Appendix 2: Sample Term Sheet
TERM SHEET
FOR FINANCING OF DOUGLAS LTD
JAN 1, 2008
This memorandum summarizes the principal terms of the Shares Financing between Douglas Ltd. (the “Company”) and VCPE Fund I Limited Partnership (“VCPE”). Except for the paragraphs below regarding exclusivity and confidentiality, no legally binding obligations will be created until a definitive Share Purchase Agreement is executed and delivered by all parties. This memorandum is not a commitment to invest, and is conditional upon the completion of due diligence, legal review and documentation that is satisfactory to the investor(s) named below.
Offering Terms
Amount to be Raised: US$2,000,000
Type of Security: Preferred A Shares
Number of Shares: [?] Shares
Percentage of Ownership:35% of the Enlarged Share Capital
Original Purchase Price:US$[?] per share
Pre-money Valuation: US$3,750,000 ([?] shares)
Post-Closing Capitalization:Immediately following the Initial Closing, the capitalization
of the Company will be as set forth in the Pro Forma
Capitalization Table stated below:
Management Team
Options Reserved
VCPE
Closing Date: Upon completion of due diligence and satisfactory
documentation, but no later than October 18, 2008 (the
"Closing").
Investors: VCPE Fund I Limited Partnership, a company organized in
[?] and represented by Fund Manager Limited, a Company
incorporated under the laws of [?].
Special Rights:Anti-dilution Provisions: The price of the Shares will be
subject to proportional adjustment to reflect Shares
dividends, Shares splits, combinations and similar events.
Douglas Cumming and Sofia
Johan, Venture Capital and
Douglas Cumming and Sofia Johan, Venture Capital and The price of the Shares will also be adjusted on a weighted-average basis for issuances of Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company convertible into Ordinary Shares to the extent below the then-effective conversion price, subject to the following exceptions: (i) issuance of up to a maximum of 15% of capital the Shares (or options) to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company ("Compensatory Shares") pursuant to Shares purchase or Shares option plans approved by the Company’s Board; (ii) shares issued in connection with acquisition transactions; (iii) shares issued to financial institutions or lessors in connection with bona fide commercial credit arrangements, equipment financings, or similar transactions which are approved by the Company’s Board, subject to a maximum number of shares which represents 1.5% of the fully-diluted outstanding capital Shares of the Company; (iv) shares issued in connection with Shares dividends, splits, combinations and similar events.
Protective Provisions. Consent of the Investor will be required for any action which (i) results in a Deemed Liquidation Event, (ii) applies any Company assets to the redemption, retirement, purchase or acquisition of any shares of Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (if applicable), with limited exceptions for Compensatory Shares, pursuant to Shares option or incentive Shares agreements or plans approved by the Company’s Board or the exercise of the Company's rights of first refusal upon a transfer of such Shares, (iii) alters or changes the rights, preferences or privileges of the Shares, (iv) increases or decreases the authorized number of shares of any Shares, (v) creates (by reclassification or otherwise) any new class or series of shares having rights, preferences or privileges senior to or on parity with the Ordinary Shares, (vi) increases the size of the Company’s Board, (vii) encumbers or grants a security interest in all or substantially all of the Company's assets in connection with incurring indebtedness, except in the ordinary course of business, or (viii) results in the issuance of any additional shares of capital Shares (or options) to the Company's Founders.
Terms of the Shares Purchase Agreement
Purchase Agreement: The investment will be made pursuant to a Shares Purchase
Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company and the
Investor participating in the Initial Closing, which will
contain, among other things, appropriate representations and
warranties of the Company and the Investors. The Purchase
Agreement will also contain appropriate conditions to the
Initial Closing which include, among other things,
qualification of the shares under applicable laws, if
necessary, the filing of the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation establishing the rights and preferences of the
Shares and an opinion of counsel to the Company acceptable
to the Investors. The Purchase Agreement and/or the Investor
Rights Agreement described below will include covenants of
the Company reflecting the provisions set forth herein. The
Company and the Investor will each indemnify the other for
any finders fees for which either is responsible. Expenses: The Company will pay a one time fee of US$20,000 to the
Fund Manager to cover the costs of due diligence and related
legal expenses.
Terms of Investor Rights Agreement
Right of First Refusal: The Investor will have the right in the event the Company
proposes to offer equity securities to any person to purchase
a pro rata portion of such shares based on the number or
shares then held by the Investor relative to the total shares
outstanding (on a Ordinary Shares equivalent basis including
shares subject to outstanding warrants and Shares options for
Compensatory Shares), subject to the same exceptions as
described under "Anti-dilution Provisions" above. Such right
of first refusal will terminate upon the first underwritten
public offering of shares of the Company.
The Investor will have the pro rata right of first refusal on
transfers of Shares for value by other investors, after which
the Company will have a right of refusal, except in the case
of transfers of Shares to affiliates and partners of the
investor.
Information Rights:So long as the Investor continues to hold not less than 5% of
Ordinary Shares, the Company will grant the holder
customary visitation and inspection rights and will furnish
the holder with quarterly unaudited and audited annual
financial statements and with an annual operating plan. All
such information rights will terminate upon an IPO which
causes the Company to become subject to the reporting
requirements of the relevant Shares market governing body.
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Board of Directors:Upon the Initial Closing, the Company's Board will consist
of [?] members, including one representative of the Investor
as the director elected by the Investor, [?] elected by the
other holders of the common shares
The member of the Company’s Board elected by the Investor
will have the right to be a member of the executive, audit and
compensation committees of the Company’s Board.
Other Matters
Assignment of Inventions and
Confidentiality Agreement: All of the Company's employees and consultants will enter
into the Company's standard form of inventions and
proprietary information agreement, which will be in form
acceptable to the Investors.
Vesting and Restrictions on
Ordinary Shares Transfers: On or prior to the Initial Closing, the Founders [list by name]
will each enter into a Shares restriction agreement with the
Company with respect to the approximately [?] shares of
Ordinary Shares collectively owned by them (the "Restricted
Shares") which will provide that (a) each holder's shares of
Restricted Shares will be subject to vesting ratably over a
[48-month] period, commencing on [the Initial Closing date]
[his or her initial date of employment with the Company,
with the initial [?] % vesting to occur upon the first
anniversary of employment], (b) upon a termination of
employment of a holder for any reason, except a termination
by the Company for a reason other than "Cause" (as defined
below), the Company will have the assignable right (and if
the Company does not exercise such right, the other
shareholders of the Company will have the pro rata right) for
a period of 90 days to repurchase unvested shares of
Restricted Shares at the original purchase price paid by the
Founder for such shares, and (c) the Company will have a
right of first refusal to purchase shares of Restricted Shares
in the event of any voluntary or involuntary transfer, other
than transfers by reason of the Founder's death or inter vivos
transfers by a Founder for bona fide estate planning and
related purposes. For such purposes, the term "Cause" will
mean (i) the conviction of any felony or any crime involving
moral turpitude or dishonesty; (ii) participation in a fraud,
misrepresentation or act of dishonesty against the Company;
(iii) material breach of any contract with the Company; (iv)
willful violation of any Company policy which adversely
affects the Company in a material way; (v) causing
intentional damage to the Company's property or business;
(vi) conduct which constitutes gross insubordination or Douglas Cumming and Sofia
Johan, Venture Capital and
Douglas Cumming and Sofia Johan, Venture Capital and incompetence; or (vii) habitual neglect of duties. In addition, no transfers of unvested shares of Restricted Shares will be allowed, and all shares of Restricted Shares will be subject to a market stand-off agreement identical to that imposed upon the Securities held by the other investors.
Pursuant to the Shares option or incentive Shares agreements or similar plans or arrangements approved by the Company's Board, each of the holders of Compensatory Shares (or options therefor) will be subject to vesting restrictions and restrictions on transfer that are no less favorable to the Company as are the Shares restriction arrangements described above with respect to the Founders.
Co-Sale Rights:The Investor will have the right to participate on a pro rata
basis in transfers of Shares for value by Founders [and other
investors], and a right of first refusal on such transfers, after
the Company’s right of first refusal. Such rights will
terminate upon an IPO.
Liquidation Preference:In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the Investor
shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any
distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the
corporation to the holders of Ordinary Shares of the
corporation, an amount equal to the investment amount, plus
a further amount equal to any dividends declared but unpaid
on such shares. If, upon such liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the corporation, the assets of the corporation
are insufficient to provide for the cash payment described
above to the Investor, such assets as are available shall be
paid to the Investor on a pro rata basis.
After the payment or setting apart of payment to the Investor
of the preferential amounts so payable to the Investor, the
holders of Ordinary Shares shall be entitled to receive pro
rata the remaining assets of the corporation.
Consolidation or Merger. A consolidation or merger of the
Company with or into any other corporation or corporations
or any other corporate reorganization, in which the
shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such
consolidation, merger or reorganization, own less than 50%
of the corporation's voting power immediately after such
consolidation, merger or reorganization, or a sale, lease or
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
corporation, or a transaction or series of related transactions
in which more than 50% of the voting power of the Company
is disposed of, shall be deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up within the meaning of this term
Douglas Cumming and Sofia Johan, Venture Capital and and shall be treated in substantially the same manner as a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up for the purposes of the liquidation preference. A consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any non-corporate business entity or a sale, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to such an entity shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up within the meaning of this term and shall be treated in substantially the same manner as a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up for the purposes of the liquidation preference.
Exclusivity: The Company will not negotiate with, or offer or sell any of
its securities to any person or entity other than VCPE Fund I
Limited Partnership for a period of 45 days from the
Company's acceptance of this memorandum. Confidentiality: The Company recognizes that the terms of this memorandum
are confidential and that disclosure of these terms could
cause irreparable harm to VCPE Fund I Limited Partnership
and the Fund Manager.
Conditions to Closing: This transaction will not close prior to completion of final
due diligence including legal review of all pertinent
documents of the Company