As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2025.

Registration No. 333-          

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM F-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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MOOLEC SCIENCE SA
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

1119

 

Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

17, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen
L-2411 Luxembourg,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
+352 26 49 65 65
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42
nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10168
+1 212 947 7200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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With copies to:

Matthew Poulter
Emilio Minvielle
Linklaters LLP
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
(212) 903-9306

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: The Redomiciliation described herein will be effective on, or as soon as practicable after, the date that this registration statement is declared effective.

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

 

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

 

   

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third Party Tender Offer)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.

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       The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion, dated February 6, 2025

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

SHARES

SHARES UNDERLYING WARRANTS

MOOLEC SCIENCE SA

REDOMICILIATION IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

Prior to its proposed Redomiciliation (as defined below) Moolec Science SA is a public limited liability company (societé anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (the “Company”). We are proposing to change our jurisdiction by discontinuing from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and transferring by way of continuation to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company limited by shares registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Redomiciliation”). To effect the Redomiciliation, we will have filed certain documents with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, as described in “The Redomiciliation — General.”

Upon the issuance of a certificate of registration by way of continuation to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, we will have completed our transfer by way of continuation to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company limited by shares registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands and subject to the Companies Act, with our existing name “Moolec Science SA.” Although we will be maintaining our corporate name, for purposes of clarity, in some places in this prospectus, we refer to the Company prior to the Redomiciliation as “Moolec Science (Luxembourg)” and the re-domiciled Cayman Islands entity as “Moolec Science (Cayman Islands).” Within 90 days of the registration of the Redomiciliation, the Company must, by special resolution passed in accordance with the Companies Act, adopt memorandum and articles of association that comply with the requirements of the Companies Act as they relate to an exempted company and a form of such memorandum and articles of association is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1. At the general meeting of the Company held on December 27, 2024, the shareholders resolved to fully restate the Company’s articles of association and adopt the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association as from the date on which the application for continuation into the Cayman Islands is filed with the Cayman Island Registrar of Companies (“Effective Date”). On the Effective Date, all of the ordinary shares of Moolec Science (Luxembourg), with nominal value of $0.01 per share, (the “Ordinary Shares”) will by operation of law become shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands), par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”). Under Luxembourg law and our Luxembourg amended and restated articles of association, our shareholders do not have statutory dissenters’ rights of appraisal as a result of the Redomiciliation.

We are not asking you for a proxy and you are requested not to send us a proxy. No further shareholder action is required to effect the Redomiciliation. See “The Redomiciliation — No Vote or Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal in the Redomiciliation.

Our Ordinary Shares and Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “MLEC” and “MLECW”, respectively. We will seek, and expect to receive, approval from Nasdaq to trade the Shares and Warrants of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) under the same symbol after the Redomiciliation.

Investing in our Shares involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus.

This prospectus is dated            , 2025.

 

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Page

Forward-Looking Statements

 

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Summary

 

1

Risk Factors

 

5

Market Value of Securities

 

6

The Redomiciliation

 

7

Selected Consolidated Finanicial and Other Data

 

10

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

11

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

12

Business

 

13

Management

 

14

Related Party Transactions

 

15

Principal Shareholders

 

16

Description of Securities

 

18

Taxation

 

25

Accounting Treatment of the Redomiciliation

 

28

Legal Matters

 

29

Experts

 

29

Where You Can Find Additional Information

 

29

Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference

 

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This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form F-4, which incorporates important business and financial information about the Company and its subsidiaries from documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, that have not been included in or delivered with this prospectus. This information is available at the website the SEC maintains at www.sec.gov, as well as from other sources. See the section of this prospectus entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.” You also may request a free copy of these documents from us upon written or oral request to Moolec Science SA (Cayman Islands), which registered office will be situated at the office of Ogier Global (Cayman) Limited at 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-9009, Cayman Islands or at such other place in the Cayman Islands as the directors may at any time decide.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.

The forward-looking statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

We desire to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. We make forward-looking statements in this prospectus that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, anticipated growth strategies, anticipated trends in our industry, our potential growth opportunities, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “consider,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms or other similar terms or expressions. The statements we make regarding the following matters are forward-looking by their nature:

        the impact of armed conflict in Israel and Gaza, in addition to the Ukraine, and any possible escalation of such conflicts or contagion to neighboring countries or regions;

        general economic, financial, business and political conditions in Latin America;

        our financial performance;

        our ability to maintain the listing of the Shares or warrants on Nasdaq;

        changes in our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans;

        our ability to develop and launch new products and services;

        our ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities;

        the availability of raw materials used in our products and our ability to source such raw materials;

        our ability to grow our business in a cost-effective manner;

        our product development timeline and expected research and development (“R&D”);

        our ability to commercialize the products developed in our R&D center, acquired as a result of the ValoraSoy Acquisition;

        the implementation, market acceptance and success of our business model;

        developments and projections relating to our competitors and industry;

        our approach and goals with respect to technology;

        our expectations regarding its ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection and not infringe on the rights of others;

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        the impact of any global viral pandemic on our business, including any potential monkey pox (“Mpox”) pandemics;

        changes in applicable laws or regulations;

        the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings; and

        various other factors, including without limitation those described under “Item 3. Key Information — D. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 30, 2024 (the “Annual Report”).

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Summary

This summary provides an overview of selected information. We encourage you to read carefully the entire registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, including the information under “Risk Factors.” Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this prospectus, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Moolec Science SA and all of its subsidiaries as of the date of this prospectus. “Moolec Science SA” refers only to Moolec Science SA and not its subsidiaries as of the date of this prospectus. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “dollars” and “$” in this prospectus are to, and amounts are presented in, U.S. Dollars. For purposes of clarity, in some places in this prospectus, we refer to our company prior to the Redomiciliation as “Moolec Science (Luxembourg)” and the re-domiciled Cayman Islands entity as “Moolec Science (Cayman Islands).”

Our Company

We were incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on May 23, 2022, as a public limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having our registered office at 17, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies’ Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) under number B268440. Our principal website address is www.moolecscience.com and our Investor Relations website address is ir.moolecscience.com.

About Moolec Science

We are a science-based ingredient company, and we believe we are pioneers in the use of molecular farming technology for developing ingredients for food, pet food, animal feed and dietary supplements. Our mission is to create unique food ingredients by engineering plants with science and technology. Our purpose is to redefine the way we produce animal proteins for the good of the planet. Our technological approach aims to have the cost structure of plant-based solutions with the organoleptic properties and functionality of animal-based ones. Our technology has been under development for more than a decade and is known for pioneering the production of a bovine protein in a crop for the food industry. Our product portfolio and pipeline leverage the agronomic efficiency of broadly used target crops, like soy, pea, and safflower. We have an industrial and commercial R&D capability to complement our molecular farming technology. We also have a growing international patent portfolio (25, both granted and pending) for our technology. We have a diverse team of PhDs and food insiders, and operates in the United States, Europe, and South America. Molecular farming can be defined as the technology used to genetically modify plants to produce valuable biological substances. Molecular farming utilizes plants as natural bioreactors to grow and harvest these substances. Molecular farming therefore differs from other genetic engineering applications such as metabolic engineering (where the expressed protein has a catalytic activity in plants and the value-added product is a particular metabolite) and agronomic engineering (where the expressed protein confers beneficial agronomic properties such as pest or disease resistance, stress tolerance, or increased yields). Molecular farming enables the synthesis of valuable biological substances in any seed crop, selecting each gene or molecule for its ability to add value. In the case of oils or proteins, that value could be measured in terms of a targeted functionality trait such as taste, texture, color or nutritional value. The resulting product can be used as ingredients in different applications such as food and feed, providing better-tasting, more functional, and affordable science-based ingredients. We believe that this technological platform has the ability to capitalize on science-based ingredients scale that extensive agriculture entails to achieve affordability and that it is also cost-efficient due to the fact that it leverages biology, using plants and their inputs — sun, water, and soil — as small factories. Plants are grown through traditional farming practices that result in economies of scale through high productivity volume production.

With the ingredients we develop, we expect to address mainly the global processed meat products ingredients markets, which we estimate to be an approximately US$30 billion market. Our business model focuses on R&D, manufacturing and farming.

Molecular farming is a technological platform that has the potential to combine, modify and enhance all sorts of crops with valuable biological substances, which could allow us to possibly consider other market opportunities. Such possible market opportunities include milk, egg, chicken, and fish replacements, or other industries such as alternative biomaterials, biocosmetics, pharmaceuticals, biofuels, among others.

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We hold a growing international patent portfolio for our technologies, which is run by a diverse team of experts, such as Ph.Ds and food insiders who have a robust background in the traditional food and meat industries. Research, development and innovation are core elements of our business strategy, and we believe they represent a critical competitive advantage for us.

On April 24, 2023, we acquired ValoraSoy S.A.

Our main shareholders include Nasdaq-listed Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: BIOX), a fully integrated provider of crop productivity solutions enabling the transition to a carbon neutral agriculture, Theo I, a life sciences venture capital enterprise, and UGVL, a private equity management firm, as well as Insud, an Argentine-based life & science holding with business in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, forestry, biotech, cultural and renewable energy industries through its affiliates.

Recent Developments

2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting

On December 27, 2024, we held both our annual shareholders’ meeting (the “2024 AGM”) and an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “2024 EGM”). At the 2024 AGM, our shareholders approved the annual accounts of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2024, re-appointed directors and the statutory auditor, approved the remuneration of our directors and discharged the directors and the statutory auditor. In addition, the 2024 EGM approved the transfer of the registered office of the Company from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Cayman Islands, also approving related corporate structural changes, and the adoption of new memorandum and articles of association of the Company. Further, our 2024 EGM approved the transfer by way of continuation of the Company to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company limited by shares registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands and delegated powers to manage the administrative aspects of the Redomiciliation.

The Redomiciliation

We intend to change our jurisdiction of domicile from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Cayman Islands. At the 2024 EGM, our shareholders approved the transfer of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Cayman Islands as Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) by way of continuation to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company limited by shares registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands. To effect the Redomiciliation, we will have filed the following with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands: (a) a list of the directors and officers of the Company and their respective addresses; (b) a copy of the Company’s certificate of formation and of its current amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (each certified and authenticated under public seal of Luxembourg, including a certified translation, if applicable); (c) a certificate of good standing for the Company issued by the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés de Luxembourg) that must be dated within 30 days of the proposed Effective Date; (d) confirmation of the Company’s proposed registered office in the Cayman Islands upon effectiveness of the Redomiciliation; (e) a declaration or an affidavit by a director of the Company to the effect that, having made due enquiry, the director is of the opinion that no petition or other similar proceeding has been filed and remains outstanding or order made or resolution adopted to wind up or liquidate the Company in any jurisdiction; no receiver, trustee, administrator or other similar person has been appointed in any jurisdiction and is acting in respect of the Company, its affairs or its property or any part thereof; no scheme, order, compromise or other similar arrangement has been entered into or made in any jurisdiction whereby the rights of creditors of the Company are and continue to be suspended or restricted; the Company is able to pay its debts as they fall due; the application for registration is bona fide and not intended to defraud existing creditors of the Company; any consent or approval to the transfer required by any contract or undertaking entered into or given by the Company has been obtained, released or waived, as the case may be; the transfer is permitted by and has been approved in accordance with the charter documents of the Company; the laws of the relevant jurisdiction with respect to transfer have been or will be complied with; the Company will, upon registration hereunder, cease to be incorporated, registered or exist under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction together with a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Company made up to the latest practicable date before making the declaration or affidavit; (f) a declaration or an affidavit by a director of the Company to the effect that, having made due enquiry, the director is of the opinion that no petition or other similar proceeding has been filed and remains outstanding or order made or resolution adopted to wind up or liquidate the Company in any jurisdiction; no receiver, trustee, administrator or other similar person has been appointed in any jurisdiction and is acting in respect of the

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Company, its affairs or its property or any part thereof; no scheme, order, compromise or other similar arrangement has been entered into or made in any jurisdiction whereby the rights of creditors of the Company are and continue to be suspended or restricted; the Company is able to pay its debts as they fall due; and the Company is constituted in a form or substantially a form which could have been incorporated as an exempted company limited by shares under the Companies Act; (g) a declaration by a director of the Company that the operations of the Company will be conducted mainly outside the Cayman Islands; (h) an undertaking by a director of the Company confirming that the Company has no secured creditors; (i) a statement of assets and liabilities which must be dated within six months of the Effective Date; and (j) a copy of the shareholder resolutions and director resolutions of the Company approving of the Redomiciliation.

Upon the issuance of a certificate of registration by way of continuation as an exempted company by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, we will have completed our transfer by way of continuation to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company limited by shares registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and subject to the Company Act, with our existing name “Moolec Science SA.” Although we will be maintaining our corporate name, for purposes of clarity, in some places in this prospectus, we refer to the Company prior to the Redomiciliation as “Moolec Science (Luxembourg)” and the re-domiciled Cayman Islands entity as “Moolec Science (Cayman Islands).” Within 90 days of the registration of the Redomiciliation, the Company must by special resolution passed in accordance with the Companies Act, adopt memorandum and articles of association that comply with the requirements of the Companies Act as they relate to an exempted company and a form of such memorandum and articles of association is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1. At the 2024 EGM, our shareholders resolved to fully restate the articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg), and to adopt the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association for Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) as from the Effective Date.

Comparison of Shareholder Rights

The Redomiciliation will change our domicile from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Cayman Islands and, as a result, our constitutive documents will change and will be governed by Cayman Islands rather than Luxembourg law. There are differences between the governing corporate law of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and that of the Cayman Islands. We describe these and other changes in more detail under “Description of Our Securities — Comparison of Luxembourg to Cayman Islands Corporate Law” below. However, our business, assets and liabilities on a consolidated basis, as well as our board of directors, executive officers, principal business location and fiscal year, will be the same immediately following the completion of the Redomiciliation as they are immediately prior to the Redomiciliation.

Redomiciliation Share Conversion

We are authorized to issue five hundred billion (500,000,000,000) Ordinary Shares, each having a nominal value of $0.01. As of the date of this registration statement on Form F-4, of which this prospectus is a part, there are 40,126,840 Ordinary Shares outstanding and issued. There were also 11,110,000 Warrants outstanding, each entitling the holder to purchase one Ordinary Share at an exercise price of US$11.50 per share.

On the Effective Date, all of the Ordinary Shares of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) will by operation of law become Shares Moolec Science (Cayman Islands), par value $0.01 per share. It is not necessary for shareholders of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) who currently hold share certificates to exchange their existing share certificates for certificates of Shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands). See “The Redomiciliation — Redomiciliation Share Conversion” below.

Background and Advantages of the Redomiciliation

Our board of directors believes that there are benefits to us from the Redomiciliation, particularly that we expect to benefit from administrative and other similar efficiencies, including reduced legal and operating costs.

No Vote or Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal in the Redomiciliation

Under Luxembourg law and our Luxembourg amended and restated articles of association, our shareholders do not have statutory dissenters’ rights of appraisal or any other appraisal rights as a result of the Redomiciliation. See “The Redomiciliation — No Vote or Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal in the Redomiciliation.

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Material Tax Consequences of the Redomiciliation

We do not believe that we or our shareholders will be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands as a result of the Redomiciliation. It is intended that the Redomiciliation to qualify as a tax-free “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code described under Section 368(a)(1)(F) (an “F Reorganization”). In connection with the filing of this registration statement on Form F-4 of which this prospectus is a part, Linklaters LLP, tax counsel to Moolec Science (Luxembourg), will render an opinion substantially to the effect that, subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations described herein and in the opinion to be filed as an exhibit to this registration statement, the Redomiciliation will qualify as an F Reorganization. The opinion of counsel will not bind the IRS or a court, and no IRS ruling will be requested with respect to the Redomiciliation.

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Risk Factors

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks set forth below and the discussion of risks under the heading “Item 3. Key Information — D. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report before making an investment in our securities. Please see the sections of this prospectus entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.” In addition, you should also consider carefully the risks set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in any prospectus supplement before investing in the securities offered by this prospectus. The occurrence of one or more of those risk factors could adversely impact our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Risks Relating to the Change in Our Jurisdiction

Prior to effectiveness of the Redomiciliation, your rights as a shareholder of Moolec Science SA arise under Luxembourg law. Upon effectiveness of the Redomiciliation, your rights as a shareholder of Moolec Science SA will arise under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in accordance with Cayman Islands law.

At the 2024 EGM, our shareholders resolved to fully restate the articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg), and to adopt the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association for Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) as from the Effective Date. As from the Effective Date, the memorandum and articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) are the constitutive documents of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands). These new constitutive documents and Cayman Islands law contain provisions that differ in some respects from those in our Luxembourg constitutive documents and Luxembourg law and, therefore, some of your rights as a shareholder of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) could differ materially from the rights you currently possess as a shareholder of Moolec Science (Luxembourg). See “Description of Securities — Comparison of Luxembourg to Cayman Islands Corporate Law” where we describe material provisions under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the laws of the Cayman Islands relating to your rights as a shareholder. The form of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) adopted as from the Effective Date is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

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Market Value of Securities

Our Ordinary Shares and Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “MLEC” and “MLECW,” respectively.

The following table sets forth the high and low market prices for each of the periods indicated for our Ordinary Shares and Warrants on Nasdaq:

 

Ordinary Shares

 

Warrants

High

 

Low

 

High

 

Low

(in U.S. dollars)

Quarter Ended

               

2023

               

First Quarter

 

19.25

 

4.11

 

0.25

 

0.09

Second Quarter

 

4.44

 

2.62

 

0.15

 

0.04

Third Quarter

 

3.79

 

2.81

 

0.08

 

0.04

Fourth Quarter

 

3.03

 

2.20

 

0.04

 

0.02

2024

               

First Quarter

 

2.53

 

1.34

 

0.06

 

0.02

Second Quarter

 

2.47

 

1.05

 

0.08

 

0.03

Third Quarter

 

1.11

 

0.79

 

0.08

 

0.04

Fourth Quarter

 

0.92

 

0.77

 

0.05

 

0.02

2025

               

First Quarter (through February 5, 2025)

 

0.94

 

0.70

 

0.05

 

0.03

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The Redomiciliation

General

At the 2024 EGM, our shareholders approved the transfer of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Cayman Islands as Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) by way of continuation to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company limited by shares registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands. To effect the Redomiciliation, we will have filed the following with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands: (a) a list of the directors and officers of the Company and their respective addresses; (b) a copy of the Company’s certificate of formation and its current amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (certified and authenticated under public seal of Luxembourg, including a certified translation, if applicable); (c) a certificate of good standing for the Company issued by the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés de Luxembourg) that must be dated within 30 days of the proposed Effective Date; (d) confirmation of the Company’s proposed registered office in the Cayman Islands upon effectiveness of the Redomiciliation; (e) a declaration or an affidavit by a director of the Company to the effect that, having made due enquiry, the director is of the opinion that no petition or other similar proceeding has been filed and remains outstanding or order made or resolution adopted to wind up or liquidate the Company in any jurisdiction; no receiver, trustee, administrator or other similar person has been appointed in any jurisdiction and is acting in respect of the Company, its affairs or its property or any part thereof; no scheme, order, compromise or other similar arrangement has been entered into or made in any jurisdiction whereby the rights of creditors of the Company are and continue to be suspended or restricted; the Company is able to pay its debts as they fall due; the application for registration is bona fide and not intended to defraud existing creditors of the Company; any consent or approval to the transfer required by any contract or undertaking entered into or given by the Company has been obtained, released or waived, as the case may be; the transfer is permitted by and has been approved in accordance with the charter documents of the Company; the laws of the relevant jurisdiction with respect to transfer have been or will be complied with; the Company will, upon registration hereunder, cease to be incorporated, registered or exist under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction together with a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Company made up to the latest practicable date before making the declaration or affidavit; (f) a declaration or an affidavit by a director of the Company to the effect that, having made due enquiry, the director is of the opinion that no petition or other similar proceeding has been filed and remains outstanding or order made or resolution adopted to wind up or liquidate the Company in any jurisdiction; no receiver, trustee, administrator or other similar person has been appointed in any jurisdiction and is acting in respect of the Company, its affairs or its property or any part thereof; no scheme, order, compromise or other similar arrangement has been entered into or made in any jurisdiction whereby the rights of creditors of the Company are and continue to be suspended or restricted; the Company is able to pay its debts as they fall due; and the Company is constituted in a form or substantially a form which could have been incorporated as an exempted company limited by shares under the Companies Act; (g) a declaration by a director of the Company that the operations of the Company will be conducted mainly outside the Cayman Islands; (h) an undertaking by a director of the Company confirming that the Company has no secured creditors; (i) a statement of the Company’s assets and liabilities which must be dated within 6 months of the Effective Date; and (j) a copy of the shareholder resolutions and director resolutions of the Company approving of the Redomiciliation.

Upon the issuance of a certificate of registration by way of continuation as an exempted company by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, we will have completed our transfer by way of continuation to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company limited by shares registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands, subject to the Companies Act, with our existing name “Moolec Science SA.” Although the Redomiciliation does not require the approval of any of our shareholders under Luxembourg law, our board of directors must provide approval in order for the Redomiciliation to be effected. Under Luxembourg and Cayman Islands law, the Redomiciliation into the Cayman Islands is deemed effective upon the registration of the Company by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands. The registration is evidenced by the issuance of the certificate of registration by way of continuation as an exempted company continuance by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.

In connection with the Redomiciliation, Moolec Science (Luxembourg) has adopted amended and restated articles of association which will be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, and which will be the constitutive documents of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) following the Redomiciliation. The Companies Act requires us to pass a special resolution to adopt the amended and restated articles of association that conform to Cayman Islands law within 90 days of the Redomiciliation. At the 2024 EGM, our shareholders resolved to

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fully restate the articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg), and to adopt the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association for Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) as from the Effective Date. See “— Shareholder Rights” below.

Effects and Advantages of the Redomiciliation

Our board of directors believes that there are advantages of the Redomiciliation which will provide legal, administrative and other similar efficiencies.

From the date of Redomiciliation, the Company continues as a body corporate for all purposes as if incorporated and registered as an exempted company under and subject to the laws the Cayman Islands. The Company then has: (a) the capacity to perform all the functions of an exempted company; (b) the capacity to sue and to be sued; (c) perpetual succession; and (d) the power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and the members of the company shall have such liability to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up under the Companies Act.

As a matter of Cayman Islands laws, the Redomiciliation provisions do not operate: (a) to create a new legal entity; (b) to prejudice or affect the identity or continuity of the Company as previously constituted; (c) to affect the property of the Company; (d) to affect any appointment made, resolution passed or any other act or thing done in relation to the Company pursuant to a power conferred by any of the charter documents of the Company or by the laws of the jurisdiction under which the Company was previously incorporated, registered or existing; (e) except to the extent provided by or pursuant to the Companies Act, to affect the rights, powers, authorities, functions and liabilities or obligations of the Company or any other person; or (f) to render defective any legal proceedings by or against the Company and any legal proceedings that could have been continued or commenced by or against the Company before its Redomiciliation under the Companies Act may, notwithstanding the Redomiciliation, be continued or commenced by or against the Company after the Redomiciliation.

Accordingly, although the Redomiciliation will effect a change in our jurisdiction, and other changes of a legal nature, including our adoption of new constitutive documents within 90 days of the Redomiciliation (it being noted that the shareholders resolved, at the 2024 EGM, to fully restate the articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg), and to adopt the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association for Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) as from the Effective Date of the Redomiciliation), which are described in this prospectus, the business, assets and liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as well as our principal locations and fiscal year, will be the same upon effectiveness of the Redomiciliation as they are immediately prior to the Redomiciliation.

No Change in Management or Our Board of Directors

Our executive officers and board of directors will remain the same upon effectiveness of the Redomiciliation. Our current executive officers are Gastón Paladini (Chief Executive Officer) and José López Lecube (Chief Financial Officer). Our current board of directors is comprised of Gastón Paladini, José López Lecube, Natalia Zang, Kyle P. Bransfield and Esteban Guillermo Corley.

In addition, neither the members nor the chairperson of our Audit Committee will change upon effectiveness of the Redomiciliation.

Redomiciliation Share Conversion

On the Effective Date, all of the Ordinary Shares of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) will by operation of law become Shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands), par value $0.01 per share. Consequently, upon effectiveness of the Redomiciliation, each holder of our Ordinary Shares will instead hold Shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) representing the same proportional equity interest in Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) as that shareholder held in Moolec Science (Luxembourg) and representing the same class of shares. The number of Shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) issued and outstanding immediately after the Redomiciliation will be the same as the number of Ordinary Shares of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Redomiciliation.

Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) will not issue new share certificates to Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) shareholders who currently hold any of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) share certificates. A shareholder who currently holds any Moolec Science (Luxembourg) share certificates will receive a new share certificate only upon any future transaction in Shares of

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Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) that requires the transfer agent to issue new share certificates in exchange for existing share certificates. It is not necessary for shareholders of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) to exchange their existing share certificates for share certificates of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands). Subject to the register of members of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) being updated accordingly, each certificate evidencing Ordinary Shares of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) will be deemed for all purposes of the Company to evidence the identical number of Shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands). Subject to the register of members of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) being updated accordingly, holders of uncertificated Ordinary Shares of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) immediately prior to the Redomiciliation will continue as holders of uncertificated Shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) upon effectiveness of the Redomiciliation.

Shareholder Rights

At the 2024 EGM, our shareholders resolved to fully restate the articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg), and to adopt the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association for Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) as from the Effective Date. The constitutive documents of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) and Cayman Islands law may contain provisions that differ in some respects from those under Luxembourg law and, therefore, some of your rights as a shareholder of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) could differ from the rights you currently possess as a shareholder of Moolec Science (Luxembourg). However, the rights of shareholders under the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association for Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) will be substantially the same as under our current constitutive documents for Moolec Science (Luxembourg), subject only to changes required to ensure conformity to the Companies Act. See “Description of Securities — Comparison of Luxembourg to Cayman Islands Corporate Law” where we describe material provisions under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the laws of the Cayman Islands relating to your rights as a shareholder.

No Vote or Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal in the Redomiciliation

Under Luxembourg law and our current amended and restated articles of association, our shareholders do not have statutory dissenters’ rights of appraisal or any other appraisal rights of their shares as a result of the Redomiciliation. We are not asking you for a proxy and you are requested not to send us a proxy. No further shareholder vote or action is required to effect the Redomiciliation, which has been adopted during the 2024 EGM.

The Redomiciliation may not qualify as a “reorganization” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

It is intended that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Redomiciliation will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code (an “F Reorganization”). In connection with the filing of this registration statement on Form F-4 of which this prospectus is a part, Linklaters LLP, tax counsel to Moolec Science (Luxembourg), will render an opinion substantially to the effect that, subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations described herein and in the opinion to be filed as an exhibit to this registration statement, the Redomiciliation will qualify as an F Reorganization. The opinion of counsel will not bind the IRS or a court, and no IRS ruling will be requested with respect to the Redomiciliation. If any of the assumptions, representations or covenants on which the opinion is based is or becomes incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate or is otherwise not complied with, the validity of the opinion described above may be adversely affected and the tax consequences of the Redomiciliation could differ from those described herein. U.S. Holders (as defined below in “Taxation — Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Redomiciliation”) should be aware that the completion of the Redomiciliation is not conditioned on the receipt of an opinion of counsel that the Redomiciliation qualifies as a tax-free transaction. In addition, it is not possible to predict whether the IRS or a court considering the issue would take a contrary position. If the IRS successfully challenges the treatment of the Redomiciliation, adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences may result. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. and other tax consequences of the Redomiciliation in their particular circumstances.

U.S. holders could suffer adverse tax consequences if we are characterized as a passive investment company (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Generally, if, for any taxable year, at least 75% of Moolec Science (Luxembourg)’s gross income is passive income, or at least 50% of the gross average quarterly value of Moolec Science (Luxembourg)’s assets are attributable to assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income, Moolec Science (Luxembourg) would be characterized as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If Moolec Science (Luxembourg) were a PFIC or had been a PFIC in the past, the Redomiciliation could be taxable to U.S. Holders. See Taxation — Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Redomiciliation” for a further discussion.

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Selected Consolidated FinaNcial INFORMATION and Other Data

We incorporate by reference the selected financial information including (i) our consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income for the years ended June 30, 2024, 2023 and 2022 and (ii) our consolidated statement of financial position as of June 30, 2024 and 2023, from our Annual Report, which is incorporated by reference herein. The selected financial information has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto which have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The financial information should be read in conjunction with “Item 5 — Operating and Financial Review and Prospects,” the consolidated financial statements, related notes and other financial information included in our in our Annual Report, which is incorporated by reference herein.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations

We incorporate by reference the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, included under “Item 5 — Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — A. Operating Results,” from our Annual Report.

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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We incorporate by reference the disclosure included under “Item 11 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” from our Annual Report.

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Business

Our Company

We were incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on May 23, 2022, as a public limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having our registered office at 17, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies’ Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) under number B268440. Our principal website address is www.moolecscience.com and our Investor Relations website address is ir.moolecscience.com.

About Moolec Science

We are a science-based ingredient company, and we believe we are pioneers in the use of molecular farming technology for developing ingredients for food, pet food, animal feed and dietary supplements. Our mission is to create unique food ingredients by engineering plants with science and technology. Our purpose is to redefine the way we produce animal proteins for the good of the planet. Our technological approach aims to have the cost structure of plant-based solutions with the organoleptic properties and functionality of animal-based ones. Our technology has been under development for more than a decade and is known for pioneering the production of a bovine protein in a crop for the food industry. Our product portfolio and pipeline leverage the agronomic efficiency of broadly used target crops, like soy, pea, and safflower. We have an industrial and commercial R&D capability to complement our molecular farming technology. We also have a growing international patent portfolio (25, both granted and pending) for our technology. We have a diverse team of PhDs and food insiders, and operates in the United States, Europe, and South America. Molecular farming can be defined as the technology used to genetically modify plants to produce valuable biological substances. Molecular farming utilizes plants as natural bioreactors to grow and harvest these substances. Molecular farming therefore differs from other genetic engineering applications such as metabolic engineering (where the expressed protein has a catalytic activity in plants and the value-added product is a particular metabolite) and agronomic engineering (where the expressed protein confers beneficial agronomic properties such as pest or disease resistance, stress tolerance, or increased yields). Molecular farming enables the synthesis of valuable biological substances in any seed crop, selecting each gene or molecule for its ability to add value. In the case of oils or proteins, that value could be measured in terms of a targeted functionality trait such as taste, texture, color or nutritional value. The resulting product can be used as ingredients in different applications such as food and feed, providing better-tasting, more functional, and affordable science-based ingredients. We believe that this technological platform has the ability to capitalize on science-based ingredients scale that extensive agriculture entails to achieve affordability and that it is also cost-efficient due to the fact that it leverages biology, using plants and their inputs — sun, water, and soil — as small factories. Plants are grown through traditional farming practices that result in economies of scale through high productivity volume production.

We incorporate by reference the Information on the Company for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, included under “Item 4. Information on the Company,” from our Annual Report.

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Management

We incorporate by reference the disclosure included under “Item 6 — Directors, Senior Management and Employees,” from our Annual Report, and the disclosure from our 6-K, File No. 001-41586, furnished to the SEC on December 30, 2024.

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Related Party Transactions

We incorporate by reference the disclosure included under “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions — B. Related Party Transactions” from our Annual Report.

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Principal Shareholders

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares for (i) owners of five percent or more of our Ordinary Shares and (ii) our directors and executive officers, of which we are aware as of the date of this registration statement on Form F-4, of which this prospectus is a part.

Beneficial owners

 

Number of
shares

 

% owned

Gastón Paladini(1)(2)

 

2,980,423

 

7.7

%

José López Lecube(3)(4)

 

491,303

 

1.3

%

Amit Dhingra(5)(6)

 

122,766

 

*

%

Henk Hoogenkamp(7)(8)

 

143,456

 

*

%

Martin Salinas(9)(10)

 

184,232

 

*

%

Catalina Jones(11)(12)

 

104,889

 

*

%

Natalia Zang(13)(14)

 

66,423

 

*

%

Kyle P. Bransfield(15)(16)

 

416,423

 

1.1

%

Esteban Guillermo Corley(17)

 

 

*

%

All directors and executive officers as a group (nine individuals)

 

4,509,918

 

11.4

%

Five Percent or More Holders

       

 

THEO I SCSp(18)

 

11,852,695

 

30.8

%

Bioceres Group PLC(19)(20)

 

12,453,523

 

32.4

%

Union Group Ventures Limited

 

15,170,828

 

39.5

%

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Notes:-

*        Less than 1%.

(1)      The business address of Mr. Paladini is Av. Jorge Newbery 8655, Country del Lago, lote 79, Rosario, CP2000, Santa Fe, Argentina.

(2)      Includes Ordinary Shares held by The Biotech Company LLC, an entity controlled by Mr. Paladini and his spouse and includes 66,423 vested, unexercised and exercisable options pursuant to the Moolec Limited Employee Share Plan. Does not include approximately 360,023 vested and exercisable Restricted Stock Units, calculated using a 25-day VWAP.

(3)      The business address of Mr. López Lecube is Los Talas 301 (Ex. Av V50 s/n), BC Talar del Lago 2, lote 438, General Pacheco, Tigre, B1617 Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

(4)      Includes 73,927 unissued Ordinary Shares and 184,853 vested, unexercised and exercisable options pursuant to the Moolec Limited Employee Share Plan. Does not include approximately 211,959 vested and exercisable Restricted Stock Units, calculated using a 25-day VWAP.

(5)      The business address of Mr. Dhingra is 4302 Whitwick Pl, College Station, Texas 77845, United States.

(6)      Includes 39,980 unissued Ordinary Shares and 82,786 vested, unexercised and exercisable options pursuant to the Moolec Limited Employee Share Plan. Does not include approximately 82,087 vested and exercisable Restricted Stock Units, calculated using a 25-day VWAP.

(7)      The business address of Mr. Hoogenkamp is Hoeveveld 24B, 6584GG, Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

(8)      Includes 46,697 unissued Ordinary Shares and 96,786 vested, unexercised and exercisable options pursuant to the Moolec Limited Employee Share Plan. Does not include approximately 124,768 vested and exercisable Restricted Stock Units, calculated using a 25-day VWAP.

(9)      The business address of Mr. Salinas is La Tradición 3068, Funes, CP2132, Santa Fe, Argentina.

(10)    Includes 59,972 unissued Ordinary Shares and 124,260 vested, unexercised and exercisable options pursuant to the Moolec Limited Employee Share Plan. Does not include approximately 124,268 vested and exercisable Restricted Stock Units, calculated using a 25-day VWAP.

(11)    The business address of Ms. Jones is República de Italia 860, Adrogué, Almirante Brown, CP1846, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

(12)    Includes 22,127 unissued Ordinary Shares and 82,762 vested, unexercised and exercisable options pursuant to the Moolec Limited Employee Share Plan. Does not include approximately 135,628 vested and exercisable Restricted Stock Units, calculated using a 2- day VWAP.

(13)    The business address of Ms. Zang is Paseo de los Parques 6. Portal 4. 1d 28109 Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain.

(14)    Represents 66,423 vested, unexercised and exercisable options pursuant to the Moolec Limited Employee Share Plan. This amount does not include any current share ownership.

(15)    The business address of Mr. Bransfield is 714 Westview Ave Nashville, TN 37205, United States.

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(16)    Includes 350,000 Ordinary Shares held by UG Holdings LLC, an entity affiliated with Mr. Bransfield and includes 66,423 vested, unexercised and exercisable options pursuant to the Moolec Limited Employee Share Plan.

(17)    The business address of Mr. Corley is Paraguay 1535, CP1061, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

(18)    Theo owns 80% of the issued and outstanding shares of BG Farming. Consequently, Theo may be deemed the beneficial owner of the Shares held by BG Farming and to share voting and dispositive control over such shares.

(19)    Bioceres Group PLC owns 96.2% of the outstanding equity securities of Theo. Consequently, Bioceres Group PLC may be deemed the beneficial owner of the Ordinary Shares of which Theo is deemed the beneficial owner and to share voting and dispositive control over such shares.

(20)    Includes 600,828 Ordinary Shares held by Bioceres Group PLC and the 11,852,695 Ordinary Shares held by Theo.

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Description of Securities

The following description of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) reflects our share capital as it will exist upon completion of the Redomiciliation and adoption of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. The description is a summary. We urge you to read the form of amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Objects and Powers

As stated in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the objects of the Company will be unrestricted and it will have the full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law of the Cayman Islands. The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association further provides that the Company will be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit.

Authorized Capitalization

Under the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, our authorized share capital will consist of 500,000,000,000 Shares having a par value of $0.01 per share, of which 40,126,840 Shares will be issued and outstanding as of the date of this registration statement on Form F-4, of which this prospectus is a part.

Share History

On January 3, 2023, we amended and restated our articles of association, pursuant to which, among other provisions, our authorized share capital is composed of 500,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares, each with a nominal value of $0.01 per share.

On April 14, 2023, we entered into the Nomura Share Purchase Agreement and the Nomura Registration Rights Agreement with Nomura Securities International, Inc (“Nomura”), pursuant to which we have the right to sell to Nomura up to US$50 million in aggregate gross purchase price of our Ordinary Shares, from time to time during the three-year term of the Nomura Purchase Agreement.

In June 2023, 3,600 Ordinary Shares were issued under the Nomura Share Purchase Agreement.

On October 15, 2023, we issued to Invim Corporativo S.L. an aggregate principal amount of US$10,000,000 convertible notes, which can be converted into Ordinary Shares.

On April 23, 2024, 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares were issued under the Nomura Share Purchase Agreement.

On September 17, 2024, we issued to Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. a convertible note in an aggregate principal amount of approximately US$6,600,000, which can be converted into Ordinary Shares.

On September 20, 2024, our board of directors approved the 2024 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, pursuant to which the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that may be issued pursuant to all awards is a number of Ordinary Shares equal to up to 13% of our issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully diluted basis.

Description of Shares

Under the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, each outstanding share of our shares will entitle the holder (unless the shares held by a shareholder carry no right to vote) to: (i) on a show of hands, one vote per shareholder; or (ii) on a poll, one vote for each share held by that shareholder. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding preferred shares, holders of our shares will be entitled to receive ratably all dividends, if any, declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available for dividends. Holders of our shares will not have conversion, redemption or pre-emptive rights to subscribe to any of our securities. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our shares may be subject to the rights of the holders of any of our preferred shares, which we may issue in the future on such terms and conditions as the directors of the Company may decide.

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Warrants

Our Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 11,110,000 Shares are exercisable in accordance with the terms of the warrant agreement and amendment to the warrant agreement governing those securities. The exercise price of these warrants is US$11.50 per share. To the extent such warrants are exercised, additional shares will be issued, which will result in dilution to the holders of our ordinary share and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market or the fact that such warrants may be exercised could adversely affect the market price of our Shares.

Directors

Our directors are elected by ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders entitled to vote. There is no provision for cumulative voting.

The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association require our board of directors to consist of at least five persons (save if the Company has only one member, in which case the board of directors may comprise of one (1) person only). Our board of directors currently consists of five persons. The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may be amended by a special resolution passed in accordance with the Companies Act.

Each director appointed shall be appointed for a term expiring at the conclusion of the next-following annual general meeting of the Company (unless re-elected at such annual general meeting). A director may be removed by way of ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders entitled to vote. A directors term shall also expire: (i) on the date of such directors resignation from office; (ii) on the date of such director’s retirement from office; (iii) forthwith if such director is prohibited by the law of the Cayman Islands from acting as a director; (iv) forthwith if such director is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with their creditors generally; (v) forthwith if such director, in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom they are being treated, is declared to have become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director; (vi) forthwith if such director is given notice by the majority of the other directors (not being less than two in number) to vacate office; (vii) forthwith if such director dies or is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence (whether by court order or otherwise); or (viii) forthwith if, without the consent of the other directors, such director is absent from meetings of directors for a continuous period of six months. Unless otherwise determined by the company by way of ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders, our board of directors has the authority to fix the amounts which shall be payable to the members of the board of directors for attendance at any meeting or for services rendered to us.

Shareholder Meetings

Under the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, annual general meetings will be held at a time and place selected by our board of directors. The meetings may be held in or outside of the Cayman Islands. Our board of directors may determine that the shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at a meeting are those persons entered on the register of member at the close of business of a day determined by the board of directors. If the Company has only one shareholder, that shareholder shall represent a quorum for the purposes of that meeting. If the Company has more than one member, one or more shareholders representing not less than half of the outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of the meeting.

Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal and Payment

Under the Companies Act, our shareholders have the right to dissent from various corporate actions, including any merger or consolidation, and receive payment of the fair value of their shares. The dissenting shareholder must follow the procedures set forth in the Companies Act to receive such payment.

Shareholders’ Derivative Actions

Any of our shareholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the shareholder bringing the action is a holder of shares both at the time the derivative action is commenced and at the time of the transaction to which the action relates.

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Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association include indemnification, to the extent permitted by law, of each existing or former director (including alternate directors), secretaries and other officers of the Company (including any investment advisors or administrators or liquidators) and their personal representatives against: (a) all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by them in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs or in the execution or discharge of their duties, powers, authorities or discretion; and (b) all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by them in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigated proceedings (whether threatened, pending or complete) concerning the Company or its affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions. The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions do not extend to provide any indemnity: (i) against any liability by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of their office; (ii) with respect to any matter as to which they shall have been finally adjudicated to have acted in bad faith and not in the interest of the Company; or (iii) in the event of a settlement, unless the settlement has been approved by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the board of directors of the Company.

There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is sought.

Listing

Our Ordinary Shares and Warrants of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) are listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MLEC” and “MLECW”, respectively. We will seek, and expect to receive, approval from Nasdaq to trade the Shares and Warrants of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) under the symbols “MLEC” and “MLECW”, respectively.

Transfer Agent

The registrar and transfer agent for our Shares is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

Comparison of Luxembourg to Cayman Islands Corporate Law

At the 2024 EGM, our shareholders resolved to fully restate the articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg), and to adopt the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) as from the Effective Date. As from the Effective Date, the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) will be the constitutive documents of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands). The form of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Although the new constitutive documents under Cayman Islands law comprise substantially the same rights and protections for our shareholders and creditors as those they currently have under Luxembourg law, there are some differences between our new constitutive documents and Cayman Islands law, on one hand, and our former constitutive documents and Luxembourg law, on the other hand, that may affect the rights of shareholders.

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Set forth below is a comparison of select provisions of the corporate laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and of the Cayman Islands showing the default positions in each jurisdiction that will govern the Company and our shareholders to the extent not otherwise provided for in our constitutive documents.

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Shareholder Meetings

Pursuant to Luxembourg law, at least one general meeting of shareholders must be held each year, within six months as from the close of the financial year. The purpose of such annual general meeting is to approve the annual accounts, allocate the results, proceed to statutory appointments and resolve on the discharge of the directors.

Other general meetings of shareholders may be convened.

Pursuant to Luxembourg law, there is no requirement of a quorum for any ordinary resolutions to be considered at a general meeting and such ordinary resolutions shall be adopted by a simple majority of votes validly cast on such resolution. Abstentions are not considered “votes.”

Extraordinary resolutions are required for any of the following matters, among others: (i) an increase or decrease of the authorized or issued share capital, (ii) a limitation or exclusion of preemptive rights, (iii) approval of a statutory merger or de-merger (scission), (iv) dissolution, (v) an amendment of the articles of association and (vi) change of nationality.

Luxembourg law distinguishes between ordinary resolutions to be adopted and extraordinary resolutions to be adopted by the general meeting of shareholders. Extraordinary resolutions relate to proposed amendments to the articles of association and other limited matters. All other resolutions are ordinary resolutions.

Pursuant to Luxembourg law for any extraordinary resolutions to be considered at a general meeting, the quorum shall be at least one half (50%) of the issued share capital. If the said quorum is not present, a second meeting may be convened at which Luxembourg law does not prescribe a quorum. Any extraordinary resolution shall be adopted at a quorate general meeting (except as otherwise provided by mandatory law) by a two-thirds majority of the votes validly cast on such resolution by shareholders. Abstentions are not considered “votes.”

 

There is no requirement under the Companies Act that the Company must hold an annual general meeting.

Save as provided in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present in person or by proxy.

Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of Shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) shall vote as a single class. Votes of shareholders shall be decided on a poll.

A resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company (or being corporations by their duly authorized representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.

One or more shareholders who together hold not less than half of the shares entitled to vote at such meeting, being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other nonnatural person by its duly authorized representative or proxy, shall be a quorum.

An ordinary resolution is a resolution passed at a general meeting of shareholders by a simple majority of the votes cast by, or on behalf of, the shareholders entitled to vote at such general meeting.

Approval of certain actions will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law and pursuant to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. A special resolution is a resolution passed at a general meeting of shareholders by a majority of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast by the shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at such general meeting.

Such actions include amending the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company.

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Luxembourg

 

Cayman Islands

The Luxembourg law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “1915 Law”) provides that if, as a result of losses, net assets fall below half of the share capital of the company, the board of directors shall convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders so that it is held within a period not exceeding two months from the time at which the loss was or should have been ascertained by them and such meeting shall resolve on the possible dissolution of the company and possibly on other measures announced in the agenda. The board of directors shall, in such situation, draw up a special report which sets out the causes of that situation and justify its proposals eight days before the extraordinary general meeting. If it proposes to continue to conduct business, it shall set out in the report the measures it intends to take in order to remedy the financial situation of the company. The same rules apply if, as a result of losses, net assets fall below one-quarter of the share capital provided that in such case dissolution shall take place if approved by one-fourth of the votes casts at the extraordinary general meeting.

   

Dividends

Under Luxembourg law, the amount and payment of dividends or other distributions is determined by a simple majority vote at a general shareholders’ meeting based on the recommendation of the board of directors, except in certain limited circumstances. Subject to the Company’s articles of association, the board of directors can have the power to pay interim dividends or make other distributions in accordance with applicable Luxembourg law. Distributions may be lawfully declared and paid if the Company’s net profits and/or distributable reserves are sufficient under Luxembourg law. All our Ordinary Shares rank pari passu with respect to the payment of dividends or other distributions unless the right to dividends or other distributions has been suspended in accordance with the Company’s articles of association or applicable law.

 

The directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) in accordance with the respective rights of the shareholders if it appears to them that they are justified by the financial position of the Company and that such dividends may lawfully be paid.

Under Luxembourg law, at least 5% of the Company’s net profits per year must be allocated to the creation of a legal reserve until such reserve has reached an amount equal to 10% of the Company’s issued share capital. The allocation to the legal reserve becomes compulsory again when the legal reserve no longer represents 10% of the Company’s issued share capital. The legal reserve is not available for distribution.

   

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Luxembourg

 

Cayman Islands

Pursuant to Luxembourg law, the Company (or any party acting on its behalf) may repurchase its own shares and hold them in treasury, provided that:

   the shareholders at a general meeting have previously authorized the board of directors to acquire its ordinary shares. The general meeting shall determine the terms and conditions of the proposed acquisition and in particular the maximum number of shares to be acquired, the period for which the authorization is given (which may not exceed five years), and, in the case of acquisition for value, the maximum and minimum consideration;

   

   the acquisitions, including shares previously acquired by the Company and held by it and shares acquired by a person acting in his or her own name but on the Company’s behalf, may not have the effect of reducing the net assets below the amount of the issued share capital plus the reserves (which may not be distributed by law or under the articles of association);

   the shares repurchased are fully paid-up; and

   the acquisition offer must be made on the same terms and conditions to all the shareholders who are in the same position, except for acquisitions which were unanimously decided by a general meeting at which all the shareholders were present or represented. In addition, listed companies may repurchase their own shares on the stock exchange without an acquisition offer having to be made to the Company’s shareholders.

   

No prior authorization by shareholders is required (i) if the acquisition is made to prevent serious and imminent harm to the Company, provided that the board of directors informs the next general meeting of the reasons for and the purpose of the acquisitions made, the number and nominal values or the accounting value of the shares acquired, the proportion of the subscribed capital which they represent, and the consideration paid for them, and (ii) in the case of shares acquired by either the Company or by a person acting on its behalf with a view to redistributing the shares to its staff or staff of its controlled subsidiaries, provided that the distribution of such shares is made within twelve months from their acquisition.

   

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Luxembourg

 

Cayman Islands

Luxembourg law provides for further situations in which the above conditions do not apply, including the acquisition of shares pursuant to a decision to reduce the Company’s share capital or the acquisition of shares issued as redeemable shares. Such acquisitions may not have the effect of reducing net assets below the aggregate of subscribed capital and reserves (which may not be distributed by law) and are subject to specific provisions on reductions in share capital and redeemable shares under Luxembourg law.

   

Any shares acquired in contravention of the above provisions must be resold within a period of one year after the acquisition or be cancelled at the expiration of the one-year period.

As long as shares are held in treasury, the voting rights attached thereto are suspended. Further, to the extent the treasury shares are reflected as assets on the Company’s balance sheet a non-distributable reserve of the same amount must be reflected as a liability.

   

Directors

Pursuant to Luxembourg law, the Company’s board must be composed of at least three directors. They are appointed by the general meeting of shareholders (by proposal of the board of directors, the shareholders, or a spontaneous candidacy) by a simple majority of the votes cast. Directors may be reelected, but the term of their office may not exceed six years.

 

The Company may by ordinary resolution appoint any person to be a director or may by ordinary resolution remove any director.

The directors shall have power at any time to appoint any person to be a director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional director.

A director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a director shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

Under Luxembourg law, a director may be removed by the general meeting of shareholders (by proposal of the board of directors, the shareholders, or a spontaneous request) by a simple majority of the votes cast, with or without cause.

 

The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that a director may be removed by ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders.

Dissenter’s Rights of Appraisal

Pursuant to Luxembourg law, shareholders do not have dissenter’s rights of appraisal.

 

The Companies Act prescribes when shareholder dissenters’ rights will be available and sets the limitations on such rights. Where such rights are available (in connection with a merger or a consolidation for example), shareholders are entitled to receive fair value for their shares.

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Taxation

The following is a discussion of the material Luxembourg, Cayman Islands and U.S. federal income tax considerations relevant to the Company and its shareholders in regard to the Redomiciliation. This discussion does not purport to deal with the tax consequences of owning ordinary shares to all categories of investors, some of which, such as dealers in securities, U.S. Holders, as defined below, whose functional currency is not the United States dollar and investors that own, actually or under applicable constructive ownership rules, 10% or more of our Ordinary Shares, may be subject to special rules. This discussion deals only with holders who acquire Ordinary Shares in the Redomiciliation and hold the Ordinary Shares as a capital asset. You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisors concerning the overall tax consequences arising in your own particular situation under U.S. federal, state, local or foreign law of the ownership of Ordinary Shares. Unless otherwise noted, references in the following discussion to the “Company,” “we” and “us” are to Moolec Science SA and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

Luxembourg Tax Considerations

The following are the material Luxembourg tax consequences of our activities to the Company and our shareholders. Under current Luxembourg law, the Company is fully taxable in Luxembourg and is subject to corporate income tax (including solidarity surcharge) and municipal business tax at an aggregate rate of 24.94% in 2024, and 23.87% in 2025 (in Luxembourg-City). Liability to such corporation taxes extends to the Company’s worldwide income (including capital gains), subject to the provisions of any relevant double taxation treaty.

In principle, when a resident company migrates abroad and ceases to be a tax resident in Luxembourg, the company is deemed to be liquidated for Luxembourg tax purposes. Latent capital gains on the assets and liabilities of the company are deemed to be realised at fair market value (art. 172(1) of the Luxembourg Income Tax Law (“LITL”)) at the moment of the migration and are subject to tax in Luxembourg at the current aggregate rate of 24.94% in 2024, and 23.87% in 2025 (in Luxembourg-City).

The transfer may however be made at book value if the migrated entity maintains a permanent establishment in Luxembourg (article 172(2) LITL) — which we understand is not contemplated in the case of the Redomiciliation.

Under the participation exemption regime (subject to the relevant anti-abuse rules), capital gains realized on shares may be exempt from income tax at the level of the Company (subject to the recapture rules) if at the time the capital gain is realized, (i) the company of which the shares are being disposed is a qualified subsidiary (“Qualified Subsidiary”) and (ii) at the time the shares are being disposed, the latter has held at the time of the disposal, for an uninterrupted period of at least 12 months, shares representing either (a) a direct participation of at least 10% in the share capital of the Qualified Subsidiary or (b) a direct participation in the Qualified Subsidiary of an acquisition price of at least €6 million (“Qualified Shareholding”). A Qualified Subsidiary means notably (a) a company covered by Article 2 of the Council Directive 2011/96/EU dated November 30, 2011 (the “Parent-Subsidiary Directive”) or (b) a non-resident capital company (société de capitaux) liable to a tax corresponding to Luxembourg corporate income tax. Taxable gains are determined as being the difference between the price for which shares have been disposed of and the lower of their cost or book value.

Depending on the assets held by the Company at the time of the Redomiciliation, the Company may be subject to tax in Luxembourg.

The tax consequences of the Redomiciliation for the shareholders of the Company shall be analysed on a case-by-case basis.

Cayman Islands Tax Considerations

The following is a discussion on certain Cayman Islands income tax consequences relevant to the Company. The discussion is a general summary of present law, which is subject to prospective and retroactive change. It is not intended as tax advice, does not consider any investor’s particular circumstances, and does not consider tax consequences other than those arising under Cayman Islands law.

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Under Existing Cayman Islands Laws

Payments of dividends and capital in respect of the Company’s shares will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of a dividend or capital to any holder of the securities nor will gains derived from the disposal of the securities be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporation tax.

The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains, or appreciation and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes likely to be material to the Company levied by the Government of the Cayman Islands except for stamp duties which may be applicable on instruments executed in, or, after execution, brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.

No stamp duty is payable in respect of the issue of the Company’s shares or on an instrument of transfer in respect of such shares. An instrument of transfer in respect of the Company’s shares is stampable if executed in or brought into the Cayman Islands.

The Company will change its domicile by discontinuing from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and transferring by way of continuation to the Cayman Islands as an exempted company limited by shares registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands and the Company will apply for, and expects to receive, an undertaking from the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands to the effect that, for a period of 30 years from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits or income or gains or appreciations shall apply to the Company in respect of the operations; and may further provide that any such taxes or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax or in respect of the share, debentures or other obligations of the Company shall not be payable in respect of the obligations of the Company. The Cayman Islands are not party to a double tax treaty with any country that is applicable to any payments made to or by the Company.

Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Redomiciliation

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Redomiciliation generally expected to be applicable to a U.S. Holder (as defined below) of Ordinary Shares. This summary does not address all U.S. federal income tax matters that may be relevant to a particular shareholder. This summary is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the Code, judicial decisions, administrative pronouncements, and existing and proposed regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors as to the tax consequences to them of the Redomiciliation, including the applicability and effect of any state, local, non-U.S. and other tax laws.

As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of Ordinary Shares that is a U.S. citizen or resident, a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States (including the District of Columbia), an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary jurisdiction over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes that holds the Ordinary Shares will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Holders that are entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes should consult their tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences to them and their partners of the Redomiciliation.

Under Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code, a reorganization is defined to include a “mere change in identity, form, or place of organization of one corporation, however effected.” In the opinion of Linklaters LLP, subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations described herein and in the opinion to be filed as an exhibit to this registration statement on Form F-4 of which this prospectus is a part, the Redomiciliation will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code (an “F Reorganization”). If any of the assumptions, representations or covenants on which the opinion is based is or becomes incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate or is otherwise not complied with, the validity of the opinion described above may be adversely affected and the tax consequences of the Redomiciliation could differ from those described herein. U.S. Holders should be aware that the completion of the Redomiciliation is not conditioned on the receipt of an opinion of counsel that the Redomiciliation qualifies as a tax-free transaction. In addition, no IRS ruling will be requested with respect to the Redomiciliation. It is not possible to predict whether the IRS or a court considering the issue would take a contrary position.

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Assuming the Redomiciliation qualifies as an F Reorganization, U.S. Holders of Ordinary Shares generally should not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes on the Redomiciliation, except as provided below under the section entitled “— PFIC Considerations,” and the Redomiciliation should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as if Moolec Science (Luxembourg) (i) transferred all of its assets and liabilities to Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) in exchange for all of the outstanding Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) stock; and (ii) then distributed the Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) stock to the holders of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) stock in liquidation of Moolec Science (Luxembourg). The taxable year of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) will be deemed to end on the date of the Redomiciliation.

PFIC Considerations Related to the Redomiciliation

Regardless of whether the Redomiciliation qualifies as an F Reorganization, the Redomiciliation could be a taxable event to U.S. Holders under the PFIC (as defined below) provisions of the Code if Moolec Science (Luxembourg) is considered a PFIC.

A non-U.S. corporation will be a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after taking into account the income and assets of the corporation and certain subsidiaries pursuant to applicable “look-through rules,” either (i) at least 75% of the corporation’s gross income is “passive income” or (ii) at least 50% of the value of the corporation’s assets (generally based on the quarterly average of the value of its assets during the taxable year) is attributable to assets, including cash, that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income. Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, certain royalties and rents, annuities, net gains from the sale or exchange of property producing such income and net foreign currency gains.

If it was determined that Moolec Science (Luxembourg) was a PFIC for any taxable year (and regardless of whether Moolec Science (Luxembourg) remains a PFIC for subsequent taxable years), then a U.S. Holder may be required to recognize gain, and may be subject to special rules in respect of any gain recognized, as a result of the Redomiciliation. In particular, a U.S. Holder that receives Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) shares in exchange for its Moolec Science (Luxembourg) shares in the Redomiciliation may be required to recognize gain (but not loss), notwithstanding that the exchange qualifies as a tax-free exchange under the Code. In particular, Section 1291(f) of the Code generally requires that, to the extent provided in regulations, a U.S. person who disposes of stock of a PFIC recognizes gain notwithstanding any other provision of the Code. No final U.S. Treasury regulations have been promulgated under this statute. Proposed U.S. Treasury regulations were promulgated in 1992 with a retroactive effective date. If finalized in their current form, these regulations would generally require gain (but not loss) recognition by U.S. persons exchanging shares in a corporation that is a PFIC at any time during such U.S. person’s holding period of such shares where such person has not made either (1) a “qualified electing fund” (a “QEF”) election under Section 1295 of the Code for the first taxable year in which such U.S. person owns such shares or in which the corporation is a PFIC, whichever is later or (2) a “mark-to-market” election under Section 1296 of the Code. Any such gain recognized pursuant to the previous sentence would be subject to special rules. There is an exception to the gain recognition rule in certain instances where the exchanging shareholder receives shares of another corporation that is a PFIC.

Based on the composition of our income, we believe we likely were a PFIC for our taxable year ending June 30, 2024, and may be classified as a PFIC for our taxable year that includes the Redomiciliation. However, since the tests for determining PFIC status are applied annually after the close of the taxable year, and it is difficult to predict accurately future income and assets relevant to this determination, there can be no assurance with respect to our PFIC status. Additionally, it is not certain at this time whether, in what form, and with what effective date, final U.S. Treasury regulations under Section 1291(f) of the Code will be adopted, or how the proposed U.S. Treasury regulations will be applied.

U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. and other tax consequences of the Redomiciliation in their particular circumstances (including the consequences if the Moolec Science (Luxembourg) and/or Moolec Science (Cayman Islands) is a PFIC).

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations Relating to Holding our Ordinary Shares

For a discussion of U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations relating to holding our Ordinary Shares, see the section titled “Item 10. — Additional Information-E. Taxation — Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” incorporated by reference here from our Annual Report.

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Accounting Treatment of the Redomiciliation

There will be no accounting effect or change in the carrying amount of the consolidated assets and liabilities of Moolec Science SA as a result of the Redomiciliation. The consolidated business, capitalization, assets, liabilities and financial statements of Moolec Science SA immediately following the Redomiciliation will be the same as those of Moolec Science SA immediately prior to the Redomiciliation.

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Legal Matters

Certain legal matters in connection with the Redomiciliation relating to Luxembourg law are being passed upon for us by Linklaters LLP Luxembourg. The validity of the Shares of Moolec Science (Cayman Islands), which the Ordinary Shares of Moolec Science (Luxembourg) will by operation of law become, has been passed upon by Ogier (Cayman) LLP.

Experts

The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 20-F as of and for the year ended June 30, 2024, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Price Waterhouse & Co. S.R.L., an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

Where You Can Find Additional Information

We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any documents filed by us at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Our filings with the SEC are also available to the public through the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 relating to the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus is a part of the registration statement and does not contain all of the information in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to a contract or other document of ours, please be aware that the reference is only a summary and that you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or other document. You may review a copy of the registration statement at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C., as well as through the SEC’s Internet site.

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Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 filed with the SEC on October 30, 2024, which includes the financial statements included therein, and our 6-K, File No. 001-41586, furnished to the SEC on December 30, 2024. In addition, we are incorporating by reference any documents we may file under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date hereof, and prior to the effectiveness of this registration statement, provided, however, that we are not incorporating by reference any information furnished (but not filed), except as otherwise specified herein.

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Moolec Science SA

40,126,840 Shares
11,110,000 Shares Underlying Warrants

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PROSPECTUS

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Part II
Information Not Required in Prospectus

Item 20.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

(I)     Luxembourg law and the Luxembourg law governed articles of the Registrant in effect prior to the Redomiciliation provide as follows:

(1)    Article 441-8 of the 1915 Law provides that the directors shall not incur any personal obligation by reason of the commitments of the company.

(2)    Article 441-9 of the 1915 Law provides that the directors, the members of the management committee and the managing executive officer shall be liable to the company in accordance with general law for the execution of the mandate given to them and for any misconduct in the management of the company’s affairs. The directors and members of the management committee shall be jointly and severally liable towards either the company or any third parties for damages resulting from this violation of the 1915 Law or the company’s articles of association. The directors and members of the management committee shall be discharged from such liability in the case of a violation to which they were not a party provided no misconduct is attributable to them and they have reported such violation, as regards members of the board of directors, to the first general meeting and, as regards members of the management committee, during the first meeting of the board of directors after they had acquired knowledge thereof.

(3)    Our articles of association in effect prior to the Redomiciliation, provide that our directors are not held personally liable for our indebtedness or other obligations. As our agents, they are responsible for the performance of their duties. Subject to the exceptions and limitations listed in our articles of association and mandatory provisions of law, every person who is, or has been, a member of our board of directors or officer (mandataire) shall be indemnified by us to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding which he becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his or her being or having been our director or officer, and against amounts paid or incurred by him or her in the settlement thereof. The words “claim”, “action”, “suit” or “proceeding” shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal or otherwise including appeals) actual or threatened and the words “liability” and “expenses” shall include without limitation attorneys’ fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement and other liabilities. However, no indemnification shall be provided to any of our director or officer (i) against any liability by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office (ii) with respect to any matter as to which he or she shall have been finally adjudicated to have acted in bad faith and not in our interest or (iii) in the event of a settlement, unless the settlement has been approved by a court of competent jurisdiction or by our board of directors.

(4)    Our articles of association in effect prior to the Redomiciliation provide that the right of indemnification provided by such articles of association shall be severable, shall not affect any other rights to which any director or officer may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be such director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Nothing contained in such articles of association shall affect or limit any rights to indemnification to which corporate personnel, including directors and officers, may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law. We shall specifically be entitled to provide contractual indemnification to and may purchase and maintain insurance for any corporate personnel, including our directors and officers, as we may decide upon from time to time.

(II)    Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against willful default, fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that will be adopted upon the Redomiciliation will provide for indemnification of the Company’s officers and directors to the extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except (i) against any liability by reason of wilful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless

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disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office, (ii) with respect to any matter as to which he or she shall have been finally adjudicated to have acted in bad faith and not in the interest of the Company, or (iii) in the event of a settlement, unless the settlement has been approved by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the Company’s board of directors. In addition, the Company intends to enter into indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors. The indemnification agreements will provide the indemnitees with contractual rights to indemnification, and expense advancement and reimbursement, to the fullest extent permitted under Cayman Islands law, subject to certain exceptions contained in those agreements.

These indemnification obligations may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against the Company’s officers or directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against the Company’s officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the Company and its shareholders.

Item 21.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

The exhibit index at the end of this registration statement identifies the exhibits which are included in this registration statement and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 22.    Undertakings

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as follows:

(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)     To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (§ 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Filing Fee Tables” or “Calculation of Registration Fee” table, as applicable, in the effective registration statement.

(iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4)    To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A of Form 20-F (§ 249.220f of this chapter) at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 77j(a)(3)) need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements.

(5)    For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(6)    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (i) to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of Form F-4, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means, and (ii) to arrange or provide for a facility in the United States for the purpose of responding to such requests. The undertaking in subparagraph (i) above include information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

(7)    To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rosario, Provincia of Santa Fe, Argentina, on February 6, 2025.

 

MOOLEC SCIENCE SA

   

By:

 

/s/ Gastón Paladini

   

Name:

 

Gastón Paladini

   

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer

Each of the undersigned individuals hereby severally constitutes and appoints Gastón Paladini and José López Lecube as the attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign on such person’s behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments to this registration statement, and any subsequent registration statement filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on February 6, 2025 in the capacities indicated.

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

/s/ Gastón Paladini

 

Chief Executive Officer, Director

 

February 6, 2025

Gastón Paladini

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

   

/s/ José López Lecube

 

Chief Financial Officer, Director

 

February 6, 2025

José López Lecube

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

   

/s/ Natalia Zang

 

Director

 

February 6, 2025

Natalia Zang

       

/s/ Kyle P. Bransfield

 

Director

 

February 6, 2025

Kyle P. Bransfield

       

/s/ Esteban Corley

 

Director

 

February 6, 2025

Esteban Corley

       

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Authorized Representative

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative of the Registrant in the United States, has signed this registration statement on February 6, 2025.

 

COGENCY GLOBAL INC.

   

By:

 

/s/ Colleen A. De Vries

   

Name:

 

Colleen A. De Vries

   

Title:

 

Senior Vice President on behalf of
Cogency Global Inc.

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number

 


Description

3.1

 

Form of the Amended and Restatement Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company.

4.1*

 

Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate of Moolec Science SA (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4/A filed December 1, 2022 (file no. 333-267912)).

4.2*

 

Specimen Warrant Certificate of Moolec Science S.A. (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.5).

4.3*

 

Warrant Agreement, dated January 12, 2021, by and between LightJump Acquisition Corporation and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on January 20, 2021).

4.4*

 

Subscription Agreement for Private Warrants by LightJump One Founders, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on January 20, 2021).

4.5*

 

Form of Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement with respect to the Warrant Agreement between LightJump Acquisition Corporation, Moolec Science SA and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2022).

5.1

 

Opinion of Ogier (Cayman) LLP, Cayman Islands counsel to the Company.

8.1

 

Opinion of Linklaters LLP Luxembourg, Luxembourg counsel to the Company, with respect to certain Luxembourg tax matters.

8.2

 

Opinion of Linklaters LLP, New York, United States counsel to the Company, with respect to certain United States tax matters.

8.3

 

Opinion of Ogier (Cayman) LLP, Cayman Islands counsel to the Company, with respect to certain Cayman Islands tax matters.

10.1*

 

Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2022, by and among LightJump Acquisition Corporation, Moolec Science Limited, Moolec Science SA and Moolec Acquisition, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2022).

10.2*

 

First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, by and among LightJump Acquisition Corporation, Moolec Science Limited, Moolec Science SA and Moolec Acquisition, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on November 21, 2022).

10.3*

 

Form of Exchange Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2022).

10.4*

 

Transaction Support Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2022, by and among LightJump Acquisition Corporation, LightJump One Founders, LLC, Moolec Science Limited, Moolec Science SA and others (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2022).

10.5*

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2021, by and between LightJump Acquisition Corporation and other investors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on January 20, 2021).

10.6*

 

Registration Right and Lock-Up Agreement, dated December 30, 2022, by and among, Moolec Science SA, LightJump One Founders, LLC, BG Farming Technologies Ltd., Union Group Ventures Ltd., Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., THEO I SCSp, Serenity Traders LTD., UG Holdings, LLC, Robert M. Bennett and Jose López Lecube (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Company’s Form 20-F, File No. 001-41586, filed with the SEC on January 6, 2023).

10.7*

 

Backstop Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to LightJump Acquisition Corporation’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2022).

10.8*

 

Memorandum of Understanding on the Backstop Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2022, by and among LightJump Acquisition Corporation, Moolec Science Limited, Moolec Science SA, UG Holdings, LLC, Union Group Ventures Limited, THEO I SCSp and LightJump One Founders, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Company’s Form 20-F, File No. 001-41586, filed with the SEC on January 6, 2023).

10.9*

 

Amendment to Business Combination Marketing Agreement, dated June 14, 2022 between LightJump Acquisition Corporation and EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to LightJump Acquisition Corporations’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-39869, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2022).

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Exhibit 3.1

 

  

 

 

Companies Act (Revised)

 

Company Limited by Shares

 

 

 

 

 

  MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

MOOLEC SCIENCE SA

 

 

 

  

 

Companies Act (Revised)

 

Company Limited by Shares

 

Memorandum of Association

 

of

 

Moolec Science SA

 

 

 

 

1The name of the Company is Moolec Science SA.

 

2The Company's registered office will be situated at the office of Ogier Global (Cayman) Limited at 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-9009, Cayman Islands or at such other place in the Cayman Islands as the directors may at any time decide.

 

3The Company's objects are unrestricted. As provided by section 7(4) of the Companies Act (Revised), the Company has full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law of the Cayman Islands.

 

4The Company has unrestricted corporate capacity. Without limitation to the foregoing, as provided by section 27(2) of the Companies Act (Revised), the Company has and is capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit.

 

5Nothing in any of the preceding paragraphs permits the Company to carry on any of the following businesses without being duly licensed, namely:

 

(a)the business of a bank or trust company without being licensed in that behalf under the Banks and Trust Companies Act (Revised); or

 

(b)insurance business from within the Cayman Islands or the business of an insurance manager, agent, sub-agent or broker without being licensed in that behalf under the Insurance Act (Revised); or

 

(c)the business of company management without being licensed in that behalf under the Companies Management Act (Revised).

 

6Unless licensed to do so, the Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of its business carried on outside the Cayman Islands. Despite this, the Company may effect and conclude contracts in the Cayman Islands and exercise in the Cayman Islands any of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.

 

7The Company is a company limited by shares and accordingly the liability of each member is limited to the amount (if any) unpaid on that member's shares.

 

8The share capital of the Company is US$5,000,000,000 divided into 500,000,000 shares of par value US$0.01 each. However, subject to the Companies Act (Revised) and the Company's articles of association, the Company has power to do any one or more of the following:

 

(a)to redeem or repurchase any of its shares; and

 

(b)to increase or reduce its capital; and

 

(c)to issue any part of its capital (whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced):

 

(i)with or without any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions; or

 

(ii)subject to any limitations or restrictions

 

and unless the condition of issue expressly declares otherwise, every issue of shares (whether declared to be ordinary, preference or otherwise) is subject to this power; or

 

(d)to alter any of those rights, privileges, conditions, limitations or restrictions.

 

The Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Companies Act (Revised)

 

Company Limited By Shares

 

 

 

 

 

  ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

MOOLEC SCIENCE SA

 

 

 

 

Companies Act (Revised)

 

Company Limited by Shares

 

Articles of Association

 

of

 

Moolec Science SA

 

 

 

 

 

1Definitions, interpretation and exclusion of Table A

 

Definitions

 

1.1In these Articles, the following definitions apply:

 

Act means the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, including any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;

 

ADS means an American depository share representing an Share;

 

Articles means, as appropriate:

 

(a)these articles of association as amended from time to time: or

 

(b)two or more particular articles of these Articles;

 

and Article refers to a particular article of these Articles;

 

Auditors means the auditor or auditors for the time being of the Company;

 

Board means the board of Directors from time to time;

 

Business Day means a day when banks in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands are open for the transaction of normal banking business and for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the Cayman Islands;

 

Cayman Islands means the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands;

 

Clear Days, in relation to a period of notice, means that period excluding:

 

(a)the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given; and

 

(b)the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;

 

Commission means Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or other federal agency for the time being administering the U.S. Securities Act;

 

Company means the above-named company;

 

Default Rate means ten per cent per annum;

 

Designated Stock Exchanges means Nasdaq Gobal Market in the United States of America for so long as the Company’s Shares or ADSs are there listed and any other stock exchange on which the Company’s Shares or ADSs are listed for trading;

 

Designated Stock Exchange Rules means the relevant code, rules and regulations, as amended, from time to time, applicable as a result of the original and continued listing of any Shares or ADSs on the Designated Stock Exchanges;

 

Directors means the directors for the time being of the Company and the expression Director shall be construed accordingly;

 

Electronic has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands;

 

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Electronic Record has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands;

 

Electronic Signature has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands;

 

Fully Paid Up means:

 

(a)in relation to a Share with par value, means that the par value for that Share and any premium payable in respect of the issue of that Share, has been fully paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth; and

 

(b)in relation to a Share without par value, means that the agreed issue price for that Share has been fully paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth;

 

General Meeting means a general meeting of the Company duly constituted in accordance with the Articles;

 

Independent Director means a Director who is an independent director as defined in the Designated Stock Exchange Rules as determined by the Board;

 

Member means any person or persons entered on the register of Members from time to time as the holder of a Share;

 

Memorandum means the memorandum of association of the Company as amended from time to time;

 

month means a calendar month;

 

Officer means a person appointed to hold an office in the Company including a Director, alternate Director or liquidator and excluding the Secretary;

 

Ordinary Resolution means a resolution of a General Meeting passed by a simple majority of votes cast by Members who (being entitled to do so) vote in person or by proxy at that meeting. The expression includes a unanimous written resolution;

 

(a)Partly Paid Up means:

 

(b)in relation to a Share with par value, that the par value for that Share and any premium payable in respect of the issue of that Share, has not been fully paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth; and

 

(c)in relation to a Share without par value, means that the agreed issue price for that Share has not been fully paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth;

 

Register of Members means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Act and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate register of Members;

 

Secretary means a person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary;

 

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Share means a share in the capital of the Company and the expression:

 

(a)includes stock (except where a distinction between shares and stock is expressed or implied); and

 

(b)where the context permits, also includes a fraction of a Share;

 

Special Resolution means a resolution of a General Meeting or a resolution of a meeting of the holders of any class of Shares in a class meeting duly constituted in accordance with the Articles in each case passed by a majority of votes not less than two-thirds of votes cast by Members who (being entitled to do so) vote in person or by proxy at that meeting. The expression includes a written resolution passed in accordance with the Act;

 

Treasury Shares means Shares held in treasury pursuant to the Act and Article 2.14; and

 

U.S. Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

Interpretation

 

1.2In the interpretation of these Articles, the following provisions apply unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)A reference in these Articles to a statute is a reference to a statute of the Cayman Islands as known by its short title, and includes:

 

(i)any statutory modification, amendment or re-enactment; and

 

(ii)any subordinate legislation or regulations issued under that statute.

 

Without limitation to the preceding sentence, a reference to a revised Act of the Cayman Islands is taken to be a reference to the revision of that Act in force from time to time as amended from time to time.

 

(b)Headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these Articles, unless there is ambiguity.

 

(c)Unless otherwise specified in these Articles, if a day on which any act, matter or thing is to be done under these Articles is not a Business Day, the act, matter or thing must be done on the next Business Day.

 

(d)A word which denotes the singular also denotes the plural, a word which denotes the plural also denotes the singular, and a reference to any gender also denotes the other genders.

 

(e)A reference to a person includes, as appropriate, a company, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, body corporate or government agency.

 

(f)Where a word or phrase is given a defined meaning another part of speech or grammatical form in respect to that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning.

 

(g)All references to time are to be calculated by reference to time in the place where the Company’s registered office is located.

 

(h)The words written and in writing include all modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form, but do not include an Electronic Record where the distinction between a document in writing and an Electronic Record is expressed or implied.

 

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(i)The words including, include and in particular or any similar expression are to be construed without limitation.

 

1.3The headings in these Articles are intended for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Articles.

 

Exclusion of Table A Articles

 

1.4The regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule of the Act and any other regulations contained in any statute or subordinate legislation are expressly excluded and do not apply to the Company.

 

2Shares

 

Power to issue Shares and options, with or without special rights

 

2.1Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles about the redemption and purchase of the Shares, the Directors have general and unconditional authority to allot (with or

 

without confirming rights of renunciation), grant options over or otherwise deal with any unissued Shares to such persons, at such times and on such terms and conditions as they may decide. No Share may be issued at a discount except in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

 

2.2Without limitation to the preceding Article, the Directors may so deal with the unissued Shares:

 

(a)either at a premium or at par; or

 

(b)with or without preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise.

 

2.3Without limitation to the two preceding Articles, the Directors may refuse to accept any application for Shares, and may accept any application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.

 

2.4The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company at such times and on such terms and conditions as the Directors may decide.

 

Power to issue fractions of a Share

 

2.5Subject to the Act, the Company may issue fractions of a Share of any class. A fraction of a Share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights and other attributes of a Share of that class of Shares.

 

Power to pay commissions and brokerage fees

 

2.6The Company may pay a commission to any person in consideration of that person:

 

(a)subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally; or

 

(b)procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions, whether absolute or conditional, for any Shares. That commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the allotment of Fully Paid Up or Partly Paid Up Shares or partly in one way and partly in another.

  

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2.7The Company may employ a broker in the issue of its capital and pay him any proper commission or brokerage.

 

Trusts not recognised

 

2.8Except as required by Law:

 

(a)no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share on any trust; and

 

(b)no person other than the Member shall be recognised by the Company as having any right in a Share.

 

Security interests

 

2.9Notwithstanding the preceding Article, the Company may (but shall not be obliged to) recognise a security interest of which it has actual notice over shares. The Company shall not be treated as having recognised any such security interest unless it has so agreed in writing with the secured party.

 

Power to vary class rights

 

2.10If the share capital is divided into different classes of Shares then, unless the terms on which a class of Shares was issued state otherwise, the rights attaching to a class of Shares may only be varied if one of the following applies:

 

(a)the Members holding not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares of that class consent in writing to the variation; or

 

(b)the variation is made with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the Members holding the issued Shares of that class.

 

2.11For the purpose of Article (b), all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings apply, mutatis mutandis, to every such separate meeting except that:

 

(a)the necessary quorum shall be one or more persons holding, or representing by proxy, not less than one third of the issued Shares of the class; and

 

(b)any Member holding issued Shares of the class, present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a corporate Member, by its duly authorised representative, may demand a poll.

 

Effect of new Share issue on existing class rights

 

2.12Unless the terms on which a class of Shares was issued state otherwise, the rights conferred on the Member holding Shares of any class shall not be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with the existing Shares of that class.

 

No bearer Shares or warrants

 

2.13The Company shall not issue Shares or warrants to bearers.

 

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Treasury Shares

 

2.14Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires by way of surrender in accordance with the Act shall be held as Treasury Shares and not treated as cancelled if:

 

(a)the Directors so determine prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of those shares; and

 

(b)the relevant provisions of the Memorandum and Articles and the Act are otherwise complied with.

 

Rights attaching to Treasury Shares and related matters

 

2.15No dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) of the Company’s assets (including any distribution of assets to Members on a winding up) may be made to the Company in respect of a Treasury Share.

 

2.16The Company shall be entered in the register of Members as the holder of the Treasury Shares. However:

 

(a)the Company shall not be treated as a Member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void; and

 

(b)a Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued shares at any given time, whether for the purposes of these Articles or the Act.

 

2.17Nothing in Article 2.16 prevents an allotment of Shares as Fully Paid Up bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Share and Shares allotted as Fully Paid Up bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Share shall be treated as Treasury Shares.

 

2.18Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company in accordance with the Act and otherwise on such terms and conditions as the Directors determine.

 

Register of Members

 

2.19The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Act.

 

2.20The Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Act. The Directors may also determine which Register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time.

 

2.21The title to Shares may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the laws applicable to the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and, for these purposes, the Register of Members may be maintained in accordance with Article 40B of the Act.

 

Annual Return

 

2.22The Directors in each calendar year shall prepare or cause to be prepared an annual return and declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Act and shall deliver a copy thereof to the registrar of companies for the Cayman Islands.

 

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3Share certificates

 

Issue of share certificates

 

3.1A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. If the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued, upon being entered in the register of Members as the holder of a Share, the Directors may issue to any Member:

 

(a)without payment, one certificate for all the Shares of each class held by that Member (and, upon transferring a part of the Member’s holding of Shares of any class, to a certificate for the balance of that holding); and

 

(b)upon payment of such reasonable sum as the Directors may determine for every certificate after the first, several certificates each for one or more of that Member’s Shares.

 

3.2Every certificate shall specify the number, class and distinguishing numbers (if any) of the Shares to which it relates and whether they are Fully Paid Up or Partly Paid Up. A certificate may be executed under seal or executed in such other manner as the Directors determine.

 

3.3Every certificate shall bear legends required under the applicable laws, including the U.S. Securities Act.

 

3.4The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by several persons and delivery of a certificate for a Share to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.

 

Renewal of lost or damaged share certificates

 

3.5If a share certificate is defaced, worn-out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to:

 

(a)evidence;

 

(b)indemnity;

 

(c)payment of the expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating the evidence; and

 

(d)payment of a reasonable fee, if any for issuing a replacement share certificate, as the Directors may determine, and (in the case of defacement or wearing-out) on delivery to the Company of the old certificate.

  

4Lien on Shares

 

Nature and scope of lien

 

4.1The Company has a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether Fully Paid Up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others). The lien is for all monies payable to the Company by the Member or the Member’s estate:

 

(a)either alone or jointly with any other person, whether or not that other person is a Member; and

 

(b)whether or not those monies are presently payable.

 

4.2At any time the Board may declare any Share to be wholly or partly exempt from the provisions of this Article.

 

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Company may sell Shares to satisfy lien

 

4.3The Company may sell any Shares over which it has a lien if all of the following conditions are met:

 

(a)the sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable;

 

(b)the Company gives notice to the Member holding the Share (or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of that Member) demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold; and

 

(c)that sum is not paid within 14 Clear Days after that notice is deemed to be given under these Articles, and Shares to which this Article 4.3 applies shall be referred to as Lien Default Shares.

  

4.4The Lien Default Shares may be sold in such manner as the Board determines.

 

4.5To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Directors shall incur no personal liability to the Member concerned in respect of the sale.

 

Authority to execute instrument of transfer

 

4.6To give effect to a sale, the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Lien Default Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser.

 

4.7The title of the transferee of the Lien Default Shares shall not be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in respect of the sale.

 

Consequences of sale of Shares to satisfy lien

 

4.8On a sale pursuant to the preceding Articles:

 

(a)the name of the Member concerned shall be removed from the register of Members as the holder of those Lien Default Shares; and

 

(b)that person shall deliver to the Company for cancellation the certificate (if any) for those Lien Default Shares.

 

4.9Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4.8, such person shall remain liable to the Company for all monies which, at the date of sale, were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of those Lien Default Shares. That person shall also be liable to pay interest on those monies from the date of sale until payment at the rate at which interest was payable before that sale or, failing that, at the Default Rate. The Board may waive payment wholly or in part or enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the Lien Default Shares at the time of sale or for any consideration received on their disposal.

 

Application of proceeds of sale

 

4.10The net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in payment of so much of the sum for which the lien exists as is presently payable. Any residue shall be paid to the person whose Lien Default Shares have been sold:

 

(a)if no certificate for the Lien Default Shares was issued, at the date of the sale; or

 

(b)if a certificate for the Lien Default Shares was issued, upon surrender to the Company of that certificate for cancellation

 

but, in either case, subject to the Company retaining a like lien for all sums not presently payable as existed on the Lien Default Shares before the sale.

 

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5Calls on Shares and forfeiture

 

Power to make calls and effect of calls

 

5.1Subject to the terms of allotment, the Board may make calls on the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares including any premium. The call may provide for payment to be by instalments. Subject to receiving at least 14 Clear Days' notice specifying when and where payment is to be made, each Member shall pay to the Company the amount called on his Shares as required by the notice.

 

5.2Before receipt by the Company of any sum due under a call, that call may be revoked in whole or in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part. Where a call is to be paid in instalments, the Company may revoke the call in respect of all or any remaining instalments in whole or in part and may postpone payment of all or any of the remaining instalments in whole or in part.

 

5.3A Member on whom a call is made shall remain liable for that call notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made. He shall not be liable for calls made after he is no longer registered as Member in respect of those Shares.

 

Time when call made

 

5.4A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising the call was passed.

 

Liability of joint holders

 

5.5Members registered as the joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect of the Share.

 

Interest on unpaid calls

 

5.6If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the person from whom it is due and payable shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid:

 

(a)at the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the Share or in the notice of the call; or

 

(b)if no rate is fixed, at the Default Rate.

 

The Directors may waive payment of the interest wholly or in part.

 

Deemed calls

 

5.7Any amount payable in respect of a Share, whether on allotment or on a fixed date or otherwise, shall be deemed to be payable as a call. If the amount is not paid when due the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if the amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

 

Power to accept early payment

 

5.8The Company may accept from a Member the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on Shares held by him although no part of that amount has been called up.

 

Power to make different arrangements at time of issue of Shares

 

5.9Subject to the terms of allotment, the Directors may make arrangements on the issue of Shares to distinguish between Members in the amounts and times of payment of calls on their Shares.

 

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Notice of default

 

5.10If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than 14 Clear Days' notice requiring payment of:

 

(a)the amount unpaid;

 

(b)any interest which may have accrued;

 

(c)any expenses which have been incurred by the Company due to that person’s default.

 

5.11The notice shall state the following:

 

(a)the place where payment is to be made; and

 

(b)a warning that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call is made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

Forfeiture or surrender of Shares

 

5.12If the notice given pursuant to Article 5.10 is not complied with, the Directors may, before the payment required by the notice has been received, resolve that any Share the subject of that notice be forfeited. The forfeiture shall include all dividends or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture. Despite the foregoing, the Board may determine that any Share the subject of that notice be accepted by the Company as surrendered by the Member holding that Share in lieu of forfeiture.

 

Disposal of forfeited or surrendered Share and power to cancel forfeiture or surrender

 

5.13A forfeited or surrendered Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Board determine either to the former Member who held that Share or to any other person. The forfeiture or surrender may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition. Where, for the purposes of its disposal, a forfeited or surrendered Share is to be transferred to any person, the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share to the transferee.

 

Effect of forfeiture or surrender on former Member

 

5.14On forfeiture or surrender:

 

(a)the name of the Member concerned shall be removed from the register of Members as the holder of those Shares and that person shall cease to be a Member in respect of those Shares; and

 

(b)that person shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate (if any) for the forfeited or surrendered Shares.

 

5.15Despite the forfeiture or surrender of his Shares, that person shall remain liable to the Company for all monies which at the date of forfeiture or surrender were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of those Shares together with:

 

(a)all expenses; and

 

(b)interest from the date of forfeiture or surrender until payment:

 

(i)at the rate of which interest was payable on those monies before forfeiture; or

 

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(ii)if no interest was so payable, at the Default Rate. The Directors, however, may waive payment wholly or in part.

 

Evidence of forfeiture or surrender

 

5.16A declaration, whether statutory or under oath, made by a Director or the Secretary shall be conclusive evidence of the following matters stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to forfeited Shares:

 

(a)that the person making the declaration is a Director or Secretary of the Company, and

 

(b)that the particular Shares have been forfeited or surrendered on a particular date.

 

Subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer, if necessary, the declaration shall constitute good title to the Shares.

 

Sale of forfeited or surrendered Shares

 

5.17Any person to whom the forfeited or surrendered Shares are disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration, if any, of those Shares nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of the proceedings in respect of, the forfeiture, surrender or disposal of those Shares.

 

6Transfer of Shares

 

Form of transfer

 

6.1Subject to the following Articles about the transfer of Shares, and provided that such transfer complies with applicable rules of the SEC, the Designated Stock Exchange and federal and state securities laws of the United States, a Member may transfer Shares to another person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a form prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange or in any other form approved by the Directors, executed:

 

(a)where the Shares are Fully Paid Up, by or on behalf of that Member; and

 

(b)where the Shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that Member and the transferee.

 

6.2The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered into the Register of Members.

 

Power to refuse registration

 

6.3The Directors may refuse to register any transfer of Shares at their discretion.

 

6.4If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to Article 2.4 on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such option or warrant.

 

Notice of refusal to register

 

6.5If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of any Shares, they shall within two months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged with the Company send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of the refusal.

 

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Power to suspend registration

 

6.6The Directors may suspend registration of the transfer of Shares at such times and for such periods, not exceeding 45 days in any calendar year, as they determine.

 

Company may retain instrument of transfer

 

6.7The Company shall be entitled to retain any instrument of transfer which is registered; but an instrument of transfer which the Directors refuse to register shall be returned to the person lodging it when notice of the refusal is given.

 

7Transmission of Shares

 

Persons entitled on death of a Member

 

7.1If a Member dies, the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased Members’ interest are the following:

 

(a)where the deceased Member was a joint holder, the survivor or survivors; and

 

(b)where the deceased Member was a sole holder, that Member’s personal representative or representatives.

 

7.2Nothing in these Articles shall release the deceased Member’s estate from any liability in respect of any Share, whether the deceased was a sole holder or a joint holder.

 

Registration of transfer of a Share following death or bankruptcy

 

7.3A person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member may elect to do either of the following:

 

(a)to become the holder of the Share; or

 

(b)to transfer the Share to another person.

 

7.4That person must produce such evidence of his entitlement as the Directors may properly require.

 

7.5If the person elects to become the holder of the Share, he must give notice to the Company to that effect. For the purposes of these Articles, that notice shall be treated as though it were an executed instrument of transfer.

 

7.6If the person elects to transfer the Share to another person then:

 

(a)if the Share is Fully Paid Up, the transferor must execute an instrument of transfer; and

 

(b)if the Share is nil or Partly Paid Up, the transferor and the transferee must execute an instrument of transfer.

 

7.7All the Articles relating to the transfer of Shares shall apply to the notice or, as appropriate, the instrument of transfer.

 

Indemnity

 

7.8A person registered as a Member by reason of the death or bankruptcy of another Member shall indemnify the Company and the Directors against any loss or damage suffered by the Company or the Directors as a result of that registration.

 

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Rights of person entitled to a Share following death or bankruptcy

 

7.9A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Member shall have the rights to which he would be entitled if he were registered as the holder of the Share. But, until he is registered as Member in respect of the Share, he shall not be entitled to attend or vote at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders of that class of Shares.

  

8Alteration of capital

 

Increasing, consolidating, converting, dividing and cancelling share capital

 

8.1To the fullest extent permitted by the Act, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution do any of the following and amend its Memorandum for that purpose:

 

(a)increase its share capital by new Shares of the amount fixed by that Ordinary Resolution and with the attached rights, priorities and privileges set out in that Ordinary Resolution;

 

(b)consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares;

 

(c)convert all or any of its Paid Up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into Paid Up Shares of any denomination;

 

(d)sub-divide its Shares or any of them into Shares of an amount smaller than that fixed by the Memorandum, so, however, that in the sub-division, the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same as it was in case of the Share from which the reduced Share is derived; and

 

(e)cancel Shares which, at the date of the passing of that Ordinary Resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled or, in the case of Shares without nominal par value, diminish the number of Shares into which its capital is divided.

 

Dealing with fractions resulting from consolidation of Shares

 

8.2Whenever, as a result of a consolidation of Shares, any Members would become entitled to fractions of a Share the Directors may on behalf of those Members deal with the fractions as it thinks fit, including (without limitation):

 

(a)sell the Shares representing the fractions for the best price reasonably obtainable to any person (including, subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company); and

 

(b)distribute the net proceeds in due proportion among those Members.

 

8.3For the purposes of Article 8.2, the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares to, in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall the transferee’s title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings in respect of the sale.

 

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Reducing share capital

 

8.4Subject to the Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the Members holding a particular class of Shares, the Company may, by Special Resolution, reduce its share capital in any way.

 

9Redemption and purchase of own Shares

 

Power to issue redeemable Shares and to purchase own Shares

 

9.1Subject to the Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the Members holding a particular class of Shares, the Company may by its Directors:

 

(a)issue Shares that are to be redeemed or liable to be redeemed, at the option of the Company or the Member holding those redeemable Shares, on the terms and in the manner its Directors determine before the issue of those Shares;

 

(b)with the consent by Special Resolution of the Members holding Shares of a particular class, vary the rights attaching to that class of Shares so as to provide that those Shares are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company on the terms and in the manner which the Directors determine at the time of such variation; and

 

(c)purchase all or any of its own Shares of any class including any redeemable Shares on the terms and in the manner which the Directors determine at the time of such purchase.

 

The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised by the Act, including out of any combination of the following: capital, its profits and the proceeds of a fresh issue of Shares.

 

Power to pay for redemption or purchase in cash or in specie

 

9.2When making a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of Shares, the Directors may make the payment in cash or in specie (or partly in one and partly in the other) if so authorised by the terms of the allotment of those Shares or by the terms applying to those Shares in accordance with Article 9.1, or otherwise by agreement with the Member holding those Shares.

 

Effect of redemption or purchase of a Share

 

9.3Upon the date of redemption or purchase of a Share:

 

(a)the Member holding that Share shall cease to be entitled to any rights in respect of the Share other than the right to receive:

 

(i)the price for the Share; and

 

(ii)any dividend declared in respect of the Share prior to the date of redemption or purchase;

 

(b)the Member’s name shall be removed from the register of Members with respect to the Share; and

 

(c)the Share shall be cancelled or held as a Treasury Share, as the Directors may determine.

 

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9.4For the purpose of Article 9.3, the date of redemption or purchase is the date when the Member's name is removed from the register of Members with respect to the Shares the subject of the redemption or purchase.

 

10Meetings of Members

 

Annual and extraordinary general meetings

 

10.1The Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Designated Stock Exchange Rules) be obligated to, in each year hold a general meeting as an annual general meeting, which, if held, shall be convened by the Board, in accordance with these Articles.

 

10.2All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

Power to call meetings

 

10.3The Directors may call a general meeting at any time.

 

10.4If there are insufficient Directors to constitute a quorum and the remaining Directors are unable to agree on the appointment of additional Directors, the Directors must call a general meeting for the purpose of appointing additional Directors.

 

10.5The Directors must also call a general meeting if requisitioned in the manner set out in the next two Articles.

 

10.6The requisition must be in writing and given by one or more Members who together hold at least ten per cent of the rights to vote at such general meeting.

 

10.7The requisition must also:

 

(a)specify the purpose of the meeting;

 

(b)be signed by or on behalf of each requisitioner (and for this purpose each joint holder shall be obliged to sign). The requisition may consist of several documents in like form signed by one or more of the requisitioners; and

 

(c)be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions.

 

10.8Should the Directors fail to call a general meeting within 21 Clear Days from the date of receipt of a requisition, the requisitioners or any of them may call a general meeting within three months after the end of that period.

 

10.9Without limitation to the foregoing, if there are insufficient Directors to constitute a quorum and the remaining Directors are unable to agree on the appointment of additional Directors, any one or more Members who together hold at least five per cent of the rights to vote at a general meeting may call a general meeting for the purpose of considering the business specified in the notice of meeting which shall include as an item of business the appointment of additional Directors.

 

10.10If the Members call a meeting under the above provisions, the Company shall reimburse their reasonable expenses.

 

Content of notice

 

10.11Notice of a general meeting shall specify each of the following:

 

(a)the date and the hour of the meeting;

 

(b)whether the meeting will be held virtually, at a physical place or both;

 

(c)if the meeting is to be held in any part at a physical place, the address of such place;

 

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(d)if the meeting is to be held in two or more places or in any part virtually, the technology that will be used to facilitate the meeting;

 

(e)subject to paragraph (f) and the requirements of (to the extent applicable) the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, the general nature of the business to be transacted; and

 

(f)if a resolution is proposed as a Special Resolution, the text of that resolution.

 

10.12In each notice there shall appear with reasonable prominence the following statements:

 

(a)that a Member who is entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of that Member; and

 

(b)that a proxyholder need not be a Member.

 

Period of notice

 

10.13At least seven Clear Days' notice of any general meeting must be given to Members.

 

10.14Subject to the Act, a meeting may be convened on shorter notice, subject to the Act with the consent of the Member or Members who, individually or collectively, hold at least ninety per cent of the voting rights of all those who have a right to vote at that meeting.

 

Record date and persons entitled to receive notice

 

10.15Subject to the provisions of these Articles and to any restrictions imposed on any Shares, the notice shall be given to the following people:

 

(a)the Members

 

(b)persons entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member;

 

(c)the Directors; and

 

(d)the Auditors.

 

10.16The Board may determine that the Members entitled to receive notice of and vote at a meeting are those persons entered on the register of Members at the close of business on a day determined by the Board.

 

Accidental omission to give notice or non-receipt of notice

 

10.17Proceedings at a meeting shall not be invalidated by the following:

 

(a)an accidental failure to give notice of the meeting to any person entitled to notice; or

 

(b)non-receipt of notice of the meeting by any person entitled to notice.

 

10.18In addition, where a notice of meeting is published on a website proceedings at the meeting shall not be invalidated merely because it is accidentally published:

 

(a)in a different place on the website; or

 

(b)for part only of the period from the date of the notification until the conclusion of the meeting to which the notice relates.

 

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11Proceedings at meetings of Members

 

Quorum

 

11.1Save as provided in the following Article, no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present in person or by proxy. A quorum is as follows:

 

(a)if the Company has only one Member: that Member;

 

(b)if the Company has more than one Member: one or more Members holding Shares that represent not less than half of the outstanding Shares carrying the right to vote at such general meeting.

 

Lack of quorum

 

11.2If a quorum is not present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, or if at any time during the meeting it becomes inquorate, then the following provisions apply:

 

(a)If the meeting was requisitioned by Members, it shall be cancelled.

 

(b)In any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same time and manner (including whether the meeting will be held virtually, at a physical place or both) seven days hence, or to such other time or manner as is determined by the Directors. If a quorum is not present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the adjourned meeting, then the Members present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum.

 

Chairman

 

11.3The chairman of a general meeting shall be the chairman of the Board or such other person as the Directors may determine. Absent any such person being present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to chair the meeting.

 

11.4If no Director is present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, or if no Director is willing to act as chairman, the Members present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to chair the meeting.

  

Right of a Director to attend and speak

 

11.5Even if a Director is not a Member, he shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting and at any separate meeting of Members holding a particular class of Shares.

 

Accommodation of Members attending meeting virtually

 

11.6A Member entitled to receive notice and attend a meeting will be deemed to be in attendance at such meeting despite their attendance being virtual if adequate facilities are available to ensure that the Member is able to:

 

(a)participate in the business for which the meeting has been convened; and

 

(b)hear all that happens at the meeting.

 

Security

 

11.7In addition to any measures which the Board may be required to take due to the location or venue of the meeting, the Board may make any arrangement and impose any restriction it considers appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to ensure the security of a meeting including, without limitation, the searching of any person attending the meeting and the imposing of restrictions on the items of personal property that may be taken into the meeting place. The Board may refuse entry to, or eject from, a meeting a person who refuses to comply with any such arrangements or restrictions.

 

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Adjournment, postponement and cancellation

 

11.8A meeting may be:

 

(a)postponed or cancelled prior to the meeting at the discretion of the Directors by written notice provided to all persons entitled to attend the meeting, unless the meeting was requisitioned by Members or otherwise called by Members pursuant to Article 10.8; or

 

(b)adjourned, with or without an appointed date for resumption, at any time during the meeting at the discretion of the chairman with the consent of the Members constituting a quorum.

 

11.9The chairman must adjourn a meeting if so directed by Members constituting a quorum at the meeting.

 

11.10No business can be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than business which might properly have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

11.11Should a meeting be adjourned or postponed for more than seven Clear Days, whether (in respect of a meeting that has been adjourned) because of a lack of quorum or otherwise, Members shall be given at least seven Clear Days' notice of the adjourned or postponed meeting in accordance with Article 10.11. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjournment or postponement.

 

Method of voting

 

11.12A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before, or on, the declaration of the result of the show of hands, a poll is duly demanded. Subject to the Act, a poll may be demanded:

 

(a)by the chairman of the meeting;

 

(b)by at least two Members having the right to vote on the resolutions;

 

(c)by any Member or Members present who, individually or collectively, hold at least ten per cent of the voting rights of all those who have a right to vote on the resolution.

 

Outcome of vote by show of hands

 

11.13Unless a poll is duly demanded, a declaration by the chairman as to the result of a resolution and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the outcome of a show of hands without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.

 

Withdrawal of demand for a poll

 

11.14The demand for a poll may be withdrawn before the poll is taken, but only with the consent of the chairman. The chairman shall announce any such withdrawal to the meeting and, unless another person forthwith demands a poll, any earlier show of hands on that resolution shall be treated as the vote on that resolution; if there has been no earlier show of hands, then the resolution shall be put to the vote of the meeting.

 

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Taking of a poll

 

11.15A poll demanded on the question of adjournment shall be taken immediately.

 

11.16A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken either immediately or at an adjourned meeting at such time and manner (including whether the meeting will be held virtually, at a physical place or both) as the chairman directs, not being more than 30 Clear Days after the poll was demanded.

 

11.17The demand for a poll shall not prevent the meeting continuing to transact any business other than the question on which the poll was demanded.

 

11.18A poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs. He may appoint scrutineers (who need not be Members) and fix a time and manner for declaring the result of the poll (including whether such declaration will be made virtually, at a physical place or both). If the meeting is held virtually or in more than place, the chairman may appoint scrutineers virtually or in more than place; but if he considers that the poll cannot be effectively monitored at that meeting, the chairman shall adjourn the holding of the poll to a date and time when that can occur.

 

Chairman’s casting vote

 

11.19In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

Written resolutions

 

11.20Members may pass a resolution in writing without holding a meeting if the following conditions are met:

 

(a)all Members entitled to vote are given notice of the resolution as if the same were being proposed at a meeting of Members;

 

(b)all Members entitled so to vote;

 

(i)sign a document; or

 

(ii)sign several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those Members; and

 

(c)the signed document or documents is or are delivered to the Company, including, if the Company so nominates, by delivery of an Electronic Record by Electronic means to the address specified for that purpose.

 

(d)Such written resolution shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Members entitled to vote duly convened and held.

 

11.21If a written resolution is described as a Special Resolution or as an Ordinary Resolution, it has effect accordingly.

 

11.22The Directors may determine the manner in which written resolutions shall be put to Members. In particular, they may provide, in the form of any written resolution, for each Member to indicate, out of the number of votes the Member would have been entitled to cast at a meeting to consider the resolution, how many votes he wishes to cast in favour of the resolution and how many against the resolution or to be treated as abstentions. The result of any such written resolution shall be determined on the same basis as on a poll.

  

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Sole-Member Company

 

11.23If the Company has only one Member, and the Member records in writing his decision on a question, that record shall constitute both the passing of a resolution and the minute of it.

 

12Voting rights of Members

 

Right to vote

 

12.1Unless their Shares carry no right to vote, or unless a call or other amount presently payable has not been paid, all Members are entitled to vote at a general meeting, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, and all Members holding Shares of a particular class of Shares are entitled to vote at a meeting of the holders of that class of Shares.

 

12.2Members may vote in person or by proxy.

 

12.3On a show of hands, every Member shall have one vote. For the avoidance of doubt, an individual who represents two or more Members, including a Member in that individual’s own right, that individual shall be entitled to a separate vote for each Member.

 

12.4On a poll a Member shall have one vote for each Share he holds, unless any Share carries special voting rights.

 

12.5No Member is bound to vote on his Shares or any of them; nor is he bound to vote each of his Shares in the same way.

 

Rights of joint holders

 

12.6If Shares are held jointly, only one of the joint holders may vote. If more than one of the joint holders tenders a vote, the vote of the holder whose name in respect of those Shares appears first in the register of Members shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holder.

 

Representation of corporate Members

 

12.7Save where otherwise provided, a corporate Member must act by a duly authorised representative.

 

12.8A corporate Member wishing to act by a duly authorised representative must identify that person to the Company by notice in writing.

 

12.9The authorisation may be for any period of time, and must be delivered to the Company before the commencement of the meeting at which it is first used.

 

12.10The Directors of the Company may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary to determine the validity of the notice.

 

12.11Where a duly authorised representative is present at a meeting that Member is deemed to be present in person; and the acts of the duly authorised representative are personal acts of that Member.

 

12.12A corporate Member may revoke the appointment of a duly authorised representative at any time by notice to the Company; but such revocation will not affect the validity of any acts carried out by the duly authorised representative before the Directors of the Company had actual notice of the revocation.

 

Member with mental disorder

 

12.13A Member in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction (whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by that Member’s receiver, curator bonis or other person authorised in that behalf appointed by that court.

 

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12.14For the purpose of the preceding Article, evidence to the satisfaction of the Directors of the authority of the person claiming to exercise the right to vote must be received on a Business Day not less than 24 hours before holding the relevant meeting, the postponed meeting or the adjourned meeting in any manner specified for the delivery of forms of appointment of a proxy, whether in writing or by Electronic means. In default, the right to vote shall not be exercisable.

 

Objections to admissibility of votes

 

12.15An objection to the validity of a person’s vote may only be raised at the meeting or at the adjourned meeting at which the vote is sought to be tendered. Any objection duly made shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

Form of proxy

 

12.16An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in any common form or in any other form approved by the Directors.

 

12.17The instrument must be in writing and signed in one of the following ways:

 

(a)by the Member; or

 

(b)by the Member’s authorised attorney; or

 

(c)if the Member is a corporation or other body corporate, under seal or signed by an authorised officer, secretary or attorney.

 

If the Directors so resolve, the Company may accept an Electronic Record of that instrument delivered in the manner specified below and otherwise satisfying the Articles about authentication of Electronic Records.

 

12.18The Directors may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary to determine the validity of any appointment of a proxy.

 

12.19A Member may revoke the appointment of a proxy at any time by notice to the Company duly signed in accordance with Article 12.17.

 

12.20No revocation by a Member of the appointment of a proxy made in accordance with Article 12.19 will affect the validity of any acts carried out by the relevant proxy before the Directors of the Company had actual notice of the revocation.

 

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How and when proxy is to be delivered

 

12.21Subject to the following Articles, the Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and/or electronic address and the time (being not later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the form of appointment of a proxy and any authority under which it is signed (or a copy of the authority certified notarially or in any other way approved by the Directors) must be delivered so that it is received by the Company before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the form of appointment of proxy proposes to vote. They must be delivered in either of the following ways:

  

(a)In the case of an instrument in writing, it must be left at or sent by post:

 

(i)to the registered office of the Company; or

 

(ii)to such other place within the Cayman Islands specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any form of appointment of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting.

 

(b)If, pursuant to the notice provisions, a notice may be given to the Company in an Electronic Record, an Electronic Record of an appointment of a proxy must be sent to the address specified pursuant to those provisions unless another address for that purpose is specified:

 

(i)in the notice convening the meeting; or

 

(ii)in any form of appointment of a proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or

 

(iii)in any invitation to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting.

 

(c)Notwithstanding Article 12.21(a) and Article 12.21(b), the chairman of the Company may, in any event at his discretion, direct that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited.

 

12.22Where a poll is taken:

 

(a)if it is taken more than seven Clear Days after it is demanded, the form of appointment of a proxy and any accompanying authority (or an Electronic Record of the same) must be delivered in accordance with Article 12.21 before the time appointed for the taking of the poll;

 

(b)if it is to be taken within seven Clear Days after it was demanded, the form of appointment of a proxy and any accompanying authority (or an Electronic Record of the same) must be delivered in accordance with Article 12.21 before the time appointed for the taking of the poll.

 

12.23If the form of appointment of proxy is not delivered on time, it is invalid.

 

12.24When two or more valid but differing appointments of proxy are delivered or received in respect of the same Share for use at the same meeting and in respect of the same matter, the one which is last validly delivered or received (regardless of its date or of the date of its execution) shall be treated as replacing and revoking the other or others as regards that Share. lf the Company is unable to determine which appointment was last validly delivered or received, none of them shall be treated as valid in respect of that Share.

 

12.25The Board may at the expense of the Company send forms of appointment of proxy to the Members by post (that is to say, pre-paying and posting a letter), or by Electronic communication or otherwise (with or without provision for their return by pre-paid post) for use at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of Shares, either blank or nominating as proxy in the alternative any one or more of the Directors or any other person. lf for the purpose of any meeting invitations to appoint as proxy a person or one of a number of persons specified in the invitations are issued at the Company’s expense, they shall be issued to all (and not to some only) of the Members entitled to be sent notice of the meeting and to vote at it. The accidental omission to send such a form of appointment or to give such an invitation to, or the non-receipt of such form of appointment by, any Member entitled to attend and vote at a meeting shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting

 

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Voting by proxy

 

12.26A proxy shall have the same voting rights at a meeting, postponed meeting or adjourned meeting as the Member would have had except to the extent that the instrument appointing him limits those rights. Notwithstanding the appointment of a proxy, a Member may attend and vote at a meeting, postponed meeting or adjourned meeting. If a Member votes on any resolution a vote by his proxy on the same resolution, unless in respect of different Shares, shall be invalid.

 

12.27The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting shall be deemed also to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and, for the purposes of Article 11.13, a demand by a person as proxy for a Member shall be the same as a demand by a Member. Such appointment shall not confer any further right to speak at the meeting, except with the permission of the chairman of the meeting.

 

13Number of Directors

 

13.1Subject to Article 13.2, there shall be a Board consisting of not less than five person provided however that the Company may by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors. Unless fixed by Ordinary Resolution, the maximum number of Directors shall be unlimited.

 

13.2If the Company only has one member, the Board may comprise of one (1) person only.

 

14Appointment, disqualification and removal of Directors

 

First Directors

 

14.1The first Directors shall be appointed in writing by the subscriber or subscribers to the Memorandum, or a majority of them.

 

No age limit

 

14.2There is no age limit for Directors save that they must be at least eighteen years of age.

 

Corporate Directors

 

14.3Unless prohibited by law, a body corporate may be a Director. If a body corporate is a Director, the Articles about representation of corporate Members at general meetings apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Articles about Directors’ meetings.

 

No shareholding qualification

 

14.4Unless a shareholding qualification for Directors is fixed by Ordinary Resolution, no Director shall be required to own Shares as a condition of his appointment.

 

Appointment of Directors

 

14.5A Director may be appointed by Ordinary Resolution or by the Directors. Any appointment may be to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director.

 

14.6A remaining Director may appoint a Director even though there is not a quorum of Directors.

 

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14.7No appointment can cause the number of Directors to exceed the maximum (if one is set); and any such appointment shall be invalid.

 

14.8For so long as Shares or ADSs are listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors shall include at least such number of Independent Directors as applicable law, rules or regulations or the Designated Stock Exchange Rules require as determined by the Board.

 

Term of appointment

 

14.9Each Director appointed shall be appointed for a term expiring at the conclusion of the next-following annual general meeting of the Company (unless re-elected at such annual general meeting).

 

Eligibility

 

14.10No person (other than a Director retiring in accordance with these Articles) shall be appointed or re-appointed a Director at any general meeting unless:

 

(a)he is recommended by the Board; or

 

(b)not less than seven nor more than 42 Clear Days before the date appointed for the meeting, a Member (other than the person to be proposed) entitled to vote at the meeting has given to the Company notice of his intention to propose a resolution for the appointment of that person, stating the particulars which would, if he were so appointed, be required to be included in the Company’s register of Directors and a notice executed by that person of his willingness to be appointed.

 

Removal of Directors

 

14.11A Director may be removed by Ordinary Resolution.

 

Resignation of Directors

 

14.12A Director may at any time resign office by giving to the Company notice in writing or, if permitted pursuant to the notice provisions, in an Electronic Record delivered in either case in accordance with those provisions.

 

14.13Unless the notice specifies a different date, the Director shall be deemed to have resigned on the date that the notice is delivered to the Company.

 

Termination of the office of Director

 

14.14A Director may retire from office as a Director by giving notice in writing to that effect to the Company at the registered office, which notice shall be effective upon such date as may be specified in the notice, failing which upon delivery to the registered office.

 

14.15Without prejudice to the provisions in these Articles for retirement (by rotation or otherwise), a Director’s office shall be terminated forthwith if:

 

(a)he is prohibited by the law of the Cayman Islands from acting as a Director; or

 

(b)he is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or

 

(c)he resigns his office by notice to the Company; or

 

(d)he only held office as a Director for a fixed term and such term expires; or

 

(e)in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom he is being treated he becomes physically or mentally incapable of acting as a Director; or

 

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(f)he is given notice by the majority of the other Directors (not being less than two in number) to vacate office (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any agreement relating to the provision of the services of such Director); or

 

(g)he dies or he is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence, whether by court order or otherwise; or

 

(h)without the consent of the other Directors, he is absent from meetings of Directors for a continuous period of six months.

 

15Alternate Directors

 

Appointment and removal

 

15.1Any Director may appoint any other person, including another Director, to act in his place as an alternate Director. No appointment shall take effect until the Director has given notice of the appointment to the Board.

 

15.2A Director may revoke his appointment of an alternate at any time. No revocation shall take effect until the Director has given notice of the revocation to the Board.

 

15.3A notice of appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be effective only if given to the Company by one or more of the following methods:

 

(a)by notice in writing in accordance with the notice provisions contained in these Articles;

 

(b)if the Company has a facsimile address for the time being, by sending by facsimile transmission to that facsimile address a facsimile copy or, otherwise, by sending by facsimile transmission to the facsimile address of the Company's registered office a facsimile copy (in either case, the facsimile copy being deemed to be the notice unless Article 29.7 applies), in which event notice shall be taken to be given on the date of an error-free transmission report from the sender’s fax machine;

 

(c)if the Company has an email address for the time being, by emailing to that email address a scanned copy of the notice as a PDF attachment or, otherwise, by emailing to the email address provided by the Company's registered office a scanned copy of the notice as a PDF attachment (in either case, the PDF version being deemed to be the notice unless Article 29.7 applies), in which event notice shall be taken to be given on the date of receipt by the Company or the Company's registered office (as appropriate) in readable form; or

 

(d)if permitted pursuant to the notice provisions, in some other form of approved Electronic Record delivered in accordance with those provisions in writing.

 

Notices

 

15.4All notices of meetings of Directors shall continue to be given to the appointing Director and not to the alternate.

 

Rights of alternate Director

 

15.5An alternate Director shall be entitled to attend and vote at any Board meeting or meeting of a committee of the Directors at which the appointing Director is not personally present, and generally to perform all the functions of the appointing Director in his absence. An alternate Director, however, is not entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company for services rendered as an alternate Director.

 

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Appointment ceases when the appointor ceases to be a Director

 

15.6An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director if:

 

(a)the Director who appointed him ceases to be a Director; or

 

(b)the Director who appointed him revokes his appointment by notice delivered to the Board or to the registered office of the Company or in any other manner approved by the Board; or

 

(c)in any event happens in relation to him which, if he were a Director of the Company, would cause his office as Director to be vacated.

 

Status of alternate Director

 

15.7An alternate Director shall carry out all functions of the Director who made the appointment.

 

15.8Save where otherwise expressed, an alternate Director shall be treated as a Director under these Articles.

 

15.9An alternate Director is not the agent of the Director appointing him.

 

15.10An alternate Director is not entitled to any remuneration for acting as alternate Director.

 

Status of the Director making the appointment

 

15.11A Director who has appointed an alternate is not thereby relieved from the duties which he owes the Company.

 

16Powers of Directors

 

Powers of Directors

 

16.1Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Memorandum and these Articles the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may for that purpose exercise all the powers of the Company.

 

16.2No prior act of the Directors shall be invalidated by any subsequent alteration of the Memorandum or these Articles. However, to the extent allowed by the Act, Members may, by Special Resolution, validate any prior or future act of the Directors which would otherwise be in breach of their duties.

 

Directors below the minimum number

 

16.3If the number of Directors is less than the minimum prescribed in accordance with these Articles, the remaining Director or Directors shall act only for the purposes of appointing an additional Director or Directors to make up such minimum or of convening a general meeting of the Company for the purpose of making such appointment. lf there are no Director or Directors able or willing to act, any two Members may summon a general meeting for the purpose of appointing Directors. Any additional Director so appointed shall hold office (subject to these Articles) only until the dissolution of the annual general meeting next following such appointment unless he is re-elected during such meeting.

 

Appointments to office

 

16.4The Directors may appoint a Director:

 

(a)as chairman of the Board;

 

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(b)as managing Director;

 

(c)to any other executive office,

 

for such period, and on such terms, including as to remuneration as they think fit.

 

16.5The appointee must consent in writing to holding that office.

 

16.6Where a chairman is appointed he shall, unless unable to do so, preside at every meeting of Directors.

 

16.7If there is no chairman, or if the chairman is unable to preside at a meeting, that meeting may select its own chairman; or the Directors may nominate one of their number to act in place of the chairman should he ever not be available.

 

16.8Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Directors may also appoint and remove any person, who need not be a Director:

 

(a)as Secretary; and

 

(b)to any office that may be required

 

for such period and on such terms, including as to remuneration, as they think fit. In the case of an Officer, that Officer may be given any title the Directors decide.

 

16.9The Secretary or Officer must consent in writing to holding that office.

 

16.10A Director, Secretary or other Officer of the Company may not the hold the office, or perform the services, of auditor.

 

Provisions for employees

 

16.11The Board may make provision for the benefit of any persons employed or formerly employed by the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings (or any member of his family or any person who is dependent on him) in connection with the cessation or the transfer to any person of the whole or part of the undertaking of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings.

 

Exercise of voting rights

 

16.12The Board may exercise the voting power conferred by the Shares in any body corporate held or owned by the Company in such manner in all respects as it thinks fit (including, without limitation, the exercise of that power in favour of any resolution appointing any Director as a Director of such body corporate, or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration to the Directors of such body corporate).

  

Remuneration

 

16.13Every Director may be remunerated by the Company for the services he provides for the benefit of the Company, whether as Director, employee or otherwise, and shall be entitled to be paid for the expenses incurred in the Company’s business including attendance at Directors’ meetings.

 

16.14Until otherwise determined by the Company by Ordinary Resolution, the Directors (other than alternate Directors) shall be entitled to such remuneration by way of fees for their services in the office of Director as the Directors may determine.

 

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16.15Remuneration may take any form and may include arrangements to pay pensions, health insurance, death or sickness benefits, whether to the Director or to any other person connected to or related to him.

 

16.16Unless his fellow Directors determine otherwise, a Director is not accountable to the Company for remuneration or other benefits received from any other company which is in the same group as the Company or which has common shareholdings.

 

Disclosure of information

 

16.17The Directors may release or disclose to a third party any information regarding the affairs of the Company, including any information contained in the register of Members relating to a Member, (and they may authorise any Director, Officer or other authorised agent of the Company to release or disclose to a third party any such information in his possession) if:

 

(a)the Company or that person, as the case may be, is lawfully required to do so under the laws of any jurisdiction to which the Company is subject; or

 

(b)such disclosure is in compliance with the Designated Stock Exchange Rules; or

 

(c)such disclosure is in accordance with any contract entered into by the Company; or

 

(d)the Directors are of the opinion such disclosure would assist or facilitate the Company’s operations.

 

17Delegation of powers

 

Power to delegate any of the Directors’ powers to a committee

 

17.1The Directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more persons who need not be Members. Persons on the committee may include non- Directors so long as the majority of those persons are Directors. Any such committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as required from time to time by the Designated Stock Exchange Rules or otherwise required by applicable law.

 

17.2The delegation may be collateral with, or to the exclusion of, the Directors’ own powers.

 

17.3The delegation may be on such terms as the Directors think fit, including provision for the committee itself to delegate to a sub-committee; save that any delegation must be capable of being revoked or altered by the Directors at will.

 

17.4Unless otherwise permitted by the Directors, a committee must follow the procedures prescribed for the taking of decisions by Directors.

 

17.5The Board shall establish an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in these Articles. Each of the audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee shall consist of at least three Directors (or such larger minimum number as may be required from time to time by the Designated Stock Exchange Rules). The majority of the committee members on each of the compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee shall be Independent Directors. The audit committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as required from time to time by the Designated Stock Exchange Rules or otherwise required by applicable law.

 

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Local boards

 

17.6The Board may establish any local or divisional board or agency for managing any of the affairs of the Company whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere and may appoint any persons to be members of a local or divisional Board, or to be managers or agents, and may fix their remuneration.

 

17.7The Board may delegate to any local or divisional board, manager or agent any of its powers and authorities (with power to sub-delegate) and may authorise the members of any local or divisional board or any of them to fill any vacancies and to act notwithstanding vacancies.

 

17.8Any appointment or delegation under Article 17.6 and 17.7 may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board thinks fit and the Board may remove any person so appointed, and may revoke or vary any delegation.

 

Power to appoint an agent of the Company

 

17.9The Directors may appoint any person, either generally or in respect of any specific matter, to be the agent of the Company with or without authority for that person to delegate all or any of that person’s powers. The Directors may make that appointment:

 

(a)by causing the Company to enter into a power of attorney or agreement; or

 

(b)in any other manner they determine.

 

Power to appoint an attorney or authorised signatory of the Company

 

17.10The Directors may appoint any person, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or the authorised signatory of the Company. The appointment may be:

 

(a)for any purpose;

 

(b)with the powers, authorities and discretions;

 

(c)for the period; and

 

(d)subject to such conditions,

 

as they think fit. The powers, authorities and discretions, however, must not exceed those vested in, or exercisable, by the Directors under these Articles. The Directors may do so by power of attorney or any other manner they think fit.

 

17.11Any power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provision for the protection and convenience for persons dealing with the attorney or authorised signatory as the Directors think fit. Any power of attorney or other appointment may also authorise the attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in that person.

  

17.12The Board may remove any person appointed under Article 17.10 and may revoke or vary the delegation.

 

Borrowing Powers

 

17.13The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets both present and future and uncalled capital, or any part thereof, and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or its parent undertaking (if any) or any subsidiary undertaking of the Company or of any third party.

 

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Corporate Governance

 

17.14The Board may, from time to time, and except as required by applicable law or the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives of the Company, which shall be intended to set forth the guiding principles and policies of the Company and the Board on various corporate governance related matters as the Board shall determine by resolution from time to time.

 

18Meetings of Directors

 

Regulation of Directors’ meetings

 

18.1Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit.

 

Calling meetings

 

18.2Any Director may call a meeting of Directors at any time. The Secretary must call a meeting of the Directors if requested to do so by a Director.

 

Notice of meetings

 

18.3Except in the case of urgency or with the consent of all those entitled to attend, at least 48 hours notice of a Board meeting must be given to all Director in writing or by Electronic communications at such address as he may from time to time specify for this purpose (or, if he does not specify an address, at his last known address). A Director may waive his right to receive notice of any meeting either prospectively or retrospectively.

 

Use of technology

 

18.4A Director may participate in a meeting of Directors through the medium of conference telephone, video or any other form of communications equipment providing all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear and speak to each other throughout the meeting.

 

18.5A Director participating in this way is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

Quorum

 

18.6Unless otherwise necessary to comply with the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, the quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of Directors shall be at least half (1/2) of all Directors.

 

Chairman or deputy to preside

 

18.7The Board may appoint a chairman and one or more deputy chairman or chairmen and may at any time revoke any such appointment.

 

18.8The chairman, or failing him any deputy chairman (the longest in office taking precedence if more than one is present), shall preside at all Board meetings. If no chairman or deputy chairman has been appointed, or if he is not present within five minutes after the time fixed for holding the meeting, or is unwilling to act as chairman of the meeting, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act as chairman of the meeting.

 

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Voting

 

18.9A question which arises at a Board meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. If votes are equal the chairman shall not have a casting vote.

 

Recording of dissent

 

18.10A Director present at a meeting of Directors shall be presumed to have assented to any action taken at that meeting unless:

 

(a)his dissent is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or

 

(b)he has filed with the meeting before it is concluded signed dissent from that action; or

 

(c)he has forwarded to the Company as soon as practical following the conclusion of that meeting signed dissent.

 

A Director who votes in favour of an action is not entitled to record his dissent to it.

 

Written resolutions

 

18.11The Directors may pass a resolution in writing without holding a meeting if all Directors sign a document or sign several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those Directors.

 

18.12A written resolution signed by a validly appointed alternate Director need not also be signed by the appointing Director.

 

18.13A written resolution signed personally by the appointing Director need not also be signed by his alternate.

 

18.14A resolution in writing passed pursuant to Article 18.11, Article 18.12 and/or Article 18.13 shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held; and it shall be treated as having been passed on the day and at the time that the last Director signs (and for the avoidance of doubt, such day may or may not be a Business Day).

 

Validity of acts of Directors in spite of formal defect

 

18.15All acts done by a meeting of the Board, or of a committee of the Board, or by any person acting as a Director or an alternate Director, shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate Director or member of the committee, or that any of them were disqualified or had vacated office or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and qualified and had continued to be a Director or alternate Director and had been entitled to vote.

 

19Permissible Directors' interests and disclosure

 

Permissible interests subject to disclosure

 

19.1Save as expressly permitted by these Articles or as set out below, a Director may not have a direct or indirect interest or duty which conflicts or may possibly conflict with the interests of the Company.

 

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19.2If, notwithstanding the prohibition in the preceding Article, a Director discloses to their fellow Directors the nature and extent of any material interest or duty in accordance with the next Article, he may:

 

(a)be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is or may otherwise be interested; or

 

(b)be interested in another body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested. In particular, the Director may be a Director, secretary or officer of, or employed by, or be a party to any transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, that other body corporate.

 

19.3Such disclosure may be made at a meeting of the board or otherwise (and, if otherwise, it must be made in writing). The Director must disclose the nature and extent of his direct or indirect interest in or duty in relation to a transaction or arrangement or series of transactions or arrangements with the Company or in which the Company has any material interest.

 

19.4If a Director has made disclosure in accordance with the preceding Article, then they shall not, by reason only of their office, be accountable to the Company for any benefit that he derives from any such transaction or arrangement or from any such office or employment or from any interest in any such body corporate, and no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit.

 

Notification of interests

 

19.5For the purposes of the preceding Articles:

 

(a)a general notice that a Director gives to the other directors that he is to be regarded as having an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any transaction or arrangement in which a specified person or class of persons is interested shall be deemed to be a disclosure that he has an interest in or duty in relation to any such transaction of the nature and extent so specified; and

 

(b)an interest of which a director has no knowledge and of which it is unreasonable to expect him to have knowledge shall not be treated as an interest of his.

 

19.6A Director shall not be treated as having an interest in a transaction or arrangement if he has no knowledge of that interest and it is unreasonable to expect the director to have that knowledge.

 

Voting where a Director is interested in a matter

 

19.7A Director may vote at a meeting of directors on any resolution concerning a matter in which that Director has an interest or duty, whether directly or indirectly, so long as that director discloses any material interest pursuant to these Articles. The Director shall be counted towards a quorum of those present at the meeting. If the Director votes on the resolution, his vote shall be counted.

 

19.8Where proposals are under consideration concerning the appointment of two or more Directors to offices or employment with the Company or any body corporate in which the Company is interested, the proposals may be divided and considered in relation to each Director separately and each of the directors concerned shall be entitled to vote and be counted in the quorum in respect of each resolution except that concerning his or her own appointment.

 

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20Minutes

 

20.1The Company shall cause minutes to be made in books of:

 

(a)all appointments of Officers and committees made by the Board and of any such Officer’s remuneration; and

 

(b)the names of Directors present at every meeting of the Directors, a committee of the Board, the Company or the holders of any class of shares or debentures, and all orders, resolutions and proceedings of such meetings.

 

20.2Any such minutes, if purporting to be signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the proceedings were held or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting or the Secretary, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters stated in them.

  

21Accounts and audit

 

21.1The Directors must ensure that proper accounting and other records are kept, and that accounts and associated reports are distributed in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

 

21.2The books of account shall be kept at the registered office of the Company and shall always be open to inspection by the Directors. No Member (other than a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by the Act or as authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.

 

21.3Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on 30 June in each year and begin on 1 July in each year.

 

Auditors

 

21.4The Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the Directors determine.

 

21.5At any general meeting convened and held at any time in accordance with these Articles, the Members may, by Ordinary Resolution, remove the Auditor before the expiration of his term of office. If they do so, the Members shall, by Ordinary Resolution, at that meeting appoint another Auditor in his stead for the remainder of his term.

 

21.6The Auditors shall examine such books, accounts and vouchers; as may be necessary for the performance of their duties.

 

21.7The Auditors shall, if so requested by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment, and at any time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Company.

 

22Record dates

 

22.1Except to the extent of any conflicting rights attached to Shares, the resolution declaring a dividend on Shares of any class, whether it be an Ordinary Resolution of the Members or a Director’s resolution, may specify that the dividend is payable or distributable to the persons registered as the holders of those Shares at the close of business on a particular date, notwithstanding that the date may be a date prior to that on which the resolution is passed.

 

22.2If the resolution does so specify, the dividend shall be payable or distributable to the persons registered as the holders of those Shares at the close of business on the specified date in accordance with their respective holdings so registered, but without prejudice to the rights inter se in respect of the dividend of transferors and transferees of any of those Shares.

 

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22.3The provisions of this Article apply, mutatis mutandis, to bonuses, capitalisation issues, distributions of realised capital profits or offers or grants made by the Company to the Members.

 

23Dividends

 

Source of dividends

 

23.1Dividends may be declared and paid out of any funds of the Company lawfully available for distribution.

 

23.2Subject to the requirements of the Act regarding the application of a company’s Share premium account and with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution, dividends may also be declared and paid out of any share premium account.

 

Declaration of dividends by Members

 

23.3Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution declare dividends in accordance with the respective rights of the Members but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors.

 

Payment of interim dividends and declaration of final dividends by Directors

 

23.4The Directors may declare and pay interim dividends or recommend final dividends in accordance with the respective rights of the Members if it appears to them that they are justified by the financial position of the Company and that such dividends may lawfully be paid.

 

23.5Subject to the provisions of the Act, in relation to the distinction between interim dividends and final dividends, the following applies:

 

(a)Upon determination to pay a dividend or dividends described as interim by the Directors in the dividend resolution, no debt shall be created by the declaration until such time as payment is made.

 

(b)Upon declaration of a dividend or dividends described as final by the Directors in the dividend resolution, a debt shall be created immediately following the declaration, the due date to be the date the dividend is stated to be payable in the resolution.

 

If the resolution fails to specify whether a dividend is final or interim, it shall be assumed to be interim.

 

23.6In relation to Shares carrying differing rights to dividends or rights to dividends at a fixed rate, the following applies:

 

(a)If the share capital is divided into different classes, the Directors may pay dividends on Shares which confer deferred or non-preferred rights with regard to dividends as well as on Shares which confer preferential rights with regard to dividends but no dividend shall be paid on Shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential dividend is in arrears.

 

(b)The Directors may also pay, at intervals settled by them, any dividend payable at a fixed rate if it appears to them that there are sufficient funds of the Company lawfully available for distribution to justify the payment.

 

(c)If the Directors act in good faith, they shall not incur any liability to the Members holding Shares conferring preferred rights for any loss those Members may suffer by the lawful payment of the dividend on any Shares having deferred or non-preferred rights.

 

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Apportionment of dividends

 

23.7Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to Shares all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts Paid Up on the Shares on which the dividend is paid. All dividends shall be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amount Paid Up on the Shares during the time or part of the time in respect of which the dividend is paid. But if a Share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, that Share shall rank for dividend accordingly.

 

Right of set off

 

23.8The Directors may deduct from a dividend or any other amount payable to a person in respect of a Share any amount due by that person to the Company on a call or otherwise in relation to a Share.

 

Power to pay other than in cash

 

23.9If the Directors so determine, any resolution declaring a dividend may direct that it shall be satisfied wholly or partly by the distribution of assets. If a difficulty arises in relation to the distribution, the Directors may settle that difficulty in any way they consider appropriate. For example, they may do any one or more of the following:

 

(a)issue fractional Shares;

 

(b)fix the value of assets for distribution and make cash payments to some Members on the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of Members; and

 

(c)vest some assets in trustees.

 

How payments may be made

 

23.10A dividend or other monies payable on or in respect of a Share may be paid in any of the following ways:

 

(a)if the Member holding that Share or other person entitled to that Share nominates a bank account for that purpose - by wire transfer to that bank account; or

 

(b)by cheque or warrant sent by post to the registered address of the Member holding that Share or other person entitled to that Share.

 

23.11For the purposes of Article (a), the nomination may be in writing or in an Electronic Record and the bank account nominated may be the bank account of another person. For the purposes of Article (b), subject to any applicable law or regulation, the cheque or warrant shall be made to the order of the Member holding that Share or other person entitled to the Share or to his nominee, whether nominated in writing or in an Electronic Record, and payment of the cheque or warrant shall be a good discharge to the Company.

 

23.12If two or more persons are registered as the holders of the Share or are jointly entitled to it by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the registered holder (Joint Holders), a dividend (or other amount) payable on or in respect of that Share may be paid as follows:

 

(a)to the registered address of the Joint Holder of the Share who is named first on the register of Members or to the registered address of the deceased or bankrupt holder, as the case may be; or

 

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(b)to the address or bank account of another person nominated by the Joint Holders, whether that nomination is in writing or in an Electronic Record.

 

23.13Any Joint Holder of a Share may give a valid receipt for a dividend (or other amount) payable in respect of that Share.

 

Dividends or other monies not to bear interest in absence of special rights

 

23.14Unless provided for by the rights attached to a Share, no dividend or other monies payable by the Company in respect of a Share shall bear interest.

 

Dividends unable to be paid or unclaimed

 

23.15If a dividend cannot be paid to a Member or remains unclaimed within six weeks after it was declared or both, the Directors may pay it into a separate account in the Company’s name. If a dividend is paid into a separate account, the Company shall not be constituted trustee in respect of that account and the dividend shall remain a debt due to the Member.

 

23.16A dividend that remains unclaimed for a period of six years after it became due for payment shall be forfeited to, and shall cease to remain owing by, the Company.

 

24Capitalisation of profits

 

Capitalisation of profits or of any share premium account or capital redemption reserve

 

24.1The Directors may resolve to capitalise:

 

(a)any part of the Company’s profits not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether or not those profits are available for distribution); or

 

(b)any sum standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account or capital redemption reserve, if any.

 

24.2The amount resolved to be capitalised must be appropriated to the Members who would have been entitled to it had it been distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions. The benefit to each Member so entitled must be given in either or both of the following ways::

 

(a)by paying up the amounts unpaid on that Member's Shares;

 

(b)by issuing Fully Paid Up Shares, debentures or other securities of the Company to that Member or as that Member directs. The Directors may resolve that any Shares issued to the Member in respect of Partly Paid Up Shares (Original Shares) rank for dividend only to the extent that the Original Shares rank for dividend while those Original Shares remain Partly Paid Up.

 

Applying an amount for the benefit of Members

 

24.3The amount capitalised must be applied to the benefit of Members in the proportions to which the Members would have been entitled to dividends if the amount capitalised had been distributed as a dividend.

 

24.4Subject to the Act, if a fraction of a Share, a debenture or other security is allocated to a Member, the Directors may issue a fractional certificate to that Member or pay him the cash equivalent of the fraction.

 

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25Share Premium Account

 

Directors to maintain share premium account

 

25.1The Directors shall establish a share premium account in accordance with the Act. They shall carry to the credit of that account from time to time an amount equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share or capital contributed or such other amounts required by the Act.

  

Debits to share premium account

 

25.2The following amounts shall be debited to any share premium account:

 

(a)on the redemption or purchase of a Share, the difference between the nominal value of that Share and the redemption or purchase price; and

 

(b)any other amount paid out of a share premium account as permitted by the Act.

 

25.3Notwithstanding the preceding Article, on the redemption or purchase of a Share, the Directors may pay the difference between the nominal value of that Share and the redemption purchase price out of the profits of the Company or, as permitted by the Act, out of capital.

 

26Seal

 

Company seal

 

26.1The Company may have a seal if the Directors so determine.

 

Duplicate seal

 

26.2Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company may also have a duplicate seal or seals for use in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands. Each duplicate seal shall be a facsimile of the original seal of the Company. However, if the Directors so determine, a duplicate seal shall have added on its face the name of the place where it is to be used.

 

When and how seal is to be used

 

26.3A seal may only be used by the authority of the Directors. Unless the Directors otherwise determine, a document to which a seal is affixed must be signed in one of the following ways:

 

(a)by a Director (or his alternate) and the Secretary; or

 

(b)by a single Director (or his alternate).

 

If no seal is adopted or used

 

26.4If the Directors do not adopt a seal, or a seal is not used, a document may be executed in the following manner:

 

(a)by a Director (or his alternate) and the Secretary; or

 

(b)by a single Director (or his alternate); or

 

(c)in any other manner permitted by the Act.

 

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Power to allow non-manual signatures and facsimile printing of seal

 

26.5The Directors may determine that either or both of the following applies:

 

(a)that the seal or a duplicate seal need not be affixed manually but may be affixed by some other method or system of reproduction;

 

(b)that a signature required by these Articles need not be manual but may be a mechanical or Electronic Signature.

 

Validity of execution

 

26.6If a document is duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company, it shall not be regarded as invalid merely because, at the date of the delivery, the Secretary, or the Director, or other Officer or person who signed the document or affixed the seal for and on behalf of the Company ceased to be the Secretary or hold that office and authority on behalf of the Company.

 

27Indemnity

 

27.1To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary and other Officer of the Company (including an investment adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives against:

 

(a)all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by the existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer in or about the conduct of the Company's business or affairs or in the execution or discharge of the existing or former Director's (including alternate Director's), Secretary’s or Officer’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions; and

 

(b)without limitation to paragraph (a), all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings (whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning the Company or its affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

 

No such existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer, however, shall be indemnified (i) against any liability by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office, (ii) with respect to any matter as to which he or she shall have been finally adjudicated to have acted in bad faith and not in the interest of the Company or (iii) in the event of a settlement, unless the settlement has been approved by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the Board.

 

27.2To the extent permitted by Act, the Company may make a payment, or agree to make a payment, whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise, for any legal costs incurred by an existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer of the Company in respect of any matter identified in Article 27.1 on condition that the Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer must repay the amount paid by the Company to the extent that it is ultimately found not liable to indemnify the Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or that Officer for those legal costs.

 

Release

 

27.3To the extent permitted by Act, the Company may by Special Resolution release any existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or other Officer of the Company from liability for any loss or damage or right to compensation which may arise out of or in connection with the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities or discretions of his office; but there may be no release from liability arising out of or in connection with that person’s own dishonesty.

 

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Insurance

 

27.4To the extent permitted by Act, the Company may pay, or agree to pay, a premium in respect of a contract insuring each of the following persons against risks determined by the Directors, other than liability arising out of that person’s own dishonesty:

 

(a)an existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer or auditor of:

 

(i)the Company;

 

(ii)a company which is or was a subsidiary of the Company;

 

(iii)a company in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect); and

 

(b)a trustee of an employee or retirement benefits scheme or other trust in which any of the persons referred to in paragraph (a) is or was interested.

 

28Notices

 

Form of notices

 

28.1Save where these Articles provide otherwise, and subject to the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, any notice to be given to or by any person pursuant to these Articles shall be:

 

(a)in writing signed by or on behalf of the giver in the manner set out below for written notices; or

 

(b)subject to the next Article, in an Electronic Record signed by or on behalf of the giver by Electronic Signature and authenticated in accordance with Articles about authentication of Electronic Records; or

 

(c)where these Articles expressly permit, by the Company by means of a website.

 

Electronic communications

 

28.2A notice may only be given to the Company in an Electronic Record if:

 

(a)the Directors so resolve or otherwise accept the notice; or

 

(b)any Director or Officer provides the giver of the notice an electronic address to which the notice may be sent and a notice is sent to that address within a reasonable period of time.

 

28.3A notice may not be given by Electronic Record to a person other than the Company unless the recipient has provided the giver of the notice an electronic address to which notice may be sent.

 

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28.4Subject to the Act, the Designated Stock Exchange Rules and to any other rules which the Company is bound to follow, the Company may also send any notice or other document pursuant to these Articles to a Member by publishing that notice or other document on a website where:

 

(a)the Company and the Member have agreed to his having access to the notice or document on a website (instead of it being sent to him);

 

(b)the notice or document is one to which that agreement applies;

 

(c)the Member is notified (in accordance with any requirements laid down by the Act and, in a manner for the time being agreed between him and the Company for the purpose) of:

 

(i)the publication of the notice or document on a website;

 

(ii)the address of that website; and

 

(iii)the place on that website where the notice or document may be accessed, and how it may be accessed; and

 

(d)the notice or document is published on that website throughout the publication period, provided that, if the notice or document is published on that website for a part, but not all of, the publication period, the notice or document shall be treated as being published throughout that period if the failure to publish that notice of document throughout that period is wholly attributable to circumstances which it would not be reasonable to have expected the Company to prevent or avoid. For the purposes of this Article 28.4 "publication period" means a period of not less than twenty-one days, beginning on the day on which the notification referred to in Article 28.4(c) is deemed sent.

 

Persons entitled to notices

 

28.5Any notice or other document to be given to a Member may be given by reference to the register of Members as it stands at any time within the period of twenty-one days before the day that the notice is given or (where and as applicable) within any other period permitted by, or in accordance with the requirements of, (to the extent applicable) the Designated Stock Exchange Rules and/or the Designated Stock Exchanges. No change in the register of Members after that time shall invalidate the giving of such notice or document or require the Company to give such item to any other person.

  

Persons authorised to give notices

 

28.6A notice by either the Company or a Member pursuant to these Articles may be given on behalf of the Company or a Member by a Director or company secretary of the Company or a Member.

 

Delivery of written notices

 

28.7Save where these Articles provide otherwise, a notice in writing may be given personally to the recipient, or left at (as appropriate) the Member’s or Director’s registered address or the Company’s registered office, or posted to that registered address or registered office.

 

Joint holders

 

28.8Where Members are joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to the Member whose name first appears in the register of Members.

 

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Signatures

 

28.9A written notice shall be signed when it is autographed by or on behalf of the giver, or is marked in such a way as to indicate its execution or adoption by the giver.

 

28.10An Electronic Record may be signed by an Electronic Signature.

 

28.11Evidence of transmission

 

28.12A notice given by Electronic Record shall be deemed sent if an Electronic Record is kept demonstrating the time, date and content of the transmission, and if no notification of failure to transmit is received by the giver.

 

28.13A notice given in writing shall be deemed sent if the giver can provide proof that the envelope containing the notice was properly addressed, pre-paid and posted, or that the written notice was otherwise properly transmitted to the recipient.

 

28.14A Member present, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company or of the holders of any class of Shares shall be deemed to have received due notice of the meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which it was called.

 

Giving notice to a deceased or bankrupt Member

 

28.15A notice may be given by the Company to the persons entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member by sending or delivering it, in any manner authorised by these Articles for the giving of notice to a Member, addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt or by any like description, at the address, if any, supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled.

  

28.16Until such an address has been supplied, a notice may be given in any manner in which it might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

Date of giving notices

 

28.17A notice is given on the date identified in the following table

 

Method for giving notices When taken to be given
(A) Personally At the time and date of delivery
(B) By leaving it at the Member's registered address At the time and date it was left
(C) By posting it by prepaid post to the street or postal address of that recipient 48 hours after the date it was posted
(D) By Electronic Record (other than publication on a website), to recipient's Electronic address 48 hours after the date it was sent
(E) By publication on a website 24 hours after the date on which the Member is deemed to have been notified of the publication of the notice or document on the website

 

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Saving provision

 

28.18None of the preceding notice provisions shall derogate from the Articles about the delivery of written resolutions of Directors and written resolutions of Members.

 

29Authentication of Electronic Records

 

Application of Articles

 

29.1Without limitation to any other provision of these Articles, any notice, written resolution or other document under these Articles that is sent by Electronic means by a Member, or by the Secretary, or by a Director or other Officer of the Company, shall be deemed to be authentic if either Article 29.2 or Article 29.4 applies.

 

Authentication of documents sent by Members by Electronic means

 

29.2An Electronic Record of a notice, written resolution or other document sent by Electronic means by or on behalf of one or more Members shall be deemed to be authentic if the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(a)the Member or each Member, as the case may be, signed the original document, and for this purpose Original Document includes several documents in like form signed by one or more of those Members; and

 

(b)the Electronic Record of the Original Document was sent by Electronic means by, or at the direction of, that Member to an address specified in accordance with these Articles for the purpose for which it was sent; and

 

(c)Article 29.7 does not apply.

 

29.3For example, where a sole Member signs a resolution and sends the Electronic Record of the original resolution, or causes it to be sent, by facsimile transmission to the address in these Articles specified for that purpose, the facsimile copy shall be deemed to be the written resolution of that Member unless Article 28.7 applies.

 

Authentication of document sent by the Secretary or Officers of the Company by Electronic means

 

29.4An Electronic Record of a notice, written resolution or other document sent by or on behalf of the Secretary or an Officer or Officers of the Company shall be deemed to be authentic if the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(a)the Secretary or the Officer or each Officer, as the case may be, signed the original document, and for this purpose Original Document includes several documents in like form signed by the Secretary or one or more of those Officers; and

 

(b)the Electronic Record of the Original Document was sent by Electronic means by, or at the direction of, the Secretary or that Officer to an address specified in accordance with these Articles for the purpose for which it was sent; and

 

(c)Article 29.7 does not apply.

 

This Article 29.4 applies whether the document is sent by or on behalf of the Secretary or Officer in his own right or as a representative of the Company.

 

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29.5For example, where a sole Director signs a resolution and scans the resolution, or causes it to be scanned, as a PDF version which is attached to an email sent to the address in these Articles specified for that purpose, the PDF version shall be deemed to be the written resolution of that Director unless Article 29.7 applies.

  

Manner of signing

 

29.6For the purposes of these Articles about the authentication of Electronic Records, a document will be taken to be signed if it is signed manually or in any other manner permitted by these Articles.

 

Saving provision

 

29.7A notice, written resolution or other document under these Articles will not be deemed to be authentic if the recipient, acting reasonably:

 

(a)believes that the signature of the signatory has been altered after the signatory had signed the original document; or

 

(b)believes that the original document, or the Electronic Record of it, was altered, without the approval of the signatory, after the signatory signed the original document; or

 

(c)otherwise doubts the authenticity of the Electronic Record of the document

 

and the recipient promptly gives notice to the sender setting the grounds of its objection. If the recipient invokes this Article, the sender may seek to establish the authenticity of the Electronic Record in any way the sender thinks fit.

 

30Transfer by way of continuation

 

30.1The Company may, by Special Resolution, resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside:

 

(a)the Cayman Islands; or

 

(b)such other jurisdiction in which it is, for the time being, incorporated, registered or existing.

 

30.2To give effect to any resolution made pursuant to the preceding Article, the Directors may cause the following:

 

(a)an application be made to the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands to deregister the Company in the Cayman Islands or in the other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing; and

 

(b)all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company.

 

31Winding up

 

Distribution of assets in specie

 

31.1If the Company is wound up the Members may, subject to these Articles and any other sanction required by the Act, pass a Special Resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both of the following:

 

(a)to divide in specie among the Members the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and, for that purpose, to value any assets and to determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members; and/or

 

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(b)to vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of Members and those liable to contribute to the winding up.

 

No obligation to accept liability

 

31.2No Member shall be compelled to accept any assets if an obligation attaches to them.

 

31.3The Directors are authorised to present a winding up petition.

 

31.4The Directors have the authority to present a petition for the winding up of the Company to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on behalf of the Company without the sanction of a resolution passed at a general meeting.

 

32Amendment of Memorandum and Articles

 

Power to change name or amend Memorandum

 

32.1Subject to the Act, the Company may, by Special Resolution:

 

(a)change its name; or

 

(b)change the provisions of its Memorandum with respect to its objects, powers or any other matter specified in the Memorandum.

 

Power to amend these Articles

 

32.2Subject to the Act and as provided in these Articles, the Company may, by Special Resolution, amend these Articles in whole or in part.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

Moolec Science SA

17 Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen,

L-2411 Luxembourg,

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

  D  +1 345 815 1768
  E  James.Heinicke@ogier.com
   
  Reference:  511866.00002
   
    6 February 2025

 

Moolec Science SA (Company)

 

We have been requested to provide you with an opinion on matters of Cayman Islands law in connection with Company's registration statement on Form F-4, including all amendments or supplements thereto, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), as amended, (including its exhibits, the Registration Statement) related to:

 

(a)the proposed transfer by way of continuation into and under the laws of the Cayman Islands as Moolec Science SA, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares pursuant to Part XII of the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the Companies Act) (the Redomiciliation); and

 

(b)in connection with the Redomiciliation, the registering with the Commission under the Act of 40,126,840 shares of the Company having a par value of US$0.01 each (the Shares) and 11,110,000 warrants, each warrant exercisable to purchase one share at an exercise price of US$11.50 per share (the Warrants).

 

This opinion is given in accordance with the terms of the Legal Matters section of the Registration Statement.

 

A reference to a Schedule is a reference to a schedule to this opinion and the headings herein are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this opinion.

 

Ogier (Cayman) LLP

89 Nexus Way

Camana Bay

Grand Cayman, KY1-9009

Cayman Islands

 

T +1 345 949 9876

F +1 305 513 5888

ogier.com

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Moolec Science SA

6 February 2025

 

1Documents examined

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined the corporate and other documents and conducted the searches listed in Schedule 1. We have not made any searches or enquiries concerning, and have not examined any documents entered into by or affecting the Company or any other person, save for the searches, enquiries and examinations expressly referred to in Schedule 1.

 

2Assumptions

 

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set forth in Schedule 2 without having carried out any independent investigation or verification in respect of those assumptions.

 

3Opinion

 

On the basis of the examinations and assumptions referred to above and subject to the qualifications set forth in Schedule 3 and the limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that, once (a) the certificate of registration by way of continuation has been issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, (b) the A&R M&A has become effective from a Cayman Islands perspective, and (c) appropriate entries have been made in the register of members of the Company in respect of the Shares (and the shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants) which are to be registered by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Statement:

 

Corporate power

 

(a)The Company will have all requisite power under the A&R M&A (as defined in Schedule 1) to issue shares upon the exercise of the Warrants.

 

Share capital

 

(b)The Shares (and the shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants) will, by operation of law, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

4Matters not covered

 

We offer no opinion:

 

(a)as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands, and we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction, and we express no opinion as to the meaning, validity, or effect of references in any documents to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands;

 

(b)as to whether any approvals, filings, registrations, notifications, declarations, consents or other authorisations are or were required under the Articles and the laws of Luxembourg in connection with (i) the Redomiciliation, (ii) the effectiveness of the A&R M&A from a Luxembourg perspective or (iii) the approval of the issuance of the Shares (and the shares to be issued on exercise of the Warrants) as contemplated by the Resolutions (as defined in Schedule 1);

 

(c)except to the extent that this opinion expressly provides otherwise, as to the commercial terms of, or the validity, enforceability or effect of the documents reviewed (or as to how the commercial terms of such documents reflect the intentions of the parties), the accuracy of representations, the fulfilment of warranties or conditions, the occurrence of events of default or terminating events or the existence of any conflicts or inconsistencies among the documents and any other agreements into which the Company may have entered or any other documents; or

 

(d)as to whether the acceptance, execution or performance of the Company’s obligations under the documents reviewed by us will result in the breach of or infringe any other agreement, deed or document entered into by or binding on the Company.

 

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Moolec Science SA

6 February 2025

 

5Governing law of this opinion

 

5.1This opinion is:

 

(a)governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands;

 

(b)limited to the matters expressly stated in it; and

 

(c)confined to, and given on the basis of, the laws and practice in the Cayman Islands at the date of this opinion.

 

5.2Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any specific Cayman Islands legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date of this opinion.

 

6Consent

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and also consent to the reference to this firm in the Registration Statement under the heading “Legal Matters”. In the giving of our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully

/s/ Ogier (Cayman) LLP

 

Ogier (Cayman) LLP

 

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Moolec Science SA

6 February 2025

 

Schedule 1 

 

Documents examined

 

Corporate and other documents

 

1The incorporation deed dated 23 May 2022 (the Incorporation Deed).

 

2The coordinated articles of association of the Company adopted on 19 December 2024 (the Articles).

 

3The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company appended to the Registration Statement and adopted, from a Luxembourg perspective, from the date of filing of the Registration Application (the A&R M&A).

 

4The written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 29 December 2022, 10 December 2024 and 6 February 2025,and the resolutions of the shareholders of the Company passed at an extraordinary general meeting held on 27 December 2024 (the Resolutions).

 

5The translation of an excerpt from the Luxembourg trade and companies register dated 31 January 2025 (the RCS Certificate).

 

6The translation of a negative certificate dated 31 January 2025 stating particular matters related to the non-registration of a court decision or of an administration dissolution without liquidation as of the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the negative certificate (the Reginsol Certificate and, together with the RCS Certificate, the LBR Certificates).

 

7A certificate from a director of the Company dated 6 February 2025, a copy of which is attached to this opinion letter (the Director's Certificate).

 

8The registration application filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the Registrar), including: (i) a notice, pursuant to section 201(2)(e) of the Companies Act, in respect of the proposed registered office or agent for service of process in the Cayman Islands; (ii) a declaration, pursuant to section 201(2)(f) of the Companies Act, signed by a director of the Company that the operations of the Company will be conducted mainly outside the Islands; (iii) an undertaking, pursuant to section 201(2)(l) of the Companies Act, confirming that the Company has no secured creditors; and (iv) a declaration, pursuant to section 201(3) of the Companies Act, relating to the matters set out in paragraphs (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (m), (n), (o) and (q) of section 201(2) of the Companies Act (the Registration Application).

 

9The Registration Statement.

 

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Moolec Science SA

6 February 2025

 

Schedule 2 

 

Assumptions

 

Assumptions of general application

 

1All original documents examined by us are authentic and complete.

 

2All copy documents examined by us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals and those originals are authentic and complete.

 

3All signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine.

 

4Each of the Incorporation Deed, the Articles, the A&R M&A, the Resolutions and the Director's Certificate is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion.

 

5Each of the LBR Certificates is accurate and complete as at 31 January 2025 and there has not been any event, development or circumstance with respect to the Company in the period between 31 January 2025 and the date of this opinion which would change any of the information contained in the LBR Certificates.

 

6Under the laws of Luxembourg, the Company is able to adopt foreign law-governed memorandum and articles of association and, accordingly, the A&R M&A (being memorandum and articles of association governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands) are in full force and effect from a Luxembourg perspective and have not been amended, varied, supplemented or revoked in any respect.

 

7The A&R M&A do not conflict with any mandatory Luxembourg legal provisions or other requirement for the adoption by the Company of foreign law-governed memorandum and articles of association prior to the Redomiciliation.

 

8As a matter of the laws of Luxembourg and all other applicable laws the issuance of the Warrants and the issuance of shares on exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the relevant documents constitute legal, valid and enforceable obligations of the Company.

 

9Where any document has been provided to us in draft or undated form, that document has been executed by all parties in materially the form provided to us and, where we have been provided with successive drafts of a document marked to show changes from a previous draft, all such changes have been accurately marked.

 

Status, authorisation and execution

 

10Under the laws of Luxembourg and all other relevant laws, the Company is, and at all times relevant for purposes of rendering the opinions expressed herein, was, duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Luxembourg and has, and at all times relevant for purposes of rendering the opinions expressed herein, had, the full power, authority and legal right to deregister the Company from Luxembourg and to register by way of continuation as an exempted company limited by the shares in the Cayman Islands.

 

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Moolec Science SA

6 February 2025

 

11At all times relevant for purposes of rendering the opinions expressed herein, the laws of Luxembourg permitted the Redomiciliation.

 

12The Redomiciliation has been validly authorised by the Company under the laws of Luxembourg and the Articles.

 

13All necessary action was, or will be taken, under the laws of Luxembourg, the Articles and the A&R M&A (as effective from a Luxembourg perspective) to authorise and permit the Redomiciliation and any and all consents, approvals and authorisations required to authorise and permit the Redomiciliation have been, or will be, obtained.

 

14The Registration Application filed with the Registrar, pursuant to section 201(1) of the Companies Act, to register the Company by way of continuation as an exempted company limited by shares will be accepted, and the Registrar will issue a certificate, in accordance with section 202(1) of the Act, that the Company is registered by way of continuation as an exempted company.

 

15In authorising the Redomiciliation the directors of the Company have acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and have exercised the standard of care, diligence and skill that is required of him or her.

 

16Any individuals or entities which sign or have signed documents or give information on which we rely, are and at all relevant times have been validly existing, in good standing and have the legal capacity under all relevant laws (including the laws of the Cayman Islands) to sign such documents and give such information.

 

Enforceability

 

17None of the opinions expressed herein will be adversely affected by the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. In particular, but without limitation to the previous sentence, (i) the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands will not adversely affect the capacity or authority of the Company, and (ii) we have made no independent investigation of the laws of Luxembourg and have assumed that such laws authorise (i) the Redomiciliation and that the Company has, or shall, comply fully with the laws of Luxembourg in respect of such Redomiciliation and (ii) the issuance of the Shares (and shares issuable on exercise of the Warrants) and that the Company has complied fully with the laws of Luxembourg with respect to the approval of the issuance of the Shares (and shares issuable on exercise of the Warrants).

 

18There are no agreements, documents or arrangements (other than the documents expressly referred to in this opinion as having been examined by us) that materially affect or modify or restrict the powers and authority of the Company in any way.

 

Share Issuance

 

19Immediately prior to the Redomiciliation, the Shares (including the shares to be issued upon the exercise of the Warrants) will be, or have been, duly and validly authorised, legally and validly issued and non-assessable under the laws of Luxembourg, the Articles and the A&R M&A (as effective from a Luxembourg perspective).

 

20Subsequent to the Redomiciliation, the Shares (including the shares to be issued upon the exercise of the Warrants) will be entered on the register of members of the Company as fully paid.

 

21In authorising the issue and allotment of Shares (including the shares to be issued upon the exercise of the Warrants) the directors of the Company have acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and have exercised the standard of care, diligence and skill that is required of him or her.

 

22The A&R M&A appended to the Registration Statement will be effective from a Cayman Islands perspective from the issuance of a certificate of registration by way of continuation by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.

 

Authorisations

 

23No further shares in the capital of the Company will be issued unless and until all required Nasdaq approvals and shareholder approvals required by the rules and regulations of Nasdaq (if any) have been obtained. Any conditions to which such approvals are subject have been, and will continue to be satisfied or waived by the parties entitled to the benefit of them.

 

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6 February 2025

 

Schedule 3 

 

Qualifications

 

Good Standing

 

1Under the Companies Act annual returns in respect of the Company must be filed with the Registrar, together with payment of annual filing fees. A failure to file annual returns and pay annual filing fees may result in the Company being struck off the Register of Companies, following which its assets will vest in the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands and will be subject to disposition or retention for the benefit of the public of the Cayman Islands.

 

2In good standing from a Cayman Islands perspective means only that as of the date of a certificate of good standing provided by the Registrar the Company is up-to-date with the filing of its annual returns and payment of annual fees with the Registrar. As at the date of this opinion, the Redomiciliation has not been effected and no such payments are due to the Registrar. For the avoidance of doubt, we have made no further enquiries into the Company's good standing with respect to any filings or payment of fees, or both, that it may be required to make under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

3We provide no opinion as to whether the Company is in good standing under the laws of Luxembourg as of the date of this opinion.

 

Limited liability

 

4We are not aware of any Cayman Islands authority as to when the courts would set aside the limited liability of a shareholder in a Cayman Islands company. Our opinion on the subject is based on the Companies Act and English common law authorities, the latter of which are persuasive but not binding in the courts of the Cayman Islands. Under English authorities, circumstances in which a court would attribute personal liability to a shareholder are very limited, and include: (a) such shareholder expressly assuming direct liability (such as a guarantee); (b) the company acting as the agent of such shareholder; (c) the company being incorporated by or at the behest of such shareholder for the purpose of committing or furthering such shareholder’s fraud, or for a sham transaction otherwise carried out by such shareholder. In the absence of these circumstances, we are of the opinion that a Cayman Islands’ court would have no grounds to set aside the limited liability of a shareholder.

 

Non-Assessable

 

5In this opinion, the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to the Shares in the Company, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the Shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstance in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

Public offering in the Cayman Islands

 

6The Company will, subsequent to the Redomiciliation, be prohibited by section 175 of the Companies Act from making any invitation to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for any of its securities.

 

Foreign law-governed articles of association

 

7We have not received legal confirmation from suitably qualified Luxembourg counsel on which we can rely confirming that: (i) the Company, as a société anonyme incorporated and registered under the laws of Luxembourg, may adopt foreign law-governed memorandum and articles of association; or (ii) the A&R M&A do not conflict with any mandatory provisions of Luxembourg law or any other requirement for the Company to adopt foreign law-governed articles of association prior to redomiciliation,

 

 

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Exhibit 8.1

 

 

 

 

Avocats

Linklaters LLP

35 Avenue John F. Kennedy

P.O. Box 1107

L-1011 Luxembourg

Telephone (+352) 26 08 1

Facsimile (+352) 26 08 88 88

 

MOOLEC SCIENCE SA

17, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen

L - 2411 Luxembourg

 

  6 February 2025
Our reference: L-333918  

 

MOOLEC SCIENCE SA - Redomiciliation

 

1Introduction

 

We have acted as Luxembourg tax advisers in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”) to MOOLEC SCIENCE SA, a public limited company (société anonyme), incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 17, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L - 2411 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg trade and companies register (Registre de commerce et des sociétés) under number B268440 (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of a registration statement on Form F-4 under the Securities Act of 1933, following the decision by the Company taken on 27 December 2024 to transfer its central administration and registered office to the Cayman Islands (the “Redomiciliation”). The Redomiciliation will be effective as from the date on which the application for continuation into the Cayman Islands is filed with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, subject to the issuance by the latter of a certificate confirming the registration of the Company as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands.

 

2Scope of Inquiry

 

For the purpose of this opinion, we have reviewed the following documents:

 

2.1a preliminary prospectus issued by the Company and dated 6 February 2025 (the “Prospectus”).

 

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3Assumptions

 

For the purpose of this opinion, we have assumed, and we have not verified independently, the following:

 

3.1the facts described in the Prospectus are complete, correct and up-to-date as of the date of this opinion;

 

3.2the Company has its central administration within the meaning of the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended, the centre of its main interests, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) and its central administration, within the meaning of Luxembourg domestic tax law, in Luxembourg;

 

3.3all transactions will be at arm’s length and properly documented;

 

3.4following the Redomiciliation, the Company will not maintain a permanent establishment in Luxembourg;

 

3.5there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Luxembourg which would have a negative impact on the opinions expressed. Specifically, we have made no independent investigation of the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

4Opinion

 

Based on the documents referred to in paragraph 2 above, subject to the assumptions in paragraph 3 above, to the qualifications in paragraph 5 below, and to any matters or documents not disclosed to us, we are of the following opinion:

 

4.1The statements contained in the section of the Prospectus under the heading “Luxembourg Tax Considerations” are correct and not misleading in all material respects.

 

5Qualifications

 

The above opinions are subject to the following qualifications:

 

5.1Our opinion is limited to the Luxembourg tax considerations contained in the section of the Prospectus under the heading “Luxembourg Tax Considerations”.

 

5.2We express no opinion on any documents referred to in the Prospectus, but not specifically examined by us.

 

5.3We do not express any opinion as to accounting, transfer pricing, regulatory matters and tax save in respect of paragraph 4.1.

 

5.4We express no opinion as to valued added taxation.

 

6Luxembourg law

 

6.1This opinion is given on the basis that there will be no amendments to or termination or replacement of any of the documents, authorisations and consents referred to above.

 

6.2This opinion is confined to and is solely given on the basis of the laws of Luxembourg in existence as at the date hereof and as applied by the Luxembourg courts, published and presently in effect. We undertake no responsibility to notify any addressee of this opinion of any change in the laws of Luxembourg or their construction or application after the date of this opinion.

 

6.3In this opinion Luxembourg legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original French terms. The concepts concerned may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions. This opinion may, therefore, only be relied upon under the express condition that any issues of interpretation arising above will be governed by Luxembourg law and be brought before a Luxembourg court.

 

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6.4We express no opinion as to any laws other than the laws of Luxembourg and we have assumed that there is nothing in any other law that affects our opinion.

 

7Reliance

 

7.1This opinion is solely for your benefit and solely for the purpose of the Redomiciliation and may only be relied upon by the Company.

 

7.2A copy of this opinion may be provided for the purpose of information only (without reliance) to:

 

7.2.1Any person to whom disclosure is required to be made by applicable law or court order or pursuant to the rules or regulations of any regulations of any supervisory or regulatory body or in connection with any juridical proceedings with relation to the amendment and Restatement Agreement;

 

7.2.2the officers, employees, auditors and professional advisers of the Company;

 

7.2.3any affiliate of the Company and the officers, employees, auditors and professional advisers of such affiliate;

 

7.2.4since we understand that they may wish to know that an opinion has been given and to be made aware of its terms, but only on the basis that it will not be relied upon by any such person, no such person may provide a copy of this opinion to any other person and it will not be quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with anyone without our written consent.

 

7.3Except as provided in paragraphs 7.1 and 7.2, this opinion is not to be transmitted to anyone nor is it to be relied upon by anyone or for any other purpose or quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with anyone without our written consent. We accept no responsibility or legal liability to any person other than the parties referred to in paragraph 7.1 above in relation to the contents of this opinion.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

/s/ Joakim-Antoine Charvet

Joakim-Antoine Charvet

Avocat à la Cour, Partner

 

 

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Exhibit 8.2

 

 

Linklaters LLP

1290 Avenue of Americas

New York, NY 10104

www.linklaters.com

 

T 212.903.9000

F 212.903.9100

 

February 6, 2025

 

Moolec Science SA
17, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen
L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Moolec Science SA, a societé anonyme duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 17, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies’ Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) under number B268440 (the “Company”), in connection with the Redomiciliation of the Company into a Cayman Islands exempted company and have been requested to render this opinion in connection with the Redomiciliation, which is described in a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form F-4 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Registration Statement”). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Registration Statement.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have reviewed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness, without independent investigation or verification, of (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the factual statements and representations contained in the certificate of the officer of the Company (the “Officer’s Certificate”) dated as of the date hereof and delivered to us for purposes of this opinion, and (iii) such other documents, information and materials as we have deemed necessary or appropriate.

 

In rendering this opinion, we have assumed, with your permission, that: (i) the Redomiciliation described in the Registration Statement will be consummated in the manner described in the Registration Statement; (ii) all facts, information, statements, covenants, representations, warranties and agreements made by or on behalf of the Company in the Registration Statement and the Officer’s Certificate are true, complete, and correct as of the date hereof and will be true, complete, and correct as of the effective date of the Redomiciliation (as if made at such time); (iii) all facts, information, statements, covenants, representations, warranties and agreements made by or on behalf of the Company in the Registration Statement and the Officer’s Certificate that are qualified by the knowledge and/or belief of any person or entity are, as of the date hereof, and will be at all times up to and including the effective time of the Redomiciliation, true, complete and correct as though not so qualified; and (iv) the Company will report the Redomiciliation for all U.S. federal income tax reporting purposes in a manner consistent with this opinion.

 

 

 

 

Additionally, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents and there has been (or will be by the effective time of the Redomiciliation) execution and delivery of all documents where execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof. Moreover, we have assumed that all facts, information, statements and representations contained in the documents we have reviewed were true, complete and correct at the time made and will continue to be true, complete and correct in all respects at all times up to and including the effective time of the Redomiciliation, and that all such facts, information, statements and representations can be established to the satisfaction of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or courts, if necessary, by clear and convincing evidence. Where documents have been provided to us in draft form, we have assumed that the final executed versions of such documents will not differ materially from such drafts. If any of the assumptions described above are untrue for any reason, or if the Redomiciliation is consummated other than in accordance with the description in the Registration Statement, our opinion as expressed below may be adversely affected.

 

This opinion is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), United States Treasury Regulations, judicial decisions, and administrative rulings and pronouncements of the IRS, all as in effect on the date hereof. This opinion represents and is based upon our best judgment regarding the application of the United States federal income tax laws arising under the Code, existing judicial decisions, administrative regulations and published and private rulings, procedures and other administrative releases. Our opinion is not binding upon the IRS or the courts, and there is no assurance that the IRS will not successfully assert a contrary position. Furthermore, no assurance can be given that future legislative, judicial or administrative changes, on either a prospective or retroactive basis, would not adversely affect the accuracy of the opinion stated herein. Nevertheless, we undertake no responsibility to advise you of any new developments in the application or interpretation of the United States federal income tax laws.

 

Based on the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein and in the Registration Statement under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Redomiciliation,” it is our opinion that, under current U.S. federal income tax law:

 

1. the Redomiciliation should qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code.

 

Our opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, and we are under no obligation to supplement or revise our opinion to reflect any legal developments, any factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof, or any information, document, certificate, record, statement, representation, covenant, or assumption relied upon herein that becomes incorrect or untrue. Additionally, this opinion is limited to the matters set forth herein, and no other opinion should be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated, including the accuracy of the representations relied upon by us in rendering the opinion set forth herein.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and to the discussion of this opinion in the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

   
Very truly yours,  
   
/s/ LINKLATERS LLP  
LINKLATERS LLP  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 8.3

 

 

Moolec Science SA

17 Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen,

L-2411 Luxembourg,

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

  D  +1 345 815 1768
  E  James.Heinicke@ogier.com
   
  Reference:  511866.00002
   
   

6 February 2025

 

Moolec Science SA (Company)

 

We act as legal counsel to the Company for matters of Cayman Islands law only in connection with:

 

(a)the proposed transfer by way of continuation into and under the laws of the Cayman Islands as Moolec Science SA, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares pursuant to Part XII of the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the Companies Act) (the Redomiciliation); and

 

(b)in connection with the Redomiciliation, the registering with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the United States Securities Act of 1993 (the Act), as amended, the registering with the Commission under the Act of 40,126,840 shares of the Company having a par value of US$0.01 each and 11,110,000 warrants, each warrant exercisable to purchase one share at an exercise price of US$11.50 per share.

 

The Company has requested that we render our opinion as to certain tax matters relating to the Redomiciliation in connection with the registration statement on Form F-4, as amended (the Registration Statement), filed with the Commission under the Act.

 

Unless a contrary intention appears, all capitalised terms used in this opinions have the respective meaning set forth in Schedule 1. A reference to a Schedule is a reference to a schedule to this opinion and the headings herein are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this opinion.

 

1Documents examined

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined the corporate and other documents listed in Schedule 1 (the Documents). We have not made any searches or enquiries concerning, and have not examined any documents entered into by or affecting the Company or any other person, save for the searches, enquiries and examinations expressly referred to in Schedule 1.

 

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Moolec Science SA

6 February 2025

 

2Assumptions

 

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set forth in Schedule 2 without having carried out any independent investigation or verification in respect of those assumptions.

 

3Opinion

 

On the basis of the examinations and assumptions referred to above and subject to the qualifications set forth in Schedule 3 and the limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that the statements included in the Registration Statement under the heading "Cayman Islands Tax Considerations", insofar as such statements summarise the laws of the Cayman Islands, are accurate and fairly represent in all material respects summaries of Cayman Islands laws and regulations as they apply to entities incorporated under, or registered by way of continuation under, the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

4Matters not covered

 

We offer no opinion:

 

(a)as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands, and we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction, and we express no opinion as to the meaning, validity, or effect of references in any documents to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands;

 

(b)except to the extent that this opinion expressly provides otherwise, as to the commercial terms of, or the validity, enforceability or effect of the documents reviewed (or as to how the commercial terms of such documents reflect the intentions of the parties), the accuracy of representations, the fulfilment of warranties or conditions, the occurrence of events of default or terminating events or the existence of any conflicts or inconsistencies among the documents and any other agreements into which the Company may have entered or any other documents; or

 

(c)as to whether the acceptance, execution or performance of the Company’s obligations under the documents reviewed by us will result in the breach of or infringe any other agreement, deed or document entered into by or binding on the Company.

 

5Governing law of this opinion

 

5.1This opinion is:

 

(a)governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands;

 

(b)limited to the matters expressly stated in it; and

 

(c)confined to, and given on the basis of, the laws and practice in the Cayman Islands at the date of this opinion.

 

5.2Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any specific Cayman Islands legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date of this opinion.

 

6Consent

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and also consent to the reference to this firm in the Registration Statement under the heading “Legal Matters”. In the giving of our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Ogier (Cayman) LLP

 

Ogier (Cayman) LLP

 

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6 February 2025

 

Schedule 1 

 

Documents examined

 

Corporate and other documents

 

1The incorporation deed dated 23 May 2022.

 

2The coordinated articles of association of the Company adopted on 19 December 2024.

 

3The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company appended to the Registration Statement and adopted, from a Luxembourg perspective, from the date of filing of the Registration Application (the A&R M&A).

 

4The written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 22 December 2022, 10 December 2024 and 6 February 2025, and the resolutions of the shareholders of the Company passed at an extraordinary general meeting held on 27 December 2024.

 

5The translation of an excerpt from the Luxembourg trade and companies register dated 31 January 2025 (the RCS Certificate).

 

6The translation of a negative certificate dated 31 January 2025 stating particular matters related to the non-registration of a court decision or of an administration dissolution without liquidation as of the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the negative certificate (the Reginsol Certificate and, together with the RCS Certificate, the LBR Certificates).

 

7A certificate from a director of the Company dated 6 February 2025, a copy of which is attached to this opinion letter (the Director's Certificate).

 

8The registration application filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the Registrar), including: (i) a notice, pursuant to section 201(2)(e) of the Companies Act, in respect of the proposed registered office or agent for service of process in the Cayman Islands; (ii) a declaration, pursuant to section 201(2)(f) of the Companies Act, signed by a director of the Company that the operations of the Company will be conducted mainly outside the Islands; and (iii) an undertaking, pursuant to section 201(2)(l) of the Companies Act, confirming that the Company has no secured creditors; and (iv) a declaration, pursuant to section 201(3) of the Companies Act, relating to the matters set out in paragraphs (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (m), (n), (o) and (q) of section 201(2) of the Companies Act (being the aforementioned Director's Certificate) (the Registration Application).

 

9The Registration Statement.

 

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Schedule 2

 

Assumptions

 

Assumptions of general application

 

1All original documents examined by us are authentic and complete.

 

2All copy documents examined by us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals and those originals are authentic and complete.

 

3All signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine.

 

4Each of the Documents (except the LBR Certificates) is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion.

 

5Each of the LBR Certificates is accurate and complete as at 31 January 2025 and there has not been any event, development or circumstance with respect to the Company in the period between 31 January 2025 and the date of this opinion which would change any of the information contained in the LBR Certificates.

 

6Under the laws of Luxembourg, the Company is able to adopt foreign law-governed memorandum and articles of association and, accordingly, the A&R M&A (being memorandum and articles of association governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands) are in full force and effect from a Luxembourg perspective and have not been amended, varied, supplemented or revoked in any respect.

 

7The A&R M&A do not conflict with any mandatory Luxembourg legal provisions or other requirement for the adoption by the Company of foreign law-governed memorandum and articles of association prior to the Redomiciliation.

 

8The Company has no direct or indirect interest in Cayman Islands real property.

 

9The Company has taken all requisite corporate action to authorise the execution and delivery of the Director's Certificate.

 

10The Director's Certificate has been duly authorised, executed and unconditionally delivered by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with all applicable laws.

 

11In authorising the Redomiciliation, each of the directors of the Company has acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and has exercised the standard of care, diligence and skill that is required from them.

 

12The Registration Application filed with the Registrar, pursuant to section 201(1) of the Companies Act, to register the Company by way of continuation as an exempted company limited by shares will be accepted, and the Registrar will issue a certificate, in accordance with section 202(1) of the Act, that the Company is registered by way of continuation as an exempted company.

 

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Schedule 3

 

Qualifications

 

1Cayman Islands stamp duty may be payable if a document is executed in, or brought to, the Cayman Islands (including being produced to a court of the Cayman Islands).

 

2The A&R M&A will be effective from a Cayman Islands perspective upon issuance of the certificate of registration by way of continuation by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.

 

 

5

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-4 of Moolec Science SA of our report dated October 30, 2024 relating to the financial statements, which appears in Moolec Science SA’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2024. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ Price Waterhouse & Co. S.R.L.  
   
/s/ Sebastian Azagra  
Partner  
   
Rosario, Argentina  
February 6, 2025  

 

Exhibit 107

 

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

 

Form F-4

(Form Type)

 

Moolec Science SA

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

  

Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities

 

   Security
Type
  Security
Class
Title
   Fee
Calculation
or Carry
Forward
Rule
   Amount
Registered
   Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit
   Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
   Fee Rate   Amount of
Registration
Fee(2)
   Carry
Forward
Form
Type
   Carry
Forward
File
Number
   Carry
Forward
Initial
effective
date
   Filing Fee
Previously
Paid In
Connection
with
Unsold
Securities
to be
Carried
Forward
 
Newly Registered Securities
Fees to Be Paid                                                          
   Equity   Ordinary Shares(3)    457(c)   40,126,840(1)   $0.7394   $29,669,785.50(4)    0.00015310   $4,542.44                     
Fees
Previously Paid
                                                  
Carry Forward Securities
Carry
Forward Securities
                                              
   Total Offering Amounts        $29,669,785.50    0.00015310   $4,542.44                     
   Total Fees Previously Paid                                        
   Total Fee Offsets                                        
   Net Fee Due                  $4,542.44                     

 

(1)All securities being registered are an estimate of the Ordinary Shares of Moolec Science SA that are expected to be outstanding as of the completion of the Redomiciliation described in the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-4, which represents the ordinary shares of Moolec Science SA, a Cayman Islands exempted company into which such outstanding Ordinary Shares of Moolec Science SA, a Luxembourg public limited liability company (société anonyme) are expected to convert, on a one-for-one basis, in connection with the Redomiciliation, as described in this proxy statement/prospectus forming part of this registration statement on Form F-4.

 

(2)Calculated pursuant to Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) by determining the product of (i) the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and (ii) 0.00015310.

 

(3)Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act, there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.

 

(4)Pursuant to Rules 457(c) under the Securities Act and solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price is equal to the product obtained by multiplying $0.7394, which represents the average of the high and low prices of shares of Moolec Science SA on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on January 30, 2025, by the sum of the estimated number of shares of Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding immediately prior the completion of the Redomiciliation.

 


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