4.6Put Option
(a) Each Other Shareholder shall have the right (the “Put Option”) to require Mr. RLDthans Akira, aan wie toenmalig aandeelhouder in LDH ‘Mr. RLD’ op 3 maart 2008 al zijn aandelen heeft overgedragen, vzr.)
(or, if Mr. RLD no longer holds any Shares, his Permitted Transferees) to purchase (or to arrange for such purchase) some or all of the Shares, as applicable, (the “Put Shares”) held by such Other Shareholder:
(…)
(f) The “Put Option Price” shall be equal to a number calculated as the amount equal to (x) a fraction, (1) the numerator of which is the total number of Shares to be sold-by such Other Shareholder pursuant to the exercise of the Put Option and (ii) the denominator of which is the then total number of Shares of the
Company, (y) multiplied by the higher of (1) the Company’s consolidated shareholders equity (capitaux propres consolidés) as reflected in the latest available annual audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and (ii) the Fair Market Value (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any minority discount). For the purpose of this Section 4.6, the “Fair Market Value” shall be the fair market value of 100% of the Company based upon multicriteria valuation methodology (I) as agreed by all the Other Shareholders having exercised the Put Option in respect of any Put Exercise Period, on the one hand, and Mr. RLD, on the other hand, or, (ii) if no such agreement has been reached on or before ten (10) days after the expiration of such Put Exercise Period, as determined by an expert appointed jointly by such Other Shareholders, on the one hand, and Mr. RLD, on the other hand, or (iii) if such expert shall not have been so jointly appointed within fifteen (15) days after the expiration of the Put Exercise Period, as determined by an expert appointed by the President of the ICC International Center for Expertise upon the request of the most diligent party involved. Any expert so appointed, which shall be an internationally recognized investment bank, shall be required to notify the Fair Market Value to the Supervisory Board of the Company and all the Other Shareholders at the latest within 30 days after its appointment. The determination of the Fair Market Value in accordance with this Section 4.6(f) shall be final and binding with respect to such transfer upon the parties involved. The fees of the expert shall be paid by the Company (…)
(g) Mr. RLD shall purchase, and each Other Shareholder
exercising the Put Option shall sell, such number of Put Shares determined in accordance with this Section 4.6 for the Put Option Price, within six months after the determination of the Fair Market Value in accordance with Section 4.6(f) above; provided that, Mr. RLD shall be permitted to require the Company to purchase some or all of such Shares with (A) the prior express consent of each such Other Shareholder with respect to its Put Shares and (B) a resolution of the Shareholders Meeting adopted at a Shareholders Meeting adopted at a Shareholders Meeting by at least two-thirds of the votes cast.”
In artikel 5.11 van de Overeenkomst is bepaald dat Nederlands recht daarop van toepassing is.
Artikel 5.12 bevat een arbitrageclausule, inhoudend dat “
any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this agreement (…) shall be finally settled by arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the (…) ICC (…)”.