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PLAN OF MERGER BY ABSORPTION OF Largenta Italia S.p.A. INTO YOOX S.p.A. *** *** *** - PDF
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1 PLAN OF MERGER BY ABSORPTION OF Largenta Italia S.p.A. INTO YOOX S.p.A. *** *** *** Pursuant to Article 2501-ter of the Italian Civil Code, the management bodies of YOOX S.p.A. (hereinafter also YOOX or the Transferee or the Issuer ) and of Largenta Italia S.p.A. (as renamed following the resolution to convert the company into a company limited by shares and to change its name, adopted by the Shareholders Meeting on 23 April 2015 and registered with the Milan Companies Register on 27 April 2015, hereinafter also Largenta Italia or the Transferor ) have drafted the following joint merger plan (the Merger Plan ) relating to the merger by absorption of Largenta Italia into YOOX, pursuant to Article 2501-ter of the Italian Civil Code (the Merger ) approved by the Boards of Directors of both YOOX and Largenta Italia on 23 and 24 April 2015, respectively. INTRODUCTION Business combination The Merger forms part of the business combination of the assets of YOOX and the Net-A- Porter Group Limited ( NAP ), a company incorporated under English law operating in the same industry as YOOX s, and is based on the mutual undertakings governed by a merger agreement (the Merger Agreement ) entered into on 31 March 2015 by YOOX, on the one part, and Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A. ( Richemont ) and Richemont Holdings (UK) Limited ( RH ), on the other part. At the date of this Merger Plan, NAP is indirectly controlled by RH, which is, in turn, controlled by Richemont; RH also holds the entire share capital of Largenta Italia. On the date of the Merger Deed, and hence on the effective date of the Merger, upon the contribution in kind described in the paragraph Preconditions of the merger below, Largenta Italia will indirectly control NAP. Upon completion of the Merger, therefore, NAP will become an indirectly controlled subsidiary of YOOX. The Merger aims at integrating two highly complementary companies with significant potential for achieving synergies in terms of customer segments covered, geographical exposure and skills mix, and thus create one of the leading groups in online luxury fashion at global level. As a result of the Merger, the Group s competitive positioning will be substantially strengthened, enabling it to exploit the significant growth prospects of the online luxury market, and to enjoy a greater scale to the benefit of operating efficiency and leverage. The Merger will also allow the Group to diversify its business portfolio, as well as strengthen and consolidate its relationships with fashion brands. The business combination envisages the following main phases:
2 (i) (ii) the incorporation or acquisition by RH of an Italian law corporate vehicle. In execution of this phase, on 1 April 2015, RH acquired the entire share capital of Largenta Italia, a recently-created non-operating company; the contribution in kind by RH to Largenta Italia of the shares and any right to receive shares representing the entire share capital of Largenta (UK) Limited ( Largenta UK ), a company incorporated under English law controlled by RH, which - on the date the merger deed (the Merger Deed ) - will hold shares (and any rights to receive shares), representing the entire share capital of NAP (the Contribution ; see the Paragraph Preconditions to the merger below). In execution of this phase, on 23 April 2015, Largenta Italia approved, inter alia, a capital increase of maximum EUR 909,000,000, comprising a par value of EUR 605, and a premium of EUR 908,394,044.03, to be used for the Contribution, which will be executed before the Merger Deed is executed; (iii) the Merger by absorption of Largenta Italia into YOOX, to become effective after the implementation of the Contribution, resulting in the annulment of the shares and dissolution of the Transferor and in the takeover by the Transferee of all the assets and liabilities belonging to the Transferor, including the indirect holding in NAP through its stake in Largenta UK. Under the deal, the Board of Directors of YOOX will be granted an authorisation, pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, to launch a share capital increase, up to a maximum of EUR 200 million, to be offered to shareholders, granting option rights, or - with the favourable vote of at least one director representing RH- to selected investors (the Delegation ), after completion of the Merger. The proposal to grant the Delegation will be submitted to the shareholders at the same meeting called to approve the Merger and to amend the bylaws, but will represent a separate item on the agenda of said extraordinary Shareholders Meeting. The new bylaws of the Transferee, in one of the two versions attached here as A1 and A2, depending on whether the Shareholders Meeting will approve the Delegation, will enter into force on the effective date of the Merger. The financial statements required by Article 2501-quater of the Italian Civil Code, are YOOX draft financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2014 approved by the Board of Directors on 25 February 2015, and which will be submitted for the approval of the Shareholders Meeting convened for 30 April 2015, at single call, and the financial statement of the Transferor as of 10 April 2015, drafted pursuant to Article 2501-quater of the Civil Code and approved by the Board of Directors of Largenta Italia on 23 April The Board of Directors of Largenta Italia held on 23 April 2015 also approved a pro-forma special purpose financial statement as at 10 April 2015, showing the effects of the Contribution as if it had already occurred, through the transfer of 100% of Largenta UK s share capital. Such pro-forma financial statements are attached to this Merger Plan at Appendix B. Preconditions to the Merger An essential precondition of the Merger is that, following completion of the Merger, (i) YOOX owns 100% of the share capital of Largenta UK, whose assets essentially consists only of its holding in NAP, and (ii) Largenta UK owns 100% of the share capital of NAP. 2
3 More specifically, at the date of the Merger Plan, RH owns approximately 96% of the ordinary share capital of Largenta UK, and also holds the unconditional right to receive the entire remaining stake in the share capital of Largenta UK. Such right derives from the exercise by RH of call option rights - in accordance with the bylaws of Largenta UK and with a shareholders agreement with the remaining shareholders of Largenta UK - on the entire remaining stake in the share capital of Largenta UK. As a result, RH will receive the corresponding shares on completion of the procedure, described by the relevant contractual and corporate documents, for determining the purchase price to be paid by RH for such share transfer. Pursuant to English law, the exercise of the above-mentioned call option rights grants to RH the beneficial ownership in the shares over which it has exercised the option rights (and therefore the unconditional right to receive such shares). Therefore, if - by the date scheduled for the implementation of the Contribution - the procedure for determining the purchase price and transferring the shares has not yet been completed, RH will transfer to Largenta Italia the beneficial ownership in the shares it holds, together with the abovementioned rights (but the obligation to pay the price of the shares will remain with RH), which shares shall as a result of the Merger of Largenta Italia into YOOX - become part of the Transferee s assets. On 23 April 2015, the Shareholders Meeting of Largenta Italia approved a share capital increase allocated to the Contribution of the shares (and any share transfer rights) representing 100% of the share capital of Largenta UK, for a total amount equal to EUR 909,000,000, of which EUR 605, represents the nominal amount and EUR 908,394, allocated to premium reserve, through the issuance of 65,595,989 new ordinary shares with no par value. In accordance with the Merger Agreement, the Contribution will be implemented based on an evaluation of the assets prepared pursuant to Article 2343-ter, paragraph 2b) of the Italian Civil Code and the Contribution deed will be entered into (and the Contribution implemented), at least five working days before the execution of the Merger Deed so that on the date of such execution, the share capital of Largenta Italia shall be equal to EUR 655,955.97, divided into 65,599,597 shares with no par value. At the date of this Merger Plan, Largenta UK holds approximately 97% of the ordinary share capital of NAP and has exercised the option rights on a residual stake of class B shares to which it is entitled under NAP bylaws. As a result, pursuant to English law, Largenta UK enjoys beneficial ownership of the above-mentioned class B shares (and therefore has the unconditional right to receive such shares). Such transfer will take place upon completion of the procedure for determining the transfer price to be paid by Largenta UK, under NAP s bylaws. Under the provisions of the Merger Agreement, such price will be paid by Largenta UK through funds made available by RH, with no repayment obligations on Largenta UK. At the date of this Merger Plan, RH has, in turn, exercised its option rights on a residual stake of approximately 3% of the ordinary share capital of NAP (comprising class C shares) granted by NAP bylaws. Consequently, under English law, RH enjoys beneficial ownership of the shares representing the above-mentioned 3% of NAP s ordinary share capital (and therefore has the unconditional right to receive such shares). This transfer will take place upon completion of the procedure for calculating the transfer price under NAP s bylaws. According to the provisions of the Merger Agreement, the beneficial ownership of such class C ordinary shares is to be transferred to Largenta UK before the implementation of the Contribution, while the connected liabilities will be borne by RH. 3
4 NAP s share capital also includes a small number of deferred shares, held by two minority shareholders, which will, in any case, be transferred to Largenta UK or repurchased by NAP at a token price before the effective date of the Merger. Lastly, NAP s share capital also includes one special share held by RH, which will be transferred to Largenta UK at a token price after completion of the process to determine the price for NAP shares to be purchased through the exercise of call option rights by RH, and for the transfer of shares optioned in favour of RH or Largenta UK, as the case may be. During the Merger and Contribution process, it is possible, although not likely, that some minority shareholders of Largenta UK and NAP will ask to take part in the Merger transaction. If so, Largenta UK or RH, as the case may be, intends to waive the option exercised and allow such shareholders to initiate a roll-over transaction, entailing the following: (i) solely for NAP shareholders taking part in the deal, the transfer to Largenta UK of the above-mentioned NAP shares in exchange for the subscription of newly issued shares; (ii) the transfer to Largenta Italia of newly issued Largenta UK shares or shares held by the current shareholders of Largenta UK, other than RH, who are taking part in the Merger, upon subscription of the new shares of the Transferor. This transaction would have no impact on the exchange ratio since it would only involve a change in the ratio between Largenta UK shares and Largenta Italia shares within the Contribution. However, in the context of the rollover, it is possible that amendments will need to be made to the bylaws of NAP and Largenta UK to convert a portion of existing Largenta Italia shares into shares with no voting rights, subject, however, to the exchange ratio indicated in paragraph 3 below. Where necessary to allow the above roll-over and resulting share conversions, the resolution for the capital increase of Largenta Italia allocated to the Contribution will be supplemented and amended as necessary. For more information on this resolution, see section 1 (under Transferor ) of this Merger Plan below. Conditions Precedent to the Merger Based on the provisions of the Merger Agreement, the execution of the Merger Deed is conditional upon the implementation of the Contribution and on the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: a) obtaining the necessary clearances from antitrust authorities in Austria, Germany, Japan, the UK, Ukraine and US by 31 December 2015; b) YOOX s approval of the Merger by 22 October 2015, with the majority required by Article 49, paragraph 1, letter 3(g), of Consob Regulation 11971/1999, as subsequently amended (the Consob Regulation ), for the purposes of the exemption from the obligation to launch a mandatory tender offer over the ordinary shares of YOOX, pursuant to Article 49, paragraph 3; c) the absence of any objections to the Merger by YOOX s creditors pursuant to Article 2503 of the Italian Civil Code or, if such objections have been lodged, the fact that they are no longer pending at 31 December 2015; and d) admission to listing for YOOX ordinary shares issued for the purposes of implementing the Merger exchange ratio on the Mercato Telematico Azionario organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. ( MTA ), by 31 December
5 Moreover, the condition at point (c) has been set in the exclusive interest of Richemont, which shall thus have the unilateral right to waive it. ** ** ** 1. Companies participating in the Merger Transferee Name: YOOX S.p.A. Registered office at: Via Nannetti 1, Zola Predosa (Bologna). Tax code and Bologna Companies Register no Share capital as at the date of approval of the Merger Plan: EUR 620, fully subscribed and paid up, divided into 62,099,232 ordinary shares with no par value and admitted to listing on the MTA. Pursuant to Article 5 of the YOOX bylaws in force on the date of this Merger Plan: (i) On 18 July 2002 and 2 December 2005, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting granted the Board of Directors, pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, the authorization to increase the share capital, on one or more tranches, over a period of five years as from 18 July 2002, up to a maximum amount of EUR 17,555.20, by issuing 33,760 ordinary registered shares each with a par value of EUR 0.52, and a total premium of EUR 1,551,609.60; such increase is to be allocated to a company incentive plan. On 12 July 2007, the Board of Directors fully exercised such power, by increasing the share capital via the issue of 1,755,520 new shares, each with an accounting par value of EUR 0.01, and a premium of EUR on each new share, and standard dividend rights, for directors or employees of the Company. The final deadline for subscription of the rights issue was set at 31 July If the increase is not fully placed by this deadline, the share capital shall be deemed to have been increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received ( 1 ); (ii) On 10 December 2003 and 2 December 2005, pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meetings granted the Board of Directors the authorization to launch a share capital increase, on one or more tranches, over a period of maximum five years as from 10 December 2003, by issuing a maximum of 19,669 new ordinary shares (with the same characteristics as those outstanding) each with a par value of EUR 0.52, and a premium of EUR per share, and thus for a maximum par value of EUR 10, with a maximum total premium of EUR 903,987.24, for subscription by employees, as well as contractors, consultants and directors of YOOX, to be identified by the Board of Directors, and without granting option rights. On 1 December 2008, the Board of Directors fully exercised such power, by increasing the share capital - to be allocated to a stock option plan - via the issue of 1,022,788 new shares, each with an accounting par value of EUR 0.01, and a premium of EUR on each new share and standard dividend rights, intended for directors or employees of the Company. The final deadline for subscription of the rights issue was set at 1 December 2018, and, if the share capital increase is not fully placed by this deadline, the share capital shall be deemed to ( 1 ) The capital increase was partly subscribed, and the related amount is included under the heading Share capital at the date of approval of the Merger Proposal. 5
6 have been increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received; (iii) On 2 December 2005 and 12 July 2007, pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meetings granted the Board of Directors the authorization to launch a share capital increase, on one or more tranches, over a period of maximum five years as from 2 December 2005, with the exclusion of option rights, pursuant to Article 2441, paragraphs 5 and 8 of the Italian Civil Code, by issuing a maximum of 31,303 new ordinary shares (with the same characteristics as those outstanding), each with a par value of EUR 0.52, with a premium of no less than EUR per share, and thus for a maximum par value of EUR 16,277.56, with a maximum total premium of no less than EUR 1,835, The capital increase is intended to be allocated to incentive schemes for: (a) employees of YOOX or their subsidiaries, to be identified by the Board of Directors as regards 26,613 shares and (b) directors and/or project workers and/or contractors of YOOX and/or their subsidiaries as regards 4,690 shares. On 3 September 2009, the Board of Directors fully exercised such power, by issuing a maximum of 1,627,756 new shares, each with an accounting par value of EUR 0.01, and a premium of EUR for each new share, with identical dividend rights to those of the shares outstanding at the time of their subscription. The final deadline for subscription was set at 3 September 2019, and, if the share capital increase is not fully placed by this deadline, the share capital shall be deemed to have been increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received; (iv) On 16 May 2007, pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting granted the Board of Directors the authorization to launch a share capital increase, on one or more tranches, over a period of maximum five years as from 16 May 2007, with the exclusion of option rights, pursuant to Article 2441, paragraphs 5 and 8 of the Italian Civil Code, by issuing a maximum of 104,319 new ordinary shares with the same characteristics as those outstanding, each with a par value of EUR 0.52, and thus for a maximum par value of EUR 54, The capital increase is to be allocated to a stock option plan for the directors, contractors and employees of YOOX and its subsidiaries. Individual board resolutions shall be adopted, insofar as compatible, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 2441, paragraph 6 of the Italian Civil Code, and the price shall be determined by the directors at no less than EUR per share. On 3 September 2009, the Board of Directors partly exercised such power, by issuing a maximum of 5,176,600 new ordinary shares with the same characteristics as those outstanding, each with an accounting par value of EUR 0.01 and an issue price calculated as: (a) EUR per share as regards 4,784,000 new shares and (b) EUR per share ad regards 392,600 new shares. The final deadline for subscription was set at 3 September If the share capital increase is not fully placed by this deadline, the share capital will be deemed to have increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received; (v) On 8 September 2009, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting approved the removal of the par value of the shares, split the existing shares and changed some of the deadlines pursuant to Art of the Italian Civil Code to ensure the severability of the capital increases; (vi) On 29 June 2012, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting approved a share capital increase for a maximum amount of EUR 15,000.00,cash consideration, in one or more tranches, pursuant to Article 2441, paragraph 4 of the Italian Civil Code, by issuing maximum 1,500,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, and having the same characteristics as the shares outstanding, with regular dividend rights, at a price not 6
7 lower than the unit price at the time of issue to be determined on the basis of the weighted average of the official prices recorded by YOOX ordinary shares on the MTA in the thirty trading days prior to the allocation of the option rights. The capital increase is to be allocated to the beneficiaries of the stock option plan, which was approved by the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting held on 29 June 2014, and reserved exclusively for executive directors of YOOX, pursuant to Article 114-bis of Legislative Decree 58/1998, as subsequently amended (the TUF ). It is to be implemented by the free granting of options valid for subscription to newly issued YOOX ordinary shares. The final deadline for subscription was set at 31 December If the share capital increase is not fully placed by this deadline, the share capital will be deemed to have increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received; (vii) On 17 April 2014, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting approved a share capital increase for a maximum nominal amount of EUR 5,000.00, cash consideration, in one or more tranches, pursuant to Article 2441, paragraph 8 of the Italian Civil Code, by issuing maximum 500,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, and having the same characteristics as the outstanding shares, with regular dividend rights, at a price not lower than the unit price at the time of issue to be determined on the basis of the weighted average of the official prices recorded by YOOX ordinary shares on the MTA in the thirty trading days prior to the allocation of the option rights. The issue is to be allocated to the beneficiaries of the stock option plan, which was approved by the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting held on 17 April 2014, and reserved exclusively for employees of YOOX and the companies directly or indirectly controlled by it, pursuant to Article 114-bis of TUF. It is to be implemented by the free granting of options valid for subscription to newly issued YOOX ordinary shares. The final deadline for subscription is set at 31 December If the share capital increase is not fully placed by this deadline, the share capital will be deemed to have increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received. For the purposes of describing the above-mentioned capital increases, as set out in Article 5 of the YOOX bylaws in force at the date of this Merger Plan, any references to clauses of the bylaws relating to share capital increases for which the subscription deadline has already lapsed, or which have already been fully executed, have been omitted. See section 2 of this Merger Plan below regarding Article 5 of the Transferee s bylaws, post-merger. Transferor Name: Largenta Italia S.p.A. (as renamed following the resolution to convert the company into a company limited by shares and to change its name, adopted by the Shareholders Meeting on 23 April 2015 and registered with the Milan Companies Register on 27 April 2015) Registered office at: Via Benigno Crespi, 26 Milan Tax code and Bologna Companies Register no Share capital as at the date of approval of the Merger Plan: EUR 50,000.00, fully subscribed and paid up, divided into 3,608 ordinary shares with no nominal value. As mentioned above, on 23 April 2015, the Shareholders Meeting of Largenta Italia approved a share capital increase to be allocated to the Contribution, for a total amount of EUR 909,000,000, including a par value of EUR 605, and a premium of EUR 908,394,044.03, by issuing 65,595,989 ordinary shares with no par value. Therefore, on the 7
8 date the Merger Deed is executed following the implementation of the Contribution, the share capital of Largenta Italia will be EUR 655,955.97, divided into 65,599,597 ordinary shares, with no par value. 2. Transferee s bylaws Following the approval of the Merger Plan, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meetings of YOOX and Largenta Italia will be called to approve the new bylaws, which will be adopted by the Transferee and enter into force from the effective date of the Merger, in one of the two versions attached to this Merger Plan as A1 and A2, representing a substantive and integral part to it. The main amendments proposed are briefly described below: (i) the company name, with an amendment to Article 1, as the Transferee will take the new company name YOOX Net-A-Porter Group S.p.A. and, in its abbreviated form, YNAP S.p.A. ; (ii) the transfer of the registered office to Milan, with the corresponding amendment to Article 2; (iii) an amendment to the article relating to share capital (Article 5), in order to show: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) the amount of the capital increase allocated to the execution of Merger, and described in paragraph 4 of this Merger Plan below; the split of the share capital into ordinary shares and non-voting shares ( B Shares ), both with no par value, as described in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Merger Plan below; the rules applicable to B Shares and the rights of B Shares shareholders, including the right to convert B shares into ordinary shares, as described in sections 3 and 4 below; the removal of the clauses relating to share capital increases whose deadlines for subscription have already lapsed or which have been fully executed; with reference to the wording of the bylaws attached as Appendix A1 only, the Delegation, pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, which will be submitted for approval to the same Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting called to vote on the Merger Plan; (iv) in addition to other minor amendments to Article 14 on the appointment of the Board of Directors, a new mechanism for the operation of the list voting system will be introduced such that two directors may be drawn from any list submitted by holders of B Shares (this does not affect the right of the outgoing Board of Directors to submit a list); (v) amendments to Articles 16, 17, 19, 21 and 25 relating to the convening and operation of the Board of Directors and the allocation of powers within the board; (vi) amendments to Article 26 in order to simplify the clause relating to, inter alia, the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors. For a description of the changes to the bylaws, see the YOOX Directors Report drafted pursuant to Article 2501-quinquies of the Italian Civil Code, Article 125-ter of the TUF and 8
9 Article 70, paragraph 2, of the Consob Regulation, made available to the public in accordance with applicable law and regulation (the YOOX Directors Report ). 3. Exchange ratio and cash payment The Merger will be resolved upon taking into consideration (i) the draft financial statements of YOOX for the year ending 31 December 2014, approved by the Board of Directors on 25 February 2015, and which will be submitted for the approval of the Shareholders Meeting called for 30 April 2015 at single call, and (ii) the balance sheet of Deal S.r.l. (today, Largenta Italia S.p.A.) as at 10 April 2015, drafted pursuant to Article 2501-quater of the Italian Civil Code and approved by the Board of Directors of Largenta Italia on 23 April The pro-forma balance sheet of Deal S.r.l. (today, Largenta Italia S.p.A.) as at 10 April 2015, which reflects the effects of the Contribution as if it had already occurred, is attached to this Merger Plan at Appendix B. The Boards of Directors of YOOX and Largenta Italia have determined the following exchange ratio based on the accounting documents referred to above: 1 (one) newly issued YOOX share for every 1 (one) Largenta Italia share (the Exchange Ratio ). See Paragraph 4 below of this Merger Plan for details of the calculation of the number of YOOX shares and the split into ordinary shares and B Shares applied when determining the Exchange Ratio. See the YOOX Directors Report, made available to the public in accordance with applicable law and regulations, for the reasons underlying the Exchange Ratio. It is noted that the sole shareholder of Largenta Italia waived the Directors report, pursuant to Article 2501-quinquies, last paragraph, of the Italian Civil Code. No cash adjustments will be made. 4. Procedures for allocating the Transferee s shares YOOX will implement the Merger through a share capital increase of EUR 655,995.97, entailing the issue of a total of 65,599,597 new shares with no par value. These shares will be allocated to the shareholders of Largenta Italia (i.e. RH and any other shareholders who have become such as a result of the roll-over described in the Paragraph Preconditions of the Merger above) in proportion to their respective stake held in Largenta Italia at the time the Merger becomes effective, it being understood that the shares to be allocated to RH will be divided into: (A) a number of ordinary shares representing, at most, 25% of the YOOX voting share capital, calculated on the basis of the number of YOOX shares outstanding at the date of this Merger Plan; and (B) B Shares for any excess, and up to the number of YOOX shares to be allocated to same. Any additional Largenta Italia shareholder will receive in exchange only ordinary shares. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, YOOX ordinary shares to be allocated in exchange to Largenta Italia shareholders other than RH (based on their holdings in Largenta Italia on said date) shall not, overall, be greater than 4% of the post-merger share capital of YOOX 9
10 (calculated on a fully diluted basis); thus the total 65,599,597 newly issued YOOX shares, with no par value, shall be split as follows: (i) from a minimum of 20,693,964 up to a maximum of 27,691,255 ordinary shares; and (ii) from a minimum of 37,908,342 up to a maximum of 44,905,633 B shares. In application of the above principle, based on the existing position at the date of this Merger Plan (i.e. the fact that RH holds 100% of the share capital of Largenta Italia), the total 65,599,597 newly issued shares, with no par value, shall be split as follows: (i) 20,693,964 ordinary shares, representing 25% of YOOX voting share capital, calculated on the number of YOOX shares outstanding at the date of this Merger Plan; and (ii) 44,905,633 B Shares. The YOOX ordinary shares issued for the purpose of implementing the Exchange Ratio will be listed on the MTA in the same way as the Issuer s ordinary shares at the date of approval of this Merger Plan. The B Shares will not be listed and will have the characteristics described in the bylaws that will enter into force on the effective date of the Merger. This will include the right to convert such shares into YOOX ordinary shares provided that the total number of ordinary shares held after the conversion by the shareholder making such request (together with those held by the parent company, subsidiaries and companies subject to joint control on the basis of the concept of control specified in IAS and IFRS in effect from time to time) does not exceed 25% of the share capital represented by ordinary voting shares. Following the completion of the Merger, all the shares of Largenta Italia will be annulled and exchanged with YOOX ordinary shares and B shares, in accordance with the Exchange Ratio and the procedures for allocating shares described in this Paragraph. No liability will be borne by the Transferor s shareholders in respect of the share exchange. The YOOX shares issued for the purpose of implementing the Exchange Ratio will be made available to the shareholders of Largenta Italia according to the procedures for the centralised management of dematerialised shares at Monte Titoli S.p.A. starting on the effective date of the Merger if it is a trading day, or the first trading day thereafter. Such date, and any further information on the procedures for allocating shares, will be notified in a press release issued via the SDIR-NIS System and published on the Issuer s website (www.yooxgroup.com). 5. Right of withdrawal Shareholders who did not vote in favour of the approval of the Merger Plan are not granted withdrawal rights because none of the proposed resolutions constitutes any of the particular cases under which withdrawal is permitted by law. 6. Ex-date for YOOX shares allocated in exchange The ordinary shares of YOOX that will be issued and allocated to entitled shareholders in accordance with the exchange ratio will have the same ex-date as the Yoox ordinary shares outstanding on the effective date of the Merger, and their holders will be entitled to the same rights as those enjoyed by holders of YOOX ordinary shares outstanding on the same date. 10
11 The B shares that will be issued and allocated to entitled shareholders in accordance with the exchange ratio will have the same ex-date as the YOOX ordinary shares outstanding on the effective date of the Merger and will entitle their holders to the same economic rights as those enjoyed by holders of YOOX ordinary shares outstanding on the same date. For a description of the administrative rights granted to holders of B shares, refer to the bylaws that will enter into force on the effective date of the Merger, attached to this Merger Plan as A1 and A2. 8. Effective date of the Merger The Merger will be effective from the date indicated in the Merger Deed, which may be the same as, or later than, the last registration made pursuant to Article 2504-bis of the Italian Civil Code. The Transferor s transactions will be registered in the financial statements of the Transferee from the same effective date of the Merger. Tax effects will apply from the same date. 9. Treatment of particular classes of shareholders and of holders of securities other than shares Specific benefits for directors of companies involved in the Merger For a description of the B shares and the rights enjoyed by their holders, see the bylaws that will enter into force on the effective date of the Merger, attached to this Merger Plan as A1 and A2. ** ** ** Unless otherwise indicated below, there are no specific benefits for directors of companies involved in the Merger. At the time the Merger Agreement was signed, the Issuer, Richemont and RH (together the Parties ) also signed an agreement containing undertakings among shareholders relevant under Article 122 of TUF (the Shareholders Agreement ), where Richemont acknowledges, among other things, that it is in the Parties' interest - for the purposes of preserving the independent management of the Transferee and of the combined activities of the Transferee and Transferor - that the Issuer's current Chief Executive Officer, Federico Marchetti ("FM"), is to be confirmed for a term of three years from the effective date of the Merger and until the approval by the Shareholders' Meeting of YOOX yearly financial statements as at 31 December 2017 (the First Term ) preserving the current delegated powers to manage all the Issuer's business (post-merger). To this end, the Shareholders Agreement specifies that upon the expiration of the First Term, and subject to FM being in office upon the expiration of the First Term, RH undertakes to carry out (and Richemont undertakes to ensure that RH carries out) the following: (i) to vote in favour of the reappointment of FM as a director of the Issuer for a further three-year term, and thus, to vote in favour of the slate presented by the Issuer s Board of Directors including FM as a candidate director, under the terms and conditions set forth in the Shareholders Agreement; and (ii) to exercise the powers to which RH is entitled as shareholder of the Issuer in order to support the appointment of FM as Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer for a further period of three years under terms and conditions no worse than those applicable in the First Term. In addition, pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, the Parties, to the extent each is concerned, will do every action in their power necessary for implementing the new share- 11
12 based incentive plans to be approved by the Transferee (the Plans ) as soon as possible after the effective date of the Merger and in accordance with the principles of the Shareholders Agreement. Among other things, these Plans specify that a number of shares amounting to up to 5% of the Transferee s share capital (calculated on a fully diluted basis) shall be allocated to the execution of these Plans, there including the portion to which FM will be entitled when such rights will be allocated. For additional information on the Shareholders Agreement, see the essential information prepared and published pursuant to Article 122 of the TUF and Article 130 of the Consob Regulations and available on the Issuer s website (www.yooxgroup.com). Lastly, the Merger Agreement specifies that: (i) Ms Natalie Massenet ( NM ), will hold the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors with executive powers, in return for compensation to be determined by the Issuer s Board of Directors (post-merger), based on a proposal of the Compensation Committee; and (ii) NM will be required to sign an employment agreement with NAP, governed by English law, at economic conditions in line with those set out in the service agreement between the parties on the date that the Merger Agreement is entered into, which changes the existing relationship in order to reflect, among other things, the different role to be attributed to NM as well as her right to take part in the Plans under terms and conditions to be agreed. YOOX S.p.A. Federico Marchetti Chief Executive Officer Largenta Italia S.p.A. Paolo Valente Chairman of the Board of Directors *** *** *** Appendices: Appendix A1 Appendix A2 Appendix B Post-Merger bylaws of the Transferee (including the clause relating to the capital increase Delegation) Post-Merger bylaws of the Transferee (without the clause relating to the capital increase Delegation) Pro forma financial statements of Deal S.r.l. (today Largenta Italia S.p.A.) as of 10 April 2015, reflecting the effects of the Contribution 12
13 APPENDIX A.1
14 COMPANY BYLAWS Name - Shareholders - Registered Office - Term - Object Art. 1 A company limited by shares ("società per azioni") is established with the following name: "YOOX Net-A-Porter Group S.p.A." or, in its abbreviated form, YNAP S.p.A. Art The Company has its registered office in Milan. 2. It can establish secondary offices, branches, offices and representative offices both in Italy and abroad. Art The term of the Company is fixed until December 31, 2050 and may be extended by resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting. 2. Where a resolution is made concerning the extension of the term of the Company, Shareholders who did not take part in the approval of that resolution shall not have the right of withdrawal. Art. 4 The object of the Company - either directly or through any subsidiaries thereof - is as follows: - commerce and the provision of commercial services relating to clothing and accessories and, more generally, to anything that accessorises the person or the home, during free time, when relaxing or during leisure activities, whether or not such products bear the YOOX logo. The above commercial services include the creation, marketing, leasing, sale and agency with or without consignment of advertising and promotional spaces of any kind on websites; - internet commerce, also known as "e-commerce", and the supply of related services; - the design, creation, marketing, distribution, purchase and sale of hardware and software products, systems and services functional or related to electronic commerce activities, including the design,
15 creation, configuration and marketing of websites, network services, network electrical equipment and telecommunication products and services as well as the operation and handling of the latter and the provision of graphics, 3D graphics and design services with and without the aid of computer tools; - the creation of desktop publishing services and products connected or related to electronic commerce activities; - publishing activities in general (excluding any activity that may be restricted in accordance with laws from time to time in force), the design and/or printing of publications for itself and for third parties, including audio-visual publications; - management and organisation, both for itself and for third parties, of conferences, studies, masters and exhibitions, training and refresher courses and workshops on subjects connected to the company's activities, excluding any activities reserved for recruitment agencies. The company may carry out all commercial, property and financial transactions - including the acquisition of shareholdings - that are deemed useful by the management body for the attainment of the company's objects, excluding financial activities involving the general public. Share capital Art The share capital amounts to Euro 1,276,988.29* (one million two hundred seventy-six thousand nine hundred eighty-eight point two nine) and is divided into 82,793,196* (eighty two million seven hundred ninety-three thousand one hundred ninety-six) ordinary shares, 44,905,633* (forty four million nine hundred five thousand six hundred thirty-two) shares without voting rights referred to as B Shares, all being no par value shares. B Shares have no voting rights at the Ordinary or Extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings; however, holders of B Shares shall be entitled to all other non-financial and financial rights of ordinary shares, as well as rights reserved for holders of special shares under the prevailing regulatory provisions 2
16 applicable. Where ordinary shares are split or merged, B Shares must also be split or merged in accordance with the same criteria adopted for ordinary shares; similarly, all resolutions to increase the share capital (or related single tranches) granting option rights must provide for the issuance of ordinary shares and B Shares according to the ratio existing between the two share classes when such resolution to increase share capital is passed, such that the option rights of ordinary shares apply to ordinary shares and the option rights of B Shares apply to B Shares. *[Note that the respective definitive amount of share capital and number of ordinary shares of the Company on the effective date of the Merger by absorption of Largenta Italia S.p.A. in the Company will be established by the resolutions to increase the share capital approved on said date, as set out below.] As a result of the combined resolutions of the extraordinary meetings of July 18, 2002 and December 2, 2005, the Board of Directors is granted the right, pursuant to Art. 2443, second paragraph, of the Civil Code, to increase the capital, at one or more times, over a period of five years as from July 18, 2002, by up to a maximum amount of Euro 17, (seventeen thousand five hundred and fifty-five point two zero), by issuing 33,760 ordinary registered shares each with a nominal value of Euro 0.52 (zero point five two), with a total premium of Euro 1,551, (one million five hundred and fifty-one thousand six hundred and nine point six zero). That increase is to be allocated to a company incentive scheme. If the increase is only partly subscribed, the capital shall be increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received. As a result of the combined resolutions of the extraordinary meetings of December 10, 2003 and December 2, 2005, the Board of Directors is granted the right, pursuant to Art of the Civil Code, to increase the share capital, for consideration, at one or more time, over a maximum period of five years as from the date of the Shareholders' Meeting of December 10, 2003, by issuing 19,669 3
17 (nineteen thousand six hundred and sixty-nine) new ordinary shares with the same characteristics as those currently in circulation, each with a nominal value of Euro 0.52 (zero point five two) and with an individual premium of Euro (forty-five point nine six), and thus by a maximum nominal value of Euro 10, (ten thousand two hundred and twenty-seven point eight eight) and by a maximum total premium of Euro 903, (nine hundred and three thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven point two four). The newly issued shares shall enjoy the same dividend rights as those of the other shares in circulation at the time they are subscribed. These shall be issued with exclusion of the preemption right to which Shareholders are entitled and shall be intended for the Company's employees, to be identified by the Board of Directors, and for its partners, consultants and Board Members, again to be identified by the Board of Directors. As a result of the combined resolutions of the extraordinary meetings of December 2, 2005 and July 12, 2007, the Board of Directors is granted the right, pursuant to Art of the Civil Code, to increase the share capital, for consideration, at one or more times, over a maximum period of five years as from the date of the above first resolution, by issuing a maximum of 31,303 (thirty-one thousand three hundred and three) new ordinary shares with the same characteristics as those currently in circulation, each with a nominal value of Euro 0.52 (zero point five two) and with an individual premium of no less than Euro (fifty-eight point sixty-five), and thus by a maximum nominal value of Euro 16, (sixteen thousand two hundred and seventy-seven point five six) and with a maximum total premium of no less than Euro 1,835, (one million eight hundred and thirty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty point nine five); the newly issued shares shall enjoy the same dividend rights as those of the other shares in circulation at the time they are subscribed; the increase is intended to service incentive schemes for: 4
18 * the employees of the Company or of subsidiaries thereof, to be identified by the Board of Directors, and therefore excluding the pre-emption right specified in Art. 2441, eight paragraph, of the Civil Code as regards 26,613 (twenty-six thousand six hundred and thirteen) shares each with a nominal value of Euro 0.52 (zero point five two), with an individual premium of no less than Euro (fifty-eight point six five), and thus for a maximum nominal amount of Euro 13,838.76, with a maximum total premium of no less than Euro 1,560,852.45; * the directors and/or project workers and/or partners of the company and/or subsidiaries thereof, and therefore excluding the pre-emption right specified in Art. 2441, fifth paragraph, of the Civil Code as regards 4,690 (four thousand six hundred and ninety) shares each with a nominal value of Euro 0.52 (zero point five two), with an individual premium of no less than Euro (fifty-eight point six five), and thus for a maximum nominal amount of Euro 2,438.80, with a maximum total premium of no less than Euro 275, The capital increase - or the capital increases in the case of several board resolutions - shall in all cases be divisible. The capital shall therefore be increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received by the date specified in the board resolution or resolutions pursuant to the schemes. Individual board resolutions - as regards capital increases in accordance with incentive schemes for persons other than employees - shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions laid down in the sixth paragraph of Art of the Civil Code, without prejudice, however, to the minimum price stipulated above. By resolution of the extraordinary meeting of May 16, 2007, the Board of Directors was granted the right, pursuant to Art of the Civil Code, to increase the share capital, for consideration, at one or more times, over a maximum period of five years as from the date of the above resolution, excluding the pre-emption right specified in Art. 2441, fifth and eighth paragraphs, of the Civil Code, by issuing a maximum number of 104,319 (one hundred and four thousand three hundred and nineteen) new 5
19 ordinary shares with the same characteristics as those currently in circulation, each with a nominal value of Euro 0.52 (zero point five two), and thus by a maximum nominal amount of Euro 54, (fifty-four thousand two hundred and forty-five point eight eight); the newly issued shares shall enjoy the same dividend rights as those of the other shares in circulation at the time they are subscribed; the increase is intended to service a stock option plan for the directors, partners and employees of the company and its subsidiaries. Individual board resolutions shall be adopted, insofar as compatible, in accordance with the procedure set out in Art. 2441, sixth paragraph of the Civil Code, and the price shall be determined by the directors at no less than Euro (fifty-nine point one seven) for each share, and in observance of any statutory limit. As a result of the resolutions of the extraordinary meeting of September 8, which removed the nominal value of the shares and split the existing shares and changed a few dates pursuant to Art of the Civil Code - the following transitional clauses regarding the exercise of the above rights were amended as follows: A At a meeting on July 12, 2007, the Board of Directors fully exercised the aforementioned right granted by the extraordinary meeting of July 18, 2002 and amended by resolution of the extraordinary meeting of December 2, 2005, pursuant to Art of the Civil Code, by increasing the share capital to service the stock option plan via the issue of a maximum of 1,755,520 new shares, each with an accounting par value of Euro 0.01, with a premium of Euro on each new share and standard dividend rights, intended for the Company's employees or directors (figures updated following the bylaw amendment of September 8, 2009). 6
20 Pursuant to Art. 2439, paragraph 2, of the Civil Code, the deadline for subscription was set at July 31, 2017, with the provision that, if the capital increase is not fully subscribed by this date, the share capital shall be deemed to have been increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received. The increase was partly subscribed and the relative amount is included in the figure specified in the first paragraph of this article. B At a meeting on December 1, 2008, the Board of Directors fully exercised the aforementioned right granted by the extraordinary meeting of December 10, 2003 and amended by resolution of the extraordinary meeting of December 2, 2005, pursuant to Art of the Civil Code, by increasing the share capital to service the stock option plan via the issue of a maximum of 1,022,788 new shares, each with an accounting par value of Euro 0.01, with a premium of Euro on each new share and standard dividend rights, intended for the Company's employees or directors (figures updated following the bylaw amendment of September 8, 2009). Pursuant to Art. 2439, second paragraph, of the Civil Code, the deadline for subscription was set at December 1, 2018 (figure updated following the bylaw amendment of September 8, 2009), with the provision that, if the capital increase is not fully subscribed by this date, the share capital shall be deemed to have been increased by an amount equal to the subscriptions received. C At a meeting on September 3, 2009, the Board of Directors fully exercised the aforementioned right granted by the extraordinary meeting of December 2, 2005 and amended by resolution of the extraordinary meeting of July 12, 2005, pursuant to Art of the Civil Code, by increasing the share capital to service the stock option plan via the issue of a maximum of 1,627,756 new shares, each with an accounting par value of Euro 0.01, with an individual premium of Euro and the 7