UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
(Mark One)
☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
☐ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
☒ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of event requiring this shell company report: June 30, 2025
Commission File Number: 001-42727
Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
20 Cecil Street #04-03
Plus Building
Singapore 049705
(Address of principal executive offices)
Marriana Henares Yulo
Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp.
20 Cecil Street #04-03
Plus Building
Singapore 049705
+65 6513 8565
(Name, Telephone, Email and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share | HBNB | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the shell company report: 234,152,398 ordinary shares as of July 7, 2025.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | Non accelerated filer | ☒ |
| 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| † | 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. |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| U.S. GAAP ☐ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒ |
Other ☐ |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow: Item 17 ☐ Item 18 ☐
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☐
Table of Contents
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On June 30, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DoubleDragon Corporation (the “Company” or “HBNB”), consummated the previously announced business combination pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of April 8, 2024 (and as amended on September 3, 2024, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among HBNB, Hotel of Asia, Inc., a company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Philippines (“HOA”), DoubleDragon Corporation, a company incorporated under the laws of the Philippines and listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (“DoubleDragon”), DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DoubleDragon (“DDPC”), Hotel101 Worldwide Private Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore (“Hotel101 Worldwide,” and together with DDPC and DoubleDragon, the “Principal Shareholders”), Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore (“Hotel101 Global”), HGHC 4 Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HBNB (“Merger Sub 1”), HGHC 3 Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HBNB (“Merger Sub 2”) and JVSPAC Acquisition Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“JVSPAC”).
The Business Combination was consummated on June 30, 2025 (the “Closing”). The transaction was unanimously approved by JVSPAC’s board of directors and was approved at the extraordinary general meeting of JVSPAC’s shareholders held on June 24, 2025 (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”). JVSPAC’s shareholders also voted to approve all other proposals presented at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, among other things, the following transactions occurred as part of Closing: (a) on June 30, 2025, Hotel101 Global and Merger Sub 1 amalgamated (the “Amalgamation”), with Hotel101 Global being the surviving entity and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of HBNB, (b) on June 30, 2025 (the “SPAC Merger Effective Time”) Merger Sub 2 merged with and into JVSPAC (the “SPAC Merger,” and together with the Amalgamation and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”) pursuant to a plan of merger (the “Plan of Merger”), with JVSPAC being the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HBNB, and (c) on June 30, 2025, each issued and outstanding class A ordinary share, with no par value, of JVSPAC and each issued and outstanding class B ordinary share, with no par value, of JVSPAC (other than treasury shares, validly redeemed shares or dissenting shares) were converted into one ordinary share of HBNB.
As a result of the Business Combination, Hotel101 Global and JVSPAC have become wholly-owned subsidiaries of HBNB.
On July 1, 2025, HBNB’s ordinary shares (“HBNB Ordinary Shares”) commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”), under the ticker symbol “HBNB.”
Except as otherwise indicated or required by context, references in this Shell Company Report on Form 20-F (including information incorporated by reference herein, the “Report”) to “the Company,” “our” or “HBNB” refer to Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Certain amounts that appear in this Report may not sum due to rounding.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Report and the information incorporated by reference include certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of securities laws of certain jurisdictions, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Report, including statements regarding HBNB’s future financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, HBNB’s expectations concerning the outlook for its business, productivity, plans and goals for future operational improvements and capital investments, operational performance, future market conditions or economic performance and developments in the capital and credit markets and expected future financial performance, as well as any information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations of HBNB as set forth in the sections of this Report. Forward-looking statements also include statements regarding the expected benefits of the Business Combination between HBNB and JVSPAC. These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of HBNB. Although HBNB believes that such plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, HBNB cannot assure you that such plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved or realized.
Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and actual results or events may differ materially from those projected or implied in those statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to:
| ● | maintain the listing of HBNB Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq; |
| ● | implement current plans and operations, as may be affected by the consummation of the Business Combination; |
| ● | realize the benefits expected from the Business Combination and the transactions contemplated thereby; |
| ● | HBNB and HOA may not be able to successfully manage, execute and implement their respective growth or expansion strategies; |
| ● | joint venture partners, including owners of pre-sold condotel units in Hotel101 hospitality projects (“Unit Owners”) may have interests different from and may take actions that adversely affect HBNB and HOA; |
| ● | HBNB and HOA are exposed to risks associated with offering deferred payment schemes, including the risk of customer default; |
| ● | competition for the acquisition of land for new projects and risks relating to the management of its land bank may adversely affect HBNB’s and HOA’s business; |
| ● | the hospitality industry is highly competitive and failure to effectively compete could limit HBNB’s and HOA’s ability to maintain or increase market share and profitability; |
| ● | HBNB and HOA are vulnerable to decline or disruption in the travel and hospitality industries or economic downturn; |
| ● | the cash ratio of Hotel101 Global, HBNB’s subsidiary, is less than 1.0, which exposes Hotel101 Global to liquidity risk; |
| ● | HBNB and HOA face project cost and completion risks, including generating sufficient cash flow from presales and other funding sources to support its operations and plans, substantial sales cancellations, and reputational risk and damage to the Hotel101 brand if projects or hotels do not meet customers’ requirements; |
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| ● | HBNB and HOA have multiple related-party transactions with affiliated companies, and transactions with certain affiliates constitute a substantial percentage of HOA’s revenues; |
| ● | rights and titles over land owned by the subsidiaries of HBNB and HOA may be contested by third parties and certain short-term leases may not be renewed; |
| ● | HBNB and HOA rely on a third-party contractor for HBNB’s websites and its global application (the “Hotel101 App”); |
| ● | insurance may not cover all damage or other potential losses; |
| ● | real estate development and marketing activities and hotel operation and management activities are subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations; |
| ● | HBNB and HOA may be subject to regulatory inquiries, investigations, litigation, and other disputes, including potential construction defects and other building-related claims; |
| ● | risks related to the Philippines in relation to HOA’s business and operations; and |
| ● | other factors discussed under the section titled “Risk Factors” in the proxy statement and prospectus (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) that is part of HBNB’s Registration Statement on Form F-4, as amended (File No. 333-287130) (the “Form F-4”), which section is incorporated herein by reference. |
The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of HBNB’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. HBNB cautions you against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect current beliefs and are based on information currently available as of the date a forward-looking statement is made. Forward-looking statements set forth herein speak only as of the date of this Report. HBNB does not undertake any obligation to revise forward-looking statements to reflect future events, changes in circumstances or changes in beliefs. In the event that any forward-looking statement is updated, no inference should be made that HBNB will make additional updates with respect to that statement, related matters or any other forward-looking statements.
Market and industry data incorporated by reference in this Report is based on the good faith estimates of HBNB’s management, which in turn are based upon HBNB’s management’s review of internal surveys, independent industry surveys and publications and other third-party research and publicly available information. These data involve a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such estimates. While HBNB is not aware of any misstatements regarding the industry data presented herein, its estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “Risk Factors,” “Hotel101 Global’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “HOA’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers
A. Directors and Senior Management
The directors and executive officers of HBNB upon the consummation of the Business Combination are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Directors and Officers After the Transactions” and is incorporated herein by reference.
The business address for each of HBNB’s directors and executive officers is 20 Cecil Street #04-03, Plus Building Singapore 049705.
B. Advisers
Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP acted as counsel for HBNB with respect to U.S. law, and will act as counsel to HBNB upon and following the consummation of the Business Combination as to matters of U.S. law. The address of Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP is 30/F Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Hong Kong.
Appleby acted as counsel for HBNB with respect to Cayman Islands law, and will act as counsel to HBNB upon and following the consummation of the Business Combination as to matters of Cayman Islands law. The address of Appleby is Suites 3505-06, 35/F, Two Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.
C. Auditors
Marcum LLP acted as the independent registered public accounting firm for the consolidated financial statements of HBNB as of December 31, 2024 and for the period from March 13, 2024 (date of inception) to December 31, 2024, as well as the consolidated financial statements of Hotel101 Global as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. The address of Marcum LLP is 730 Third Avenue, 11th Floor. New York, NY 10017.
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable
Not applicable.
A. [Reserved]
B. Capitalization and Indebtedness
The following table sets forth the capitalization of HBNB on an unaudited pro forma combined basis as of December 31, 2024, after giving effect to the Business Combination.
| As of December 31, 2024 | Pro Forma Combined (Unaudited) ($ thousands) | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 9,503 | |||
| HBNB Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value | 23 | |||
| Additional paid-in capital | 36,172 | |||
| Retained earnings (accumulated losses) | (24,395 | ) | ||
| Foreign currency translation reserve | (166 | ) | ||
| Total Equity | 11,634 | |||
| Total indebtedness | 286 | |||
| Total capitalization | 11,920 | |||
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C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds
Not applicable.
D. Risk Factors
The risk factors related to the business and operations of HBNB are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Risk Factors” and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. Information on the Company
A. History and Development of the Company
The Company’s legal and commercial name is “Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp.” and is commonly known as “HBNB” or “Hotel101.” HBNB is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on March 13, 2024. HBNB was incorporated for the purpose of effectuating the Business Combination. HBNB’s registered office is located at 71 Fort Street, PO Box 500, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, Cayman Islands. HBNB’s principal executive office is located at 20 Cecil Street #04-03, Plus Building Singapore 049705 and its telephone number is +65 6513 8565.
See “Explanatory Note” in this Report for additional information regarding HBNB and the Business Combination. This history and development of HBNB and the material terms of the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus,” “Proposal No. 1—The SPAC Merger Proposal,” “Information about HBNB and Hotel101 Global,” and “Description of HBNB Ordinary Shares,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
HBNB is subject to certain of the informational filing requirements of the Exchange Act. Since HBNB is a “foreign private issuer”, it is exempt from the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and the officers, directors and principal shareholders of HBNB are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to their purchase and sale of HBNB Ordinary Shares. In addition, HBNB is not required to file reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. public companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. However, HBNB is required to file with the SEC an Annual Report on Form 20-F containing financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm. The SEC maintains a website at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.
HBNB’s website address is https://hotel101global.com/. The information contained on, or accessible through, the website does not form part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this Report.
B. Business Overview
Prior to the Business Combination, HBNB did not conduct any material activities other than those incidental to its formation and the matters contemplated by the Merger Agreement, such as the making of certain required securities law filings and the establishment of certain subsidiaries. Upon the closing of the Business Combination, HBNB became the direct parent of, and conducts its business through, Hotel101 Global.
A description of our business is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “Information about HBNB and Hotel101 Global,” “Hotel101 Global’s Investment in HOA,” “Hotel101 Global’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “HOA’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
Recent Developments
On May 28, 2025, Hotel101 Global signed an agreement with a member of Saudi Arabia’s Horizon Group to, subject to additional contract, establish a joint venture for the development of up to 10 Hotel101 projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
On June 6, 2025, Hotel101 Global entered into a 10-year partnership agreement with an affiliate of MATCH Hospitality AG, the official hospitality provider for the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, to become an “Official Hotel” partner for the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. The agreement would allow Hotel101-Madrid, once completed, to provide accommodation for attendees of the 2026 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix and beyond.
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C. Organizational Structure
Upon consummation of the Business Combination, Hotel101 Global and JVSPAC became wholly-owned subsidiaries of HBNB. The following chart depicts a simplified organizational chart of the main subsidiaries, branches, representative offices and material associate of HBNB as of the date of this Report.

D. Property, Plants and Equipment
HBNB’s property, plants and equipment are held through Hotel101 Global. Information regarding the Hotel101 Global’s property, plants and equipment is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the headings “Information about HBNB and Hotel101 Global” and “Hotel101 Global’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which information is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments
None / Not applicable.
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Following and as a result of the Business Combination, the business of HBNB is conducted through Hotel101 Global, its direct, wholly-owned subsidiary. The discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of Hotel101 Global is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Hotel101 Global’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
On January 21, 2025, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Hotel101 Global acquired a 40% interest in HOA. Hotel101 Global’s 40% interest in HOA is accounted for using the equity method and is not consolidated in Hotel101 Global’s financial statements. The discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of HOA, Hotel101 Global’s material associate, is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “HOA’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees
A. Directors and Senior Management
The directors and executive officers of HBNB are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Directors and Officers After the Transactions,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
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B. Compensation
Information pertaining to the compensation of the directors and executive officers of HBNB is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “Directors and Officers After the Transactions—Board of Directors,” “Directors and Officers After the Transactions—Aggregate Compensation of Executive Officers and Directors” and “Directors and Officers After the Transactions—Key Executive Shares,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
On June 30, 2025, HBNB entered into restricted share subscription agreements with certain key executives and/or employees of HBNB and/or its affiliates (the “Restricted KES Subscribers”) with respect to an aggregate of 34,170,000 Key Executive Shares (“Restricted KES”). On June 30, 2025, HBNB issued the Restricted KES to the relevant Restricted KES Subscribers at $0.0642 per share. The Restricted KES will vest according to the following schedule (the “Vesting Schedule”) from June 30, 2025.
| Number of Months from June 30, 2025 | Percentage of Restricted KES | |||
| 18 | 5.00 | % | ||
| 30 | 10.00 | % | ||
| 42 | 15.00 | % | ||
| 54 | 20.00 | % | ||
| 66 | 50.00 | % | ||
In case of resignation or termination of a Restricted KES Subscriber from his or her role with HBNB and/or its affiliates while any of such Restricted KES Subscriber’s Restricted KES remain unvested, such Restricted KES Subscriber’s unvested Restricted KES shall be returned to HBNB through a buyback. Such Restricted KES Subscriber shall have zero net benefit in case the buyback results in any gains and HBNB shall be entitled to receive all benefits and gains of such buyback.
On June 30, 2025, HBNB entered into share subscription agreements (each, a “Share Subscription Agreement”) with certain consultants and/or employees of HBNB and/or its affiliates (the “KES Subscribers” and together with the Restricted KES Subscribers, the “Key Executives”) with respect to an aggregate of 330,000 Key Executive Shares (“Subscribed KES”). On June 30, 2025, HBNB issued the Subscribed KES to the relevant KES Subscribers at $0.0642 per share. On July 2, 2025, HBNB entered into an amendment to each Share Subscription Agreement (each, an “Amendment”) with each Share Subscriber pursuant to which all but 100 of each Share Subscriber’s Subscribed KES (the “Locked-up KES”) are subject to the following lock-up period schedule (each, a “Lock-up Period” and such Locked-up KES subject to a Lock-up Period, “Lock-up Shares”):
| Lock-up Period | ||||
| Start | End | Lock-up Shares | ||
| July 2, 2025 | Date that is 18 months after June 30, 2025 | 100.00% of Locked-up KES | ||
| July 2, 2025 | Date that is 30 months after June 30, 2025 | 95.00% of Locked-up KES | ||
| July 2, 2025 | Date that is 42 months after June 30, 2025 | 85.00% of Locked-up KES | ||
| July 2, 2025 | Date that is 54 months after June 30, 2025 | 70.00% of Locked-up KES | ||
| July 2, 2025 | Date that is 66 months after June 30, 2025 | 50.00% of Locked-up KES | ||
In case of resignation or termination of a KES Subscriber from his or her role with HBNB and/or its affiliates while any of such KES Subscriber’s Locked-up KES remain subject to a Lock-up Period, such KES Subscriber’s Lock-up Shares shall be returned to HBNB through a buyback. Such KES Subscriber shall have zero net benefit in case the buyback results in any gains and HBNB shall be entitled to receive all benefits and gains of such buyback.
C. Board Practices
Information pertaining to HBNB’s Board of Directors’ practices is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Directors and Officers After the Transactions,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
D. Employees
Information pertaining to HBNB’s employees is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Information about HBNB and Hotel101 Global—Employees,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
E. Share Ownership
Ownership of HBNB’s shares by its directors and executive officers upon consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in Item 7.A of this Report.
F. Disclosure of a registrant’s action to recover erroneously awarded compensation.
On June 30, 2025, HBNB’s Board of Directors approved a policy for recovery of erroneously awarded compensation (the “Clawback Policy”) providing for HBNB’s recoupment of recoverable incentive-based compensation that is received by covered officers of HBNB under certain circumstances, in compliance with Section 10D of the Exchange Act, Rule 10D-1 promulgated thereunder and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608. See Exhibit 97.1 to this Report.
HBNB has not recouped compensation, or attempted to recoup compensation, from any employee to date.
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Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
A. Major Shareholders
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of HBNB Ordinary Shares as of the date of this Report by:
| ● | each person known by HBNB to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of outstanding HBNB Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | each of HBNB’s directors and executive officers; and |
| ● | all of HBNB’s directors and executive officers as a group. |
Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if that person possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities if that person has a right to acquire within 60 days, including, without limitation, through the exercise of any option, warrant or other right or the conversion of any other security. Such securities, however, are deemed to be outstanding only for the purpose of computing the percentage beneficial ownership of that person but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage beneficial ownership of any other person. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities.
The calculations in the table below are based on 234,152,398 HBNB Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this Report.
Unless otherwise indicated, HBNB believes that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of voting shares beneficially owned by them. To HBNB’s knowledge, no HBNB Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by any executive officer, director or director nominee have been pledged as security.
Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person named below is 20 Cecil Street #04-03, Plus Building, Singapore 049705.
| Number of HBNB Ordinary Shares | % of HBNB Ordinary Shares | |||||||
| Greater than Five Percent Holders | ||||||||
| DDPC(1) | 137,456,660 | 58.7 | % | |||||
| DoubleDragon(1) | 195,510,000 | 83.5 | % | |||||
| Hotel101 Worldwide(1) | 27,107,777 | 11.6 | % | |||||
| Edgar J. Sia II(1)(2) | 215,059,984 | 91.8 | % | |||||
| Tony Tan Caktiong(1)(2) | 198,960,004 | 85.0 | % | |||||
| Directors and Executive Officers | ||||||||
| Marriana Henares Yulo | 3,450,004 | 1.5 | % | |||||
| Rodolfo Ma. Allena Ponferrada | 120,000 | * | ||||||
| Jacy Ryan Tan Chua | 100,000 | * | ||||||
| Earl Ericson King Tanmantiong | 100,000 | * | ||||||
| Gary Emerson Po Cheng | — | — | ||||||
| Rene De Jesus Buenaventura | — | — | ||||||
| Victoria R. Tamayao | — | — | ||||||
| Ng Kwang Hong Dennis | 100,000 | * | ||||||
| Catherine Ying Sau Chan | 100,000 | * | ||||||
| All directors and executive officers of HBNB as a group (9 individuals) | 3,970,004 | 1.7 | % | |||||
Notes:
| * | Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%. |
| (1) | DDPC and Hotel101 Worldwide are subsidiaries of, and are controlled by, DoubleDragon. The address of the principal business offices of DoubleDragon, DDPC and Hotel101 Worldwide is DD Meridian Park, EDSA Extension Boulevard cor. Macapagal Avenue, Bay Area, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1302. |
| (2) | Includes shares held in the name of DoubleDragon, DDPC and Hotel101 Worldwide, whose beneficial ownership are attributable to Edgar J. Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong as DoubleDragon is controlled by Edgar J. Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong. The address of the principal business offices of Edgar J. Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong is DD Meridian Park, EDSA Extension Boulevard cor. Macapagal Avenue, Bay Area, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1302. |
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As of the date of this Report, HBNB has one class of ordinary shares, and each holder of HBNB Ordinary Shares is entitled to one vote per share. HBNB’s major shareholders do not have different voting rights from other shareholders.
As of the date of this Report, DoubleDragon beneficially owns 83.5% of the total outstanding HBNB Ordinary Shares and is HBNB’s controlling shareholder. As of the date of this Report, HBNB is not aware of any arrangements which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of HBNB.
Based on a review of the information provided by HBNB’s transfer agent, as of close of business on July 1, 2025, a total of 1,804,897 HBNB Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.0077% of the total outstanding HBNB Ordinary Shares, were held by two record holders with registered addresses in the United States. These numbers are not representative of the number of beneficial holders of HBNB Ordinary Shares nor is it representative of where such beneficial holders reside since many of these HBNB Ordinary Shares were held of record by brokers or other nominees.
B. Related Party Transactions
Information pertaining to HBNB’s related party transactions is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Certain HBNB, Hotel101 Global and HOA Relationships and Related Person Transactions,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
C. Interests of Experts and Counsel
None / Not applicable.
A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
Financial Statements
Consolidated financial statements have been filed as part of this Report. See Item 18 “Financial Statements.”
Legal Proceedings
Information regarding legal or arbitration proceedings are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “Information about HBNB and Hotel101 Global—Legal Proceedings” and “Hotel101 Global’s Investment in HOA—Legal Proceedings,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
Dividend Policy
Information regarding HBNB’s policy on dividend distributions is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Description of HBNB Ordinary Shares—Ordinary Shares—Dividends,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
B. Significant Changes
A discussion of significant changes since December 31, 2024 is provided under Item 4 of this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
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A. Offer and Listing Details
The HBNB Ordinary Shares are listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “HBNB.” Holders of HBNB Ordinary Shares should obtain current market quotations for their securities. There can be no assurance that the HBNB Ordinary Shares will remain listed on Nasdaq. If HBNB fails to comply with the Nasdaq listing requirements, the HBNB Ordinary Shares could be delisted from Nasdaq. A delisting of the HBNB Ordinary Shares will likely affect the liquidity of the HBNB Ordinary Shares and could inhibit or restrict the ability of HBNB to raise additional financing.
Information regarding lock-up restrictions applicable to the HBNB Ordinary Shares held by the Principal Shareholders, JVSPAC’s sponsor, certain key executives and/or employees and/or consultants of HBNB and/or its affiliates is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “HBNB Ordinary Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-up Periods” and “Directors and Officers After the Transactions—Key Executive Shares,” which are incorporated herein by reference, and Item 6.B of this Report.
B. Plan of Distribution
Not applicable.
C. Markets
The HBNB Ordinary Shares are listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “HBNB.”
D. Selling Shareholders
Not applicable.
E. Dilution
Not applicable.
F. Expenses of the Issue
Not applicable.
Item 10. Additional Information
A. Share Capital
The authorized share capital of HBNB is $50,000 divided into 500,000,000 shares of a par value of $0.0001 each, consisting of 500,000,000 Ordinary Shares.
As of the date hereof, subsequent to the consummation of the Business Combination, there are 234,152,398 HBNB Ordinary Shares with par value of $0.0001 per share that are outstanding and issued.
As of the date hereof, no HBNB Ordinary Shares are held by or on behalf of HBNB or any of its subsidiaries.
Information regarding HBNB’s share capital is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the heading “Description of HBNB Ordinary Shares,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
B. Memorandum and Articles of Association
HBNB is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. HBNB’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that HBNB has full power and authority to carry out any object that is not prohibited by any law of the Cayman Islands.
Information regarding certain material provisions of HBNB’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “Description of HBNB Ordinary Shares—Ordinary Shares” and “Comparison of Your Rights as a Holder of JVSPAC’s Shares and Your Rights as a Potential Holder of HBNB Ordinary Shares—HBNB,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
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C. Material Contracts
Material Contracts Relating to HBNB’s Operations
Information pertaining to certain of HBNB’s material contracts is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “Information about HBNB and Hotel101 Global,” “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Business and Operations of HBNB, Hotel101 Global and HOA” and “Certain HBNB, Hotel101 Global and HOA Relationships and Related Person Transactions,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
Material Contracts Relating to the Business Combination
Business Combination Agreement
The description of the Merger Agreement in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Proposal No. 1—The SPAC Merger Proposal—Merger Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.
Related Agreements
The description of the material provisions of certain additional agreements entered into or to be entered into pursuant to the Merger Agreement in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Proposal No. 1—The SPAC Merger Proposal—Additional Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference.
D. Exchange Controls
The Cayman Islands currently has no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions.
E. Taxation
Information regarding certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations for owning and disposing of HBNB Ordinary Shares is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Material Tax Considerations—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
F. Dividends and Paying Agents
Information regarding HBNB’s policy on dividends is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Description of HBNB Ordinary Shares—Ordinary Shares—Dividends,” which is incorporated herein by reference. HBNB has not identified a paying agent.
G. Statement by Experts
The audited consolidated financial statements of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. as of December 31, 2024 and for the period from March 13, 2024 (date of inception) to December 31, 2024, are incorporated in this Report on Form 20-F by reference to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-287130) initially filed on May 9, 2025. Such consolidated financial statements have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance on the report of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The audited consolidated financial statements of Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, are incorporated in this Report on Form 20-F by reference to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-287130) initially filed on May 9, 2025. Such consolidated financial statements have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance on the report of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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The audited consolidated financial statements of HOA as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 are incorporated in this Report on Form 20-F by reference to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-287130) initially filed on May 9, 2025. Such consolidated financial statements have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the report of R.G. Manabat & Co., independent auditors, incorporated by reference herein, given on the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The audited financial statements of JVSPAC as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, are incorporated in this Report on Form 20-F by reference to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-287130) initially filed on May 9, 2025. Such consolidated financial statements have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to substantial doubt about the ability of JVSPAC Acquisition Corp. to continue as a going concern, as described in Note 1 to the financial statements) of Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
H. Documents on Display
HBNB is subject to certain of the informational filing requirements of the Exchange Act. Since HBNB is a “foreign private issuer” under the Exchange Act, HBNB is exempt from the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and the officers, directors and principal shareholders of HBNB are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to their purchase and sale of HBNB’s ordinary shares. In addition, HBNB is not required to file reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. public companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. However, HBNB is required to file with the SEC an Annual Report on Form 20-F containing financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm. The SEC maintains a website at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports and other information that HBNB files with or furnishes electronically with the SEC. You may read and copy any report or document that HBNB files, including the exhibits, at the SEC’s public reference room located 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.
The HBNB Ordinary Shares are quoted on Nasdaq. Information about HBNB is also available on HBNB’s website at https://hotel101global.com/. The information contained on, or accessible through, the website does not form part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this Report and you should not rely on any such information in making your decision whether to purchase HBNB Ordinary Shares.
I. Subsidiary Information
Not applicable.
J. Annual Report to Security Holders
Not applicable.
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Following and as a result of the Business Combination, the business of HBNB is conducted through Hotel101 Global, its direct, wholly-owned subsidiary. Information regarding quantitative and qualitative disclosure about Hotel101 Global’s market risk is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Hotel101 Global’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure of Market Risk,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
On January 21, 2025, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Hotel101 Global acquired a 40% interest in HOA. Hotel101 Global’s 40% interest in HOA is accounted for using the equity method and is not consolidated in Hotel101 Global’s financial statements. Information regarding quantitative and qualitative disclosure about HOA’s market risk is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “HOA’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure of Market Risk,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities
Not applicable.
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Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
Not applicable.
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
Not applicable.
Item 15. Controls and Procedures
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not applicable.
Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
Not applicable.
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
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Item 16F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
On November 1, 2024, CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ CPAs”) acquired the attest business of Marcum LLP (“Marcum”). As a result of the acquisition of the Marcum attestation business, on June 11, 2025, HBNB was notified by Marcum that Marcum will resign effective immediately. On July 2, 2025, HBNB, with the approval of the HBNB’s Board of Directors has engaged CBIZ CPAs as the HBNB’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
The report of Marcum regarding the HBNB’s financial statements from March 13, 2024 (date of inception) through the year ended December 31, 2024 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
From March 13, 2024 (date of inception) through the year ended December 31, 2024, and through June 11, 2025, there were (a) no disagreements (as defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(iv) of Form 20-F and the related instructions) with Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused Marcum to make reference to such disagreement in its report and (b) no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(v) of Form 20-F and the related instructions, except for the material weaknesses in the HBNB’s internal control over financial reporting related to lack of evidence of review for certain key controls (financial statements review and approval of related party transactions)). In addition, there were material weaknesses in Hotel101 Global’s internal control over financial reporting for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 relating to (1) improper use of incremental borrowing rate; (2) improper use of exchange rate in translating reporting currency to functional currency; (3) improper cutoff of vendor payables; (4) improper capitalization of development costs; (5) lack of evidence of review for certain key controls (financial statements review, approval of related party transactions, review of leases, and bank reconciliation review); and (6) improper use of discount rate related to the calculation of significant financing component. Once HBNB reports a period that includes June 30, 2025, the historical financial statements of Hotel101 Global will be presented as the financial statements of HBNB.
HBNB has provided Marcum with a copy of the above disclosures prior to this filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). A letter to the Commission, dated July 7, 2025, from Marcum regarding its concurrence or disagreement with the statements made by the HBNB in this current report concerning the resignation of Marcum as HBNB’s independent registered public accounting firm is attached as Exhibit 16.1 hereto.
From March 13, 2024 (date of inception) through the year ended December 31, 2024, the subsequent interim periods thereto, and through July 2, 2025, neither HBNB nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with CBIZ CPAs with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the HBNB’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the HBNB that CBIZ CPAs concluded was an important factor considered by HBNB in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issues; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event set forth in Item 16F (a)(1)(iv) and (v), respectively, of Form 20-F promulgated under the Exchange Act of 1934.
Item 16G. Corporate Governance
Not applicable.
Item 16H. Mine Safety Disclosure
Not applicable.
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not applicable.
Item 16J. Insider Trading Policies
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
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See Item 18.
The audited financial statements of JVSPAC as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 contained in the Form F-4 between pages F-2 and F-23 are incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited condensed financial statements of JVSPAC as of March 31, 2025 and the three months ended March 31, 2025 contained in the Form F-4 between pages F-24 and F-46 are incorporated herein by reference.
The audited financial statements of Hotel101 Global as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 contained in the Form F-4 between pages F-47 and F-80 are incorporated herein by reference.
The audited consolidated financial statements of HOA as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 contained in the Form F-4 between pages F-81 and F-139 are incorporated herein by reference.
The audited consolidated balance sheet of HBNB as of December 31, 2024 and for the period from March 13, 2024 (date of inception) to December 31, 2024 contained in the Form F-4 between pages F-140 and F-150 is incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of JVSPAC and Hotel101 Global is attached as Exhibit 15.1 to this Report.
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HBNB has filed the following documents as exhibits to this Report:
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| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Previously filed. |
| † | Schedules and exhibits to this Exhibit omitted pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(2). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request. |
| †† | Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan. |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this report on its behalf.
| HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Marriana Henares Yulo | |
| Name: | Marriana Henares Yulo | |
| Title: | Director | |
| By: | /s/ Rodolfo Ma. Allena Ponferrada | |
| Name: | Rodolfo Ma. Allena Ponferrada | |
| Title: | Director | |
| Date: | July 7, 2025 | |
[Signature Page to Form 20-F]
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Exhibit 1.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM
AND
ARTICLES
OF
ASSOCIATION
Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp.
(as adopted by a Special Resolution passed on 30 June 2025 and effective on 30 June 2025)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Shares, Warrants and Modification of Rights | 8 | |
| Register of Shareholders and Share Certificates | 11 | |
| Lien | 12 | |
| Calls on Shares | 13 | |
| Transfer of Shares | 15 | |
| Transmission of Shares | 17 | |
| Forfeiture of Shares | 17 | |
| General Meetings | 18 | |
| Proceedings at General Meetings | 19 | |
| Votes of Shareholders | 21 | |
| Appointment of Proxy and Corporate Representative | 22 | |
| Registered Office | 23 | |
| Board of Directors | 24 | |
| Appointment of Directors | 26 | |
| Borrowing Powers | 27 | |
| General Powers of the Directors | 27 | |
| Chairman and other Officers | 27 | |
| Proceedings of the Directors | 28 | |
| Minutes and Corporate Records | 30 | |
| Secretary | 30 | |
| General Management and Use of the Seal | 30 | |
| Authentication of Documents | 31 | |
| Capitalisation of Reserves | 32 | |
| Dividends and Reserves | 32 | |
| Record Date | 37 | |
| Annual Returns | 37 | |
| Accounts | 37 | |
| Auditors | 38 | |
| Notices | 39 | |
| Information | 40 | |
| Winding Up | 40 | |
| Indemnity | 41 | |
| Untraceable Shareholders | 41 | |
| Destruction of Documents | 42 |
i
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)
EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp.
(Company)
(adopted by a Special Resolution passed on 30 June 2025 and effective on 30 June 2025)
| 1. | The name of the Company is HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP.. |
| 2. | The registered office will be situated at the offices of Appleby Global Services (Cayman) Limited, 71 Fort Street, PO Box 500, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, Cayman Islands or at such other place in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time decide. |
| 3. | The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and except as prohibited or limited by the laws of the Cayman Islands, the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object and shall have and be capable of from time to time and at all times exercising any and all of the powers at any time or from time to time exercisable by a natural person or body corporate in any part of the world whether as principal, agent, contractor or otherwise. |
| 4. | Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the objects of the Company shall include, but without limitation, the following: |
| 4.1 | To carry on the business of an investment company and for that purpose to acquire and hold, either in the name of the Company or in that of any nominee, land and real estate, gold and silver bullion, shares (including shares in the Company), stocks, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, notes, obligations and securities issued or guaranteed by any company wherever incorporated or carrying on business and debentures, debenture stock, bonds, notes, obligations and securities issued or guaranteed by any government, sovereign, ruler, commissioners, public body or authority, supreme, dependent, municipal, local or otherwise in any part of the world. |
| 4.2 | To lend money with or without security either at interest or without and to invest money of the Company in such manner as the Directors think fit. |
| 4.3 | To acquire by purchase, lease, exchange, or otherwise lands, houses, buildings and other property or any interest in the same in any part of the world. |
| 4.4 | To carry on the business of a commodity, commodity futures and forward contracts trader and for that purpose to enter into spot, future or forward contracts for the purchase and sale of any commodity including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any raw materials, processed materials, agricultural products, produce or livestock, gold and silver bullion, specie and precious or semi-precious stones, goods, articles, services, currencies, rights and interests which may now or in the future be bought and sold in commerce and whether such trading is effected on an organised commodity exchange or otherwise and either to take delivery of, or to sell or exchange any such commodities pursuant to any contract capable of being entered into on any such commodities exchange. |
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| 4.5 | To carry on whether as principals, agents or otherwise the business of providing and supplying goods, equipment, materials and services of whatsoever nature, and of financiers, company promoters, realtors, financial agents, land owners and dealers in or managers of companies, estates, lands, buildings, goods, materials, services, stocks, leases, annuities and securities of whatsoever type or kind. |
| 4.6 | To purchase or otherwise acquire and hold any rights, privileges, concessions, patents, patent rights, licences, secret processes and any real or personal property of any kind whatsoever. |
| 4.7 | To build, equip, furnish, outfit, repair, purchase, own, charter and lease steam, motor, sail or other vessels, ships, boats, tugs, barges, lighters or other property to be used in the business of shipping, transportation, chartering and other communication and transport operations for the use of the Company or for others, and to sell, charter, lease, mortgage, pledge or transfer the same or any interest therein to others. |
| 4.8 | To carry on the business of importers, exporters and merchants of goods, produce, stores and articles of all kinds both wholesale and retail, packers, customs brokers, ship agents, warehousemen, bonded or otherwise and carriers and to transact every kind of agency, factor and brokerage business or transaction which may seem to the Company directly or indirectly conducive to its interests. |
| 4.9 | To carry on the business of consultants in connection with all manner of services and advisers on all matters relating to companies, firms, partnerships, charities, political and non-political persons and organisations, governments, principalities, sovereign and republican states and countries and to carry on all or any of the businesses of financial, industrial, development, architectural, engineering, manufacturing, contracting, management, advertising, professional business and personal consultants and to advise upon the means and methods for extending, developing, marketing and improving all types of projects, developments, businesses or industries and all systems or processes relating to such businesses and the financing, planning, distribution, marketing and sale thereof. |
| 4.10 | To act as a management company in all branches of that activity and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to act as managers of investments and hotels, estates, real property, buildings and businesses of every kind and generally to carry on business as managers, consultants or agents for or representatives of owners of property of every kind, manufacturers, funds, syndicates, persons, firms and companies for any purpose whatsoever. |
| 4.11 | To carry on any other trade or business which may seem to the Company capable of being carried on conveniently in connection with any business of the Company. |
| 4.12 | To borrow or raise money by the issue of ordinary debenture stock or on mortgage or in such other manner as the Company shall think fit. |
| 4.13 | To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue all instruments both negotiable and non-negotiable and transferable including promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of lading, warrants, debentures and bonds. |
| 4.14 | To establish branches or agencies in the Cayman Islands and elsewhere and to regulate and to discontinue the same. |
| 4.15 | To distribute any of the property of the Company among the members of the Company in specie. |
| 4.16 | To acquire and take over the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person or persons, firm or company or to take or otherwise acquire and hold shares, stock, debentures or other securities of or interest in any other company carrying on any business or possessed of any property or rights. |
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| 4.17 | To grant pensions, allowances, gratuities and bonuses to employees or ex-employees of the Company or the dependents of such persons and to support, establish or subscribe to any charitable or other institutions, clubs, societies or funds or to any national or patriotic fund. |
| 4.18 | To lend and advance moneys or give credit to such persons and on such terms as may be thought fit and to guarantee or stand surety for the obligations of any third party whether such third party is related to the Company or otherwise and whether or not such guarantee or surety is to provide any benefits to the Company and for that purpose to mortgage or charge the Company’s undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, on such terms and conditions as may be thought expedient in support of any such obligations binding on the Company whether contingent or otherwise. |
| 4.19 | To enter into partnership or into any arrangements for sharing profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession, amalgamation or otherwise with any person or persons or company engaged or interested or about to become engaged or interested in the carrying on or conduct of any business or enterprise from which this Company would or might derive any benefit whether direct or indirect and to lend money, guarantee the contracts of or otherwise assist any such person or company and to take subscribe for or otherwise acquire shares and securities of any such company and to sell, hold, re issue with or without guarantee or otherwise deal with the same. |
| 4.20 | To enter into any arrangements with any authorities, municipal or local or otherwise and to obtain from any such authority any rights, privileges or concessions which the Company may think it desirable to obtain and to carry out, exercise and comply with any such arrangements, rights, privileges or concessions. |
| 4.21 | To do all such things as are incidental to or which the Company may think conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them. |
| 5. | If the Company is registered as an exempted company as defined in the Cayman Islands Companies Act (as revised), it shall have the power, subject to the provisions of the Cayman Islands Companies Act (as revised) and with the approval of a special resolution, to continue as a body incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands and to be de-registered in the Cayman Islands. |
| 6. | The liability of the members of the Company is limited. |
| 7. | The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000 consisting of 500,000,000 class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each with the power for the Company to increase or reduce the said capital and to issue any part of its capital, original or increased, with or without any preference, priority or special privilege or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions; and so that, unless the condition of issue shall otherwise expressly declare, every issue of shares, whether declared to be preference or otherwise, shall be subject to the power hereinbefore contained. |
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THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)
EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp.
(Company)
(adopted by a Special Resolution passed on 30 June 2025 and effective on 30 June 2025)
| 1 | (a) | Table “A” of the Companies Act (as revised) shall not apply to the Company. | |
| (b) | Any marginal notes, titles or lead in references to Articles and the index of the Memorandum and Articles of Association shall not form part of the Memorandum or Articles of Association and shall not affect their interpretation. In interpreting these Articles of Association, unless there be something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith: | Marginal Notes | |
| address: shall have the ordinary meaning given to it and shall include any facsimile number, electronic number or address or website used for the purposes of any communication pursuant to these Articles; | Definitions | ||
| appointor: means in relation to an alternate Director, the Director who appointed the alternate to act as his alternate; | |||
| Articles: means these Articles of Association in their present form and all supplementary, amended or substituted articles for the time being in force; | |||
| Auditors: means the independent auditor of the Company which shall be an internationally recognized firm of independent accountants; | |||
| Audit Committee: the audit committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 136 hereof, or any successor audit committee; | |||
| Board: means the board of Directors of the Company as constituted from time to time or as the context may require the majority of Directors present and voting at a meeting of the Directors at which a quorum is present; | |||
| Call: shall include any instalment of a call; | |||
| clear days: means in relation to the period of a notice, that period excluding the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; | |||
| Clearing House: means a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares are listed or quoted with the permission of the Company on a stock exchange in such jurisdiction; | |||
| Companies Act: means the Companies Act (as revised) of the Cayman Islands as amended from time to time and every other act, order regulation or other instrument having statutory effect (as amended from time to time) for the time being in force in the Cayman Islands applying to or affecting the Company, the Memorandum of Association and/or the Articles; | |||
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| Company: means the above named company; | |||
| Competent Regulatory Authority: means a competent regulatory authority in the territory where the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such territory; | |||
| Debenture and Debenture Holder: means and includes respectively debenture stock and debenture stockholder; | |||
| Designated Stock Exchange: means the Nasdaq Stock Market in the United States of America and/or any other stock exchange or interdealer quotation system on which the Shares are listed or quoted; | |||
| 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 on the Designated Stock Exchange; | |||
| Director: means the directors for the time being of the Company and the expression Director shall be construed accordingly; | |||
| Dividend: means dividends, distributions in specie or in kind, capital distributions and capitalisation issues; | |||
| dollars and $: means the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America; | |||
| Exchange Act: means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; | |||
| Head Office: means such office of the Company as the Board may from time to time determine to be the principal office of the Company; | |||
| Month: means a calendar month; | |||
| Ordinary Resolution: means a resolution as described in Article 1(e) of these Articles; | |||
| Paid: means, as it relates to a Share, paid or credited as paid; | |||
| Register: means the principal register and any branch register of Shareholders of the Company to be maintained at such place within or outside the Cayman Islands as the Board shall determine from time to time; | |||
| Registered Office: means the registered office of the Company for the time being as required by the Companies Act; | |||
| SEC: means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or any other federal agency for the time being administering the Securities Act; |
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| Seal: means the common seal of the Company and any one or more facsimile seals from time to time of the Company for use in the Cayman Islands or in any place outside the Cayman Islands; | ||||
| Secretary: means the person for the time being performing the duties of that office of the Company and includes any assistant, deputy, acting or temporary secretary; | ||||
| 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 SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time; | ||||
| Securities Seal: shall mean a seal for use for sealing certificates for shares or other securities issued by the Company which is a facsimile of the Seal of the Company with the addition on its face of the words Securities Seal; | ||||
| Share: means a share in the share capital of the Company and includes stock except where a distinction between stock and Shares is expressed or implied; | ||||
| Shareholder: means the person who is duly registered in the Register as holder for the time being of any Share and includes persons who are jointly so registered; | ||||
| Special Resolution: means a resolution as described in Article 1(d) of these Articles; | ||||
| Statutes: means the Companies Act and every other law of the Legislature of the Cayman Islands for the time being in force applying to or affecting the Company, the memorandum of association of the Company as from time to time amended, and/or these Articles; | ||||
| Transfer Office: means the place where the principal register of Shareholders is located for the time being. | ||||
| (c) | In these Articles, unless there be something in the subject or context inconsistent herewith: | General | ||
| (i) | words denoting the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa; | |||
| (ii) | words importing any gender shall include every gender and words importing persons shall include partnerships, firms, companies and corporations; | |||
| (iii) | subject to the foregoing provisions of this Article, any words or expressions defined in the Companies Act (except any statutory modification thereof not in force when these Articles become binding on the Company) shall bear the same meaning in these Articles, save that “company” shall where the context permits include any company incorporated in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere; | |||
| (iv) | references to any law, ordinance, statute or statutory provision shall be construed as relating to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force; and | |||
| (v) | save as aforesaid words and expressions defined in the Statutes shall bear the same meanings in these Articles if not inconsistent with the subject in the context. | |||
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| 2 | To the extent that the same is permissible under Cayman Islands law and subject to Article 13, a Special Resolution shall be required to alter the Memorandum of Association of the Company, to approve any amendment of the Articles or to change the name of the Company. | When Special Resolution is required | |
| Shares, Warrants and Modification of Rights | |||
| 3 | Subject to the Statutes and without prejudice to any special rights or restrictions for the time being attaching to any Shares or any class of Shares including preference Shares, any Share may be issued upon such terms and conditions and with such preferred, deferred or other qualified or special rights, or such restrictions, whether in regard to Dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise, as the Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution determine (or, in the absence of any such determination or so far as the same may not make specific provision, as the Board may determine) and any Share may be issued on the terms that it is liable to be redeemed upon the happening of a specified event or upon a given date and either at the option of the Company, or at the option of the holder. Subject to the Companies Act, any preferred shares may be issued or converted into shares that, at a determinable date or at the option of the Company or the holder thereof, are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the Board may in their absolute discretion determine. No Shares shall be issued to bearer. | Issue of Shares | |
| 4 | The Board may issue 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 of the Company, which options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof may be issued on such terms as the Board may from time to time determine. | Options, warrants or convertible securities | |
| 5 | (a) | Subject to the Companies Act and without prejudice to Article 11, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of Shares, all or any of the special rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided for by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, be varied, modified or abrogated with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class. To every such separate general meeting the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall mutatis mutandis apply, but so that the necessary quorum (whether at a separate general meeting or at its adjourned meeting) shall be not less than a person or persons together holding (or, in the case of a Shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative) or representing by proxy not less than one-third (1/3) in nominal value of the issued Shares of that class, that the quorum for any meeting adjourned for want of quorum shall be two (2) Shareholders present in person (or in the case of the Shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy (whatever the number of Shares held by them) , that every holder of shares of the class shall be entitled on a poll to one (1) vote for every such share held by him and that any holder of Shares of the class present in person (or in the case of the Shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy may demand a poll. | How rights of shares may be modified |
| (b) | The provisions of this Article shall apply to the variation or abrogation of the rights attached to the Shares of any class as if each group of Shares of the class differently treated formed a separate class the rights whereof are to be varied or abrogated. | ||
| (c) | The special rights conferred upon the holders of any Shares or class of Shares shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided in the rights attaching to the terms of issue of such Shares be deemed to be altered by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith. | ||
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| 6 | The authorised share capital of the Company on the date of the adoption of these Articles is US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each. | Authorised Share Capital | |
| 7 | The Company in general meeting may from time to time, whether or not all the Shares for the time being authorised shall have been issued and whether or not all the Shares for the time being issued shall have been fully paid up, by Ordinary Resolution increase its share capital by the creation of new Shares, such new capital to be of such amount and to be divided into Shares of such class or classes and of such amounts in any currency as the Shareholders may think fit and as the resolution may prescribe. | Power to increase capital | |
| 8 | Any new Shares shall be issued upon such terms and conditions and with such rights, privileges or restrictions attached thereto as the general meeting resolving upon the creation thereof shall direct, and if no direction be given, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and of these Articles, as the Board shall determine; and in particular such Shares may be issued with a preferential or qualified right to participate in Dividends and in the distribution of assets of the Company and with a special right or without any right of voting. | On what conditions new shares may be issued | |
| 9 | The Board may, before the issue of any new Shares, determine that the same, or any of them, shall be offered in the first instance, and either at par or at a premium, to all the existing holders of any class of Shares in proportion as nearly as may be to the number of Shares of such class held by them respectively, or make any other provisions as to the allotment and issue such Shares, but in default of any such determination or so far as the same shall not extend, such Shares may be dealt with as if they formed part of the capital of the Company existing prior to the issue of the same. | When to be offered to existing shareholders | |
| 10 | Except so far as otherwise provided by the conditions of issue or by these Articles, any capital raised by the creation of new Shares shall be treated as if it formed part of the original capital of the Company and such Shares shall be subject to the provisions contained in these Articles with reference to the payment of calls and instalments, transfer and transmission, forfeiture, lien, cancellation, surrender, voting and otherwise. | New shares to form part of original capital | |
| 11 | (a) | Subject to the Statutes and where applicable, the Designated Stock Exchange Rules and without prejudice to any special rights of restrictions for the time being attached to any shares or any class of shares, all unissued Shares and other securities of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the Board and it may offer, allot (with or without conferring a right of renunciation), grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such times, for such consideration and generally on such terms (subject to Article 9) as it in its absolute discretion thinks fit, but so that no Shares shall be issued at a discount. The Board shall, as regards any offer or allotment of Shares, comply with the provisions of the Companies Act, if and so far as such provisions may be applicable thereto. In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Board is hereby empowered to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more classes or series of preferred shares and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, including, without limitation, the number of shares constituting each such class or series, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges, voting powers, full or limited or no voting powers, and liquidation preferences, and to increase or decrease the size of any such class or series (but not below the number of shares of any class or series of preferred shares then outstanding) to the extent permitted by Companies Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares may, to the extent permitted by law, provide that such class or series shall be superior to, rank equally with or be junior to the preferred shares of any other class or series. | Unissued Shares at the disposal of the Directors |
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| (c) | Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Companies Act or as the Designated Stock Exchange may from time to time determine, whichever is the shorter, after allotment or, except in the case of a transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgment of a transfer with the Company. | ||
| (d) | Upon every transfer of shares the certificate held by the transferor shall be given up to be cancelled, and shall forthwith be cancelled accordingly, and a new certificate shall be issued to the transferee in respect of the shares transferred to him at such fee as is provided in paragraph (e) of this Article. If any of the shares included in the certificate so given up shall be retained by the transferor a new certificate for the balance shall be issued to him at the aforesaid fee payable by the transferor to the Company in respect thereof. | ||
| (e) | The fee referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be an amount not exceeding the relevant maximum amount as the Designated Stock Exchange may from time to time determine provided that the Board may at any time determine a lower amount for such fee. | ||
| (f) | Every Share certificate of the Company shall bear legends required under the applicable laws, including the Securities Act. | ||
| 19 | (a) | In the case of a share held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one (1) certificate therefor and delivery of a certificate to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all such holders. | Joint holders |
| (b) | If any Shares shall stand in the names of two (2) or more persons, the person first named in the Register shall be deemed to be sole holder thereof as regards service of notice and, subject to the provisions of these Articles, all or any other matter connected with the Company, except the transfer of the Share. | ||
| 20 | If a share certificate is defaced, lost or destroyed, it may be replaced on payment of such fee (if any) and on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity, and on the payment of expenses of the Company in investigating such evidence and preparing such indemnity as the Board shall think fit and, in case of defacement, on delivery of the old certificate to the Company for cancellation. | Replacement of share certificates | |
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| 21 | The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every Share (not being a fully paid Share) for all moneys, whether presently payable or not, called or payable at a fixed time in respect of that Share; and the Company shall also have a first and paramount lien and charge on all Shares (other than fully paid-up Shares) standing registered in the name of a Shareholder, whether singly or jointly with any other person or persons, for all the debts and liabilities of such Shareholder or his estate to the Company and whether the same shall have been incurred before or after notice to the Company of any equitable or other interest of any person other than such Shareholder, and whether the period for the payment or discharge of the same shall have actually arrived or not, and notwithstanding that the same are joint debts or liabilities of such Shareholder or his estate and any other person, whether a Shareholder of the Company or not. The Company’s lien (if any) on a Share shall extend to all Dividends and bonuses declared in respect thereof. The Board may at any time either generally or in any particular case waive any lien that has arisen, or declare any Share to be exempt wholly or partially from the provisions of this Article. | Company’s lien | |
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| 35 | The Board may, if it thinks fit, receive from any Shareholder willing to advance the same, and either in money or money’s worth, all or any part of the money uncalled and unpaid or instalments payable upon any Shares held by him, and in respect of all or any of the moneys so advanced may pay interest at such rate (if any) not exceeding 20% per annum, as the Board may decide but a payment in advance of a call shall not entitle the Shareholder to receive any Dividend subsequently declared or to exercise any other rights or privileges as a Shareholder in respect of the Share or the due portion of the Shares upon which payment has been advanced by such Shareholder before it is called up. The Board may at any time repay the amount so advanced upon giving to such Shareholder not less than one (1) Month’s notice in writing of its intention on that behalf, unless before the expiration of such notice the amount so advanced shall have been called up on the Shares in respect of which it was advanced. |
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| 36 | Subject to the Statutes, all transfers of Shares shall be effected by transfer in writing in the usual or common form or in such other form as the Board may accept provided always that it shall be in such a form prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange and may be under hand only or, if the transferor or transferee is a Clearing House (or its nominee(s)) or a central depository house (or its nominee(s)), under hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other means of execution as the Board may approve from time to time. | Form of transfer | |
| 37 | The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and by or on behalf of the transferee provided that the Board may dispense with the execution of the instrument of transfer by the transferor or the transferee or accept mechanically executed transfers in any case in which it in its absolute discretion thinks fit to do so. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect thereof. Nothing in these Articles shall preclude the Board from recognising a renunciation of the allotment or provisional allotment of any Share by the allottee in favour of some other person. | Execution of transfer | |
| 38 | (a) | The Board may, in its absolute discretion at any time and from time to time, remove any Share on the principal Register to any branch Register or any Share on any branch Register to the principal Register or any other branch Register. | Shares registered on principal register, branch register, etc. |
| (b) | Unless the Board otherwise agrees (which agreement may be on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board in its absolute discretion may from time to time stipulate, and which agreement it shall, without giving any reason therefore, be entitled in its absolute discretion to give or withhold) no Shares on the principal Register shall be removed to any branch Register nor shall Shares on any branch Register be removed to the principal Register or any other branch Register and all removals and other documents of title relating to or affecting the title to any share or other securities of the Company shall be lodged for registration, and be registered, in the case of any Shares on a branch Register, at the Registered Office, and, in the case of any Shares on the principal Register, at the Transfer Office. | ||
| (c) | Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the Company shall as soon as practicable and on a regular basis record in the principal Register all removals of Shares effected on any branch Register and shall at all times maintain the principal Register and all branch Registers in all respects in accordance with the Companies Act. | ||
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| 44 | In the case of the death of a Shareholder, the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives of the deceased where he was a sole or only surviving holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest in the Shares; but nothing herein contained shall release the estate of a deceased holder (whether sole or joint) from any liability in respect of any Share solely or jointly held by him. | Deaths of registered holder or of joint holder of shares |
| 45 | Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Shareholder may, upon such evidence as to his title being produced as may from time to time be required by the Board, and subject as hereinafter provided, elect either to be registered himself as holder of the Share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the transferee thereof. | Registration of personal representatives and trustees in bankruptcy |
| 46 | If the person becoming entitled to a Share pursuant to Article 45 shall elect to be registered himself as the holder of such Share, he shall deliver or send to the Company a notice in writing signed by him, at (unless the Board otherwise agrees) the Registered Office, stating that he so elects. If he shall elect to have his nominee registered, he shall testify his election by executing a transfer of such Share to his nominee. All the limitations, restrictions and provisions of these Articles relating to the right to transfer and the registration of transfers of Shares shall be applicable to any such notice or transfer as aforesaid as if the death, bankruptcy or winding-up of the Shareholder had not occurred and the notice or transfer were a transfer executed by such Shareholder. | Notice of election to be registered of nominee |
| 47 | A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death, bankruptcy or winding-up of the holder shall be entitled to the same Dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the Share. However, the Board may, if it thinks fit, withhold the payment of any Dividend payable or other advantages in respect of such Share until such person shall become the registered holder of the Share or shall have effectually transferred such Share, but, subject to the requirements of Article 76 being met, such a person may vote at general meetings of the Company. | Retention of dividends, etc. until transmission of shares of a deceased or bankrupt shareholder |
| Forfeiture of Shares | ||
| 48 | If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call on the day appointed for payment thereof, the Board may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of the call or instalment remains unpaid, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 31, serve notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued and which may still accrue up to the date of actual payment. | If call or instalment not paid notice may be given |
| 49 | The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen (14) days from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and it shall also name the place where payment is to be made. The notice shall also state that, in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed, the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. | Content of notice of call |
| 50 | If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any Share in respect of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to that effect. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends and bonuses declared in respect of the forfeited Share and not actually paid before the forfeiture. The Board may accept the surrender of any Share liable to be forfeited hereunder and in such cases references in these Articles to forfeiture shall include surrender. | If notice not complied with shares may be forfeited |
| 51 | Any Share so forfeited shall be deemed to be the property of the Company, and may be re-allotted, sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Board thinks fit and at any time before a sale or disposition, the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Board thinks fit. | Forfeited shares to become property of Company |
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| 73 | The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which a poll has been demanded, and, with the consent of the chairman, it may be withdrawn at any time before the close of the meeting or the taking of the poll, whichever is the earlier. | Business may proceed notwithstanding demand for poll |
| 74 | If an amendment shall be proposed to any resolution under consideration but shall in good faith be ruled out of order by the chairman of the meeting, the proceedings shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling. In the case of a resolution duly proposed as a Special Resolution no amendment thereto (other than a mere clerical amendment to correct a patent error) may in any event be considered or voted upon. | Amendment of resolutions |
| Votes of Shareholders | ||
| 75 | Subject to any special rights, privileges or restrictions as to voting for the time being attached to any class or classes of Shares, at any general meeting on a poll every Shareholder present in person (or, in the case of a Shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy, shall have one (1) vote for every Share of which he is the holder which is fully paid or credited as fully paid (but so that no amount paid or credited as paid on a Share in advance of calls or instalments shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as paid on the Share), and on a show of hands every Shareholder who is present in person (or, in the case of a Shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy shall (save as provided otherwise in this Article) have one (1) vote. On a poll a Shareholder entitled to more than one (1) vote need not use all his votes or cast all his votes in the same way. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, where more than one (1) proxy is appointed by a Shareholder which is a Clearing House (or its nominee(s)) or a central depository house (or its nominee(s)), each such proxy shall have one (1) vote on a show of hands and on a poll, each such proxy is under no obligation to cast all his votes in the same way. | Votes of shareholders |
| 76 | Any person entitled under Article 47 to be registered as the holder of any Shares may vote at any general meeting in respect thereof in the same manner as if he were the registered holder of such Shares, provided that at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting or adjourned meeting (as the case may be) at which he proposes to vote, he shall satisfy the Board of his right to be registered as the holder of such Shares or the Board shall have previously admitted his right to vote at such meeting in respect thereof. | Votes in respect of deceased and bankrupt shareholders |
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Board of Directors
| 91 | Unless otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting, the number of Directors shall not be less than two (2). There shall be no maximum number of Directors unless otherwise determined from time to time by the Company in general meeting. The Directors shall be elected or appointed in accordance with Articles 103, 104 and 105 and shall hold office until their successors are elected or appointed. The Company shall keep at its Registered Office a register of its directors and officers in accordance with the Companies Act. | Number of Directors | |
| 92 | A Director may at any time, by notice in writing signed by him delivered to the Registered Office or at the Head Office or at a meeting of the Board, appoint any person (including another Director) to act as alternate Director in his place during his absence and may in like manner at any time determine such appointment. If such person is not another Director such appointment unless previously approved by the Board shall have effect only upon and subject to being so approved. Any person so appointed shall have all the rights and powers of the Director or Directors for whom such person is appointed in the alternative provided that such person shall not be counted more than once in determining whether or not a quorum is present. An alternate Director may be removed at any time by the body which appointed him and, subject thereto, the office appointment of an alternate Director shall continue until the happening of any event which, were he a Director, would cause him to vacate such office or if his appointor ceases to be a Director. Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be effected by notice signed by the appointor and delivered to the Office or head office or tendered at a meeting of the Board. An alternate Director may act as alternate to more than one Director. An alternate Director shall ipso facto cease to be an alternate Director if his appointor ceases for any reason to be a Director, however, such alternate Director or any other person may be re-appointed by the Directors to serve as an alternate Director PROVIDED always that, if at any meeting any Director retires but is re-elected at the same meeting, any appointment of such alternate Director pursuant to these Articles which was in force immediately before his retirement shall remain in force as though he had not retired. | Alternate Directors | |
| 93 | (a) | An alternate Director shall (subject to his giving to the Company an address, telephone and facsimile number within the territory of the Head Office for the time being for the giving of notices on him and except when absent from the territory in which the Head Office is for the time being situate) be entitled (in addition to his appointor) to receive and (in lieu of his appointor) to waive notices of meetings of the Board and of any committee of the Board of which his appointor is a member and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purposes of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he (instead of his appointor) were a Director. If he shall be himself a Director or shall attend any such meeting as an alternate for more than one Director his voting rights shall be cumulative. If his appointor is for the time being absent from the territory in which the Head Office is for the time being situate or otherwise not available or unable to act, his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors or any such committee shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor. His attestation of the affixing of the Seal shall be as effective as the signature and attestation of his appointor. An alternate Director shall not, save as aforesaid, have power to act as a Director nor shall he be deemed to be a Director for the purposes of these Articles. | Rights of Alternate Directors |
| (b) | An alternate Director shall be entitled to contract and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements or transactions and to be repaid expenses and to be indemnified to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director, but he shall not be entitled to receive from the Company in respect of his appointment as alternate Director any remuneration except only such part (if any) of the ordinary remuneration otherwise payable to his appointor as such appointor may by notice in writing to the Company from time to time direct. | ||
| (c) | A certificate by a Director (including for the purpose of this paragraph (c) an alternate Director) or the Secretary that a Director (who may be the one signing the certificate) was at the time of a resolution of the Directors or any committee thereof absent from the territory of the Head Office or otherwise not available or unable to act or has not supplied an address, telephone and facsimile number within the territory of the Head Office for the purposes of giving of notice to him shall in favour of all persons without express notice to the contrary, be conclusive of the matter so certified. | ||
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| 119 | The Board may meet together for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings and proceedings as it thinks fit and may determine the quorum necessary for the transaction of business. Unless otherwise determined two (2) Directors shall be a quorum. For the purpose of this Article an alternate Director shall be counted in a quorum separately in respect of himself (if a Director) and in respect of each Director for whom he is an alternate and his voting rights shall be cumulative and he need not use all his votes or cast all his votes in the same way. A meeting of the Board or any committee of the Board may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. | Meeting of Directors, quorum, etc. | |
| 120 | A Director may, and on the request of a Director the Secretary shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Board which may be held in any part of the world, but no such meeting shall be summoned to be held outside the territory in which the Head Office is for the time being situate without the prior approval of the Board. Notice thereof shall be given to each Director and alternate Director in person orally or in writing or by telephone or by telex or telegram or facsimile transmission at the telephone or facsimile number or address from time to time notified to the Company by such Director or in such other manner as the Board may from time to time determine. A Director absent or intending to be absent from the territory in which the Head Office is for the time being situate may request the Board or the Secretary that notices of Board meetings shall during his absence be sent in writing to him at his last known address, facsimile or telex number or any other address, facsimile or telex number given by him to the Company for this purpose, but such notices need not be given any earlier than notices given to the other Directors not so absent and in the absence of any such request it shall not be necessary to give notice of a Board meeting to any Director who is for the time being absent from such territory. | Convening of Meetings of Directors | |
| 121 | Subject to Article 102, questions arising at any meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of votes, and in case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote. A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled in the absence of his appointor to a separate vote on behalf of his appointor in addition to his own vote. | How questions to be decided | |
| 122 | A meeting of the Board for the time being at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all or any of the authorities, powers and discretions by or under these Articles for the time being vested in or exercisable by the Board generally. | Powers of meeting | |
| 123 | (a) | Subject to applicable law and the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, the Board may delegate any of their powers to any committee (including, without limitation, an Audit Committee, Compensation Committee or Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee), consisting of one or more Directors. They may also delegate to any managing Director or any Director holding any other office such of their powers as they consider desirable to be exercised by him. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of its own powers and may be revoked or altered. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee with two (2) or more Members shall be governed by the provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors so far as they are capable of applying. Where a provision of the Articles refers to the exercise of a power, authority or discretion by the Directors and that power, authority or discretion has been delegated by the Directors to a committee, the provision shall be construed as permitting the exercise of the power, authority or discretion by the committee. | Power to appoint committee and to delegate |
| (b) | The Board may delegate any of its powers to any other committees consisting of such Director or Directors and other person(s) as it thinks fit, and they may from time to time revoke such delegation or revoke the appointment of and discharge any such committees either wholly or in part, and either as to persons or purposes, but every committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may from time to time be imposed upon it by the Board. | ||
| 124 | All acts done by any such committee in conformity with such regulations and in fulfilment of the purposes for which it is appointed, but not otherwise, shall have the like force and effect as if done by the Board, and the Board (or if the Board delegates such power, the committee) shall have power to remunerate the members of any special committee, and charge such remuneration to the current expenses of the Company. | Act of committee to be of same effect as acts of Directors | |
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| 125 | The meetings and proceedings of any such committee consisting of two (2) or more members shall be governed by the provisions herein contained for regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board so far as the same are applicable thereto and are not replaced by any regulations imposed by the Board pursuant to Article 123, indicating, without limitation, any committee charter adopted by the Board for purposes or in respect of any such committee. | Proceedings of committee | ||
| 126 | All acts bona fide done by any meeting of the Board or by any such committee or by any person acting as a Director shall, notwithstanding that it shall be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of such Director or persons acting as aforesaid or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director or member of such committee. | When acts of Directors or committee to be valid | ||
| 127 | The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but, if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of the Board meeting, the continuing Director or Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to that number of the necessary quorum or of summoning a general meeting of the Company but for no other purpose. | Directors’ powers when vacancies exist | ||
| 128 | (a) | A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors (or their respective alternate Directors) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Board duly convened and held. Any such resolutions in writing may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more of the Directors or alternate Directors. | Directors’ written resolutions | |
| (b) | Where a Director is, on the date on which a resolution in writing is last signed by a Director, absent from the territory in which the Head Office is for the time being situated, or cannot be contacted at his last known address or contact telephone or facsimile number, or is temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability and, in each case, his alternate (if any) is affected by any of these events, the signature of such Director (or his alternate) to the resolution shall not be required, and the resolution in writing, so long as such a resolution shall have been signed by at least two (2) Directors or their respective alternates who are entitled to vote thereon or such number of Directors as shall form a quorum, shall be deemed to have been passed at a meeting of the Board duly convened and held, provided that a copy of such resolution has been given or the contents thereof communicated to all the Directors (or their respective alternates) for the time being entitled to receive notices of meetings of the Board at their respective last known address, telephone or facsimile number or, if none, at the Head Office and provided further that no Director is aware of or has received from any Director any objection to the resolution. | |||
| (c) | A certificate signed by a Director (who may be one of the signatories to the relevant resolution in writing) or the Secretary as to any of the matters referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Article shall in the absence of express notice to the contrary of the person relying thereon, be conclusive of the matters stated on such certificate. | |||
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| Capitalisation of Reserves | |||
| 140 | (a) | The Board may resolve to capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts which are available for distribution (including its share premium account and capital redemption reserve fund, subject to the Companies Act) and to appropriate such sums to the holders of Shares on the Register at the close of business on the date of the relevant resolution (or such other date as may be specified therein or determined as provided therein) in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst them had the same been a distribution of profits by way of Dividend and to apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued Shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid-up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. | Power to capitalise |
| (b) | Subject to the Companies Act, whenever such a resolution as aforesaid shall have been passed, the Board shall make all appropriations and applications of the reserves or profits and undivided profits resolved to be capitalised thereby, and attend to all allotments and issues of fully paid Shares, debentures, or other securities and generally shall do all acts and things required to give effect thereto. For the purpose of giving effect to any resolution under this Article, the Board may settle any difficulty which may arise in regard to a capitalisation issue as it thinks fit, and in particular may disregard fractional entitlements or round the same up or down and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Shareholders in lieu of fractional entitlements or that fractions of such value as the Board may determine may be disregarded in order to adjust the rights of all parties or that fractional entitlements shall be aggregated and sold and the benefit shall accrue to the Company rather than to the Shareholders concerned, and no Shareholders who are affected thereby shall be deemed to be, and they shall be deemed not to be, a separate class of Shareholders by reason only of the exercise of this power. The Board may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all Shareholders interested in a capitalisation issue any agreement with the Company or other(s) providing for such capitalisation and matters in connection therewith and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding upon all concerned. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such agreement may provide for the acceptance by such persons of the Shares, debentures or other securities to be allotted and distributed to them respectively in satisfaction of their claims in respect of the sum so capitalised. | Effect of resolution to capitalise | |
| (c) | The provisions of paragraph (e) of Article 147 shall apply to the power of the Company to capitalise under this Article as it applies to the grant of election thereunder mutatis mutandis and no Shareholder who may be affected thereby shall be, and they shall be deemed not to be, a separate class of Shareholders by reason only of the exercise of this power. | ||
| Dividends and Reserves | |||
| 141 | Subject to the Companies Act and these Articles, the Company in general meeting may declare Dividends in any currency but no Dividends shall exceed the amount recommended by the Board. | Power to declare dividends | |
| 142 | (a) | The Board may subject to Article 143 from time to time pay to the Shareholders such interim Dividends as appear to the Board to be justified by the financial conditions and the profits of the Company and, in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes, the Board may pay such interim Dividends in respect of those Shares in the capital of the Company which confer to the holders thereof deferred or non-preferential rights as well as in respect of those Shares which confer on the holders thereof preferential rights with regard to Dividend and provided that the Board acts bona fide it shall not incur any responsibility to the holders of Shares conferring any preference for any damage that they may suffer by reason of the payment of an interim Dividend on any Shares having deferred or non-preferential rights. | Board’s power to pay interim dividends |
| (b) | The Board may also pay half-yearly or at other suitable intervals to be settled by it any Dividend which may be payable at a fixed rate if the Board is of the opinion that the financial conditions and the profits of the Company justify the payment. | ||
| (c) | The Board may in addition from time to time declare and pay special Dividends of such amounts and on such dates and out of such distributable funds of the Company as it thinks fit, and the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article as regards the power and exemption from liability of the Board as relate to the declaration and payment of interim Dividends shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the declaration and payment of any such special Dividends. | ||
| 143 | (a) | No Dividend shall be declared or paid or shall be made otherwise than in accordance with the Companies Act. | Dividends not to be paid out of capital |
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| (b) | The Shares allotted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article shall rank pari passu in all respects with the Shares then in issue and held by the allottee in respect of which they were allotted, save only as regards participation: | |||
| (i) | in the relevant Dividend (or the right to receive or to elect to receive an allotment of Shares in lieu thereof as aforesaid); or | |||
| (ii) | in any other distributions, bonuses or rights paid, made, declared or announced prior to or contemporaneously with the payment or declaration of the relevant Dividend unless, contemporaneously with the announcement by the Board of its proposal to apply the provisions of sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) of this Article in relation to the relevant Dividend or contemporaneously with its announcement of the distribution, bonus or rights in question, the Board shall have specified that the Shares to be allotted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article shall rank for participation in such distribution, bonus or rights. | |||
| (c) | The Board may do all acts and things considered necessary or expedient to give effect to any capitalisation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article with full power to the Board to make such provisions as it thinks fit in the case of Shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby, in whole or in part, fractional entitlements are aggregated and sold and the net proceeds distributed to those entitled, or are disregarded or rounded up or down or whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrues to the Company rather than to the Shareholders concerned), and no Shareholders who will be affected thereby shall be, and they shall be deemed not to be, a separate class of Shareholders by reason only of the exercise of this power. The Board may authorise any person to enter into on behalf of all Shareholders interested, an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental thereto and any agreement made pursuant to such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned. | |||
| (d) | The Company may upon the recommendation of the Board by Ordinary Resolution resolve in respect of any one particular Dividend that notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article a Dividend may be satisfied wholly in the form of an allotment of Shares credited as fully paid without offering any right to Shareholders to elect to receive such Dividend in cash in lieu of such allotment. | |||
| (e) | The Board may on any occasion determine that rights of election and the allotment of Shares under paragraph (a) of this Article shall not be made available or made to any Shareholders with registered addresses in any territory where in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities the circulation of an offer of such rights of election or the allotment of Shares would or might be unlawful or impracticable or the legality or practicability of which may be time consuming or expensive to ascertain whether in absolute terms or in relation to the value of the holding of Shares of the Shareholder concerned, and in such event the provisions aforesaid shall be read and construed subject to such determination and no Shareholder who may be affected by any such determination shall be, and they shall be deemed not to be, a separate class of Shareholders for any purposes whatsoever. | |||
| (f) | Subject to the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, any resolution declaring a Dividend or other distribution on Shares of any class, whether a resolution of the Company in general meeting or a resolution of the Board, may specify that the same shall be payable or made to the persons registered as the holder of such Shares at the close of business on a particular date or at a particular time on a particular date, and thereupon the Dividend or other distribution shall be payable or made to them in accordance with their respective holdings so registered, but without prejudice to the rights inter se in respect of such Dividend or other distribution between the transferors and transferees of any such Shares. The provisions of this Article shall mutatis mutandis apply to determining the Shareholders entitled to receive notice and vote at any general meeting of the Company, bonuses, capitalisation issues, distributions of realised and unrealised capital profits or other distributable reserves or accounts of the Company and offers or grants made by the Company to the Shareholders. | |||
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| 166 | (a) | Except where otherwise expressly stated, any notice or document to be given to or by any person pursuant to these Articles shall be in writing or, to the extent permitted by the Companies Act and the Designated Stock Exchange Rules from time to time and subject to this Article, contained in an electronic communication. A notice calling a meeting of the Board need not be in writing. | Service of notices |
| (b) | Except where otherwise expressly stated, any notice or document to be given to or by any person pursuant to these Articles may be served on or delivered to any Shareholder either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid envelope or wrapper addressed to such Shareholder at his registered address as appearing in the register or by leaving it at that address addressed to the Shareholder or by any other means authorised in writing by the Shareholder concerned or (other than share certificate) by publishing it by way of advertisement in the appropriate newspapers in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange. In case of joint holders of a share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the register and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing but subject to the Companies Act and the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, a notice or document may be served or delivered by the Company to any Shareholder by electronic means to such address as may from time to time be authorised by the Shareholder concerned or by publishing it on a website and notifying the Shareholder concerned that it has been so published. | ||
| (c) | Any such notice or document may be served or delivered by the Company by reference to the register as it stands at any time not more than fifteen (15) days before the date of service or delivery. No change in the register after that time shall invalidate that service or delivery. Where any notice or document is served or delivered to any person in respect of a share in accordance with these Articles, no person deriving any title or interest in that share shall be entitled to any further service or delivery of that notice or document. | ||
| (d) | Any notice or document required to be sent to or served upon the Company, or upon any officer of the Company, may be sent or served by leaving the same or sending it through the post in a prepaid envelope or wrapper addressed to the Company or to such officer at the Head Office or Registered Office. | ||
| (e) | The Board may from time to time specify the form and manner in which a notice may be given to the Company by electronic means, including one or more addresses for the receipt of an electronic communication, and may prescribe such procedures as they think fit for verifying the authenticity or integrity of any such electronic communication. Any notice may be given to the Company by electronic means only if it is given in accordance with the requirements specified by the Board. | ||
| 167 | (a) | Any Shareholder who fails (and, where a Share is held by joint holders, where the first joint holder named on the register fails) to supply his registered address or a correct registered address to the Company for service of notices and documents on him shall not (and where a Share is held by joint holders, none of the other joint holders whether or not they have supplied a registered address shall) be entitled to service of any notice or documents by the Company and any notice or document which is otherwise required to be served on him may, if the Board in its absolute discretion so elects (and subject to them re-electing otherwise from time to time), be served, in the case of notices, by displaying a copy of such notice conspicuously at the Registered Office and the Head Office or, if the Board sees fit, by advertisement in the appropriate newspapers in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange, and, in the case of documents, by posting up a notice conspicuously at the Registered Office and the Head Office addressed to such Shareholder which notice shall state the address at which he served in the manner so described which shall be sufficient service as regards Shareholders with no registered or incorrect addresses, provided that nothing in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as requiring the Company to serve any notice or document on any Shareholder with no or an incorrect registered address for the service of notice or document on him or on any Shareholder other than the first named on the register of members of the Company. | |
| (b) | If on three (3) consecutive occasions notices or other documents have been sent through the post to any Shareholder (or, in the case of joint holders of a share, the first holder named on the register) at his registered address but have been returned undelivered, such Shareholder (and, in the case of joint holders of a Share, all other joint holders of the share) shall not thereafter be entitled to receive or be served (save as the Board may elect otherwise pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Article) and shall be deemed to have waived the service of notices and other documents from the Company until he shall have communicated with the Company and supplied in writing a new registered address for the service of notices on him. | ||
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| 176 | If the Company shall be wound up (in whatever manner) the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution and any other sanction required by the Companies Act, divide among the Shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company whether the assets shall consist of property of one kind or shall consist of properties of different kinds and the liquidator may, for such purpose, set such value as he deems fair upon any one or more class or classes of property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different classes of Shareholders and the Shareholders within each class. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of Shareholders as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any Shares or other assets upon which there is a liability. | Assets may be distributed in specie | ||
| Indemnity | ||||
| 177 | The Directors, alternate Directors, Secretary and other officers for the time being of the Company and the trustees (if any) for the time being acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company, and their respective executors or administrators, shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets of the Company from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them, their or any of their executors or administrators, shall or may incur or sustain by reason of any act done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty or supposed duty in their respective offices or trusts, except such (if any) as they shall incur or sustain through their own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud, and none of them shall be answerable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other of them, or for joining in any receipt for the sake of conformity, or for any bankers or other persons with whom any moneys or effects of the Company shall be lodged or deposited for safe custody, or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security upon which any moneys of the Company shall be placed out or invested, or for any other loss, misfortune or damage which may arise in the execution of their respective offices or trusts, or in relation thereto, except as the same shall happen by or through their own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud. The Company may take out and pay the premium and other moneys for the maintenance of insurance, bonds and other instruments for the benefit either of the Company or the Directors (and/or other officers) or any of them to indemnify the Company and/or Directors (and/or other officers) named therein for this purpose against any loss, damage, liability and claim which they may suffer or sustain in connection with any breach by the Directors (and/or other officers) or any of them of their duties to the Company. | Indemnity | ||
| Untraceable Shareholders | ||||
| 178 | The Company may exercise the power to cease sending cheques for Dividend entitlements or Dividend warrants by post if such cheques or warrants remain uncashed on two (2) consecutive occasions or after the first occasion on which such a cheque or warrant is returned undelivered. | Company ceases sending dividend warrants etc. | ||
| 179 | (a) | The Company shall have the power to sell, in such manner as the Board thinks fit, any Shares of a Shareholder who is untraceable, but no such sale shall be made unless: | Company may sell shares of untraceable shareholders | |
| (i) | during the period of twelve (12) years prior to the date of the advertisements referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) below (or, if published more than once, the first thereof) at least three (3) Dividends or other distributions in respect of the Shares in question have become payable or been made and no Dividend or other distribution in respect of the Shares during that period has been claimed; | |||
| (ii) | the Company has caused an advertisement to be inserted in newspapers of its intention to sell such Shares and a period of three (3) months has elapsed since the date of such advertisement (or, if published more than once, the first thereof); and | |||
| (iii) | the Company has not at any time during the said periods of twelve (12) years and three (3) months received any indication of the existence of the holder of such Shares or of a person entitled to such Shares by death, bankruptcy or operation of law. | |||
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| (b) | To give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise any person to transfer the said Shares and the instrument of transfer signed or otherwise executed by or on behalf of such person shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the registered holder or the person entitled by transmission to such Shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale. The net proceeds of the sale will belong to the Company and upon receipt by the Company of such proceeds it shall become indebted to the former Shareholder for an amount equal to such net proceeds. Notwithstanding any entries made by the Company in any of its books or otherwise howsoever, no trusts shall be created in respect of such debt and no interest shall be payable in respect of it and the Company shall not be required to account for any money earned from the net proceeds which may be employed in the business of the Company or as it thinks fit. Any sale under this Article shall be valid and effective notwithstanding that the Shareholder holding the Shares sold is dead, bankrupt, wound up or otherwise under any legal disability or incapacity. | |||
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| 180 | The Company may destroy: | Destruction of documents | ||
| (a) | any share certificate which has been cancelled at any time after the expiry of one year from the date of such cancellation; | |||
| (b) | any dividend mandate or any variation or cancellation thereof or any notification of change of name or address at any time after the expiry of two (2) years from the date on which such mandate, variation, cancellation or notification was recorded by the Company; | |||
| (c) | any instrument of transfer of Shares which has been registered at any time after the expiry of six (6) years from the date of registration; | |||
| (d) | any other document, on the basis of which any entry in the Register is made, at any time after the expiry of six (6) years from the date on which an entry in the Register was first made in respect of it; | |||
| and it shall conclusively be presumed in favour of the Company that every Share certificate so destroyed was a valid certificate duly and properly cancelled and that every instrument of transfer so destroyed was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered and that every other document destroyed hereunder was a valid and effective document in accordance with the recorded particulars thereof in the books or records of the Company provided always that: | ||||
| (i) | the foregoing provisions of this Article shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice to the Company that the preservation of such document was relevant to a claim; | |||
| (ii) | nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as imposing upon the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any such document earlier than as aforesaid or in any case where the conditions of proviso (i) above are not fulfilled; and | |||
| (iii) | references in this Article to the destruction of any document include reference to its disposal in any manner. | |||
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Exhibit 2.1
SHARE CERTIFICATE
OF
HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP.
INCORPORATED IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
Authorised Capital: US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE UNDERMENTIONED PERSON / CORPORATION IS THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THE SHARE(S) SPECIFIED HEREUNDER SUBJECT TO THE LAWS GOVERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMPANY
| NAME AND ADDRESS | NO. OF SHARE(S) | CERTIFICATE NUMBER | DATE OF ISSUE |
| [**] | - [**] - Class A Ordinary Shares |
- [**] - | [**] |
EXECUTED AS A DEED BY THE COMPANY ON THE DATE STATED ABOVE
| Director |
NO TRANSFER OF ANY OF THE ABOVE SHARES CAN BE REGISTERED UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
Exhibit 2.2
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated June 30, 2025, is made by and among JVSPAC Acquisition Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Company”), Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“PubCo”), and Winky Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Sponsor”) (together with any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.2 of this Agreement, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) and amends certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “Existing Registration Rights Agreement”), dated January 18, 2024, by and among the Company and the original Holders. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Company, PubCo, the Sponsor, Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore (“Hotel101 Global”), Hotel of Asia, Inc., a company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Philippines (“Hotel of Asia” and together with Hotel101 Global, the “Target Parties”), DoubleDragon Corporation, a company incorporated under the laws of the Philippines and listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (“DoubleDragon”), DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DoubleDragon (“DDPC”), Hotel101 Worldwide Private Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore (“Hotel101 Worldwide”, and together with DDPC and DoubleDragon, the “Principal Shareholders”), HGHC 4 Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 1”), and HGHC 3 Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 2”) entered into an agreement and plan of merger, dated as of April 8, 2024 (as amended on September 3, 2024, and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) Hotel101 Global and will amalgamate and continue as one company (the “Amalgamation”), with Hotel101 Global being the surviving entity and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo, and (ii) Merger Sub 2 will merge with and into the Company (the “SPAC Merger” and, together with the Amalgamation, the “Transactions”), with the Company being the surviving entity and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo, and as a result of the Transactions, the holders of ordinary shares of Hotel101 Global and the holders of common stock of the Company will become holders of ordinary shares of PubCo (the “PubCo Ordinary Shares”).
WHEREAS, in connection with the Transactions, the Company desires to assign all of its right, title and interest in the Existing Registration Rights Agreement to PubCo and PubCo wishes to accept such assignment and assume all of the Company’s obligations under the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| 1. | Assignment and Assumption; Consent. |
| 1.1 | Assignment and Assumption. As of and with effect on and from the SPAC Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Company hereby assigns to PubCo all of the Company’s right, title and interest in and to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (as amended hereby) and PubCo hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of the Company’s obligations under the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (as amended hereby) arising on, from and after the SPAC Merger Effective Time. |
| 1.2 | Consent. PubCo hereby consents to (i) the assignment of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement by the Company to PubCo and the assumption of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement by PubCo from the Company pursuant to Section 1.1, in each case effective as of the SPAC Merger Effective Time, and (ii) the continuation of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (as amended hereby) in full force and effect from and after the SPAC Merger Effective Time. |
| 2. | Amendment of Existing Registration Rights Agreement. |
| 2.1 | Effective as of the SPAC Merger Effective Time, the Company and the Holders hereby amend the Existing Registration Rights Agreement as provided in this Section 2, and acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Registration Rights Agreement set forth in this Section 2 are to provide Holders the registration rights pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (in connection with the Transactions and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement). |
| 2.2 | References to the Company. All references to the “Company” in the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall refer to PubCo. |
| 2.3 | References to Business Combination. All references to “Business Combination” in the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall refer to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and references to “the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination” and all variations thereof in the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall refer to the SPAC Merger Effective Time. |
| 2.4 | References to stockholder. All references to a “shareholder” of the Company in the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be construed as a reference to a “shareholder” of PubCo. |
| 3. | Miscellaneous Provisions. |
| 3.1 | Effectiveness of the Amendment. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be expressly subject to the occurrence of the Transactions and the substantially contemporaneous occurrence of the SPAC Merger Effective Time, and shall automatically be terminated and shall be null and void if the Merger Agreement shall be terminated for any reason. |
| 3.2 | Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of PubCo, the Company or the Holders shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and permitted assigns. |
| 3.3 | Applicable Law and Exclusive Forum. The validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York. Subject to applicable law, each of PubCo and the Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. Each of PubCo and the Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. |
| 3.4 | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement. |
| 3.5 | Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof. |
| 3.6 | Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
| JVSPAC ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
| By: | /s/ Albert Wong | ||
| Name: | Albert Wong | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP. | |||
| By: | /s/ Marriana Henares Yulo | ||
| Name: | Marriana Henares Yulo | ||
| Title: | Director and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| By: | /s/ Rodolfo Ma. Allena Ponferrada | ||
| Name: | Rodolfo Ma. Allena Ponferrada | ||
| Title: | Executive Chairman and Director | ||
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| “SPONSOR” / “HOLDER” Winky Investments Limited | |||
| By: | /s/ Albert Wong | ||
| Name: | Albert Wong | ||
| Title: | Director | ||
[Signature Page to Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]
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Exhibit 4.3
Execution version
| ARTICLES OF MERGER |
THESE ARTICLES OF MERGER are made on 30 June 2025 between:
| (1) | HGHC 3 Corp., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, with company number 2143914, whose registered office is at Trinity Chambers, PO Box 4301, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the Merging Company); and |
| (2) | JVSPAC Acquisition Corp., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, with company number 2060649, whose registered office is at Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands (the Surviving Company). |
BACKGROUND
| (A) | The parties wish to merge in accordance with the Act. |
| (B) | The parties are entering into these Articles of Merger for the purposes of the Act. |
IT IS AGREED as follows.
| 1. | In these Articles of Merger: |
| (a) | Act means the BVI Business Companies Act 2004, as amended; |
| (b) | Plan of Merger means the plan of merger for the merger between the parties dated 30 June 2025, a copy of which is attached to these Articles of Merger and marked A; and |
| (c) | definitions in the Plan of Merger and the Act apply in these Articles of Merger unless the context requires otherwise or the term is defined in these Articles of Merger. |
| 2. | The Plan of Merger is approved. |
| 3. | The Merger will take place at the Effective Time as defined in the Plan of Merger. |
| 4. | The memorandum and articles of association of the Merging Company were registered by the BVI Registrar on 13 March 2024. |
| 5. | The memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Company were registered by the BVI Registrar on 18 January 2024. |
| 6. | The Merger was approved on behalf of the Merging Company by resolutions of its: |
| (a) | sole director passed on 5 April 2024 and 23 June 2025; and |
| (b) | sole shareholder passed on 5 April 2024 and 23 June 2025. |
| 7. | The Merger was approved on behalf of the Surviving Company by resolutions of its: |
| (a) | directors passed on 7 April 2024, 2 September 2024 and 23 June 2025; and |
| (b) | shareholders passed on 24 June 2025. |
| 8. | These Articles of Merger may be executed in any number of counterparts. This has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of these Articles of Merger. |
| 9. | The laws of the British Virgin Islands govern these Articles of Merger and their interpretation. |
Signatures
| Merging Company | |||
| Signed for and on behalf of | |||
| HGHC 3 Corp. | |||
| By: | /s/ Marriana Henares YULO | ||
| Name: | Marriana Henares YULO | ||
| Title: | Director | ||
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Signatures
| Surviving Company | |||
| Signed for and on behalf of | |||
| JVSPAC Acquisition Corp. | |||
| By: | /s/ Cheuk Fai Albert Wong | ||
| Name: | Cheuk Fai Albert Wong | ||
| Title: | Director | ||
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A
Plan of Merger
Execution version
| PLAN OF MERGER |
THIS PLAN OF MERGER is made on 30 June 2025 between:
| (1) | HGHC 3 Corp., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, with company number 2143914, whose registered office is at Trinity Chambers, PO Box 4301, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the Merging Company); and |
| (2) | JVSPAC Acquisition Corp., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, with company number 2060649, whose registered office is at Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands (the Surviving Company or the SPAC). |
BACKGROUND
| (A) | Hotel101 Global Pte Ltd., Hotel of Asia, Inc., DoubleDragon Corporation, DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd., Hotel101 Worldwide Private Limited, the SPAC, Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. (the PubCo), HGHC 4 Pte. Ltd. and the Merging Company have entered into an agreement and plan of merger dated 8 April 2024 and a first amendment to agreement and plan of merger dated 3 September 2024 (together, the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which, among other things, the Merging Company will merge with and into the Surviving Company, with the Surviving Company being the surviving company in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein. |
| (B) | The parties to this Plan of Merger wish to merge in accordance with the Act. |
| (C) | This Plan of Merger is the plan of merger for the Merger for the purposes of the Act. |
| (D) | Terms not otherwise defined in this Plan of Merger shall have the meanings given to them under the Merger Agreement. |
IT IS AGREED as follows.
| 1. | In this Plan of Merger: |
| (a) | Act means the BVI Business Companies Act 2004, as amended; |
| (b) | Articles of Merger means the articles of merger for the Merger executed by the Merging Company and the SPAC, in accordance with the requirements of the Act; |
| (c) | BVI Registrar means the registrar of corporate affairs of the British Virgin Islands appointed under the Act; |
| (d) | Effective Time means the time on the date the Articles of Merger in respect of the Merger are registered by the BVI Registrar; |
| (e) | Merger means the merger between the Merging Company and the SPAC pursuant to this Plan of Merger, with the SPAC being the surviving company; |
| (f) | PubCo Ordinary Share means a class A ordinary share of the PubCo; |
| (g) | SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares means the class A ordinary shares with no par value of the SPAC; |
| (h) | SPAC Class B Ordinary Shares means the class B ordinary shares with no par value of the SPAC; |
| (i) | SPAC Ordinary Shares means the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares and the SPAC Class B Ordinary Shares; and |
| (j) | definitions in the Act apply in this Plan of Merger unless the context requires otherwise. |
| 2. | The Merging Company and the SPAC are the constituent companies. |
| 3. | The SPAC is the surviving company, which shall continue to be named "JVSPAC Acquisition Corp.". |
| 4. | The Merging Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 50,000 ordinary shares of a single class with a par value of US$1.00. |
| 5. | The Merging Company has one ordinary share in issue, each of which is entitled to vote on the Merger as one class. |
| 6. | The SPAC is authorised to issue a maximum of 111,000,000 shares with no par value divided into 100,000,000 class A ordinary shares, 10,000,000 class B ordinary shares and 1,000,000 preferred shares. |
| 7. | The SPAC has 607,398 class A ordinary shares and 1,437,500 class B ordinary shares in issue, each of which are entitled to vote on the Merger. No preferred shares of the SPAC are issued and outstanding. |
| 8. | The Merger will take place at the Effective Time. |
| 9. | The terms and conditions of the Merger, including the manner and basis of converting shares in each constituent company into shares in the Surviving Company or into other property, are set out in the Merger Agreement. In particular, at the Effective Time, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger: |
| (a) | each SPAC Ordinary Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than the SPAC Dissenting Shares (as defined below)) shall automatically be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive, without interest, one PubCo Ordinary Share; |
| (b) | if there are any SPAC Ordinary Shares that are owned by the SPAC as treasury shares or any SPAC Ordinary Shares owned by any direct or indirect subsidiary of the SPAC immediately prior to the Effective Time, such SPAC Ordinary Shares shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist without any conversion thereof or payment or other consideration therefor; |
| (c) | each SPAC Ordinary Share (the SPAC Dissenting Shares) owned by SPAC shareholders who have validly exercised and not effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to dissent from the Merger pursuant to the Act (the SPAC Dissenting Shareholders) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable payments set forth in the Merger Agreement, unless and until such SPAC Dissenting Shareholder effectively withdraws its demand for, or loses its rights to, dissent from the Merger pursuant to the Act with respect to any SPAC Dissenting Shares; |
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| (d) | each share of the Merging Company that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically convert into one class A ordinary share of the Surviving Company, which shall constitute the only outstanding share of the Surviving Company; and |
| (e) | the Surviving Company will automatically: |
| (i) | have vested in it all assets of every description, including choses in action and business of each constituent company, and all rights, privileges, immunities, powers, objects and purposes of each constituent company; and |
| (ii) | be liable for all claims against, debts, liabilities and obligations of each constituent company. |
| 10. | The current memorandum and articles of association of the SPAC shall remain as the memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Company until such time as duly altered or amended. |
| 11. | The directors of the Surviving Company shall be Rizza Marie Joy Sia Javelona, Marriana Henares Yulo, Pearl Anne Anota Escote and Jose Roelph Eudela Desales. |
| 12. | Each party will execute any document of any kind, and do any other act or thing, that is reasonably necessary to give effect to the Merger. |
| 13. | This Plan of Merger may be executed in any number of counterparts. This has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Plan of Merger. |
| 14. | The laws of the British Virgin Islands govern this Plan of Merger and its interpretation. |
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Signatures
| Merging Company | |||
| Signed for and on behalf of | |||
| HGHC 3 Corp. | |||
| By: | /s/ Marriana Henares YULO | ||
| Name: | Marriana Henares YULO | ||
| Title: | Director | ||
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Signatures
| Surviving Company | |||
| Signed for and on behalf of | |||
| JVSPAC Acquisition Corp. | |||
| By: | /s/ Cheuk Fai Albert Wong | ||
| Name: | Cheuk Fai Albert Wong | ||
| Title: | Director | ||
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Exhibit 4.4
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EXECUTION
Dated 30 December 2024
DDPC WORLDWIDE PTE. LTD.
and
HOTEL101 GLOBAL PTE. LTD.
Transfer AGREEMENT
in
respect of
20 Cecil Street #04-03 and #04-04 Singapore 049705
Allen & Gledhill LLP
One Marina Boulevard #28-00 Singapore 018989
Tel: +65 6890 7188 | Fax +65 6327 3800
allenandgledhill.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Contents | Page | ||
| 1. | INTERPRETATION | 1 | |
| 2. | TRANSFER | 3 | |
| 3. | CONSIDERATION | 3 | |
| 4. | TITLE | 4 | |
| 5. | INCIDENTS OF TENURE | 4 | |
| 6. | TRANSFEROR’S UNDERTAKINGS | 4 | |
| 7. | STATE AND CONDITION OF THE PROPERTIES | 5 | |
| 8. | TENANCY AGREEMENT | 6 | |
| 9. | COMPLETION | 6 | |
| 10. | PROPERTY TAX | 8 | |
| 11. | APPORTIONMENTS | 8 | |
| 12. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 8 | |
| 13. | LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE’S CONDITIONS OF SALE 2020 | 9 | |
| 14. | RELEASE AND INDULGENCE | 10 | |
| 15. | CONTINUING EFFECT OF AGREEMENT | 10 | |
| 16. | GST | 10 | |
| 17. | COSTS AND EXPENSES | 11 | |
| 18. | FURTHER ASSURANCE | 11 | |
| 19. | PARTIAL INVALIDITY | 11 | |
| 20. | ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT | 11 | |
| 21. | NOTICES | 11 | |
| 22. | CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 2001 | 12 | |
| 23. | GOVERNING LAW | 12 | |
| 24. | COUNTERPARTS | 12 | |
| SCHEDULE 1 SHARE APPLICATION LETTER | 13 | ||
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This Agreement is made on 30 December 2024 Between:
| (1) | DDPC WORLDWIDE PTE. LTD. (Company Registration No. 202018009R) (the “Transferor”), a company incorporated in Singapore with its registered office at 1 Marina Boulevard #28-00 Singapore 018989; and |
| (2) | HOTEL101 GLOBAL PTE. LTD. (Company Registration No. 202226411M) (the “Transferee”), a company incorporated in Singapore with its registered office at 20 Cecil Street, #04-03, PLUS, Singapore 049705, |
(collectively, the “Parties” and individually a “Party”).
Whereas:
| (A) | The Transferor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Properties (as defined below), subject to the terms and conditions of the Head Lease (as defined below). |
| (B) | The Transferor has agreed to transfer and the Transferee has agreed to accept the transfer of the Properties upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement. |
It is agreed as follows:
| 1. | INTERPRETATION |
| 1.1 | Definitions: In this Agreement, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall bear the following meanings namely: |
“Companies Act” means the Companies Act 1967 of Singapore.
“Completion” means the completion of the transfer of the Properties pursuant to Clause 9.
“Completion Date” means the date of completion of the transfer of the Properties which shall be on 30 December 2024.
“Consideration” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 3.1.
“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, charge, debenture, pledge, lien, security interest or encumbrance or any other agreement or arrangement having substantially the same economic effect, including any retention of title arrangement or option affecting the title to each of the Properties.
“Failure Notification” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 21.2.1.
“GST” means the goods and services tax levied under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993.
“Head Lease” means Lease No. 20324 dated 19 January 1995 issued by the Head Lessor in respect of the parent land lot known as Lot 604P of Town Subdivision 1 for a term of 99 years commencing on 7 December 1989 and expiring on 6 December 2088 and includes all variations, supplements and/or modifications thereto (including without limitation the Supplemental Lease and Second Supplemental Lease, both dated 19 January 1995).
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“Head Lessor” means the President of the Republic of Singapore and his successors in office.
“IRAS” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore.
“Outgoings” means in respect of each Property, (i) all rates and taxes and includes, but is not limited to, all charges, assessments, duties and fees levied, assessed or charged by any relevant authority or body in relation to such Property, (ii) maintenance fees, sinking fund contributions and any other payments and contributions levied by the Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No. 4629 in relation to such Property and (iii) all costs, charges and other operating expenses associated with the maintenance of such Property.
“person” means a person, firm, company or corporation.
“Proceedings” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 23.
“Properties” means collectively, Property 1 and Property 2, and “Property” means either of them.
“Property 1” means the whole of Strata Lot U734W and Accessory Lot A43P all of Town Subdivision 1, with its address at 20 Cecil Street #04-03 Singapore 049705.
“Property 2” means the whole of Strata Lot U735V and Accessory Lot A45A all of Town Subdivision 1 with its address at 20 Cecil Street #04-04 Singapore 049705.
“S$” means the lawful currency of Singapore.
“Title Documents” means the Title Document (Property 1) and Title Document (Property 2).
“Title Document (Property 1)” means Subsidiary Strata Certificate of Title Volume 2239 Folio 76 relating to Property 1.
“Title Document (Property 2)” means Subsidiary Strata Certificate of Title Volume 2239 Folio 77 relating to Property 2.
“US$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
| 1.2 | Statutory Provisions: Any reference in this Agreement to a statutory provision shall include that provision and any regulations made in pursuance thereof as from time to time modified or re-enacted, whether before or after the date of this Agreement, so far as such modification or re-enactment applies or is capable of applying to any transactions entered into prior to Completion and (so far as liability thereunder may exist or can arise) shall include also any past statutory provision or regulation (as from time to time modified or re-enacted) which such provision or regulation has directly or indirectly replaced. |
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| 1.3 | Miscellaneous: The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall be ignored in construing this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, words (including words defined herein) denoting the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa and words denoting the neuter gender only shall include the feminine and masculine gender or vice versa. The words “written” and “in writing” include any means of visible reproduction. The word “month” means a calendar month. Unless otherwise specified, references to “Clauses” are to be construed as references to the clauses of this Agreement. Any reference to a sub-clause or a paragraph is a reference to a sub-clause or paragraph of the clause in which such reference appears. References to times of day are to Singapore time unless otherwise stated. |
| 2. | TRANSFER |
| 2.1 | Transfer of Properties: The Transferor shall transfer the Properties to the Transferee and the Transferee shall accept the transfer of the Properties, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement. |
| 2.2 | Concurrent Completion: The Completion of transfer of each of the Properties shall be subject to and conditional upon the concurrent completion of the transfer of the other Property in accordance with the terms and conditions herein. |
| 3. | CONSIDERATION |
| 3.1 | Consideration: The consideration (the “Consideration”) payable by the Transferee to the Transferor for: |
| 3.1.1 | the transfer of Property 1 shall be S$3,670,000.00 (exclusive of GST); and |
| 3.1.2 | the transfer of Property 2 shall be S$3,390,000.00 (exclusive of GST). |
| 3.2 | Payment of Consideration: On Completion, the Consideration shall be satisfied by the allotment and issuance by the Transferee to the Transferor of the Consideration Shares, in the following proportions set out in the table below: |
| Property | Value of Consideration (exclusive of GST) (in S$) | Value of Consideration (exclusive of GST) (in US$) | Number of Consideration Shares | |||||||||
| Property 1 | 3,670,000.00 | 2,698,728.00 | 2,779,658 | |||||||||
| Property 2 | 3,390,000.00 | 2,492,830.00 | 2,567,586 | |||||||||
| Total: | 7,060,000.00 | 5,191,558.00 | 5,347,244 | |||||||||
| 3.3 | GST: In addition to the payment of the Consideration, if GST is payable, the Transferee must pay GST in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Clauses 9.3 and 16. |
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| 4. | TITLE |
| 4.1 | Title to each of the Properties shall be properly deduced. Save for the Title Documents, the Transferee shall neither require the production of any other title deeds and documents not in the possession of the Transferor nor shall the Transferee make any requisition or objection whatsoever with reference thereto. |
| 4.2 | Subject to the provisions of Clause 5, the title to the Properties shall be free from Encumbrances on Completion. |
| 5. | INCIDENTS OF TENURE |
| 5.1 | Incidents of Tenure: Each of the Properties is sold subject to: |
| 5.1.1 | all chief, quit and other rents and outgoings and to all incidents of tenure, all rights of way and covenants and conditions affecting such Property; |
| 5.1.2 | the covenants and conditions contained in the Head Lease insofar as they relate to such Property; and |
| 5.1.3 | the use of such Property as currently approved by the relevant competent authorities and all restrictive and other covenants and conditions affecting such Property or its use, |
and the Transferee shall be deemed to have accepted the transfer with full notice and knowledge of the foregoing and the same shall not annul the transfer nor shall any abatement or compensation be claimed by the Transferee in respect thereof.
| 6. | TRANSFEROR’S UNDERTAKINGS |
| 6.1 | With effect from the date of this Agreement and until the earlier of Completion and rescission of this Agreement, the Transferor shall: |
| 6.1.1 | not create any Encumbrance over any of the Properties; |
| 6.1.2 | not sell or transfer or agree to sell or transfer, any of the Properties or grant any option to sell or transfer any of the Properties inconsistent with this Agreement; |
| 6.1.3 | comply with relevant applicable laws and regulations and its obligations under the Head Lease; |
| 6.1.4 | comply with all requisitions, orders, notices and requirements made prior to Completion by any governmental agency in respect of each Property; and |
| 6.1.5 | maintain the existing insurance(s) on the Properties against damage and destruction, and not do anything or permit anything to be done which would render such existing insurance to be, or become invalid, void or voidable. |
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| 7. | STATE AND CONDITION OF THE PROPERTIES |
| 7.1 | State and Condition: Each Property is sold in its state and condition as at the day on which Completion takes place, and no warranty on the part of the Transferor is given or is to be implied as to correctness of description or suitability for any particular purpose or purposes or condition or state of repair or otherwise howsoever. The Transferee shall have no claim of any kind whatsoever in respect of any defects or deficiencies in relation to each Property which may exist at the date of this Agreement or may become apparent at any time thereafter or otherwise howsoever and the Transferee shall not be entitled to make or raise any enquiry, requisition or objection whatsoever, or to annul the transfer, or to claim any abatement in the Consideration, in respect thereof. |
| 7.2 | Planning Approvals: |
| 7.2.1 | The Transferee hereby agrees and acknowledges that the transfer herein is not subject to planning, change of use, asset enhancement, upgrading, alteration and addition, redevelopment, increase in the gross floor area or plot ratio approval or confirmation of any kind being obtained by the Transferor or the Transferee, and the Transferee shall accept the transfer of each of the Properties subject to its present zoning and use, the existing leasehold term held under the Head Lease, all easements, restrictive and other covenants and conditions affecting each of the Properties, and the Transferee shall not raise any requisition or objection thereto. |
| 7.2.2 | No warranty, representation, undertaking or assurance on the part of the Transferor is given, made or expressed or is to be implied as to: |
| (i) | the state, condition, nature, repair, quality, fitness, use or correctness of description or suitability for any development or redevelopment, subdivision or strata subdivision or any other purpose whatsoever and howsoever in respect of each of the Properties; |
| (ii) | the approved existing current utilised actual and/or potential unutilised and/or allowable gross plot ratio, gross floor area, as-built area, gross or net lettable floor area, gross or net saleable area of each of the Properties (whether in whole or in part); and |
| (iii) | any approvals, plans, drawings or applications whatsoever and howsoever in relation to each of the Properties (whether in whole or in part), |
and the Transferor shall be under no liability or obligation whatsoever to the Transferee in this respect.
| 7.3 | Encroachment: Each of the Properties is sold subject to any encroachment over, against or on such Property or by any other structure erected on such Property, and any claim for adverse possession over, against or on such Property, and if any such encroachment or claim for adverse possession shall be found to exist, the same shall not annul or rescind the transfer or delay Completion, nor shall any abatement or reduction in the Consideration or any compensation be allowed in respect thereof nor shall the Transferee be relieved of its obligations to complete the transfer hereunder. The Transferor makes no warranty or representation that all boundaries and walls (including any party walls) are properly aligned and duly constructed along its accurate and correct boundaries. For avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Transferor shall be under no obligation or liability to take steps to rectify, remedy or remove any encroachment or challenge any claim for adverse possession which may be found to exist, whether such encroachment is over, against or on any Property or by any other structures erected on any Property. |
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| 8. | TENANCY AGREEMENT |
| 8.1 | The Parties agree that the contract of lease dated 1 September 2023 (“Tenancy Agreement”) between the Transferor (as landlord) and the Transferee (as tenant) in respect of the Properties shall merge with the transfer of the Properties on Completion. |
| 9. | COMPLETION |
| 9.1 | Time of Completion: The Parties agree that Completion shall take place on the Completion Date at the registered office of the Transferor (or such other place as may be agreed between the Parties). |
| 9.2 | Transferor’s Obligations on Completion: On Completion, against compliance by the Transferee of its obligations in Clause 9.3, the Transferor shall deliver or make available to the Transferee: |
| 9.2.1 | the executed instrument of transfer of Property 1 in favour of the Transferee and the executed instrument of transfer of Property 2 in favour of the Transferee; |
| 9.2.2 | the Title Documents; |
| 9.2.3 | all documents, records and drawings relating to the Properties in the Transferor’s possession; |
| 9.2.4 | a GST tax invoice in relation to the Consideration (if applicable); |
| 9.2.5 | a copy of the draft notice of transfer to the IRAS in respect of Property 1 and a copy of the draft notice of transfer to the IRAS in respect of Property 2; |
| 9.2.6 | a letter of confirmation by the Transferor addressed to the Transferee confirming that either: |
| (i) | the Transferor is resident in Singapore for tax purposes; or |
| (ii) | the Transferor is not resident in Singapore for tax purposes, and the Transferor has not been assessed as a property trader by the IRAS; |
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| 9.2.7 | notice to the Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No. 4629 informing of change of ownership; |
| 9.2.8 | a copy of the written resolutions passed by the board of directors of the Transferor: |
| (i) | approving the entry into and execution of this Agreement by the Transferor; |
| (ii) | approving and authorising the proposal of the shareholder’s resolution for the transfer of the Properties to the Transferee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and |
| (iii) | approving the transfer of the Properties to the Transferee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; |
| 9.2.9 | a copy of the written resolution passed by the shareholder of the Transferor approving the transfer of the Properties to the Transferee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to Section 160 of the Companies Act; and |
| 9.2.10 | a copy of the share application letter in respect of the Consideration Shares, duly executed by the Transferor, in the form attached as Schedule 1. |
| 9.3 | Transferee’s Obligations on Completion: Against compliance by the Transferor of its obligations in Clause 9.2 the Transferee shall, on Completion: |
| 9.3.1 | deliver or make available to the Transferor a copy of the written resolutions passed by the board of directors of the Transferee: |
| (i) | approving the entry into and execution of this Agreement by the Transferee; |
| (ii) | approving the allotment and issue of the Consideration Shares credited as fully paid to the Transferor, and the entry of the Transferor in the Transferee’s electronic register of members in respect thereof; |
| (iii) | approving and authorising the execution and delivery to the Transferor of a share certificate for the Consideration Shares; and |
| (iv) | approving and authorising the proposal of the shareholders’ resolutions for the allotment and issue of the Consideration Shares credited as fully paid to the Transferor; |
| 9.3.2 | deliver or make available to the Transferor a copy of the written resolutions passed by the shareholders of the Transferee, under which the shareholders of the Transferee shall have: |
| (i) | authorised the allotment and issue of the Consideration Shares credited as fully paid to the Transferor, and approved the entry of the Transferor in the Transferee’s electronic register of members in respect thereof; and |
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| (ii) | waived all pre-emption rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights in respect of the allotment and issue of the Consideration Shares credited as fully paid to the Transferor; |
| 9.3.3 | a copy of the share application letter in respect of the Consideration Shares, duly executed by the Transferee, in the form attached as Schedule 1; |
| 9.3.4 | allot and issue to the Transferor the Consideration Shares credited as fully paid to the Transferor; and |
| 9.3.5 | lodge the relevant return of allotment with the Registrar of Companies appointed under the Companies Act to update the Transferee’s electronic register of members to reflect the Transferor as the holder of the Consideration Shares. |
| 10. | PROPERTY TAX |
| 10.1 | The Transferor must pay for all property tax in respect of each of the Properties, including any surcharge, up to (and including) the day on which Completion takes place, whether such property tax is levied or increased before, on or after Completion and the Transferor shall reimburse the Transferee for any sum paid by the Transferee which is the Transferor’s liability under this Clause 10.1. |
| 10.2 | The Transferee must pay for all property tax in respect of each of the Properties, including any surcharge, referable to the period commencing on the day immediately after the day on which Completion takes place, whether such property tax is levied or increased before, on or after Completion and the Transferee shall reimburse the Transferor for any sum paid by the Transferor which is the Transferee’s liability under this Clause 10.2. |
| 10.3 | All property tax rebates and property tax credits granted by the Comptroller of Property Tax in respect of each of the Properties for any period up to (and including) the day on which Completion takes place shall belong to the Transferor. |
| 11. | APPORTIONMENTS |
The Transferor must pay all Outgoings in respect of the Properties incurred up to (and including) the day on which Completion takes place. The Transferee must pay or bear all Outgoings incurred in respect of the Properties commencing on the day immediately after the day on which Completion takes place.
| 12. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
| 12.1 | Each Party hereby warrants and undertakes to and with the other Party that: |
| 12.1.1 | Incorporation |
It is a company duly incorporated and validly existing under its laws of incorporation.
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| 12.1.2 | Authority to Enter into This Agreement etc. |
It has the legal right and full power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, which when executed will constitute valid and binding obligations on it, in accordance with its terms.
| 12.1.3 | No Breach |
The execution and delivery of, and the performance of its obligations under this Agreement will not and are not likely to:
| (i) | result in a breach of any provision of its constitution; or |
| (ii) | result in a breach of, or give any third party a right to terminate or modify, or result in the creation of any Encumbrance under, any agreement, licence or other instrument or result in a breach of any order, judgment or decree of any court, governmental agency or regulatory body to which it is a party or by which it or any of its assets is bound. |
| 12.2 | The Transferor further represents and warrants that the Transferor is the legal and beneficial owner of each of the Properties. |
| 13. | LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE’S CONDITIONS OF SALE 2020 |
| 13.1 | The general conditions of sale known as the “The Law Society of Singapore’s Conditions of Sale 2020” shall apply to this Agreement in so far as such conditions are applicable and are not varied or excluded by, or inconsistent with, the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. In the event of any conflict, actual or apparent, the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement shall be of overriding effect. |
| 13.2 | For the avoidance of doubt, the following conditions of “The Law Society of Singapore’s Conditions of Sale 2020” are excluded and shall not apply to the transfer of each of the Properties: |
| 13.2.1 | Condition 3.1 (Documents of Title); |
| 13.2.2 | Condition 5 (State and Condition of Property to be Delivered); |
| 13.2.3 | Condition 7 (Property Tax); |
| 13.2.4 | Condition 8 (State of Property as to Repair, etc.); and |
| 13.2.5 | Condition 10.1 (Vendor’s Representation and Warranties). |
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| 13.3 | In the application of “The Law Society of Singapore’s Conditions of Sale 2020” to this Agreement: |
| 13.3.1 | any reference to “Scheduled Completion Date” therein shall be construed to mean the date fixed for Completion; |
| 13.3.2 | any reference to “Contract” therein shall be construed to mean this Agreement; |
| 13.3.3 | any reference to “Vendor” therein shall be construed to mean the Transferor; |
| 13.3.4 | any reference to “Purchaser” therein shall be construed to mean the Transferee; and |
| 13.3.5 | any reference to “sale” therein shall be construed to mean the transfer of the Properties herein. |
| 14. | RELEASE AND INDULGENCE |
| 14.1 | Discretion to Release: Any liability to either Party under this Agreement as regards obligations after Completion may in whole or in part be released, compounded or compromised, or time or indulgence given, by the other Party in its absolute discretion without in any way prejudicing or affecting its other rights and remedies against that Party. |
| 14.2 | No Waiver: No failure on the part of either Party to exercise, and no delay on its part in exercising, any right or remedy under this Agreement as regards rights and liabilities of a Party after Completion will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies (whether provided by law or otherwise). |
| 15. | CONTINUING EFFECT OF AGREEMENT |
| 15.1 | Agreement Continuing: All provisions of this Agreement shall so far as they are capable of being performed or observed, continue in full force and effect notwithstanding Completion, except in respect of those matters then already performed. |
| 15.2 | Agreement Binding: This Agreement shall be binding on and shall enure for the benefit of each of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. No Party may assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or obligations under this Agreement without the prior consent in writing of the other Party. |
| 16. | GST |
| 16.1 | The Consideration shall exclude any applicable GST. All GST payable in respect of the Consideration and all other moneys payable by the Transferee under this Agreement which are chargeable with GST pursuant to law, shall be borne by the Transferee. |
| 16.2 | The Transferee shall indemnify the Transferor and hold the Transferor harmless from and against any losses, damages, claims, demands, proceedings, actions, costs, expenses, interest and penalties suffered or incurred by the Transferor arising from any claim, demand, proceeding or action that may be made or instituted by the Comptroller of Goods and Services Tax or other relevant government authority in respect of such GST and resulting from any failure or delay on the Transferee’s part to pay for any such GST. |
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| 16.3 | The Transferor must, in exchange for payment by the Transferee of the GST payable under this Agreement, issue and deliver to the Transferee a GST tax invoice for such amount of the GST. |
| 17. | COSTS AND EXPENSES |
| 17.1 | Legal Costs: Each Party shall bear its own legal, professional and other costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the negotiation, preparation or completion of this Agreement. |
| 17.2 | Stamp Duty: All stamp duty (if any) payable on this Agreement and on any other document executed pursuant to this Agreement shall be borne by the Transferee. |
| 18. | FURTHER ASSURANCE |
The Transferor shall, and shall use reasonable endeavours to procure that any necessary third party shall, execute such documents and do such acts and things as the Transferee may require for the purpose of giving to the Transferee the full benefit of all the provisions of this Agreement.
| 19. | PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement under the law of any jurisdiction shall not affect its legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction nor the legality, validity or enforceability of any other provision.
| 20. | ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT |
| 20.1 | Entire Agreement: This Agreement embodies and sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements, understandings or arrangements relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. None of the Parties shall be entitled to rely on any agreement, understanding or arrangement which is not expressly set forth in this Agreement. |
| 20.2 | Amendment: This Agreement shall not be amended, modified, varied or supplemented except in writing signed by the duly authorised representatives of the Parties to this Agreement. |
| 21. | NOTICES |
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| 21.1 | Delivery of Notices: All notices, demands or other communications required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by prepaid registered post or by electronic mail addressed to the intended recipient thereof at its address or email address, and marked for the attention of such person (if any), designated by each Party to the other Party for the purposes of this Agreement. The initial address, email address and person (if any) so designated by the Parties are set out below: |
| the Transferor : | DDPC WORLDWIDE PTE. LTD. | |
| 1 Marina Boulevard #28-00 | ||
| Singapore 018989 | ||
| Email: mhy@hotel101global.com | ||
| Attention: Marriana H. Yulo | ||
| the Transferee : | HOTEL101 GLOBAL PTE. LTD. | |
| 20 Cecil Street, #04-03, PLUS | ||
| Singapore 049705 | ||
| Email: mhy@hotel101global.com | ||
| Attention: Marriana H. Yulo |
| 21.2 | Deemed Delivery: Any such notice, demand or communication shall be deemed to have been duly served: |
| 21.2.1 | (if given or made by electronic mail) 24 hours after the electronic mail was sent, provided that no notification was received by the sender that the electronic mail was undeliverable (a “Failure Notification”) and if a Failure Notification was received, the sender shall re-send a copy of the notice, demand or communication by electronic mail and shall also send a copy of the notice, demand or communication by another method of service set out in Clause 21.1, in which case it shall be deemed to have been sent in accordance with this Clause 21.2 as it applies to that other method of service; or |
| 21.2.2 | (if given or made by letter) immediately if hand delivered or two (2) days after posting and in proving the same it shall be sufficient to show that the envelope containing the same was duly addressed, stamped and posted. |
| 22. | CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 2001 |
A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 2001 to enforce any term of this Agreement.
| 23. | GOVERNING LAW |
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Singapore and in relation to any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (the “Proceedings”), the Parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore and waive any objections to Proceedings in any such court on the ground of venue or on the grounds that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.
| 24. | COUNTERPARTS |
This Agreement may be entered into in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Either Party may enter into this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Signatures may be exchanged by email, with original signatures to follow. Each Party agrees that it will be bound by its own electronic signature(s) and that it accepts the electronic signature(s) of the other Party.
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Schedule 1
Share Application Letter
Date:
The Board of Directors
Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd.
20 Cecil Street
#04-03
PLUS
Singapore 049705
Dear Sirs
LETTER APPLICATION FOR ORDINARY SHARES
We, DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd. of 1 Marina Boulevard, #28-00, One Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018909, hereby apply for 5,347,244 ordinary shares in the capital of Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. (the “Company”), to be allotted and issued to us credited as deemed fully-paid to the amount of US$5,191,558, for non-cash consideration being the transfer of (i) the whole of Strata Lot U734W and Accessory Lot A43P all of Town Subdivision 1, with its address at 20 Cecil Street #04-03 Singapore 049705 and (ii) the whole of Strata Lot U735V and Accessory Lot A45A all of Town Subdivision 1 with its address at 20 Cecil Street #04-04 Singapore 049705, to the Company, and we agree to hold the same subject to the Constitution of the Company.
Yours faithfully
For and on behalf of
DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd.
| Name: | |
| Title: Director |
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Acknowledgement and Acceptance
Date: ___________________
To: DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd.
We refer to your letter dated _____________________. We hereby acknowledge and accept your application for ordinary shares, and shall allot and issue 5,347,244 ordinary shares in the capital of Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. credited as deemed fully-paid to the amount of US$5,191,558, on the terms and conditions of your letter.
| For and on behalf of Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. | |
| Name: | |
| Title: Director |
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In Witness Whereof the Parties have entered into this Agreement on the day and year first above written.
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Transferor
SIGNED BY MARRIANA HENARES YULO
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| /s/ Marriana Henares Yulo | |
| for and on behalf of | |
| DDPC WORLDWIDE PTE. LTD. | |
| in the presence of: |
| /s/ Pearl Anne Escote | |
| Witness’ signature | |
| Name: PEARL ANNE ESCOTE |
20 Cecil Street #04-03 and #04-04 – Transfer Agreement
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Transferee
SIGNED BY JOSELITO L. BARRERA, JR.
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/s/ Joselito L. Barrera, Jr. | |
| for and on behalf of | |
| HOTEL101 GLOBAL PTE. LTD. | |
| in the presence of: |
| /s/ Carlos D. Agana | |
| Witness’ signature | |
| Name: CARLOS D. AGANA |
20 Cecil Street #04-03 and #04-04 – Transfer Agreement
Exhibit 4.5











Exhibit 4.6
THIS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made on June 30, 2025.
Between:
| (1) | JVSPAC Acquisition Corp., a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with registered office at Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands (the “Company”); |
| (2) | Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “PubCo”, and together with the Company, the “Indemnifying Parties”); and |
| (3) | [●] (“Indemnitee”). |
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2024 (as amended on September 3, 2024, and as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among (i) the Company, (ii) PubCo, (iii) Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore (“Hotel101 Global”), (iv) Hotel of Asia, Inc., a company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Philippines (“Hotel of Asia” and together with Hotel101 Global, the “Target Parties”), (v) DoubleDragon Corporation, a company incorporated under the laws of the Philippines and listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (“DoubleDragon”); (vi) DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DoubleDragon (“DDPC”), (vii) Hotel101 Worldwide Private Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore (“Hotel101 Worldwide”, and together with DDPC and DoubleDragon, the “Principal Shareholders”), (viii) HGHC 4 Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 1”), and (ix) HGHC 3 Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 2”), Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Indemnifying Parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the Indemnifying Parties and Indemnitee do hereby agree as follows:
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
| 1. | SERVICES TO THE INDEMNIFYING PARTIES |
This Agreement, and the Indemnifying Parties’ indemnity obligations to the Indemnitee, shall continue in full force and effect, even after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director, officer, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company, by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. This Agreement, however, shall not impose any obligation on Indemnitee or the Indemnifying Parties to continue Indemnitee’s service to the Company beyond any period otherwise required by law or by other agreements or commitments of the parties, if any.
| 2. | DEFINITIONS |
As used in this Agreement:
| 2.1 | References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or other person authorized by the Company to act for or to represent the interests of the Company. |
| 2.2 | A “Change in Control” shall mean a change in control of the Indemnifying Parties of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar or successor schedule or form) promulgated under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), whether or not the Indemnifying Parties is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, however, that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred (irrespective of the applicability of the initial clause of this definition) if any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Act, but excluding any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities pursuant to an employee benefit or welfare plan or employee share plan of the Indemnifying Parties or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Indemnifying Parties, or any entity organized, appointed, established or holding securities of the Indemnifying Parties with voting power for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Indemnifying Parties representing the combined voting power of the Indemnifying Parties more than those held by DoubleDragon. |
| 2.3 | “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company. |
| 2.4 | “British Virgin Islands Court” shall mean the Courts of the British Virgin Islands. |
| 2.5 | “D&O Tail Insurance” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Merger Agreement. |
| 2.6 | “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
| 2.7 | “Expenses” shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses properly incurred and documented in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding (as defined below), including reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Indemnifying Parties or any third party. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding (as defined below), including without limitation the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses shall include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee. |
| 2.8 | The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, (including, without limitation, an appeal therefrom), formal or informal, whether brought in the right of the Indemnifying Parties or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative, or investigative or related nature, and whether by, in or involving a court or an administrative, other governmental or private entity or body (including, without limitation, an investigation by the Indemnifying Parties or their respective board of directors), in which Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of: |
| (a) | the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him or of any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting as a director, officer or employee of the Company; |
| (b) | any actual or alleged act or omission or neglect or breach of duty, including, without limitation, any actual or alleged error or misstatement or misleading statement, which Indemnitee commits or suffers while acting in his/her capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Company, as the case may be; or |
| (c) | Indemnitee attempting to establish or establishing a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to this Agreement, applicable law or otherwise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement. |
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| 3. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
The provisions contained in this Agreement are conditional on all the conditions to closing under the Merger Agreement being fulfilled or waived, failing which this Deed shall become null and void and cease to have any effect whatsoever.
| 4. | INDEMNITY IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS |
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Indemnifying Parties shall, jointly and severally, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened in writing to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against the Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, unless it is established by final adjudication of a court that Indemnitee did not act (a) in good faith, (b) in a manner he reasonably believed not to be against the interests of the Company, (c) without gross negligence or (d) in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
| 5. | INDEMNITY IN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE INDEMNIFYING PARTIES |
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Indemnifying Parties shall, jointly and severally, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened in writing to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Indemnifying Parties to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this Section 5, Indemnitee shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against the Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, unless it is established by final adjudication of a court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee did not act (a) in good faith, (b) without gross negligence or (c) in a manner he reasonably believed not to be against the interests of the Company. No indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration for Expenses shall be made under this Section 5 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by final judgement by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Indemnifying Parties for gross negligence, willful default or actual fraud in the performance of Indemnitee’s duty to the Company.
| 6. | INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL |
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee was or is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Indemnifying Parties shall, jointly and severally, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against the Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Indemnifying Parties shall, jointly and severally, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against the Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each claim, including those not successfully resolved in Indemnitee’s favor. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding, the Indemnifying Parties also shall, jointly and severally, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against the Expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue or matter, including those not successfully resolved in Indemnitee’s favor. For purposes of this Section 6 and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter. No indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration for Expenses shall be made under this Section 6 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by final judgement by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Indemnifying Parties for gross negligence, willful default or actual fraud in the performance of Indemnitee’s duty to the Company.
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| 7. | INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness or deponent in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party or threatened in writing to be made a party, he shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against the Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.
| 8. | ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND EXONERATION RIGHTS |
Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 4, 5 or 6, the Indemnifying Parties shall, jointly and severally, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened in writing to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against the Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid or required to be paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or to be incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indemnifying Parties will, jointly and severally, pay all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts required to be paid in settlement or otherwise without requiring Indemnitee to first pay same as a condition precedent to indemnification and advancement of expenses.
| 9. | CONTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY |
| 9.1 | To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification, hold harmless and/or exoneration rights provided for in this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part for any reason whatsoever, the Indemnifying Parties shall, in lieu of indemnifying, holding harmless or exonerating Indemnitee, pay, jointly and severally, the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for reasonable Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have at any time against Indemnitee. |
| 9.2 | The Indemnifying Parties shall not enter any settlement of any Proceeding in which any of the Indemnifying Parties is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee. |
| 9.3 | The Indemnifying Parties hereby agree to, jointly and severally, fully indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company. |
| 10. | EXCLUSIONS |
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Indemnifying Parties shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification, advance expenses, hold harmless or exoneration payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
| (a) | with respect to claims arising from Indemnitee having committed gross negligence, actual fraud or willful deceit; |
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| (b) | for which payment has actually been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity or advancement provision or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually received under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other indemnity or advancement provision or otherwise; |
| (c) | that has been finally adjudicated for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or |
| (d) | prior to a Change in Control, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the board of directors of the Company authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation or (ii) the Indemnifying Parties provide the indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payment, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Indemnifying Parties under applicable law. Indemnitee shall seek payments or advances from the Indemnifying Parties only to the extent that such payments or advances are unavailable from any insurance policy of the Indemnifying Parties covering Indemnitee. |
| 11. | ADVANCES OF EXPENSES; DEFENSE OF CLAIM |
| 11.1 | Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, and to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Indemnifying Parties shall, jointly and severally, pay the Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee (or reasonably expected by Indemnitee to be incurred by Indemnitee within three months) in connection with any Proceeding within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, prior to the final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to be indemnified, held harmless or exonerated under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all actual and reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing a Proceeding to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Indemnifying Parties to support the advances claimed. To the fullest extent required by applicable law, such payments of Expenses actually and reasonably incurred in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon the Indemnifying Parties’ receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of Indemnitee, to repay the advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined and finally adjudicated that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Indemnifying Parties under the provisions of this Agreement, applicable law or otherwise. In addition, for advances of amounts that Indemnitee expects to incur within three months, Indemnitee shall, at the end of such three-month period, provide the Indemnifying Parties with a statement of amounts actually incurred during such three-month period and promptly return to the Indemnifying Parties any and all amounts not incurred or not expected to be incurred in the following three month period. This Section 11.1 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payment is excluded pursuant to Section 10. |
| 11.2 | The Indemnifying Parties will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at their own expense. |
| 11.3 | The Indemnifying Parties shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) which would impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent. The Indemnitee will not unreasonably withhold consent to any proposed settlement; provided that the Indemnitee may withhold consent to any settlement that includes any admission of liability or misconduct by Indemnitee. |
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| 11.4 | The Indemnitee shall use his reasonable efforts to claim all Expenses from the D&O Tail Insurance. To the extent the Indemnitee has already received an advance of such amounts from the Indemnifying Parties, the Indemnitee shall procure payment of amounts under the D&O Tail Insurance to be made to the Indemnifying Parties or, if such payment is made to the Indemnitee, return such amounts to the Indemnifying Parties within five business days. |
| 12. | PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION AND APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION |
| 12.1 | To the extent it is legally permissible, the Indemnitee agrees to notify promptly the Indemnifying Parties in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights, or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Indemnifying Parties shall not relieve the Indemnifying Parties of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement except to the extent the Indemnitee failed to notify the Indemnifying Parties in bad faith and an Indemnifying Party was actually and materially prejudiced as a result thereof. |
| 12.2 | Indemnitee may deliver to the Indemnifying Parties a written application to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with this Agreement. Such application(s) may be delivered from time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee deems appropriate in his or her sole discretion. |
| 13. | PROCEDURE UPON APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION |
| 13.1 | Indemnitee shall be conclusively presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement unless a determination is made that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification upon a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction. |
| 13.2 | If a claim for indemnification or advancement of Expenses under this Agreement is not paid by the Indemnifying Parties within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Indemnifying Parties of written notice thereof, the rights provided by this Agreement shall be enforceable by the Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such judicial proceeding shall be made de novo. |
| 14. | PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS |
| 14.1 | The Indemnifying Parties shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. |
| 14.2 | The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed not to be against the interests of the Indemnifying Parties or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. |
| 14.3 | For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Company, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors, managers, managing members, or officers of the Company in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Company, its board of directors, any committee of the board of directors or any director, trustee, general partner, manager, or managing member or on information or records given or reports made to the Company, its board of directors, any committee of the board of directors or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing member by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected by the Company, its board of directors, any committee of the board of directors or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing member. The provisions of this Section 14.3 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the Indemnitee is entitled to any indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder, the Indemnifying Parties shall, jointly and severally, pay all Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such adjudication (including, but not limited to, any appellate proceedings). |
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| 14.4 | The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Company shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. |
| 15. | REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE |
| 15.1 | The Indemnifying Parties shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law against all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within thirty (30) days after the Indemnifying Parties’ receipt of such written request) pay to Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any judicial proceeding brought by Indemnitee (i) to enforce his rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement; or (ii) for recovery or advances under the D&O Tail Insurance, provided that, in the case of (i) only, the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to any such Expense if the Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be not entitled to any indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration right, advancement or contribution, as the case may be. |
| 15.2 | Interest shall be paid by the Indemnifying Parties to Indemnitee at a rate to be agreed between the Indemnifying Parties in good faith and the Indemnitee for amounts which the Indemnifying Parties indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate, or are obliged to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate for the period commencing with the date on which Indemnitee requests indemnification, to be held harmless, exonerated, contribution, reimbursement or advancement of any Expenses and ending with the date on which such payment is made to Indemnitee by the Indemnifying Parties. |
| 16. | DEFENSE OF PROCEEDING AND SELECTION OF COUNSEL |
In the event the Indemnifying Parties are obligated to advance Expenses to Indemnitee with respect to any Proceeding, the Indemnifying Parties will be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of Indemnitee upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so, along with acknowledgement of the Indemnifying Parties’ obligation to indemnify the Indemnitee for such matter; provided that if the Indemnitee believes, after consultation with counsel selected by the Indemnitee, that (i) the Indemnifying Parties and the Indemnitee have an actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to the Proceeding, (ii) the named parties in any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Indemnifying Parties and the Indemnitee and the Indemnitee concludes that there may be one or more legal defenses available to him that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Parties or (iii) any such representation of Indemnitee by counsel chosen by the Indemnifying Parties would be precluded under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, then the Indemnitee will be entitled to advancement of Expenses incurred to retain separate counsel (but not more than one law firm, plus, if applicable, local counsel in respect of any particular claim) at the Indemnifying Parties’ expense. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Indemnifying Parties’ assumption of the defense of a Proceeding will constitute an irrevocable acknowledgement by the Indemnifying Parties that any Expenses incurred by or for the account of Indemnitee incurred in connection therewith are indemnifiable by the Indemnifying Parties. If the Indemnifying Parties assume the defense of such Proceeding, the Indemnifying Parties shall use reasonable efforts to keep the Indemnitee reasonably informed of the status of such matter.
| 17. | SECURITY |
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the board of directors of the Company and/or PubCo, either or both of the Indemnifying Parties may, at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Indemnifying Parties’ obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of Indemnitee.
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| 18. | NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; SUBROGATION |
| 18.1 | The rights of Indemnitee as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any Proceeding (regardless of when such Proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to, any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy. |
| 18.2 | In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Indemnifying Parties shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Indemnifying Parties to bring suit to enforce such rights. |
| 19. | CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION |
All agreements and obligations of the Indemnifying Parties contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee serves as a director, officer or employee of the Company and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto and any Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 15 of this Agreement) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, whether or not he is acting in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or advancement can be provided under this Agreement.
| 20. | SEVERABILITY |
If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
| 21. | ENFORCEMENT AND BINDING EFFECT |
| 21.1 | The Indemnifying Parties expressly confirm and agree that they have entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby. |
| 21.2 | This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. |
| 21.3 | The indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Indemnifying Parties), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives. |
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| 21.4 | The Indemnifying Parties shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Indemnifying Parties, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Indemnifying Parties would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. |
| 21.5 | The Indemnifying Parties and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking, among other things, injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he may be entitled. The Indemnifying Parties and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Indemnifying Parties acknowledge that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by a Court of competent jurisdiction and the Indemnifying Parties hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking. |
| 22. | MODIFICATION AND WAIVER |
No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the Indemnifying Parties and Indemnitee. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
| 23. | NOTICES |
All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third (3rd) business day after the date on which it is so mailed:
| (a) | If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide in writing to the Indemnifying Parties. |
| (b) | If to the Indemnifying Parties, to: |
Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp.
20 Cecil Street #04-03
PLUS Building
Singapore 049705
Attn: Marriana H. Yulo
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With a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:
Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP
30/F Alexandra House
18 Chater Road
Central
Hong Kong
Attn: James Grandolfo
Email: jgrandolfo@milbank.com
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee in writing by the Indemnifying Parties.
| 24. | APPLICABLE LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the British Virgin Islands, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Indemnifying Parties and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) consent to submit to the jurisdiction of the British Virgin Islands Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; (b) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the British Virgin Islands Court; and (c) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the British Virgin Islands Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum, or is subject (in whole or in part) to a jury trial.
| 25. | IDENTICAL COUNTERPARTS |
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.
| 26. | MISCELLANEOUS |
Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
| 27. | PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS |
No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Indemnifying Parties against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Indemnifying Parties shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such two-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action such shorter period shall govern.
| 28. | ADDITIONAL ACTS |
If for the validation of any of the provisions in this Agreement any act, resolution, approval or other procedure is required, the Indemnifying Parties undertakes to cause such act, resolution, approval or other procedure to be affected or adopted in a manner that will enable the Indemnifying Parties to fulfil their obligations under this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indemnity Agreement to be signed on the day and year first above written.
| JVSPAC ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | Albert Wong | ||
| Title: | Director | ||
| HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP. | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | Marriana Henares YULO | ||
| Title: | Director | ||
| By: | |||
| Name: | Rodolfo Ma. Allena Ponferrada | ||
| Title: | Director | ||
[Signature Page to Indemnity Agreement]
| INDEMNITEE | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | [●] | ||
| Address: | [●] | ||
[Signature Page to Indemnity Agreement]
Exhibit 4.7
NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT
NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of June 30, 2025 (the “Effective Date”) by and among [[·], a [·] company (“[·]”]1 or the “Restricted Party”) in favor and for the benefit of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined herein).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Restricted Party, [Hotel101 Worldwide Private Limited, DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd., and the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with (i) Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore (“Hotel101 Global”), (ii) Hotel of Asia, Inc., a company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Philippines (“Hotel of Asia” and together with Hotel101 Global, the “Company Parties”), (iii) DoubleDragon Corporation, a company incorporated under the laws of the Philippines and listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (“DoubleDragon”); (iv) HGHC 4 Pte. Ltd., a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 1”), and (v) HGHC 3 Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 2”)]2, dated as of April 8, 2024 (as amended on September 3, 2024, and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.9 of the Merger Agreement, the Restricted Party has agreed to enter into a non-compete and non-solicitation agreement.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Restricted Party, intending legally to be bound, hereby agrees as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) “Business” means the development, construction, operation and sale of hospitality assets located outside of the Philippines in the ‘value segment’ of the hospitality market.
(b) “Governmental Body” means any nation or government, federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental body of any nature (including any government and any governmental agency, instrumentality, agency, court, tribunal, commission or stock exchange, or any subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing) or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature.
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(c) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Body or other entity.
(d) “Restricted Period” means the time period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date that is two (2) years after the date of this Agreement.
(e) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting equity interests are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
(f) “Supplier” means any Person which is or was a supplier of any product or service, including subcontractors, to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or which, prior to the Effective Date, was a supplier to, or subcontractor of, the Company within one (1) year prior to the Effective Date; provided however, that “Supplier” is meant to include only Persons who provide or provided the Company with goods and services specific to the Business and does not include general goods or services such as suppliers of stationery or office equipment, insurance companies, landlords, utilities, healthcare providers, lawyers, accountants and other such suppliers.
(g) “Territory” means Japan, Spain, the United States of America, or such other regions and/or countries where the Company actually conducts business as at the date hereof.
2. Conditions Precedent. The provisions contained in this Agreement are conditional on all the conditions to closing under the Merger Agreement being fulfilled or waived, failing which this Agreement shall become null and void and cease to have any effect whatsoever.
3. Non-Solicitation. The Restricted Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall not, during the Restricted Period, directly or indirectly through any other Person, and with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries:
(a) (i) employ, solicit or induce any Person who is, or was at any time during the one (1)-year period prior to the Effective Date, an employee or consultant, provided, however, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any persons who are currently employed by or is a consultant to the Restricted Party, (ii) attempt to cause such Person to terminate or refrain from renewing or extending his or her employment or consulting relationship or (iii) attempt to cause such Person to become employed by or enter into a consulting relationship with any other Person;
(b) solicit, persuade or induce any Supplier to terminate, reduce or refrain from renewing or extending his, her or its contractual or other relationship in regard to the supply of goods or services, or to become a supplier to any competitor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
4. Non-Competition. The Restricted Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall not, during the Restricted Period, directly or indirectly through any other Person whether as an owner, consultant, executive, partner, member, manager, officer, director, sales representative, joint venture party, agent, through equity ownership, investment of capital, lending of money or property, rendering of services, or otherwise, engage or assist others (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) to engage in the Business in the Territory.
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5. Equitable Relief. The Restricted Party acknowledges that a breach of the covenants contained in this Agreement will cause irreparable damage to the Business, the amount of which will be difficult to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, the Restricted Party agrees that in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity the Company shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief to prevent any actual, intended or likely breach. The Restricted Party acknowledges that the time, scope and other provisions of this Agreement have been specifically negotiated by sophisticated commercial parties represented by counsel of their choosing and agrees that all such provisions are reasonable under the circumstances of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6. Severability and Modification. It is the parties’ intent that each of the covenants in this Agreement be read and interpreted with every reasonable inference given to its enforceability. However, it is also the parties’ intent that if any term, provision or condition of any covenant in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. Finally, it is also the parties’ intent that if a court should determine any of the covenants in this Agreement are unenforceable because of over-breadth, then the court shall modify said covenant so as to make it reasonable and enforceable under the prevailing circumstances.
7. Tolling. In the event the Company files a claim in a court of competent jurisdiction against the Restricted Party for breach of any covenant set forth in this Agreement the running of the period of restriction as to such Restricted Party shall be automatically tolled and suspended for the duration of such litigation, and shall automatically recommence upon the final adjudication of such litigation, in order that the Company shall receive the full benefit of the Restricted Party’s compliance with each of the covenants in this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event the Restricted Party is adjudged to not have breached a covenant under this Agreement, then no tolling shall occur.
8. No Other Defenses. The Restricted Party agrees that the covenants in this Agreement shall be enforced independently of any other obligations between the Company and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Restricted Party, on the other, and that the existence of any other claim or defense shall not affect the enforceability of covenants in this Agreement or the remedies provided in this Agreement.
9. No Challenge. The Restricted Party acknowledges that the Company, in executing this Agreement, has placed significant reliance on the Restricted Party’s compliance with the covenants in this Agreement. Accordingly, the Restricted Party shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) make any claim that any of the covenants in this Agreement is unenforceable or (b) challenge or commence or institute any claim, lawsuit or action (or assert any counterclaim or cross claim) seeking to invalidate or reduce the scope of any of the covenants in this Agreement; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict in any manner the ability of the Restricted Party to challenge any assertion by the Company that the Restricted Party has violated any of the covenants in this Agreement.
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10. Remedies. The Restricted Party acknowledges that should the Restricted Party violate any of the covenants contained in this Agreement (collectively, the “Restrictive Covenants”), it will be difficult to determine the resulting damages to the Company or any of its affiliates and, in addition to any other remedies the Company or any of its affiliates may have, the Company and its affiliates shall be entitled to temporary injunctive relief without being required to post a bond and permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving actual damage. The Company or any of its affiliates may elect to seek one or more of these remedies at their sole discretion on a case-by-case basis. Failure to seek any or all remedies in one case shall not restrict the Company or any of its affiliates from seeking any remedies in another situation. Such action by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not constitute a waiver of any of their rights. In the event that either the Company or Restricted Party seeks to enforce or defend, to any extent, the terms of this Agreement, the non-prevailing party shall be required to pay to the prevailing party all documented out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by the prevailing party in connection with the enforcement or defense of this Agreement, whether or not litigation is actually commenced and including litigation of any appeal taken or defended by a party hereto where such party succeeds in enforcing any of the terms of this Agreement.
11. Governing Law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement, and all claims or disputes arising hereunder or thereunder in connection herewith or therewith shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
12. Venue. EACH OF THE PARTIES AGREES THAT ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED EXCLUSIVELY IN NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
13. Waiver of Jury Trial. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE RESTRICTED PARTY AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
14. Waiver. No failure on the part of the Company to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of the Company in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy. The Company shall not be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Person from whom such waiver is sought; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
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15. Successors and Assigns. The Company may freely assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement, at any time, in whole or in part, to any entity that is the successor of or that owns or controls the Company without obtaining the consent or approval of Restricted Party or of any other Person. This Agreement shall be binding upon Restricted Party and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its respective successors and assigns.
16. Interpretation. The headings preceding the text of Sections included in this Agreement and the headings to this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in interpreting this Agreement. The use of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender herein shall not limit any provision of this Agreement. The use of the terms “including” or “include” shall in all cases herein mean “including, without limitation” or “include, without limitation,” respectively. Underscored references to Sections shall refer to those portions of this Agreement.
17. No Presumption Against Drafter. Both parties have jointly participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event of any ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by parties, and no presumptions or burdens of proof shall arise favoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
18. No Restriction on Restricted Party Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, nothing shall restrict the Restricted Party, its affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders or their respective affiliates from [(a) completing potential business combinations with any other target, including potential targets operating in the same Business, industry or market as the Company or (b)]3 conducting business in the Philippines.
19. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered or supplemented other than by means of a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Restricted Party and the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Restricted Party and the Company have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.
| COMPANY: | ||
| Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| RESTRICTED PARTY: | ||
| [●]4 | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| 4 | NTD: Insert the relevant Restricted Party. |
[Signature Page to Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement]
Exhibit 4.8
RESTRICTED SHARE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, dated June 30, 2025, is entered into
BETWEEN
| (1) | HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with the registered number 407992, having its registered office at the offices of Appleby Global Services (Cayman) Limited, 71 Fort Street, PO Box 500, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, Cayman Islands (Company); and |
| (2) | [●], an individual with [●] passport number [●], of address [●] (Subscriber). |
BACKGROUND
The Company desires to issue in aggregate [●] shares of its common stock to the Subscriber in connection with the services which shall be provided hereafter by the Subscriber who is a key executive of the Company and/or the Company’s affiliates, including DoubleDragon Corporation (DoubleDragon).
AGREED TERMS
1. ISSUANCE AND SUBSCRIPTION OF THE SHARES
| 1.1 | Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Company shall issue to the Subscriber and the Subscriber hereby subscribes for [●] shares (Shares or Key Executive Shares), issued prior to closing pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 8, 2024 by and among the Company and other parties, as amended. |
| 1.2 | The consideration for the Key Executive Shares is the services the Subscriber will provide as a key executive of the Company and/or the Company’s affiliates. The Key Executive Shares will be issued at $0.0642 per share (Subscription Price). |
2. RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS ON THE SHARES
The Shares shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:
| 2.1 | The Shares shall be registered in the name of the Subscriber upon closing of this Agreement and shall vest according to the following schedule: |
| Vesting Period (period subsequent to issuance date) | Percentage of Subscribed Key Executive Shares | |||
| Month 18 | 5.00 | % | ||
| Month 30 | 10.00 | % | ||
| Month 42 | 15.00 | % | ||
| Month 54 | 20.00 | % | ||
| Month 66 | 50.00 | % | ||
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| 2.2 | The Subscriber acknowledges that, prior to the vesting of the Shares in accordance with section 2.1 above, the respective Shares may not be sold, assigned, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of by the Subscriber in any manner whatsoever. |
| 2.3 | Notwithstanding vesting of the Shares in accordance with section 2.1 above, the Subscriber will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Shares in violation of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules promulgated thereunder, including Rule 144 under the Securities Act. |
| 2.4 | In the event that the Subscriber resigns or terminates [his]/[her] employment as a key executive of the Company and/or the Company’s affiliates and any of the Subscriber’s Key Executive Shares remain unvested, such unvested Key Executive Shares shall be repurchased by the Company at the Subscription Price. For the avoidance of doubt, the Subscriber shall have zero net benefit even if the repurchase resulted in any gains and the Company shall be entitled to receive all benefits and gains from such repurchase (if any). |
| 2.5 | The Subscriber shall have all the rights and privileges of a shareholder of the Company (including voting and dividend rights); provided that for unvested Key Executive Shares, if the Company pays a cash dividend to its shareholders, such cash dividend will be held in escrow by the Company and paid to the Subscriber when, and if, the Key Executive Shares becomes vested. |
3. REPRESENTATIONS BY AND COVENANTS OF SUBSCRIBER
| 3.1 | The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and represents that (i) during the course of this transaction, [he]/[she] has been furnished by the Company with information regarding the Company which [he]/[she] requested or desired to know; (ii) documents which could be reasonably provided have been made available for [his]/[her] inspection and review; and (iii) [he]/[she] has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from duly authorized officers or other representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of this offering. |
| 3.2 | The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company has not provided any tax advice or information. The Subscriber acknowledges that [he]/[she] must retain [his]/[her] own professional advisors to evaluate the tax, and other, consequences of this Agreement and the transaction hereunder. |
| 3.3 | The Subscriber is acquiring and will hold the Shares for investment for his or her account only and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any “distribution” thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act. |
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4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER
The Issuer represents and warrants to the Subscriber that:
| 4.1 | Incorporation: It is duly incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with full power and authority to conduct its business as presently carried on, and is lawfully qualified to do business in those jurisdictions in which business is conducted by it. |
| 4.2 | Validity of Contracts: This Agreement (i) has been duly authorised, executed and delivered by the Issuer and constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer, (ii) does not and will not breach any provision of any laws, regulations or rules applicable to the Issuer or any of its material assets, and (iii) does not and will not conflict with, result in a breach or violation of any term or provision of the Articles in effect as of the date hereof or any other constitutional document. |
| 4.3 | Validity of Key Executive Shares: The Key Executive Shares, once issued, will have been duly issued by the Issuer and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer. |
| 4.4 | Consents: No action or thing (other than those obtained) is required to be taken, fulfilled or done (including without limitation the obtaining of any consent or licence or the making of any filing or registration) for the issue of the Key Executive Shares, or the compliance by the Issuer with the terms of the Key Executive Shares, other than the approval by the existing shareholders of the Articles and concomitant issue of the Key Executive Shares. |
| 4.4.1 | No Litigation: There is no action, suit, arbitration or proceeding pending (or, to its knowledge, threatened) against the Issuer or affecting its property that, if determined adversely to its interests, would materially and adversely affect the Issuer’s ability to perform its obligations under the Agreement. |
5. Conditions Precedent to Closing
The Issuer shall procure that the current shareholders of the Issuer pass a resolution to approve the issuance of the Key Executive Shares.
6. Closing
| 6.1 | Upon satisfaction of the condition above and on receipt of the payment of the Subscription Price, the Issuer shall issue the Key Executive Shares and shall authorise and instruct the registered agent of the Issuer to register or cause the Subscriber to be registered as the holder of the Key Executive Shares in the Issuer’s register of members. |
| 6.2 | The Subscriber confirms the payment as directed by the Issuer of the Subscription Price for the Key Executive Shares on the date hereof. |
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7. Communications
| 7.1 | Addresses: Any communication shall be given by letter sent by internationally recognised courier or fax, to the Issuer at its registered office; and, to the Subscriber at the address indicated in the register of members of the Issuer or by fax or electronically mail, with a copy to: |
Name: [●]
Address: [●]
Email: [●]
Attn: [●]
| 7.2 | Effectiveness: Any such communication shall take effect: |
| 7.2.1 | in the case of a letter sent by internationally recognised courier, five working days after the date the sender releases such notice to the courier for delivery; or |
| 7.2.2 | in the case of fax or email, when actually received by the Issuer in readable form. |
8. Further Assurances
Each Party to this Agreement shall act in good faith and take all necessary and reasonable actions to promptly execute and deliver such documents and provide such information, assistance and assurance as well as perform such acts as may reasonably be required for the purposes of giving full effect to this Agreement. Each Party shall also ensure to use all reasonable endeavours to procure that any necessary third party shall do the same.
9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
| 9.1 | Governing law |
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.
| 9.2 | Jurisdiction |
The courts of the Cayman Islands are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought in such courts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have duly executed this Agreement relating to the Key Executive Shares issued by the Issuer on the date stated at the beginning of it.
SIGNATORIES
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Exhibit 4.9
SHARE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, dated June 30, 2025, is entered into
BETWEEN
| (1) | HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with the registered number 407992, having its registered office at the offices of Appleby Global Services (Cayman) Limited, 71 Fort Street, PO Box 500, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, Cayman Islands (Company); and |
| (2) | [●], an individual with [●] passport number [●], of address [●] (Subscriber). |
BACKGROUND
The Company desires to issue in aggregate [●] shares of its common stock to the Subscriber in connection with the services which shall be provided hereafter by the Subscriber who is a consultant and/or employee of the Company and/or the Company’s affiliates, including DoubleDragon Corporation (DoubleDragon).
AGREED TERMS
1. ISSUANCE AND SUBSCRIPTION OF THE SHARES
| 1.1 | Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Company shall issue to the Subscriber and the Subscriber hereby subscribes for [●] shares (Shares or Key Executive Shares), issued prior to closing pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 8, 2024 by and among the Company and other parties, as amended. |
| 1.2 | The consideration for the Key Executive Shares is the services the Subscriber will provide as a key executive of the Company and/or the Company’s affiliates. The Key Executive Shares will be issued at $0.0642 per share (Subscription Price). |
2. CONDITIONS ON THE SHARES
| 2.1 | The Shares shall be registered in the name of the Subscriber upon closing of this Agreement. |
| 2.2 | The Subscriber shall have all the rights and privileges of a shareholder of the Company (including voting and dividend rights). |
3. REPRESENTATIONS BY AND COVENANTS OF SUBSCRIBER
| 3.1 | The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and represents that (i) during the course of this transaction, [he]/[she] has been furnished by the Company with information regarding the Company which [he]/[she] requested or desired to know; (ii) documents which could be reasonably provided have been made available for [his]/[her] inspection and review; and (iii) [he]/[she] has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from duly authorized officers or other representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of this offering. |
| 3.2 | The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company has not provided any tax advice or information. The Subscriber acknowledges that [he]/[she] must retain [his]/[her] own professional advisors to evaluate the tax, and other, consequences of this Agreement and the transaction hereunder. |
| 3.3 | The Subscriber is acquiring and will hold the Shares for investment for his or her account only and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any “distribution” thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act. |
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4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER
The Issuer represents and warrants to the Subscriber that:
| 4.1 | Incorporation: It is duly incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with full power and authority to conduct its business as presently carried on, and is lawfully qualified to do business in those jurisdictions in which business is conducted by it. |
| 4.2 | Validity of Contracts: This Agreement (i) has been duly authorised, executed and delivered by the Issuer and constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer, (ii) does not and will not breach any provision of any laws, regulations or rules applicable to the Issuer or any of its material assets, and (iii) does not and will not conflict with, result in a breach or violation of any term or provision of the Articles in effect as of the date hereof or any other constitutional document. |
| 4.3 | Validity of Key Executive Shares: The Key Executive Shares, once issued, will have been duly issued by the Issuer and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer. |
| 4.4 | Consents: No action or thing (other than those obtained) is required to be taken, fulfilled or done (including without limitation the obtaining of any consent or licence or the making of any filing or registration) for the issue of the Key Executive Shares, or the compliance by the Issuer with the terms of the Key Executive Shares, other than the approval by the existing shareholders of the Articles and concomitant issue of the Key Executive Shares. |
| 4.4.1 | No Litigation: There is no action, suit, arbitration or proceeding pending (or, to its knowledge, threatened) against the Issuer or affecting its property that, if determined adversely to its interests, would materially and adversely affect the Issuer’s ability to perform its obligations under the Agreement. |
5. Conditions Precedent to Closing
The Issuer shall procure that the current shareholders of the Issuer pass a resolution to approve the issuance of the Key Executive Shares.
6. Closing
| 6.1 | Upon satisfaction of the condition above and on receipt of the payment of the Subscription Price, the Issuer shall issue the Key Executive Shares and shall authorise and instruct the registered agent of the Issuer to register or cause the Subscriber to be registered as the holder of the Key Executive Shares in the Issuer’s register of members. |
| 6.2 | The Subscriber confirms the payment as directed by the Issuer of the Subscription Price for the Key Executive Shares on the date hereof. |
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7. Communications
| 7.1 | Addresses: Any communication shall be given by letter sent by internationally recognised courier or fax, to the Issuer at its registered office; and, to the Subscriber at the address indicated in the register of members of the Issuer or by fax or electronically mail, with a copy to: |
Name: [●]
Address: [●]
Email: [●]
Attn: [●]
| 7.2 | Effectiveness: Any such communication shall take effect: |
| 7.2.1 | in the case of a letter sent by internationally recognised courier, five working days after the date the sender releases such notice to the courier for delivery; or |
| 7.2.2 | in the case of fax or email, when actually received by the Issuer in readable form. |
8. Further Assurances
Each Party to this Agreement shall act in good faith and take all necessary and reasonable actions to promptly execute and deliver such documents and provide such information, assistance and assurance as well as perform such acts as may reasonably be required for the purposes of giving full effect to this Agreement. Each Party shall also ensure to use all reasonable endeavours to procure that any necessary third party shall do the same.
9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
| 9.1 | Governing law |
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.
| 9.2 | Jurisdiction |
The courts of the Cayman Islands are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought in such courts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have duly executed this Agreement relating to the Key Executive Shares issued by the Issuer on the date stated at the beginning of it.
SIGNATORIES
| SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | ||
| HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP. | ) | ||
| ) | |||
| ) | By: | ||
| Name: | [●] | ||
| Position: | Director | ||
| By: | |||
| Name: | [●] | ||
| Position: | Director | ||
| SIGNED by [●] | ) | ||
| ) | |||
| ) | |||
| ) | |||
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Exhibit 4.10
Amendment
to
SHARE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO SHARE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this Amendment), dated July 2, 2025, is entered into
BETWEEN
| (1) | HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with the registered number 407992, having its registered office at the offices of Appleby Global Services (Cayman) Limited, 71 Fort Street, PO Box 500, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, Cayman Islands (Company); and |
| (2) | [●], an individual with [●] passport number [●], of address [●] (Subscriber). |
Each of the foregoing parties are referred to herein individually as a Party and collectively as the Parties.
BACKGROUND
The Parties entered into a Share Subscription Agreement dated June 30, 2025 (the Original Share Subscription Agreement and, as amended by this Amendment, the Share Subscription Agreement).
On June 30, 2025, pursuant to the Original Share Subscription Agreement, the Company issued in aggregate [●] shares of its common stock to the Subscriber in connection with the services which shall be provided by the Subscriber who is a consultant and/or employee of the Company and/or the Company’s affiliates, including DoubleDragon Corporation.
The Parties have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Original Share Subscription Agreement pursuant to this Amendment as set forth below.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
AGREED TERMS
| 1. | Defined Terms |
| 1.1 | Unless otherwise revised pursuant to this Amendment, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Original Share Subscription Agreement. |
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| 2. | Amendment of the Original Share Subscription Agreement |
| 2.1 | Section 2 (Conditions on the Shares) of the Original Share Subscription Agreement is amended by adding the following new Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5: |
| “2.3 | The Subscriber agrees to the following restrictions and conditions with respect to [●] of its Key Executive Shares (the Restricted Key Executive Shares), which represents the aggregate amount of its Key Executive Shares less 100 Key Executive Shares: |
| 2.3.1 | the Subscriber agrees that it will not sell, assign, exchange, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the number of its Restricted Key Executive Shares (Lock-up Shares) as calculated in accordance with the schedule below, during the respective lock-up periods (each, a Lock-up Period) set forth in the schedule below. |
| Lock-up Period | Lock-up Shares | |||
| Start | End | |||
| Date of this Amendment | Date that is 18 months after June 30, 2025 | 100.00% of Restricted Key Executive Shares | ||
| Date of this Amendment | Date that is 30 months after June 30, 2025 | 95.00% of Restricted Key Executive Shares | ||
| Date of this Amendment | Date that is 42 months after June 30, 2025 | 85.00% of Restricted Key Executive Shares | ||
| Date of this Amendment | Date that is 54 months after June 30, 2025 | 70.00% of Restricted Key Executive Shares | ||
| Date of this Amendment | Date that is 66 months after June 30, 2025 | 50.00% of Restricted Key Executive Shares | ||
| 2.3.2 | Notwithstanding the release of the Restricted Key Executive Shares from lock-up in accordance with Section 2.3.1 above, the Subscriber will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Restricted Key Executive Shares in violation of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules promulgated thereunder, including Rule 144 under the Securities Act. |
| 2.4 | In the event that the Subscriber resigns or terminates [his]/[her] employment as a consultant and/or employee of the Company and/or the Company’s affiliates and any of the Restricted Key Executive Shares remain subject to a Lock-up Period, such Lock-up Shares shall be repurchased by the Company at the Subscription Price. For the avoidance of doubt, the Subscriber shall have zero net benefit even if the repurchase resulted in any gains and the Company shall be entitled to receive all benefits and gains from such repurchase (if any). |
| 2.5 | With respect to any Lock-up Shares, if the Company pays a cash dividend to its shareholders, such cash dividend will be held in escrow by the Company and paid to the Subscriber when, and if, the Lock-up Shares are released from lock-up in accordance with Section 2.3.1 above.” |
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| 3. | Effectiveness of Amendment |
| 3.1 | Upon the execution and delivery hereof, the Original Share Subscription Agreement shall thereupon be deemed to be amended as set forth herein and with the same effect as if the amendments made hereby were originally set forth in the Original Share Subscription Agreement, and this Amendment and the Original Share Subscription Agreement shall henceforth respectively be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument, but such amendments shall not operate so as to render invalid or improper any action heretofore taken under the Original Share Subscription Agreement. |
| 4. | No Other Amendments |
| 4.1 | All other terms and conditions of the Original Share Subscription Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
| 5. | Governing Law and Jurisdiction |
| 5.1 | Governing law |
This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.
| 5.2 | Jurisdiction |
The courts of the Cayman Islands are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Amendment and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Amendment shall be brought in such courts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have duly executed this Amendment relating to the Key Executive Shares issued by the Issuer on the date stated at the beginning of it.
[Signature page follows]
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SIGNATORIES
| SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | ||
| HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP. | ) | ||
| ) | |||
| ) | By: | ||
| Name: | [●] | ||
| Position: | Authorized Signatory | ||
| By: | |||
| Name: | [●] | ||
| Position: | Authorized Signatory | ||
| SIGNED by [●] | ) | ||
| ) | |||
| ) | |||
| ) | |||
[Signature Page to Amendment to Share Subscription Agreement]
Exhibit 8.1
Subsidiaries of HBNB
|
Legal Name |
Country of Incorporation | |
| JVSPAC Acquisition Corp. | British Virgin Islands | |
| Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | |
| Hotel101 Japan One Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | |
| Hotel101 Japan Two Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | |
| Hotel101 LA Holdings LLC | Delaware, U.S. | |
| Hotel101 EU SARL | Luxembourg | |
| Hotel101 Japan Management Kabushiki Kaisha | Japan | |
| TMK Hotel101 Niseko | Japan | |
| Hotel101 Madrid, S.L.U. | Spain | |
| Hotel101 Spain Management S.L.U. | Spain | |
| Hotel101 Los Angeles LLC | Delaware, U.S. | |
| Hotel101 Marketing Pte. Ltd. (formerly known as Hotel101 Sales Pte. Ltd.) | Singapore | |
| Hotel101 Marketing HK Limited | Hong Kong | |
| Hotel101 Marketing Japan GK | Japan | |
| H101 Marketing Mexico, S.A. de C.V. | Mexico | |
| HGHC 1 Corp. | Cayman Islands | |
| HGHC 2 Corp. | Cayman Islands |
Exhibit 15.1
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Defined terms included below shall have the same meaning as terms defined and included elsewhere in this Shell Company Report on Form 20-F (the “Form 20-F”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”.)
Introduction
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presents the combination of financial information of JVSPAC and Hotel101 Global, adjusted to give effect to the Business Combination and related transactions.
HBNB and Merger Subs were incorporated for the sole purpose of effectuating the Transactions. They do not meet the definition of a business. These entities have no activities other than transaction costs which are included in the transaction accounting adjustments.
Therefore, the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 2024 combines the historical audited consolidated statement of financial position of Hotel101 Global as of December 31, 2024 and the historical audited balance sheet of JVSPAC as of December 31, 2024, giving pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had occurred as of December 31, 2024.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes the historical audited statement of profit or loss of Hotel101 Global for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the historical audited statement of operations of JVSPAC for the year ended December 31, 2024 on a pro forma basis as if the Business Combination had occurred on January 1, 2024, the beginning of the earliest period presented.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 2024, has been derived from:
| ● | the historical audited financial statements of JVSPAC as of December 31, 2024, and the related notes, which are incorporated by reference; |
| ● | the historical audited consolidated financial statements of Hotel101 Global as of December 31, 2024, and the related notes, which are incorporated by reference. |
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2024, has been derived from:
| ● | the historical audited financial statements of JVSPAC for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes, which are incorporated by reference; |
| ● | the historical audited consolidated financial statements of Hotel101 Global for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes, which are incorporated by reference. |
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as in effect on the date of this proxy statement/prospectus which incorporates Transaction Accounting Adjustments. Hotel101 Global and JVSPAC have elected not to present any estimates related to potential synergies and other transaction effect that are reasonably expected to occur or have already occurred and will only be presenting Transaction Accounting Adjustments in unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
This information should be read together with the financial statements and related notes, as applicable, of each of Hotel101 Global and JVSPAC, the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Hotel101 Global,” the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of JVSPAC” and other financial information incorporated by reference.
Description of the Transactions
Business Combination
On April 8, 2024, JVSPAC entered into the Merger Agreement with Hotel101 Global, HOA, DoubleDragon, DDPC, Hotel101 Worldwide, HBNB, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2. On September 3, 2024, JVSPAC, Hotel101 Global, HOA, DoubleDragon, DDPC, Hotel101 Worldwide, HBNB, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 entered into the First Amendment to the Merger Agreement. The Business Combination was closed on June 30, 2025 (the “Closing Date”).
Restructuring
Prior to the Company Amalgamation and the SPAC Merger and pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, DoubleDragon, DDPC and Hotel101 Global engaged in the following Restructuring:
Share Transfer
DoubleDragon transferred 216,000 common shares of HOA, representing 40% of the share capital of HOA to Hotel101 Global in exchange for 1,987,239 Hotel101 Global shares pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement. As consideration for the Share Transfer, Hotel101 Global issued to DoubleDragon the Transfer Payment Shares on the Closing Date. Hotel101 Global has not met the requirements for control as summarized within IFRS 10, and therefore should not consolidate HOA. The investment is accounted for using the equity method under IAS 28 in the pro forma financial statements.
Property Transfer
DDPC transferred to Hotel101 Global leasehold right over certain real estate-related properties free and clear of any encumbrances in exchange for the issuance of ordinary shares in the capital of Hotel101 Global to DDPC. The properties acquired are recognized at fair value and depreciated in 64 years using straight-line method in the pro forma financial statements.
Company Amalgamation and SPAC Merger
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, and in accordance with applicable laws, as part of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Additional Agreements, after the Restructuring and on the Closing Date, (a) Hotel101 Global and Merger Sub 1 amalgamated, with Hotel101 Global being the surviving entity and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of HBNB, and (b) Merger Sub 2 merged with and into JVSPAC, with JVSPAC being the surviving entity and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of HBNB.
At the effective time of the Company Amalgamation, the board of directors of Hotel101 Global were appointed by HBNB. At the effective time of the SPAC Merger, the board of directors of JVSPAC were appointed by DoubleDragon.
HBNB and Merger Subs were incorporated for the sole purpose of effectuating the merger. They do not meet the definition of a business. These entities have no activities other than transaction costs which are included in the transaction accounting adjustments.
Merger Consideration
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the aggregate consideration is $2,300,000,000 in newly issued ordinary shares of HBNB at a price of $10.00 per share (the “Consideration Shares”) consisting of (i) 195,500,000 HBNB Ordinary Shares paid to DDPC, Hotel101 Worldwide and DoubleDragon and (ii) 34,500,000 HBNB Ordinary Shares issued to certain key executives and other employees (“Key Executives”) of HBNB and DoubleDragon (the “Key Executive Shares”). The Key Executive Shares were held or subscribed immediately prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time by the Key Executives, namely Mr. Sia, Dr. Tan Caktiong, Ferdinand J. Sia, Rizza Marie S. Javelona, Marriana Henares Yulo, Rodolfo Ma. Allena Ponferrada, Jacy Ryan Tan Chua, Earl Ericson King Tanmantiong, Ng Kwang Hong Dennis, Catherine Ying Sau Chan and other persons determined by the board of directors of DoubleDragon in its sole discretion. 34,499,200 Key Executive Shares are subject to either (i) a vesting period starting on the 18th month up to the 66th month from the closing or (ii) lock-up restrictions based on the same schedule. These Key Executive Shares may be cancelled or repurchased by HBNB if a Key Executive leaves HBNB prior to expiry of the vesting or lock-up period. In addition to the foregoing, HBNB also issued 600,000 HBNB Ordinary Shares to Merdeka.
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If HBNB’s reported consolidated revenue for fiscal year 2025, as set forth in its annual audited consolidated financial statements, is at least $113.25 million, then HBNB, at its option, may issue in the aggregate up to an additional 500,000 ordinary shares as a bonus to the directors, executives, managers, advisors and employees of HBNB, its subsidiaries and/or parent companies, as determined at the relevant time. Parties agree that fifty percent (50%) of the Earnout Shares will not be subject to any lock-up arrangement, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the Earnout Shares shall be subject to a lock-up period of six months from the date of issuance. The Earnout Shares are representative of share-based payment transaction within the scope of IFRS 2. The Earnout Shares will be equity classified and measured at the market price of the entity’s shares at the grant date. The cost of services received in exchange for the Earnout Shares will be recognized during the vesting period based on the best available estimate of the number of Earnout Shares expected to vest, which will be revised in each reporting period that subsequent information indicates that a change is required. At this point of time, the revenue target is not expected to be met, and thus no expense is recognized in the pro forma financial statements.
Treatment of Hotel101 Securities
At the effective time of the Company Amalgamation, each Hotel101 Global share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Amalgamation Effective Time were automatically cancelled in exchange for the right to receive, without interest, 195,500,000 HBNB Ordinary Shares issued on the Closing Date. All of the Hotel101 Global shares converted into the right to receive consideration pursuant to the Merger Agreement were no longer outstanding and ceased to exist, and each holder of Hotel101 Global shares thereafter ceased to have any rights with respect to such securities, except the right to receive the applicable consideration pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
Treatment of JVSPAC Securities
Immediately prior to the effective time of the SPAC Merger (but immediately subsequent to the Company Amalgamation Effective Time, each JVSPAC Unit issued and outstanding immediately prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time separated into one JVSPAC Class A Ordinary Share and one JVSPAC Right, with every four JVSPAC Rights converting into one JVSPAC Class A Ordinary Share. At the SPAC Merger Effective Time, every JVSPAC Ordinary Share issued and outstanding (other than dissenting shares) immediately prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time (but immediately subsequent to the conversion of the SPAC Rights) (other than JVSPAC Dissenting Shares) were automatically cancelled and ceased to exist in exchange for the right to receive one HBNB Ordinary Share.
Accounting for the Business Combination
The Business Combination was accounted for as a capital reorganization, in accordance with IFRS. Under this method of accounting, JVSPAC was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes, and Hotel101 Global was the accounting “acquirer”. This determination was primarily based on the assumption that:
| ● | Hotel101 Global’s then-current shareholders holds a majority of the voting power of the combined company post Business Combination; |
| ● | Hotel101 Global’s operations substantially comprise the ongoing operations of the combined company; |
| ● | Hotel101 Global is the larger entity in terms of substantive operations and employee base; and |
| ● | Hotel101 Global’s senior management comprises the senior management of the combined company. |
Another determining factor was that JVSPAC does not meet the definition of a “business” pursuant to IFRS 3, and thus, for accounting purposes, the Business Combination was accounted for as a capital reorganization, within the scope of International Financial Reporting Standards 2, Share-Based Payments, (“IFRS 2”). The net assets of JVSPAC were stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Any excess of fair value of shares issued to JVSPAC over the fair value of JVSPAC’s identifiable net assets acquired represents compensation for the service of a stock exchange listing for its shares and was expensed as incurred.
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Ownership
The following table sets out share ownership of HBNB following the consummation of the Business Combination:
| Shares | % | |||||||
| DDPC, Hotel101 Worldwide and DoubleDragon | 195,510,000 | 83.5 | % | |||||
| Key Executives (through Key Executive Shares) | 34,500,000 | 14.7 | % | |||||
| Public Shareholders(1) | 1,546,148 | 0.7 | % | |||||
| Initial Shareholders(2) | 1,737,500 | 0.7 | % | |||||
| Maxim | 258,750 | 0.1 | % | |||||
| Merdeka | 600,000 | 0.3 | % | |||||
| Total | 234,152,398 | 100.0 | % | |||||
| (1) | Includes 1,437,500 shares issued upon consummation of the Business Combination upon conversion of the Public Rights outstanding. |
| (2) | Includes 60,000 shares issued upon consummation of the Business Combination upon conversion of the Private Rights outstanding. |
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The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 2024 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 are based on (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of Hotel101 Global for the year ended December 31, 2024, and (ii) the audited financial statements of JVSPAC for the year ended December 31, 2024. The unaudited pro forma adjustments are based on information currently available, assumptions, and estimates underlying the pro forma adjustments and are described in the accompanying notes. Actual results may differ materially from the assumptions used to present the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements:
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT
OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024(1)
(In USD and in thousands)
| Hotel101 Global (IFRS) | JVSPAC (US GAAP Historical) | IFRS Conversion and Presentation Alignment (Note 4) | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Pro Forma Combined | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-current assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other assets | $ | 189 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 189 | ||||||||||||||
| Property and equipment | 6,821 | — | — | — | 6,821 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred tax assets | 38 | — | — | — | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Investment in associate | — | — | — | 14,544 | F | 14,544 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Investments held in Trust Account | — | 60,270 | — | 1,150 | A | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| (61,469 | ) | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,232 | C | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1,183 | ) | D | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-current assets | 7,048 | 60,270 | — | (45,726 | ) | 21,592 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Development properties | 61,544 | — | — | — | 61,544 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other receivables | 581 | — | — | — | 581 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prepayments and other assets | 2,501 | 54 | — | 800 | E | 3,355 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 15,043 | 809 | — | (1,150 | ) | A | 9,503 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1,183 | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (6,382 | ) | E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 79,669 | 863 | — | (5,549 | ) | 74,983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 86,717 | $ | 61,133 | $ | — | $ | (51,275 | ) | $ | 96,575 | |||||||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JVSPAC Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | — | $ | 60,087 | $ | (60,087 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
| EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JVSPAC Preference shares, no par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| JVSPAC Class A ordinary shares, no par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 498,750 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 5,750,000 shares subject to possible redemption) | — | — | — | — | K | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| JVSPAC Class B ordinary shares, no par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 1,437,500 shares issued and outstanding | — | 25 | — | (25 | ) | L | — | |||||||||||||||||
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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT
OF FINANCIAL POSITION — (Continued)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024(1)
(In USD and in thousands)
| Hotel101 Global (IFRS) | JVSPAC (US GAAP Historical) | IFRS Conversion and Presentation Alignment (Note 4) | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Pro Forma Combined | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hotel101 Global share capital | 10,416 | — | — | 14,544 | F | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| (24,960 | ) | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HBNB Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value | — | — | — | 20 | G | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | H | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | I | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | — | — | — | (3,843 | ) | E | 36,172 | |||||||||||||||||
| 24,940 | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (3 | ) | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,184 | I | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (3,693 | ) | J | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,000 | K | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15,562 | N | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retained earnings (accumulated losses) | (8,833 | ) | 573 | — | (1,150 | ) | A | (24,395 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| (932 | ) | E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (2,184 | ) | I | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,693 | J | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (15,562 | ) | N | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation reserve | (166 | ) | — | — | — | (166 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Equity | 1,417 | 598 | — | 9,619 | 11,634 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JVSPAC Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | — | — | 60,087 | 1,150 | A | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| (61,469 | ) | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,232 | C | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1,000 | ) | K | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lease liabilities | 684 | — | — | — | 684 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | 684 | — | 60,087 | (60,087 | ) | 684 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | — | 92 | (92 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued offering costs | — | 70 | (70 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Promissory note – related party | — | 286 | — | — | 286 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lease liabilities | 415 | — | — | — | 415 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other payables | 84,201 | — | 162 | (807 | ) | E | 83,556 | |||||||||||||||||
| Current liabilities | 84,616 | 448 | — | (807 | ) | 84,257 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 85,300 | 448 | 60,087 | (60,894 | ) | 84,941 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity and liabilities | $ | 86,717 | $ | 61,133 | $ | — | $ | (51,275 | ) | $ | 96,575 | |||||||||||||
| (1) | The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 2024 combines the historical audited consolidated statement of financial position of Hotel101 Global as of December 31, 2024 and the historical audited balance sheet of JVSPAC as of December 31, 2024. HBNB was incorporated for the sole purpose of effectuating the Transactions. It does not meet the definition of a business. It has no activities other than transaction costs which are included in the transaction accounting adjustments. |
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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT
OF PROFIT OR LOSS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024(1)
(In USD and in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| Hotel101 Global (IFRS) | JVSPAC (US GAAP Historical) | IFRS Conversion and Presentation Alignment (Note 4) | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Pro Forma Combined | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rental income | $ | 30 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Real estate sales | 5,908 | — | — | — | 5,908 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total sales | 5,938 | — | — | — | 5,938 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of real estate sales | (3,364 | ) | — | — | — | (3,364 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Gross margin | 2,574 | — | — | — | 2,574 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | (7,416 | ) | — | (806 | ) | 3 | BB | (56,997 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| (31,032 | ) | DD | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (15,562 | ) | EE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (2,184 | ) | FF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating and formation costs | — | (806 | ) | 806 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Results from operating activities | (4,842 | ) | (806 | ) | — | (48,775 | ) | (54,423 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Finance income | 27 | — | — | — | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finance costs | (1,639 | ) | — | — | — | (1,639 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Equity in net income of an associate | — | — | — | 1,569 | CC | 1,569 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income – Trust | — | 2,770 | — | (2,770 | ) | AA | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest income – Bank | — | 38 | — | — | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Loss) income before tax | (6,454 | ) | 2,002 | — | (49,976 | ) | (54,428 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Tax credit | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Loss) income | $ | (6,454 | ) | $ | 2,002 | $ | — | $ | (49,976 | ) | $ | (54,428 | ) | |||||||||||
| Basic and diluted loss per share | $ | (1.23 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | 0.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable Class A and Class B ordinary shares | $ | (0.69 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pro forma weighted average number of shares outstanding – basic and diluted(2) | 234,152,398 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pro forma loss per share – basic and diluted | $ | (0.23 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 combines the historical audited statement of profit or loss of Hotel101 Global for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the historical audited statement of operations of JVSPAC for the year ended December 31, 2024. HBNB was incorporated for the sole purpose of effectuating the Transactions. It does not meet the definition of a business. It has no activities other than transaction costs which are included in the transaction accounting adjustments. |
| (2) | Please refer to Note 6 — Net Loss per Share for details. |
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 — Basis of Presentation
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is for illustrative purposes only. The financial results may have been different had the companies always been combined. You should not rely on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as being indicative of the historical results that would have been achieved had the companies always been combined or the future results that JVSPAC will experience. Hotel101 Global and JVSPAC have not had any historical relationship prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.” Release No. 33-10786 replaces the existing pro forma adjustment criteria with simplified Transaction Accounting Adjustments and present the Management’s Adjustments. JVSPAC has elected not to present Management’s Adjustments and will only be presenting Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
JVSPAC does not meet the definition of a “business” pursuant to IFRS 3 as it is an empty listed shell holding only cash raised as part of its original equity issuance. As a result, the Business Combination does not qualify as a “business combination” within the meaning of IFRS 3; rather, the Business Combination will be accounted for as a capital reorganization in accordance with IFRS 2. See Note 3 — Accounting for the Business Combination for more details.
HBNB and Merger Subs were incorporated for the sole purpose of effectuating the merger. They do not meet the definition of a business. These entities have no activities other than transaction costs which are included in the transaction accounting adjustments.
The historical financial statements of Hotel101 Global has been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. The historical financial statements of JVSPAC have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information reflects IFRS, the basis of accounting used by Hotel101 Global. One adjustment required to convert JVSPAC’s financial statements from U.S. GAAP to IFRS for purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information were to reclassify JVSPAC Class A Ordinary Shares subject to redemption to non-current financial liabilities under IFRS 2. Further, as part of the preparation of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, certain reclassifications were made to align JVSPAC’s historical financial information in accordance with the presentation of Hotel101 Global’s historical financial information.
The pro forma adjustments do not have an income tax effect as they are either (i) incurred by legal entities that are not subject to a corporate income tax, or (ii) permanently non-deductible or non-taxable based on the laws of the relevant jurisdiction.
Upon consummation of the Business Combination, management performed a comprehensive review of the entity’s accounting policies. As a result of the review, management did not identify any differences that would have a material impact on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. As a result, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not assume any differences in accounting policies.
Note 2 — Accounting for the Business Combination
The Business Combination was accounted for as a capital reorganization, in accordance with IFRS. Under this method of accounting, JVSPAC was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes, and Hotel101 Global was the accounting “acquirer”. This determination was primarily based on the assumption that:
| ● | Hotel101 Global’s then-current shareholders hold a majority of the voting power of the combined company post Business Combination; |
| ● | Hotel101 Global’s operations substantially comprise the ongoing operations of the combined company; |
| ● | Hotel101 Global is the larger entity in terms of substantive operations and employee base; and |
| ● | Hotel101 Global’s senior management comprises the senior management of the combined company. |
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Another determining factor was that JVSPAC does not meet the definition of a “business” pursuant to IFRS 3, and thus, for accounting purposes, the Business Combination was accounted for as a capital reorganization, within the scope of IFRS 2. The net assets of JVSPAC were stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Any excess of fair value of shares issued to JVSPAC over the fair value of JVSPAC’s identifiable net assets acquired represents compensation for the service of a stock exchange listing for its shares and was expensed as incurred.
Note 3 — IFRS Conversion and Presentation Alignment
The historical financial information of JVSPAC has been adjusted to give effect to the differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS as issued by the IASB for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. One adjustment required to convert JVSPAC’s financial statements from U.S. GAAP to IFRS for purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information were to reclassify JVSPAC Class A Ordinary Shares subject to redemption to non-current financial liabilities under IFRS 2, as shareholders have the right to require JVSPAC to redeem the ordinary shares and JVSPAC has an irrevocable obligation to deliver cash or another financial instrument for such redemption.
Further, as part of the preparation of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, certain reclassifications were made to align JVSPAC’s historical financial information in accordance with the presentation of Hotel101 Global’s historical financial information.
Note 4 — Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2024
The pro forma adjustments to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 2024 are as follows:
| A. | Reflects the deposit of $1.2 million into the Trust Account to extend the Combination Period and the accretion to JVSPAC Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption. |
| B. | Reflects the redemption of 5,641,352 JVSPAC Class A ordinary shares for aggregate redemption payments of $61.5 million at a redemption price of approximately $10.90 per share in June 2025. |
| C. | Reflects the interest income earned in the Trust Account subsequent to December 31, 2024. |
| D. | Reflects the liquidation and reclassification of $1.2 million of funds held in the Trust Account to cash and bank balances that becomes available following the Business Combination. |
| E. | Represents transaction costs incurred by JVSPAC and Hotel101 Global of $2.3 million and $6.6 million, respectively, for legal, accounting and printing fees incurred as part of the Business Combination. |
For the JVSPAC Transaction Costs, $0.5 million of these fees have been paid and $0.1 million of these fees have been accrued as of the pro forma statement of financial position date. $0.8 million payment to D&O insurance is reflected as prepayment on the pro forma statement of financial position. The remaining amount of $0.9 million is reflected as an adjustment to accumulated deficit.
For the Hotel101 Global Transaction Costs, $2.7 million of these fees have been paid as of the pro forma statement of financial position date. The remaining amount of $3.9 million is included as an adjustment to additional paid-in capital.
| F. | Represents the transfer of 40% of the total issued share capital of HOA from DoubleDragon to Hotel101 Global (the “HOA Share Transfer”) in exchange for issuance of 1,987,239 Hotel101 Global Shares. The investment costs of $14.5 million was based on the equivalent book value of the latest available audited financial statements of HOA. |
| G. | Reflects the issuance of 195,500,000 HBNB Class A Ordinary Shares to DDPC, Hotel101 Worldwide and DoubleDragon at par value of $0.0001 per share. |
| H. | Represents the issuance of 34,500,000 HBNB Class A Ordinary Shares to Key Executives at par value of $0.0001 per share. 34,499,200 Key Executive Shares shall either (i) vest based on the Vesting Schedule or (ii) are subject to lock-up restrictions based on the same schedule. They may be cancelled or repurchased by HBNB if a Key Executive leaves HBNB prior to expiry of the vesting or lock-up period. The fair value of shares issued was based on a market price of $3.64 per share as of June 30, 2025. |
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| I. | Represents the issuance of 600,000 HBNB Class A Ordinary Shares as compensation to Merdeka at par value of $0.0001 per share upon the closing for services rendered. The fair value of shares issued was based on a market price of $3.64 per share as of June 30, 2025. |
| J. | Represents the elimination of JVSPAC’s historical accumulated losses after recording the accretion as described in (A) above, the transaction costs incurred by JVSPAC as described in (E) above, and the compensation as described in (I) above. |
| K. | Reflects the reclassification of 108,648 shares of JVSPAC Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to permanent equity. |
| L. | Reflects the exchange of 607,398 JVSPAC Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,437,500 JVSPAC Class B Ordinary Share into the same number of HBNB Class A Ordinary Shares with a par value of $0.0001. |
| M. | Reflects the issuance of 1,437,500 HBNB Class A Ordinary Shares to the holders of JVSPAC Public Rights and 60,000 HBNB Class A Ordinary Shares to the holders of JVSPAC Private Rights at a par value of $0.0001. |
| N. | Represents the expense recognized, in accordance with IFRS 2, for the excess of the deemed costs of the shares issued by HBNB and the fair value of JVSPAC’s identifiable net assets at the date of the Business Combination, resulting in a $15.6 million increase to accumulated loss. The fair value of shares issued was based on a market price of $3.64 per share as of June 30, 2025. |
| Shares | (in 000s) | |||||||
| JVSPAC shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares | 2,104,898 | |||||||
| JVSPAC shareholders of Class B Ordinary Shares | 1,437,500 | |||||||
| Merdeka | 600,000 | |||||||
| 4,142,398 | ||||||||
| Deemed costs of shares to be issued to JVSPAC shareholders | $ | 15,078 | ||||||
| Net assets of JVSPAC as of December 31, 2024 | 598 | |||||||
| Less: JVSPAC Transaction Costs | (932 | ) | ||||||
| Less: Accretion to JVSPAC Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | (1,150 | ) | ||||||
| Add: Reclassification of shares subject to redemption to equity | 1,000 | |||||||
| Adjusted net assets of JVSPAC as of December 31, 2024 | (484 | ) | ||||||
| Difference – being IFRS 2 charge for listing services | $ | 15,562 | ||||||
Note 5 — Adjustments and Reclassifications to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements Of Profit or Loss for the Year Ended December 31, 2024
The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 are as follows:
| AA. | Reflect the elimination of interest income generated from the investments held in Trust Account. |
| BB. | Reflect the elimination of directors compensation that will be ceased paying upon closing of the Business Combination. |
| CC. | Represents the recognition of investment income on HOA as if the transfer of 40% stake in HOA had occurred on January 1, 2024. |
| DD. | Represents the issuance of 34,500,000 HBNB Class A Ordinary Shares to Key Executives at par value of $0.0001 per share. 34,499,200 Key Executive Shares shall either (i) vest based on the Vesting Schedule or (ii) are subject to lock-up restrictions based on the same schedule. They may be cancelled or repurchased by HBNB if a Key Executive leaves HBNB prior to expiry of the vesting or lock-up period. The fair value of shares issued was based on a market price of $3.64 per share as of June 30, 2025. |
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Management applies an accelerated attribution model for calculating expenses for its graded Vesting Schedule. The following table lists the number of shares issued and the expense recognized for each tranche under such model:
| Tranche | Period | Issuance of Shares | Cumulative expense | Period Expense | ||||||||||
| First | 0 – 18 month | 1,725,000 | $ | 46,547,628 | $ | 46,547,628 | ||||||||
| Second | 19 – 30 month | 3,450,000 | $ | 73,467,210 | $ | 26,919,582 | ||||||||
| Third | 31 – 42 month | 5,175,000 | $ | 95,452,188 | $ | 21,984,978 | ||||||||
| Fourth | 43 – 54 month | 6,900,000 | $ | 112,150,091 | $ | 16,697,903 | ||||||||
| Fifth | 55 – 66 month | 17,250,000 | $ | 123,365,100 | $ | 11,215,009 | ||||||||
| 34,500,000 | $ | 123,365,100 | ||||||||||||
Management recognized 12 of the first tranche of 18-month expense for the year ended December 31, 2024, which is approximately $31.0 million.
| EE. | Represents the expense recognized, in accordance with IFRS 2, for the excess of the deemed costs of shares issued by HBNB over the fair value of JVSPAC’s identifiable net assets at the date of the Business Combination. |
| FF. | Represents the issuance of 600,000 HBNB Class A Ordinary Shares as compensation to Merdeka at par value of $0.0001 per share upon the closing for services rendered. The fair value of shares issued was based on a market price of $3.64 per share as of June 30, 2025. |
Note 6 — Net Loss per Share
Represents the loss per share calculated using the historical weighted average shares outstanding, and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the Business Combination, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2024. As the Business Combination is being reflected as if it had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted loss per share assumes that the shares issued in connection with the Business Combination have been outstanding for the entire period presented.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared with the actual redemptions by JVSPAC Public Shareholders of shares of JVSPAC Class A ordinary shares for the year ended December 31, 2024:
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) | Year Ended December 31, 2024 | |||
| Net loss | $ | (54,428 | ) | |
| Weighted average shares outstanding of ordinary shares | 234,152,398 | |||
| Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.23 | ) | |
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Exhibit 15.2
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Shell Company Report on Form 20-F of our report dated January 31, 2025, with respect to the financial statements of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. as of December 31, 2024 and for the period from March 13, 2024 (date of inception) to December 31, 2024, appearing in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. (File No. 333-287130). We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Statement by Experts” in such Shell Company Report.
/s/ Marcum llp
New York, NY
July 7, 2025
Exhibit 15.3
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Shell Company Report on Form 20-F of our report dated May 9, 2025 relating to the financial statements of Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, appearing in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. (File No. 333-287130). We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Statement by Experts” in such Shell Company Report.
/s/ Marcum llp
New York, NY
July 7, 2025
Exhibit 15.4

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June 27, 2025
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Hotel of Asia, Inc. and Subsidiaries
DD Meridian Park Bay Area
Corner Macapagal Avenue and EDSA Extension Boulevard
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Gentlemen:
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ CONSENT
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Shell Company Report of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. on Form 20-F of our report dated April 15, 2025, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Hotel of Asia, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for the years then ended, which appears in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-287130) of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. and Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2025. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading “Statement by Experts” in such Shell Company Report.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ R.G. Manabat & Co. | |
| R.G. MANABAT & CO. |
R.G. Manabat & Co., a Philippine partnership and a member firm of the KPMG global organization of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee.
Exhibit 15.5

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM’S CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Shell Company Report on Form 20-F of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. of our report dated March 5, 2025 relating to the financial statements of JVSPAC Acquisition Corp. appearing in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-287130) of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Statement by Experts” in such Shell Company Report on Form 20-F.
| /s/ Marcum Asia CPAs LLP | |
| New York, NY | |
| July 7, 2025 |
Exhibit 16.1
July 7, 2025
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp.
Commission File Number 001-42727
Commissioners:
We have read the statements made by Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. under Item16F of its Form 20-F dated July 7, 2025. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 20-F; we are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements of Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. contained therein.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Marcum LLP
New York, New York
Exhibit 97.1
HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP.
POLICY FOR RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION
(Clawback Policy)
Effective Date: July 1, 2025
1. Purpose
Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp., together with its subsidiaries (the “Company”), adopts this Policy for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation (this “Policy”) to comply with Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, SEC Rule 10D-1, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608, and to promote accountability and integrity in its executive compensation practices.
2. Persons Covered
This Policy applies to all current and former Executive Officers of the Company, as defined in Section 11.
3. Compensation Covered
This Policy applies to all Incentive-Based Compensation that is:
| ● | Received on or after July 1, 2025 (the ‘Listing Date’), and |
| ● | Earned by a person who: |
| § | Began service as an Executive Officer, |
| § | Served as an Executive Officer at any time during the performance period for that compensation, |
| § | Held such role while the Company has a class of securities listed on a national securities exchange, and |
| § | Earned the compensation during the applicable Three-Year Lookback Period defined in Section 11. |
For purposes of this Policy, Incentive-Based Compensation is deemed ‘received’ in the fiscal period during which the relevant Financial Reporting Measure is achieved, regardless of when the compensation is actually paid or vests.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Policy applies to any performance-based equity or cash awards, including discretionary share awards such as earnout or milestone shares, where vesting, payment, or issuance is conditioned upon attainment of a Financial Reporting Measure such as revenue.
However, this Policy does not apply to the Key Executive Shares which are not tied to any Financial Reporting Measure and are therefore not considered Incentive-Based Compensation for purposes of this Policy.
4. Triggering Event and Recovery Obligation
If the Company is required to prepare a Restatement due to material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirements under the securities laws, it shall reasonably promptly recover any portion of the Incentive-Based Compensation that is determined to be Erroneously Awarded Compensation, except where recovery would be Impracticable (see Section 6).
Recovery shall be required regardless of an individual’s fault or misconduct, and irrespective of whether the Restatement has been filed.
5. Method of Recovery
The Board of Directors (unless delegated by the Board of Directors to a relevant board committee) shall determine the manner of recovery, which may include:
| ● | Reimbursement by the Executive Officer, |
| ● | Cancellation or forfeiture of unpaid or unvested awards, |
| ● | Offset against other compensation, or |
| ● | Other reasonable means permitted under applicable law. |
For compensation based on stock price or total shareholder return, the recoverable amount shall be based on a reasonable estimate of the impact of the Restatement, with proper documentation maintained and provided to Nasdaq upon request.
Upon determination that recovery is required, the Company shall notify the affected recipient in writing of the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation and provide a reasonable period (e.g., 30 calendar days) to return such amount or enter into a repayment arrangement. Failure to do so may result in offset against other compensation, cancellation of future awards, or legal action, as deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.
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6. Exceptions to Recovery (Impracticability)
Recovery is mandatory, unless the Board of Directors (unless delegated by the Board of Directors to a relevant board committee) determines that recovery would be Impracticable due to:
| ● | The excessive cost of enforcement that exceeds the recoverable amount (with reasonable attempts to recover such compensation being documented); |
| ● | A violation of home country law that was adopted prior to November 28, 2022, along with a legal opinion confirmed by counsel acceptable to Nasdaq; or |
| ● | A risk to tax-qualified retirement plans under U.S. Internal Revenue Code Sections 401(a)(13) or 411(a) and applicable regulations. |
7. No Indemnification
The Company is prohibited from:
| ● | Indemnifying any current or former Executive Officer for amounts recovered under this Policy, |
| ● | Paying or reimbursing premiums for insurance policies covering recovery obligations, or |
| ● | Designing or structuring compensations that offset potential recoveries, whether directly or indirectly (i.e., de facto indemnification). |
8. Administration
This Policy shall be administered and interpreted by the Board of Directors (unless delegated by the Board of Directors to a relevant board committee). The administering body may delegate its authority under this Policy to appropriate officers or employees, to the extent permitted by applicable law. All decisions made pursuant to this Policy shall be final and binding.
The Company shall maintain records of all individuals subject to this Policy, including communications, acknowledgments, recovery determinations, and actions taken. The administering body shall ensure appropriate documentation is available for review by regulatory authorities or independent auditors upon request.
The Board or its designated committee shall review this Policy on an annual basis and may require reaffirmation by covered Executive Officers to ensure ongoing awareness and compliance. The administering body shall coordinate with the Company’s Legal, Finance, and Compliance functions, as appropriate, to ensure proper implementation of recovery actions and alignment with the Company’s internal control systems and financial reporting obligations.
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9. Disclosure
The Company shall make all disclosures regarding this Policy and any recovery actions as required by the SEC, including in its annual reports, proxy statements, and other applicable filings.
10. Relationship to Other Policies and Rights
This Policy is supplementary to, and does not limit, any rights or remedies available to the Company under law, contract, stock exchange rules, or other Company policies, including any other clawback, recoupment, or forfeiture provisions.
All equity and cash compensation agreements entered into with Executive Officers, including past, current, and future grants of stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), restricted share subscriptions, and other equity-based awards, shall be deemed to incorporate the terms of this Policy by reference. In the event of any inconsistency, this Policy shall prevail to the extent required by applicable law or stock exchange rules.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may also exercise its recovery rights under Section 14 of this Policy with respect to any agreement or arrangement involving non-Executive Officers, including entities or other service providers, as permitted by contract or applicable law.
11. Definitions
| ● | Board: The Board of Directors of the Company or duly authorized committee thereof. |
| ● | Executive Officer: As defined in SEC Rule 10D-1(d) and Nasdaq Rule 5608(d), including any person identified as an executive officer pursuant to Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K. |
| ● | Incentive-Based Compensation: Any compensation granted, earned, or vested based wholly or partly upon attainment of a Financial Reporting Measure. |
| ● | Financial Reporting Measure: Any GAAP/IFRS or non-GAAP financial metric used in preparing financial reporting or statements, including stock price and total shareholder return. |
| ● | Erroneously Awarded Compensation: The amount of Incentive-Based Compensation received in excess of what would have been received based on the Restated financial result, calculated on a pre-tax basis. |
| ● | Restatement: An accounting restatement due to material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements, including both “Big R” and “little r” restatements. |
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| ● | Three-Year Lookback Period: The three completed fiscal years (and any transition period shorter than nine months) immediately preceding the earlier of: |
| o | The date the Board of Directors, a committee of the Board of Directors, or an authorized officer concludes, or reasonably should have concluded that a Restatement is required; or |
| o | The date a court, regulator, or other legally authorized body directs the Company to prepare a Restatement. |
| ● | Impracticable: As defined in SEC Rule 10D-1 and Nasdaq Rule 5608, and further detailed in Section 6. |
| ● | Listing Date: July 1, 2025, the date the Company’s securities are first listed on a U.S. national securities exchange. This Policy applies only to Incentive-Based Compensation received on or after this date. |
| ● | SEC: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
12. Amendment and Termination
The Board of Directors may amend or terminate this Policy at any time, provided such action complies with applicable laws and stock exchange rules. This Policy shall automatically terminate if the Company ceases to be listed on a national securities exchange.
13. Acknowledgment
The Company may require each Executive Officer to sign an acknowledgment confirming receipt of, and agreement to, this Policy in a form substantially similar to the example below.
However, this Policy shall remain binding and enforceable against all covered individuals regardless of whether such acknowledgment is executed.
14. Supplemental Recovery Provision for Non-Executive and Entity Recipients
In addition to the mandatory clawback for Executive Officers, the Company may recover incentive-based compensation from any individual or entity, including employees, contractors, consultants, advisors, or corporate recipients, if such compensation was based on materially inaccurate financial or performance data, regardless of whether a Restatement is required.
This right applies regardless of the person’s role or legal form and covers situations where corrected information would have reduced or eliminated the compensation. Recovery may be pursued by any lawful means and supplements the Company’s other rights under contract or law.
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