The Earn-Out Payments for FYE 2012, FYE 2013 and FYE 2014 shall be calculated as set out in this Article 2.2:
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ARTICLE 4 - COVENANT
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall impair or restrict the Purchaser’s ability to conduct its businesses (…) as it deems fit in its sole discretion in accordance with its internal business practices and processes, however, in reasonable consultation with the Company’s management board (…) and taking into account the commercial agreement between the Parties as set forth in Schedule 2. The Purchaser has no obligation to operate the Group in order to achieve any Earn-Out Payment (…). No act, or failure to act, of the Purchaser other than with regard to its obligations as included in the commercial agreement as set forth in Schedule 3 [bedoeld is Schedule 2, hof] shall give rise to a claim by the Sellers against the Purchaser that the Purchaser’s conduct (or lack thereof) caused the Sellers to fail to achieve any Earn-Out Payments hereunder. The Earn-Out Payment is speculative and is subject to numerous factors outside the control of the Purchaser. There is no assurance that the Sellers will receive any Earn-Out Payments and the Purchaser has not promised nor projected any Earn-Out Payment. The Parties solely intend the express provisions of this Agreement to govern their contractual relationship. Accordingly’, the Sellers hereby waive any fiduciary duty of express or implied duty of the Purchaser to the Sellers (…) with respect to the achievement of the Earn-Out Payment(s) hereunder.
Separate Line of Business
Buckaroo will have a separate Profit & Loss, but fully in line with the accountancy and reporting requirements (GAAP/IFRS) of the Intrum Group;
The activities of Buckaroo will be part of the service line Payment Services;
Buckaroo will have a Supervisory Board appointed by Intrum and will be supervised according group governance and group code of conduct.
Intrum will connect its services with Buckaroo’s services
The parties undertake to connect Intrum’s Value added Services i.e. Collection Services, Payment Guarantee and Credit Optimization Services to Buckaroo’s services.
As a joint effort, the provision of these services should first be made in the Netherlands and later for every European Country where the Buckaroo Services are introduced and where Intrum Justitia offers the relevant services.
As long as Intrum’s services are not yet connected, for whatever reason, to Buckaroo, Buckaroo is free to use other suppliers of these services. Moreover, should the parties not be able to connect Intrum’s services, Buckaroo is free to use alternative suppliers until connection is done.
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Intrum will be connected as Payment Guarantee Provider
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European roll out of Buckaroo Services
The parties will prepare the services of Buckaroo for internationalization, within a time schedule to be agreed. The top 3 prioritized countries to be rolled out to, on the basis of business plans, are:
1 Netherlands;
2. Germany;
3. France.
The roll-out business plan will be jointly prepared during 2012, such joint preparation to be initiated no later than 30 day’s from closing.
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Buckaroo’s Business Plan 2012-2014
The Amended and Restated Earn-Out Agreement is based on Buckaroo’s business plan for 2012-2014, as prepared by the Sellers and received (but not endorsed) by the Purchaser. It is agreed that this business plan is based on Buckaroo’s business on a stand-alone basis, primarily in the Netherlands. Intrum Justitia (NL) will offer payment services to her clients, but it’s the decision of her clients to accept whether or not Buckaroo’s offer. The business plan does, however, assume that 10-20 percent of the revenues in 2014 may come from Buckaroo services offered on other markets
(Belgium, Germany and France).
Feasibility
Roll-out to additional markets will always be subject to satisfactory performance on existing markets. The roll-out to new markets and connection of Intrum services to Buckaroo’s services are also subject to:
the action being commercially sensible;
legal clearance in relevant markets; and
the absence of any material adverse event that negatively affects the business case for the roll-out or the connection.