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Privileged and Confidential
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EXECUTION COPY
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ARTICLE I ISSUANCE, SALE AND PURCHASE
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Section 1.1
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Issuance, Sale and Purchase of Shares from the Company
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Section 1.2
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Purchase Price
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Section 1.3
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Closing; Deliveries.
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Section 1.4
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Closing Conditions
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Section 2.1
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Organization and Authority.
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Section 2.2
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Due Issuance of the Purchase Shares.
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Section 2.3
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Noncontravention.
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7
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Section 2.4
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Consents and Approvals.
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7
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Section 2.5
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Principal Markets.
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7
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Section 2.6
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No General Solicitation.
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7
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Section 2.7
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No Integrated Offering.
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7
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Section 2.8
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Compliance with Laws.
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Section 2.9
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SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
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Section 2.10
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Events Subsequent to Most Recent Fiscal Period.
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9
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Section 2.11
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Foreign Corrupt Practices.
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Section 2.12
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Investment Company Status.
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10
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Section 2.13
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Privacy.
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Section 2.14
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No Disqualification Events.
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Section 2.15
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Disclosure.
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Section 2.16
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No Critical Technology.
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Section 2.17
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Current Investigations and Disputes.
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
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Section 3.1
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Due Formation.
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Section 3.2
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Authority.
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Section 3.3
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Valid Agreement.
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Section 3.4
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Consents and Approvals.
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Section 3.5
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No Conflict.
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Section 3.6
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No Broker.
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Section 3.7
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Due Diligence and Access to Information.
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13
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Section 3.8
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Purchaser Status; No Disqualification Events.
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13
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Section 3.9
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Investment Representations and Warranties.
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13
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Section 3.10
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Israeli Resale Restrictions.
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13
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Section 3.11
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Restricted Securities
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Section 3.12
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Certain Transactions and Confidentiality.
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Section 3.13
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Israeli R&D Law.
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ARTICLE IV COVENANTS
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Section 4.1
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Form D and Blue Sky.
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Section 4.2
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Use of Proceeds
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Section 4.3
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Listing
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Section 4.4
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Publicity
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Section 4.5
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Integration
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Section 4.6
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Notice of Disqualification Event
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Section 4.7
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Shareholder Consent; Special Meeting
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Section 4.8
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Conduct of Business
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Section 4.9
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CFIUS
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Section 4.10
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Board of Directors.
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Section 4.11
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Taiwan Approvals
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ARTICLE V INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 5.1
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Indemnification
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Section 5.2
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Notice of Claims; Procedures
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Section 5.3
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Limitations
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Section 5.4
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Exclusive Remedy
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ARTICLE VI TERMINATION
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Section 6.1
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Survival of the Representations and Warranties
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Section 6.2
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Termination
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Section 6.3
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Notice of Termination
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Section 6.4
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Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 7.1
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Fees and Expenses
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Section 7.2
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction
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Section 7.3
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Amendment
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Section 7.4
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Binding Effect
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Section 7.5
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Assignment
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Section 7.6
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Notices
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Section 7.7
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Legends
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Section 7.8
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Removal of Legends
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Section 7.9
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Entire Agreement
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Section 7.10
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Severability
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Section 7.11
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Headings
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Section 7.12
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Execution in Counterparts
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Section 7.13
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Rights of Third Parties.
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Schedule 1
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Purchase Shares
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Schedule 2
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Disclosure Schedule
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Exhibit A
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Form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
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Exhibit B
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Form of Strategic Cooperation Agreement
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Exhibit C
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Form of Shareholders Rights Agreement
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Exhibit D
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Form of Undertaking to comply with the R&D Law
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Exhibit E
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Company’s Articles of Association
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6-K Filing
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Section 4.4
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Act
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Section 7.7
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Affiliate
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Section 2.7
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Agreement
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Background
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Articles
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Section 1.3(b)(v)
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Balance Sheet
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Section 2.9(c)
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Board of Directors
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Section 1.3(b)(v)
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Bribery Act
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Section 2.11(a)
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Business Day
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Section 4.4
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CFIUS
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Section 4.9(a)
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CFIUS Approval
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Section 4.9(c)
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Chroma Designees
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Section 4.10
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Closing
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Section 1.3(a)
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Closing Date
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Section 1.3(a)
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Company
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Background
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Control
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Section 2.7
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Controlled
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Section 2.7
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Controlling
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Section 2.7
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Disqualification Event
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Section 3.8
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Eligible Market
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Section 4.3
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Exon-Florio
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Section 4.9(a)
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FCPA
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Section 2.11(a)
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GAAP
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Section 2.9(b)
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Government Official
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Section 2.11(a)
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Governmental Authority
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Section 2.11(a)
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Indemnified Party
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Section 5.1
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Indemnifying Party
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Section 5.1
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Information Privacy and Security Laws
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Section 2.13
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Issuer Covered Person(s)
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Section 2.14
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Law
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Section 1.1
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Long Stop Date
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Section 1.3(a)
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Losses
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Section 5.1
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Material Adverse Effect
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Section 2.8
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Money Laundering Laws
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Section 2.11(b)
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Ordinary Shares
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Background
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Other Anticorruption Laws
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Section 2.11(a)
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Parties
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Background
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Party
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Background
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Per Share Price
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Section 1.2
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Personal Information
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Section 2.13
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Principal Markets
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Section 2.5
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Proposed Transactions
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Section 1.3(b)(v)
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Purchase Price
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Section 1.2
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Purchase Shares
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Section 1.1
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Purchaser
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Background
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Purchaser’s Consent
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Section 4.8
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Purchaser Covered Person(s)
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Section 3.8
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Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
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Section 1.3(a)(ii)
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SEC
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Section 2.9(a)
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SEC Reports
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Section 2.9(a)
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Securities Act
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Section 2.2
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Securities Laws
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Section 2.2
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Shareholders’ Agreement
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Section 1.3(a)(iv)
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Shares
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Background
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SIAC
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Section 7.2
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Strategic Cooperation Agreement
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Section 1.3(a)(iii)
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Subsidiaries
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Section 2.1
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Taiwan Approvals
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Section 4.11
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Transaction Documents
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Section 2.1(b)
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an amount in cash equal to the sum of the Purchase Price as set forth on Schedule 1 by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company;
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the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement among the Company, the Purchaser and Priortech, dated as of the date hereof, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement”), duly executed by the Purchaser;
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the Strategic Cooperation Agreement between the Company and the Purchaser as of the date hereof, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Strategic Cooperation Agreement”), duly executed by the Purchaser;
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a confirmation confirming that Taiwan Approvals have been obtained;
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an undertaking to comply with the R&D Law in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D; and
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all other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company.
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the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
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the Strategic Cooperation Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
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irrevocable written instructions to the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares with respect to the issuance of certificate(s) representing the Purchase Shares, registered in the name of the Purchaser;
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a certificate, executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified in Section 1.4(a)(ii) and Section 1.4(a)(iii) have been satisfied;
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duly adopted forms of (x) the Articles of Association of the Company (the “Articles”)] substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto, (y) resolutions of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) and shareholders authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, the Strategic Cooperation Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the “Proposed Transactions”), including the issuance of the Purchase Shares, and (z) a certificate, executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, certifying as to the incumbency of the officers authorized to execute the aforementioned agreements, setting forth the name and title and bearing the signatures of such officers;
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an opinion addressed to the Purchaser from Shibolet & Co., legal counsel to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form to be agreed between the Purchaser and such law firm regarding matters customarily addressed in legal opinions in transactions similar to the purchase and sale of the Purchase Shares; and
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all other documents as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser or required by the Laws of the United States and Israel to effect the issuance and sale of the Purchase Shares.
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The Strategic Cooperation Agreement, the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the Parties thereto.
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All of the third party consents and approvals as set forth on Schedule 2.4 and other actions that are required to be taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchase Shares shall have been completed.
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The representations and warranties of the Company contained in ARTICLE II of this Agreement shall have been true and correct on the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties qualified by material, materiality or similar expressions, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date, except that those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date need only be true and correct as of such date; and the Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all, and not be in breach or default in any material respect under any, agreements, covenants, conditions and obligations contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with on or before the Closing Date.
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The closing of the transfer of 6,117,440 Shares from Priortech to Purchaser based on terms and conditions as agreed under the STA.
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Immediately following the Closing, the Board of Directors shall be comprised of seven (7) members, two (2) of whom shall be designated by the Purchaser.
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The Parties hereto shall have received all applicable and required governmental and regulatory approvals, authorizations or permits from any Governmental Authority or regulatory body of the United States, Israel or Taiwan, Republic of China, including but not limited to the CFIUS Approval (as defined below) and the Taiwan Approvals set forth in Section 4.11 below.
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No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins, prevents, prohibits, imposes any damages or penalties that are substantial in relation to the Company, or otherwise makes illegal the consummation of the Proposed Transactions; and no action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted by a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction or to the Knowledge (as defined below) of the Company, is threatened, in each case that makes illegal the consummation of the Proposed Transactions.
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The Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Purchaser at the Closing, the Company’s closing deliveries described in Section 1.3(b).
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Since the date hereof, no change or event shall have occurred and no circumstances shall exist which have had a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below).
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The Strategic Cooperation Agreement, the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the Purchaser.
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All corporate actions that are required to be taken by the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Purchase Shares shall have been completed.
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The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in ARTICLE III of this Agreement shall have been true and correct on the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties qualified by material, materiality or similar expressions, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date, except that those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date need only be true and correct as of such date; and the Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all, and not be in breach or default in any material respect under any, agreements, covenants, conditions and obligations contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with on or before the Closing Date.
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The closing of the transfer of 6,117,440 Shares from Priortech to Purchaser based on terms and conditions as agreed under the STA.
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The Parties hereto shall have received all applicable and required governmental and regulatory approvals, authorization or permits from any Governmental Authority or regulatory body of the United States, Israel or Taiwan, Republic of China, including but not limited to the CFIUS Approval (as defined below) and the Taiwan Approvals set forth in Section 4.12 below.
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All of the third party consents and approvals as set forth on Schedule 2.4 shall have been obtained.
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No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins, prevents, prohibits, imposes any damages or penalties that are substantial in relation to the Purchaser, or otherwise makes illegal the consummation of the Proposed Transactions; and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall have been instituted by a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, is threatened that seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent, prohibit, impose any damages or penalties that are substantial in relation to the Purchaser, or otherwise makes illegal the consummation of the Proposed Transactions.
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The Purchaser shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Company at the Closing, the Purchaser’s closing deliveries described in 1.3(a).
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by mutual written agreement of the Parties,
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by either the Purchaser or the Company:
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if any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued or entered any restraining order, injunction or similar order or legal restraint or prohibition which remains in effect that enjoins or otherwise prohibits the consummation of the Proposed Transactions, including, without limitation, the sale and issuance of the Purchase Shares, and such order, injunction, legal restraint or prohibition shall have become final and non-appealable; or
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if the Closing shall not have occurred by the Long Stop Date, provided that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(b)(ii) shall not have breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in any manner that shall have been the primary cause of the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Long Stop Date; provided, further, that if (i) the condition regarding receipt of CFIUS Approval set forth in Section 1.4(a)(vi) shall be the only condition of Section 1.4 (other than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing or on the Closing Date) that has not been satisfied or waived by the Long Stop Date, and (ii) CFIUS has not by the Long Stop Date informed the Parties that there is a substantial possibility that the CFIUS Approval will not be granted, then the Long Stop Date shall automatically be extended by thirty (30) days;
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by the Purchaser:
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if a material breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform in any material respect any covenant or agreement of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall have occurred and such breach or failure to perform would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 1.4(a)(ii) or Section 1.4(a)(iii) not to be satisfied, and such breach or failure to perform either cannot be cured or, if curable, has not been cured prior to the earlier of (A) the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following receipt by the Company of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from the Purchaser and (B) the calendar day immediately prior to the Long Stop Date; or
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if terminated in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 4.8;
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by the Company:
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if a material breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform in any material respect any covenant or agreement of the Purchaser set forth in this Agreement shall have occurred and such breach or failure to perform would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 1.4(b)(ii) and Section 1.4(b)(iii) not to be satisfied, and such breach or failure to perform either cannot be cured or has not been cured prior to the earlier of (A) the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following receipt by the Purchaser of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from the Company and (B) the calendar day immediately prior to the Long Stop Date; or
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if (A) all of the conditions set forth in Section 1.4(b) have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing), (B) the Purchaser fails to consummate the Closing within three (3) Business Days following the date the Closing should have occurred pursuant to Section 1.3, (C) the Company provided written notice to the Purchaser that it was ready and willing to consummate the Closing during such period and (D) the Purchaser fails to consummate the Closing within three (3) Business Days after delivery of the notice described in the immediately preceding clause (C); provided however that during such three (3) Business Day period referenced in clause (B), neither Party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(ii).
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if terminated in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 4.8.
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If to Purchaser, at:
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Chroma ATE Inc.
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No. 66, Hwa Ya 1 Rd.
Guishan District
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Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan
Attn: Lawrence Wu
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Email: lawrence.wu@chroma.com.tw
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With copy to:
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Jones Day
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4/F, 27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Rd.
Shanghai 200002, China
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Attn: Angel Huang
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Email: ahuang@jonesday.com
and
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Jones Day
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8/F, 2 Dunhua South Rd. Sec. 2
Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Attn: Raymond Wang
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Email: rhwang@jonesday.com
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If to the Company, at:
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Camtek Ltd.
9 Ha’Arig St.,
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Migdal Ha’Emek, Israel
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Attn: Rafi Amit
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Email: rafia@camtek.com
and Moshe Eisenberg
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Email: moshee@camtek.com
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With copy to:
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Shibolet & Co., Law Offices
4 Berkowitz St.,
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Tel-Aviv, Israel
Attn: Lior Aviram
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Email: L.aviram@shibolet.com
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COMPANY
CAMTEK LTD.
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PURCHASER
CHROMA ATE INC.
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WHEREAS
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The Company and Priortech previously entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 1, 2004, which was approved by the Company’s shareholders at a general meeting held on March 29, 2004 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), regarding the registration rights of Priortech with respect to the Ordinary Shares (as defined below) held by it; and
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WHEREAS
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The Company and Priortech have since entered into that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “First Amended and Restated RRA”) on December 30, 2004; and
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WHEREAS
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On May 13, 2015, the Company and Priortech signed on an Extension to the First Amended and Restated RRA (the “Extension”), which extended the term of the First Amended and Restated RRA for an additional period of five years, ending on December 31, 2019; and
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WHEREAS
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On the date hereof, the Company and Chroma entered into that certain share purchase agreement (the “SPA”), and Priortech and Chroma entered into that certain share transfer agreement (the “STA”), pursuant to which, as of the date hereof, Priortech and Chroma are considered jointly as the “controlling shareholders” in the Company, within the meaning prescribed under the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the “Companies Law”); and
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WHEREAS
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The Company and Priortech wish to enter into this Agreement, together with Chroma as Party hereto, such that this Agreement shall replace the First Amended and Restated RRA and Extension, as further detailed below, subject to approval of the Company’s shareholders and to the closing of the SPA and STA;
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Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
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Incidental Registration.
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If (but without any obligation to do so) the Company at any time proposes to register any of its securities (other than: (i) in a demand registration under Section 3 of this Agreement, (ii) a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in a Company benefit plan, (iii) a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or other transaction described under Rule 145 of the Act, or (iv) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Shares), it shall give notice to the Holders of such intention. Upon the written request of any Holder given within fourteen (14) days after receipt of any such notice, the Company shall include in such registration all of the Registrable Shares indicated in such request, so as to permit the disposition of the shares so registered.
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In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s share capital, the Company shall not be required under this Section 2 to include any of the Holders’ securities in such underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by it (or by other persons entitled to select the underwriters) and enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with an underwriter or underwriters selected by the Company and such other agreements as the underwriter(s) may reasonably request. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2, if the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then there shall be excluded from such registration and underwriting to the extent necessary to satisfy such limitation, first, shares held by shareholders other than the Demanding Holders; second, to the extent necessary, shares held by shareholders with incidental registration rights (on a pro rata basis to their respective holdings); third, shares registered by the Demanding Holders (on a pro rata basis); and lastly, shares offered by the Company.
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The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 6 below.
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Demand Registration.
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At any time following the Effective Date, the Initiating Holders may request in writing that all or part of the Registrable Shares shall be registered under the Securities Act. Any such demand must request the registration of shares with an anticipated aggregate offering price of at least five million United States dollars ($5,000,000). Within thirty (30) days after receipt of any such request, the Company shall give written notice of such request to any other Holders, if any, and shall include in such registration all Registrable Shares held by all such Holders who wish to participate in such demand registration and provide the Company with written requests for inclusion therein within fourteen (14) days after the receipt of the Company’s notice. As promptly as practicable thereafter, subject to Section 8.1 hereof, the Company shall effect the registration of all Registrable Shares as to which it has received requests for registration under the Securities Act in the request for registration; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to effect any registration under this Section 3 within a period of ninety (90) days following the effective date of a previous registration.
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If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Shares covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Section 3.1 above and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 3.1. In such event the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Shares in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Shares in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) and such other agreements as such underwriter(s) shall reasonably request. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3, if the managing underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Shares that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and there shall be excluded from such registration and underwriting, to the extent necessary to satisfy such limitation, first, shares held by shareholders other than the Holders; second, to the extent necessary, shares which the Company may wish to register for its own account, and thereafter, to the extent necessary, Registrable Shares held by the Holders (pro rata to the respective number of Registrable Shares held by the Holders participating in the registration). Any Registrable Shares excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
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Shelf Registration.
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The Company shall, at the request of the Initiating Holders, file a registration statement on Form F-3 pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act with the SEC for the sale of all the Registrable Shares requested to be included in the registration statement (a “Shelf Registration”), and the Company will maintain the effectiveness of each such registration statement, and shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to keep such registration statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Shares covered by such registration statement have been sold or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders.
Notwithstanding the aforesaid or any other provision to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to underlying Registrable Shares held by Priortech or Chroma but which other Holders have rights to acquire, the following provisions shall apply: for so long as there exists an effective registration statement on Form F- 3 covering Registrable Securities, all requests by Initiating Holders hereunder shall be deemed requests that the Company amend such registration statement to cover the Registrable Shares of such Initiating Holder, and will be treated as such by the Company; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to amend an effective registration statement on Form F-3 more than once per quarter, solely in order to reflect the transfer of any instrument affording its holder the right to acquire Registrable Shares.
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Within fifteen (15) days after receipt of a request for a Shelf Registration, the Company shall give written notice of such request, as the case may be, to the other Holders. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.3 below, the Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to effect the registration as soon as practicable of all Registrable Shares included in the requests for Shelf Registration and all Registrable Shares held by all such Holders who provide the Company with written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of the Company’s notice.
Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 4 if it has, within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected two (2) registrations on Form F-3 for the Holders pursuant to this Section 4.
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| 5. |
Designation of Underwriter. In the case of any registration of the Company’s shares, the Company shall have the right to designate the managing underwriter(s) in any underwritten offering, which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Holders participating in an offering initiated under Section 3 above.
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| 6. |
Expenses. All expenses incurred in connection with any registration under Section 2, 3 or 4 above, excluding underwriter’s discounts or commissions and excluding fees and expenses of counsel(s) for the selling Holders (unless the Holders shall use the same counsel as the Company), shall be borne by the Company, including without limitation expenses incurred in connection with federal and “Blue Sky” registration, filing and qualification fees, printer’s and accounting fees, and fees and disbursement of counsel for the Company.
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| 7. |
Indemnities. In the event of any registered offering of Registrable Shares pursuant to this Agreement:
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The Company will indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Holder and any underwriter for such Holder, and each person, if any, who controls the Holder or such underwriter, from and against any and all losses, damages, claims, liabilities, joint or several, costs and expenses (including any amounts paid in any settlement effected with the Company’s consent) to which the Holder or any such underwriter or controlling person may become subject under applicable law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, damages, claims, liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), costs or expenses arise out of or are based upon either: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration statement or included in the prospectus, as amended or supplemented, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; and the Company will reimburse the Holder, such underwriter and each such controlling person of the Holder or the underwriter, promptly upon demand, for any reasonable legal or any other expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending against or appearing as a third- party witness in connection with such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, damage, liability, cost or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished in writing by a Holder, such underwriter or such controlling persons in writing specifically for inclusion therein; and further provided, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.1 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Holder, the underwriter or any controlling person of the Holder or the underwriter, and regardless of any sale in connection with such offering by the Holder. Such indemnity shall survive the transfer of securities by a Holder.
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| 7.2. |
Each Holder participating in a registration hereunder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and directors, any underwriter for the Company, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or such underwriter, from and against any and all losses, damages, claims, liabilities, costs or expenses (including any amounts paid in any settlement effected with the selling shareholder’s consent) to which the Company or any such controlling person and/or any such underwriter may become subject under applicable law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, damages, claims, liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), costs or expenses arise out of or are based on either: (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration statement or included in the prospectus, as amended or supplemented, or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and each such Holder will reimburse the Company, any underwriter and each such controlling person of the Company or any underwriter, promptly upon demand, for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was so made in strict conformity with written information furnished by such Holder specifically for inclusion therein. The foregoing indemnity agreement is subject to the condition that, insofar as it relates to any such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) made in the preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the amended prospectus at the time the registration statement becomes effective or in the final prospectus, such indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit of (i) the Company, or (ii) any underwriter, if a copy of the final prospectus was not furnished to the person or entity asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such furnishing is required by the Securities Act; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.2 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holders, as the case may be, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In no event shall the liability of a Holder exceed the gross proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.
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| 7.3. |
Promptly after receipt by an indemnified Party pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.1 or 7.2 above of notice of the commencement of any action involving the subject matter of the foregoing indemnity provisions, such indemnified Party will, if a claim thereof is to be made against the indemnifying Party pursuant to the provisions of said Section 7.1 or 7.2, promptly notify the indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying Party of any liability to the indemnified Party under this Section 7. In case such action is brought against any indemnified Party and it notifies the indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying Party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified Party; provided, however, that if the defendants in any action include both the indemnified Party and the indemnifying Party and there is a conflict of interests which would prevent counsel for the indemnifying Party from also representing the indemnified Party, the indemnified Party or Parties shall have the right to select one separate counsel to participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified Party or Parties. After notice from the indemnifying Party to such indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying Party will not be liable to such indemnified Party pursuant to the provisions of said Section 7.1 or 7.2 for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, unless: (i) the indemnified Party shall have employed counsel in accordance with the provision of the preceding sentence; (ii) the indemnifying Party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified Party to represent the indemnified Party within a reasonable time after the notice of the commencement of the action and within 15 days after written notice of the indemnified Party’s intention to employ separate counsel pursuant to the previous sentence; or (iii) the indemnifying Party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified Party at the expense of the indemnifying Party. No indemnifying Party will consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
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| 7.4. |
If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions, for any reason other than as specified therein, the Parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses as more fully set forth in an underwriting agreement to be executed in connection with such registration. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective Parties are entitled, there shall be considered the Parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances.
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| 7.5. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.
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| 8. |
Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Agreement to effect the registration of any Registrable Shares, the Company shall, as promptly as reasonably possible:
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| 8.1. |
prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Shares and use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective, and, except as otherwise provided in Section 4 with regard to Shelf Registrations, upon the request of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Shares registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to six (6) months or, if sooner, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed;
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| 8.2. |
prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Shares covered by such registration statement.
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| 8.3. |
furnish to the Holders, where such registration has been initiated pursuant to Section 2 or 3 above, such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Shares owned by them;
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| 8.4. |
in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement with the managing underwriter(s) of such offering, in usual and customary form as approved by the Company’s Audit Committee and Board of Directors, and actively participate in the marketing efforts in cooperation with the managing underwriter(s). Each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement;
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| 8.5. |
notify each holder of Registrable Shares covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, upon which notice and until the prospectus is amended or supplemented, the Holder shall not be entitled to offer or sell any shares pursuant to such prospectus;
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| 8.6. |
cause all Registrable Shares registered pursuant hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed; and
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| 8.7. |
provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Shares registered pursuant hereunder and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Shares, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration.
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| 9. |
Information from Holder. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Shares of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Shares held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Shares.
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| 10. |
Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement.
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| 11. |
Assignment of Registration Rights. Seller may assign its rights to cause the Company to register Shares pursuant to this Agreement only to (a) a transferee that, after such assignment or transfer, is to hold at least 500,000 (five hundred thousand) Registrable Shares (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and other recapitalizations); (b) with respect solely to the assignment of rights and obligations in connection with Shelf Registrations pursuant to Section 4 above or associated therewith, to an assignee who, immediately following such assignment, also holds either at least 20,000 (twenty thousand) Registrable Shares, or other securities convertible into at least 20,000 such Registrable Shares; or (c) any affiliate of either Priortech or Chroma, or any party who acquires ownership or control of Priortech or Chroma through a merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantial assets or similar business combination; all provided, however, that: (i) no such rights may be assigned until the Company is given written notice by the transferor at the time of such assignment stating the name and address of such transferee, and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned, and that any such transferee shall receive such assigned rights subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement (excepting, with respect only to assignments pursuant to clause (b) above, those terms and conditions contained in Sections 2 and 3 above and Section 12 below), including without limitation the provisions of this Section 11; (ii) transferee shall, as promptly as practicable and within at least 14 (fourteen) days after such transfer, furnish the Company with the transferee’s written agreement to be bound by this Agreement; and (iii) no such assignment or assignments shall increase the obligations of the Company hereunder. At the request of Priortech or Chroma, the Company shall enter into a separate registration rights agreement with a permitted transferee of Registrable Shares on substantially the terms of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, provided that such separate agreement does not increase the obligations of the Company (in the discretion of the Company’s Audit Committee) and is approved by the Company’s Audit Committee and Board of Directors.
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| 12. |
Lock-Up.
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| 12.1. |
In the event of an underwritten public offering by the Company of any securities of the Company, and upon the request of the managing underwriter of such offering from security holders of the Company who hold securities of the Company in the amount that is equal or exceeds the threshold set by such managing underwriter, and who include a Holder (or group of affiliated Holders), such Holder hereby agrees that it will not sell any of the Registrable Shares for a period commencing on the date requested by such managing underwriter and ending 90 days after the effective date of the offering and undertakes to (and cause any transferee to) execute a “lock-up” agreement in the form provided by such underwriter.
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| 12.2. |
In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Registrable Shares of each Holder (and the shares or securities of every other person subject to the foregoing restriction) until the end of the applicable period. For the avoidance of doubt, the underwriters, if any, in connection with a registration hereunder, are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 12 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a Party hereto.
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| 13. |
Public Information. The Company undertakes to make publicly available and available to the Holders pursuant to Rule 144, such information as is necessary to enable the Holders to make sales of Registrable Shares pursuant to that Rule. The Company undertakes to comply with the current public information requirements of Rule 144 and shall furnish thereafter to any Holder, upon request, a written statement executed by the Company as to the steps it has taken to so comply.
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| 13A. |
Information Rights.
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| 13A.1 |
Information for Public Filings. The Company shall provide Holder, for as long as it holds at least 5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital, in a timely manner, all information and relevant documentation required by such Holder in order for such Holder to comply with its disclosure obligations under applicable laws, regulations, public filings and stock exchange rules or as required by any governmental entity; provided that Holder shall not disclose to any third party (except for disclosure to Holder’s directors, officers, advisers and employees on a need to know basis) any of such information (including in its public filings) before the Company makes such information publicly available.
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| 13A.2 |
Due Diligence for Investment. In the event that a potential investor in Priortech or Chroma (the “Potential Investor”) has expressed an interest in purchasing from Priortech or Chroma not less than twenty percent (20%) of the share capital of Priortech or Chroma, as applicable, and for the purposes of evaluating such transaction seeks to gain access to the Company’s documents and records for due diligence purposes, and provided that: (i) Priortech or Chroma, as applicable, is a controlling shareholder in the Company at such time; and (ii) the Potential Investor is not a Competitor of the Company, the Company shall grant the Potential Investor access to its documents and records, subject to the Potential Investor signing a non-disclosure agreement in a form satisfactory to the Company.
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Due Diligence for Sale of Shares. In the event that a potential purchaser (the “Potential Purchaser”) has expressed an interest in purchasing from Priortech or Chroma, as applicable, not less than ten (10%) of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital, and for the purposes of evaluating such transaction seeks to gain access to the Company’s documents and records for due diligence purposes, and provided that (i)Priortech or Chroma, as applicable, is a controlling shareholder in the Company at such time; and (ii) the Potential Purchaser is not a Competitor of the Company, the Company shall grant the Potential Purchaser access to its documents and records, subject to the Potential Purchaser signing a non-disclosure agreement in a form satisfactory to the Company.
For the purpose of this Agreement, "Competitor" shall mean an entity which competes in a substantial manner with the Company’s core business.
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| 13B. |
Confidentiality.
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Each of the Holders hereby undertakes to use reasonable endeavors to ensure that all Confidential Information received by them or by any affiliated parties thereof, or by any director appointed by such Party to the Company’s Board, relating to the Company and/or the Company’s business shall not be disclosed to any third party, other than (i) by each Party to its affiliates, employees, directors and consultants who are subject to confidentiality undertakings on a need-to-know basis; and (ii) as may be otherwise permitted or required pursuant to the provisions of any agreements between the Company and such Holder.
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For the purpose of this Agreement "Confidential Information" shall mean, any business, financial or technical information, including but not limited to inventions, patents, know-how, trade-secretes, methods, techniques, processes, designs, drawings, diagrams, formulae and analysis, and any business and financial information, including but not limited to financial statements, price lists, customers lists, costs analyses, reports, budgets, business plans, surveys and market information and data, whether communicated in tangible or intangible form.
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| 13B.3 |
For the purpose of this Agreement and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13B.2 above, “Confidential Information” shall not include information that can be proven as (i)was rightfully in possession of or known to the receiving Party without any obligation of confidentiality prior to receiving it from the disclosing Party; (ii) is, or subsequently becomes, legally and publicly available without breach of this Agreement; (iii) is rightfully obtained by the receiving Party from a source other than the disclosing Party without any obligation of confidentiality; (iv) is developed by or for the receiving Party without use of the Confidential Information; (v) becomes subject to required disclosure, either to the public or to a public or private entity, because of judicial action or other governmental agency action or applicable laws or regulation or stock exchange regulations applicable to a Holder or its affiliates, or when a Holder is legally required (by formal questioning or, in the written opinion of its legal counsel, by applicable securities laws) to disclosed Confidential Information; or (vi) is disclosed in accordance with the terns of Section 13A above.
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| 14. |
Effectiveness and Termination of Registration Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Holder shall be entitled to exercise any right provided for in this Agreement (i) before the Effective Date and (ii) after seven (7) years following the date hereof, or, as to any Holder, such earlier time at which all Registrable Shares held by such Holder (and any affiliate of the Holder with whom such Holder must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) can be sold in any three (3)-month period without registration in compliance with Rule 144 of the Act.
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| 15. |
Miscellaneous.
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| 15.1. |
Effectiveness. This Agreement is subject to the approval the Company’s shareholders and shall be effective only upon receipt of such approval in accordance with Israeli law and subject to the closing of the SPA and STA.
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| 15.2. |
Further Assurances. Each of the Parties hereto shall perform such further acts and execute such further documents as may reasonably be necessary to carry out and give full effect to the provisions of this Agreement and the intentions of the Parties as reflected thereby.
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| 15.3. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. Any dispute arising under or in relation to this Agreement shall be resolved in the competent courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, and each of the Parties hereby submits irrevocably to the jurisdiction of such courts.
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Successors and Assigns; Assignment. Except as otherwise expressly limited herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and administrators of the Parties hereto. None of the rights, privileges, or obligations set forth in, arising under, or created by this Agreement may be assigned or transferred without the prior consent in writing of each Party to this Agreement, except as set forth in Section 11 above.
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Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement and the Schedules hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subject matters hereof and thereof and supersedes in full the Registration Rights Agreement. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either prospectively or retroactively and either generally or in a particular instance) only with the written consent of all of the Parties to this Agreement.
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| 15.6. |
Notices, etc. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered to any Party under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly delivered, given and received when delivered (by hand, by registered mail, by courier or express delivery service or by facsimile) to the address or facsimile telephone number set forth beneath the name of such Party below (or to such other address or facsimile telephone number as such Party shall have specified in a written notice given to the other Parties hereto):
if to the Company:
CAMTEK LTD.
Ramat Gavriel Industrial Zone
P.O. Box 544
Migdal Ha’Emek 23150 Israel
Fax: 972-4-644-0523
Attention: Rafi Amit
if to Priortech:
PRIORTECH LTD.
P.O. Box 631
Migdal Ha’Emek 23105 Israel
Fax: 972-4-654-4322
Attention: Yotam Stern
If to Chroma:
CHROMA ATE INC.
No. 66, Hwa Ya 1 Rd. Guishan District
Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan
Attention: Lawrence Wu
Email: lawrence.wu@chroma.com.tw
or such other address with respect to a Party as such Party shall notify each other Party in writing as above provided. Any notice sent in accordance with this Section 15.6 shall be effective (i) if mailed, five (5) business days after mailing, (ii) if sent by messenger, upon delivery, and (iii) if sent via telecopier, upon transmission and electronic confirmation of receipt or (if transmitted and received on a non-business day) on the first business day following transmission and electronic confirmation of receipt.
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| 15.7. |
Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default under this Agreement, shall be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent, or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
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| 15.8. |
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable under applicable law, then such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and the remainder of this Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that in such event this Agreement shall be interpreted so as to give effect, to the greatest extent consistent with and permitted by applicable law, to the meaning and intention of the excluded provision as determined by such court of competent jurisdiction.
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| 15.9. |
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and enforceable against the Parties actually executing such counterpart, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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Name: __________________
Title: __________________
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Name: __________________
Title: __________________
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Name: __________________
Title: __________________
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Priortech is a controlling shareholder of Camtek Ltd., a public company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Company”), the shares of which are traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange and on NASDAQ;
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Priortech and Chroma have entered into a share transfer agreement of even date hereof (the “Share Transfer Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Share Transfer Agreement, at the Closing (as such term is defined in the Share Transfer Agreement), Chroma shall purchase from Priortech 6,117,440 ordinary shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.01 each (“Ordinary Shares”);
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Camtek and Chroma have entered into a share purchase agreement of even date hereof (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue to Chroma 1,700,000 of the Company’s Ordinary Shares;
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Camtek and Chroma have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement of even date hereof (the “Strategic Cooperation Agreement”) pursuant to which Camtek and Chroma shall cooperate on the development of certain products and the license of certain technologies;
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as of the Closing, Priortech and Chroma shall together hold approximetly 16,977,695 Ordinary shares, which assuming the issued and outstanding share capital on the Effective Date together with the further issuance of the 1,700,000 Shares to be issued by Camtek at and subject to the closing of the Share Purchase Agreement would, constitute 44.52% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on an as-issued basis, and 42.67% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on a fully-diluted basis and wish to set forth hereunder the general terms and conditions with respect to their relationship as jointly being the controlling shareholders in the Company; and
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Priortech and Chroma agree that this Agreement shall become effective as of and subject to the Closing of the Share Transfer Agreement.
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| 1. |
VOTING IN SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS
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| 1.1. |
The Parties hereby agree that, as of the Closing, they shall vote their shares at shareholders’meetingsoftheCompany(“ShareholdersMeeting(s)”) in accordance with the majority vote between them.
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Notwithstanding Section 1.1 above, the following material issues shall require the approval of both Parties (“Material Issue(s)”):
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| 1.2.1. |
Amendments to the Company’s Articles of Association;
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| 1.2.2. |
Appointment of the Company’s auditor;
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| 1.2.3. |
Liquidation of the Company; and
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An interested party transaction in which a shareholder of the Company, holding at least 5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital, has a “personal interest” as such term is defined under the Israeli Companies Law, 1999 (the “Companies Law”) (other than with respect to matters relating to compensation as set forth in Section 1.4 below).
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| 1.3. |
In the event that any Material Issues are on the agenda, the Parties shall mutually agree upon the manner in which they will vote at such Shareholders Meeting. In the event of a disagreement between the Parties on a Material Issue, the Parties shall attempt to resolve such disagreement in good faith. Should the Parties fail to resolve their disagreement on such Material Issue within the period beginning on the date the notice of the shareholders meeting is provided and ending on the date of the Shareholders meeting, the Parties agree to unanimously vote against such Material Issue.
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| 1.4. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any matter relating to the compensation of executives and directors of the Company, the Parties hereby agree to vote on such matter in accordance with the approvals and/or recommendations provided by the Company’s independent compensation committee as required under Nasdaq listing rules.
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| 2. |
THE PRELIMINARY MEETING
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| 2.1. |
Prior to each Shareholders Meeting, a preliminary meeting will be held, either in- person or via teleconference (a “Preliminary Meeting”), in order to discuss the matters on the agenda of the Shareholders Meeting, with the intent of reaching a mutual agreement on the manner in which the Parties shall vote at such Shareholders Meeting. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, it is hereby clarified that non-compliance with the provisions of this Section 2 shall not derogate from the Parties’ obligation to vote their shares in accordance with Sections 1 and 3 of this Agreement.
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The Preliminary Meeting shall take place on the third Business Day prior to the date scheduled for the Shareholders Meeting, at 10:00 Israel standard time / 16:00 Taiwan standard time, unless one Party requests that the Preliminary Meeting be held on a different Business Day or hour (which is at least 48 hours prior to the Shareholders Meeting), and the other Party has agreed in writing to such request. “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in Tel Aviv, Israel or Taipei, Taiwan are authorized by law to be closed.
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| 2.3. |
If a quorum is not present at a Preliminary Meeting within thirty (30) minutes of the time set for such meeting, the Preliminary Meeting shall be adjourned and an adjourned Preliminary Meeting shall, automatically and without the need for any further action, be held on the next Business Day following the date set for the initial Preliminary Meeting and at the same hour scheduled for such initial Preliminary Meeting.
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| 2.4. |
The legal quorum for a Preliminary Meeting (including an adjourned Preliminary Meeting) shall be the presence and participation of representatives of both Parties, either in-person or via a teleconference.
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| 2.5. |
A written resolution signed by the representatives of both Parties shall have the same effect, for any purpose, as if it had been received at a Preliminary Meeting duly held according to the terms of this Agreement, provided that such resolution is signed prior to the date of the Shareholders Meeting. To the extent that for any reason no Preliminary Meeting was held, each Party may provide a notice with respect to its voting position and the terms of Section 1 above shall apply accordingly.
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| 3. |
DESIGNATION OF BOARD MEMBERS
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| 3.1. |
The Parties agree that, as of the Closing, they shall vote at Shareholders Meetings at which the agenda includes the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in accordance with the terms of Section 1 above. Notwithstanding the above, the Parties agree to use their voting and controlling power in order to have the members of the Board be designated in accordance with the terms of Sections 3.2 – 3.4 below;
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| 3.2. |
(a) as long as Priortech holds at least 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on an as-issued basis, it shall be entitled to designate three (3) directors; (b) as long as Priortech holds less than 20% but at least 15% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on an as-issued basis, it shall be entitled to designate two (2) directors; (c) as long as Priortech holds less than 15% but at least 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on an as-issued basis, it shall be entitled to designate one (1) director; and (d) in the event that Priortech holds less than 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on an as-issued basis, it shall not be entitled to designate any directors;
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| 3.3. |
(a) as long as Chroma holds more than 15% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on an as-issued basis, it shall be entitled to designate two (2) directors; (b) as long as Chroma holds at least 10% but up to 15% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on an as-issued basis, it shall be entitled to designate one (1) director; and (c) in the event that Chroma holds less than 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding share capital on an as-issued basis, it shall not be entitled to designate any directors; and
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| 3.4. |
In addition to the above, the Board shall be comprised of at least two (2) external directors, which shall serve in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law, 1999.
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| 4. |
HOLDINGS THRESHOLD UNDERTAKINGS
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| 5. |
RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER
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| 5.1. |
The Parties agree that, as of the Closing, the sale by either Party of its shares in the Company which constitute at such time 5% or more of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Company on an as-issued basis (in one single transaction or in aggregate from a series of related transactions, occurring within a rolling six (6) month period) to any third party (a “Potential Buyer”), other than in the course of ordinary trade in the market, shall be subject to a right of first offer, as set forth below (such sale, a “Qualified Sale”).
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| 5.2. |
A Party wishing to perform a Qualified Sale (the “Selling Party”) shall provide the other Party (the “Non-Selling Party”) with a notice (the “Notice”) detailing the number of shares it wishes to offer (the “Selling Shares”) and the consideration.
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| 5.3. |
The Non-Selling Party shall have the first right and option, but not obligation, to present the Selling Party with an offer to purchase all of the Selling Shares pursuant to the Notice (the “Offer”) within thirty (30) calendar days from the receipt of the Notice (the “Acceptance Period”).
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| 5.4. |
If the Non-Selling Party agrees to purchase all the Selling Shares under the terms set forth in the Offer, then subject to the execution of the payment to the Selling Party pursuant to the payment terms and performance of other conditions as set out in the Offer, the Selling Party shall transfer to the Non-Selling Party the Selling Shares under the terms specified in the Offer, within twenty one (21) calendar days from Non- Selling Party’ notice of agreement or at another time to be agreed between the Parties.
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| 5.5. |
If the Non-Selling Party does not purchase all the Selling Shares in accordance with the Offer, or does not respond to the Offer within the Acceptance Period, then the Selling Party shall be entitled, within one hundred and fifty (150) calendar days (the “Third Party Offer Period”), to enter into a binding agreement regarding the sale of the Selling Shares (all or part thereof) to any third party, provided that the sale of the Selling Shares shall be made under the terms of the Offer, or at a higher price.
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| 5.6. |
If the Acceptance Period has passed with respect to a third party and the Selling Party has not yet sold or transferred to any third party the Selling Shares in the Third Party Offer Period in accordance with the conditions set out in Section 5.5 above, then the Selling Party will not be entitled to transfer or sell to third parties the Selling Shares, unless all the terms and conditions set out in this Section 5 are re-applied.
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| 5.7. |
Notwithstanding the above, if the Potential Buyer is deemed a “Competitor” (as defined below), then the Selling Party shall be required to disclose the name of such Potential Buyer and seek prior written consent from the Non-Selling Party to proceed with the Qualified Sale, even if the Non-Selling Party does not respond within the Acceptance Period or the Acceptance Period lapses.
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| 5.8. |
For the purpose of this Agreement, “Competitor” shall mean either: (i) an entity which competes in a substantial manner with the Company’s core business or (ii) an entity which is in the industry of test & measurements, is headquartered in PRC (including Hong Kong and Macao) or Taiwan and the majority of its business competes in a substantial manner with Chroma’s core business.
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| 6. |
LOCK UP
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| 7. |
LIENS
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| 8. |
ASSIGNMENT
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| 8.1. |
A Party shall not sell its shares without assignment by seller, and acceptance by buyer, of the terms of this agreement with respect to the shares so sold, all subject to the provisions of Sections 5 and 6. An assignment of rights and/or obligations by either Party to any third party shall only be allowed under the following scenarios: (i) an assignment to a wholly-owned subsidiary (a “Permitted Transferee”); (ii) a sale of shares and an assinmnent of rights by either party, without the prior written consent of the other party, to a third party who is not a Competitor (as defined below); or (iii) a sale of shares to a third party with the prior written consent of the other Party; all in accordance with the terms of this Section 8 below. This Section 8 shall not apply to a sale of shares by either Party in the course of ordinary trade in the market.
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| 8.2. |
A condition precedent to an assignment under this Section 8, or to by either party (other than in the course of ordinary trade in the market), as applicable, shall be the signing by the assignee or purchaser, as applicable, prior to such assignment, of an undertaking pursuant to which it shall explicitly join this Agreement as a party hereof and assume all the rights and obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement in proportion to the shares held by the assignee following the assignment or sale, as applicable.
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| 8.3. |
In the event that a Permitted Transferee shall cease to qualify as a “Permitted Transferee”, then it shall, prior to the date in which it ceases to qualify as a Permitted Transferee, return the shares it has received to the assigning Party.
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| 8.4. |
The assignee and assigning Party shall each be a Party to this Agreement and their holdings shall be summed together with the holdings of any other Party – such that the Parties together shall continue to be the controlling group in the Company.
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| 8.5. |
Without derogating from any remedy under this Agreement or under any law, any transaction pursuant to which the Company’s securities are transferred not in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8 shall be null and void.
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| 9. |
DISTRIBUTION
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| 10. |
TERMINATION
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| 11. |
CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
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| 11.1. |
The Parties undertake to keep any Confidential Information provided to them in strict confidence, and not to disclose, publish or transfer Confidential Information to any third party, whether directly or indirectly, in exchange for or without consideration.
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| 11.2. |
For the purpose of this Section 11 - “Confidential Information” means any information disclosed by one Party (“Disclosing Party”) to the other Party (“Receiving Party”) which relates, directly or indirectly, to (a) the Company or (b) corporations held by the Company, or (c) the Disclosing Party, including their property, assets, business, clients, plans, financial or marketing data, their professional, commercial, business and/or technological secrets or their engagements with third parties, any other material or information received or which Receiving Party may receive from the Company, corporations held by the Company or any of their affiliates, their employees, consultants, representatives and/or anyone acting on their behalf, and including any information disclosed and/or exchanged between the Parties in connection with their relationship as controlling shareholders of the Company including the voting in Shareholders Meeting and/or Preliminary Meetings, whether any of the above is disclosed orally or in writing, by electronic means or otherwise, all except for information which: (a) is in the public domain or which has become public other than as a result of breach by Receiving Party of its obligations hereunder; (b) is required to be disclosed by a competent authority and/or under applicable law, regulations or stock market rules, or which is required to be disclosed for the performance of this Agreement (subject to Section 11.2 below); (c) is provided to Receiving Party by a third party not in breach of a duty of confidentiality towards the Disclosing Party and/or the Company; or (d) is disclosed to Receiving Party’s office holders, employees, consultants, or authorized representatives (“Representatives”) on a need-to-know basis, and provided that such Representatives shall be subject to confidentiality obligations not less stringent than the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement.
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| 11.3. |
In the event that any Party is required to disclose Confidential Information pursuant to any applicable laws, regulations or stock market rules, each Party undertakes to reasonably provide the other Party with a prior written notice (to the extent permitted under law), in order to enable the other Party to act in order to prevent or to provide their reasonable comments to the disclosure of Confidential Information. In any event, the Confidential Information shall not be disclosed except to the extent specifically required for this purpose, and if there is no specific requirement, then it shall be disclosed only after consultation between both Parties (provided that such consultation is permitted under law). Each Party undertakes to use its best efforts to ensure that any Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to this Section 11.2 is handled confidentially, subject to the provisions of any law. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby clarified that the provisions of this Section 11 shall not restrict either Party from disclosing information required, pursuant to the Parties’ obligations as public companies / reporting corporations, or for the purpose of publishing prospectuses and public offerings.
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| 11.4. |
The Parties’ confidentiality undertaking in accordance with Section 11 above shall remain in force for a period of three (3) years following the termination of this Agreement.
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| 12. |
NON-COMPETITION
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| 12.1. |
During the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years after its termination, each Party shall not, either directly or indirectly, manufacture, distribute or assist or support the manufacturing or distribution of any products, which directly compete with the products manufactured or distributed currently or in the future in the semiconductor space by the Company.
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| 13. |
MISCELLANEOUS
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| 13.1. |
Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
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| 13.2. |
Defined Terms. Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.
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| 13.3. |
Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and all exhibits attached hereto and thereto constitute the entire agreement among the Parties regarding the transactions contemplated herein and therein.
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| 13.4. |
Limitations on Rights of Third Parties. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, other than the Parties, any rights or remedies under this Agreement. A person who is not a party to this Agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Cap. 53B) of Singapore to enforce any of its terms.
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| 13.5. |
M&A Transaction. It is hereby agreed that the provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 8 shall not apply to a transaction in which one of the following events occurs: (i) an acquisition of the Company by means of merger (with or into another entity), reclassification of the Company’s securities, or any other form of corporate reorganization in which outstanding shares of the Company are exchanged for securities or other consideration issued, or caused to be issued, by the acquiring company or its subsidiary; or (ii) consolidations or other transactions, or series of related transactions, in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company would be disposed or transferred (other than by way of an IPO).
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| 13.6. |
Fees and Expenses. Each Party shall bear its own legal fees and all related expenses in connection with this Agreement.
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| 13.7. |
Further Actions. At any time and from time to time, each Party agrees, without further consideration, to take such actions and to execute and deliver such documents as may be reasonably necessary to effect the purposes of this Agreement.
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| 13.8. |
Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder to be given to a Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given to the addressee thereof (i) if hand delivered, on the day of delivery, (ii) if given by facsimile or e-mail transmission, on the Business Day on which such transmission is sent and confirmed, (iii) if mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, two (2) Business Days following the date it was mailed, to such Party’s address as set forth below or at such other address as such Party shall have furnished to each other Party in writing in accordance with this provision:
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| 13.9. |
Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part only by a duly authorized written agreement that refers to this Agreement and is signed by the Parties.
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| 13.10. |
Delays or Omissions; Waiver. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to either Party upon any breach or default by the other Party under this Agreement shall impair any such right or remedy nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or any acquiescence therein or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring.
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| 13.11. |
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby.
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| 13.12. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement and all disputes and claims arising out of or in connection thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore (without regards to its conflict of law’s provisions). Any dispute arising out or in connection with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the SIAC (“SIAC Rules”) in force at the time of the request for arbitration, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this clause. The arbitration shall take place in Singapore at the SIAC. The seat of the arbitration shall be Singapore. The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted in English. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the Parties and shall not be subject to any appeal, and the Parties shall be bound thereby and shall act accordingly. Judgment on the award of the arbitrators may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. The losing Party, as determined by the arbitrators, shall pay all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the prevailing Party (including, without limitation, legal fees), as determined by the arbitrators in connection with any such dispute. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party shall retain the right to seek for provisional remedies, including interlocutory and/or injunctive reliefs, in any jurisdiction in which there is a breach by the other Party of any undertakings under this Agreement.
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| 13.13. |
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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Chroma ATE Inc.
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Priortech Ltd.
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By: __________________________________
Name: ________________________________
Title: _________________________________
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By: __________________________________
Name: ________________________________
Title: _________________________________
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