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To:
Jeffrey Epsteinueevacation@gmailcom]
From:
Sent
Sat 5/4/2013 5:41:54 PM
Subject
Fw: Proposed SC investment framework - revised
Please advise
Thanks
From: Ramesh Venlcataraman
Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 18:09:18 +0100
To:
Subject: Proposed SC investment framework - revised
David,
Good to see you yesterday!
Following our discussions on April 19, I have modified the proposed structure for the situation
where a liquidity event happens after the next capital raising round or the 18 month anniversary of
the date of the SC investment (the structure for a liquidity event happening sooner remains the
same as in the email below). Let me know if this revised proposal is more in line with your
thinking:
Exit EV
'waterfall'
Salamis % of exit proceeds
.5tro
0 to 50
50%
50 to 100
30%
100 to 500
10%
500 to $1b
5%
Above Sib
3%
What this means is as follows:
•
if the EV at exit is at or below $50 mn, then Samena's returns are the same as the previous
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proposal. This, if EV is $50 mn, we will get 50% of the amount over that owed to Informa.
If the Informa loan note principal + accrued interest repayment obligation is $24 mn, then
Samena gets $13 mn and the other common equity holders get $13 mn.
•
If the EV at exit is $80 mn, then SC gets $21 MD whereas in the previous proposal we
would have got $38 mn.
•
If EV at exit is $120 mn, then SC gets $30 mn, whereas in the previous proposal we would
have got $42 mn
•
If the exit is at a blockbuster EV of $500M, SC gets $68 mn vs $118M previously
In addition, I wanted to confirm our institutional (and my personal) commitment to assisting you
and AG in the next round of capital raising (while, of course, in no way implying any financial
commitment from Samena to participate). Amongst other things, this will include help on capital
raising strategy, IM and investor presentation preparation and adviser selection.
The rest of the proposal remains the same as below (eg, we need to work out governance etc).
We were originally targeting mid-May for the team to be in Beijing. From a Poseidon
perspective, the best time for me would be post May 25 although I could conceivably squeeze in
a couple of days around May 15-19. Let me know.
Best
Ramesh
From: Ramesh Venkataraman
Sent: 13 April 2013 21:17
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Proposed SC investment framework - for discussion
David,
Hope your trip to China is going well. Apologies that it has taken me a week to follow up on our
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discussions. Have been swamped on a number of fronts including an unexpected (but hopefully
positive) turn of events on Poseidon — will brief you on your return from China.
Here is a proposed framework that I have developed for your review/comment. Let me have
your thoughts either via email or, if you prefer, we can wait until your return to discuss in
person.
I. Subject to confirmatory diligence (expected to take no more than 2-3 weeks) and final
documentation, SC will invest $5 million in July 2013 or as soon as AG receives the first RMB 1
mn from Chengdu. As discussed, this $5 million amount will be the only funding commitment
from SC to AG (and this should be documented and minuted by AG for the avoidance of
doubt/misconception). However, as discussed, we arc fully committed to assisting you/AG in
future rounds of capital raising from other investors including tapping the Samena network.
2. Our instrument will be structured as preference shares (zero coupon) convertible into common
equity upon a liquidity event (IPO, trade sale, partial divestment).
3. Our instrument will presumably rank behind the Informa $16 mn loan note from 2010 (payable
in 2020 with a 10% roll up coupon) and only be payable after that loan note principal and
accrued interest arc paid out. We can refine our structure once we have access to the loan note
does and understand the draw down schedule and payment obligations.
4. The conversion ratio for our instrument into equity shares will be on the basis of a liquidity
preference table as follows;
A. If a liquidity event happens before the next capital raising round or 18 months from
the date of our investment (whichever is earlier): our instrument earns a fixed IRR
of 50%. The idea here is to give you and the current management team
disproportionate `credit' for the liquidity event if it is achieved relatively quickly after
we invest. To explain by way of an illustration, if AG is sold in 12 months at an
Enterprise Value (EV) of, say, $50 mn then the payment waterfall is as follows:
a. Informs - $16 mn plus accrued interest, say, $5mn = $21 mn
b. SC - $7.5 mn (50% IRR for 12 months on $5 Inn investment)
c. Balance $21.5 mn to be split across the remaining common equity holders in
proportion to their shareholding %
B. If a liquidity event happens after the next capital raising round or the 18 month
anniversary of the date of the SC investment:
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Exit EV
Samena % of exit
'waterfall'
proceeds
Sm
0 to 100
50%
100 to 500
20%
500 plus
10%
The way to read this is as follows - 'if the EV at exit is $50 mn, then Samena will get
50% of the amount over that owed to Informa. If the Informa loan note principal +
accrued interest repayment obligation is $24 mn, then Samena gets $13 mn and the other
common equity holders get $13 mn. If the EV at exit is $120 mn, then SC gets $42 mn
(50% of $76 mn plus 20% of $20 mn). If the exit is at a blockbuster EV of $500M, SC
gets $118M and the other equity holders collectively get $358 mn, with the balance $24
mn of course being payable to Informa.
5. Any new investor in a subsequent round (say in 2014) buys into the equity in a normal way, ie,
the board sets a pre-money valuation for the equity etc. The SC prefs do not get diluted — ie, the
conversion framework outlined above stays the same.
6. Other terms can be worked out, eg, negative covenants, board seats, IPO secondary offering
rights, etc. It is also going to be critical to discuss how AG's burn rate can be reduced — ideally
cut below $700K p.m., so our investment plus the $6M of cash that AG has currently can last at
least 18 months just in case of the inevitable execution delays in Chengdu.
David, please treat this as a draft for discussion that we can refine over the next few days based
on your feedback to arrive at a mutually acceptable framework.
Best
Ramesh
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