EXHIBIT 10.2.5
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Indemnity
Agreement
DATED 31
AUGUST 2005
BETWEEN
Samsonite
Samsonite Europe
NV
And
Artois Plasturgie
SAS
HB Group
LEXENS
128, Boulevard
Haussmann
75008 Paris
The present indemnity agreement (the “
Indemnity Agreement ”) is dated 31
August 2005,
BETWEEN:
1.
SAMSONITE , a company with limited liability, with a share
capital of EUR 720,000, with registered office at 27, rue de la
Rochefoucauld, 75009 Paris, registered with the commercial register
of Paris under number 652 024 159 RCS Paris, represented
by Mr Marc Matton, in his capacity of chairman,
2.
SAMSONITE EUROPE NV,
a company incorporated under Belgian
law, with a share capital of EUR 3,665,105.76, with registered
office at Westerring 17, 9700 Oudenaarde (Belgium), registered with
the commercial register of Oudenaarde under number 16.079,
represented by Mr Marc Matton, duly authorised by a meeting of the
board of directors on 18 July 2005,
(Hereafter together the
“Joint Creditors” ),
AND:
3.
ARTOIS PLASTURGIE,
a company with limited liability (
société par actions simplifiée ), with a
share capital of EUR 37,000, with registered office at 128,
Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris, registered with the commercial
register of Paris under number 483 173 308 RCS Paris, duly
represented by Mr Jean-Jacques Aurel, in his capacity of
chairman,
(Hereafter the “
Obliger” ),
In presence of:
4.
HB Group , a limited liability company incorporated under
Luxembourg law, with a share capital of EUR 31,000, with registered
office at rue de l’Industrie, L – 3895 FOETZ
(Luxembourg), and registered with the commercial register of
Luxembourg under number B109972, represented by Mr Jean -Jacques
Aurel, in his capacity of director, duly authorised in this respect
pursuant to a decision of the meeting of the board of directors of
the company of 31 August 2005,
The Joint Creditors, the Obligor and HB Group
are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Parties” .
WHEREAS:
1.
Samsonite is the owner of and
operates on the Site a business consisting of the fabrication and
manufacture of luggage and plastic products under the name «
SIC ».
2.
As a result of economic difficulties
in the fabrication and manufacture of luggage industry, and so as
to avoid a hold of the Activities and the closure of the Site,
Samsonite has expressed its intention to sell and has had various
discussions with potential purchasers to take over the
Site.
3.
HB Group made a take-over offer on
31 May 2005, for the business as described herein, all
moveable tangible assets attached to the business and to the
Activities, the real property on which the business is operated, as
well as the rights that can lead to the ownership of the
afore-mentioned assets, and more generally all assets and rights
attached to the Activities with the exception of intellectual or
industrial property rights and goods incorporating such rights,
including trademarks, patents, designs and models, as well as the
moulds used by or the property of Samsonite, Samsonite Europe NV,
the companies or entities of the Samsonite Group or Third
Parties.
4.
Samsonite accepted this offer on 1
June 2005.
5.
The labour unions of Samsonite (
Central Committee of the Enterprise and Establishment Committee
of the Site ), who were advised of the envisaged Take-Over by
HB Group rendered their advice on the envisaged Take-Over by HB
Group on 10 June 2005 and 4 July 2005,
respectively.
6.
The Parties have agreed in the
Agreement (as defined hereafter) to set out the terms and
conditions of their respective obligations and agreements in view
of the Take-Over of the Site and to conclude this Indemnity
Agreement,
7.
This Indemnity Agreement constitutes
a condition precedent for the completion of the Take-Over of the
Site and a decisive condition for the consent and commitments of
the Joint Creditors.
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Article 1 :
DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
1.1
Definitions
Capitalized terms will have the same meaning
given to them in the Agreement (as defined hereafter), or as
defined in this Indemnity Agreement.
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Agreement
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The transfer agreement for the shares of Artois
Plasturgie and of the subordinated loans resulting in the Take-Over
of the Hénin-Beaumont Site, signed on 29 July 2005
between the Parties as amended by the Appendix.
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1.2
Interpretation
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