exchange or by the law of the state in which deliveries and other legal acts under property law relating to the Ordinary Shares can or must be made with the consent of such stock exchange.
Pursuant to Dutch law and the Articles of Association, the Ordinary Shares are freely transferable. The Ordinary Shares which are registered in the Loyalty Register to participate in the Company’s loyalty voting structure are subject to transfer restrictions.
For additional information on the Special Voting Shares, see the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023 under “Item 10.B—Memorandum and Articles of Association — Loyalty Voting Program—Terms and Conditions of the Special Voting Shares”.
Dividends and Other Distributions
Pursuant to Dutch law and the Articles of Association, the distribution of dividends will take place following the adoption of the annual accounts, from which the Company will determine whether such distribution is permitted. The Company may make distributions to its shareholders, whether from profits or from the Company’s freely distributable reserves, only insofar as the Company’s shareholders’ equity exceeds the sum of the paid-up and called-up share capital plus any reserves to be maintained by Dutch law or the Articles of Association.
The Board may resolve to reserve the profits or part of the profits. Any profits remaining after the reservation referred to in the previous sentence by the Board will first be applied to allocate and add to the dividend reserve for each class of Special Voting Shares an amount equal to 1% of the aggregate nominal value of all issued and outstanding Special Voting Shares of that class. The profits remaining after application of the preceding sentence will be at the disposal of the General Meeting, which may resolve to add the remaining profits to the reserves or distribute them to the holders of Ordinary Shares. Distributions of dividends will be made to the Company’s shareholders in proportion to the nominal value of their Ordinary Shares.
Pursuant to Dutch law and the Articles of Association, the Board or the General Meeting at the proposal of the Board are allowed to resolve upon interim distributions on Ordinary Shares. For this purpose, the Board must prepare an interim statement of assets and liabilities. Such interim statement shall show the Company’s financial position not earlier than on the first day of the third month before the month in which the resolution to make the interim distribution is announced. An interim dividend can only be paid if (i) an interim statement of assets and liabilities is drawn up showing that the funds available for distribution are sufficient, and (ii) the Company’s shareholders’ equity exceeds the sum of the paid-up and called-up share capital and any reserves to be maintained by Dutch law or the Articles of Association. Interim distributions may be made in cash and in kind (such as in the form of Ordinary Shares).
The General Meeting will at all times be allowed to overrule a binding nomination for the appointment of a Director by a simple majority of the votes cast, representing more than one-third of the Company’s issued share capital. If a majority of the votes are cast in favor of overruling the binding nomination, but that majority does not represent more than one third of the Company’s issued share capital, a new General Meeting may be convened at which the resolution to overrule the binding nomination may be adopted by a simple majority of the votes cast, regardless of the Company’s issued share capital represented by that majority.
In the event the binding nomination for the appointment of any Director other than the Sponsor Nominee is overruled, the Board is allowed to make a new binding nomination to fill the vacancy. In the event that also this binding nomination is overruled, the General Meeting shall be free to appoint a Director to fill the vacancy. In the event the binding nomination for the appointment of the Sponsor Nominee is overruled, the IIAC Sponsor may make a new binding nomination to fill the vacancy, provided that at the time of the convocation of the relevant General Meeting, the Sponsor Group satisfies the Minimum Holding Requirement.
Each Director is appointed for a term ending at the close of the first annual General Meeting following his or her appointment. Each Director may be reappointed.
The General Meeting may at all times suspend or dismiss a Director. Such resolution will require a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes cast, representing more than half of the Company’s issued share capital, or, if such resolution is proposed by the Board, by a simple majority of the votes cast, representing more than half of the Company’s issued share capital.
neither the Company nor its senior representatives shall be under any obligation to disclose any confidential or non-public information.
Reduction of Share Capital
The General Meeting may resolve to reduce the Company’s issued share capital by a cancellation of shares or by reducing the nominal value of the shares by amending the Articles of Association. A resolution to cancel shares may only relate to shares held by the Company itself or all issued shares of any class of Special Voting Shares. A resolution to cancel all issued shares of any class of Special Voting Shares will be subject to approval of the meeting of holders of such class of Special Voting Shares. Cancellation of a class of Special Voting Shares will take place without the repayment of the nominal value of the class of Special Voting Shares, which nominal value will be added to the special capital reserve.
Any reduction of the nominal value of the Ordinary Shares or a class of Special Voting Shares without repayment must be made pro rata on all such shares. Any reduction of the nominal value of the Special Voting Shares will take place without repayment.
A resolution of the General Meeting to reduce the share capital requires a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes cast at a General Meeting if less than half of the issued share capital is represented at the meeting. If half or more of the issued share capital is represented at the meeting, such resolution is adopted with a simple majority of the votes cast.
In addition, Dutch law contains detailed provisions regarding the reduction of share capital. A resolution to reduce the issued share capital shall not take effect before a two-month creditor opposition period has lapsed.
Squeeze Out
Pursuant to article 2:92a of the Dutch Civil Code, a shareholder who, for his or her own account, holds at least 95% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital may initiate proceedings against the other shareholders jointly for the transfer of their shares to the claimant. The proceedings are held before the Dutch Enterprise Chamber (Ondernemingskamer) and can be instituted by means of a writ of summons served upon each of the minority shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the Dutch Code of Civil procedure (Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering). The Dutch Enterprise Chamber may grant the claim for the squeeze-out in relation to all minority shareholders and will determine the price to be paid for the shares, if necessary after appointment of one to three expert(s) who will offer an opinion to the Dutch Enterprise Chamber on the value to be paid for the shares of the minority shareholders. Once the order to transfer becomes final before the Dutch Enterprise Chamber, the person acquiring the shares must give written notice of the date and place of payment and the price to the holders of the shares to be acquired whose addresses are known to him or her. Unless the addresses of all of them are known to the acquiring person, such person is required to publish the same in a Dutch national daily newspaper.