INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SCHEDULE 13E-3
INTRODUCTION
This
Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13E-3 (together with the exhibits attached hereto (the Amended Transaction Statement)), which amends and supplements the Rule
13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on May 14, 2024 (the Initial Schedule 13E-3), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13E-3 filed with the SEC on June 4, 2024, is being filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Exchange Act), jointly by the following persons (each, a Filing Person, and collectively, the Filing Persons): (i) Nuvei Corporation, a
corporation existing under the federal laws of Canada (Nuvei) and the issuer of the subordinate voting shares (the Subordinate Voting Shares) that is the subject of the Rule 13e-3
transaction, (ii) Neon Maple Purchaser Inc. (Purchaser), a corporation existing under the federal laws of Canada, (iii) Neon Maple Holdings Inc., an Ontario corporation and the parent company of the Purchaser
(Holdings), (iv) Neon Maple Midco Inc., an Ontario corporation and the parent company of Holdings (Midco), (v) Neon Maple Parent Inc., an Ontario corporation and the parent company of Midco (Canada Parent), (vi)
AI Maple Holdings, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and the sole stockholder of Canada Parent (AI Maple Holdings), (vii) AI Maple Aggregator, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and the sole limited
partner of AI Maple Holdings (AI Maple Aggregator), (viii) AI Maple Holdings GP Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and the general partner of each of AI Maple Holdings and AI Maple Aggregator (AI Maple GP), (ix)
Advent International GPE X Limited Partnership, a Cayman Islands exempted partnership and the sole member of AI Maple GP (AI GPE X), (x) Advent International, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the investment adviser to AI GPE X
(Advent), (xi) Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a legal person governed by an Act respecting the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, (xii) Novacap Management Inc.
(Novacap), a company incorporated under the laws of Canada and the general partner of certain investment funds and vehicles holding Multiple Voting Shares (as defined below), (xiii) Philip Fayer, and (xiv) Whiskey Papa Fox Inc., a
corporation existing under the federal laws of Canada (together with CDPQ, Novacap and Mr. Fayer, each a Rollover Shareholder and, collectively, the Rollover Shareholders).
This Amended Transaction Statement relates to the plan of arrangement (the Plan of Arrangement), pursuant to Section 192 of
the Canada Business Corporations Act, contemplated by an arrangement agreement between Purchaser and Nuvei, dated as of April 1, 2024 (the Arrangement Agreement), pursuant to which Purchaser will acquire all of the
outstanding subordinate voting shares of Nuvei (Subordinate Voting Shares) and multiple voting shares of Nuvei (Multiple Voting Shares) that are not Rollover Shares (as defined in the Arrangement Agreement) for a price of
US$34.00 per share, in cash. A copy of the Plan of Arrangement is included as Appendix B to the Management Proxy Circular, which is attached as Exhibit (a)(2)(i) hereto (the Circular). A special meeting of Nuveis shareholders has
been called for June 18, 2024 (the Meeting) to approve a special resolution approving the Plan of Arrangement in the form attached as Appendix A to the Circular (the Arrangement Resolution). The Circular has been
provided to Nuveis shareholders pursuant to applicable Canadian law.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amended
Transaction Statement shall have the meanings given to them in the Circular or the Initial Schedule 13E-3, as applicable.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, the information set forth in the Initial Schedule 13E-3 remains
unchanged and is incorporated by reference into this Amended Transaction Statement. All information set forth in this Amended Transaction Statement should be read together with the information contained in or incorporated by reference in the Initial
Schedule 13E-3.
All information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this Amended
Transaction Statement concerning each Filing Person has been supplied by such Filing Person, and no Filing Person is responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information supplied by any other Filing Person.