DIRECTORS’ REPORT (xi) Lapse of an option Subject to the date specified in any specific conditions to which the option is subject, an option will lapse to the extent not exercised on the earliest of the following: (a) the tenth anniversary of 20 January 2016, being the completion date of the merger between e-Shang Cayman Limited, ESR Singapore Pte. Ltd. and Redwood Asian Investments Ltd., pursuant to the Merger Agreement in January 2016; (b) the expiry of six months following the occurrence of the date on which a court sanctions a compromise or arrangement between our Company and its Shareholders which permits exercise of the option; (c) the passing of an effective resolution for the voluntary winding-up of our Company (except where the winding-up is for the purpose of a reconstruction or amalgamation or other specified situation); (d) the expiry of one month following the making of an order by the court for the winding-up of our Company (except where the winding-up is for the purpose of a reconstruction or amalgamation or other specified situation); (e) the participant being deprived of the legal or beneficial ownership of the option by operation of law, or doing or omitting to do anything which causes the participant to be so deprived or being declared bankrupt; or (f) the participant having breached the restrictions on transfer contained in the Tier 1 ESOP. In relation to the options granted to Laurels (the “Laurels Options”) and in relation to the options granted to Redwood Consulting (the “Redwood Options’”), if during the Vesting the relevant directors or employees of the Group (in each case the “Relevant Employee”): (a) resigns within 3 years of the date of grant of the Laurels Options or the part of the Redwood Options which are attributed to the relevant Director (the “Relevant Options”) or ceases to be employed other than in circumstances specified below, the relevant option holder will retain the Relevant Options to the extent vested as at the date of termination; (b) is dismissed for cause, or other specified events occur (including breaches of their relevant service agreements), the Relevant Options will be forfeited to the extent unexercised with certain exceptions; or (c) ceases to be employed due to dismissal without cause, the Relevant Options will vest in full. E S R C A Y M A N L I M I T E D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 1 109
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