in the case of a facsimile, on production of a transmission report from the machine from which the facsimile was sent which indicates that the facsimile was sent in its entirety to the facsimile number of the recipient.
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15.4 |
A notice received or deemed to be received in accordance with Clause 15.1 above on a day which is not a Business Day, or after 5pm on any Business Day, shall be deemed to be received on the next following Business Day.
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16. |
GOVERNING LAW
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17. |
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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17.1 |
Each Party irrevocably agrees that the Courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
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17.2 |
Each Party irrevocably waives any right that it may have to object to an action being brought in those courts, to claim that the action has been brought in an inconvenient forum, or to claim that those courts do not have jurisdiction.
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17.3 |
Regardless of whether the courts of any country other than England have jurisdiction to consider a dispute falling within Clause 17 each Party irrevocably undertakes that it will neither issue nor cause to be issued originating or other process in respect to such a dispute in any jurisdiction other than England.
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17.4 |
In the event that any Party commences an action in the courts of any country other than England (a “foreign action”), the Party which commenced the foreign action shall indemnify the other Party in respect of any and all costs and liabilities which it has incurred in connection with the foreign action, whether or not those costs and liabilities would be recoverable apart from the provisions of this Clause.
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17.5 |
Each Party agrees that without preventing any other mode of service, any document in an action (including, a claim form or any other document to be served under the Civil Procedure Rules may be served on any Party by being delivered to or left for that Party at its address for service of notices under Clause 15 and each Party undertakes to maintain such an address at all times in the United Kingdom and to notify the other Parties in advance of any change from time to time of the details of such address in accordance with the manner prescribed for service of notices under Clause 15.
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Registered number:
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08818211
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Company status:
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public limited company
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Registered office:
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Great West House (GW1)
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Great West Road
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Brentford
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Middlesex, Greater London
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United Kingdom
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TW8 9DF
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Issued share capital:
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US$10,021,726 divided into 100,217,260 shares each with a nominal value of US$0.10
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Directors:
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Mr Daniel Villalba Vila
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Mr Santiago Seage
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Mr Joaquin Fernandez de Pierola
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Mr María J. Esteruelas
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Mr Jack Robinson
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Mr Robert Dove
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Mr Andrea Brentan
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Mr Francisco J. Martínez
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Secretary (if any):
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Ms Irene M. Hernandez
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Auditors:
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Deloitte LLP
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Outstanding charges:
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17
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1. |
The Seller shall deliver a copy of or extracts from the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Seller authorising the Seller to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, certified to be a true and complete copy or extract by a director or the secretary of the Seller.
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2. |
The Seller shall procure that the Shares are credited through the facilities and in accordance with the procedures of DTC to an account or accounts designated by the Purchaser.
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3. |
The Seller’s Guarantor shall deliver a counterpart, duly executed by Abengoa, S.A., of each agreement, instrument or document required by the Agreement to be entered into or otherwise executed and delivered by Abengoa, S.A. as a condition to Completion.
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4. |
The Seller’s Guarantor shall deliver a counterpart, duly executed by Abengoa, S.A. or a representative thereof, of each agreement, instrument or document required by the Agreement to be entered into or otherwise executed and delivered by AAGES or any subsidiary thereof as a condition to Completion, to the extent that execution of the foregoing by Abengoa, S.A. or a representative thereof is required for the effectiveness thereof.
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5. |
The Seller or the Seller’s Guarantor, as the case may be, shall deliver all other documents, instruments and security expressly required by the Agreement to be delivered by Seller or Abengoa, S.A. to Purchaser as a condition to Completion.
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6. |
The Seller shall deliver written evidence, acceptable to Purchaser, of the release of the Shares from any and all Encumbrances, prior to or upon payment of the Consideration by Purchaser in the manner provided in the Agreement.
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7. |
The Seller or the Seller’s Guarantor shall deliver the written voluntary resignation of two of the directors of the Company appointed by the Seller’s Guarantor, effective at Completion.
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8. |
The Seller shall deliver executed power(s) of attorney in favour of the Purchaser or as it directs in the agreed form, and such duly executed waivers or consents as may be required to give a good title to the Shares to the Purchaser or as it directs and to enable the Purchaser or other such person to be registered as the holder of the Shares and, pending registration, to exercise all voting and other rights attaching to the Shares. For avoidance of doubt, such power of attorney shall not be effective until all Encumbrances on the Shares are released and the Completion has occurred.
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1. |
Deliver to the Seller a copy of or extracts from the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Purchaser authorising the Purchaser to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, certified to be a true and complete copy or extract by a director or the secretary of the Purchaser as appropriate.
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2. |
Deliver to the Seller a counterpart, duly executed by Purchaser, of each agreement, instrument or document required by the Agreement to be entered into or otherwise executed and delivered by Purchaser as a condition to Completion.
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3. |
Deliver to the Seller a counterpart, duly executed by Purchaser or a representative thereof, of each agreement, instrument or document required by the Agreement to be entered into or otherwise executed and delivered by AAGES or any subsidiary thereof as a condition to Completion, to the extent that execution of the foregoing by Purchaser or a representative thereof is required for the effectiveness thereof.
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4. |
Deliver to the Seller all other documents and instruments expressly required by the Agreement to be delivered by Purchaser to Seller as a condition to Completion.
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5. |
Pay by electronic transfer to the account of the Persons entitled thereto under Clause 3.3 the Consideration before 4:00 p.m. on the date of Completion or such later time as the Seller may agree, which shall constitute a valid discharge of the Purchaser’s obligations under Clause 3.3.
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6. |
Deliver to the Company a statement from any individual who, on completion, will become a registrable person in relation to the Company within the meaning of section 790c of the 2006 Act confirming that person’s required particulars in accordance with section 790m(9) of the 2006 Act.
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1. |
Title to Shares
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2. |
Incorporation
|
3. |
Corporate power and authority
|
4. |
Due authorisation, execution and delivery
|
5. |
No breach
|
5.1 |
result in a breach of or conflict with any provision of the constitutional documents of the Seller or any Group Company;
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5.2 |
result in a material breach of, constitute a material default under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation, the loss of a material benefit, or any material restriction (including on the ability of any Group Company to declare or pay any dividend or distribution) under, any instrument or material agreement to which Seller or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any Group Company is a party or by which Seller or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any Group Company is bound; or
|
5.3 |
result in a breach of any applicable laws or regulations or of any order, decree or judgment of any court or any governmental or regulatory authority in any jurisdiction.
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6. |
Consents
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7. |
Proceedings
|
7.1 |
outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of any governmental or regulatory body or arbitration tribunal against or affecting the Seller;
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7.2 |
lawsuits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened against or affecting the Seller ; or
|
7.3 |
investigations by any governmental or regulatory body which are pending or threatened against the Seller or any of its group undertakings, so far as the Seller is aware,
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8. |
Solvency
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9. |
No Stamp Duty
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10. |
Contracts and transactions with any Group Company
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11. |
Liabilities of Seller and its Affiliates
|
12. |
Ethical business practices
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13. |
Brokers’ fees
|
14. |
Intercompany Accounts
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1. |
Incorporation
|
2. |
Corporate power and authority
|
3. |
Due authorisation, execution and delivery
|
4. |
No breach
|
4.1 |
result in a breach of or conflict with any provision of its constitutional documents;
|
4.2 |
result in a material breach of, or constitute a material default under, any instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound; or
|
4.3 |
result in a breach of any applicable laws or regulations or of any order, decree or judgment of any court or any governmental or regulatory authority in any jurisdiction, in each case as applicable to and binding on Purchaser.
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5. |
Consents
|
6. |
Proceedings
|
6.1 |
outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of any governmental or regulatory body or arbitration tribunal against or affecting the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates;
|
6.2 |
lawsuits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against or affecting the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates; or
|
6.3 |
investigations by any governmental or regulatory body which are pending or threatened against the Purchaser or any of its group undertakings, so far as the Purchaser is aware, which, in each case, has or could have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other agreements entered into pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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7. |
Solvency
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1. |
Incorporation
|
2. |
Corporate power and authority
|
3. |
Due authorisation, execution and delivery
|
4. |
No breach
|
4.1 |
result in a breach of or conflict with any provision of its constitutional documents;
|
4.2 |
result in a material breach of, or constitute a material default under, any instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound; or
|
4.3 |
result in a breach of any applicable laws or regulations or of any order, decree or judgment of any court or any governmental or regulatory authority in any jurisdiction, in each case as applicable to and binding on the Seller’s Guarantor.
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5. |
Consents
|
6. |
Proceedings
|
6.1 |
outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of any governmental or regulatory body or arbitration tribunal against or affecting the Seller’s Guarantor or any of its Affiliates;
|
6.2 |
lawsuits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller’s Guarantor, threatened against or affecting the Seller’s Guarantor or any of its Affiliates; or
|
6.3 |
investigations by any governmental or regulatory body which are pending or threatened against the Seller’s Guarantor or any of its group undertakings, so far as the Seller’s Guarantor is aware,
|
7. |
Solvency
|
8. |
Contracts and transactions with any Group Company
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9. |
Ethical business practices
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10. |
Brokers’ fees
|
11. |
Defaults by any Group Company
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1. |
In this Agreement each of the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
|
2. |
In this Agreement, words and expressions defined in the 2006 Act shall bear the same meaning as in that act unless expressly stated otherwise.
|
3. |
In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise requires:
|
3.1 |
any reference to this Agreement includes the Schedules to it each of which forms part of this Agreement for all purposes;
|
3.2 |
a reference to an enactment, EU instrument or statutory provision shall include a reference to any subordinate legislation made under the relevant enactment, EU instrument or statutory provision and is a reference to that enactment, EU instrument, statutory provision or subordinate legislation as from time to time amended or modified and to any enactment, EU instrument, statutory provision or subordinate legislation that from time to time (with or without modifications) re-enacts, replaces, consolidates, incorporates or reproduces it;
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3.3 |
words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;
|
3.4 |
references to one gender include other genders;
|
3.5 |
a reference to a person shall include a reference to a firm, a body corporate, an unincorporated association, a partnership or to an individual's executors or administrators;
|
3.6 |
a reference to a Clause, paragraph, Schedule (other than to a schedule to a statutory provision) shall be a reference to a Clause, paragraph, Schedule (as the case may be) of or to this Agreement;
|
3.7 |
if a period of time is specified as from a given day, or from the day of an act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that day;
|
3.8 |
references to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall in respect of any jurisdiction other than England be deemed to include what most nearly approximates the English legal term in that jurisdiction and references to any English statute or enactment shall be deemed to include any equivalent or analogous laws or rules in any other jurisdiction.
|
3.9 |
a person shall be deemed to be connected with another if that person is connected with another within the meaning of section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010;
|
3.10 |
references to writing shall include any modes of reproducing words in any legible form and shall include email except where expressly stated otherwise;
|
3.11 |
a reference to a balance sheet or profit and loss account shall include a reference to any note forming part of it;
|
3.12 |
a reference to "includes" or "including" shall mean "includes without limitation" or "including without limitation";
|
3.13 |
references to documents "in the agreed terms" or any similar expression shall be to documents agreed between the Parties, annexed to this Agreement and initialled for identification by the Sellers and the Purchaser;
|
3.14 |
the headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect its interpretation; and
|
3.15 |
references to this Agreement include this Agreement as amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms.
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SIGNED for and on behalf of
|
/s/ Christian Anders Digemose
|
ACIL LUXCO 1, S.A.
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
SIGNED BY Ian Robertson and Chris Jarratt
|
/s/ Ian Robertson
|
for and on behalf of
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Chris Jarratt
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
SIGNED BY Gonzalo Urquijo and Joaquín Fernández de Piérola
|
/s/ Gonzalo Urquijo
|
for and on behalf of
|
(Signature of authorised person)
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/s/ Joaquín Fernández de Piérola
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
1) |
ACIL Luxco 1, S.A., a company incorporated in Luxembourg (registered number B212453) and whose registered office is at 48 Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, L-1330 Luxembourg (the "Seller");
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2) |
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (corporation number 236237-6) and whose registered office is at 354 Davis Road, Suite 100, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6J 2X1 (the "Purchaser”); and
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3) |
Abengoa, S.A., a public company with limited liability (sociedad anónima), duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Spain, with registered address at Campus Palmas Altas, Calle Energía Solar, 1, Sevilla (Spain), registered with the Mercantile Registry of Sevilla in Volume 5683, Sheet 62, Page SE-1507 and bearer of Spanish tax identification number A 41002288 ("Abengoa").
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/s/ Christian Anders Digemose
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(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Joost Mees
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Ian Robertson
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Chris Jarratt
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Gonzalo Urquijo
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Joaquín Fernández de Piérola
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
4) |
ACIL Luxco 1, S.A., a company incorporated in Luxembourg (registered number B212453) and whose registered office is at 48 Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, L-1330 Luxembourg (the "Seller");
|
5) |
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (corporation number 236237-6) and whose registered office is at 354 Davis Road, Suite 100, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6J 2X1 (the "Purchaser”); and
|
6) |
Abengoa, S.A., a public company with limited liability (sociedad anónima), duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Spain, with registered address at Campus Palmas Altas, Calle Energía Solar, 1, Sevilla (Spain), registered with the Mercantile Registry of Sevilla in Volume 5683, Sheet 62, Page SE-1507 and bearer of Spanish tax identification number A 41002288 ("Abengoa").
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/s/ Christian Anders Digemose
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(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Joost Mees
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Ian Robertson
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Chris Jarratt
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Gonzalo Urquijo
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Joaquín Fernández de Piérola
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
7) |
ACIL Luxco 1, S.A., a company incorporated in Luxembourg (registered number B212453) and whose registered office is at 48 Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, L-1330 Luxembourg (the "Seller");
|
8) |
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (corporation number 236237-6) and whose registered office is at 354 Davis Road, Suite 100, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6J 2X1 (the "Purchaser”); and
|
9) |
Abengoa, S.A., a public company with limited liability (sociedad anónima), duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Spain, with registered address at Campus Palmas Altas, Calle Energía Solar, 1, Sevilla (Spain), registered with the Mercantile Registry of Sevilla in Volume 5683, Sheet 62, Page SE-1507 and bearer of Spanish tax identification number A 41002288 ("Abengoa").
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/s/ Christian Anders Digemose
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(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Josst Mees
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Ian Robertson
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Chris Jarratt
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Gonzalo Urquijo
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
/s/ Joaquín Fernández de Piérola
|
(Signature of authorised person)
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Clause
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Page
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1.
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Interpretation
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2
|
2.
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Sale and Purchase
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4
|
3.
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Consideration
|
4
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4.
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Completion
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4
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5.
|
Assignment of Certain Rights under ACIL Luxco SPA
|
4
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6.
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Termination
|
5
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7.
|
Miscellaneous
|
5
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8.
|
Notices
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8
|
9.
|
Governing Law
|
9
|
10.
|
Dispute Resolution
|
9
|
(1) |
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (corporation number 236237-6) and whose registered office is at 354 David Road, Suite 100, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6J 2X1 (the “Seller”); and
|
(2) |
AAGES (AY Holdings) B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), having its seat (zetel) in Amsterdam, its address at Strawinskylaan 3127, 8th floor, 1077 ZX Amsterdam and registered in the trade register under number 70787255 (the “Purchaser”).
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(A) |
Pursuant to a sale and purchase agreement (the “ACIL Luxco SPA”) dated 1 November 2017, as amended, between ACIL Luxco 1, S.A. as seller (“ACIL Luxco”), the Seller as purchaser and Abengoa, S.A. as seller’s guarantor, ACIL Luxco agreed to sell and transfer to the Seller that number of issued ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the share capital of the Company (rounded up to the nearest whole number) representing as of the date of ACIL Luxco SPA Completion 25 per cent. of the Company’s issued share capital (the “Shares”).
|
(B) |
The Seller has agreed to sell the Shares to the Purchaser, conditional on ACIL Luxco SPA Completion occurring.
|
1. |
INTERPRETATION
|
1.1 |
In this Agreement:
|
1.2 |
In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise requires:
|
1.2.1 |
a reference to an enactment, EU instrument or statutory provision shall include a reference to any subordinate legislation made under the relevant enactment, EU instrument or statutory provision and is a reference to that enactment, EU instrument, statutory provision or subordinate legislation as from time to time amended or modified and to any enactment, EU instrument, statutory provision or subordinate legislation that from time to time (with or without modifications) re-enacts, replaces, consolidates, incorporates or reproduces it;
|
1.2.2 |
words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;
|
1.2.3 |
references to one gender include other genders;
|
1.2.4 |
a reference to a person shall include a reference to a firm, a body corporate, an unincorporated association, a partnership or to an individual’s executors or administrators;
|
1.2.5 |
a reference to a Clause shall be a reference to a Clause of this Agreement;
|
1.2.6 |
if a period of time is specified as from a given day, or from the day of an act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that day;
|
1.2.7 |
references to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall in respect of any jurisdiction other than England be deemed to include what most nearly approximates the English legal term in that jurisdiction and references to any English statute or enactment shall be deemed to include any equivalent or analogous laws or rules in any other jurisdiction;
|
1.2.8 |
references to writing shall include any modes of reproducing words in any legible form and shall include email except where expressly stated otherwise;
|
1.2.9 |
a reference to “includes” or “including” shall mean “includes without limitation” or “including without limitation”;
|
1.2.10 |
the headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect its interpretation; and
|
1.2.11 |
references to this Agreement include this Agreement as amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms.
|
2. |
SALE AND PURCHASE
|
2.1 |
Conditional on ACIL Luxco SPA Completion occurring, the Seller shall sell and the Purchaser shall purchase the Shares.
|
3. |
CONSIDERATION
|
3.1 |
The consideration for the sale of the Shares shall be the payment by the Purchaser to the Seller of an amount in cash equal to the ACIL Luxco SPA Consideration (the “Consideration”).
|
4. |
COMPLETION
|
4.1 |
Completion shall take place immediately following ACIL Luxco SPA Completion.
|
4.2 |
At Completion the Seller shall direct ACIL Luxco to transfer the Shares to the Purchaser by way of crediting the Shares through the facilities and in accordance with the procedures of Depository Trust Company to an account or accounts designated by the Purchaser.
|
4.3 |
At Completion or such later time as the Seller may agree, the Purchaser shall pay the Consideration to the Seller or as the Seller directs in writing.
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5. |
ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS UNDER ACIL LUXCO SPA
|
5.1 |
The Seller hereby assigns to the Purchaser all rights (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations), other than the right to acquire the Shares from ACIL Luxco, of the Seller under the ACIL Luxco SPA as permitted by clause 14.9 of the ACIL Luxco SPA, and the Seller agrees to notify ACIL Luxco of such assignment.
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6. |
TERMINATION
|
6.1 |
The termination of this Agreement shall not affect:
|
6.1.1 |
any rights or obligations which have accrued or become due prior to the date of termination; and
|
6.1.2 |
the continued existence and validity of the rights and obligations of the Parties under any provision which is expressly or by implication intended to continue in force after termination (together with those Clauses necessary for their interpretation) including this Clause and Clauses 8 (Notices), 9 (Governing Law) and 10 (Dispute Resolution).
|
7. |
MISCELLANEOUS
|
7.1 |
Subject to the remaining provisions of this Clause 7.1, no Party shall release any announcement or despatch any announcement or circular relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, unless the other Party has been given a reasonable opportunity to comment on the content to be included in such announcement or circular. Nothing in this Clause 7.1 shall prohibit any Party from making any announcement or despatching any circular as required by law or regulation or any regulatory body or the rules of any stock exchange.
|
7.2 |
Each Party undertakes to the other that, subject to Clause 7.3, unless the prior written consent of the other Party shall first have been obtained it shall, and shall procure that its officers, employees, advisers and agents shall keep confidential and shall not by failure to exercise due care or otherwise by any act or omission disclose to any person whatever, or use or exploit commercially for its or their own purposes, any of the confidential information of the other Party. For the purposes of this Clause 7.2, “Confidential Information” is the contents of this Agreement, the ACIL Luxco SPA and any other agreement or arrangement contemplated by this Agreement and:
|
7.2.1 |
information of whatever nature concerning the business, finances, assets, liabilities, dealings, transactions, know-how, customers, suppliers, processes or affairs of the other Party, or any of its group undertakings from time to time; and
|
7.2.2 |
any information which is expressly indicated to be confidential in relation to the Party disclosing it (or in relation to any of its group undertakings from time to time),
|
7.3 |
The consent referred to in Clause 7.2 shall not be required for disclosure by a Party of any Confidential Information:
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7.3.1 |
to its officers, employees, advisers and agents, in each case, as may be contemplated by this Agreement or, to the extent required to enable such Party to carry out its obligations under this Agreement and who shall in each case be made aware by such Party of its obligations under this Clause and shall be required by such Party to observe the same restrictions on the use of the relevant information as are contained in Clause 7.2, provided that such Party shall be responsible for any violation of Clause 7.2 by any such officer, employee, adviser or agent;
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subject to Clause 7.4, to the extent required by applicable law or by the regulations of any stock exchange or regulatory authority to which such Party is or may become subject or pursuant to any order of court or other competent authority or tribunal;
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7.3.3 |
to the extent that the relevant Confidential Information is in the public domain otherwise than by breach of this Agreement by any Party;
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7.3.4 |
which is disclosed to such Party by a third party who is not in breach of any undertaking or duty as to confidentiality whether express or implied;
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7.3.5 |
which that Party lawfully possessed prior to obtaining it from another, provided that this exception shall not apply to information concerning the Group in relation to the period before Completion;
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7.3.6 |
to any professional advisers to the disclosing party who are bound to the disclosing party by a duty of confidence which applies to any information disclosed; or
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7.3.7 |
to the other Party to this Agreement or pursuant to its terms.
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7.4 |
If a Party becomes required, in circumstances contemplated by Clause 7.3.2, to disclose any information such Party shall (save to the extent prohibited by law) give to the other Party such notice as is practical in the circumstances of such disclosure and shall co-operate with the other Party, having due regard to the other Party’s views, and take such steps as the other Party may reasonably require in order to enable it to mitigate the effects of, or avoid the requirements for, any such disclosure.
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7.5 |
Nothing in the Agreement or in any document referred to in it shall constitute the Parties a partner of any other, nor shall the execution, completion and implementation of this Agreement confer on either Party any power to bind or impose any obligations to any third parties on the other Party or to pledge the credit of the other Party.
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7.6 |
No Party may assign its rights under this Agreement.
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7.7 |
No term of this Agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a Party to this Agreement.
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7.8 |
Each of the Parties to this Agreement confirms on behalf of itself and its Affiliates that this Agreement represents the entire understanding, and constitutes the whole agreement, in relation to its subject matter and supersedes any previous agreement between the Parties with respect thereto and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, excludes any warranty, condition or other undertaking implied at law or by custom, usage or course of dealing.
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7.9 |
Each Party confirms on behalf of itself and its group undertakings that:
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7.9.1 |
in entering into this Agreement it has not relied on any representation, warranty, assurance, covenant, indemnity, undertaking or commitment which is not expressly set out or referred to in this Agreement; and
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7.9.2 |
in any event, without prejudice to any liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or fraudulent misstatement, the only rights or remedies in relation to any representation, warranty, assurance, covenant, indemnity, undertaking or commitment given or action taken in connection with this Agreement are those pursuant to this Agreement and no Party has any other right or remedy (whether by way of a claim for contribution or otherwise) in tort (including negligence) or for misrepresentation (whether negligent or otherwise, and whether made prior to, or in, this Agreement).
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7.10 |
If any provision or part of this Agreement is void or unenforceable due to any applicable law, it shall be deemed to be deleted and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
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7.11 |
So far as it remains to be performed this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after Completion. The rights and remedies of the Parties shall not be affected by Completion.
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7.12 |
The rights and remedies of the Parties shall not be affected by any failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy or by the giving of any indulgence by any other Party or by anything whatsoever except a specific waiver or release in writing and any such waiver or release shall not prejudice or affect any other rights or remedies of the Parties. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
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7.13 |
No variation of this Agreement (or any of the documents referred to in it) shall be valid unless it is in writing (which, for this purpose, does not include email) and signed by or on behalf of each of the Parties. The expression “variation” includes any variation, supplement, deletion or replacement however effected.
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7.14 |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the Parties to it on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original but all the counterparts together constitute one instrument.
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The Parties shall pay their own costs in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and any matter contemplated by it.
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7.16 |
This Agreement was negotiated in English and, to be valid, all certificates, notices, communications and other documents made in connection with it shall be in English. If all or any part of this Agreement or any such certificate, notice, communication or other document is for any reason translated into any language other than English the English text shall prevail. Each of the Parties understands English and is content for all communications relating to this Agreement to be served on it in English.
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8. |
NOTICES
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8.1 |
A notice (including any approval, consent or other communication) in connection with this Agreement and the documents referred to in it:
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8.1.1 |
must be in writing;
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8.1.2 |
must be left at or delivered by courier to the address of the addressee or sent by pre-paid recorded delivery (airmail if posted to or from a place outside the country of delivery) to the address of the addressee or sent by facsimile to the facsimile number of the addressee in each case which is specified in this Clause in relation to the Party to whom the notice is addressed, and marked for the attention of the person so specified, or to such other address or facsimile number or marked for the attention of such other person, as the relevant Party may from time to time specify by notice given in accordance with this Clause.
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The relevant details of each Party at the date of this Agreement are:
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Address:
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354 Davis Road, Suite 100
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Oakville, Ontario | |
L6J 2X1, Canada | |
Facsimile: | (905) 465-4540 |
Attention: | Chief Executive Officer |
Address: | Atrium Building, 8th Floor |
Strawinskylaan 3127
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1077 ZX Amsterdam
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The Netherlands | |
Facsimile: | 0031 88 560 9960 |
Attention: | Bart van Dijk |
8.1.4 |
must not be sent by electronic mail.
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8.2 |
In the absence of evidence of earlier receipt, any notice shall take effect from the time that it is deemed to be received in accordance with Clause 8.3.
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8.3 |
Subject to Clause 8.4, a notice is deemed to be received:
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8.3.1 |
in the case of a notice left at the address of the addressee, upon delivery at that address;
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8.3.2 |
in the case of a posted letter, on the third day after posting or, if posted to or from a place outside the United Kingdom, the seventh day after posting; and
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8.3.3 |
in the case of a facsimile, on production of a transmission report from the machine from which the facsimile was sent which indicates that the facsimile was sent in its entirety to the facsimile number of the recipient.
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8.4 |
A notice received or deemed to be received in accordance with Clause 8.1 above on a day which is not a Business Day, or after 5pm on any Business Day, shall be deemed to be received on the next following Business Day.
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9. |
GOVERNING LAW
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9.1 |
This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
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10. |
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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10.1 |
Each Party irrevocably agrees that the Courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
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10.2 |
Each Party irrevocably waives any right that it may have to object to an action being brought in those courts, to claim that the action has been brought in an inconvenient forum, or to claim that those courts do not have jurisdiction.
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10.3 |
Regardless of whether the courts of any country other than England have jurisdiction to consider a dispute falling within this Clause 10 each Party irrevocably undertakes that it will neither issue nor cause to be issued originating or other process in respect to such a dispute in any jurisdiction other than England.
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10.4 |
In the event that any Party commences an action in the courts of any country other than England (a “foreign action”), the Party which commenced the foreign action shall indemnify the other Party in respect of any and all costs and liabilities which it has incurred in connection with the foreign action, whether or not those costs and liabilities would be recoverable apart from the provisions of this Clause.
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10.5 |
Each Party agrees that without preventing any other mode of service, any document in an action (including, a claim form or any other document to be served under the Civil Procedure Rules may be served on any Party by being delivered to or left for that Party at its address for service of notices under Clause 8 (Notices) and each Party undertakes to maintain such an address at all times in the United Kingdom and to notify the other Parties in advance of any change from time to time of the details of such address in accordance with the manner prescribed for service of notices under Clause 8 (Notices).
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EXECUTED by the parties:
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Signed by
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a duly authorised
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representative of
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Algonquin Power &
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Utilities Corp.
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) /s/ I. E. Robertson
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Name: I. E. Robertson
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Signed by
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duly authorised
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representatives of
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AAGES (AY
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Holdings) B.V.
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) /s/ I. E. Robertson
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Name: I. E. Robertson
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Title: Managing Director A
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) /s/ B. van Dijk
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Name: B. van Dijk
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Title: Managin Director B
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CLAUSE
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HEADINGS
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PAGE
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1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1
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2.
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SALE AND PURCHASE
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2
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3.
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CONSIDERATION
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3
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4.
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CONDITIONS
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5
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5.
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Interim Period obligations
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7
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6.
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TAXATION
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7
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7.
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COMPLETION
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8
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8.
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SELLER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
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8
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9.
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SELLER LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
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8
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10.
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PURCHASER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
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10
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11.
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TERMINATION
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10
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12.
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Guarantees
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10
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13.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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11
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14.
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NOTICES
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14
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15.
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GOVERNING LAW
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15
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16.
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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15
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Schedule 1
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DETAILS OF THE COMPANY
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17
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Schedule 2
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COMPLETION OBLIGATIONS
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18
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Schedule 3
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SELLER WARRANTIES
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20
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Schedule 4
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PURCHASER WARRANTIES
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23
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Schedule 5
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seller’s Guarantor WARRANTIES
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25
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Schedule 6
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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(1)
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ACIL Luxco 1, S.A., a company incorporated in Luxembourg (registered number R.C.S. Luxembourg B212453) and whose registered office is at 48 Boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, L-1330 Luxembourg (the “Seller”);
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(2) |
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (corporation number 236237-6) and whose registered office is at 354 Davis Road, Suite 100, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6J 2X1 (the “Purchaser”)
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(3) |
Abengoa, S.A., a public company with limited liability (sociedad anónima), duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Spain, with registered address at Campus Palmas Altas, Calle Energía Solar, 1, Sevilla (Spain), registered with the Mercantile Registry of Sevilla in Volume 5683, Sheet 62, Page SE-1507 and bearer of Spanish tax identification number A 41002288 (the “Seller’s Guarantor” or “Abengoa”).
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(A) |
The Seller holds 41,557,663 of the issued ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the share capital of the Company, representing approximately 41.47% of its issued share capital.
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(B) |
The Seller has agreed to sell and transfer to the Purchaser that number of issued ordinary shares of US$0.10 of the Company (rounded up to the nearest whole number) representing as of the date of Completion 25%, and not less than 25%, of the Company’s issued share capital (the “SPA Shares”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set out in that certain Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Seller, Purchaser, and Seller’s Guarantor (the “SPA”).
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(C) |
The Seller has agreed to grant to the Purchaser an option and right of first refusal with respect to all of the remaining shares of the Company held by the Seller (consisting of 41,557,663 of the issued ordinary shares of US$0.10 each, minus the number of SPA Shares) (the “Shares”) and, subject to the exercise thereof and the satisfaction of the Conditions specified herein, to sell and transfer to the Purchaser up to all of the Shares (representing approximately 16.47% of the issued share capital of the Company), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement.
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(D) |
Abengoa has agreed to guarantee the performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder in accordance with the terms set out in Clause 12.1.
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(E) |
In addition to the above, Purchaser and Abengoa have agreed, pursuant to the provisions of the memorandum of understanding attached as Attachment 1 (the “MOU”), and subject to the Completion of the transaction contemplated by the SPA, to jointly incorporate a global utility infrastructure company (“AAGES”) with the purpose of identifying, developing, constructing, owning and operating a portfolio of global utility infrastructure projects, and intend that AAGES or a subsidiary thereof (“Purchaser Assignee”) become the acquiring entity of the Company’s shares pursuant to this Agreement.
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1. |
INTERPRETATION
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1.1 |
The definitions and other interpretative provisions set out in Schedule 6 shall apply throughout this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears.
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1.2 |
In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise requires, any reference to this Agreement includes a reference to the Schedules, each of which forms part of this Agreement for all purposes.
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2. |
OPTION AND ROFR; SALE AND PURCHASE
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2.1 |
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Seller hereby grants to Purchaser an irrevocable option to purchase all or part of the Shares, at a price per Share equal to the Option Exercise Price, on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Option”).
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2.2 |
The term of the Option (the “Option Term”) shall mean the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and continuing until (and including) the date which falls sixty calendar days after the SPA Completion Date.
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2.3 |
The Option may be exercised in part or in full, at once or from time to time, for all or any portion of the Shares, at the discretion of the Purchaser at any date during the Option Term by providing written notice of exercise (an “Exercise Notice”) to Seller specifying the number of Shares for which the Option is then being exercised (the “Applicable Option Shares”); provided, however, that the aggregate number of Shares subjected to exercise in part shall on the date of each such exercise in part represent either (a) not in excess of that percentage of the Company’s issued share capital that would reduce Seller’s holdings to less than twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the Company’s issued share capital, or (b) twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) or a greater percentage of the Company’s issued share capital up to the percentage represented by the total number of Shares.
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2.4 |
The purchase price payable upon Completion following and as a result of the full or partial exercise of the Option shall be equal to US$24.25 per Share (as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Clause 2.5) (the “Option Exercise Price”).
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2.5 |
In the event of any change in the Company’s capital stock by reason of any split-up, reclassification, recapitalization, combination, exchange or similar occurrence, (a) the term “shares” (whether or not capitalized) shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares as well any shares into which or for which any or all of such shares may be changed or exchanged, and (b) any price expressed herein as a per-share amount shall be adjusted so that the amount for a share, and any shares into which or for which such share may be changed or exchanged shall, in the aggregate, equal such per-share amount as existing prior to such split-up, reclassification, recapitalization, combination, exchange or similar occurrence.
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2.6 |
As used herein, “Transfer” means any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any of the Shares, other than to Purchaser (or its assignee) hereunder.
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2.7 |
Prior to the expiration of the Option Term, Seller shall not (a) Transfer any of the Shares, (b) enter into any agreement with respect to any Transfer or proposed Transfer of any of the Shares, or (c) publicly announce or disclose any intention to do any of the foregoing, other than as required pursuant to an Encumbrance contained in the finance documents entered into by the Seller in the context of the restructuring of the Abengoa group, up until the waiver set out in Clause 4.1.3 is obtained.
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2.8 |
In addition to and without limiting Clause 2.7, in the event that the Option Term expires prior to March 31, 2018, then until the earlier of the thirtieth (30th) day following the expiration of the Option Term or March 31, 2018, Seller shall not (a) Transfer any of the Shares, (b) enter into any agreement, letter of intent, or other binding or non-binding commitment for any Transfer or proposed Transfer of any of the Shares, or (c) publicly announce or disclose any intention to do any of the foregoing, unless each of the following has occurred with respect to such Shares, other than as required pursuant to an Encumbrance contained in the finance documents entered into by the Seller in the context of the restructuring of the Abengoa group, up until the waiver set out in Clause 4.1.3 is obtained:
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2.8.1 |
Seller has received a bona fide written offer to purchase all or any portion of such Shares (the “Applicable ROFR Shares”), for an all-cash purchase price (the “Applicable ROFR Price”);
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2.8.2 |
Seller has delivered written notice and a copy of such written offer to Purchaser, specifically setting forth the Applicable ROFR Price (a “ROFR Notice”); and
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2.8.3 |
Purchaser has not delivered to Seller a ROFR Exercise Notice with respect to all, and not less than all, of such Applicable ROFR Shares, within thirty (30) days following the later of (a) the expiration of the Option Term, and (b) delivery to Purchaser of the ROFR Notice (but in no event later than the tenth (10th) Business Day after March 31, 2018).
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2.9 |
Any delivery of a ROFR Notice by Seller to Purchaser shall constitute the irrevocable grant by Seller to Purchaser of an option to purchase all, and not less than all, of the Applicable ROFR Shares for a price equal to the Applicable ROFR Price (each, a “ROFR Option”), exercisable by Purchaser by delivery of written notice of exercise of such ROFR Option by Purchaser to Seller (a “ROFR Exercise Notice”). Such ROFR Option shall expire and be deemed waived if Purchaser fails to deliver to Seller a ROFR Exercise Notice within thirty (30) days following the later of (a) the expiration of the Option Term, and (b) delivery to Purchaser of the ROFR Notice (but in no event later than the tenth (10th) Business Day after March 31, 2018).
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2.10 |
The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Shares and, in the event of the valid exercise by Purchaser of the Option or any applicable ROFR, shall sell and the Purchaser shall purchase the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares on the basis that they are sold at Completion with Full Title Guarantee and free from any Encumbrance and together with all rights attached to them at Completion or subsequently becoming attached to them.
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3. |
CONSIDERATION
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(a) |
In the case of and upon Completion following and as a result of the full or partial exercise of the Option, the product of (i) the number of the Applicable Option Shares, times (ii) the Option Exercise Price; or
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(b) |
In the case of and upon Completion following and as a result of the exercise of the ROFR, the product of (i) the number of the Applicable ROFR Shares, times (ii) the Applicable ROFR Price.
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3.1 |
The Consideration shall be paid to the Seller by way of cash payments as follows, provided that if requested by Purchaser or Seller, payment of the Consideration shall be effected through a payment agent reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and Seller:
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3.1.1 |
to the DOE, on behalf of the Seller, any and all amounts required to be paid to the DOE as agreed to the Seller’s reasonable satisfaction in connection with the consents referenced in clause 4.1.1 and 4.1.2, below;
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3.1.2 |
the outstanding balance of the Consideration (after deducting the amounts set out in clause 3.1.1 above), by electronic transfer to the account of the Seller’s Solicitors (it being understood that the Seller may instruct the Purchaser to pay all or part of such amount to financing parties or other persons in connection with the matters noted in Clause 4.1.3).
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3.2 |
The Consideration payable to the Seller pursuant to Clause 3.1. shall be deemed to be reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate amount (if any) paid or by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to a Claim or alleged Claim.
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3.3 |
In addition to the per Share amount specified in Clause 3.1, subject to satisfaction of the conditions specified in Clauses 3.4 and 3.5 below on or prior to the date that is the 24-month anniversary of the SPA Completion Date, the Consideration shall be increased by up to an amount (the “Baseline Earn-Out Amount”) equal to the number of Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares purchased under this Agreement, multiplied by the lesser of (a) US$0.60 per Share and (b) thirty percent (30%) of the amount, if any, by which the average closing market price for a Share over the twenty (20) Business Days prior to (and excluding) the 12-month anniversary of the SPA Completion Date exceeds US$24.25.
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3.4 |
Fifty percent (50%) of the Baseline Earn-Out Amount will be due and payable by Purchaser to Seller five (5) Business Days following the later of (a) the twelve-month anniversary of the SPA Completion Date, and (b) the date, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the SPA Completion Date, on which the following conditions have been satisfied:
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3.5 |
Fifty percent (50%) of the Baseline Earn-Out Amount will be due and payable by Purchaser to Seller five (5) Business Days following the later of (a) the twelve-month anniversary of the SPA Completion Date, and (b) the date, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the SPA Completion Date, on which the following conditions have been satisfied: an independent engineer shall have certified to the Company that the Solana Project and the Kaxu Project (i) are then operating in accordance with their respective original expected design output as set out in the Applicable EPC Contract and (ii) subject to normal maintenance and repair, are then reasonably expected to be capable of operating over their respective expected useful lives at the output originally expected based on the original design thereof.
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3.6 |
Purchaser’s obligations with respect to either portion of the Baseline Earn-Out Amount shall terminate and expire on the 24-month anniversary of the SPA Completion Date to the extent that any conditions to the payment thereof have not been satisfied on or prior to such date.
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4. |
CONDITIONS
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4.1 |
Completion is conditional on the following Conditions being, except to the extent waived by Purchaser:
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4.1.1 |
The Seller or the relevant Group Company obtaining, in respect of the Solana Project, a waiver from the DOE (on such terms which are agreed to the Seller’s reasonable satisfaction) in respect of the change of control provisions set out in the Solana Note Purchase Agreement and the Solana Loan Guaranty Agreement, and all conditions to the effectiveness of the waiver shall have been satisfied;
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4.1.2 |
The Seller or the relevant Group Company obtaining, in respect of the Mojave Project, a waiver from the DOE (on such terms which are agreed to the Seller’s reasonable satisfaction) in respect of the change of control provisions set out in the Mojave Note Purchase Agreement and the Mojave Loan Guaranty Agreement, and all conditions to the effectiveness of the waiver shall have been satisfied;
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4.1.3 |
The Seller and Abengoa receiving the consents from any financing parties or other Persons required to implement the transaction set out in this Agreement including, without limitation, to release any and all Encumbrances over the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares granted in favour of such financing parties or other Persons.
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4.1.4 |
The relevant Group Companies obtaining, in respect of the Mojave Project and the Solana Project, approval of FERC for the disposition of jurisdictional facilities effected by the sale of the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares, and the Purchaser and Purchaser Assignee obtaining, in respect of the Mojave Project and the Solana Project, approval of FERC for the acquisition of the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares.
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4.1.5 |
The occurrence of the SPA Completion.
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4.2 |
The Purchaser may, by written notice to the Seller, waive any of the Conditions of Clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.4 in whole or in part at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement, whether following, on or before the Longstop Date.
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4.3 |
The Purchaser, the Seller and Abengoa, as applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to satisfy or procure the satisfaction of each of Conditions 4.1.1 to 4.1.5 not already satisfied or waived (with the exception of Condition 4.1.3 which cannot be waived) as soon as possible and in any event on or before the Longstop Date.
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4.4 |
The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the satisfaction of Conditions 4.1.1 to 4.1.4, as soon as possible after any such Condition has been satisfied and in any event within five (5) Business Days of such satisfaction.
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4.5 |
Completion is further conditional on the following, except to the extent waived in writing by Purchaser:
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4.5.1 |
(a) All Fundamental Warranties, and all warranties of Seller’s Guarantor set out in Schedule 5, shall be true and accurate in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Completion Date, as if made on such date; and (b) all other Seller Warranties shall be true and accurate as of the Completion Date except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Group.
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4.5.2 |
Seller and Abengoa shall have complied with the restrictions set out in Clause 5.1 and with its obligations under Clause 5.3.
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4.5.3 |
Seller shall have delivered to Purchaser a certificate executed on behalf of Seller by an authorized officer or representative of Seller, dated as of the Completion Date, representing and certifying the matters set forth in Clause 4.5.1 and Clause 4.5.2.
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4.5.4 |
There shall not have occurred, from the date hereof until the Completion Date, any event or circumstance that has had or would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Group, or (b) the ability of Seller or Abengoa to timely perform any of its obligations under this Agreement.
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4.5.5 |
There shall not exist any material breach or material default by any Group Company under, and no facts or circumstances shall exist that give rise to, or with the passage of time and/or delivery of notice would give rise to, a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation under, or the loss of a material benefit under, or any material restriction under, any instrument or material agreement to which any Group Company is a party or by which any Group Company is bound, except (a) as do not restrict the ability of the Company to declare or pay any dividend or distribution and (b) as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Group.
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4.5.6 |
No governmental authority shall have asserted, in writing or otherwise, that the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or the purchase, sale or transfer of the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares to Purchaser (or its assignee) hereunder impose on Purchaser, any assignee thereof, the Company or any other Person any obligations, restrictions or requirements under any fair price, moratorium, control-share acquisition, affiliated transaction, mandatory purchase offer, or other takeover or antitakeover statute or regulation, including the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, or any takeover, antitakeover or similar provision of the constitutional documents of any Group Company.
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4.6 |
Completion is further conditional on the following, except to the extent waived in writing by Seller:
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4.6.1 |
All Purchaser Warranties shall be true and accurate in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Completion Date, as if made on such date.
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4.6.2 |
Purchaser shall have delivered to Seller a certificate executed on behalf of Purchaser by an authorized officer or representative of Purchaser, dated as of the Completion Date, representing and certifying the matters set forth in Clause 4.6.1.
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4.7 |
If one or more of the Conditions:
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4.7.1 |
in relation to Clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.4, remains un-satisfied on the date which is six (6) months following delivery of the Exercise Notice or a ROFR Exercise Notice (the “Longstop Date”), and in either case has not been waived (other than the Condition stated in Clause 4.1.3, which cannot be waived) by the specified Party; or
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4.7.2 |
in relation to Clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.4, becomes impossible to satisfy (or, in the case of clause 4.1.3 the required consents are either refused or not given on terms to the Seller’s reasonable satisfaction) on or before the Longstop Date, and in either case, if it is a Condition which can be waived by a Party, has not been waived by such Party within ten (10) Business Days of written notice form the other Party of such Condition becoming impossible to satisfy;
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5. |
RESTRICTED PERIOD AND INTERIM PERIOD OBLIGATIONS
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5.1 |
During the Restricted Period and any Interim Period, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser:
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5.1.1 |
The Seller shall not give or agree to give any option, right to acquire or call, or in any way dispose of the shares of the Company subject to being transferred under this Agreement, other than as required pursuant to an Encumbrance contained in the finance documents entered into by the Seller in the context of the restructuring of the Abengoa group, up until the consent set out in Clause 4.1.3 is obtained; or
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5.1.2 |
The Seller shall not create any additional Encumbrance over the shares subject to being transferred under this Agreement.
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6. |
TAXATION
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6.1 |
Any payments made by or due by the Purchaser pursuant to Clause 3 above shall be paid free and clear of all Taxation whatsoever save only for any deductions or withholdings required by law. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, the amounts deducted or withheld shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to Seller.
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7. |
COMPLETION
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7.1 |
Completion shall take place on the Completion Date at the offices of the Seller’s Solicitors or at such other place as the Seller and Purchaser shall agree.
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7.2 |
At Completion, the Seller and the Seller’s Guarantor shall observe and perform all of the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 2.
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7.3 |
At Completion, the Purchaser shall observe and perform all of the provisions of Part 2 of Schedule 2.
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8. |
SELLER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
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8.1 |
Subject to the limitations in Clause 9, the Seller warrants to the Purchaser, as at the date of this Agreement and as at the Completion Date, in the terms of the Seller Warranties.
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9. |
SELLER LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
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9.1 |
Following Completion, Purchaser shall give written notice to the Seller of any matter or event which may give rise to a Claim as soon as reasonably practicable after the Purchaser becomes aware of such matter or event together with reasonable details of such matter or event then known to the Purchaser; provided, however, that a delay in giving such notice shall not relieve Seller of any liability for such Claim except for the monetary amount by which Seller is prejudiced as a result of such delay.
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9.2 |
The Seller shall not be liable for any Claim unless the Purchaser gives written notice containing in reasonable detail of the legal and factual basis of the Claim, including the Purchaser’s estimate of the amount of the Claim, to the Seller on or before the date being (a) in the case of any Fundamental Claim, three (3) years from Completion, and (b) in the case of any other Claim, one year from Completion.
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9.3 |
To the extent that a Claim arises out of a liability which at the time that it is notified to the Seller is contingent only, the Seller shall not be under any obligation to make any payment to the Purchaser until the liability ceases to be contingent.
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9.4 |
A Claim shall not be enforceable against the Seller and shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, and no new Claim may be made in respect of the facts giving rise to such Claim, unless (a) Seller has confirmed in writing its liability for such Claim, or (b) legal proceedings in respect of such Claim are commenced (by being issued and served):
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9.4.1 |
within twelve months of such Claim ceasing to be contingent, if the Claim is based upon what, at the time of service of notice of the Claim on the Seller, was a contingent liability; and
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9.4.2 |
within twelve months of service of notice of the Claim on the Seller with regard to any Claim other than those Claims described in Clause 9.4.1.
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9.5 |
The aggregate amount of the liability of the Seller in respect of the aggregate of all Claims shall not exceed in the aggregate, an amount equal to the Consideration; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of the liability of the Seller in respect of the aggregate of all Claims other than Fundamental Claims shall not exceed, in the aggregate, an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Consideration.
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9.6 |
Upon the Purchaser notifying the Seller of a Claim or a matter or event which may lead to a Claim being made, the Purchaser shall give the Seller and its advisers such access as the Seller reasonably requests to the personnel, records and information in the possession of the Purchaser together with the right to examine and copy or photograph such assets, documents, records and information as the Seller reasonably requires.
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9.7 |
The Seller expressly disclaims all liability and responsibility for any conclusion, opinion, forecast or evaluation contained within or derived or capable of being derived from (a) any investigation carried out or made by or on behalf of the Purchaser in the course of any due diligence or other enquiry prior to the Parties entering into this Agreement or (b) any other data, document, record or information disclosed by the Seller or any Group Company or any employee, agent or adviser of any of them, to the Purchaser or to any person on behalf of the Purchaser. The Purchaser acknowledges that all information disclosed to it (or any person on behalf of the Purchaser) in the course of due diligence, other than the Due Diligence Reports, was provided by the Company and not by the Seller or by Abengoa and that the Due Diligence Reports were prepared by Abengoa’s advisors on the basis of information provided by the Company.
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9.8 |
Nothing in this Clause 9 restricts or limits the general obligation at law of each of the Purchaser and the Group Companies to mitigate any loss or damage which it may suffer or incur as a consequence of any breach of any Seller Warranty or any other provision of this Agreement or in relation to any other matter, event or circumstance which gives rise to a Claim.
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9.9 |
No person other than the Purchaser is entitled to make any Claim against the Seller. For the avoidance of doubt the Parties hereby acknowledge and accept that the Seller shall only be liable vis à vis the Purchaser for Claims Against the Seller and not in case for Claims Against the Seller’s Guarantor.
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9.10 |
The Purchaser agrees that it shall not be entitled to recover damages or obtain payment, reimbursement, restitution or indemnity, from Seller, to the extent that any amount thereof would be duplicative of amounts recovered or obtained by Purchaser in respect of any one shortfall, damage, deficiency, breach or other set of circumstances which give rise to one or more Claims. For this purpose, recovery by the relevant Group Company shall be deemed to be recovery by the Purchaser, in the amount by which such recovery by such Group Company reduces or eliminates the loss suffered by Purchaser.
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9.11 |
This Clause 9 applies notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary and shall not cease to have effect as a consequence of any rescission or termination of any other provisions of this Agreement.
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9.12 |
The limitations on the liability of the Seller set out in this Clause 9 shall not apply to the extent that the Claim is in respect of the fraud of the Seller.
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10. |
PURCHASER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
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10.1 |
The Purchaser warrants and represents to the Seller in the terms of the warranties set out in Schedule 4.
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10.2 |
The Purchaser acknowledges that it has been given an opportunity to carry out an investigation into the affairs of each Group Company and warrants to the Seller and the Seller’s Guarantor that none of the officers of the Purchaser has actual knowledge of any matter or thing which, at the date of this Agreement is known by such officer to constitute a breach of any representation or warranty given by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement.
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10.3 |
The Purchaser undertakes to the Seller that it shall, and shall procure that its group undertakings shall preserve for a period of at least seven years from Completion all books, records and documents of or relating to the Group existing at Completion. The Purchaser shall permit and allow and shall procure that its group undertakings shall permit and allow, upon reasonable notice (and in any event on 7 days’ written notice) and during normal business hours, the employees, agents and professional advisers of the Seller access to such books, records and documents and to inspect and make copies of them.
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10.4 |
Subject to the following provisions of this Clause, if at any time after the date of this Agreement, the Seller and/or the Seller’s Guarantor wishes to insure against its liabilities in respect of any Claims the Purchaser shall and shall procure that each Group Company shall provide such information in relation to this Agreement and the Group Companies as a prospective insurer or insurance broker may require before effecting the insurance. The Seller and/or the Seller’s Guarantor, as the case may be, shall bear the reasonable costs of the provision of such information. The Purchaser and each Group Company is under no obligation to provide such information if the insurer or insurance broker has failed to undertake to keep such information confidential or the disclosure of such information is prohibited by law or regulation.
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11. |
TERMINATION
|
11.1 |
The termination of this Agreement shall not affect:
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11.1.1 |
any rights or obligations which have accrued or become due prior to the date of termination; and
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11.1.2 |
the continued existence and validity of the rights and obligations of the Parties under any provision which is expressly or by implication intended to continue in force after termination (together with those Clauses necessary for their interpretation) including this Clause and Clauses 12, 14, 15 and 16.
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12. |
GUARANTEE
|
12.1 |
The Seller’s Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Purchaser the punctual discharge by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement (including its liabilities to pay damages, agreed or otherwise under this Agreement).
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12.2 |
The Seller’s Guarantor warrants to the Purchaser in the terms of the warranties set out in Schedule 5. The provisions of Clause 9 shall apply in respect of all the warranties given by the Seller’s Guarantor under this Clause and for these purposes, references made to “Seller” shall be substituted by “Seller’s Guarantor” and “Claim” shall include a claim by the Purchaser against the Seller’s Guarantor in respect of these warranties.
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13. |
MISCELLANEOUS
|
13.1 |
Subject to the remaining provisions of this Clause 13.1, no Party shall release any announcement or despatch any announcement or circular, relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, unless the other Party has been given a reasonable opportunity to comment on the content to be included in such announcement or circular. Nothing in this Clause 13.1 shall prohibit any Party from making any announcement or despatching any circular as required by law or regulation or any regulatory body or the rules of any stock exchange.
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13.2 |
The Purchaser shall at the Seller’s request use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and supply such information and reports concerning any Group Company as may be required by the Seller to comply with any applicable law or regulation or the rules of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores), Madrid Stock Exchange (Bolsa De Madrid), US Securities and Exchange Commission or NASDAQ as to any continuing obligations or circular to be published by the Seller or any announcement required to be made in relation to this Agreement or any matter contemplated by it.
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13.3 |
Each Party undertakes to the other that, subject to Clause 13.4, unless the prior written consent of the other Party shall first have been obtained it shall, and shall procure that its officers, employees, advisers and agents shall keep confidential and shall not by failure to exercise due care or otherwise by any act or omission disclose to any person whatever, or use or exploit commercially for its or their own purposes, any of the confidential information of the other Party. For the purposes of this Clause 13.3, “Confidential Information” is the contents of this Agreement and any other agreement or arrangement contemplated by this Agreement and:
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13.3.1 |
information of whatever nature concerning the business, finances, assets, liabilities, dealings, transactions, know-how, customers, suppliers, processes or affairs of the other Party, or any of its group undertakings from time to time; and
|
13.3.2 |
any information which is expressly indicated to be confidential in relation to the Party disclosing it (or in relation to any of its group undertakings from time to time),
|
13.4 |
The consent referred to in Clause 13.3 shall not be required for disclosure by a Party of any Confidential Information:
|
13.4.1 |
to its officers, employees, advisers and agents, in each case, as may be contemplated by this Agreement or, to the extent required to enable such Party to carry out its obligations under this Agreement and who shall in each case be made aware by such Party of its obligations under this Clause and shall be required by such Party to observe the same restrictions on the use of the relevant information as are contained in Clause 13.3, provided that such Party shall be responsible for any violation of Clause 13.3 by any such officer, employee, adviser or agent;
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13.4.2 |
subject to Clause 13.5, to the extent required by applicable law or by the regulations of any stock exchange or regulatory authority to which such Party is or may become subject or pursuant to any order of court or other competent authority or tribunal;
|
13.4.3 |
to the extent that the relevant Confidential Information is in the public domain otherwise than by breach of this Agreement by any Party;
|
13.4.4 |
which is disclosed to such Party by a third party who is not in breach of any undertaking or duty as to confidentiality whether express or implied;
|
13.4.5 |
which that Party lawfully possessed prior to obtaining it from another, provided that this exception shall not apply to information concerning the Group in relation to the period before Completion;
|
13.4.6 |
to any professional advisers to the disclosing party who are bound to the disclosing party by a duty of confidence which applies to any information disclosed; or
|
13.4.7 |
to the other Party to this Agreement or pursuant to its terms.
|
13.5 |
If a Party becomes required, in circumstances contemplated by Clause 13.4.2, to disclose any information such Party shall (save to the extent prohibited by law) give to the other Party such notice as is practical in the circumstances of such disclosure and shall co-operate with the other Party, having due regard to the other Party’s views, and take such steps as the other Party may reasonably require in order to enable it to mitigate the effects of, or avoid the requirements for, any such disclosure.
|
13.6 |
Nothing in the Agreement or in any document referred to in it shall constitute the Parties a partner of any other, nor shall the execution, completion and implementation of this Agreement confer on either Party any power to bind or impose any obligations to any third parties on the other Party or to pledge the credit of the other Party.
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13.7 |
Subject to Clauses 13.8 and 13.9, no Party may assign its rights under this Agreement.
|
13.8 |
The benefit of this Agreement may be assigned by any Party to its wholly owned subsidiaries provided that:
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(A) |
the assignor shall remain liable for its obligations under this Agreement; and
|
(B) |
if at any time such assignee ceases to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the relevant original contracting party then before it ceases to be so, the original contracting Party and the assignee shall each be under a duty to procure an assignment of the benefit of this Agreement back to the original contracting party.
|
13.9 |
The rights of the Purchaser under this Agreement can be assigned by the Purchaser to AAGES or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof prior to Completion (without prejudice to the obligation of Purchaser to acquire the shares being transferred under this Agreement from the Seller) provided, however, that no such assignment shall relieve the Purchaser of any of its obligations under this Agreement.
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13.10 |
No term of this Agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a Party to this Agreement.
|
13.11 |
Each of the Parties to this Agreement confirms on behalf of itself and its Affiliates that this Agreement, together with the SPA and the agreements referenced therein, represents the entire understanding, and constitutes the whole agreement, in relation to its subject matter and supersedes any previous agreement between the Parties with respect thereto and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, excludes any warranty, condition or other undertaking implied at law or by custom, usage or course of dealing.
|
13.12 |
Each Party confirms on behalf of itself and its group undertakings that:
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13.12.1 |
in entering into this Agreement it has not relied on any representation, warranty, assurance, covenant, indemnity, undertaking or commitment which is not expressly set out or referred to in this Agreement; and
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13.12.2 |
in any event, without prejudice to any liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or fraudulent misstatement, the only rights or remedies in relation to any representation, warranty, assurance, covenant, indemnity, undertaking or commitment given or action taken in connection with this Agreement are those pursuant to this Agreement and no Party has any other right or remedy (whether by way of a claim for contribution or otherwise) in tort (including negligence) or for misrepresentation (whether negligent or otherwise, and whether made prior to, or in, this Agreement).
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13.13 |
If any provision or part of this Agreement is void or unenforceable due to any applicable law, it shall be deemed to be deleted and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
|
13.14 |
So far as it remains to be performed this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after Completion. The rights and remedies of the Parties shall not be affected by Completion.
|
13.15 |
The rights and remedies of the Parties shall not be affected by any failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy or by the giving of any indulgence by any other Party or by anything whatsoever except a specific waiver or release in writing and any such waiver or release shall not prejudice or affect any other rights or remedies of the Parties. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
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13.16 |
No variation of this Agreement (or any of the documents referred to in it) shall be valid unless it is in writing (which, for this purpose, does not include email) and signed by or on behalf of each of the Parties. The expression “variation” includes any variation, supplement, deletion or replacement however effected.
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13.17 |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the Parties to it on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original but all the counterparts together constitute one instrument.
|
13.18 |
Every payment payable by the Purchaser under this Agreement shall be made in full without any set-off or counterclaim howsoever arising and shall be free and clear of, and without deduction of, or withholding for or on account of, any amount which is due and payable by the Seller under this Agreement.
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13.19 |
The Parties shall pay their own costs in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and any matter contemplated by it.
|
13.20 |
This Agreement was negotiated in English and, to be valid, all certificates, notices, communications and other documents made in connection with it shall be in English. If all or any part of this Agreement or any such certificate, notice, communication or other document is for any reason translated into any language other than English the English text shall prevail. Each of the Parties understands English and is content for all communications relating to this Agreement to be served on it in English.
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14. |
NOTICES
|
14.1 |
A notice (including any approval, consent or other communication) in connection with this Agreement and the documents referred to in it:
|
14.1.1 |
must be in writing;
|
14.1.2 |
must be left at or delivered by courier to the address of the addressee or sent by pre-paid recorded delivery (airmail if posted to or from a place outside the country of delivery) to the address of the addressee or sent by facsimile to the facsimile number of the addressee in each case which is specified in this Clause in relation to the Party to whom the notice is addressed, and marked for the attention of the person so specified, or to such other address or facsimile number or marked for the attention of such other person, as the relevant Party may from time to time specify by notice given in accordance with this Clause.
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ADDRESS:
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48 BOULEVARD GRANDE-DUCHESSE CHARLOTTE
L-1330, LUXEMBOURG
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FACSIMILE:
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+352 26 34 36 66
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ATTENTION:
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MR. CHRISTIAN ANDERS DIGEMOSE
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ADDRESS:
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MANUEL POMBO ANGULO 20
28050 MADRID
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FACSIMILE:
|
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ATTENTION:
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MR. DANIEL ALAMINOS ECHARRI AND MS. MERCEDES DOMECQ
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ATTENTION:
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354 DAVIS ROAD, SUITE 100
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO
L6J 2X1, CANADA
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FACSIMILE:
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(905) 465-4540
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ATTENTION:
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
|
14.1.3 |
must not be sent by electronic mail.
|
14.2 |
In the absence of evidence of earlier receipt, any notice shall take effect from the time that it is deemed to be received in accordance with Clause 14.3.
|
14.3 |
Subject to Clause 14.4, a notice is deemed to be received:
|
14.3.1 |
in the case of a notice left at the address of the addressee, upon delivery at that address;
|
14.3.2 |
in the case of a posted letter, on the third day after posting or, if posted to or from a place outside the United Kingdom, the seventh day after posting; and
|
14.3.3 |
in the case of a facsimile, on production of a transmission report from the machine from which the facsimile was sent which indicates that the facsimile was sent in its entirety to the facsimile number of the recipient.
|
14.4 |
A notice received or deemed to be received in accordance with Clause 14.1 above on a day which is not a Business Day, or after 5pm on any Business Day, shall be deemed to be received on the next following Business Day.
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15. |
GOVERNING LAW
|
16. |
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
|
16.1 |
Each Party irrevocably agrees that the Courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
|
16.2 |
Each Party irrevocably waives any right that it may have to object to an action being brought in those courts, to claim that the action has been brought in an inconvenient forum, or to claim that those courts do not have jurisdiction.
|
16.3 |
Regardless of whether the courts of any country other than England have jurisdiction to consider a dispute falling within Clause 16 each Party irrevocably undertakes that it will neither issue nor cause to be issued originating or other process in respect to such a dispute in any jurisdiction other than England.
|
16.4 |
In the event that any Party commences an action in the courts of any country other than England (a “foreign action”), the Party which commenced the foreign action shall indemnify the other Party in respect of any and all costs and liabilities which it has incurred in connection with the foreign action, whether or not those costs and liabilities would be recoverable apart from the provisions of this Clause.
|
16.5 |
Each Party agrees that without preventing any other mode of service, any document in an action (including, a claim form or any other document to be served under the Civil Procedure Rules may be served on any Party by being delivered to or left for that Party at its address for service of notices under Clause 14 and each Party undertakes to maintain such an address at all times in the United Kingdom and to notify the other Parties in advance of any change from time to time of the details of such address in accordance with the manner prescribed for service of notices under Clause 14.
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Registered number:
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08818211
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Company status:
|
public limited company
|
Registered office:
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Great West House (GW1)
Great West Road
Brentford
Middlesex, Greater London
United Kingdom
TW8 9DF
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Issued share capital:
|
US$10,021,726 divided into 100,217,260 shares each with a nominal value of US$0.10
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Directors:
|
Mr Daniel Villalba Vila
Mr Santiago Seage
Mr Joaquin Fernandez de Pierola
Mr María J. Esteruelas
Mr Jack Robinson
Mr Robert Dove
Mr Andrea Brentan
Mr Francisco J. Martínez
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Secretary (if any):
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Ms Irene M. Hernandez
|
Auditors:
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Deloitte LLP
|
Outstanding charges:
|
17
|
1. |
The Seller shall deliver a copy of or extracts from the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Seller authorising the Seller to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, certified to be a true and complete copy or extract by a director or the secretary of the Seller.
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2. |
The Seller shall procure that the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares are credited through the facilities and in accordance with the procedures of DTC to an account or accounts designated by the Purchaser.
|
3. |
The Seller shall deliver written evidence, acceptable to Purchaser, of the release of the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares from any and all Encumbrances, prior to or upon payment of the Consideration by Purchaser in the manner provided in the Agreement.
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4. |
If the aggregate number shares purchased under this Agreement represents at least twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the Company’s issued share capital, the Seller or the Seller’s Guarantor shall deliver the written voluntary resignation of the appointee from the board of directors of the Company appointed by the Seller’s Guarantor, effective at Completion.
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5. |
The Seller shall deliver executed power(s) of attorney in favour of the Purchaser or as it directs in the agreed form, and such duly executed waivers or consents as may be required to give a good title to the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares to the Purchaser or as it directs and to enable the Purchaser or other such person to be registered as the holder of the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares and, pending registration, to exercise all voting and other rights attaching to the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares. For avoidance of doubt, such power of attorney shall not be effective until all Encumbrances on the Applicable Option Shares or Applicable ROFR Shares are released and the Completion has occurred.
|
1. |
Deliver to the Seller a copy of or extracts from the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Purchaser authorising the Purchaser to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, certified to be a true and complete copy or extract by a director or the secretary of the Purchaser as appropriate.
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2. |
Pay by electronic transfer to the account of the Persons entitled thereto under clause 3.1 the Consideration before 4:00 p.m. on the date of Completion or such later time as the Seller may agree, which shall constitute a valid discharge of the Purchaser’s obligations under Clause 3.1.
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3. |
Deliver to the Company a statement from any individual who, on completion, will become a registrable person in relation to the Company within the meaning of section 790c of the 2006 Act confirming that person’s required particulars in accordance with section 790M(9) of the 2006 Act.
|
1. |
Title to Shares
|
2. |
Incorporation
|
3. |
Corporate power and authority
|
4. |
Due authorisation, execution and delivery
|
5. |
No breach
|
5.1 |
result in a breach of or conflict with any provision of the constitutional documents of the Seller or any Group Company;
|
5.2 |
result in a material breach of, constitute a material default under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation, the loss of a material benefit, or any material restriction (including on the ability of any Group Company to declare or pay any dividend or distribution) under, any instrument or material agreement to which Seller or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any Group Company is a party or by which Seller or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any Group Company is bound; or
|
5.3 |
result in a breach of any applicable laws or regulations or of any order, decree or judgment of any court or any governmental or regulatory authority in any jurisdiction.
|
6. |
Consents
|
7. |
Proceedings
|
7.1 |
outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of any governmental or regulatory body or arbitration tribunal against or affecting the Seller;
|
7.2 |
lawsuits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened against or affecting the Seller; or
|
7.3 |
investigations by any governmental or regulatory body which are pending or threatened against the Seller or any of its group undertakings, so far as the Seller is aware,
|
8. |
Solvency
|
9. |
No Stamp Duty
|
10. |
Contracts and transactions with any Group Company
|
11. |
Liabilities of Seller and its Affiliates
|
12. |
Ethical business practices
|
13. |
Brokers’ fees
|
14. |
Intercompany Accounts
|
1. |
Incorporation
|
2. |
Corporate power and authority
|
3. |
Due authorisation, execution and delivery
|
4. |
No breach
|
4.1 |
result in a breach of or conflict with any provision of its constitutional documents;
|
4.2 |
result in a material breach of, or constitute a material default under, any instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound; or
|
4.3 |
result in a breach of any applicable laws or regulations or of any order, decree or judgment of any court or any governmental or regulatory authority in any jurisdiction, in each case as applicable to and binding on Purchaser.
|
5. |
Consents
|
6. |
Proceedings
|
6.1 |
outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of any governmental or regulatory body or arbitration tribunal against or affecting the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates;
|
6.2 |
lawsuits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against or affecting the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates; or
|
6.3 |
investigations by any governmental or regulatory body which are pending or threatened against the Purchaser or any of its group undertakings, so far as the Purchaser is aware, which, in each case, has or could have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other agreements entered into pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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7. |
Solvency
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1. |
Incorporation
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2. |
Corporate power and authority
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3. |
Due authorisation, execution and delivery
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4. |
No breach
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4.1 |
result in a breach of or conflict with any provision of its constitutional documents;
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4.2 |
result in a material breach of, or constitute a material default under, any instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound; or
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4.3 |
result in a breach of any applicable laws or regulations or of any order, decree or judgment of any court or any governmental or regulatory authority in any jurisdiction, in each case as applicable to and binding on the Seller’s Guarantor.
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5. |
Consents
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6. |
Proceedings
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6.1 |
outstanding judgments, orders, injunctions or decrees of any governmental or regulatory body or arbitration tribunal against or affecting the Seller’s Guarantor or any of its Affiliates;
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6.2 |
lawsuits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller’s Guarantor, threatened against or affecting the Seller’s Guarantor or any of its Affiliates; or
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6.3 |
investigations by any governmental or regulatory body which are pending or threatened against the Seller’s Guarantor or any of its group undertakings, so far as the Seller’s Guarantor is aware, which, in each case, has or could have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller’s Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other agreements entered into pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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7. |
Solvency
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8. |
Contracts and transactions with any Group Company
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9. |
Ethical business practices
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10. |
Brokers’ fees
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11. |
Defaults by any Group Company
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1. |
In this Agreement each of the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
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2. |
In this Agreement, words and expressions defined in the 2006 Act shall bear the same meaning as in that act unless expressly stated otherwise.
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3. |
In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise requires:
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3.1 |
any reference to this Agreement includes the Schedules to it each of which forms part of this Agreement for all purposes;
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3.2 |
a reference to an enactment, EU instrument or statutory provision shall include a reference to any subordinate legislation made under the relevant enactment, EU instrument or statutory provision and is a reference to that enactment, EU instrument, statutory provision or subordinate legislation as from time to time amended or modified and to any enactment, EU instrument, statutory provision or subordinate legislation that from time to time (with or without modifications) re-enacts, replaces, consolidates, incorporates or reproduces it;
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3.3 |
words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;
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3.4 |
references to one gender include other genders;
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3.5 |
a reference to a person shall include a reference to a firm, a body corporate, an unincorporated association, a partnership or to an individual's executors or administrators;
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3.6 |
a reference to a Clause, paragraph, Schedule (other than to a schedule to a statutory provision) shall be a reference to a Clause, paragraph, Schedule (as the case may be) of or to this Agreement;
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3.7 |
if a period of time is specified as from a given day, or from the day of an act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that day;
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3.8 |
references to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall in respect of any jurisdiction other than England be deemed to include what most nearly approximates the English legal term in that jurisdiction and references to any English statute or enactment shall be deemed to include any equivalent or analogous laws or rules in any other jurisdiction.
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3.9 |
a person shall be deemed to be connected with another if that person is connected with another within the meaning of section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010;
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3.10 |
references to writing shall include any modes of reproducing words in any legible form and shall include email except where expressly stated otherwise;
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3.11 |
a reference to a balance sheet or profit and loss account shall include a reference to any note forming part of it;
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3.12 |
a reference to "includes" or "including" shall mean "includes without limitation" or "including without limitation";
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3.13 |
references to documents "in the agreed terms" or any similar expression shall be to documents agreed between the Parties, annexed to this Agreement and initialled for identification by the Sellers and the Purchaser;
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3.14 |
the headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect its interpretation; and
|
3.15 |
references to this Agreement include this Agreement as amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms.
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SIGNED for and on behalf of
ACIL LUXCO 1, S.A.
a company incorporated in Luxembourg,
acting by Christian Anders Digemose,
who, in accordance with the laws of that
territory, is acting under the authority of
the Seller
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/s/ Christian Anders Digemose
(Signature of authorised person)
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SIGNED BY Ian Robertson and Chris Jarratt
for and on behalf of
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
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/s/ Ian Robertson
(Signature of authorised person)
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/s/ Chris Jarratt
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(Signature of authorised person)
|
SIGNED BY Gonzalo Urquijo and
Joaquín Fernández de Piérola
for and on behalf of
ABENGOA, S.A.
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/s/ Gonzalo Urquijo
(Signature of authorised person)
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/s/ Joaquín Fernández de Piérola
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(Signature of authorised person)
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Page
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ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION
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1
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ARTICLE 2 GOVERNANCE; DIVIDENDS
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6
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ARTICLE 3 CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OF COMPANY SECURITIES
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8
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ARTICLE 4 STANDSTILL
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11
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ARTICLE 5 SUPPORTING COMMITMENTS
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13
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ARTICLE 6 INFORMATION RIGHTS
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14
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ARTICLE 7 INVESTOR PARTY REPRESENTATIVE
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14
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ARTICLE 8 TERM AND TERMINATION
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15
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ARTICLE 9 CONFIDENTIALITY
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17
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ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS
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17
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A. |
AAGES is a global utility infrastructure company jointly owned by a Subsidiary of AQN and a Subsidiary of Abengoa, S.A. (“ABG”).
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B. |
As of the Effective Date, a Subsidiary of AAGES shall acquire from ACIL Luxco 1, S.A., a company incorporated in Luxembourg (“ABG Seller”), and shall own that number of issued ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the capital of the Company representing twenty-five per cent (25%) of the Company’s issued share capital (collectively, the “Initial Shares”).
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C. |
AQN holds an option and right of first refusal pursuant to which it (or its assignee) may acquire from ABG Seller any or all additional issued ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the capital of the Company owned by ABG Seller as of the date hereof, which as of the date hereof represent approximately sixteen point forty seven per cent (16.47%) of the Company’s issued share capital, together with any shares into which or for which any or all of such shares may be changed or exchanged in connection with any change in the Company’s capital stock by reason of any split-up, reclassification, recapitalization, combination, exchange or similar occurrence (collectively, the “Option Shares”).
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D. |
Upon the date hereof an effective upon the Effective Date, each of AQN and AAGES is entering into a separate right of first offer agreement with the Company, pursuant to which AQN and AAGES are granting to the Company certain rights with respect to certain infrastructure assets constructed from time to time by AQN or its Subsidiaries (other than AAGES and its Subsidiaries) or AAGES or its Subsidiaries, respectively, and in connection with the foregoing, the Parties desire to set forth certain additional agreements as to the relationship between AQN, AAGES, and their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand.
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E. |
In connection with the foregoing, the Parties desire to set forth certain rights and obligations of the Parties. The Parties acknowledge and agree that it is not the purpose of this Agreement or the rights contemplated hereby to grant, nor the intent of the Investor Parties to acquire (individually or collectively) pursuant to such rights, directly or indirectly, Control over the Company.
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Address:
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Atlantica Yield plc
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Great West House, 17th Floor. GW1 Great West Road
|
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Brentford – TW8 9DF (United Kingdom)
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email:
|
santiago.seage@atlanticayield.com
|
Attention:
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
Address:
|
Atlantica Yield plc
|
Great West House, 17th Floor. GW1 Great West Road
|
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Brentford – TW8 9DF (United Kingdom)
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Email:
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irene.hernandez@atlanticayield.com
|
Attention:
|
Chief Legal Officer
|
Address:
|
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
|
354 Davis Road, Suite 100
|
|
Oakville, Ontario L6J 2X1
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Canada
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email:
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Ian.Robertson@APUCorp.com
|
Attention:
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
Address:
|
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
|
354 Davis Road, Suite 100
|
|
Oakville, Ontario L6J 2X1
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Canada
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|
Email:
|
Jennifer.Tindale@APUCorp.com
|
Attention:
|
Chief Legal Officer
|
Address:
|
Husch Blackwell LLP
|
4801 Main Street, Suite 1000
|
|
Kansas City, MO 64112
|
|
United States of America
|
|
Email:
|
jim.goettsch@huschblackwell.com
|
Attention:
|
James G. Goettsch
|
SIGNED BY Daniel Villalba and Santiago Seage
|
|
for and on behalf of
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/s/ Daniel Villalba
|
ATLANTICA YIELD PLC
|
(Signature of authorised person)
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/s/ Santiago Seage
|
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(Signature of authorised person)
|
|
SIGNED BY Ian Robertson and Chris Jarratt
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/s/ Ian Robertson
|
for and on behalf of
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(Signature of authorised person)
|
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
|
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/s/ Chris Jarratt
|
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(Signature of authorised person)
|
|
SIGNED BY J. Fernandez De Pierola
|
|
and B. van Dijk for and on behalf of
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/s/ J. Fernanded De Pierola
|
ABENGOA-ALGONQUIN
|
(Signature of authorised person)
|
GLOBAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS B.V.
|
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/s/ B. van Dijk
|
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(Signature of authorised person)
|
Resigning Directors
|
Investor Party Designees
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||
Joaquin Fernandez de Piérola Marin
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Ian E. Robertson
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||
Santiago Seage
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Christopher K. Jarratt
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section 1.01
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Defined Terms
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1
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Section 1.02
|
Classification of Loans
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12
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Section 1.03
|
Terms Generally
|
12
|
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Section 1.04
|
Accounting Terms; GAAP
|
13
|
|
Section 1.05
|
Currency
|
13
|
|
Section 1.06
|
Time is of the Essence
|
13
|
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Section 1.07
|
Schedules and Exhibits
|
13
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ARTICLE II TERM CREDIT FACILITY
|
13
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Section 2.01
|
Total Commitment
|
13
|
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Section 2.02
|
Loans
|
14
|
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Section 2.03
|
Request for Loans
|
14
|
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Section 2.04
|
[Intentionally Deleted]
|
15
|
|
Section 2.05
|
[Intentionally Deleted]
|
15
|
|
Section 2.06
|
Conversion/Continuation of Loans
|
15
|
|
Section 2.07
|
Termination and Reduction of Total Commitment/ Increase of Total Commitment
|
16
|
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Section 2.08
|
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
|
16
|
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Section 2.09
|
Prepayment of Loans
|
16
|
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Section 2.10
|
Fees
|
17
|
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Section 2.11
|
Interest
|
17
|
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Section 2.12
|
Alternate Rate of Interest
|
18
|
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Section 2.13
|
Increased Costs
|
18
|
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Section 2.14
|
Break Funding Payments
|
19
|
|
Section 2.15
|
Taxes
|
20
|
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Section 2.16
|
Payments Generally
|
21
|
|
Section 2.17
|
[Intentionally Deleted]
|
21
|
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
22
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Section 3.01
|
Organization; Powers
|
22
|
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Section 3.02
|
Authorization; Enforceability
|
23
|
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Section 3.03
|
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
|
23
|
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Section 3.04
|
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
|
23
|
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Section 3.05
|
Properties
|
23
|
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Section 3.06
|
Litigation and Environmental Matters
|
23
|
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Section 3.07
|
Compliance with Laws
|
24
|
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Section 3.08
|
Taxes
|
24
|
|
Section 3.09
|
Disclosure
|
24
|
|
Section 3.10
|
Patriot Act, Etc
|
24
|
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Section 3.11
|
Requirements of Law
|
25
|
|
Section 3.12
|
GAAP
|
25
|
|
Section 3.13
|
Insurance
|
25
|
|
Section 3.14
|
Solvency
|
25
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Section 3.15
|
Expropriation
|
25
|
|
Section 3.16
|
Subsidiaries
|
25
|
|
Section 3.17
|
Collective Bargaining
|
25
|
|
Section 3.18
|
Pension Plans
|
26
|
|
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
|
26
|
||
Section 4.01
|
Effective Date
|
26
|
|
Section 4.02
|
Drawdown Date
|
27
|
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
|
27
|
||
Section 5.01
|
Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information
|
27
|
|
Section 5.02
|
Notices of Material Events
|
29
|
|
Section 5.03
|
Existence; Conduct of Business
|
29
|
|
Section 5.04
|
Payment of Obligations
|
29
|
|
Section 5.05
|
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
|
29
|
|
Section 5.06
|
Books and Records; Inspection Rights
|
29
|
|
Section 5.07
|
Compliance with Laws
|
30
|
|
Section 5.08
|
Use of Proceeds
|
30
|
|
Section 5.09
|
Accuracy Of Information
|
30
|
|
Section 5.10
|
Debt to Capitalization Ratio
|
30
|
|
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
|
30
|
||
Section 6.01
|
Secured Indebtedness
|
30
|
|
Section 6.02
|
Fundamental Changes
|
31
|
|
Section 6.03
|
Business
|
31
|
|
Section 6.04
|
Swap Agreements
|
31
|
|
Section 6.05
|
Restricted Payments
|
32
|
|
Section 6.06
|
Transactions with Affiliates
|
32
|
|
Section 6.07
|
Disposition of Property
|
32
|
|
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
32
|
||
Section 7.01
|
Default
|
32
|
|
Section 7.02
|
Remedies
|
35
|
|
ARTICLE VIII THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS
|
35
|
||
Section 8.01
|
Authorization and Action
|
35
|
|
Section 8.02
|
No Liability
|
36
|
|
Section 8.03
|
Accommodations by Administrative Agent
|
37
|
|
Section 8.04
|
Payments
|
37
|
|
Section 8.05
|
Credit Decisions
|
37
|
|
Section 8.06
|
Indemnification
|
37
|
|
Section 8.07
|
No Implied Liability to Other Lenders
|
38
|
|
Section 8.08
|
Successor Administrative Agents
|
38
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS
|
38
|
||
Section 9.01
|
Notices
|
38
|
|
Section 9.02
|
Waivers; Amendments
|
40
|
|
Section 9.03
|
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
|
40
|
|
Section 9.04
|
Successors and Assigns
|
41
|
|
Section 9.05
|
Survival
|
44
|
|
Section 9.06
|
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
|
45
|
|
Section 9.07
|
Severability
|
45
|
|
Section 9.08
|
Right of Setoff
|
45
|
|
Section 9.10
|
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
|
46
|
|
Section 9.11
|
Headings
|
46
|
|
Section 9.12
|
Confidentiality
|
47
|
|
Section 9.13
|
USA PATRIOT Act
|
47
|
SCHEDULE 1.01(A) – COMMITMENTS
|
1
|
SCHEDULE 1.01(B) – LIST OF MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES
|
2
|
SCHEDULE 3.06 – DISCLOSED MATTERS
|
3
|
SCHEDULE 3.16 – ALGONQUIN ORGANIZATION CHART
|
4
|
EXHIBIT A – FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
|
5
|
EXHIBIT B – FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
|
7
|
EXHIBIT C – FORM OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION NOTICE
|
9
|
EXHIBIT D – FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
|
11
|
Senior
Debt
Rating
(S&P /
DBRS)
|
U.S. Base
Rate Loan
|
LIBOR
Loan
|
Standby
Fee
|
||||
> A- / A (low)
|
0 bps
|
80 bps
|
16 bps
|
||||
BBB+ / BBB (high)
|
0 bps
|
100 bps
|
20 bps
|
||||
BBB / BBB
|
20 bps
|
120 bps
|
24 bps
|
||||
BBB- / BBB (low)
|
45 bps
|
145 bps
|
29 bps
|
||||
<BBB- / BBB (low)
|
100 bps
|
200 bps
|
40 bps
|
(A) |
if to the Borrower:
|
Address: |
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
|
Attention: |
General Counsel
|
Telecopy No.:
|
(905) 465-4540
|
(B) |
if to the Administrative Agent:
|
(i) |
With respect to the Borrowing Request and notices under Section 2.06 or Section 2.07:
|
Address: |
The Bank of Nova Scotia
|
Attention: |
Team Leader or Senior Loan Officer
|
Telecopy No.:
|
(416) 866-5991
|
(ii) |
With respect to all other notices and communications:
|
Address: |
The Bank of Nova Scotia
|
Attention: |
Director
|
Telecopy No.:
|
(416) 350-1161
|
Telephone: |
(416) 866-6911
|
(A) |
the proposed assignee is itself already a Lender, or
|
(B) |
the proposed assignee is a bank whose senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced, long term debt is rated at least A3, A- or A low by at least two Rating Agencies, respectively;
|
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Ian Robertson
|
||
Name:
|
Ian Robertson | ||
Title:
|
Chief Executive Officer | ||
By:
|
/s/ David Bronicheski
|
||
Name:
|
David Bronicheski | ||
Title:
|
Chief Financial Officer |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Administrative Agent
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Kirt Millwood
|
||
Name:
|
Kirt Millwood | ||
Title:
|
Managing Director | ||
By:
|
/s/ Matthew Hartnoll
|
||
Name:
|
Matthew Hartnoll | ||
Title:
|
Director |
The Bank of Nova Scotia
|
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Lender
|
||
Corporate Banking - Power &
|
|||
Utilities, Global Banking and
|
|||
Markets 40 King Street West,
|
By:
|
/s/ Kirt Millwood
|
|
Scotia Plaza
|
Name:
|
Kirt Millwood | |
55th Floor
|
Title:
|
Managing Director | |
Toronto, Ontario M5H 1H1
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Matthew Hartnoll
|
||
Attention: Director
|
Name: Matthew Hartnoll
|
||
Telecopy No.: (416) 350-1161
|
Title: Director
|
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
|
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF
|
|
Corporate Banking, Project Finance, | COMMERCE, as Lender | |
Infrastructure, Power & Utilities
|
||
161 Bay Street, 8th Floor
|
||
Toronto, ON M5J 2T3
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Peter A. Mastromarini
|
|
Attention: Siddharth Samarth
|
Name: Peter A. Mastromarini
|
|
Telecopy No.: (416) 956-3870
|
Title: Managing Director
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Viktorlya Gruzylska
|
|
Name: Viktorlya Gruzylska
|
||
Title: Executive Director
|
The Bank of Nova Scotia
|
U.S. $300,000,000
|
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
|
U.S. $300,000,000
|
Attention: |
Team Leader or Senior Loan Officer
|
Facsimile: |
(416) 866-5991
|
(a) |
The requested date of advance is [ ], which is the scheduled closing date for the Atlantica Acquisition.
|
(b) |
The account of the Borrower to which the funds are to be disbursed is [ ]
|
(c) |
The advance is to consist of:
|
[ ] |
U.S. Base Rate Loans aggregating U.S. $ [ ]
|
[ ] |
LIBOR Loans aggregating U.S. $ [ ], the LIBOR Period for which will be [ ] months with a maturity date of [ ]
|
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
TO: |
The Bank of Nova Scotia (the “Administrative Agent”)
|
RE: |
Term Credit Agreement made as of December 21, 2017 between (i) The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Administrative Agent, (ii) the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereto, as Lenders, and (iii) Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a Canada corporation, as Borrower (the “Term Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Term Credit Agreement.
|
DATE: |
[ ]
|
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
Attention: |
Team Leader or Senior Loan Officer
|
Facsimile: |
(416) 866-5991
|
(a) |
The date for the conversion/continuation is to be [ ]
|
(b) |
The conversion/continuation is to be:
|
[ ] |
a conversion of U.S. Base Rate Loans in the aggregate amount of U.S. $ [ ] into LIBOR Loans, for which the LIBOR Period shall be [ ] months with a maturity date of [ ];
|
[ ] |
a continuation of LIBOR Loans in the aggregate amount of U.S.$ [ ] having a current maturity date of [ ], for which the new LIBOR Period shall be [ ] months with a maturity date of [ ];
|
[ ] |
a conversion of LIBOR Loans in the aggregate amount of U.S. $ [ ] into U.S. Base Rate Loans.
|
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
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Term Credit Agreement made as of December 21, 2017 between (i) The Bank of Nova Scotia, as “Administrative Agent”, (ii) the financial institutions listed on the signature pages, as “Lenders”, and (iii) Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a Canada corporation, as “Borrower”.
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