UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of August, 2023.
Commission File Number 001-40736
Lilium N.V.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Claude Dornier Straße 1
Bldg. 335, 82234
Wessling, Germany
Telephone: +49 160 9704 6857
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
CONTENTS
Explanatory Note
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
On August 8, 2023,
Lilium N.V. (“Lilium” or the “Company”) made available to its shareholders a convocation notice and other materials
related to the Company’s extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), which
are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 to 99.6 to this Report on Form 6-K. The Extraordinary General Meeting is expected to be held on Monday,
September 11, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. CEST (8:00 a.m. EDT) at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Strawinskylaan
10, 1077 XZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Reduction of Nominal Value of Ordinary Shares and Share Capital
At the extraordinary general
meeting of the shareholders of Lilium that occurred on May 25, 2023, Lilium’s shareholders approved an amendment to Lilium’s
articles of association (the “Amended Articles”) and a reduction of the nominal value of each of Lilium’s Class A
ordinary shares, Class B ordinary shares and Class C ordinary shares to €0.01, €0.03 and €0.02, respectively,
and the related reduction of the authorized share capital of the Company to €16,204,517.36 (the “Share Capital Reduction”).
On August 1, 2023, after the two-month waiting period required under Dutch law following the announcement in the Dutch newspaper
Trouw of the filing of the applicable shareholders’ resolutions with the Dutch Commercial Register and, there having been no creditor
objections raised during that time, the deed of amendment for the Amended Articles has been executed and the Share Capital Reduction is
effective as of August 1, 2023. The difference between the prior nominal value per issued ordinary share and the reduced nominal
value per issued ordinary share was added to Lilium’s reserves.
The Amended Articles are attached
as Exhibit 99.7 to this Report on Form 6-K.
Incorporation by Reference
The contents of this Report
on Form 6-K, including the Exhibits hereto, are hereby incorporated by reference into Lilium’s registration statements on Form F-3
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 9, 2023 (File No. 333-272571), February 3,
2023 (File No. 333-269568), November 25, 2022, as amended or supplemented (File No. 333-268562), and October 3, 2022,
as amended or supplemented (File Nos. 333-267718 and 333-267719), and Lilium’s registration statement on Form S-8 filed with
the SEC on November 18, 2021 (File No. 333-261175).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: August 8, 2023 |
Lilium N.V. |
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/s/ Klaus Roewe |
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Name: |
Klaus Roewe |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 99.1
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Lilium
N.V. publishes convocation notice and agenda
for its upcoming Extraordinary General Meeting
of shareholders
MUNICH, Germany, August 8, 2023 – Lilium
N.V. (“Lilium”) (NASDAQ: LILM) today published the convocation notice and agenda
for its Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), which will be held on Monday,
September 11, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. CEST (8:00 a.m. EDT) at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP,
Strawinskylaan 10, 1077 XZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The convocation notice for the Extraordinary
General Meeting, the agenda with explanatory notes as well as all ancillary documents relevant for the meeting are available on the Investor’s
page of the Company’s website (https://ir.lilium.com). Such documents provide
further details regarding the Extraordinary General Meeting, including information regarding
the record date, voting by proxy, and the live audio webcast of the Extraordinary General Meeting.
Contact Information for Investors:
Folke Rauscher, Investor Relations
investors@lilium.com
Contact Information for Media:
Meredith Bell, Vice President, External Communications
+41 79 432 57 79
press@lilium.com
About Lilium
Lilium (NASDAQ: LILM) is creating a sustainable and accessible mode
of high-speed, regional transportation for people and goods. Using the Lilium Jet, an all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet,
offering leading capacity, low noise, and high performance with zero operating emissions, Lilium is accelerating the decarbonization
of air travel. Working with aerospace, technology, and infrastructure leaders, and with announced sales and indications of interest in
Europe, the United States, China, Brazil, UK, and the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia, Lilium’s 800+ strong team includes approximately
450 aerospace engineers and a leadership team responsible for delivering some of the most successful aircraft in aviation history. Founded
in 2015, Lilium’s headquarters and manufacturing facilities are in Munich, Germany, with teams based across Europe and the U.S.
To learn more, visit www.lilium.com.
Exhibit 99.2
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Convocation notice
Notice convening the extraordinary general meeting
of shareholders (the General Meeting) of Lilium N.V. (Lilium or the Company) to be held on Monday, September 11,
2023, at 2:00 p.m. CEST (8:00 a.m. EDT) at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Strawinskylaan 10, 1077 XZ Amsterdam,
the Netherlands.
We would like to emphasize the availability and
encourage shareholders to utilize the option of voting by (electronic) proxy as referred to in this notice. Upon registration in accordance
with the procedure as set out in this notice, the General Meeting can also be followed via a live audio webcast, which will be available
at https://www.cstproxy.com/lilium/egm2023.
Please note that this is an extraordinary general
meeting.
The Board of Directors of Lilium (the Board)
recommends that shareholders vote FOR each of the voting items.
Availability of documents
The agenda of the General Meeting, including
the ancillary documentation thereto, is now available for inspection at the offices of the Company, on the Investors page of the
Company’s website (https://ir.lilium.com) or at https://www.cstproxy.com/lilium/egm2023. Paper copies of the aforementioned
documents are also available to shareholders, free of charge, via Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company from today, by
sending an email to proxy@continentalstock.com.
Record Date
Shareholders (which for the purposes of this notice
also include holders of rights of usufruct and pledgees with voting rights) are entitled to attend and exercise their voting rights at
the General Meeting if they (i) are registered as such in one of the registers designated by the Company on Monday, August 14,
2023, after the processing of all entries and deletions on that date (the Record Date) and (ii) have registered for the General
Meeting in accordance with the procedure as set out under ‘Registration procedure’.
Registration procedure
Shareholders who wish to attend (either in person
or by proxy) and/or exercise their voting rights at (either in person or by proxy) the General Meeting must notify the Company by registering
with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company electronically via the internet or via mail at Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, 1 State Street - 30th Floor - New York, NY 10004 by no later than Friday, September 8, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. EDT.
Upon registration, shareholders are requested to indicate whether they wish to attend the General Meeting in person and whether they wish
to exercise their voting rights by proxy.
Voting by proxy to a third party
Notwithstanding the requirement to notify the
Company in accordance with the procedure as set out under ‘Registration procedure’, shareholders can also give a proxy to
Dirk-Jan Smit, civil law notary, of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Amsterdam office and any deputy-civil law notary working with
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Amsterdam office, each with the right of substitution, to exercise their voting rights on their behalf
during the General Meeting. The proxy may be given either electronically via the internet, in which case it must be received no later
than Friday, September 8, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. EDT, or in writing (for which purposes, forms can be obtained as set out under
‘Availability of documents’), in which case it must be received by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company via
mail at Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 1 State Street - 30th Floor - New York, NY 10004 no later than Friday, September 8,
2023, at 6:00 p.m. EDT.
In-person admission
Registration for in-person admission to the General
Meeting will take place on the day of the General Meeting from 1:30 p.m. CEST until the start of the General Meeting at 2:00 p.m. CEST.
After this time, registration for in-person admission will no longer be possible. Shareholders must be able to present the registration
confirmation and a valid identification document. In addition, holders of a written proxy must be able to present a copy of the written
proxy.
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Live audio webcast
Registration for the live audio webcast will
take place on the day of the General Meeting from 1:30 p.m. CEST until the start of the General Meeting at 2:00 p.m. CEST.
Shareholders must use the log-in details contained in the registration confirmation. The live audio webcast will be available at https://www.cstproxy.com/lilium/egm2023.
Questions on the agenda items
Only shareholders attending the General Meeting
in person are able to pose questions on the agenda items during the General Meeting.
Munich, Germany, August 8, 2023
The Board of Lilium N.V.
Exhibit 99.3
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Agenda for the extraordinary general meeting
of shareholders (the General Meeting) of Lilium N.V. (Lilium or the Company) to be held on Monday, September 11,
2023 at 2:00 p.m. CEST (8:00 a.m. EDT) at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Strawinskylaan 10, 1077 XZ Amsterdam,
the Netherlands.
Upon registration in accordance with the procedure
as set out in the convocation notice, the General Meeting can also be followed via an audio link, which will be available at https://www.cstproxy.com/lilium/egm2023.
The Board of Directors recommends that shareholders
vote FOR each of the voting items.
Agenda
Issuance of Shares
| 2. | Designation of the Board as the competent
body to issue shares A and grant rights to subscribe for shares A in the share capital of
the Company up to a maximum of 10% of the issued share capital of the Company at the date
of the General Meeting for a period of 36 months from the General Meeting and to limit or
exclude statutory pre-emptive rights related thereto (voting item) |
Amendment to the Compensation Policy of Lilium
| 3. | Amendment to the compensation policy of Lilium
(i) removing all references to legacy provisions and transitional arrangements and the
2021 timeframe that have become obsolete, (ii) reducing the value of the Initial Grant
for New Non-Executive Board Members from US$ 325,000 to US$ 165,000; (iii) providing
for One Time Additional RSU Grants for certain Non-Executive Board Members with an RSU Value
of US$ 275,000; (iv) changing the terms for the Annual RSU Election allowing Non-Executive
Board Members to elect to receive their Annual Retainer in RSUs instead of in cash; and (v) reflecting
that a claw back policy will be introduced for the Company to meet US legal requirements
(voting item) |
Other
| 4. | Any other business (discussion item) |
Explanatory notes to the agenda
Item 2: Designation of the Board as the competent
body to issue shares A and grant rights to subscribe for shares A in the share capital of the Company up to a maximum of 10% of the issued
share capital of the Company at the date of the General Meeting for a period of 36 months from the General Meeting and to limit or exclude
statutory pre-emptive rights related thereto (voting item)
This agenda item proposes to designate the Board
as the corporate body competent (i) to issue shares A in the share capital of the Company and grant rights to subscribe for shares
A in the share capital of the Company at any time during a period of 36 months from the date of the General Meeting up to a maximum of
10% of the issued share capital of the Company, to be calculated against the amount of issued share capital as it will be at the date
of the General Meeting and (ii) to limit or exclude the statutory pre-emptive rights with regard to such (rights to subscribe for)
shares.
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For the avoidance of doubt, this designation
is in addition to the existing designations of the Board to issue shares (to the extent still available) as resolved by the Company’s
general meetings of shareholders held on May 25, 2023 and July 7, 2023.
Item 3: Amendment to the compensation policy
of Lilium (voting item)
At the recommendation of the Company’s
Compensation Committee, it is proposed to partially amend the compensation policy of Lilium as follows:
| (i) | removing the reference to legacy/transitional
arrangements for Non-Executive Board Members that have become obsolete, thus aligning the
Compensation Policy to the current situation; |
| (ii) | reducing value of the Initial Grant
for New Non-Executive Board Members from US$ 325,000 to US$ 165,000 to reflect current market
practices; |
| (iii) | providing for One Time Additional RSU
Grants representing an RSU Value of US$ 275,000 for Non-Executive Board Members who received
equity grants at the time of and/or after their appointment at the September 21, 2021
AGM and who are still engaged at the Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 11
September 2023 to provide competitive compensation to retain the top-tier talent and
expertise required to effectively supervise the execution of Lilium’s objectives in
accordance with Lilium’s long-term strategy creating long-term value and sustainable
growth in the best interests of Lilium and its shareholders Non-Executive Board Members will
be granted a one-time equity grant in recognition of their personal investment into the future
of Lilium’s organization. The One-Time Additional RSU Awards are to be granted effective
the date of adoption of the (revised version of the) Compensation Policy (the “Award
Date”) by the General Meeting of Shareholders. Each One Time Additional RSU Award
shall vest ratably over the 2-year period from the Award Date, with 50% vesting on the first
anniversary of the Award Date and the remaining 50% vesting in four equal quarterly installments
during the second year after the Award Date, subject to the Non-Executive Board Member’s
continued service as a member of the Board through each such vesting dates; |
| (iv) | amending the Annual RSU Election provision
allowing Non-Executive Board Members to elect to receive their Annual Retainer in RSUs instead
of in cash. In the revised version of this section of Compensation Policy it is proposed
to delete the reference to “Transitional Retainer” and “New Director Annual
Cash Retainer” and to rename the “Normal Annual Retainer” to “Annual
Cash Retainer” to align this section with the remainder of the revised Compensation
Policy. Grants will be made as fully vested RSU grants, quarterly, in arrears, at the beginning
of a new, calendar year, quarter, instead of upfront with a quarterly vesting schedule; and |
| (v) | reflecting that a claw back policy will
be introduced for the Company to meet United States legal requirements. |
For the literal text of the proposed amendments,
reference is made to the triple-column text with explanatory notes as published on the website.
Exhibit 99.4
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2 . Designation of the Board as the competent body to issue shares A and grant rights to subscribe for shares A in the share capital of the Company up to a maximum of 10 % of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of the General Meeting for a period of 36 months from the General Meeting and to limit or exclude statutory pre - emptive rights related thereto . 3. Amendment to the compensation policy of Lilium N.V. LILIUM N.V. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THE PROXY CARD IF YOU ARE VOTING ELECTRONICALLY. 22840 LILIUM N.V. Proxy Card_REV1 - Front YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE VOTE TODAY. Vote by Internet - QUICK EASY IMMEDIATE - 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week or by Mail Your Internet vote authorizes the named proxies FOLD HERE DO NOT SEPARATE • INSERT IN ENVELOPE PROVIDED CONTROL NUMBER Signature Signature, if held jointly Date , 2023 . When Shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign . When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such . If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by the president or another authorized officer . If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an authorized person . PROXY CARD The Board of Directors recommends you to vote FOR the following: Please mark lik e this X your votes FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN to vote your shares in the same manner as if you marked, signed and returned your proxy card . Votes submitted electronically over the Internet must be received by Friday, September 8 , 2023 at 6 : 00 p . m . EDT . INTERNET – www.cstproxyvote.com Use the Internet to vote your proxy . Have your proxy card available when you access the above website . Follow the prompts to vote your shares . VOTE AT THE MEETING – If you plan to attend the virtual online general meeting, you will need your 12 - digit control number to vote electronically at the general meeting. To attend the general meeting, visit: https://www.cstproxy.com/lilium/egm2023 MOBILE VOTING On your Smartphone/Tablet, open the QR Reader and scan the below image. Once the voting site is displayed, enter your Control Number from the proxy card and vote your shares. MAIL – Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage - paid envelope provided. The mailed proxy card must be received by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company no later than Friday, September 8, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. EDT.
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22840 LILIUM N.V. Proxy Card_REV1 - Back Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on September 11, 2023: The Convocation Notice and Agenda are available at: https://www .cstprox y.com/lilium/egm2023 Paper copies of the proxy materials are also available, free of charge, via Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company from August 8, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. EDT, by sending an email to: proxy@continentalstock.com For the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the General Meeting) of Lilium N . V . (the Company) to be held on Monday, September 11 , 2023 at 2 : 00 p . m . CEST ( 8 : 00 a . m . EDT) at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Strawinskylaan 10 , 1077 XZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the shareholder(s) hereby grant(s) a power of attorney to Dirk - Jan Smit, civil law notary, of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Amsterdam office, and any deputy - civil law notary working with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Amsterdam office, each with the right of substitution, to represent it at the General Meeting and to address the General Meeting and exercise the voting rights attached to the shares that the shareholder(s) hold(s) on the record date, i . e . Monday, August 14 , 2023 , after the processing of all entries and deletions on that date, with which the shareholder(s) wish(es) to be represented and vote at the General Meeting, in the manner set out on the reverse side of this ballot on its behalf . THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN . IF NO SUCH DIRECTION IS MADE, OR IF MULTIPLE INSTRUCTIONS ARE SELECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS BALLOT FOR ANY SINGLE VOTING ITEM, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ RECOMMENDATIONS . For further information, please visit the Company’s website at www.lilium.com. This power of attorney is governed by the laws of the Netherlands. (Continued and to be marked, dated and signed on reverse side) FOLD HERE • DO NOT SEPARATE • INSERT IN ENVELOPE PROVIDED LILIUM N.V.
Exhibit 99.5
Compensation Policy for the
Board of Directors
This Compensation Policy (the “Compensation
Policy” or “Policy”) was adopted by the shareholders of Lilium N.V. (“Lilium”) on 10 September 2021
and amended on 21 December 2022 and on 11 September 2023 and outlines the compensation structure for members of the Board of
Directors of Lilium (the “Board”). Accordingly, the Policy governs the compensation of both executive members (the
“Executive Board Members”) and non-executive members (the “Non-Executive Board Members”) of the
Board of Directors.
The annual compensation of Non-Executive Board
Members is intended to be commensurate with their services on the Board and the committees of the Board including the Audit Committee,
the Compensation Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Sustainability Committee.
The compensation packages for Executive Board
Members are determined by the Non-Executive Board Members based on the Compensation Committee’s recommendations, without the participation
of the Executive Board Members. The Non-Executive Board Members based on the Compensation Committee’s recommendations, without
the participation of the Executive Board Members, may exercise discretion in the execution of the Policy with respect to Executive Board
Members and may deviate from the Compensation Policy for Executive Board Members in exceptional circumstances, in accordance with principles
of reasonableness and fairness.
Compensation policy principles
Lilium is focused on creating a sustainable and
accessible mode of high-speed, regional transportation. This Policy is consistent with and supports the strategy of Lilium. The Policy
is designed to evolve over time, to align with Lilium’s strategy, market practice and the interests of its stakeholders. This Policy
supports the continuous efforts of Lilium aimed at improving overall performance, facilitating growth and sustainable success, and enhancing
the other long-term value and interests of Lilium. The Policy is designed to provide compensation packages that are competitive to attract
the required talent and expertise for reaching Lilium’s objectives in accordance with Lilium’s long-term strategy. This Policy
is designed to enable Lilium to compete in a global market to attract both the required top-tier talent to execute Lilium’s long-term
strategy and the required non-executive board expertise to effectively supervise such execution, creating long-term value and sustainable
growth in the best interests of Lilium and all of its stakeholders.
The Policy is based on the following principles:
Non-Executive Board Members
| · | The
total compensation packages of Non-Executive Board Members are intended to enable Lilium
to attract and retain the required non-executive board expertise in a competitive and global
environment, ensuring a solid focus on creating sustainable growth and added value in the
best interest of Lilium and all of its stakeholders. |
Executive Board Members
| · | The
total compensation packages of Executive Board Members are intended to enable Lilium to attract
and retain top talent in a competitive and global environment and drive the creation of sustainable
growth and added value. |
| · | A
consistent and competitive structure is applied across the workforce to promote a culture
of shared purpose, entrepreneurship and performance while promoting sound and effective risk
management. |
| · | The
compensation structure ensures a proper balance between variable and fixed compensation to
attract, motivate and retain qualified talent. |
Internal Remuneration Ratio
On an annual basis, Lilium intends to review its internal remuneration
ratio to ensure that Executive Board compensation develops in line with the rest of the organization. For this ratio, the total direct
compensation of the CEO is compared against the average total direct compensation of all Lilium employees worldwide. On an annual basis,
Lilium intends to take this pay ratio into account when reviewing compensation levels.
Main features of compensation for Non-Executive Board Members
For 2023 and onwards, Non-Executive Board Members are entitled to
the following compensation, taking into consideration their responsibilities and time commitment as members of the Board and the additional
responsibilities they may have as members of the Board’s committees. Non-Executive Board Members do not have an individual employment
contract with Lilium and are not entitled to participate in any benefits offered or commonly available to management and staff. No loans
or other financial commitments will be made by or on behalf of Lilium to any Non-Executive Board Member. For the avoidance of doubt,
all Non-Executive Board Member compensation described herein is exclusive of value-add tax (VAT) and shall be subject to any tax withholdings
and deductions required under applicable law.
Annual Cash Retainer
Each Non-Executive Board Member will receive
the retainers set forth below for their service on the Board. The annual cash compensation amounts will be payable in arrears, in equal
quarterly installments following the end of each fiscal quarter in which the service occurred. Any amount payable for a partial quarter
of service will be pro-rated by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of days of service that
the Non-Executive Board Member provided in such quarter and the denominator of which will be the number of days in such quarter. All
annual cash retainers are vested upon payment.
| 1. | Annual Board Member Service Retainer: |
| a. | All Non-Executive Board Members:
$60,000. |
| b. | Non-Executive Board Member serving as
Chairperson of the Board: $45,000 (in addition to above). |
| 2. | Annual Committee Member Service Retainer: |
| a. | Member of the Audit Committee: $12,000. |
| b. | Member of the Compensation Committee:
$9,000. |
| c. | Member of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee: $5,000. |
| d. | Member of the Sustainability Committee:
$5,000. |
| 3. | Annual
Committee Chair Service Retainer (in lieu of Annual Committee Member Service Retainer): |
| a. | Chairperson of the Audit Committee:
$25,000. |
| b. | Chairperson of the Compensation Committee:
$20,000. |
| c. | Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee: $15,000. |
| d. | Chairperson of the Sustainability Committee:
$15,000. |
Equity Compensation
Equity awards will be granted under Lilium’s
2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and will be subject to the limits on non-employee compensation set forth therein.
| 1. | Automatic
Equity Grants. Annual and initial grants made on or after the Extraordinary General Meeting
of Shareholders of 11 September 2023 (the “2023 Extraordinary General Meeting
of Shareholders”) shall be made as follows: |
| a. | Annual RSU Grants for Non-Executive
Board Members. Without any further action of the Board, at the close of business on the
date of each Annual General Meeting of Shareholders beginning with the 2024 General Meeting
of Shareholders, each Non-Executive Board Member shall be granted a restricted stock unit
award (“RSU Award”) under the Plan covering Shares (as defined in the
Plan) having an RSU Value (as defined below) of $175,000; provided that the number
of Shares covered by each Continuing Director Annual RSU Award will be rounded down to the
nearest whole Share. Each Annual RSU Award shall vest on the earlier of (i) the day
before the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders or (ii) the one-year anniversary
of the grant date, subject to the applicable Non-Executive Board Member’s continued
service as a member of the Board through such vesting date. |
| b. | Initial Grant for New Non-Executive
Board Members. Without any further action of the Board, each person who, after the 2023
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, is elected or appointed for the first time
to be a Non-Executive Board Member will automatically, upon the date of his or her initial
election or appointment to be a Non-Executive Board Member, be granted, in addition to the
Annual RSU Award, a RSU Award under the Plan covering Shares having an RSU Value of $165,000
(a “New Director Initial RSU Award”); provided that the number of
Shares covered by each New Director Initial RSU Award will be rounded down to the nearest
whole Share. Each New Director Initial RSU Award shall vest in equal annual installments
over the 3-year period following the grant date on each anniversary of the grant date, subject
to the applicable Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the
Board through each such vesting date. |
| 2. | One
Time RSU Grants. Non-Executive Board Members who were elected or appointed to the Board
on September 21, 2021 and who are still in office during the 2023 Extraordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders and who received RSU Grants during the period of their appointment
as Non-Executive Board Member, shall be granted a One Time Additional RSU Grant under the
Plan representing an RSU Value of $275,000 (a “One Time Additional RSU Award”).
Without any further action of the Board, the One-Time Additional RSU Awards shall be granted
effective the date of adoption of this (revised version of the) Compensation Policy (the
“Award Date”) by the General Meeting of Shareholders. Each One Time Additional
RSU Award shall vest ratably over the 2-year period from the Award Date, with 50% vesting
on the first anniversary of the Award Date and the remaining 50% vesting in four equal quarterly
installments during the second year after the Award Date, subject to the Non-Executive Board
Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through each such vesting dates. |
| 3. | Acceleration
Events. All vesting is subject to the Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service
as a member of the Board through each applicable vesting date. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if a Non-Executive Board Member remains in continuous service as a member of the Board until
immediately prior to: (a) the Non-Executive Board Member’s death, (b) the
termination of the Non-Executive Board Member’s service due to the Non-Executive Board
Member’s “Disability” (as defined below) or (c) the closing
of a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Plan) (each a “Director
Acceleration Event”), any unvested portion of the One-Time Chairperson Option (as
defined in the previous version of the Compensation Policy) or any RSU Award granted in consideration
of such Non-Executive Board Member’s service as a member of the Board shall vest in
full immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the applicable Director Acceleration Event.
For purposes of this Policy, “Disability” means a Non-Executive Board
Member is unable to work at least three hours a day under the usual conditions of the general
labor market for an unforeseeable period of time due to illness or disability. |
| 4. | Calculation
of RSU Value. Except as otherwise set forth herein with respect to the Transitional Initial
RSU Awards and Transitional Annual RSU Awards, the “RSU Value” of an RSU
Award to be granted under this policy will equal the number of Shares subject to the restricted
stock unit award multiplied by the volume weighted average closing price (VWAP) over
the thirty (30) trading days prior to the grant date, rounded down to the nearest whole share. |
| 5. | Remaining
Terms. The remaining terms and conditions of each RSU Award granted under this Policy
will be as set forth in the Plan and Lilium’s standard form of RSU Award agreement,
as amended from time to time by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, as
applicable. |
| 6. | Election to Receive RSUs in Lieu of Annual Board Member Service Retainer.
Each Non-Executive Board Member may elect to convert all or a portion of his or her Annual
Board Member Service Retainer (which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes any annual retainer
that a Non-Executive Board Member may receive for serving as a committee chair or for committee
service) (the “Annual Cash Retainer”) into RSUs as follows (such election,
an “RSU Election”): |
| a. | Annual RSU Election. With respect
to any Annual Cash Retainer (an “Annual Retainer”), if a Non-Executive
Board Member timely makes an RSU Election with respect to all or a portion of such Annual
Retainer pursuant to this clause (a), then on the first calendar day following the end of
a quarter of the calendar year to which such RSU Election applies (so April 1, July 1,
October 1 and January 1 as the case may be) such Non-Executive Board Member will
automatically and in lieu of the applicable Annual Retainer payment (or portion thereof)
payable with respect to such calendar year be granted a number of fully vested RSUs equal
to (x) the amount of cash subject to such RSU Election divided by (y) the VWAP
over the thirty (30) trading days prior to the grant date rounded down to the nearest whole
share (the “RSU Election Value”); provided that in case of a partial quarter
of service, such RSU grant will be pro-rated by multiplying the RSUs to be granted in respect
of such quarter by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of days of service
that the Non-Executive Board Member provided in such quarter and the denominator of which
will be the number of days in such quarter. With respect to any Annual Retainer, each RSU
Election must be submitted to the Company’s General Counsel in writing at least 10
business days in advance of the first day of the calendar year to which such RSU Election
applies, and subject to any other conditions specified by the Board or Compensation Committee.
A Non-Executive Board Member may make an RSU Election with respect to an Annual Retainer
only if there is an effective Form S-8 registration statement on file with the SEC with
sufficient Shares available to cover the applicable restricted stock unit award as of the
date such award is to be granted. Once an RSU Election for the Annual Retainer is properly
submitted, it will remain in effect for successive calendar years and will be applied to
the Annual Cash Retainer to be earned for each such calendar year unless and until the Non-Executive
Board Member revokes it in accordance with the rules established by the Board or
Compensation Committee or there is no effective Form S-8 registration statement on file
with the SEC with sufficient Shares available to cover the applicable restricted stock unit
award. |
| b. | RSU Election Revocation Mechanics.
The revocation of any RSU Election for Annual Retainers must be submitted to the Company’s
General Counsel at least 10 business days in advance of the first day of the upcoming calendar
year to which such RSU Election applies, and subject to any other conditions specified by
the Board or Compensation Committee. Once the revocation of the RSU Election is properly
submitted, it will remain in effect for successive calendar years unless and until the Non-Executive
Board Member makes a new RSU Election in accordance with clause (a) above. |
Deferral of Cash Retainers and Equity Grants
Upon the approval of Lilium, prior to a cash
retainer being earned, upon election by a Non-Executive Board Member in a form and within the timeframe prescribed by Lilium, a Non-Executive
Board Member may elect to defer such cash retainer into fully-vested deferred stock units (“DSUs”) of Lilium, which
will be granted after such retainer is earned. DSUs are held as stock units, but are settled in Shares upon the earlier of: (1) the
date chosen on the election form, and (2) the “separation from service” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(a)(1))
of the Non-Executive Board Member. In addition, a Non-Executive Board Member may elect in a form and within the timeframe prescribed
by Lilium to defer restricted stock units into DSUs with a settlement date that occurs at least one year after the applicable vesting
date and up to the time the Non-Executive Board Member has a “separation from service.” All deferral elections to DSUs must
comply with Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Treasury regulations thereunder and other official
guidance thereunder.
Expenses
Lilium will reimburse each Non-Executive Board
Member for reasonable expenses incurred in the course of traveling to and from Lilium Board and committee meetings and other Board-related
events or Lilium business in accordance with the Non-Executive Board Member Travel and Other Expense Reimbursement Policy attached as
Exhibit A hereto.
Tax Preparation Stipend
Lilium will provide an annual stipend of $4,000
USD to each Non-Executive Board Member who is subject to taxation outside of Germany, which amount can be used for individual tax preparation
services or any other purpose. The annual stipend will be payable in arrears, in equal quarterly installments following the end of each
fiscal quarter in which the service occurred.
Election to Waive Compensation.
Each Non-Executive Board Member may elect to waive any or all of his
or her compensation under this Policy prior to the payment of such compensation.
Share ownership
In accordance with the Dutch Corporate Governance
Code, all shares in Lilium held by Non-Executive Board Members shall be a long-term investment.
Main features of the compensation structure for Executive Board
Members
The size of a compensation package for Executive Board Members is
based on the scope of responsibilities and experience of the Executive Board Member. The compensation package may take into account local
market practices or requirements. Overall pay levels are intended to be competitive with the U.S. market and take into account a peer
group analysis conducted by a third-party consultant. The target total direct compensation packages of Executive Board Members generally
consist of: I) fixed compensation (base salary), II) variable compensation, and III) fringe benefits as appropriate in relation
to the function or role performed.
Fixed compensation (Base salary)
Executive Board Members are entitled to receive
an annual base salary (fixed compensation), which will generally be reviewed annually. The Non-Executive Board Members may decide to
increase the base salary of Executive Board Members based on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, without the participation
of the Executive Board Members.
Variable compensation
A significant portion of the compensation of
each Executive Board Member will be performance-based and/or subject to risk. Performance-based compensation will be based on a set of
financial and/or non-financial targets that are aligned with Lilium’s long-term strategy. Non-financial criteria may include, without
limitation, delivering on specific areas of focus, including sustainability, compliance, operational and/or strategic objectives.
Short-term incentive: annual bonus (STI)
The Non-Executive Board Members (based on the recommendation of the
Compensation Committee), without the participation of the Executive Board Members, may award individual Executive Board Members an annual
bonus in cash or fully vested shares (the “Short-Term Incentive” or “STI”) based on personal performance
and/or the achievement of predetermined objectives for the fiscal year, aligned with Lilium’s long-term strategy. STI payouts may
range from 0% to 200% of target based on actual achievement of applicable performance objectives.
To the extent eligible to receive an STI award, each Executive Board
Member must generally remain employed through the payment date to receive an annual bonus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Non-Executive
Board Members (based on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee), without the participation of the Executive Board Members,
may provide that an Executive Board Member may remain eligible to receive an annual bonus, or a portion thereof, following certain terminations
of employment. For example (without limiting the foregoing), the Non-Executive Board Members may provide that, in case of the termination
of the service of an Executive Board Member due to a termination by Lilium without cause, resignation by the individual for good reason
(as determined by the Non-Executive Board Members and set forth in the applicable individual agreement) or any other good leaver termination
(as determined by the Non-Executive Board Members (based on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee) without the participation
of the Executive Board Members), the Executive Board Member will remain entitled to the pro-rata annual bonus for time served during
the relevant year at the predetermined time, subject to the achievement of the applicable performance measures and targets for the STI.
Any such pro-rata annual bonus will be payable no later than March 15 of the year following the year of termination to the extent
necessary to avoid adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to
U.S. taxpayers.
Long-term incentive (LTI)
Executive Board Members will participate in Lilium’s Long-Term
Incentive program (LTI). The purpose of the LTI program is to provide competitive incentives, reinforce performance culture by differentiating
pay based on individual performance, encourage equity ownership at all levels, encourage long tenure and retention, and recognize the
entrepreneurial spirit required in critical years of Lilium’s business. In addition, the LTI program will enable Lilium to adjust
to the changing competition and market dynamics, recognize the need for entrepreneurship, and promote internal parity and consistency
in principle and design.
The Non-Executive Board Members based on the recommendation of the
Compensation Committee, without the participation of the Executive Board Members, may provide that Executive Board Members may receive
a grant of stock options pursuant to the Plan which vest subject to the individual’s continuous service with Lilium through each
applicable vesting date and/or certain performance conditions, which may include (but are not limited to) the performance goals set forth
in the Plan. In addition, Executive Board Members may receive grants of RSU Awards pursuant to the Plan, which vest based on criteria
set by the Non-Executive Board Members based on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, without the participation of the Executive
Board Members. Such stock awards will generally vest over a specified service/performance period.
In addition, the Non-Executive Board Members based on the recommendation
of the Compensation Committee, without the participation of the Executive Board Members, may provide that an LTI award, or a portion
thereof, will vest upon certain terminations of employment. For example (without limiting the foregoing), the Non-Executive Board Members
may provide that in case of the termination of the service of an Executive Board Member due to (i) a termination by Lilium without
cause, (ii) resignation by the individual for good reason (as determined by the Non-Executive Board Members and set forth in the
applicable award agreement) or (iii) any other good leaver termination (as determined by the Non-Executive Board Members based on
the recommendation of the Compensation Committee without the participation of the Executive Board Members), a prorated portion of the
LTI award will vest based on the number of months the individual remained in continuous service with Lilium during the applicable vesting
period.
Further, the Non-Executive Board Members may, for example (without
limiting the foregoing), provide that in case of the termination of the service of an Executive Board Member due to (i) a termination
by Lilium without cause or resignation by the individual for good reason (as determined by the Non-Executive Board Members based on the
recommendation of the Compensation Committee and set forth in the applicable award agreement), in each case, within a specified period
following a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), (ii) death or (iii) any other good leaver termination (as determined
by the Non-Executive Board Members based on the recommendation by the Compensation Committee without the participation of the Executive
Board Members), any unvested portion of the LTI awards will fully vest upon such termination of service.
In the event that an Executive Board Member experiences a leave of
absence or an Executive Board Member’s regular level of time commitment in the performance of his or her services for Lilium is
reduced (for example, and without limitation, if the Executive Board Member has a change in status from full-time to part-time or takes
an extended leave of absence) after the date of grant of any LTI award, the Non-Executive Board Members based on the recommendation of
the Compensation Committee, without the participation of the Executive Board Members, may make adjustments to the applicable LTI award
as set forth in Sections 12 and 13 of the Plan.
LTI awards will be subject to applicable withholdings and deductions
as required pursuant to applicable law, which may differ based on the location of the individual, and applicable holding requirements.
Clawback
Variable remuneration may and, where legally
required, will be adjusted or recovered from an Executive Board Member in accordance with the relevant provisions in the Dutch Civil
Code, as amended from time to time (currently as contained in paragraphs 6 and 8 of Article 135 Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code)
and/or the Lilium Clawback policy as in place from time to time.
In addition, if any Executive Board Member has engaged in Improper
Conduct (as defined below), then the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, after evaluating the associated costs and benefits
and subject to applicable law, seek to recover all or any portion of the Recoverable Compensation (as defined below) granted or paid
to or earned by any such Executive Board Member during the Applicable Period (as defined below). In addition, the Compensation Committee
may, in its sole discretion and in the reasonable exercise of its business judgment, determine whether and to what extent additional
action is appropriate to address the Improper Conduct to minimize the likelihood of any recurrence and to impose such other discipline
as it deems appropriate. Subject to applicable law, the Compensation Committee may seek to recoup such Recoverable Compensation by requiring
any affected Executive Board Member to repay such amount to Lilium; by set-off; by reducing future compensation; or by such other means
or combination of means as the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to be appropriate.
For purposes of this Policy:
“Applicable Period” means (i) in the case
of any Restatement, the three-year period preceding the date on which Lilium is required to prepare the Restatement and (ii) in
the case of any Improper Conduct, the three-year period preceding the date of the Improper Conduct, as determined by the Board.
“Improper Conduct” means an Executive Board Member’s
(i) commission of any felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude under applicable law; (ii) attempted
commission of, or participation in, a fraud or act of dishonesty against Lilium; (iii) intentional, material violation of any contract
or agreement between the Executive Board Member and Lilium or of any statutory duty owed to Lilium; (iv) unauthorized use or disclosure
of Lilium’s confidential information or trade secrets; or (v) any action that results in material financial, reputational
or other harm to Lilium and its affiliates and subsidiaries.
“Recoverable Compensation” means the amount of
any incentive-based compensation (including cash and equity awards, whether time or performance-based, and salary increases) granted
or paid to or earned by an Executive Board Member during the Applicable Period that, in the case of any Improper Conduct, the Compensation
Committee determines, in its sole discretion, to be appropriate in light of the scope and nature of the Improper Conduct.
Severance Pay
Severance entitlements for Executive Board Members,
if any, will generally be set forth in each such individual’s management contract, employment contract or similar agreement with
Lilium.
Miscellaneous
Undefined Number
This Policy refers to an undefined number of
Executive Board Members and Non-Executive Board Members and any reference herein to multiple members of the Board is each time subject
to the actual number of members as fixed from time to time in accordance with Lilium’s corporate governance practice.
Disclosure of compensation
Lilium shall disclose information regarding compensation
paid to Executive Board Members and Non-Executive Board Members in the Compensation Report, as part of the Annual Report of Lilium in
accordance with applicable rules and regulations.
EXHIBIT A
NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL AND OTHER
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY
Travel Expenses
Lilium N.V. (“Lilium”) will
reimburse non-executive members (“Non-Executive Board Members”) of the Board of Directors of Lilium (the “Board”)
for reasonable expenses incurred in the course of traveling to and from Lilium Board and committee meetings and other Board-related events
or Lilium business.
Lilium prefers to provide full service and arrange
reimbursable travel bookings directly on behalf of the Non-Executive Board Members. Each Non-Executive Board Member may however choose
to arrange travel bookings him/herself and seek reimbursement in accordance with this policy.
Reimbursable Expenses
Reimbursable expenses shall include airline travel
in “Business Class” for flights above five hours and in “Economy Class” for flights below five hours as well
as airport parking, taxi/ground transportation, hotel, meals and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
Reimbursement of Expenses
Expenses incurred by a Non-Executive Board Member
while traveling on Lilium business or attending Lilium Board and committee meetings and other Board-related events in accordance with
these guidelines will be reimbursed to the Non-Executive Board Member through submission of expenses (including original receipts where
applicable) to the Policy Administrator. Expenses reimbursed pursuant to this Policy will be compliant with local tax rules if and
where applicable.
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Exhibit 99.6
PROPOSAL TO PARTIALLY AMEND THE COMPENSATION
POLICY OF LILIUM N.V.
as such will be proposed to the extraordinary
general meeting of shareholders to be held on 11 September, 2023 at 2:00pm CEST at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP,
Strawinskylaan 10, 1077 XZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The left column shows the current text of the
relevant provisions of the compensation policy to be amended. The middle column shows the proposed amendments. The right column provides
a short explanation of the proposed amendments.
CURRENT TEXT
Main features of compensation for Non-Executive Board Members
For 2021 and onwards, Non-Executive Board Members
are entitled to the following compensation, taking into consideration their responsibilities and time commitment as members of the Board
and the additional responsibilities they may have as members of the Board’s committees. Non-Executive Board Members do not have
an individual employment contract with Lilium and are not entitled to participate in any benefits offered or commonly available to management
and staff. No loans or other financial commitments will be made by or on behalf of Lilium to any Non-Executive Board Member. For the avoidance
of doubt, all Non-Executive Board Member compensation described herein is exclusive of value-add tax (VAT) and shall be subject to any
tax withholdings and deductions required under applicable law. |
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Main features of compensation for Non-Executive Board Members
For 2023 and onwards, Non-Executive Board Members
are entitled to the following compensation, taking into consideration their responsibilities and time commitment as members of the Board
and the additional responsibilities they may have as members of the Board’s committees. Non-Executive Board Members do not have
an individual employment contract with Lilium and are not entitled to participate in any benefits offered or commonly available to management
and staff. No loans or other financial commitments will be made by or on behalf of Lilium to any Non-Executive Board Member. For the avoidance
of doubt, all Non-Executive Board Member compensation described herein is exclusive of value-add tax (VAT) and shall be subject to any
tax withholdings and deductions required under applicable law.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
Reference to 2021 changed into 2023 to align
the Compensation Policy with the current situation. |
Annual Cash Compensation
Each Non-Executive Board Member will receive the
retainers set forth below for their service on the Board. The annual cash compensation amounts will be payable in arrears, in equal quarterly
installments following the end of each fiscal quarter in which the service occurred. Any amount payable for a partial quarter of service
will be pro-rated by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of days of service that the Non-Executive
Board Member provided in such quarter and the denominator of which will be the number of days in such quarter. All annual cash retainers
are vested upon payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) the portion of the annual retainers to be paid in respect
of the first quarter that ends on or after the date of the consummation of all transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination
Agreement, dated March 30, 2021, by and among Lilium, Queen Cayman Merger LLC, Qell Acquisition Corp. and Lilium GmbH (“Legacy
Lilium”), as amended (the “Business Combination” and such date, the “Effective Date”) shall be equal to
the full quarterly installment, pro-rated as applicable based on the days of service that the Non-Executive Board Member provided in such
quarter (the “First Quarterly Payment”), (ii) the First Quarterly Payment shall be paid at the same time as the quarterly
installment earned in respect of the second quarter that ends on or after the Effective Date is paid and (iii) the First Quarterly
Payment shall not be earned unless the Non-Executive Board Member remains in service with Lilium through the end of the first quarter
that ends on or after the Effective Date. |
Annual Cash Retainer
Each Non-Executive Board Member will receive the
retainers set forth below for their service on the Board. The annual cash compensation amounts will be payable in arrears, in equal quarterly
installments following the end of each fiscal quarter in which the service occurred. Any amount payable for a partial quarter of service
will be pro-rated by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of days of service that the Non-Executive
Board Member provided in such quarter and the denominator of which will be the number of days in such quarter. All annual cash retainers
are vested upon payment. |
All references to legacy arrangements and transitional arrangements and/or the 2021 timeframe that are obsolete, have been deleted aligning the Compensation Policy to the current situation. |
Equity Compensation
Prior to the Effective Date, in consideration
of the significant additional duties and responsibilities that will be required of the initial Chairperson of the Board, the individual
appointed to this position received an option grant (the “One-Time Chairperson Option”) to purchase 29 shares of Legacy
Lilium with a per share exercise price of €1 pursuant to the legacy employee stock option program established by Legacy Lilium (the
“Legacy Stock Option Program”). Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the One-Time Chairperson Option
will be converted into an option to acquire an adjusted number of shares of Lilium (calculated by multiplying the number of Legacy Lilium
shares subject to the One-Time Chairperson Option as of immediately prior to the Business Combination by the conversion ratio used for
purposes of the Business Combination). The One-Time Chairperson Option otherwise remains subject to the same terms and conditions as were
in effect prior to the consummation of the Business Combination. The One-Time Chairperson Option shall vest on a linear monthly basis
in the following instalments: 4% in the year 2021, 11% in the year 2022, 40% in the year 2023 and 45% in the year 2024, subject to such
individual’s continued service as a member of the Board through such vesting period.
Beginning as of the Effective Date, equity awards
will be granted under Lilium’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan or any successor equity incentive plan adopted by the Board and the shareholders
of Lilium (the “Plan”) and will be subject to the limits on non-employee compensation set forth therein.
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Equity Compensation
Equity awards will be granted under Lilium’s
2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and will be subject to the limits on non-employee compensation set forth therein.
1. Automatic
Equity Grants. Annual and initial grants made on or after the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 11 September, 2023
(the “2023 Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders”) shall be made as follows:
a. Annual
RSU Grants for Non-Executive Board Members. Without any further action of the Board, at the close of business on the date of each
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders beginning with the 2024 General Meeting of Shareholders, each Non-Executive Board Member shall
be granted a restricted stock unit award (“RSU Award”) under the Plan covering Shares (as defined in the Plan) having an RSU
Value (as defined below) of $175,000; provided that the number of Shares covered by each Continuing Director Annual RSU Award will
be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. Each Annual RSU Award shall vest on the earlier of (i) the day before the next Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders or (ii) the one-year anniversary of the grant date, subject to the applicable Non-Executive Board
Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through such vesting date.
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All references to legacy arrangements
and transitional arrangements and/or the 2021 timeframe that are obsolete, have been deleted aligning the Compensation Policy to the
current situation.
The term “Annual Grant for Continuing
Non-Executive Board Members” has been replaced by “Annual RSU Grants for Non-Executive Board Members”, because there
is no longer a need to refer to Continuing Directors as all current and new Non-Executive Board Members will be treated the same where
it concerns Annual RSU grants.
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1. Automatic Equity Grants. Annual and initial grants made on or after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders during 2022 (the “2022 General Meeting of Shareholders”) shall be made as follows:
a. Annual Grant for Continuing Non-Executive Board Members. Without any further action of the Board, at the close of business on the date of each Annual General Meeting of Shareholders beginning with the 2022 General Meeting of Shareholders, each continuing Non-Executive Board Member shall be granted a restricted stock unit award (“RSU Award”) under the Plan covering Shares (as defined in the Plan) having an RSU Value (as defined below) of $175,000 (a “Continuing Director Annual RSU Award”); provided that the number of Shares covered by each Continuing Director Annual RSU Award will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. Each Continuing Director Annual RSU Award shall vest on the earlier of (i) the day before the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders or (ii) the one-year anniversary of the grant date, subject to the applicable Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through such vesting date.
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b. Initial
Grant for New Non-Executive Board Members. Without any further action of the Board, each person who, after the 2023 Extraordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders, is elected or appointed for the first time to be a Non-Executive Board Member will automatically, upon
the date of his or her initial election or appointment to be a Non-Executive Board Member, be granted, in addition to the Annual RSU Award,
a RSU Award under the Plan covering Shares having an RSU Value of $165,000 (a “New Director Initial RSU Award”);
provided that the number of Shares covered by each New Director Initial RSU Award will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. Each
New Director Initial RSU Award shall vest in equal annual installments over the 3-year period following the grant date on each anniversary
of the grant date, subject to the applicable Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through each
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(i) Clause 1 (c) (new clause 1 (b): the value of the initial grant for New Non-Executive Board Members in the form of an RSU Award under the Plan is decreased from $ 325,000 to $ 165,000, with the same vesting schedule as the initial grant under the current Compensation Policy, to reflect market practices
Also, the years and terms used in the Compensation Policy have been updated. Previous clause 1 (b) has been deleted because it is now duplicative of clause 1 (a).
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b. Annual
Grant for New Non-Executive Board Members. Without any further action of the Board, each person who, on or after the 2022 General
Meeting of Shareholders, is elected or appointed for the first time to be a Non-Executive Board Member will automatically, upon the date
of his or her initial election or appointment to be a Non-Executive Board Member, be granted a RSU Award under the Plan covering Shares
having an RSU Value of $175,000, pro-rated based on the number of full months that are expected to lapse between the Non-Executive
Board Member’s appointment to the Board and the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (a “New Director Annual RSU
Award”); provided that the number of Shares covered by each New Director Annual RSU Award will be rounded down to the nearest
whole Share. Each New Director Annual RSU Award shall vest in full on the date of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, subject
to the Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through such date. |
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c. Initial
Grant for New Outside Directors. Without any further action of the Board, each person who, on or after the 2022 General Meeting of
Shareholders, is elected or appointed for the first time to be a Non-Executive Board Member will automatically, upon the date of his or
her initial election or appointment to be a Non-Executive Board Member, be granted, in addition to the New Director Annual RSU Award,
a RSU Award under the Plan covering Shares having an RSU Value of $325,000 (a “New Director Initial RSU Award”);
provided that the number of Shares covered by each New Director Initial RSU Award will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. Each
New Director Initial RSU Award shall vest in equal annual installments over the 3-year period following the grant date on each anniversary
of the grant date, subject to the applicable Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through each
such vesting date. |
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2. Transitional
RSU Grants. Prior to the 2022 General Meeting of Shareholders, in lieu of the restricted stock unit awards provided in Section 1
above, there shall be transitional restricted stock unit awards (the “Transitional RSU Awards”) granted upon the following
terms:
a) One-Time
Transitional Initial Grant. Non-Executive Board Members who are elected or appointed to the Board for the first time on or after the
Effective Date (but before the 2022 General Meeting of Shareholders) shall be granted a Transitional RSU Award under the Plan covering
32,500 Shares (representing an RSU Value of $325,000 assuming a $10 per share price) (a “Transitional Initial RSU Award”).
Each Transitional Initial RSU Award shall vest in equal yearly installments over the 3-year period from the date the Non-Executive Board
Member was initially elected or appointed, subject to the Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the Board
through each such vesting date. Without any further action of the Board, the Transitional Initial RSU Awards shall be granted on the latest
to occur of (i) the Non-Executive Board Member’s election or appointment to the Board, (ii) the Effective Date, and (iii) the
effectiveness of Lilium’s registration statement for the Shares subject to the Plan. However, the Transitional Initial RSU Awards
shall vest on the schedule described in this Section 2(a), regardless of when they are granted.
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2. One Time RSU Grants. Non-Executive Board
Members who were elected or appointed to the Board on September 21, 2021 and who are still in office during the 2023 Extraordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders and who received RSU Grants during the period of their appointment as Non-Executive Board Member, shall
be granted a One Time Additional RSU Grant under the Plan representing an RSU Value of $275,000 (a “One Time Additional
RSU Award”). Without any further action of the Board, the One-Time Additional RSU Awards shall be granted effective the date
of adoption of this (revised version of the) Compensation Policy (the “Award Date”) by the General Meeting of Shareholders.
Each One Time Additional RSU Award shall vest ratably over the 2-year period from the Award Date, with 50% vesting on the first anniversary
of the Award Date and the remaining 50% vesting in four equal quarterly installments during the second year after Award Date, subject
to the Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through each such vesting dates.
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A new Clause 2 has been added providing for
a One Time Additional RSU Grants of US$ 275,000 to be granted to Non-Executive Board Members who were elected or appointed to the Board
on September 21, 2021 and who are still in office during the September 2023 Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and
who received RSU Grants during the period of their appointment as Non-Executive Board Member. The grants shall be awarded upon adoption
of the Compensation Policy by the Shareholders and vest over a period of 2 years (50% after the first year and the remaining 50% in four
equal quarterly installments during the second year after the date of grant), subject to the Non-Executive Board Member’s continued
service as member of the Board through each such vesting dates.
The One-Time RSU Grants are proposed to provide
competitive compensation to retain the top-tier talent and expertise required to effectively supervise the execution of Lilium’s
objectives in accordance with Lilium’s long-term strategy creating long-term value and sustainable growth in the best interests
of Lilium and its shareholders, several Non-Executive Board Members will be granted a one-time equity grant in recognition of their personal
investment into the future of the organization.
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b) One-Time
Transitional Annual Grant. Non-Executive Board Members who are elected or appointed for the first time on or after the Effective Date
(but before the 2022 General Meeting of Shareholders) shall be granted a RSU Award under the Plan covering 17,500 Shares (representing
an RSU Value of $175,000 assuming a $10 per share price), which shall be pro-rated based on the number of full months that are
expected to lapse between the Non-Executive Board Member’s appointment to the Board and the 2022 General Meeting of Shareholders
(a “Transitional Annual RSU Award”); provided that the number of Shares covered by each Transitional Annual RSU Award
will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. Each Transitional Annual RSU Award shall vest in full on the date immediately preceding
the date of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, subject to the Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a
member of the Board through such date. Without any further action of the Board, the Transitional Annual RSU Awards shall be granted on
the latest to occur of (i) the Non-Executive Board Member’s election or appointment to the Board, (ii) the Effective Date,
and (iii) the effectiveness of Lilium’s registration statement for the Shares subject to the Plan. However, the Transitional
Annual RSU Awards shall vest on the schedule described in this Section 2(b), regardless of when they are granted. |
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3. Acceleration
Events. All vesting is subject to the Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through each
applicable vesting date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Non-Executive Board Member remains in continuous service as a member of
the Board until immediately prior to: (a) the Non-Executive Board Member’s death, (b) the termination of the Non-Executive
Board Member’s service due to the Non-Executive Board Member’s “Disability” (as defined below) or (c) the
closing of a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Plan) (each a “Director Acceleration Event”),
any unvested portion of the One-Time Chairperson Option or any RSU Award granted in consideration of such Non-Executive Board Member’s
service as a member of the Board shall vest in full immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the applicable Director Acceleration Event.
For purposes of this Policy, “Disability” means a Non-Executive Board Member is unable to work at least three hours
a day under the usual conditions of the general labor market for an unforeseeable period of time due to illness or disability. |
3. Acceleration Events. All vesting is subject to the Non-Executive Board Member’s continued service as a member of the Board through each applicable vesting date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Non-Executive Board Member remains in continuous service as a member of the Board until immediately prior to: (a) the Non-Executive Board Member’s death, (b) the termination of the Non-Executive Board Member’s service due to the Non-Executive Board Member’s “Disability” (as defined below) or (c) the closing of a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Plan) (each a “Director Acceleration Event”), any unvested portion of the One-Time Chairperson Option (as defined in the previous version of the Compensation Policy) or any RSU Award granted in consideration of such Non-Executive Board Member’s service as a member of the Board shall vest in full immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the applicable Director Acceleration Event. For purposes of this Policy, “Disability” means a Non-Executive Board Member is unable to work at least three hours a day under the usual conditions of the general labor market for an unforeseeable period of time due to illness or disability. |
“(as
defined in the previous version of the Compensation Policy)” in relation to the One-Time Chairperson Option has been included for
clarity, as this is no longer covered in the new Compensation Policy. |
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6. Election to Receive RSUs in Lieu of Annual Board Member Service Retainer. Each Non-Executive Board Member may elect to convert all or a portion of his or her Annual Board Member Service Retainer (which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes any annual retainer that a Non-Executive Board Member may receive for serving as a committee chair or for committee service) (the “Annual Cash Retainer”) into RSUs as follows (such election, an “RSU Election”):
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6. Election to Receive RSUs in Lieu of Annual Board Member Service Retainer. Election to Receive RSUs in Lieu of Annual Board Member Service Retainer. Each Non-Executive Board Member may elect to convert all or a portion of his or her Annual Board Member Service Retainer (which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes any annual retainer that a Non-Executive Board Member may receive for serving as a committee chair or for committee service) (the “Annual Cash Retainer”) into RSUs as follows (such election, an “RSU Election”):
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Reference to Transitional RSU Election and the New Director Election have been deleted because this is no longer relevant.
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a. Transitional
RSU Election. With respect to the Annual Cash Retainer that is earned with respect to the period commencing on the Effective Date
and ending on December 31, 2021 (a “Transitional Retainer”), if a Non-Executive Board Member timely makes an
RSU Election with respect to all or a portion of such Transitional Retainer pursuant to this clause (a), then such Non-Executive Board
Member will automatically and in lieu of the applicable Transitional Retainer payment (or portion thereof) payable with respect to the
period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on December 31, 2021 (the “Transitional Period”) be granted
a number of RSUs equal to (x) the amount of cash subject to such RSU Election divided by (y) $10; provided that, such RSUs
shall be granted on the first date that there is an effective Form S-8 registration statement on file with the SEC with sufficient
Shares available to cover the applicable RSUs, subject to such Non-Executive Board Member’s continuous service through the date
of grant. Such RSUs will be subject to vesting on the same schedule, and subject to the same conditions, as applied to the underlying
Transitional Retainer; provided that, to the extent that a Transitional Retainer (or portion thereof) would have been vested prior to
the date of grant but for the RSU Election, the portion of the RSUs attributable to such Transitional Retainer (or portion thereof) shall
be fully vested as of the date of grant; provided further, that any portion of the RSUs that vests in respect of a partial quarter of
service will be pro-rated by multiplying the RSUs scheduled to vest in respect of such quarter by a fraction, the numerator of which
will be the number of days of service that the Non-Executive Board Member provided in such quarter and the denominator of which will
be the number of days in such quarter. With respect to any Transitional Retainer, each RSU Election must be submitted to the Company’s
General Counsel in writing within 5 business days following the Effective Date, and subject to any other conditions specified by the
Board or Compensation Committee. Once an RSU Election for the Transitional Retainer is properly submitted, it will be irrevocable.
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a. Annual
RSU Election. With respect to any Annual Cash Retainer (an “Annual Retainer”), if a Non-Executive Board Member
timely makes an RSU Election with respect to all or a portion of such Annual Retainer pursuant to this clause (a), then on the first
calendar day following the end of a quarter of the calendar year to which such RSU Election applies (so April 1, July 1, October 1
and January 1 as the case may be) such Non-Executive Board Member will automatically and in lieu of the applicable Annual Retainer
payment (or portion thereof) payable with respect to such calendar year be granted a number of fully vested RSUs equal to (x) the
amount of cash subject to such RSU Election divided by (y) the VWAP over the thirty (30) trading days prior to the grant date rounded
down to the nearest whole share (the “RSU Election Value”); provided that in case of a partial quarter of service,
such RSU grant will be pro-rated by multiplying the RSUs to be granted in respect of such quarter by a fraction, the numerator of which
will be the number of days of service that the Non-Executive Board Member provided in such quarter and the denominator of which will
be the number of days in such quarter. With respect to any Annual Retainer, each RSU Election must be submitted to the Company’s
General Counsel in writing at least 10 business days in advance of the first day of the calendar year to which such RSU Election applies,
and subject to any other conditions specified by the Board or Compensation Committee. A Non-Executive Board Member may make an RSU Election
with respect to an Annual Retainer only if there is an effective Form S-8 registration statement on file with the SEC with sufficient
Shares available to cover the applicable restricted stock unit award as of the date such award is to be granted. Once an RSU Election
for the Annual Retainer is properly submitted, it will remain in effect for successive calendar years and will be applied to the Annual
Cash Retainer to be earned for each such calendar year unless and until the Non-Executive Board Member revokes it in accordance with
the rules established by the Board or Compensation Committee or there is no effective Form S-8 registration statement on file
with the SEC with sufficient Shares available to cover the applicable restricted stock unit award.
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Changes have been made to the Annual RSU
Election allowing Non-Executive Board Members to elect to receive their Annual Retainer in RSUs instead of in cash. In the revised Compensation
Policy it is proposed to delete the reference to “Transitional Retainer” and “New Director Annual Cash Retainer”
as this is no longer relevant, and to rename the “Normal Annual Retainer” to “Annual Cash Retainer”. Grants will
be in line with the vesting of the Annual Cash retainer in arrears at the beginning of a new calendar year quarter. |
b. Annual
RSU Election. With respect to any Annual Cash Retainer other than a Transitional Retainer or New Director Annual Cash Retainer (as
defined below) (a “Normal Annual Retainer”), if a Non-Executive Board Member timely makes an RSU Election with respect
to all or a portion of such Normal Annual Retainer pursuant to this clause (b), then on January 1st of the calendar year
to which such RSU Election applies, such Non-Executive Board Member will automatically and in lieu of the applicable Normal Annual Retainer
payment (or portion thereof) payable with respect to such calendar year be granted a number of RSUs equal to (x) the amount of cash
subject to such RSU Election divided by (y) the VWAP over the thirty (30) trading days prior to the grant date (the “RSU
Election Value”). Such RSUs will be subject to vesting on the same schedule, and subject to the same conditions, as applied
to the underlying Normal Annual Retainer; provided that, any portion of the RSUs that vests in respect of a partial quarter of service
will be pro-rated by multiplying the RSUs scheduled to vest in respect of such quarter by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the
number of days of service that the Non-Executive Board Member provided in such quarter and the denominator of which will be the number
of days in such quarter. With respect to any Normal Annual Retainer, each RSU Election must be submitted to the Company’s General
Counsel in writing at least 10 business days in advance of the first day of the calendar year to which such RSU Election applies, and
subject to any other conditions specified by the Board or Compensation Committee. A Non-Executive Board Member may make an RSU Election
with respect to a Normal Annual Retainer only if there is an effective Form S-8 registration statement on file with the SEC with
sufficient Shares available to cover the applicable restricted stock unit award as of the date such award is to be granted. Once an
RSU Election for the Normal Annual Retainer is properly submitted, it will remain in effect for successive calendar years and will be
applied to the Annual Cash Retainer to be earned for each such calendar year unless and until the Non-Executive Board Member revokes it
in accordance with the rules established by the Board or Compensation Committee or there is no effective Form S-8 registration
statement on file with the SEC with sufficient Shares available to cover the applicable restricted stock unit award.
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b. RSU
Election Revocation Mechanics. The revocation of any RSU Election for Annual Retainers must be submitted to the Company’s General
Counsel at least 10 business days in advance of the first day of the upcoming calendar year to which such RSU Election applies, and subject
to any other conditions specified by the Board or Compensation Committee. Once the revocation of the RSU Election is properly submitted,
it will remain in effect for successive calendar years unless and until the Non-Executive Board Member makes a new RSU Election in accordance
with clause (a) above.
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New
Director Election. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each person who is elected or appointed for the first time
to be a Non-Executive Board Member after the Effective Date will, if such Non-Executive Board Member timely makes an RSU Election
with respect to all or a portion of his or her Annual Cash Retainer (a “New Director Annual Retainer”), pursuant
to this clause (c), automatically and in lieu of the applicable New Director Annual Retainer payment payable with respect to the
applicable period be granted a number of RSUs equal to (x) the amount of cash subject to such RSU Election divided by (y) the
applicable RSU Election Value on the grant date. Such RSUs shall be granted on the date such Non-Executive Board Member is elected
for the first time to be a Non-Executive Board Member. Such RSUs will be subject to vesting on the same schedule, and subject to
the same conditions, as applied to the New Director Annual Retainer; provided that any portion of the RSUs that vests in respect
of a partial quarter of service will be pro-rated by multiplying the RSUs scheduled to vest in respect of such quarter by a fraction,
the numerator of which will be the number of days of service that the Non-Executive Board Member provided in such quarter and the
denominator of which will be the number of days in such quarter. Each RSU Election must be submitted to the Company’s General
Counsel in writing on or before the date such Non-Executive Board Member is elected for the first time to be a Non-Executive Board
Member. A Non-Executive Board Member may make an RSU Election with respect to a New Director Annual Retainer only if there is an
effective Form S-8 registration statement on file with the SEC with sufficient Shares available to cover the applicable restricted
stock unit award as of the date such award is to be granted. Once an RSU Election for the New Director Annual Retainer is properly
submitted, it will remain in effect for successive calendar years and will be applied to the Annual Cash Retainer to be earned for
each such calendar year unless and until the Non-Executive Board Member revokes it in accordance with the rules established
by the Board or Compensation Committee or there is no effective Form S-8 registration statement on file with the SEC with sufficient
Shares available to cover the applicable restricted stock unit award. |
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c. RSU
Election Revocation Mechanics. The revocation of any RSU Election for Normal Annual Retainers must be submitted to the Company’s
General Counsel at least 10 business days in advance of the first day of the upcoming calendar year to which such RSU Election applies,
and subject to any other conditions specified by the Board or Compensation Committee. Once the revocation of the RSU Election is properly
submitted, it will remain in effect for successive calendar years unless and until the Non-Executive Board Member makes a new RSU Election
in accordance with clause (b) above. |
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Main features of the compensation structure
for Executive Board Members
The size of a compensation package is based on
the scope of responsibilities and experience of the Executive Board Member. The compensation package may take into account local market
practices or requirements. Overall pay levels are intended to be competitive with the U.S. market and take into account a peer group analysis
conducted by a third-party consultant. The target total direct compensation packages of Executive Board Members generally consist of:
I) fixed compensation (base salary), II) variable compensation, and III) fringe benefits as appropriate in relation to the function
or role performed.
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Main features of the compensation structure
for Executive Board Members
The size of a compensation package for Executive
Board Members is based on the scope of responsibilities and experience of the Executive Board Member. The compensation package may take
into account local market practices or requirements. Overall pay levels are intended to be competitive with the U.S. market and take into
account a peer group analysis conducted by a third-party consultant. The target total direct compensation packages of Executive Board
Members generally consist of: I) fixed compensation (base salary), II) variable compensation, and III) fringe benefits as appropriate
in relation to the function or role performed. |
The words “for Executive Board
Members” have been included behind “the size of a compensation package” for clarification purposes. |
Clawback
Variable remuneration may be adjusted or recovered
from an Executive Board Member in accordance with the relevant provisions in the Dutch Civil Code, as amended from time to time (currently
as contained in paragraphs 6 and 8 of Article 135 Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code).
In addition, if (i) Lilium is required to
undertake a Restatement (as defined below) for which an Executive Board Member is at fault due to such Executive Board Member’s
negligence or (ii) any Executive Board Member has engaged in Improper Conduct (as defined below), then the Compensation Committee
may, in its sole discretion, after evaluating the associated costs and benefits and subject to applicable law, seek to recover all or
any portion of the Recoverable Compensation (as defined below) granted or paid to or earned by any such Executive Board Member during
the Applicable Period (as defined below). In addition, the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion and in the reasonable exercise
of its business judgment, determine whether and to what extent additional action is appropriate to address the circumstances surrounding
such Restatement or Improper Conduct to minimize the likelihood of any recurrence and to impose such other discipline as it deems appropriate.
Subject to applicable law, the Compensation Committee may seek to recoup such Recoverable Compensation by requiring any affected Executive
Board Member to repay such amount to Lilium; by set-off; by reducing future compensation; or by such other means or combination of means
as the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to be appropriate.
For purposes of this Policy:
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Clawback
Variable remuneration may and, where legally required,
will be adjusted or recovered from an Executive Board Member in accordance with the relevant provisions in the Dutch Civil Code, as amended
from time to time (currently as contained in paragraphs 6 and 8 of Article 135 Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code) and/or the Lilium
Clawback policy as in place from time to time.
In addition, if any Executive Board Member has
engaged in Improper Conduct (as defined below), then the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, after evaluating the associated
costs and benefits and subject to applicable law, seek to recover all or any portion of the Recoverable Compensation (as defined below)
granted or paid to or earned by any such Executive Board Member during the Applicable Period (as defined below). In addition, the Compensation
Committee may, in its sole discretion and in the reasonable exercise of its business judgment, determine whether and to what extent additional
action is appropriate to address the Improper Conduct to minimize the likelihood of any recurrence and to impose such other discipline
as it deems appropriate. Subject to applicable law, the Compensation Committee may seek to recoup such Recoverable Compensation by requiring
any affected Executive Board Member to repay such amount to Lilium; by set-off; by reducing future compensation; or by such other means
or combination of means as the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to be appropriate.
For purposes of this Policy:
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Proposed changes are aimed to reflect that
a claw back policy will be introduced for the Company to meet US legal requirements.
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“Applicable Period” means (i) in the case of any Restatement, the three-year period preceding the date on which Lilium is required to prepare the Restatement and (ii) in the case of any Improper Conduct, the three-year period preceding the date of the Improper Conduct, as determined by the Board.
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“Applicable Period” means (i) in the case of any Restatement, the three-year period preceding the date on which Lilium is required to prepare the Restatement and (ii) in the case of any Improper Conduct, the three-year period preceding the date of the Improper Conduct, as determined by the Board.
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“Improper
Conduct” means an Executive Board Member’s (i) commission of any felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty
or moral turpitude under applicable law; (ii) attempted commission of, or participation in, a fraud or act of dishonesty against
Lilium; (iii) intentional, material violation of any contract or agreement between the Executive Board Member and Lilium or of any
statutory duty owed to Lilium; (iv) unauthorized use or disclosure of Lilium’s confidential information or trade secrets;
or (v) any action that results in material financial, reputational or other harm to Lilium and its affiliates and subsidiaries.
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“Improper Conduct” means an
Executive Board Member’s (i) commission of any felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude under applicable
law; (ii) attempted commission of, or participation in, a fraud or act of dishonesty against Lilium; (iii) intentional, material
violation of any contract or agreement between the Executive Board Member and Lilium or of any statutory duty owed to Lilium; (iv) unauthorized
use or disclosure of Lilium’s confidential information or trade secrets; or (v) any action that results in material financial,
reputational or other harm to Lilium and its affiliates and subsidiaries. |
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“Recoverable Compensation” means the amount of any incentive-based compensation (including cash and equity awards, whether time or performance-based, and salary increases) granted or paid to or earned by an Executive Board Member during the Applicable Period that, (i) in the case of a Restatement, exceeds the amount or value of compensation that the Compensation Committee determines, in its sole discretion, would have been granted, paid or earned had the revised financial statement(s) reflected in the Restatement been used to determine the incentive-based compensation or been available to the market at the time such incentive-based compensation was granted, paid or earned, and (ii) in the case of any Improper Conduct, the Compensation Committee determines, in its sole discretion, to be appropriate in light of the scope and nature of the Improper Conduct. |
“Recoverable Compensation” means the amount of any incentive-based compensation (including cash and equity awards, whether time or performance-based, and salary increases) granted or paid to or earned by an Executive Board Member during the Applicable Period that, in the case of any Improper Conduct, the Compensation Committee determines, in its sole discretion, to be appropriate in light of the scope and nature of the Improper Conduct.
Severance
Pay
Severance entitlements for Executive Board Members, if any, will generally be set forth in each such individual’s management contract, employment contract or similar agreement with Lilium. |
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“Restatement” means any material restatement (occurring after the effective date of this policy) of any of Lilium’s financial statements that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor rule, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Severance Pay
Severance entitlements for Executive Board Members, if any, will generally be set forth in each such individual’s management contract, employment contract or similar agreement with Lilium.
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Exhibit 99.7
1
Articles of association of Lilium N.V. as
they read after the partial amendment of the articles of association, executed before a deputy of Dirk-Jan Jeroen Smit, civil law notary,
officiating in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 1 August 2023.
CHAPTER I.
Definitions.
Article 1. Definitions.
| 1. | In these articles of association the following expressions shall have the following meanings: |
| a. | "Accountant": a registered accountant or other accountant as referred to in Section 2:393
DCC or as the case may be an organization in which such accountants work together; |
| b. | "Affiliate": means, with respect to a person or legal entity, any legal entity that,
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person or
legal entity. The term "control" shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, of shares possessing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the voting power of a legal entity, or having the power to control the management or elect a majority of members to the board
of directors or equivalent decision-making body of such legal entity; notwithstanding the foregoing in no event shall a limited partner
of (or comparable passive investor in) any entity be deemed to be an Affiliate of such entity. A party shall cease to qualify as an Affiliate
for purposes of this definition if it ceases to control, be controlled by, or be under common control with such person or legal entity;
provided in each case of this sentence and the preceding sentences that any person or legal entity controlled within meaning of Section 56
paragraph 1 subsection 3 as well as paragraphs 4 and 5 of the German Foreign Trade Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung)
("AWV") (or a successor regulation) shall be deemed to be under control for purposes of this definition; |
| c. | "Board": the management board of the Company, consisting of one or more Executive Directors
and one or more Non-Executive Directors; |
| d. | "Chairman": the Non-Executive Director appointed as Chairman in accordance with article
13 paragraph 4; |
| e. | "Chief Executive Officer": the Executive Director appointed as Chief Executive Officer
in accordance with article 13 paragraph 4; |
| f. | "Class Share Premium Reserve": has the meaning given thereto in article 4 paragraph
5; |
| g. | "Company": the public company governed by these articles of association; |
| h. | "Class Meeting": the Class Meeting Shares A, the Class Meeting Shares
B or the Class Meeting Shares C; |
| i. | "Class Meeting Shares A": the meeting of holders of Shares A; |
| j. | "Class Meeting Shares B": the meeting of holders of Shares B; |
| k. | "Class Meeting Shares C": the meeting of holders of Shares C; |
| l. | "Closing Date": the fourteenth day of September two thousand twenty-one; |
| m. | "Conversion Date": the date on which a Conversion Event has occurred; |
| n. | "Conversion Event": means, in respect of any Shares B held by any of the following parties,
the occurrence of an event as a consequence of which, |
| (i) | anyone who is a Qualified B Holder ceasing to be a Qualified B Holder; |
| (ii) | anyone who is a Permitted Entity ceasing to be a Permitted Entity; or |
| (iii) | anyone who is Permitted Transferee ceasing to be a Permitted Transferee; |
| o. | "DCC": Dutch Civil Code; |
| p. | "Directors": the Executive Directors and the Non-Executive Directors; |
| q. | "Executive Director": a member of the Board appointed as executive director; |
| r. | "Founder": Daniel Christian Wiegand, born in Tübingen (Germany) on the twelfth day
of June nineteen hundred eighty-five; |
| s. | "Founder Minimum Ownership Shares B Threshold": the Founder, together with its Permitted
Transferees, holding at least twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate amount of outstanding Shares B held by such persons on the Closing
Date; |
| t. | "General Meeting": the general meeting of Shareholders as corporate body of the Company
as well as meetings of this corporate body; |
| u. | "Group": an economic unit in which legal entities and companies are united within the
meaning of Section 2:24b DCC; |
| v. | "Initial Qualified Holder" means, in relation to any Share B, the person holding such
Share B on the Closing Date; |
| w. | "in writing": any communication sent by letter, telefax, e-mail or by any other electronic
means of communication which can transmit text, provided such communication is readable and reproducible, unless Dutch law or these articles
of association provide otherwise; |
| x. | "Non-Executive Director": a member of the Board appointed as non-executive director; |
| y. | "Notice": shall have the meaning given thereto in article 4A paragraph 3; |
| z. | "Offer": shall have the meaning given thereto in article 4A paragraph 3; |
| aa. | "Permitted Entity": means, with respect to any Initial Qualified Holder and/or spouse
of the Founder, any vehicle (including a trust, corporation and partnership) so long as an Initial Qualified Holder and/or a spouse of
a Founder, if applicable, collectively have sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the Shares B held by such
vehicle; |
| bb. | "Permitted Transferee" |
| a. | in relation to any Share B held by an Initial Qualified Holder means: |
| (i) | such Initial Qualified Holder (as transferee of any Share B retransferred to such Initial Qualified Holder
from its Permitted Transferee); |
| (ii) | any Permitted Entity and/or estate or tax planning vehicle (including a trust, corporation and partnership),
the beneficiaries of which are limited to such Initial Qualified Holder and/or members of the immediate family (being the spouse or children)
of such Initial Qualified Holder, provided that: |
| (A) | (1) prior to the Initial Qualified Holder’s death or mental incapacitation, such Initial Qualified
Holder retains (subject to any community or spousal property laws) sole voting and dispositive power over such Share B, and (2) following
the date on which such Initial Qualified Holder’s dies or is mentally incapacitated such vehicle shall immediately cease to be a
Permitted Transferee; and |
| (B) | the Transfer to such estate or tax planning vehicle does not involve payment of any consideration (other
than the interest in such trust, corporation, partnership or other estate or tax planning vehicle); and |
| b. | in relation to any Share held by Qell Partners LLC means: |
| (i) | any party who is and has not ceased to be a director, officer, member, partner or equity holder of Qell
Partners LLC; and |
| (ii) | any estate or tax planning vehicle (including a trust, corporation and partnership), the beneficiaries
of which are limited to the members of the immediate family (being the spouse or children) of those initial persons identified in paragraph
b.(i), provided that (a) prior to such person’s death or mental incapacitation, such initial person retains (subject to any
community or spousal property laws) sole voting and dispositive power over the shares held by such estate or tax planning vehicle, and
(b) following the date on which such person ceases to be a director, officer, member, partner or equity holder of Qell Partners LLC,
dies, or is mentally incapacitated such vehicle shall immediately cease to be a Permitted Transferee; and provided further that the Transfer
to such estate or tax planning vehicle does not involve payment of any consideration (other than the interest in such trust, corporation,
partnership or other estate or tax planning vehicle); |
| cc. | “Qell Group” means Qell Partners LLC and its Permitted Transferees; |
| dd. | "Qualified B Holder" means, in relation to any Share B: the Company, the Initial Qualified
Holder of such Share B and any Permitted Transferee thereof, in each case provided that such Share B has not been Transferred (including
by way of a transfer of the legal holder thereof) other than to a Permitted Transferee; |
| ee. | "Regulated Market": regulated market or multilateral trading facility, as referred to
in article 1:1 of the Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht) or a system of a non-EU/EEA member state that
is comparable to a regulated market or multilateral trading facility (including, for purposes hereof any of the NASDAQ market tiers); |
| ff. | "Secretary": the person appointed as Secretary in accordance with article 15 paragraph
7; |
| gg. | "Shareholders' Covenant”: means in respect of any Shareholder that has notified the
Company in writing that this covenant shall irrevocably apply to such Shareholder, in relation to the ownership of its Shares, provided
that such Shareholder, in each case together with its Subsidiaries and/or Affiliates, in aggregate is (i) holding or acquiring, or
(ii) controlling (including under a voting agreement, specific or general proxy, usufruct, pledge or other arrangement) Shares that
reach or exceed the screening threshold pursuant to Sections 55 and 56 paragraph 1 subsection 3 as well as paragraph 4
and 5 of the AWV (or in each case a successor regulation), this Shareholder is required not to hold and/or acquire more than twenty-four
and nine-tenths of a percent (24.9%) of the total voting rights attached to all issued and outstanding Shares (not counting any Shares
in respect of which no votes can be exercised pursuant to mandatory Dutch law) ("Voting Rights Limitation Threshold"),
unless such Shareholder has obtained (i) a certificate of non-objection within the meaning of Section 58 (1) of the AWV
or (ii) a permit or clearance within the meaning of Section 15 of the German Foreign Trade Act (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz)
("AWG") (or in each case a successor regulation), or (iii) the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and
Energy ("BMWi") has confirmed in writing that voting rights of such Shareholder and/or such Shareholders' Affiliates
above the Voting Rights Limitation Threshold are in line with, or out of scope of, the German regime on the screening of foreign investments,
or if such voting rights above this threshold cease to be subject to such regime pursuant to grandfathering or other provisions in the
AWG or the AWV or applicable orders or regulatory guidelines of the BMWi in relation to the ownership of its Shares; |
| hh. | "Shareholder Support Agreement”: that shareholder support agreement entered into between,
among others, Qell Acquisition Corp., the Company and the Founder dated the thirtieth day of March two thousand twenty-one; |
| ii. | "Shareholders": holders of Shares or the joint holders of Shares referred to in article
9; |
| jj. | "Shares": means any and all shares issued by or in the capital of the Company, including
Shares A, the Shares B and the Shares C; |
| kk. | "Shares A": the ordinary shares A in the capital of the Company; |
| ll. | "Shares B": the ordinary shares B in the capital of the Company; |
| mm. | "Shares B Compulsory Conversion Date": the date of the Shares B Compulsory Conversion
Event; |
| nn. | "Shares B Compulsory Conversion Event": the event occurring on the date set by the Non-Executive
Directors within a time period of sixty (60) and one hundred eighty (180) days after the date on which the Founder no longer meets the
Founder Minimum Ownership Shares B Threshold, upon which event each issued and outstanding Share B shall be automatically converted into
one (1) Share A and one (1) Share C; |
| oo. | "Shares C": the ordinary shares C in the capital of the Company; |
| pp. | "Subsidiary": a subsidiary within the meaning of Section 2:24a DCC; |
| qq. | "Tax Covenant": that certain tax covenant (Founder Tax Covenant) granted by the Company
to the benefit of the respective beneficiary pursuant to section 10 of the Shareholder Support Agreement; |
| rr. | "Transfer" means: any direct or indirect sale, assignment, transfer under general or
specific title (algemene of bijzondere titel), conveyance, grant of any form of security interest (other than as explicitly provided
in this definition), or other transfer or disposition of a Share or any legal or beneficial interest therein (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, by way of a synthetic transfer or total return swap), whether or not for value and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation
of law. A "Transfer" of a Share B shall also include, without limitation, the transfer of, or entering into a binding agreement
with respect to, voting control over a Share B by proxy or otherwise; provided, however, that the following shall not be considered a
"Transfer" of a Share B: (a) the granting of a power of attorney to persons designated by the Board in connection with
actions to be taken at a General Meeting; or (b) the pledge of Shares B by a Qualified B Holder that creates a mere security interest
in such Shares B pursuant to a bona fide loan or indebtedness transaction as long as the Qualified B Holder continues to exercise voting
control over such pledged shares; provided, however, that a foreclosure on such Shares B or other similar action by the pledgee shall
constitute a "Transfer" of a Share B;; |
| ss. | "Transferor": shall have the meaning given thereto in article 4B paragraph 3; |
| tt. | "Voting Cap": means, in respect of a Shareholder who (i) is subject to the Shareholders'
Covenant, and (ii) is not in compliance with the Shareholders' Covenant, the suspension of any voting rights (attaching to Shares)
which that Shareholder (together with its Affiliates) would otherwise be able to exercise in a General Meeting in excess of twenty-four
and nine-tenths of a percent (24.9%) of all voting rights (after deduction of any voting rights suspended under this Voting Cap) which
may be exercised in a General Meeting, regardless of whether such Shareholder (together with its Affiliates) would otherwise be entitled
to such votes (i) on the basis of Shares held by such Shareholder, its Affiliates and/or its Subsidiaries, or (ii) as any votes
on Shares under control of such Shareholder or its Affiliates (including under voting agreement, specific or general proxy, usufruct,
pledge or other arrangement), provided that the Board has confirmed the application of the Voting Cap in accordance with article 24 paragraph 4,
based on the information available to the Board; and |
| uu. | "Voting Control": means with respect to a Share B, the power (exclusively) to vote or
direct the voting of such Share B, including by proxy, voting agreement or otherwise. |
| 2. | Unless the contrary is shown or it is manifestly intended otherwise, a reference to a concept or word
in the singular includes a reference to the plural form of this concept or word and vice versa. |
| 3. | Unless the contrary is shown or it is manifestly intended otherwise, a reference to a concept or word
of any gender includes a reference to a concept or word of any other gender. |
CHAPTER II.
Name. Seat. Objects.
Article 2. Name. Seat.
| 1. | The Company is a public company with the name: Lilium N.V. |
| 2. | The registered seat of the Company is in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). The Company may have branch offices
and branch establishments, both in and outside of the Netherlands. |
Article 3. Objects.
The objects of
the company are to participate in, to take an interest in any other way in, to conduct any business of whatever naturei,
to provide services of any nature, or to conduct the management of other business enterprises of whatever nature, to provide services
to other business enterprises of whatever nature, furthermore to finance third parties, in any way to provide security or undertake the
obligations of third parties and finally all activities which are incidental to or which may be conducive to any of the foregoing. The
objects of the Company include to enhance and promote the interest of the Group of companies of which the Company forms part of.
CHAPTER III.
Capital and register. Transfer and conversion
of Shares B. Qualified shareholding of Shares B and Shares C.
Article 4. Capital. Class Share Premium
Reserve. Joint ownership.
| 1. | The authorized share capital of the Company amounts to sixteen million two hundred four thousand five hundred seventeen euro and thirty-six
eurocent (EUR 16,204,517.36). |
| 2. | The authorized share capital is divided into: |
| (i) | one billion four hundred ninety-eight million three hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred eleven (1,498,386,411)
Shares A with a nominal value of one eurocent (EUR 0.01) each; |
| (ii) | twenty-four million four hundred thirteen thousand sixty-five (24,413,065) Shares B with a nominal value
of three eurocent (EUR 0.03) each; and |
| (iii) | twenty-four million four hundred thirteen thousand sixty-five (24,413,065) Shares C with a nominal value
of two eurocent (EUR 0.02) each. |
| 3. | The Shares A are continuously numbered from A1 onwards, the Shares B are continuously numbered from B1
onwards and the Shares C are continuously numbered from C1 onwards. |
| 4. | Where in these articles reference is made to Shares and Shareholders this shall include the Shares of
each class and the holders of Shares of each class respectively, unless explicitly provided otherwise. |
| 5. | Shares shall be issued in registered form only. Shares shall be available in the form of an entry in the
share register. Share certificates shall not be issued. |
| 6. | At all times at least one Share is or should be held by and for the account of a person other than the
Company or any of its subsidiaries. |
| 7. | The Company shall maintain for the exclusive benefit of the holders of Shares of the applicable class
of Shares a separate share premium reserve (hereinafter jointly as well as separately referred to as: a "Class Share Premium
Reserve"), and this Class Share Premium Reserve bears the same letter as the corresponding Shares. If upon or after the
issuance of Shares of a certain class more than the nominal value of such Shares is paid, in cash or in kind, the excess shall be considered
to be share premium for the exclusive benefit of holders of Shares of the applicable class. |
Article 4A.
Transfer and conversion of Shares B.
| 1. | Shares B may only be Transferred to (i) Permitted Transferees and/or (ii) the Company. Any other
purported Transfer of a Share B shall be null and void. A holder of Shares B shall notify the Company in writing of any Transfer of Shares
(i) if practicable, prior to the consummation of such Transfer, and (ii) always, as soon as possible following (and in any event
within ten (10) days of) such Transfer. |
| 2. | An Initial Qualified Holder may at any time convert (all or part of) its Shares B into one (1) Share
A and one (1) Share C for each Share B. The Initial Qualified Holder shall send a written notice to the Non-Executive Directors of
the relevant conversion. The business day following the date of the written notice shall be considered as the date of such conversion. |
| 3. | A Share B shall be automatically converted into one (1) Share A and one (1) Share C upon the
occurrence of a Conversion Event or a Shares B Compulsory Conversion Event. Upon the Company becoming aware of a Conversion Event,
the Non-Executive Directors shall determine in their sole discretion the Conversion Date, which Conversion Date shall not be later than
the date of such determination. |
| 4. | If at any time a Share C is held by anyone other than the Company (regardless as a consequence of conversion),
such holder of Shares C (the "Transferor") shall forthwith notify the Company of this fact by written notice (the "Notice")
as soon as possible and in any event within three (3) days after the occurrence of such event pursuant to which the Transferor is
obliged to serve the Notice. The holder of one or more Shares C, other than the Company itself, shall be obliged to transfer such Share(s) C
to the Company for no consideration. |
| 5. | If the Transferor fails to: |
| a. | give the Notice within the time period provided in this article; or |
| b. | transfer the relevant Shares C to the Company within sixty (60) days of the Notice, |
the Company is irrevocably empowered
and authorized to offer and transfer the relevant Shares C to the Company for no consideration and until such transaction occurs. If and
so long as any Share C is not held by the Company, the voting rights, dividend rights and other rights pertaining to such Share C (including,
without limitation, the approval rights hereunder, if any) may not be exercised, subject to paragraph 5 of this article.
| 6. | If the Company fails to accept the offered Shares C from the Transferor within three (3) months after
receipt of the Notice, then the Transferor's dividend rights attached to its Shares C shall revive. |
| 7. | The Board shall forthwith register any such conversion of Shares in the register of Shareholders and equally
in any applicable company register. |
| 8. | The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued capital,
solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Shares B, such number of Shares A and Shares C as shall from time to time be sufficient
to effect the conversion of all outstanding Shares B into Shares A and Shares C. |
| 9. | The Company may, from time to time, establish such policies and procedures relating to the general administration
of the share capital structure as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may request that holders of Shares B furnish affidavits or other
proof to the Company as it deems necessary to verify the legal and beneficial ownership of Shares B and the "Qualified B Holder"
status of any such holder, and to confirm that Shares B are no longer held by a Qualified B Holder. |
Article 5. Register of Shareholders.
| 1. | Each Shareholder, each usufructuary and each pledgee of a Share is required to give notice to the Company
of their (email) address and shall ensure that the Company is informed of such (email) address. If an electronic address is disclosed
by the Shareholder, usufructuary or pledgee of a Share for the purpose of entry into the register, such disclosure is deemed to entail
the consent to receive all notifications and announcements for a meeting via electronic means. |
| 2. | The Board shall keep a register in which the names and (email) addresses of all Shareholders are recorded,
showing the date on which they acquired the Shares, the date of the acknowledgement or notification, and the amount paid on each Share.
Also recorded in the register are the names and (email) addresses of usufructuaries and pledgees, showing the date on which they acquired
such rights, the date of the acknowledgement or notification, and also specifying whether or not the voting rights attached to the Shares
accrue to them. The register may, at the discretion of the Board, be kept in more than one copy and at more than one address. Part of
the register may be kept outside the Netherlands in order to comply with applicable foreign statutory provisions or applicable listing
rules. The Board may delegate its duty to keep the register to one or more agents for the purposes as meant in this article. |
| 3. | The register shall be kept accurate and up to date. The Board shall determine the form and contents of
the register with due observance of the provisions of Article 5 paragraphs 1 and 2. |
| 4. | On application by a Shareholder, a usufructuary or a pledgee of Shares, the Board shall furnish an extract
from the register, free of charge, insofar as it relates to his rights in a Share. If a right of usufruct is vested on a Share or if a
Share is pledged, the extract also sets forth who is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the Share and who is entitled
to attend the General Meeting. |
| 5. | The Board shall be authorized to provide the authorities with information and data contained in the register
of shareholders or have the same inspected to the extent that this is requested to comply with applicable foreign legislation or rules of
the stock exchange where the Company’s Shares are listed. |
CHAPTER IV.
Issue of Shares. Own Shares. Joint ownership
of Shares.
Article 6. Issue of Shares. Authorized
body. Conditions of issue.
| 1. | Shares shall be issued: |
| a. | pursuant to a resolution proposed by the Board and adopted by the General Meeting; or |
| b. | pursuant to a resolution of the Board if by resolution of the General Meeting the Board has been authorized
for a specific period not exceeding five (5) years to issue Shares. |
The resolution granting the aforesaid
authorization must determine the number and class of the Shares that may be issued. The authorization may from time to time be extended
for a period not exceeding five (5) years. Unless otherwise stipulated at its grant, the authorization cannot be withdrawn.
| 2. | Within eight (8) days following a resolution by the General Meeting to issue Shares or to designate,
as referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, the Company shall file the full text of such resolution at the offices of the Dutch trade
register. Within eight (8) days after close of each quarter, the Company shall report each issue of Shares in the past quarter to
the offices of the Dutch trade register, stating the number of Shares issued. |
| 3. | The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the granting
of rights to acquire Shares, but not to the issue of Shares to a person exercising a previously acquired right to acquire Shares. |
| 4. | The Company cannot acquire Shares in its own capital upon the issue of the Shares. |
| 5. | When Shares are acquired the amount of their nominal value must be paid at the same time and, in addition,
if the Share is subscribed at a higher amount, the difference between such amounts. |
| 6. | The Board shall be authorized to enter into transactions concerning non-monetary contributions on Shares
and any other transaction referred to in Section 2:94 paragraph 1 DCC, without the prior approval of the General Meeting. |
Article 7. Rights of pre-emption upon
issue.
| 1. | Without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this article, upon an issue of Shares A and/or Shares B, each holder
of Shares A or Shares B (as applicable) shall have a pre-emption right pro rata to the total number of (in aggregate) Shares A
and Shares B (whereby the Shares A and Shares B shall, for the purposes of this article 7 paragraph 1, be treated as a single class of
Shares) held by him on the date of the resolution to issue the Shares A and/or Shares B, it being understood that this pre-emption right
shall not apply to an issuance of Shares A: |
| a. | to employees of the Company or employees of a Group company; and |
| b. | to a person exercising a previously obtained right to acquire Shares A or Shares B (in accordance with
the terms of such right) subject always to article 7 paragraph 7. |
| 2. | If a Qualified B Holder elects to participate in a pre-emptive issuance of Shares that includes Shares
A and/or Shares B, then, for so long as such person remains a Qualified B Holder, such Qualified B Holder shall be issued Shares B in
lieu of any Shares A. |
If a holder of Shares A elects to participate
in a pre-emptive issuance of Shares that includes Shares A and/or Shares B, such holder of Shares A shall be issued Shares A in lieu of
any Shares B.
| 3. | No pre-emption rights shall apply in respect of an issuance of Shares C. |
| 4. | The pre-emptive right may be restricted or excluded by a resolution proposed by the Board and adopted
by the General Meeting. In the proposal for such resolution the reasons for the proposal and the choice of the intended price of issue
must be explained in writing. If the Board has been designated as the body authorized to issue Shares, the General Meeting may by resolution
also designate the Board for a period not exceeding five (5) years as the body authorized to restrict or exclude the pre-emptive
right. This authorization may from time to time be extended for a period not exceeding five (5) years. Unless otherwise stipulated
at its grant, the authorization cannot be withdrawn. |
| 5. | A resolution of the General Meeting to restrict or exclude the pre-emptive right or to designate the Board
as referred to in paragraph 4 of this article requires a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3rd) of the votes cast, if less
than half of the issued capital is represented at the General Meeting. |
| 6. | The Company announces the issue of Shares with pre-emption right and the period in which the pre-emption
right may be exercised in the Dutch State Gazette (Staatscourant) and in a nationally distributed daily newspaper, unless the announcement
is made to all Shareholders in writing to the addresses as provided by them. |
| 7. | The pre-emption right may be exercised during the period to be determined by the body authorized to restrict
or exclude the pre-emptive right. Such period to be at least two (2) weeks from the day following the date of announcement in the
Dutch State Gazette or dispatch of the announcement to the Shareholders. |
| 8. | The provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
granting of rights to acquire Shares, but shall not apply to the issue of Shares to one who exercises a previously acquired subscription
right. |
Article 8. Acquisition by the Company
of own Shares.
| 1. | Any acquisition by the Company of partly-paid Shares in its own capital shall be null and void. |
| 2. | Provided that the General Meeting has given the Board authorization for this purpose, the Company may
acquire fully paid-up Shares provided that: |
| a. | the Company's equity capital, reduced by the acquisition price, is not less than the sum of the issued
and paid-up capital and the reserves to be maintained pursuant to the law or these articles of association; |
| b. | following the transaction contemplated, at least one issued share in the capital of the Company remains
outstanding and is not held by the Company; and |
| c. | in case the Company is admitted to trading on a Regulated Market, the nominal value of the Shares to be
acquired, already held by the Company or already held by the Company as pledgee or which are held by Subsidiaries, does not exceed fifty
percent (50%) of the issued capital of the Company. |
| 3. | The factor deciding whether the acquisition is valid shall be the amount of the equity of the Company
as shown in its most recently adopted balance sheet, reduced by (i) the acquisition price of Shares, (ii) the amount of loans
as described in Section 2:98c paragraph 2 DCC and (iii) any payments from profit or reserves to others which may have become
due by the Company and its Subsidiaries after the balance sheet date. |
If more than six (6) months of
a financial year have passed without the annual accounts having been adopted, the acquisition of own Shares under paragraph 2 of this
article shall not be permitted until such time as such most recent annual accounts have been so adopted.
| 4. | The authorization of the General Meeting, referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, which shall be valid
for a maximum of eighteen (18) months only, must specify how many Shares are permitted to be acquired, the manner in which they may be
acquired and the permitted upper and lower limits of the price. |
| 5. | The preceding paragraphs of this article shall not apply in respect of (i) Shares which the Company
may acquire gratuitously or by universal succession and (ii) Shares that are admitted to trading on a Regulated Market which are
acquired for the purpose of distribution of such Shares to employees of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries pursuant to an employee option
plan. |
| 6. | Any acquisition of Shares made in breach of the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article shall be null
and void. |
| 7. | Shares owned by the Company shall not bear any dividend rights unless rights of usufruct are created in
respect of such Shares prior to the acquisition by the Company, in which case the holder of usufruct shall be entitled to any dividends
on the underlying Shares. Shares owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries shall not bear any voting rights. |
Article 9. Joint ownership of Shares.
If through any cause whatsoever one or more Shares
are jointly held by two or more persons, such persons may jointly exercise the rights arising from those Shares, provided that these persons
be represented for that purpose by one from their midst or by a third party authorized by them for that purpose by a written power of
attorney. The Board may, whether or not subject to certain conditions, grant an exemption for the provision of the previous sentence.
Article 10.
Formalities on the issue and transfer of Shares.
| 1. | Unless these articles of association provide otherwise, the issue and transfer of Shares or the transfer
of a limited right thereon shall require a deed drawn up for that purpose, executed before a civil-law notary registered in the Netherlands. |
| 2. | If Shares are admitted to trading on a Regulated Market, the transfer of such Share or of a limited right
(beperkt recht) thereto shall require an instrument intended for such purpose and, save when the Company itself is a party to such
legal act, the written acknowledgement by the Company of the transfer. The acknowledgement shall be made in the instrument or by a dated
statement on the instrument or on a copy or extract thereof mentioning the acknowledgement signed as a true copy thereof by a civil-law
notary or the transferor. Service of such instrument of transfer, copy or extract on the Company shall be deemed to constitute such acknowledgement. |
| 3. | Following a transfer referred to in this article, the rights attached to the Shares concerned may not
be exercised until the instrument of transfer has been served upon the Company or until the Company has acknowledged the transaction in
writing or has been deemed to have acknowledged such transaction. The provision in the preceding sentence shall not apply if the Company
itself has been a party to the transaction. |
| 4. | To the fullest extent permitted by Dutch law, in accordance with the applicable law on International Private
laws as referred to in Title 10 of Book 10 DCC (Boek 10 Internationaal privaatrecht), especially article 10:138 DCC, for as long
as Shares are listed on a Regulated Market, the Company may, by a resolution of the Board for that purpose, determine that the laws of
the State of New York (United States of America), shall apply to the property law aspects of the Shares (including the legal rules on
ownership, legal title, transfer). Articles 10.1 up to and including 10.3 shall not apply to such Shares. Such resolution, as well as
a resolution to revoke such determination, shall be made public in accordance with applicable law and shall be filed with the offices
of the Company and the Dutch trade register for inspection. |
| 5. | The property law aspects of the Shares (including the legal rules on ownership, legal title, transfer)
in book-entry form, as included in the part of the register of shareholders kept by the relevant transfer agent, shall be governed the
State of New York (United States of America), in accordance with the applicable law on International Private laws as referred to in Title
10 of Book 10 DCC (Boek 10 Internationaal privaatrecht), especially article 10:141 DCC. |
CHAPTER V.
Capital reduction. Limited rights.
Article 11. Capital reduction.
| 1. | The General Meeting may resolve to reduce the issued capital of the Company by a cancellation of Shares
or by reduction of the nominal value of the Shares by amendment of the articles of association of the Company, with due observance of
the provisions in Section 2:99 and 2:100 DCC. This resolution must designate the Shares to which the resolution relates and provide
for the implementation of the resolution. |
| 2. | A resolution to cancel may only relate to Shares held by the Company itself. |
| 3. | If the General Meeting resolves to reduce the nominal value of the Shares by amendment of the articles
of association, such reduction must be made pro rata on all Shares, regardless whether this is done without redemption or against
partial repayment on the Shares or upon release from the obligation to pay up the Shares. Such pro rata requirement may be waived
with the consent of all Shareholders concerned. |
| 4. | A resolution for reduction of capital shall require a majority of at least
two-thirds (2/3rd) of the votes cast, if less than half of the issued capital is represented at the General Meeting. |
Article 12. Depositary receipts. Usufruct
and pledge on Shares.
| 1. | The Company may not give its cooperation to the issue of depositary receipts. |
| 2. | A right of usufruct or a right of pledge may be vested on the Shares, with due observance of the provisions
of the Articles. |
| 3. | If a Share is pledged or a right of usufruct is vested on a Share, the Shareholder remains entitled to
exercise the voting rights. A usufructuary and pledgee shall not have the same rights as those conferred by law upon the holders of depositary
receipts for shares issued with the cooperation of a company. |
| 4. | In deviation of paragraph 3 of this article 12, if a Share A is pledged or a right of usufruct is vested
on a Share A, the holder of this Share A is entitled to transfer the voting rights on the Share A to the usufructuary and pledgee. |
CHAPTER VI.
Board.
Article 13. One-tier Board.
| 1. | The management of the Company shall be conducted by the Board. |
| 2. | The total number of Directors, the total number of Executive Directors and the total number of Non-Executive
Directors, may be increased or decreased pursuant to a resolution of the Board approved by a majority vote of all of the Directors, and
a majority vote of all of the Non-Executive Directors, then in office. A decrease in the number of Directors, or in the number of Executive
Directors or Non-Executive Directors, shall not result in a decrease in the term of office of any Director in office at the time of such
decrease in the number of Directors. |
| 3. | Only natural persons can be Directors. |
| 4. | The Board shall appoint a Non-Executive Director to be Chairman of the Board for such period as the Board
may decide. The Board will appoint an Executive Director as Chief Executive Officer for such period as the Board may decide. The Board
may grant other titles to the Directors. |
Article 14. Appointment and nomination.
Suspension and dismissal. Remuneration.
| 1. | Executive and Non-Executive Directors shall be appointed as such by the General Meeting at the binding
nomination of the Non-Executive Directors, and for such term as proposed by the Non-Executive Directors, provided that the term of office
of a Director shall expire at the close of the first annual General Meeting held following the expiry of the term of his appointment,
without prejudice to article 14 paragraph 3. A Director may be reappointed one or more times, with due observance of this paragraph and
paragraph 3. |
| 2. | Without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this article, if a Director is to be appointed, the Non-Executive
Directors shall make a binding nomination of at least the number of persons prescribed by law by a majority decision. |
| 3. | As of the Closing Date, Barry Engle shall be a Non-Executive Director. Barry Engle shall, in deviation
of paragraph 1 of this article 14, serve a three (3) year term. On the termination of Barry Engle’s first three (3) year
term, the Qell Group shall be entitled (but not obliged), to nominate Barry Engle to be appointed as Non-Executive Director for an additional
three (3) year term. |
| 4. | The General Meeting may at all times overrule the binding nomination by at least a two thirds (2/3rd)
majority of the votes cast, provided such majority represents more than half of the issued share capital. If the General Meeting overruled
the binding nomination, the Non-Executive Directors shall make a new nomination and a new General Meeting is called at which the resolution
for appointment of a Director shall require at least a two thirds (2/3rd) majority of the votes cast, provided such majority
represents more than half of the issued share capital, notwithstanding article 14 paragraph 3. The nomination shall be included in the
notice of the General Meeting at which the appointment shall be considered. |
| 5. | If a nomination has not been made or has not been made in due time, this shall be stated in the notice
and the General Meeting shall be free to appoint a Director at its discretion. A resolution to appoint a Director that was not nominated
by the Non-Executive Directors, may only be appointed by a two thirds (2/3rd) majority of the votes cast, provided such majority
represents more than half the issued share capital. With regard to subjects referred to in this paragraph and the previous paragraph,
a second General Meeting may not be convened pursuant to Section 2:120 paragraph 3 DCC. |
| 6. | A Director may at any time be suspended or dismissed by the General Meeting. A resolution of the General
Meeting to suspend or dismiss a Director other than pursuant to a proposal by the Board shall require a two thirds (2/3rd)
majority of the votes cast, provided such majority represents more than half the issued share capital. If and to the extent permitted
by law, an Executive Director may also be suspended by the Board. |
| 7. | Every suspension may be extended one or more times, but the total term of suspension cannot exceed three
(3) months. If the General Meeting does not terminate the suspension or resolve to dismiss the respective Director within this period,
the suspension ends. |
| 8. | The Company must establish a policy for the remuneration of the Directors, which shall at least describe
the items referred to in Section 2:383c up to and including Section 2:383e DCC, to the extent that these relate to the Directors.
The remuneration policy is adopted by the General Meeting at the proposal by the Board. |
| 9. | The remuneration of the Executive Directors shall be determined by the Board with due observance of the
remuneration policy adopted by the General Meeting. The remuneration of the Non-Executive Directors shall be determined by the General
Meeting with due observance of the remuneration policy adopted by the General Meeting. |
| 10. | A proposal with respect to remuneration schemes in the form of Shares or rights to Shares is submitted
by the Board to the general meeting for its approval. This proposal must set out at least the maximum number of Shares or rights to Shares
to be granted to the Directors and the criteria for granting or amendment. The lack of approval referred to in this paragraph does not
affect the authority of the Board or the Directors to represent the Company. |
| 11. | The appointment of a Director in itself does not constitute an employment contract between the Director
and the Company. An employment contract between the Company and a Director is prohibited. |
Article 15. Power. Division of duties.
Regulations.
| 1. | Subject to the division of duties included and as referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, the Board
shall be entrusted with the management of the Company and shall for such purpose have all the powers within the limits of the law that
are not granted to others by these articles of association. |
| 2. | The Executive Directors are charged in particular with the day-to-day management of the company and its
affiliated business. The Non-Executive Directors are charged in particular with the supervision of the duties carried out by the Directors.
The Board may further divide its duties among the Directors by regulation referred to in paragraph 3, provided that the day-to-day management
of the Company shall be exclusively entrusted to the Executive Directors and the supervision of the Board shall be exclusively entrusted
to the Non-Executive Directors. |
| 3. | With due observance of these articles of association and the restrictions provided by the law, the Board
shall adopt one or more sets of regulations dealing with such matters as its internal organization, the manner in which decisions are
taken, the composition, the duties and organization of committees established by the Board (if any) and any other matters concerning the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Directors, the Non-Executive Directors and the committees established by the Board.
Regulations dealing with matters concerning General Meetings will be placed on the Company's website. |
| 4. | The Board may establish such committees as it may deem necessary which committees may consist of one or
more Directors or of other persons. The Board appoints the members of each committee and determines the tasks of each committee. The Board
may at any time change the duties and the composition of each committee. |
| 5. | The Executive Directors shall endeavor to timely provide the Non-Executive Directors with all information
required for the exercise of their duties. |
| 6. | In fulfilling their duties, the Directors shall act in accordance with the corporate interests of the
Company and its affiliated business. |
| 7. | The Board shall appoint a Secretary from outside the Directors, who shall have such powers as are assigned
to him by these articles of association and, subject to these articles of association, by the Board on or after his appointment. The Secretary
may be removed from office at any time by the Board. |
Article 16. Meetings of the Board. Decision-making
process.
| 1. | Meetings of the Board shall be held as often as a Director deems such necessary. |
| 2. | Meetings of the Board shall be convened in writing to the addresses of the Directors or by means of a
legible and reproducible notice sent by electronic means of communication to the (e-mail) address provided for this purpose to the Company.
Notice shall be given no later than on the seventh (7th) day prior to the date of the meeting of the Board, provided that this
convening period may be waived by all Directors. The notice shall specify the date, time and place of the meeting of the Board and the
subjects to be addressed. |
| 3. | Each Director has the right to cast one (1) vote in meetings of the Board. |
In as
far as Dutch law or these articles of association do not stipulate any greater majority, all resolutions of the Board shall be
adopted by a majority of the votes cast. If there is a tie of votes the proposal is rejected.
| 4. | In case a Director has a direct or indirect personal interest which conflicts with the interests of the
Company and its business, such Director will not participate in the deliberation and decision-making of the Board. In the event that a
Director is uncertain whether or not he has a conflict of interest, he may request the Chairman to determine if he has a conflict of interest.
If as a result hereof no resolution can be adopted by the Board, the resolution shall be adopted by the Non-Executive Directors, and the
Non-Executive Directors shall record in writing the reasons in the minutes. |
| 5. | Meetings of the Board can be held by telephone conference, videoconference or any other electronic means
of communication, provided that all Directors can communicate with each other. |
| 6. | A Director can attend a meeting of the Board by telephone conference, videoconference or any other electronic
means of communication, provided this Director can communicate with the other attending Directors at all times and vice versa. A Director
may only be represented by a co-Director authorized in writing. |
| 7. | Minutes shall be kept of the proceedings of each meeting of the Board. |
| 8. | Resolutions of the Board may also be adopted in writing without recourse to a meeting of the Board, provided
that all Directors gave their written consent to this way of decision-making. |
| 9. | One or more Directors who have been allocated certain duties pursuant to these articles of association
or the board rules and regulations, can adopt resolutions regarding matters that belong to his or their duties, respectively. If
one or more Directors have been allocated certain duties in the aforementioned manner, article 16.8 – and, in the event of multiple
Directors, article 16.5 up to and including 16.8 – shall apply to the adoption of resolutions, whereby this Director or these Directors
shall be deemed to constitute the Board. If all Directors that have been allocated certain duties within the meaning of the first sentence
of this paragraph have a conflict of interest, the resolution shall, to the extent possible and permitted by law, be adopted by the other
Directors. |
| 10. | Any resolution of the Executive Directors or the Board regarding Shares B, including but not limited to
transfer or conversion of Shares B and the admittance of the Shares B or Shares C for trading on a Regulated Market, shall be adopted
by the unanimous votes of the Executive Directors, with the exception of the Founder, and all Non-Executive Directors in a meeting of
the Board in which all Directors, with the exception of the Founder, are present or represented. |
| 11. | Any resolution regarding (i) any non-compete arrangement between the Company and any Executive Director,
(ii) any resolution with regard to the fulfilment of the undertakings, consent, amendment, waiver, termination, satisfaction, enforcement
or any other action under the Tax Covenant and (iii) the sale (or any other disposal) and subsequent transfer of shares in the capital
of Lilium GmbH, a private company with limited liability incorporated under German law, registered with the Handelsregister B des Amtsgerichts
München under number HRB 216921, may in each case only be adopted by the Non-Executive Directors by an absolute majority of the
votes cast. |
| 12. | Any resolution of the Board regarding the issuance of Shares, or the granting of rights to subscribe for
Shares (i) to employees, other than in accordance with an employee plan, or (ii) to the Founder, may in each case only be adopted
by the unanimous votes of the Non-Executive Directors. |
Article 17. Approval of decisions of the
Board.
| 1. | Without prejudice to any other applicable provisions of these articles of association, the Board shall
require the approval of the General Meeting for resolutions of the Board regarding a significant change in the identity or nature of the
Company or the enterprise, including in any event: |
| a. | the transfer of the enterprise or practically the entire enterprise
to a third party; |
| b. | the conclusion or cancellation of any long-lasting cooperation by the Company or a Subsidiary with any
other legal person or company or as a fully liable general partner of a limited partnership or a general partnership, provided that such
cooperation or the cancellation thereof is of essential importance to the Company; and |
| c. | the acquisition or disposal of a participating interest in the capital of a company with a value of at
least one-third of the sum of the assets according to the consolidated balance sheet with explanatory notes thereto according to the last
adopted annual accounts of the Company, by the Company or a subsidiary. |
| 2. | The Board is entitled to require resolutions of the Executive Directors to be subject to its approval.
These resolutions shall be clearly specified and notified to the Executive Directors in writing. |
| 3. | The lack of approval referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 of this article does not affect the authority of
the Board or the Directors to represent the Company. |
Article 18.
Representation. Proxy holders.
| 1. | The Board shall be authorized to represent the Company. The Company shall also be represented by any Executive
Director acting solely or by any two Directors acting jointly. |
| 2. | The Board may appoint persons with general or limited power to represent the Company. Each of those persons
shall be competent to represent the Company with due regard to any restrictions imposed on him. |
| 3. | The Board can determine to grant a specific title to the persons as referred to in paragraph 2 of this
article. |
Article 19. Absence or prevention.
In the event of the absence or inability to act
of one or more Directors, the powers of the Board remain intact, provided that:
| (i) | in the event of the absence or inability to act of all Executive Directors, the Non-Executive Directors
shall be authorized to temporarily entrust the management to others; |
| (ii) | in the event of the absence or inability to act of all Directors, the Secretary shall temporarily be responsible
for the management of the Company until the vacancies have been filled. In the event of the absence or inability to act of all Directors,
the Secretary will as soon as possible take the necessary measures required for a permanent solution. |
CHAPTER VII.
Annual accounts. Profits.
Article 20. Financial year. Drawing up
of the annual accounts. Accountant.
| 1. | The financial year of the Company shall run concurrently with the calendar year. |
| 2. | Annually, as prescribed by law and in any event not later than five (5) months after the end of the
financial year of the Company, the Board shall draw up the annual accounts and make these available for inspection by the Shareholders
at the offices of the Company. This term may be extended by the General Meeting for a period not exceeding five (5) months, by reason
of special circumstances. As far as required by law, the Board shall also prepare a management report within the abovementioned period
and make the management board report available for inspection by the Shareholders. |
| 3. | The annual accounts shall be signed by all Directors. If the signature of one or more of them is lacking,
this shall be expressly stated and explained. |
| 4. | The General Meeting shall instruct an Accountant to audit the annual accounts prepared by the Board, in
accordance with Section 2:393 paragraph 3 DCC. If the General Meeting fails to give these instructions, the Board shall be authorized
to do so at the Company's expense. The Accountant shall report on his audit to the Board and shall present the result of his audit in
a report with due observance of Section 2:393 paragraph 2. |
Article 21.
Adoption of the annual accounts. Discharge. Publication.
| 1. | The General Meeting shall adopt the annual accounts. Adoption of the annual accounts shall not automatically
discharge a Director. The General Meeting may discharge a Director by a separate resolution. |
| 2. | The Company shall make the annual accounts publicly available within eight (8) days following the
adoption thereof, unless a statutory exemption is applicable. |
Article 22. Profits and loss.
| 1. | From the profits, shown in the annual accounts, as adopted, the Board shall determine which part shall
be reserved. Any profits remaining thereafter shall be at the disposal of the General Meeting. The Board shall make a proposal for that
purpose. |
| 2. | Distribution may only be made if and to the extent that its shareholders' equity is greater than the paid
and called-up part of the issued capital plus the reserves which must be maintained by virtue of the law or the articles of association. |
| 3. | Dividends may be paid only after adoption of the annual accounts which show that they are justified. |
| 4. | For the purposes of determining the allocation of profits, any Shares held by the Company and any Shares
of which the Company has a usufruct shall not be taken into account. |
| 5. | The holders of Shares A and Shares B shall be entitled pari passu to the profits of the Company,
pro rata to the total number of Shares A and Shares B held as a percentage of the total number of Shares A and Shares B issued
and outstanding, provided that out of the profit of any financial year, the holders of Shares C shall be entitled to a maximum amount
per financial year equal to one-tenth of a percent (0.1%) of the nominal value of such Shares C. |
| 6. | The Board may resolve to declare interim dividends. Dividend payments as referred to in this paragraph
may be made only if the provisions in paragraph 2 of this article have been met and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
law. |
| 7. | Unless the General Meeting resolves, at the proposal of the Board, upon a different term for that purpose,
dividends shall be made payable within thirty (30) days after they are declared. |
| 8. | The General Meeting, at the proposal of the Board, may resolve that a distribution shall not be paid in
whole or in part in cash but in kind or in the form of Shares. |
| 9. | The Board, or the General Meeting at the proposal of the Board, may resolve that distributions to holders
of Shares shall be made out of one or more reserves. |
| 10. | A deficit may only be offset against the reserves prescribed by law to the extent that this is allowed
by law. |
| 11. | Any claim of a Shareholder for payment of a distribution shall be barred after five (5) years have
elapsed, to be computed from the date on which such distribution becomes payable. |
CHAPTER VIII.
General Meetings.
Article 23. General Meetings.
| 1. | During each financial year at least one (1) General Meeting shall be held, in which shall, in any
event, be considered: |
| a. | the management report, as far as required by law; |
| b. | the adoption of the annual accounts; |
| c. | the granting of discharge from liability to the Directors for actions in respect of their management during
the preceding financial year; and |
| d. | any other matters put forward by Board and announced pursuant
to this article. |
| 2. | Other General Meetings shall be held as often as the Board deems such necessary. |
| 3. | The General Meeting shall be announced and convened with due observance of the relevant statutory minimum
convening period. |
| 4. | Notice of the General Meeting shall be given by the Board, subject to a time limit and in accordance with
the applicable statutory provisions and stock exchange regulations.. |
| 5. | The notice shall state the subjects on the agenda, the place and time of the General Meeting, the procedure
for participation in the General Meeting and the exercise of voting rights in person or by proxy, matters and particulars prescribed by
law, as well as any matters and particulars that the Board deems fit. |
| 6. | An item proposed by one or more shareholders having the right thereto according to applicable law, will
be included in the convocation or announced in the same manner, provided the company receives such substantiated request or a proposal
for a resolution in writing no later than the sixtieth day prior to the day of the meeting. |
| 7. | The Board may resolve that Shareholders entitled to attend the General Meeting are those who at the record
date laid down by law have these rights derived from their Shares and have been registered as such in a register designated by the Board
for that purpose, regardless of who would have been entitled to attend the General Meeting based on the rights derived from Shares if
no record date as contemplated in this paragraph should have been determined. The record date shall be the twenty-eighth day prior to
the day of the meeting, unless Dutch law prescribes another record date or offers the opportunity for another record date. In the latter
case the Board shall determine the record date. The convocation notice for the meeting shall state the record date and the manner in which
the persons who derive their right to attend the General Meeting from their Shares may register and exercise their rights. |
| 8. | General Meetings shall be held in the municipality in which the Company has its registered seat or alternatively
in Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague or Haarlemmermeer (Schiphol Airport), the Netherlands. |
| 9. | The General Meeting shall be presided by the Chairman or, if he is absent, by one of the other Non-Executive
Directors designated for that purpose by the Board. If no Non-Executive Directors are present at the meeting, the General Meeting shall
be presided by one of the Executive Directors designated for that purpose by the Board. The Chairman shall decide on all disputes with
regard to voting, admitting people and, in general the procedure at the meeting, insofar as this is not provided for by law or the articles
of association. |
| 10. | Directors as such have an advisory vote in General Meetings. |
Article 24.
Right to attend a General Meeting. Votes.
| 1. | In each case without prejudice to the Voting Cap being applicable to any Shareholder, each Share A confers
the right to cast one (1) vote in a General Meeting, each Share B confers the right to cast three (3) votes in a General Meeting
and each Share C confers the right to cast two (2) votes in a General Meeting. |
| 2. | Again, without prejudice to the Voting Cap being applicable to any Shareholder, each Shareholder shall
be authorized to attend and address the General Meeting and, in the event the shareholder is entitled to the voting rights, to exercise
the voting rights, either in person or by written proxy. The requirement of a written proxy is met if the proxy is recorded electronically. |
| 3. | Each Shareholder is obliged to provide the Board with all information relevant to assess the applicability
of the Voting Cap to the number of votes in the General Meeting available to such Shareholder. |
| 4. | Before any General Meeting, the Board, acting reasonably and in accordance with Section 56 paragraphs
4 and 5 AWV (or a successor regulation), shall assess and confirm, based on the information available to it, whether the Voting Cap applies
to the voting of a Shareholder in that General Meeting and inform the relevant Shareholder(s) and the General Meeting of the applicability
of a Voting Cap to the voting in that General Meeting. |
| 5. | The Board is authorized to determine that the rights in respect of a General Meeting as referred to in
paragraph 2 can be exercised by using an electronic means of communication. If so decided, it will be required that the Shareholder or
his proxy can be identified through the electronic means of communication, follow the discussions in the meeting and exercise voting rights.
The Board may also determine that the electronic means of communication used must allow the Shareholder or his proxy to participate in
the discussions. |
| 6. | The Board may set further requirements to the use of the electronic means of communication referred to
in paragraph 5 of this article. Those conditions shall be set out in the notice convening the meeting. The chairman of the General Meeting
is fully authorized to take any action as he deems fit in the interest if the meeting being conducted properly. Any non or malfunctioning
of the means of electronic communication used is at the risk of the Shareholder or proxy using the same. |
| 7. | The Board may decide that persons entitled to attend and to vote at a General Meeting may, within a period
prior to the General Meeting to be set by the Board, which period cannot start prior to the record date as meant in article 23 paragraph
8, cast their votes electronically in a manner to be decided by the Board and/or, if permitted by law, by post. Votes cast in accordance
with the previous sentence are equal to votes cast at the General Meeting. |
| 8. | Blank and invalid votes will not be counted as cast votes. |
| 9. | In as far as Dutch law or these articles of association do not stipulate any greater majority, all resolutions
by the General Meeting shall be passed by an absolute majority of the votes cast. |
| 10. | In case of a tie of votes in an election of persons, one new voting will take place in the same meeting;
in case the votes are tied again, the matter shall be rejected. The ruling by the chairperson of the General Meeting on the outcome of
a vote shall be decisive. |
Article 25. Class Meetings.
| 1. | Class Meetings shall be convened by the Board. |
| 2. | The convocation shall take place not later than on the fifth (5th) day prior to the day on
which the meeting shall take place. |
| 3. | A Share of a certain class confers the right to cast one (1) vote in the respective Class Meeting. |
| 4. | A Class Meeting shall be held in the municipality in which the Company has its registered seat or
alternatively in Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague or Haarlemmermeer (Schiphol Airport), the Netherlands, provided, however, that if all of
the holders of such class of Shares so agree, (i) a meeting of such class may instead be convened elsewhere, or (ii) such holders
may pass resolutions in writing or by electronic means of communication without recourse to a meeting. These resolutions must be taken
with unanimous votes of all holders of such class of Shares entitled to vote. |
| 5. | Other than as varied by paragraphs 2 and 3 above, articles 23 and 24 shall apply, mutatis mutandis,
to any meeting referred to in this article, save that the Directors have the right to render advice on any resolution proposed in
any Class Meeting. |
CHAPTER IX.
Amendment of the articles of association. Merger.
Demerger. Conversion.
Article 26. Resolutions and proposals.
| 1. | Without prejudice to the provisions of article 2:334ff paragraph 1 DCC, on proposal of the Board, the
General Meeting may resolve to amend the Company's articles of association, to conclude a legal merger or a demerger, or to dissolve the
Company. A resolution of the General Meeting on a legal merger or a demerger requires a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3rd) of the
votes cast, if less than half of the issued capital is represented at the General Meeting. |
| 2. | When a proposal is to be made to the General Meeting to amend the articles of association, to enter into
a legal merger, legal demerger or to convert or to dissolve the Company, this must be mentioned in the convocation of the General Meeting.
As regards an amendment of the articles of association, legal merger or legal demerger, a copy of the proposal including the text of the
proposed amendment, legal merger or legal demerger must at the same time be deposited and held available at the offices of the Company
for inspection by the Shareholders until the end of the meeting. |
| 3. | A resolution to amend these articles of association which negatively impacts the rights of holders of
Shares B, requires the prior approval of the Class Meeting Shares B. |
| 4. | Unless the law provided for a larger majority or larger quorum, a resolution of the General Meeting to
amend these articles of association as result of which one or more of the following articles is amended or abolished, requires the prior
approval of the Class Meeting Shares A, which approval can only be granted by a majority of the votes cast in a meeting in which
at least fifty percent (50%) of the issued and outstanding Shares A is present of represented: |
| a. | article 1 subsections j, n, s, aa, bb, dd, mm or nn; |
| b. | article 4 paragraph 2 or paragraph 3, to the extent it concerns a change of the nominal value of the Shares; |
| d. | article 7 paragraph 1 or paragraph 2; |
| e. | article 16 paragraph 10, paragraph 11 or paragraph 12; |
| f. | article 22 paragraph 5; |
| g. | this article 26 paragraph 4. |
A second general meeting as referred
to in Section 2:120 paragraph 3 DCC cannot be convened.
| 5. | A resolution of the General Meeting to amend these articles of association as result of which article
14 paragraph 3 or this article 26 paragraph 5 is amended or abolished, requires within the first three years after the Closing Date a
majority of at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the votes cast in a meeting in which at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the issued
and outstanding share capital is present of represented. A second general meeting as referred to in Section 2:120 paragraph 3 DCC
cannot be convened. |
Article 27. Dissolution and liquidation.
| 1. | The General Meeting may only resolve to dissolve the Company at the proposal of the Board. The Board will
be in charge of the liquidation of the business of the Company, unless the General Meeting appoints one or more other persons or the law
provides otherwise. |
| 2. | During liquidation, the provisions of these articles of association shall remain in force as far as possible. |
| 3. | The balance remaining after payment of all debts of the dissolved Company, shall be transferred to the
Shareholders pro rata to the total number of Shares held as a percentage of the total number of Shares issued and outstanding,
albeit that the holders of Shares C shall be entitled to a maximum amount of one eurocent (EUR 0.01) per Share C. |
| 4. | After the Company has ceased to exist, the books, records and other databases of the dissolved Company
shall retain at the person appointed thereto in writing by the liquidators for seven (7) years. |
| 5. | Furthermore, the provisions of Title 1, Book 2 DCC apply to the liquidation. |
Indemnity and Insurance.
Article 28.
| 1. | To the fullest extent permissible by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless: |
| a. | each Director, both former Directors and Directors currently in office; |
| b. | each person who is or was serving as an officer of the Company; |
| c. | each person who is or was serving as a proxy holder of the Company; |
| d. | each person who is or was a member of the board or supervisory board or officer of other companies or
corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, trusts or other enterprises by virtue of their functional responsibilities with the Company
and or its Subsidiaries, |
(each of them,
for the purpose of this article only, an "indemnified person"), against any and all liabilities, claims, judgments, fines
and penalties ("claims") incurred by the indemnified person as a result of any threatened, pending or completed action,
investigation or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative (each, a "legal action"), brought by any
party other than the Company itself or any Subsidiaries, in relation to acts or omissions in or related to his capacity as an indemnified
person.
| 2. | Claims will include derivative actions brought on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiaries against the
indemnified person and claims by the Company (or any Subsidiaries) itself for reimbursement for claims by third parties on the ground
that the indemnified person was jointly liable toward that third party in addition to the Company. |
| 3. | The indemnified person will not be indemnified with respect to claims insofar as they relate to the gaining
in fact of personal profits, advantages or compensation to which he was not legally entitled, or if the indemnified person shall have
been adjudged to be liable for willful misconduct (opzet) or intentional recklessness (bewuste roekeloosheid). |
| 4. | Any expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and litigation costs) (collectively,
"expenses") incurred by the indemnified person in connection with any legal action shall be settled or reimbursed
by the Company, but only upon receipt of a written undertaking by that indemnified person that he shall repay such expenses if a
competent court in an irrevocable judgment has determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified. Expenses shall be deemed to
include any tax liability which the indemnified person may be subject to as a result of his indemnification. |
| 5. | Also in case of a legal action against the indemnified person by the Company itself or any Subsidiary(s),
the Company will settle or reimburse to the indemnified person his reasonable attorneys’ fees and litigation costs, but only upon
receipt of a written undertaking by that indemnified person that he shall repay such fees and costs if a competent court in an irrevocable
judgment has resolved the legal action in favor of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary(s) rather than the indemnified person. |
| 6. | Expenses incurred by the indemnified person in connection with any legal action will also be settled or
reimbursed by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, but only upon receipt of a written undertaking by that indemnified
person that he shall repay such expenses if a competent court in an irrevocable judgment has determined that he is not entitled to be
indemnified. |
Such expenses
incurred by indemnified persons may be so advanced upon such terms and conditions as the Board decides.
| 7. | The indemnified person shall not admit any personal financial liability vis-à-vis third
parties, nor enter into any settlement agreement, without the Company’s prior written authorization. |
The Company
and the indemnified person shall use all reasonable endeavors to cooperate with a view to agreeing on the defense of any claims, but in
the event that the Company and the indemnified person would fail to reach such agreement, the indemnified person shall comply with all
reasonable directions given by the Company, in order to be entitled to the indemnity contemplated by this article.
| 8. | The indemnification provided for by this article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which
a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the laws of the Netherlands as from time to time amended
or under any by-laws, agreement, resolution of the General Meeting or of the Directors or officers who are not an interested party in
this matter or otherwise, both as to actions in his official capacity and as to actions in another capacity while holding such position,
and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director or an officer, but was a member of the board of directors or an officer
at any time after the execution of this deed of amendment and shall also inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of the estate of such person. |
| 9. | The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any indemnified person, whether or not the
company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this article. The indemnity contemplated
by this article shall not apply to the extent claims and expenses are reimbursed by insurers. |
| 10. | The Company will provide for and bear the cost of adequate insurance covering claims against the indemnified
person, unless such insurance cannot be obtained at reasonable terms. |
| 11. | This article can be amended without the consent of the indemnified persons as such.
However, the indemnity provided herein shall nevertheless continue to apply to claims and/or expenses incurred in relation to the acts
or omissions by the indemnified person during the periods in which this clause was in effect. |
| 12. | At its discretion, the Board may have the Company indemnify other members of the management team, not
being Directors, or other employees, each in case of the Company or of a Subsidiary, comparable to the indemnification provided herein
for the benefit of other indemnified persons. |
Transitional provision.
Article 29. Increase authorised
share capital.
As per the moment the Company’s issued and paid-up share capital
amounts to fifteen million euro (EUR 15,000,000), paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 4 of these articles of association shall be deemed to
have been amended and shall read as follows:
| “1. | The authorized share capital of the Company amounts to thirty-three million nine hundred ninety-three thousand three hundred thirty-three
euro and thirty eurocent (EUR 33,993,333.30). |
| 2. | The authorized share capital is divided into: |
| (i) | three billion two hundred seventy-seven million two hundred sixty-eight thousand and five (3,277,268,005) Shares A with a nominal
value of one eurocent (EUR 0.01) each; |
| (ii) | twenty-four million four hundred thirteen thousand sixty-five (24,413,065) Shares B with a nominal value of three eurocent (EUR 0.03)
each; and |
| (iii) | twenty-four million four hundred thirteen thousand sixty-five (24,413,065) Shares C with a nominal value of two eurocent (EUR 0.02)
each.” |
As per that moment, this Article 29 concerning the transitional
provision shall terminate and disappear.
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