2.3Van belang zijn verder de volgende bepalingen in de Heads of Agreement:
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Article IConditions precedent SPA
1. The SPA will only be executed, and the payments to Creditors and/or the purchase provided for in the SPA will only take place upon the following conditions being met, notwithstanding other condition precedents to be concluded in the SPA typical for a transaction as provided for in this Heads of Agreement, including but not limited to the satisfactory outcome of a reasonable due diligence investigation [met geparafeerd bijschrift “by interCaribbean”; Hof] and the obtaining of required corporate approvals:
a. Sufficient comfort has been obtained from CCAA that the contemplated shareholders structure (including usufruct of the Government) will not lead to a withdrawal of the airline operating licenses(s) (AOC) by CCAA and
b. Acceptance of the payment plan for the pre-moratorium ordinary creditors whose claims have been registered and acknowledged by the Trustee by means of a Creditors Agreement (
schuldeisers akkoord) and termination of the moratorium of payment (
homologatie van het akkoord) and other known and unknown creditors (the “Creditors”),
c. A satisfactory agreement with the tax authorities for back taxes will have been confirmed in writing.
2. Upon the Transfer of the Shares, the Government usufruct will remain in place in order to satisfy local ownership requirements, until a satisfactory alternative will have been established by interCaribbean. Government is willing to release it insofar as local law allows.
Article IVCreditors, Assets and Claims
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13. Upon full and final acceptance of the Payment Plan, interCaribbean will contribute wet lease EMB120/ERI/145 to the Company’s operations and establish contact with the aviation authorities to bring the new aircraft types into operation on the Insel Air certificate.
Article VIISeparate instruments
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2. Immediately upon signing this Heads of Agreement parties will initiate the process of drafting the SPA and said separate instruments (…).
Article VIIIMiscellaneous
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3. This Heads of Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with Curacao law and parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent Court of First Instance of the Curaçao subject to ordinary appeal (
hoger beroep) and final appeal (
cassatie), in connection with any disputes arising under this Heads of Agreement. (…)
7. It is understood that in order to comply with legal requirements for court homologation of an creditors agreement, interCaribbean’s obligations will have to be sufficiently secured. Suitable security will be determined towards the creditors meeting.”