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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
THE PARTIES
Mr. Giancarlo Galati, born on
in
, co-owner and CEO of
2morrowmodel SRL and other model agencies, domiciled in
from now
on the "Operating Investor"
Ms.
, born on
in
, a Financial Investor
with the intention to acquire a stake in new modeling agencies operating in Europe,
domiciled in
from now on the "Financial Investor"
AGREEMENT
1.1. The Financial Investor and the Operating Investor will join forces to open new
modeling agencies in Europe, starting from one in Paris and one in London
(from now on the "operating model agencies"). In the future the parties will freely
agree in good faith on new openings in case the financing described in point 1.6.
will not be entirely utilized for the first 2 openings (Paris and London).
1.2. The operating model agencies will be owned by a holding company to be
established under Swiss law, with shares to the bearer.
1.3. The parties agree to have a share of 50-50 for the holding company and for all
the agencies that they will open together.
1.4.If for any reason the operating model agency in any given jurisdiction cannot be
fully owned by the Swiss holding company, the parties agree that they will
directly own the shares respecting the 50-50 equal split.
1.5.As a general principle that supersedes any other point in this agreement, the
Operating Investor will manage the daily operations of all companies with a good
level of autonomy and flexibility in the interest of the companies and to support
their growth. In any case to protect the Financial investor these two clear limits
to his powers are clearly stipulated:
1.5.1. The Operating Investor cannot leverage the companies with extra debt not
coming from the Financial Investor (as explained in point 1.7.2.2.)
1.5.2. The Operating Investor has a clear ceiling of yearly spend that is approved
by the Financial Investor in writing after presenting the budget each year.
To surpass this level of overall spending and request extra money, a new
written consent of the Financial Investor is necessary. The Operating
investor will be able to, always within the total amount approved, readjust
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during the year the spending in one voice of expense to compensate
another. In this case he will have to inform the Financial Investor. For
example if during the year the tickets paid for models are below target but
that money is paid to offer apartment to models are higher, as long as the
overall yearly spend for all the expenses is respected, the Operating
Investor has to inform the Financial Investor to his best capabilities,
providing explanations. If the overall yearly spend is set to exceed the
amount approved, the Operating Investor must ask for a meeting with the
Financial Investor and ask for preemptive approval to spend more than the
original budget. If the Financial Investor does not approve, the original
budgeted level of expense cannot be surpassed by the Operating Investor.
1.6. The Operating Investor will support the openings with
1.6.1. 30'000 EUR as equity financing to be conferred at the start of the holding
company in Switzerland (tentatively May 2014).
1.6.2. His expertise, his leadership and his connections to ensure the success of
the new ventures. He shall receive no compensation for this effort until the
companies have fully repaid the debt towards the Financial Investor (as
described in point 1.7.2.). Only the expenses for travels, accommodation
and sundry related to the launch and development of the new companies
should be borne by the new companies.
1.6.3. The experience, leadership and connections of other employees of
2morrow model (e.g., scouters) or other companies as deemed necessary
by the Operating Investor to endure the success of the new ventures. They
shall receive no compensation for this effort until the companies have fully
repaid the debt towards the Financial Investor (as described in point
1.7.2.). Only the expenses for travels, accommodation and sundry related
to the launch and development of the new companies should be borne by
the new companies.
1.6.4. The creation of yearly budget for each entity to submit to the approval of
the Financial Investor.
1.7. The Financial Investor will support the openings with
1.7.1. 30'000 EUR as equity financing to be conferred at the start of the holding
company in Switzerland (tentatively May 2014)
1.7.2. 2'770'000 EUR as debt financing to be conferred as per the business
needs described herein
1.7.2.1. Each year a yearly budget will be presented by the Operating
Investor to the Financial Investor on how he suggests to best deploy
the capital to support the growth of the companies and reach as
soon as possible profitability. The budget will be for at least 12
months and by operating agency. In Annex 1 the first year budget
for the French Operating agency is presented
1.7.2.2. Both parties will in good faith try to find an agreement on the yearly
budget and the Operating Investor will be bound to respect that
level of spending and the Financial Investor will provide that capital
amount for that year. Under no circumstance the Operating Investor
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is allowed, without the previous written consent of the Financial
Investor, to raise external financial debt from the companies,
leasing included. Both parties agree that the only financial debt of
the companies should be the one provided by the Financial
Investor. The only exception to this rule is the revolving credit cards
that are used by the agencies to purchase tickets and other travel
expenses. For this exception only a maximum debt of 30'000 per
operating agency is established and the agency should pay it back
on a rolling basis every month to the bank.
1.7.2.3. In case an agreement is not found on the budget, the Financial
Investor will have the final saying in good faith on how the money
should be best invested to reach profitability as soon as possible for
the operating agencies and the Operating Investor will have to
respect these wishes. The amount of total investment should be
bound to the total expressed in 1.6.2. and should be deployed by
the Financial Investor within maximum 4 years from the signature of
this agreement in similar yearly installments (approx. 750'000 EUR
per year).
1.7.2.4. Both parties agree that the debt in point 1.6.2. should bear a yearly
interest of 6%. This interest will be added to the overall debt of the
companies towards the Financial Investor
1.7.2.5. Both parties agree that the debt should be wired to the companies
(holding or operating companies) at the beginning of the first 4
years after the budget approval, then the companies should be able
to repay it entirely with the interests in the following 2-3 years. This
is not a hard deadline as depending on the companies performance
the payback can be faster or slower. In any case, so that the
Operating Investor is incentivized to repay the debt quickly to the
Financial Investor, no other dividend or distributions can be
completed to the Operating Investor nor any salary or other
compensation (other than travel expenses) can be paid to the
Operating Investor without the debt and its interests being
completely repaid to the Financial Investor.
1.7.2.6. To ensure point 1.6.2.5., the Financial Investor can at any time and
at its sole discretion, directly or through an auditor, verify the
spending and other accounting practices of any of the companies
(operating agencies or the holding). The work of the auditors should
be done in respect to the operations of the companies and not
create damages to their ordinary activity
NEXT STEPS
2.1.
Both parties agree that
2.1.1. Over the next 4 weeks and in any case before the end of June 2014, the
holding company will be set up and funded with 60'000 Euros by both
parties as equity (30'000 Euros each).
2.1.2. A budget for the first year for the French agency will be approved with the
signature of this agreement (Appendix 1).
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2.1.3. The French agency will be the first one to be set up and will be created in
the immediate weeks following the setup of the holding company. Target is
to have (as per Appendix 1) a French company that can be set up in
June/July 2014 and can operate starting from September with an
approved license.
MISCELLANEOUS
3.1.
Integrity. If any stipulation of this Agreement comes to be declared null and
void or inapplicable, the other stipulations of this Agreement will continue to
have the same effects as they did previously. The Parties shall then
undertake to agree on an alternative valid stipulation of equivalent effect,
which reflects their original intention at the time the Agreement was
concluded.
3.2.
Amendments to the Contract. Any amendment to the Contract must be in
writing and signed by both Parties.
3.3.
Annexes to the constitute an integral and substantial part of the Contract.
3.4.
Any dispute or conflict arising out of or in connection with this Contract shall
be finally settled by arbitration in accordance with the Swiss Rules of
International Arbitration of the Swiss Chambers Arbitration Institution (the
"Rules") in force on the date when notice of arbitration is submitted in
accordance with the Rules.
3.4.1. The arbitral tribunal shall be composed of one to three arbitrators
who will be designated in accordance with the Rules.
3.4.2. Any such arbitration award shall be final and binding upon the
Parties and may be enforced by action before any court of
competent jurisdiction.
3.4.3. The place of arbitration shall be Geneva, Switzerland, and the
language of the proceedings shall be English.
LIST OF ANNEXES
Annex 1: Business plan for first year, Paris office
SIGNATURES
Paris,
April 2014
Ms.
Mr. Giancarlo Galati
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Annex 1:
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Business plan lst year presentation
France Only
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