Schedule 2
ASSUMPTIONS
The opinions in this opinion letter are subject to the following assumptions:
1
Documents
1.1
All original documents are authentic, all signatures (whether handwritten or electronic) are genuine and were inserted or agreed to be inserted by the relevant individual, and all copies conform to the originals.
1.2
All documents and the legal acts contained therein are accurate, complete and unmodified (unless modified by any other document reviewed for the purposes of this opinion letter).
1.3
The information recorded in the Current Excerpt is true, accurate and complete on the date of this opinion letter (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the Checks).
1.4
The information recorded in the Former Excerpt was true, accurate and complete on the date of the Resolutions.
1.5
The information recorded in the Shareholders’ Register is true, accurate and complete on the date of this opinion letter.
1.6
The Registration Statement has been or will have been filed with the SEC and declared effective pursuant to the Securities Act.
2
Incorporation, existence and corporate power
2.1
The Company has not been dissolved, merged involving the Company as disappearing entity, demerged, converted, terminated, granted a suspension of payments, declared bankrupt, subjected to any other insolvency proceedings or prohibited within the meaning of Section 2:20 (4) of the Dutch Civil Code (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of the Checks and the Current Excerpt).
2.2
The Articles are the articles of association (statuten) of the Company in force on the date of this opinion letter (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of the Current Excerpt).
2.3
The articles of association as included in the Deed of Incorporation were the articles of association (statuten) of the Company in force on the date of the Resolutions (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of the Former Excerpt).
3
Corporate authorisations
3.1
The Resolutions have been made with due observance of the articles of association as included in the Deed of Incorporation and any applicable board regulations.
3.2
No member of the board of directors of the Company had a direct or indirect personal interest which conflicts with the interest of the Company or its business in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Resolutions (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of the Board Resolution).
3.3
The Company had not established, not been requested to establish, nor was in the process of establishing any works council (ondernemingsraad) and there was no works council, which had jurisdiction over the transactions contemplated by the Resolutions (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of the Board Resolution).
4
Execution
The authority of the attorney (gevolmachtigde) to enter into the Deed of Demerger, the Deed of Merger, and the Deed of Issuance on behalf of the Company was not affected by any rule of law (other than Dutch law) which under The Hague Convention on Agency 1978 applies or may be applied.