Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2021, by and among Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., Hunter Merger Sub, Inc. and Humacyte, Inc

EX-2.1 2 ea135854ex2-1_alphahealth.htm BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 17, 2021, BY AND AMONG ALPHA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP., HUNTER MERGER SUB, INC. AND HUMACYTE, INC

Exhibit 2.1

 

Execution Version

 

BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

 

BY AND AMONG

 

ALPHA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP.,

 

HUNTER MERGER SUB, INC.

 

AND

 

HUMACYTE, INC.

 

DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 17, 2021

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

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Article 1 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS		3
Section 1.1	Definitions	3
Section 1.2	Certain Defined Terms	19
Article 2 THE MERGER		21
Section 2.1	Closing Transactions	21
Section 2.2	Contingent Consideration	22
Section 2.3	Closing of the Transactions Contemplated by this Agreement	24
Section 2.4	Allocation Schedule	24
Section 2.5	Treatment of Company Equity Awards.	25
Section 2.6	Company Stockholder Deliverables	26
Section 2.7	Withholding	28
Section 2.8	Appraisal Rights.	28
Article 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANY		29
Section 3.1	Organization and Qualification	29
Section 3.2	Capitalization	29
Section 3.3	Authority	30
Section 3.4	Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities	31
Section 3.5	Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations	32
Section 3.6	Permits	32
Section 3.7	Material Contracts	33
Section 3.8	Absence of Changes	35
Section 3.9	Litigation	35
Section 3.10	Compliance with Applicable Law	35
Section 3.11	Employee Benefit Plans	35
Section 3.12	Environmental Matters	37
Section 3.13	Intellectual Property	37
Section 3.14	Labor Matters	40
Section 3.15	Insurance	42
Section 3.16	Tax Matters	42
Section 3.17	Brokers	44
Section 3.18	Real and Personal Property	44
Section 3.19	Transactions with Affiliates	45
Section 3.20	Data Privacy and Security	45
Section 3.21	Compliance with International Trade & Anti-Corruption Laws	46
Section 3.22	Information Supplied	47
Section 3.23	Regulatory Compliance	47
Section 3.24	Investigation; No Other Representations.	49
Section 3.25	EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	50
Article 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE AHAC PARTIES		51
Section 4.1	Organization and Qualification	51

 

 

Section 4.2	Authority	51
Section 4.3	Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations	51
Section 4.4	Brokers	52
Section 4.5	Information Supplied	52
Section 4.6	Capitalization.	52
Section 4.7	SEC Filings	53
Section 4.8	Trust Account	54
Section 4.9	Transactions with Affiliates	55
Section 4.10	Litigation	55
Section 4.11	Compliance with Applicable Law	55
Section 4.12	Merger Sub Activities	55
Section 4.13	Internal Controls; Listing; Financial Statements	56
Section 4.14	No Undisclosed Liabilities	57
Section 4.15	Employee Matters	57
Section 4.16	Tax Matters.	58
Section 4.17	Investigation; No Other Representations.	59
Section 4.18	EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	60
Article 5 COVENANTS		60
Section 5.1	Conduct of Business of the Company	60
Section 5.2	Efforts to Consummate	63
Section 5.3	Confidentiality and Access to Information	64
Section 5.4	Public Announcements	65
Section 5.5	Tax Matters	66
Section 5.6	Exclusive Dealing	67
Section 5.7	Preparation of Registration Statement / Proxy Statement	68
Section 5.8	AHAC Stockholder Approval	69
Section 5.9	Merger Sub Stockholder Approval	69
Section 5.10	Conduct of Business of AHAC	69
Section 5.11	Nasdaq Listing	71
Section 5.12	Trust Account	71
Section 5.13	Company Stockholder Approval	71
Section 5.14	AHAC Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance	72
Section 5.15	Company Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance	73
Section 5.16	Post-Closing Directors and Officers	74
Section 5.17	FIRPTA Certificate	75
Section 5.18	PIPE Subscriptions	75
Section 5.19	Expense Statement	76
Section 5.20	Transaction Litigation	76
Article 6 CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT		76
Section 6.1	Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties	76
Section 6.2	Other Conditions to the Obligations of the AHAC Parties	77
Section 6.3	Other Conditions to the Obligations of the Company	78
Section 6.4	Frustration of Closing Conditions	79

 

 

Article 7 TERMINATION		79
Section 7.1	Termination	79
Section 7.2	Effect of Termination	80
Article 8 MISCELLANEOUS		81
Section 8.1	Non-Survival	81
Section 8.2	Entire Agreement; Assignment	81
Section 8.3	Amendment	81
Section 8.4	Notices	81
Section 8.5	Governing Law	82
Section 8.6	Fees and Expenses	83
Section 8.7	Construction; Interpretation	83
Section 8.8	Exhibits and Schedules	84
Section 8.9	Parties in Interest	84
Section 8.10	Severability	84
Section 8.11	Counterparts; Electronic Signatures	84
Section 8.12	Knowledge of Company; Knowledge of AHAC	84
Section 8.13	No Recourse	85
Section 8.14	Extension; Waiver	85
Section 8.15	Waiver of Jury Trial	85
Section 8.16	Submission to Jurisdiction	86
Section 8.17	Remedies	86
Section 8.18	Trust Account Waiver	86

 

ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A	Form of Investor Rights Agreement
Exhibit B	AHAC Support Agreement
Exhibit C	Company Support Agreement
Exhibit D	FIRPTA Certificate

 

 

BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

 

This BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 17, 2021, is made by and among Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“AHAC”), Hunter Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Humacyte, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). AHAC, Merger Sub and the Company shall be referred to herein from time to time collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in Section 1.1.

 

WHEREAS, (a) AHAC is a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation on July 1, 2020 and incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, and (b) Merger Sub is, as of the date of this Agreement, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of AHAC that was formed for purposes of consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Governing Documents of AHAC, AHAC is required to provide an opportunity for its stockholders to have their outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock redeemed on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein in connection with obtaining the AHAC Stockholder Approval;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date of this Agreement, AHAC’s initial stockholders, including AHAC Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), collectively own 2,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock;

 

WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of AHAC, and each share of Company Common Stock will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, AHAC will enter into subscription agreements (collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (collectively, the “Investors”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and AHAC has agreed to issue and sell to the Investors, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock as set forth in each applicable Subscription Agreement in exchange for an aggregate purchase price of $175,000,000, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (such equity financing hereinafter referred to as the “PIPE Financing”);

 

WHEREAS, at the Closing, AHAC, certain stockholders of AHAC (including the Sponsor) and certain stockholders of the Company shall enter into an investor rights agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor and each stockholder of the Company will (a) agree not to effect any sale or distribution of any shares of Class A Common Stock held by any of them during the lock-up period described therein and (b) be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective shares of Class A Common Stock, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions therein;

 

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, AHAC and certain stockholders of AHAC (including the Sponsor) will enter into the stockholder support agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “AHAC Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (a) such stockholders of AHAC will agree to vote their shares of AHAC in favor of the Required Transaction Proposals and (b) the Sponsor and the stockholders party thereto will agree to waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in the Governing Documents of AHAC or any other anti-dilution or similar protection with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the AHAC Support Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, certain Company Stockholders will enter into the stockholder support agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Company Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, such Company Stockholders will agree to, as promptly as practicable following the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement shall have been declared effective and made available to such Company Stockholders, vote their shares of the Company in favor of, or execute written consents to adopt and approve, upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger) are in the best interests of, and are advisable to, the Company and the Company Stockholders, (b) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger) and (c) resolved to recommend that the Company Stockholders adopt and approve this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger);

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of AHAC (the “AHAC Board”) has unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which an AHAC Party is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger) are in the best interests of, and advisable to, AHAC and its stockholders, (b) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which an AHAC Party is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger) and (c) resolved to recommend that its stockholders adopt this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which an AHAC Party is or will be party;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Merger Sub has unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which Merger Sub is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger) are in the best interests of, and advisable to, Merger Sub and its sole stockholder, (b) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which Merger Sub is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger) and (c) recommended that its sole stockholder adopt and approve this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which Merger Sub is or will be party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger); and

 

 

WHEREAS, each of the Parties intends that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (a) this Agreement constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and (b) the Merger constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (clause (b), the “Intended Tax Treatment”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

Article 1
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“Aggregate Consideration” means, collectively, the Merger Consideration and the Contingency Consideration.

 

“AHAC Acquisition Proposal” means any transaction or series of related transactions under which AHAC or any of its controlled Affiliates, directly or indirectly, (i) acquires or otherwise purchases any other Person(s), (ii) engages in a business combination with any other Person(s) or (iii) acquires or otherwise purchases at least a majority of the voting securities of such Person or all or a material portion of the assets or businesses of any other Persons(s) (in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), whether by merger, consolidation, recapitalization, purchase or issuance of equity securities, tender offer or otherwise). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, none of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall constitute an AHAC Acquisition Proposal.

 

“AHAC Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., effective as of September 17, 2020.

 

“AHAC Common Stock” means Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock.

 

“AHAC Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules to this Agreement delivered to the Company by AHAC on the date of this Agreement.

 

 

“AHAC Expenses” means, as of any determination time, the aggregate amount of fees, expenses, commissions or other amounts incurred by or on behalf of, and that are due and payable by and not otherwise expressly allocated to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, an AHAC Party in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including (a) the fees and expenses of outside legal counsel, accountants, advisors, brokers, investment bankers, consultants, or other agents or service providers of any AHAC Party and (b) any other fees, expenses, commissions or other amounts that are expressly allocated to any AHAC Party pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, AHAC Expenses shall not include (a) any Company Expenses or (b) the cost of the AHAC D&O Tail Policy.

 

“AHAC Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 (Organization and Qualification), Section 4.2 (Authority), Section 4.4 (Brokers) and Section 4.6 (Capitalization).

 

“AHAC IRA Stockholders” means the stockholders of AHAC listed on Section 1.1 of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules.

 

“AHAC Liabilities” means, as of any determination time, the aggregate amount of Liabilities of the AHAC Parties as of such time. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, AHAC Liabilities shall not include (a) any AHAC Expenses, (b) any Liabilities of the AHAC Parties that have been paid or otherwise satisfied or (c) any Liabilities arising out of, or related to, any Proceeding related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any stockholder demand or other stockholder Proceedings (including derivative claims) arising out of, or related to, any of the foregoing.

 

“AHAC Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with any other Effect, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the AHAC Parties, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of AHAC or Merger Sub to consummate the Merger; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (a), none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether an AHAC Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: any adverse Effect arising from or related to (i) general business or economic conditions in or affecting the United States, or changes therein, or the global economy generally, (ii) any national or international political or social conditions in the United States or any other country, including the engagement by the United States or any other country in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence in any place of any military or terrorist attack, sabotage or cyberterrorism, (iii) changes in conditions of the financial, banking, capital or securities markets generally in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or changes therein, including changes in interest rates in the United States or any other country and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries, (iv) changes or proposed changes in any applicable Laws or GAAP after the date of this Agreement, (v) any Effect that is generally applicable to the industries or markets in which any AHAC Party operates, (vi) the execution or public announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of any AHAC Party with investors, contractors, lenders, suppliers, vendors, partners, licensors, licensees, payors or other third parties related thereto (provided that the exception in this clause (vi) shall not apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.3(b) to the extent that their purpose is to address the consequences resulting from the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the condition set forth in Section 6.3(a) to the extent it relates to such representations and warranties), (vii) any failure by any AHAC Party to meet, or changes to, any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions (although the underlying facts and circumstances resulting in such failure may be taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded from this definition pursuant to clauses (i) through (vi) or (viii)), or (viii) any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, tsunami, natural disaster, mudslides, wild fires, epidemics or pandemics or the worsening of any pandemics (including COVID-19), acts of God or other natural disasters or comparable events in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or any escalation of the foregoing; provided, however, that any Effect resulting from a matter described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) or (viii) may be taken into account in determining whether an AHAC Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur to the extent, and solely to the extent, such Effect has a disproportionate adverse effect on the AHAC Parties, taken as a whole, relative to other “SPACs” operating in the industries in which the AHAC Parties operate.

 

 

“AHAC Parties” means, collectively, AHAC and Merger Sub.

 

“AHAC Share Value” means $10.00.

 

“AHAC Stockholder Approval” means the approval of each Required Transaction Proposal by the affirmative vote of the holders of the requisite number of AHAC Common Stock entitled to vote thereon, whether in person or by proxy at the AHAC Stockholders Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), in accordance with the Governing Documents of AHAC and applicable Law.

 

“AHAC Stockholder Redemption” means the right of the holders of Class A Common Stock to redeem all or a portion of their Class A Common Stock (in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise) as set forth in the AHAC Certificate of Incorporation.

 

“AHAC Warrants” means each warrant to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each such warrant held by the Underwriters).

 

“Ancillary Documents” means the Investor Rights Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the AHAC Support Agreement, the Company Support Agreement, and each other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated by this Agreement executed or to be executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means, collectively, (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); (b) the UK Bribery Act 2010; and (c) any other anti-bribery or anti-corruption Laws related to combating bribery, corruption and money laundering, each as applicable.

 

“Business” means the research, development, testing, manufacture and storage of human acellular vessels in connection with vascular repair, reconstruction and replacement, in each case, as conducted by the Company as of the date of this Agreement.

 

“Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which commercial banks in New York, New York are open for the general transaction of business.

 

 

“Change of Control Payment” means (a) any success, change of control, retention, severance, transaction bonus or other similar payment to any Person that is payable due to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (b) any payments made or required to be made pursuant to or in connection with or upon termination of, and any fees, expenses or other payments owing in respect of, any Company Related Party Transaction (in the case of each of clause (a) and (b), regardless of whether paid or payable prior to, at or after the Closing or in connection with or otherwise related to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document).

 

“Class A Common Stock” means Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, of AHAC.

 

“Class B Common Stock” means Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, of AHAC.

 

“COBRA” means Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Section 4980B of the Code and any similar state Law.

 

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Company Acquisition Proposal” means (a) any transaction or series of related transactions under which any Person(s), directly or indirectly, (i) acquires or otherwise purchases the Company or (ii) all or a material portion of assets or businesses of the Company (in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), whether by merger, consolidation, recapitalization, purchase or issuance of equity securities, tender offer or otherwise), or (b) any material equity or similar investment in the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, none of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall constitute a Company Acquisition Proposal.

 

“Company Business Intellectual Property” means collectively, the Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Company Licensed Intellectual Property.

 

“Company Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of the Company, effective as of June 21, 2018.

 

“Company Common Stock” means common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

“Company Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules to this Agreement delivered to AHAC by the Company on the date of this Agreement.

 

“Company Equity Award” means, as of any determination time, each outstanding Company Option, and each other award to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, Contingent Worker or other service provider of the Company of rights of any kind to receive any Equity Securities of the Company under any Company Equity Plan or otherwise.

 

 

“Company Equity Plan” means the Company’s 2005 Stock Option Plan, the 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan and each other plan that provides for the award to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, Contingent Worker or other service provider of the Company of rights of any kind to receive Equity Securities of the Company or benefits measured in whole or in part by reference to Equity Securities of the Company.

 

“Company Expenses” means, as of any determination time, the aggregate amount of fees, expenses, commissions or other amounts incurred by or on behalf of, and that are due and payable by and not otherwise expressly allocated to an AHAC Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, the Company in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including (a) the fees and expenses of outside legal counsel, accountants, advisors, brokers, investment bankers, consultants, or other agents or service providers of the Company, and (b) any other fees, expenses, commissions or other amounts that are expressly allocated to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, Company Expenses shall not include any AHAC Expenses.

 

“Company Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1(a) (Organization and Qualification), Section 3.2(a), Section 3.2(b) and Section 3.2(d) (Capitalization), Section 3.3 (Authority) and Section 3.16(a) (Brokers).

 

“Company Investors’ Rights Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2018, by and among the Company and the investors party thereto.

 

“Company IRA Stockholders” means the parties listed on Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.

 

“Company IT Systems” means all computer systems, computer software and hardware, communication systems, servers, network equipment and related documentation, in each case, owned, licensed or leased by the Company.

 

“Company Licensed Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to any Person (other than the Company) that are licensed or sublicensed to the Company other than (a) licenses to Off-the-Shelf Software, (b) licenses to Public Software, (c) non-disclosure agreements and licenses granted by employees, individual consultants or individual contractors of the Company pursuant to Contracts with employees, individual consultants or individual contractors, in each case, that do not materially differ from the Company’s form therefor that has been provided to AHAC and (d) licenses or other rights to Intellectual Property Rights that otherwise are commercially available and licensed to the Company on a nonexclusive basis under the Person’s standard licensing terms.

 

 

“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with any other Effect, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations or condition (financial, regulatory, clinical or otherwise) of the Company, or (b) the ability of the Company to consummate the Merger; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (a), none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: any adverse Effect arising from or related to (i) general business or economic conditions in or affecting the United States, or changes therein, or the global economy generally, (ii) any national or international political or social conditions in the United States or any other country, including the engagement by the United States or any other country in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence in any place of any military or terrorist attack, sabotage or cyberterrorism, (iii) changes in conditions of the financial, banking, capital or securities markets generally in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or changes therein, including changes in interest rates in the United States or any other country and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries, (iv) changes or proposed changes in any applicable Laws or GAAP after the date of this Agreement, (v) any Effect that is generally applicable to the industries or markets in which the Company operates, (vi) the execution or public announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Company with employees, customers, investors, contractors, lenders, suppliers, vendors, partners, licensors, licensees, or other third parties related thereto (provided that the exception in this clause (vi) shall not apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.5 to the extent that their purpose is to address the consequences resulting from the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) to the extent it relates to such representations and warranties), (vii) any failure by the Company to meet, or changes to, any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions (although the underlying facts and circumstances resulting in such failure may be taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded from this definition pursuant to clauses (i) through (vi) or (viii)), or (viii) any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, tsunami, natural disaster, mudslides, wild fires, epidemics or pandemics or the worsening of any pandemics (including COVID-19), acts of God or other natural disasters or comparable events in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or any escalation of the foregoing; provided, however, that any Effect resulting from a matter described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) or (viii) may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur to the extent, and solely to the extent, such Effect has a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company relative to other participants operating in the industries or markets in which the Company operates.

 

“Company Option” means, as of any determination time, each option to purchase Company Common Stock that is outstanding and unexercised, whether granted under a Company Equity Plan or otherwise.

 

“Company Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by the Company.

 

 

“Company Preferred Stock” means, collectively, the Company Series A Preferred Stock, the Company Series B Preferred Stock, the Company Series C Preferred Stock and the Company Series D Preferred Stock.

 

“Company Product” means each product candidate that is being researched, tested, developed or manufactured by or on behalf of the Company.

 

“Company Registered Intellectual Property” means all Registered Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by the Company, including all Registered Intellectual Property filed by or filed in the name of the Company as of January 1, 2018.

 

“Company Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2018, by and among the Company and the investors party thereto.

 

“Company Series A Preferred Stock” means preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

“Company Series B Preferred Stock” means preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

“Company Series C Preferred Stock” means preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series C Convertible Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

“Company Series D Preferred Stock” means preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series D Convertible Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

“Company Shares” means, collectively, the Company Preferred Stock and the Company Common Stock.

 

“Company Stockholders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock as of any determination time prior to the Effective Time.

 

“Company Voting Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2018, by and among the Company and the investors and stockholders party thereto.

 

“Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Non-Disclosure Agreement, dated as of December 24, 2020, between the Company and AHAC.

 

“Consent” means any notice, authorization, qualification, registration, filing, notification, waiver, order, consent or approval to be obtained from, filed with or delivered to, a Governmental Entity or other Person.

 

 

“Contingent Worker” means any individual independent contractor, consultant, contractor, temporary employee, or leased employee currently being used by the Company and classified by the Company as other than an employee, or compensated other than through Form W-2 wages paid by the Company through the Company’s payroll function.

 

“Contract” or “Contracts” means any written agreement, contract, license, lease, obligation, undertaking or other commitment or arrangement that is legally binding upon a Person or any of his, her or its properties or assets.

 

“Copyrights” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.

 

“COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions thereof or related or associated epidemics, pandemic or disease outbreaks.

 

“Effect” means any event, change, effect, occurrence, circumstance or development.

 

“Employee Benefit Plan” means each (A) “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA), (B) each stock option plan, stock purchase plan, bonus or incentive plan, severance pay plan, program or arrangement, deferred compensation arrangement or agreement, employment agreement, compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement, change in control plan, program or arrangement, supplemental income arrangement, vacation plan and each other employee benefit plan, program, policy, agreement and arrangement not described in (A) above, and (C) each plan or arrangement providing compensation to employee and non-employee directors, in each case that the Company maintains, sponsors or contributes to or has any obligation to contribute to, or under or with respect to which the Company has or may have any present or future Liability (including as an ERISA Affiliate).

 

“Environmental Laws” means all Laws and Orders concerning pollution, protection of the environment, or human health or safety.

 

“Equity Securities” means any share, share capital, capital stock, partnership, membership, unit, joint venture or similar interest in any Person (including any stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights), and any option, warrant, right or security (including debt securities) convertible, exchangeable or exercisable therefor.

 

“Equity Value” means $800,000,000.

 

“Equity Value Per Share” means (a) the Equity Value, divided by (b) the Fully Diluted Vested Company Capitalization.

 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity, trade or business that is, or at any applicable time was, a member of a group described in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA that includes the Company.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

“Exchange Ratio” means (a) the Equity Value Per Share, divided by (b) the AHAC Share Value.

 

“FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or any successor agency thereto.

 

“Federal Securities Laws” means U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or otherwise.

 

“Fraud” with respect to any Party, means a Willful Breach by such Party of the representations and warranties set forth in Article 3 or Article 4, as applicable, or any certificate delivered hereunder, with the intent that another Party rely on such representations and warranties, coupled with such other Party’s detrimental reliance on such representations and warranties under circumstances that constitute common law fraud under the Laws of the State of Delaware. For the avoidance of doubt, “Fraud” does not include any claim for equitable fraud, promissory fraud, unfair dealings fraud, or any torts based on negligence or recklessness.

 

“Fully Diluted Company Capitalization” means, without duplication, the sum of (a) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, determined on an as-converted basis (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Company Preferred Stock based on the then applicable conversion ratio) and (b) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to Company Equity Awards and Company Warrants to the extent not included in clause (a) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

“Fully Diluted Vested Company Capitalization” means (a) the Fully Diluted Company Capitalization, minus (b) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to Unvested Company Equity Awards immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

“Good Clinical Practices” means the then current standards for clinical trials (including all applicable requirements relating to the protection of human subjects), as set forth in the FDCA, and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, and such applicable standards of good clinical practice (including all applicable requirements relating to protection of human subjects) as are required by other organizations and Government Entities in any other countries, including applicable regulations or guidelines from the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use, in which the Company Products are sold or intended to be sold.

 

“Good Laboratory Practices” mean the then current standards for conducting nonclinical laboratory studies, as set forth in the FDCA and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, including applicable requirements contained in 21 C.F.R. Part 58, and such applicable standards of good laboratory practices as are required by Governmental Entities in any other countries in which the Company Products are sold or intended to be sold.

 

“Good Manufacturing Practices” mean the then current standards for the manufacture, processing, packaging, transportation, handling and holding of drug and biological products, as set forth in the FDCA and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, including applicable requirements contained in 21 C.F.R. Parts 210, 211, 600-610, and 1271, and such applicable standards of good manufacturing practices as are required by Governmental Entities in any other countries in which the Company Products are sold or intended to be sold.

 

 

“Governing Documents” means the legal document(s) by which any Person (other than an individual) establishes its legal existence or other organizational documents of such Person. For example, the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. corporation are its certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws, the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. limited partnership are its limited partnership agreement and certificate of limited partnership, the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. limited liability company are its operating or limited liability company agreement and certificate of formation.

 

“Governmental Entity” means any United States or non-United States (a) federal, state, local, municipal or other government, (b) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any arbitral tribunal (public or private).

 

“Hazardous Substance” means any hazardous, toxic, explosive or radioactive material, substance, waste or other pollutant that is regulated by, or may give rise to Liability pursuant to, any Environmental Law, including any petroleum products or byproducts, asbestos, lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and poly-fluoroakyl substances, or radon.

 

“Healthcare Laws” means all Laws relating to patient care or human health and safety, including, as amended from time to time, any such Law pertaining to the research (including preclinical, nonclinical, and clinical research or studies), development, testing, production, manufacture, transfer, storing, distribution, approval, labeling, marketing, pricing, third-party reimbursement or sale of drugs, biological products or medical devices, including (i) the FDCA and the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. §201 et seq.); and (ii) all Laws relating to any federal health care program (as such term is defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f)), including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the Stark Anti-Self-Referral Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), Sections 1320a-7, 1320a-7a, and 1320a-7b of Title 42 of the United States Code and any comparable self-referral or fraud and abuse laws promulgated by any Governmental Entity, the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255), and any state or federal Law the purpose of which is to protect the privacy of individually-identifiable patient information; Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act) and Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the “Affordable Care Act”), as amended by the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010; TRICARE (10 U.S.C. Section 1071 et seq.); the Sunshine/Open Payments Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h) and similar state or foreign Laws related to the reporting of manufacturer payments or transfers of value to health care professionals; in each case including the associated rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and all of their foreign equivalents; and any other requirements of Law relating to the Business.

 

 

“HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Incentive Stock Option” means a Company Option intended to be an “incentive stock option” (as defined in Section 422 of the Code).

 

“Indebtedness” means, as of any time, without duplication, with respect to any Person, the outstanding principal amount of, accrued and unpaid interest on, fees and expenses arising under or in respect of (a) indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) other obligations evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other debt security, (c) obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or assets, including “earn-outs” and “seller notes” (but excluding any trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business), (d) reimbursement and other obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments, in each case, solely to the extent drawn, (e) leases required to be capitalized under GAAP, (f) derivative, hedging, swap, foreign exchange or similar arrangements, including swaps, caps, collars, hedges or similar arrangements, and (g) any of the obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or secured by any assets of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person.

 

“Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights and related priority rights protected, created or arising under the Laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction or under any international convention, including all (a) patents and patent applications, industrial designs and design patent rights, including any continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part and provisional applications and statutory invention registrations, and any patents issuing on any of the foregoing and any reissues, reexaminations, substitutes, supplementary protection certificates, extensions of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Patents”); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, brand names, trade dress rights, logos, Internet domain names, corporate names and other source or business identifiers, together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and all applications, registrations, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Marks”); (c) copyrights and rights in works of authorship, design rights, mask work rights and moral rights, whether or not registered or published, and all registrations, applications, renewals, extensions and reversions of any of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Copyrights”); (d) trade secrets, know-how and confidential and proprietary information, including invention disclosures, inventions and formulae, whether patentable or not; (e) rights in or to Software or other technology; (f) rights in databases and compilations, including rights in data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise; and (g) any other intellectual or proprietary rights protectable, arising under or associated with any of the foregoing, including those protected by any Law anywhere in the world.

 

“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

“JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended.

 

“Law” means any federal, state, local, foreign, national or supranational statute, law (including common law), act, ordinance, treaty, rule, code, regulation or other binding directive issued, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over a given matter.

 

 

“Liability” or “liability” means any and all debts and liabilities, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, matured or unmatured or determined or determinable, including those arising under any Law (including any Environmental Law), Proceeding or Order and those arising under any Contract.

 

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, license or sub-license, charge, covenant not to sue granted to a third party, or other similar encumbrance or interest (including, in the case of any Equity Securities, any voting, transfer or similar restrictions).

 

“Marks” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.

 

“Merger Consideration” means (a) with respect to each outstanding share of Company Common Stock, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio, and (b) with respect to each outstanding share of Company Preferred Stock, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock that would be issued upon conversion of such Company Preferred Stock into Company Common Stock based on the applicable conversion ratio immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio.

 

“Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section (3)37 of ERISA.

 

“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

 

“Notified Body” means an entity licensed, authorized or approved by the applicable Governmental Entity to assess and certify the conformity of a medical device with the requirements of applicable legislation on medical devices in the European Union and United Kingdom, each as may be amended from time to time, and applicable harmonized standards.

 

“Off-the-Shelf Software” means any Software that is made generally and widely available to the public on a commercial basis and is licensed to the Company on a non-exclusive basis under standard terms and conditions.

 

“Order” means any outstanding writ, order, judgment, injunction, decision, determination, award, ruling, subpoena, verdict or decree entered, issued or rendered by any Governmental Entity.

 

“Pandemic Measures” means (i) any “shelter-in-place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, furlough, employee time off, employee leave, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester, business or workplace reopening, or other conditions, restrictions or requirements pursuant to any Law, order, directive, pronouncement, guideline or recommendation of or by any Governmental Entity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions or the World Health Organization in connection with or in respect to COVID-19 or any other pandemic, epidemic, public health emergency or virus or disease outbreak and (ii) any acts or omissions by the Company that have been or may be taken in a commercially reasonable manner as a reasonable good faith response to COVID-19, or to the extent necessary to avoid, mitigate or remediate a material adverse effect on the Company or the Business as may result from COVID-19.

 

“Patents” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.

 

 

“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

“Permits” means any approvals, authorizations, clearances, licenses, registrations, permits or certificates of a Governmental Entity.

 

“Permitted Liens” means (a) mechanic’s, materialmen’s, carriers’, repairers’ and other similar statutory Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts that are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which sufficient reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent as of the Closing Date or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which sufficient reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (c) encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, conditions, rights of way and similar restrictions) that do not prohibit or materially interfere with the Company’s use or occupancy of such real property for the operation of the Business, (d) zoning, building codes and other land use Laws regulating the use or occupancy of real property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over such real property and which are not violated by the use or occupancy of such real property for the operation of the Business and do not prohibit or materially interfere with the Company’s use or occupancy of such real property for the operation of the Business, (e) in the case of the Leased Real Property, any Lien granted by any lessor, developer or third-party on any fee interest underlying the Leased Real Property, (f) the Real Property Leases, (g) cash deposits or cash pledges to secure the payment of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, social security benefits or obligations arising under similar Laws or to secure the performance of public or statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which are not yet due and payable, (h) grants by the Company of Intellectual Property Rights in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and rights of licensors of, or limitations on the exploitation of, Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company contained in the relevant license agreement and (i) other Liens that do not materially and adversely affect the value, use or operation of the asset subject thereto.

 

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity.

 

“Personal Data” means any data or information relating to an identified natural person or device.

 

“Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders” means the holders of AHAC Common Stock at any time prior to the Effective Time.

 

“Privacy Laws” means all Laws that govern the Processing of Personal Data or governing privacy, data protection, data security, data or security breach notification, including, to the extent applicable, the California Online Privacy Protection Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and state Laws concerning the privacy or security of health information, the CAN-SPAM Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and other Laws regulating the use of Personal Data for marketing purposes, the UK Data Protection Act 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation or “GDPR”), EU Directive 2002/58/EC, and any Laws implementing either or both of the GDPR and EU Directive 2002/58/EC (each as amended from time to time).

 

 

“Proceeding” means any lawsuit, litigation, action, audit, complaint, proceeding, suit, arbitration or mediation (in each case, whether civil, criminal or administrative and whether public or private) pending by or before any Governmental Entity.

 

“Process” (or “Processing” or “Processes”) means the collection, use, storage, processing, recording, distribution, transfer, import, export, protection (including security measures), disposal or disclosure or other activity regarding data (whether electronically or in any other form or medium).

 

“Public Software” means any Software that contains, includes, incorporates, or has instantiated therein, or is derived in any manner (in whole or in part) from, any Software that is distributed as free software, open source software (e.g., Linux) or similar licensing or distribution models, including under any terms or conditions that impose any requirement that any Software using, linked with, incorporating, distributed with or derived from such Public Software (a) be made available or distributed in source code form; (b) be licensed for purposes of making derivative works; or (c) be redistributable at no, or a nominal, charge.

 

“Real Property Leases” means all leases, sub-leases, licenses or other agreements, in each case, pursuant to which the Company leases or sub-leases any real property.

 

“Redemption Rights” means the redemption rights provided for in Sections 9.2 and 9.7 of the AHAC Certificate of Incorporation.

 

“Registered Intellectual Property” means all issued Patents, pending Patent applications, registered Marks, pending applications for registration of Marks, registered Copyrights, pending applications for registration of Copyrights and Internet domain name registrations.

 

“Registration Statement / Proxy Statement” means a registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and containing a prospectus and proxy statement of AHAC.

 

“Regulatory Permits” means all Permits granted by FDA or any comparable Governmental Entity or Notified Body to the Company, including investigational new drug applications, Biologics License Applications, manufacturing approvals and authorizations, CE-mark certificates of conformity, clinical trial authorizations and ethical reviews, or their national or foreign equivalents.

 

“Representatives” means with respect to a Person, such Person’s directors, officers, employees, and legal, financial, internal and independent accounting and other advisors and representatives.

 

 

“Required Governing Document Proposals” means the approval of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of AHAC in the form mutually agreed upon by AHAC and the Company.

 

“Sanctions and Export Control Laws” means any applicable Law in any part of the world related to (a) import and export controls, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, (b) economic sanctions, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the European Union, any European Union Member State, the United Nations, and Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or (c) anti-boycott measures.

 

“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

“Schedules” means, collectively, the Company Disclosure Schedules and the AHAC Disclosure Schedules.

 

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

 

“Securities Laws” means Federal Securities Laws and other applicable foreign and domestic securities or similar Laws.

 

“Software” means any and all (a) computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code; (b) descriptions, flowcharts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing and, to the extent embodied in any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons; and (c) all documentation, including user manuals and other training documentation, related to any of the foregoing.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other legal entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof and for this purpose, a Person or Persons own a majority ownership interest in such a business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of such business entity’s gains or losses or shall be a, or control any, managing director or general partner of such business entity (other than a corporation). The term “Subsidiary” shall include all Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary.

 

 

“Tax” means any federal, state, local or non-U.S. income, gross receipts, franchise, estimated, alternative minimum, sales, use, transfer, value added, excise, stamp, customs, duties, ad valorem, real property, personal property (tangible and intangible), capital stock, social security, unemployment, payroll, wage, employment, severance, occupation, registration, communication, mortgage, profits, license, lease, service, goods and services, withholding, premium, unclaimed property, escheat, turnover, windfall profits or other taxes of any kind whatever, whether computed on a separate or combined, unitary or consolidated basis or in any other manner, together with any interest, deficiencies, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Entity with respect thereto, whether disputed or not.

 

“Tax Authority” means any Governmental Entity responsible for the collection or administration of Taxes or Tax Returns.

 

“Tax Return” means returns, information returns, statements, declarations, or claims for refund, together with any schedules thereto or amendments thereof, relating to Taxes filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Entity.

 

“Transaction Share Consideration” means an aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to (a) the Equity Value, divided by (b) the AHAC Share Value.

 

“Underwriters” means, collectively, the Sponsor, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Northland Securities, Inc.

 

“Unpaid AHAC Expenses” means the AHAC Expenses that are unpaid as of the relevant determination date.

 

“Unpaid Company Expenses” means the Company Expenses that are as of the relevant determination date.

 

“Unvested Company Equity Awards” means the Unvested Company Options.

 

“Unvested Company Option” means each Company Option outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time that is not a Vested Company Option.

 

“Vested Company Equity Awards” means the Vested Company Options.

 

“Vested Company Option” means each Company Option outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time that is vested as of such time or will vest in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (whether at the Effective Time or otherwise).

 

“WARN Act” means the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act of 1988, as well as analogous applicable foreign, state or local Laws.

 

“Warrant Agreement” means the Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2020, by and between AHAC and the Trustee.

 

“Willful Breach” means an intentional and willful breach, or an intentional and willful failure to perform, in each case that is the consequence of an act or omission by a Party with the knowledge that the taking of such act or failure to take such act would cause a breach of this Agreement.

 

 

Section 1.2 Certain Defined Terms. Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:

 

Term	Section
Additional AHAC SEC Reports	Section 4.7
Agreement	Introduction
AHAC	Introduction
AHAC Board	Recitals
AHAC D&O Persons	Section 5.14(a)
AHAC Designee	Section 5.16(b)
AHAC Financial Statements	Section 4.13(d)
AHAC Related Party	Section 4.9
AHAC Related Party Transactions	Section 4.9
AHAC SEC Reports	Section 4.7
AHAC Stockholders Meeting	Section 5.8
AHAC Support Agreement	Recitals
Allocation Schedule	Section 2.4
Business Combination Proposal	Section 5.8
CARES Act	Section 3.16(o)
Certificate of Merger	Section 2.1(a)(ii)
Certificates	Section 2.1(a)(vii)
Change of Control	Section 2.2(c)
Closing	Section 2.3
Closing Date	Section 2.3
Closing Filing	Section 5.4(b)
Closing Press Release	Section 5.4(b)
Company	Introduction
Company Board	Recitals
Company D&O Persons	Section 5.15(a)
Company D&O Tail Policy	Section 5.15(c)
Company Financial Statements	Section 3.4
Company Related Party	Section 3.19
Company Related Party Transactions	Section 3.19
Company Stockholder Written Consent	Section 5.13
Company Stockholder Written Consent Deadline	Section 5.13
Company Support Agreement	Recitals
Contingency Consideration	Section 2.2(a)(ii)
Covington	Section 5.5(c)
Creator	Section 3.13(d)
DGCL	Recitals
Dissenting Shares	Section 2.8(a)
Effective Time	Section 2.1(a)(ii)
Enforceability Exceptions	Section 3.3
Exchange Agent	Section 2.6(a)
Exchange Agent Agreement	Section 2.6(a)
Exchange Fund	Section 2.6(c)

 

 

Term	Section
FDCA	Section 3.23(c)
First Level Contingency Consideration	Section 2.2(a)(i)
First Share Target	Section 2.2(a)(i)
Intended Tax Treatment	Recitals
Investor Rights Agreement	Recitals
Investors	Recitals
IPO	Section 8.18
Leased Real Property	Section 3.18(b)
Letter of Transmittal	Section 2.6(b)
Material Contracts	Section 3.7(a)
Material Permits	Section 3.6
Merger	Recitals
Merger Sub	Recitals
Nasdaq Proposal	Section 5.8
New Equity Incentive Plan	Section 5.7
Officers	Section 5.16(a)
Parties	Introduction
Permitted Transfer	Section 2.2(e)
PIPE Financing	Recitals
Privacy and Data Security Policies	Section 3.20(a)
Privacy Requirements	Section 3.20(a)
Prospectus	Section 8.18
Proxy Statement/Prospectus	Section 5.7
Public Stockholders	Section 8.18
Registration Statement	Section 5.7
Registration Statement / Proxy Statement	Section 5.7
Required Transaction Proposals	Section 5.8
Rollover Option	Section 2.5(a)
Rollover Warrant	Section 2.5(b)
Second Level Contingency Consideration	Section 2.2(a)(ii)
Second Share Target	Section 2.2(a)(ii)
Share Targets	Section 2.2(a)(ii)
Signing Filing	Section 5.4(b)
Signing Press Release	Section 5.4(b)
Sponsor	Recitals
Subscription Agreements	Recitals
Surviving Corporation	Section 2.1(a)(i)
Tax Opinion	Section 5.5(c)
Termination Date	Section 7.1(d)
Transaction Litigation	Section 5.20
Trust Account	Section 8.18
Trust Account Released Claims	Section 8.18
Trust Agreement	Section 4.8
Trustee	Section 4.8
Trustee	Section 4.8
VWAP	Section 2.2(a)(i)

 

 

Article 2
THE MERGER

 

Section 2.1 Closing Transactions. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the following transactions shall occur in the order set forth in this Section 2.1:

 

(a) Merger.

 

(i) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company at the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time, the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving company of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).

 

(ii) At the Closing, the Parties shall cause a certificate of merger, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and AHAC (the “Certificate of Merger”), to be executed and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Merger shall become effective on the date and time at which the Certificate of Merger is accepted for filing by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later date or time as is agreed by AHAC and the Company and specified in the Certificate of Merger (the time the Merger becomes effective being referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).

 

(iii) The Merger shall have the effects set forth in Section 251 of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all of the assets, properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation and all Liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the Liabilities, obligations and duties of the Surviving Corporation, in each case, in accordance with the DGCL.

 

(iv) At the Effective Time, the Governing Documents of Merger Sub shall be the Governing Documents of the Surviving Corporation, in each case, until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.

 

(v) At the Effective Time, the directors and officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the Governing Documents of the Surviving Corporation until such director’s or officer’s successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified, or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal.

 

(vi) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, each share of capital stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.0001, of the Surviving Corporation.

 

 

(vii) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, each Company Share (other than the Dissenting Shares and the Company Shares cancelled in accordance with clause (viii) immediately below) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished and be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the Merger Consideration. From and after the Effective Time, the holder(s) of certificates (the “Certificates”), if any, evidencing ownership of Company Shares and the Company Shares held in book-entry form issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall each cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Shares except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or under applicable Law.

 

(viii) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, each Company Share held immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Company as treasury stock shall be canceled and extinguished, and no consideration shall be paid with respect thereto.

 

Section 2.2 Contingent Consideration

 

(a) Following the Closing, in addition to the consideration to be received pursuant to Sections 2.1(a)(vii) and 2.5 and as part of the overall Aggregate Consideration, Company Stockholders shall be issued additional shares of Class A Common Stock, as follows:

 

(i) seven million five hundred thousand (7,500,000) shares of Class A Common Stock, in the aggregate, if the volume weighted average price of shares of Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq, or any other national securities exchange on which the shares of Class A Common Stock are then traded (“VWAP”) is greater than or equal to fifteen dollars ($15.00) over any twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period (the “First Share Target”) (such 7,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, the “First Level Contingency Consideration”).

 

(ii) seven million five hundred thousand (7,500,000) shares of Class A Common Stock, in the aggregate, if the VWAP is greater than or equal to twenty dollars ($20.00) over any twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period (the “Second Share Target” and, together with the First Share Target, the “Share Targets”) (such 7,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, the “Second Level Contingency Consideration” and, together with the First Level Contingency Consideration, the “Contingency Consideration”). For the avoidance of doubt, each of the First Level Contingency Consideration and Second Level Contingency Consideration is issuable only once in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.2(a) and the maximum amount of Contingency Consideration is fifteen million (15,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock, in the aggregate.

 

(b) If either of the Share Targets set forth in Section 2.2(a) shall have been achieved, then within ten (10) Business Days following the achievement of the applicable Share Target (which may be achieved at the same time or over the same or overlapping trading days), AHAC shall issue the applicable Contingency Consideration to each Company Stockholder as specified on the Allocation Schedule.

 

 

(c) Following the Closing, if a Change of Control of AHAC shall occur, then any Contingency Consideration that remains unissued as of immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control shall immediately become payable and the Company Stockholders shall be entitled to receive such Contingency Consideration prior to the consummation of such Change of Control. Any Contingency Consideration shall be payable to the Company Stockholders as specified on the Allocation Schedule. For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall have been deemed to occur with respect to AHAC upon:

 

(i) the sale, lease, license, distribution, dividend or transfer, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the assets of AHAC, as applicable, and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or

 

(ii) a merger, consolidation or other business combination of AHAC (or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that alone or together represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the consolidated business of AHAC at that time) or any successor or other entity holding fifty percent (50%) or more of all the assets of AHAC and its Subsidiaries that results in the stockholders of AHAC (or such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) or any successor or other entity holding fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets of AHAC and its Subsidiaries or the surviving entity thereof, as applicable, immediately before the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions holding, directly or indirectly, less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of AHAC (or such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) or any successor, other entity or surviving entity thereof, as applicable, immediately following the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions.

 

(d) The Contingency Consideration and the Share Targets shall be adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to Class A Common Stock, occurring on or after the date hereof and prior to the time any such Contingency Consideration is delivered to the Company Stockholders, if any.

 

(e) The right of the Company Stockholders to receive the Contingency Consideration (i) is solely a contractual right and will not be evidenced by a certificate, does not constitute a security, or other instrument, (ii) may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or in any other manner transferred or disposed of, in whole or in part, other than upon written notice to AHAC pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, and (iii) does not give the Company Stockholders any right to receive interest payments. There is no guaranty or other assurance of any kind that any Contingency Consideration will be payable hereunder (regardless of any projections, models forecasts or any other financial data generated by, or provided to, the Company, AHAC or their respective Affiliates or Representatives). For purposes of this Agreement, “Permitted Transfer” means: (A) a transfer on death by will or intestacy; (B) a transfer by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust for beneficiaries upon the death of the trustee; (C) a transfer made pursuant to a court order of a court of competent jurisdiction (such as in connection with divorce, bankruptcy or liquidation); (D) a transfer by a partnership or limited liability company through a distribution to its partners or members, as applicable, in each case without consideration; or (E) a transfer made by operation of law (including a consolidation or merger) or as pursuant to the dissolution, liquidation or termination of any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity.

 

 

Section 2.3 Closing of the Transactions Contemplated by this Agreement. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Goodwin Procter LLP, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 as promptly as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than the third (3rd) Business Day, following the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver) of the conditions set forth in Article 6 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to satisfaction or waiver of such conditions) (the “Closing Date”) or at such other place, date or time as AHAC and the Company may agree in writing or electronically by exchange of the closing deliverables by the means provided in Section 8.11.

 

Section 2.4 Allocation Schedule. No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to AHAC an allocation schedule (the “Allocation Schedule”) setting forth (a) the number of Equity Securities held by each Company Stockholder, the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to each Company Equity Award held by each holder thereof, as well as whether each such Company Equity Award will be a Vested Company Equity Award or an Unvested Company Equity Award as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and, in the case of the Company Options, the exercise price thereof, as well as reasonably detailed calculations with respect to the components and subcomponents thereof, (b) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that will be subject to each Rollover Option and the exercise price of each such Rollover Option at the Effective Time, in each case, determined in accordance with Section 2.5, as well as reasonably detailed calculations with respect to the components and subcomponents thereof, (c) the portion of the Transaction Share Consideration allocated to each Company Stockholder pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(vii), as well as reasonably detailed calculations with respect to the component and subcomponents thereof, and (d) a certification, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company, that the information and calculations delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (c) are, and will be as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (i) true and correct in all respects and (ii) in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Governing Documents of the Company, the Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement and the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement and applicable Laws and, in the case of the Company Equity Awards, the Company Equity Plan and any applicable grant or similar agreement with respect to any such Company Equity Award. The Company will review any comments to the Allocation Schedule provided by AHAC or any of its Representatives and consider in good faith and incorporate any reasonable comments proposed by AHAC or any of its Representatives to correct inaccuracies. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock that each Company Stockholder will have a right to receive pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(vii) will be rounded down to the nearest whole share.

 

 

Section 2.5 Treatment of Company Equity Awards.

 

(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action of any Party or any other Person (but subject to, in the case of the Company, Section 2.5(d)), each Company Option (whether a Vested Company Option or an Unvested Company Option) shall cease to represent the right to purchase shares of Company Common Stock and shall be canceled in exchange for an option to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock (each, a “Rollover Option”) in an amount, at an exercise price and subject to such terms and conditions determined as set forth below. Each Rollover Option shall (i) be exercisable for, and represent the right to purchase, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the corresponding Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, and (ii) have an exercise price per share of Class A Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) subject to such Rollover Option equal to (A) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock applicable to the corresponding Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio. Each Rollover Option shall be subject to the same terms and conditions (including applicable vesting, expiration and forfeiture provisions) that applied to the corresponding Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, except for terms rendered inoperative by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or for such other immaterial administrative or ministerial changes as the AHAC Board (or the compensation committee of the AHAC Board) may determine in good faith are appropriate to effectuate the administration of the Rollover Options. Such conversion shall occur in a manner intended to comply with (x) for any Rollover Option that is an Incentive Stock Option, the requirements of Section 424 of the Code and (y) in each case, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 

(b) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action of any Party or any other Person (but subject to, in the case of the Company, Section 2.5(d)), each Company Warrant shall cease to represent the right to purchase shares of Company Common Stock and shall be canceled in exchange for a warrant to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock (each, a “Rollover Warrant”) in an amount, at an exercise price and subject to such terms and conditions determined as set forth below. Each Rollover Warrant shall (i) be exercisable for, and represent the right to purchase, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the corresponding Company Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, and (ii) have an exercise price per share of Class A Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) subject to such Rollover Warrant equal to (A) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock applicable to the corresponding Company Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio. Each Rollover Warrant shall be subject to the same terms and conditions (including applicable vesting, expiration and forfeiture provisions) that applied to the corresponding Company Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, except for terms rendered inoperative by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or for such other immaterial administrative or ministerial changes as the AHAC Board (or the compensation committee of the AHAC Board) may determine in good faith are appropriate to effectuate the administration of the Rollover Warrants.

 

(c) At the Effective Time, AHAC shall assume the Company Equity Plans and all Company Equity Awards (whether vested or unvested) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto or under the Company Equity Plans, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Section 2.5.

 

 

(d) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall take, or cause to be taken, all necessary or appropriate actions under the Company Equity Plans (and the underlying grant, award or similar agreements) or otherwise to give effect to the provisions of this Section 2.5.

 

Section 2.6 Company Stockholder Deliverables

 

(a) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, AHAC shall appoint an exchange agent reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Exchange Agent”) (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Company) and enter into an exchange agent agreement with the Exchange Agent (the “Exchange Agent Agreement”) for the purpose of exchanging Certificates, if any, representing the Company Shares, each Company Share held in book-entry form on the stock transfer books of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time, for the portion of the Merger Consideration issuable in respect of such Company Share pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(vii), and on the terms and subject to the other conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(b) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall mail or otherwise deliver, or shall cause to be mailed or otherwise delivered, to the Company Stockholders a letter of transmittal in a customary form to be mutually agreed between the Parties (a “Letter of Transmittal”); provided that any representations and warranties made by a Company Stockholder in a Letter of Transmittal shall be limited to authority, title to the applicable Company Shares and absence of liens on the applicable Company Shares.

 

(c) Prior to the Effective Time, AHAC shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the Company Stockholders and for exchange in accordance with this Section 2.6 through the Exchange Agent, evidence of AHAC Common Stock in book-entry form representing the portion of the Merger Consideration issuable pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(vii) in exchange for the Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. All shares in book-entry form representing the portion of the Merger Consideration issuable pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(vii) deposited with the Exchange Agent shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Exchange Fund”.

 

(d) Each Company Stockholder whose Company Shares have been converted into the right to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(vii) shall be entitled to receive the portion of the Merger Consideration to which he, she or it is entitled on the date provided in Section 2.6(e) upon (i) surrender of a Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in the form required by the Letter of Transmittal), together with the delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal), to the Exchange Agent or (ii) delivery of an “agent’s message” in the case of Company Common Stock held in book-entry form, together with the delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal), to the Exchange Agent.

 

 

(e) If a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, together with any Certificates (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in the form required by the Letter of Transmittal) or an “agent’s message”, as applicable, is delivered to the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 2.6(d) (i) at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, then AHAC and the Company shall take all necessary actions to cause the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration to be issued to the applicable Company Stockholder in book-entry form on the Closing Date, or (ii) less than one Business Day prior to or on or after the Closing Date, then AHAC and the Company (or the Surviving Corporation) shall take all necessary actions to cause the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration to be issued to the Company Stockholder in book-entry form within two (2) Business Days after such delivery.

 

(f) If any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be issued to a Person other than the Company Stockholder in whose name the surrendered Certificate or the transferred Company Shares in book-entry form is registered, it shall be a condition to the issuance of the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration that (i) either such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Company Shares in book-entry form shall be properly transferred and (ii) the Person requesting such consideration pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or similar Taxes required as a result of such consideration being issued to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or Company Shares in book-entry form or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such transfer or similar Taxes have been paid or are not payable.

 

(g) No interest will be paid or accrued on the Merger Consideration (or any portion thereof). From and after the Effective Time, until surrendered or transferred, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 2.6, each Company Share (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the Dissenting Shares and the Company Shares cancelled in accordance with Section 2.1(a)(viii)) shall solely represent the right to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration to which such Company Share is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(vii).

 

(h) At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no transfers of Company Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

(i) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the Company Stockholders twelve (12) months following the Closing Date shall be delivered to AHAC or as otherwise instructed by AHAC, and any Company Stockholder who has not exchanged his, her or its Company Shares for the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.6 prior to that time shall thereafter look only to AHAC for the issuance of the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon. None of AHAC, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates shall be liable to any Person in respect of any consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, unclaimed property, escheat, or similar Law. Any portion of the Merger Consideration remaining unclaimed by the Company Stockholders immediately prior to such time when the amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Entity shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the property of AHAC free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.

 

 

Section 2.7 Withholding. AHAC, the Exchange Agent and any of their Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause to be deducted and withheld) from any consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld under applicable Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and timely remitted to the applicable Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. Upon becoming aware of any such withholding obligation, AHAC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give reasonable advance notice of such withholding to the Company (other than where such deduction or withholding is in respect of amounts treated as compensation under the Code or is due to a failure of a Person to provide any applicable Tax form required under the relevant Letter of Transmittal) and shall reasonably cooperate with the Company to eliminate or reduce any such required deduction or withholding.

 

Section 2.8 Appraisal Rights.

 

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary and to the extent available under the DGCL, Company Shares that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by stockholders of the Company who shall have neither voted in favor of the Merger nor consented thereto in writing and who shall have demanded properly in writing appraisal for such Company Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and otherwise complied with all of the provisions of the DGCL relevant to the exercise and perfection of dissenters’ rights (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into, and such stockholders shall have no right to receive, any of the Aggregate Consideration unless and until such stockholder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its right to appraisal and payment under the DGCL. Any stockholder of the Company who fails to perfect or who effectively withdraws or otherwise losses his, her or its rights to appraisal of such Company Shares under Section 262 of the DGCL shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon, upon (i) surrender of a Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in the form required by the Letter of Transmittal), together with the delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal), to the Company or (ii) delivery of an “agent’s message” in the case of Company Common Stock held in book-entry form, together with the delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal), to the Company.

 

(b) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall give AHAC prompt notice of any demands for appraisal received by the Company and any withdrawals of such demands. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of AHAC (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such demands.

 

 

Article 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANY

 

Subject to Section 8.8, except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the AHAC Parties as follows:

 

Section 3.1 Organization and Qualification.

 

(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on the Business as presently conducted, except where the failure to have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) True and complete copies of the Governing Documents of the Company, the Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement and the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement have been made available to AHAC, in each case, as amended and in effect as of the date of this Agreement. The Governing Documents of the Company and Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement and the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement are in full force and effect, and the Company is not in breach or violation of any provision set forth in its Governing Documents or in material breach of the Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement and the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement.

 

(c) The Company is duly qualified or licensed to transact business and is in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) in each jurisdiction in which the property and assets owned, leased or operated by it, or the nature of the business conducted by it, makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.2 Capitalization.

 

(a) Schedule 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, a true and complete statement of (i) the number and class or series (as applicable) of all of the Equity Securities of the Company issued and outstanding, (ii) the identity of the Persons that are the record and beneficial owners thereof, (iii) with respect to each Company Equity Award, (A) the date of grant, (B) any applicable exercise (or similar) price, (C) the expiration date, (D) any applicable vesting schedule (including acceleration provisions), (E) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the Company Equity Award on the date of grant, and (F) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the Company Equity Award as of the date of this Agreement and (iv) with respect to any Company Option, whether such Company Option is an Incentive Stock Option. All of the Company Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Company Shares (A) were not issued in violation of the Governing Documents of the Company or the Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement and the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement or any other Contract to which the Company is party or bound, (B) were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights, call option, right of first refusal or first offer, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights of any Person, (C) have been offered, sold and issued in compliance with applicable Law, including Securities Laws, and (D) are free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Law or under the Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement and the Company Support Agreement). Except for the Company Equity Awards set forth on Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company has no outstanding (x) equity appreciation, phantom equity or profit participation rights or (y) options, restricted stock, phantom stock, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts, in the case of each of clause (x) and (y), that would require the Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities of the Company. There are no voting trusts, proxies or other Contracts with respect to the voting or transfer of the Company Shares (other than the Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement and the Company Support Agreement).

 

 

(b) The Company does not own or hold (of record, beneficially, legally or otherwise), directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities in any other Person or the right to acquire any such Equity Securities, and the Company is not a partner or member of any partnership, limited liability company or joint venture.

 

(c) Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all Indebtedness of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, including the principal amount of such Indebtedness, the outstanding balance as of the date of this Agreement, and the debtor and the creditor thereof.

 

(d) Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all Change of Control Payments of the Company, identifying for each such Change of Control Payment (i) the Person eligible to receive such Change of Control Payment, (ii) the total potential amount of such Change of Control Payment, and (iii) the Contract or other arrangement pursuant to which such Change of Control Payment is payable or required to be made.

 

(e) Each Company Equity Award was granted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and all of the terms and conditions of the applicable Company Equity Plan, and each Company Option has an exercise price per share that is equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Company Common Stock on the date of such grant determined in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code.

 

Section 3.3 Authority. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Subject to obtaining the Company Stockholder Written Consent, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been (or, in the case of any Ancillary Document entered into after the date of this Agreement, will be upon execution thereof) duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which the Company is or will be a party has been or will be, upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes or will constitute, upon execution and delivery thereof, as applicable, a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company (assuming that this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party are or will be upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party hereto or thereto, as applicable), enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity (“Enforceability Exceptions”).

 

 

Section 3.4 Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.

 

(a) The Company has made available to AHAC a true and complete copy of the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020 and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows of the Company for each of the years then ended (collectively, the “Company Financial Statements”). The Company Financial Statements (including the notes thereto) (A) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), (B) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as at the date thereof and for the period indicated therein, except as otherwise specifically noted therein, (C) were audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and contain an unqualified report of the Company’s auditors and (D) comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act in effect as of the date hereof (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable).

 

(b) Except (i) as set forth in the Company Financial Statements, (ii) for Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business as of December 31, 2020 (none of which is a Liability for breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement or violation of Law), (iii) for Liabilities incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of their respective covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and (iv) for Liabilities that are not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company, the Company has no Liabilities required by GAAP to be reflected or reserved against in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 included in the Company Financial Statements.

 

(c) The Company has established and maintains a system of internal accounting controls that is designed to provide, in all material respects, reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and (ii) all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of proper and accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for the Company’s assets.

 

(d) Since January 1, 2018, the Company has not received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that there is (i) “significant deficiency” in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company to the Company’s knowledge, (ii) a “material weakness” in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company to the Company’s knowledge or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of the Company who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company.

 

 

Section 3.5 Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations.

 

(a) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Company with respect to the Company’s execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Ancillary Documents, except for (i) compliance with and filings under the HSR Act or any filings with or approvals or clearances from any Governmental Entities that the Parties determine (acting reasonably) are required and advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (iii) filing of the Certificate of Merger or (iv) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) Neither the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in any breach of any provision of the Company’s Governing Documents, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (A) any Material Contract or (B) any Material Permits, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which the Company or any of its properties or assets are bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the assets or properties (other than any Permitted Liens) or Equity Securities of the Company, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, as would not be material to the Company.

 

Section 3.6 Permits. The Company has all Permits that are required to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct the Business as currently conducted, except where the failure to obtain the same would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect (the “Material Permits”). Except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company, (i) each Material Permit is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and (ii) no written notice of revocation, cancellation or termination of any Material Permit has been received by the Company.

 

 

Section 3.7 Material Contracts.

 

(a) Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of the following Contracts to which the Company is, as of the date of this Agreement, a party (each Contract required to be set forth on Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, together with each of the Contracts entered into after the date of this Agreement that would be required to be set forth on Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules if entered into prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, collectively, the “Material Contracts”):

 

(i) any Contract relating to Indebtedness of the Company or to the placing of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any material assets or properties of the Company;

 

(ii) any Contract under which the Company is lessee of or holds or operates, in each case, any tangible property (other than real property), owned by any other Person, except for any lease or agreement under which the aggregate annual rental payments do not exceed $1,000,000;

 

(iii) any Contract under which the Company is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate, in each case, any tangible property (other than real property), owned or controlled by the Company, except for any lease or agreement under which the aggregate annual rental payments do not exceed $1,000,000;

 

(iv) any Contract for any material joint venture, partnership, collaboration or strategic alliance;

 

(v) any Contract that (A) limits or purports to limit, in any material respect, the freedom of the Company to engage or compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area or that would so limit or purport to limit, in any material respect, the operations of AHAC or any of its Affiliates after the Closing, (B) contains any exclusivity, “most favored nation” or similar provisions, obligations or restrictions or (C) contains any other provisions restricting or purporting to restrict the ability of the Company to sell, manufacture, develop, commercialize, test or research the Company Products, directly or indirectly through third parties, in any material respect or that would so limit or purports to limit, in any material respect, AHAC or any of its Affiliates after the Closing;

 

(vi) any Contract requiring any future capital commitment or capital expenditure (or series of capital expenditures) by the Company in an amount in excess of (A) $1,000,000 annually or (B) $2,500,000 over the life of the agreement;

 

(vii) any Contract requiring the Company to guarantee the Liabilities of any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) or pursuant to which any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) has guaranteed the Liabilities of the Company, in each case in excess of $1,000,000;

 

(viii) any Contract under which the Company has, directly or indirectly, made or agreed to make any loan, advance, or assignment of payment to any Person or made any capital contribution to, or other investment in, any Person, in each case in excess of $1,000,000;

 

 

(ix) any Contract required to be disclosed on Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedules;

 

(x) any Contract with any Person (A) pursuant to which the Company (or AHAC or any of its Affiliates after the Closing) may be required to pay milestones, royalties or other contingent payments based on any research, testing, development, regulatory filings or approval, sale, distribution, commercial manufacture or other similar occurrences, developments, activities or events, in each case, relating to Company Products, or (B) under which the Company grants to any Person any right of first refusal, right of first negotiation, option to purchase, option to license or any other similar rights with respect to any Company Product or any Company Business Intellectual Property;

 

(xi) any Contract (A) for the employment or engagement of any current director, manager, officer, employee, Contingent Worker or other individual service provider of the Company whose annual base salary (or, in the case of an individual other than an employee, annual base compensation) is in excess of $250,000, or (B) providing for any Change of Control Payment of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof;

 

(xii) any Contract (A) executed with any current director, manager, officer, employee, Contingent Worker or other individual service provider of the Company that provides for severance benefits, or (B) entered into by the Company that constitutes a collective bargaining agreement or any other agreement executed between the Company and a union or similar organization;

 

(xiii) any Contract for the disposition of any portion of the assets or business of the Company or for the acquisition by the Company of the assets or business of any other Person (other than acquisitions or dispositions made in the ordinary course of business), or under which the Company has any continuing obligation with respect to an “earn-out”, contingent purchase price or other contingent or deferred payment obligation;

 

(xiv) any settlement, conciliation or similar Contract (A) the performance of which would be reasonably likely to involve any payments after the date of this Agreement, (B) with a Governmental Entity or (C) that imposes, at any time in the future, any material, non-monetary obligations on the Company (or AHAC or any of its Affiliates after the Closing); and

 

(xv) any other Contract the performance of which requires either (A) annual payments by the Company in excess of $1,000,000 or (B) aggregate payments by the Company in excess of $2,500,000 over the life of the agreement and, in each case, that is not terminable by the Company without penalty upon less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice.

 

(b) (i) Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the counterparty thereto, and is in full force and effect and (ii) the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the counterparties thereto are not in material breach of, or default under, any Material Contract.

 

 

Section 3.8 Absence of Changes. During the period beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on the date of this Agreement, (a) no Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred and (b) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (i) the Company has conducted the Business in the ordinary course in all material respects and (ii) the Company has not taken any action that would require the consent of AHAC if taken during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (ix) (solely relating to the Company’s directors and officers), (x), (xii), (xiii) and (xv).

 

Section 3.9 Litigation. There is (and since December 31, 2018 there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company that, if adversely decided or resolved, has been or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its material properties or assets is subject to any material Order. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no material Proceedings by the Company pending against any other Person.

 

Section 3.10 Compliance with Applicable Law. The Company (a) conducts (and since December 31, 2018 has conducted) the Business in accordance with all Laws and Orders applicable to the Company and is not in violation of any such Law or Order and (b) has not received any written communications from a Governmental Entity and, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no such pending communication that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with any such Law or Order, except in each case of clauses (a) and (b), as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company.

 

Section 3.11 Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(a) Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of all material Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(b) True, complete and correct copies of the following documents, with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, where applicable, have previously been delivered to AHAC: (i) all documents embodying or governing such Employee Benefit Plan (or for unwritten Employee Benefit Plans a written description of the material terms of such Employee Benefit Plan) and any funding medium for the Employee Benefit Plan; (ii) the most recent IRS determination or opinion letter; (iii) the most recently filed Form 5500; (iv) the most recent actuarial valuation report; (v) the most recent summary plan description (or other descriptions provided to employees) and all modifications thereto; (vi) the last three years of non-discrimination testing results; and (vii) all non-routine correspondence to and from any governmental agency.

 

(c) Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or approval letter from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to such qualification, or may rely on an opinion letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to a prototype plan adopted in accordance with the requirements for such reliance and, to the knowledge of the Company, and no event or omission has occurred that would be reasonably likely to cause any such Employee Benefit Plan to lose such qualification or otherwise require corrective action under the IRS Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System to maintain such qualification.

 

 

(d) Each Employee Benefit Plan is and has been established, operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with applicable Laws and with its terms, including ERISA, the Code and the Affordable Care Act. No Employee Benefit Plan is, or within the past six years has been, the subject of an application or filing under a government sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance, or similar program, or been the subject of any self-correction under any such program. No litigation or governmental administrative proceeding, audit or other proceeding (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan. All payments or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the terms of the applicable Employee Plan and applicable Law.

 

(e) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to or had any liability (whether contingent or otherwise) or obligation (including on account of any ERISA Affiliate) with respect to: (i) any employee benefit plan that is or was subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 210 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code), or (v) any “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as such term is defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA).

 

(f) No Employee Benefit Plan provides health care or any other non-pension benefits to any employees after their employment is terminated (other than (i) as required by COBRA, (ii) continuation of health or life insurance benefits provided during any severance period not in excess of two (2) years, or (iii) which lasts until the end of the month in which the termination of employment occurs).

 

(g) Each Employee Benefit Plan that constitutes in any part a nonqualified deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with Section 409A of the Code and applicable guidance thereunder. No Payment to be made under any Employee Benefit Plan is, or to the Company’s knowledge will be, subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code.

 

(h) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company Stockholder Written Consent nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement would (either alone or in combination with any other event) reasonably be expected to (i) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other individual service providers of the Company, (ii) further restrict any rights of the Company to amend or terminate any Employee Benefit Plan, or (iii) result in any “parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code.

 

 

(i) The Company has no obligation to make any tax “gross-up” or similar “make whole” payments to any service provider.

 

(j) No Employee Benefit Plan is subject to the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States.

 

Section 3.12 Environmental Matters. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a) The Company has not received any written notice or communication from any Governmental Entity or any other Person regarding any actual, alleged, or potential violation in any respect of, or a failure to comply in any respect with, any Environmental Laws.

 

(b) There is (and since January 1, 2018 there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in writing against the Company pursuant to Environmental Laws.

 

(c) There has been no manufacture, release, treatment, storage, disposal, arrangement for disposal, transport or handling of, contamination by, or exposure of any Person to, any Hazardous Substances.

 

The Company has made available to AHAC copies of all material environmental, health and safety reports and documents that were prepared for the Company by third parties and are in the Company’s possession relating to the operations, properties or facilities of the Company in the past five (5) years.

 

Section 3.13 Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of: (i) all currently issued or pending Company Registered Intellectual Property, and (ii) any Patent included in the Company Licensed Intellectual Property that is exclusively licensed to the Company. Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules lists, for each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property as of the date of this Agreement (A) the record owner of such item, (B) the jurisdictions in which such item has been issued or registered or filed, (C) the issuance, registration or application date, as applicable, for such item and (D) the issuance, registration or application number, as applicable, for such item.

 

(b) All fees and filings necessary as of the date of this Agreement to maintain any application or registration, issuance or grant of any Company Registered Intellectual Property have been timely submitted to the relevant intellectual property office or Governmental Entity and Internet domain name registrars, as applicable. No item of the Company Registered Intellectual Property listed in Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is cancelled, abandoned, or lapsed. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company Registered Intellectual Property is not the subject of any pending material Proceedings, including litigation, interference, re-examination, inter parties review, reissue, opposition, nullity, or cancellation proceedings and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such material Proceedings are threatened by any Governmental Entity or any other Person.

 

 

(c) The Company exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to all material Company Business Intellectual Property (except Company Licensed Intellectual Property), free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). For all Patents owned by the Company, each inventor listed on the Patent has assigned his or her rights to the Company. The Company has not (i) transferred ownership of, or granted any exclusive license with respect to, any material Company Business Intellectual Property to any other Person or (ii) granted any customer the right to use any material Company Product or service on anything other than a non-exclusive basis. Section 3.13(c)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all current Contracts: (A) pursuant to which the Company has been granted a license, sublicense or other rights to any Company Licensed Intellectual Property as of the date of this Agreement; and (B) pursuant to which the Company has granted another Person a covenant not to sue with respect to any Company Business Intellectual Property. Section 3.13(c)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all current Contracts pursuant to which the Company has granted a license, sublicense or other right to any material Company Business Intellectual Property (“Licensed Out IP”). The Company has valid rights under all Contracts for Company Licensed Intellectual Property listed in Section 3.13(c)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules to use, sell, license and otherwise exploit, as the case may be, all Company Licensed Intellectual Property licensed pursuant to such Contracts as the same is currently used, sold, licensed and otherwise exploited by the Company as of the date of this Agreement, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company. The Company Business Intellectual Property (including the Company Licensed Intellectual Property), to the knowledge of the Company, constitutes all of the Intellectual Property that is material, necessary and sufficient to enable the Company to conduct the Business as currently conducted in all material respects. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company Registered Intellectual Property and any Patent included in the Company Licensed Intellectual Property that is exclusively licensed to the Company are currently in compliance with formal legal requirements of the applicable intellectual property office and are not subject to any maintenance fees or taxes or actions falling due within 90 days after the Closing Date. To the knowledge of the Company, all Company Registered Intellectual Property and any Patent included in the Company Licensed Intellectual Property that is exclusively licensed to the Company are subsisting, and if registered, issued or granted, are valid and enforceable (in each case, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).

 

(d) The Company’s employees, consultants, advisors and independent contractors who independently or jointly contributed to or otherwise participated in the authorship, invention, creation, improvement, modification or development of any material Company Owned Intellectual Property since December 31, 2018 (each such person, a “Creator”) have agreed to maintain and protect the trade secrets and confidential information of the Company. Each Creator has assigned or has agreed to assign to the Company all Intellectual Property Rights authored, invented, created, improved, modified or developed by such person in the course of such Creator’s employment or other engagement with the Company.

 

 

(e) The Company has taken reasonable steps to safeguard and maintain the secrecy of any trade secrets, confidential know-how and other confidential information owned by the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company has not disclosed any material trade secrets, confidential know-how or confidential information to any other Person unless such disclosure was under an appropriate written non-disclosure agreement containing appropriate limitations on use, reproduction and disclosure or was otherwise made subject to an appropriate duty of confidence. To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no violation or unauthorized access to or disclosure of any material Company trade secrets, confidential know-how or confidential information of or in the possession the Company, or of any written obligations with respect to such.

 

(f) None of the Company Owned Intellectual Property and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company Licensed Intellectual Property is subject to any outstanding Order that restricts in any manner the use, sale, transfer, licensing or exploitation thereof by the Company or affects the validity, use or enforceability of any such Company Business Intellectual Property, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company.

 

(g) To the Company’s knowledge, neither the conduct of the Business nor any of the Company Products offered, marketed, licensed, provided, sold, distributed or otherwise exploited by the Company nor the design, development, manufacturing, reproduction, use, marketing, offer for sale, sale, importation, exportation, distribution or other exploitation of any Company Product infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company.

 

(h) Since December 31, 2018, there is no material Proceeding pending against the Company nor has the Company received any written communications (i) alleging that the Company has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, (ii) challenging the validity, enforceability, use or exclusive ownership of any Company Business Intellectual Property or (iii) inviting the Company to take a license under any Patent or consider the applicability of any Patents to any products or services of the Company or to the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

(i) To the Company’s knowledge, no Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Company Business Intellectual Property or any Patent included in the Company Licensed Intellectual Property that is exclusively licensed to the Company, in each case in any material respect. Since December 31, 2018, the Company has not made any written claim against any Person alleging any infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Company Business Intellectual Property or any Patent included in the Company Licensed Intellectual Property that is exclusively licensed to the Company, in each case except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company.

 

(j) To the Company’s knowledge, the Company owns or has obtained, possesses and is in compliance with valid licenses to use all of the Software present on the computers and other Software-enabled electronic devices that it owns or leases or that is otherwise under the control of the Company and used by the Company in connection with the Business, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company. The Company has not disclosed or delivered to any escrow agent or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other Person, other than employees or contractors who are subject to confidentiality obligations, any of the source code that is Company Business Intellectual Property and material to the Business, and no other Person has the right, contingent or otherwise, to obtain access to or use any such source code. To the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) will, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the delivery, license or disclosure of any source code that is material to the Business and that is owned by the Company to any Person who is not, as of the date the event occurs or circumstance or condition comes into existence, a current employee or contractor of the Company subject to confidentiality obligations with respect thereto.

 

 

(k) The Company has not incorporated into any proprietary Software that constitutes a product or service offered by the Company or is otherwise considered Company Business Intellectual Property and that is distributed outside of the Company, or is otherwise used in a manner that would subject the Company to any obligations set forth in the license for such Public Software, any Public Software, in whole or in part, in each case in a manner that (i) requires any such Company Business Intellectual Property to be licensed, sold, disclosed, distributed, hosted or otherwise made available, including in source code form or for the purpose of making derivative works, for any reason, (ii) grants, or requires the Company to grant, the right to decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise derive the source code or underlying structure of any Company Business Intellectual Property, (iii) limits in any manner the ability to charge license fees or otherwise seek compensation in connection with marketing, licensing or distribution of any Company Business Intellectual Property or (iv) otherwise imposes any material limitation, restriction or condition on the right or ability of the Company to use, hold for use, license, host, distribute or otherwise dispose of any Company Business Intellectual Property, other than compliance with notice and attribution requirements, in each case, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company.

 

Section 3.14 Labor Matters.

 

(a) Section 3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of all employees of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth for each employee: (i) the employee’s position or title; (ii) the entity that employs the individual; (iii) whether classified as exempt or non-exempt for wage and hour purposes; (iv) whether paid on a salary, hourly or commission basis; (v) the employee’s actual annual base salary (if paid on a salary basis), hourly rate (if paid on an hourly basis), or commission rate (if paid on a purely commission basis), as applicable; (vi) bonus and commission potential; (vii) for any part-time employee, average scheduled hours per week; (viii) date of hire; (ix) business location; (x) status (i.e., active or inactive and if inactive, the type of leave and estimated duration); and (xi) any visa or work permit status and the date of expiration, if applicable.

 

(b) The Company is and for at least the past three (3) years has been in material compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and state, local and foreign wage and hour Laws (as applicable) regarding proper classification of its employees as exempt or non-exempt. With respect to Contingent Workers who are or were engaged by the Company, the Company is and for at least the past three (3) years has been in material compliance with applicable Laws regarding proper classification and treatment of services providers as Contingent Workers (as distinguished from Form W-2 employees).

 

(c) The Company is, and for the past three (3) years has been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and regulations respecting labor and employment matters, including fair employment practices, pay equity, the classification of independent contractors, workplace safety and health, work authorization and immigration, unemployment compensation, workers’ compensation, affirmative action, terms and conditions of employment, employee leave and wages and hours, including payment of minimum wages and overtime. The Company is not delinquent in any payments to any employee or Contingent Worker for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, severance, fees or other direct compensation, as applicable, due with respect to any services performed for it or amounts required to be reimbursed to such employees or Contingent Workers. The Company is not liable for any employment taxes or any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Entity with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice).

 

 

(d) Currently and within the three (3) years preceding the date of this Agreement, the Company has not been party to or, to the Company’s knowledge, the subject of any litigation, arbitration, mediation, governmental audit, administrative agency proceeding, private dispute resolution proceeding, or governmental investigation, in each case relating to employment or labor matters concerning the employees or Contingent Workers of the Company, and the Company has not conducted an internal investigation or authorized a third-party investigation (including those concerning allegations of employment discrimination, retaliation, noncompliance with wage and hour Laws, the misclassification of independent contractors, violation of restrictive covenants, sexual harassment or misconduct, other unlawful harassment, or unfair labor practices), and no such matters are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, have been threatened in writing against the Company.

 

(e) Since January 1, 2018, the Company has not experienced a “plant closing,” “business closing,” or “mass layoff” or similar group employment loss as defined in the federal WARN Act or any similar state, local or foreign Law affecting any site of employment of the Company or one or more facilities or operating units within any site of employment or facility of the Company. During the ninety (90) day period preceding the date of this Agreement, no employee has suffered an “employment loss” as defined in the WARN Act with respect to the Company. The Company has not incurred any material Liability under the WARN Act nor will it incur any Liability under the WARN Act as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(f) The Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreements or other agreements with any labor organization, labor union, works council or other employee representative or any other Contract with a labor union, labor organization, works council, employee delegate, representative or other employee collective group nor to the knowledge of the Company is there any duty on the part of the Company to bargain with any labor union, labor organization, works council, employee delegate, representative or other employee collective group. Since December 31, 2018, there has been no actual or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened unfair labor practice charges, material grievances, arbitrations, strikes, lockouts, work stoppages, slowdowns, picketing, hand billing or other material labor disputes against the Company. To the Company’s knowledge, since December 31, 2018, there have been no labor organizing activities with respect to any employees of the Company.

 

(g) No employee layoff, facility closure or shutdown (whether voluntary or by Order), reduction-in-force, furlough, temporary layoff, material work schedule change, reduction in hours, or reduction in salary or wages by the Company has occurred within the six (6) months prior to the date of this Agreement or has been announced as of the date of this Agreement as a result of COVID-19 or any Law, Order, directive, guidelines or recommendations by any Governmental Entity in connection with or in response to COVID-19. The Company is and has been in material compliance with all applicable employment-related Pandemic Measures of a type described in clause (i) of the definition thereof.

 

 

(h) Except as set forth in Section 3.14(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, to the knowledge of the Company, no director, officer, or executive employee has expressed, as of the date of this Agreement, any plans to terminate his or her employment with the Company.

 

(i) Except as set forth in Section 3.14(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, each employee of the Company is employed at will.

 

(j) In the last five (5) years, no allegations of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct have been made to the Company against any officer, executive or management-level employee of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, there have not been any such allegations.

 

(k) During the three (3) year period preceding the date hereof, the Company has paid and continues to pay each of its employees in a manner that complies in all material respects with applicable federal, state, local, and foreign Laws pertaining to the equal pay of employees.

 

(l) Currently and within the three (3) years preceding the date of this Agreement, the Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws concerning affirmative action and prevailing wage obligations.

 

Section 3.15 Insurance. Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all material policies of fire, liability, workers’ compensation, property, casualty and other forms of material insurance owned or held by the Company as of the date of this Agreement. All such policies are in full force and effect, all premiums due and payable thereon as of the date of this Agreement have been paid in full as of the date of this Agreement, and true and complete copies of all such policies have been made available to AHAC. As of the date of this Agreement, no claim by the Company is pending under any such policies as to which coverage has been denied or disputed, or rights reserved to do so, by the underwriters thereof, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company.

 

Section 3.16 Tax Matters.

 

(a) The Company has prepared and filed all material Tax Returns required to have been filed by it, all such Tax Returns are true and complete in all material respects and prepared in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, and the Company has paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it regardless of whether shown on a Tax Return.

 

(b) The Company has timely withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax Authority all material amounts required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, individual independent contractor, other service providers, equity interest holder or other third-party.

 

(c) The Company is not currently the subject of a Tax audit or examination, and has not been informed in writing of the commencement or anticipated commencement of any Tax audit or examination that has not been resolved or completed in each case with respect to material Taxes.

 

 

(d) The Company has not consented to extend or waive the time in which any material Tax may be assessed or collected by any Tax Authority, other than any such extensions or waivers that are no longer in effect or that were extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business.

 

(e) No “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law), private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements or rulings have been entered into or issued by any Tax Authority with respect to the Company which agreement or ruling would be effective after the Closing Date.

 

(f) The Company is not nor has been a party to any “listed transaction” as defined in Section 6707A of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law).

 

(g) There are no Liens for Taxes on any assets of the Company other than Permitted Liens.

 

(h) The Company has not been a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in a transaction purported or intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.

 

(i) The Company (i) has not been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company or any of its current Affiliates) or (ii) does not have any material Liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any of its current Affiliates) under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law), as a transferee or successor, by Contract (other than any Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business the principal purpose of which does not relate to Taxes) or otherwise.

 

(j) No written claims have ever been made by any Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, which claims have not been resolved or withdrawn.

 

(k) The Company is not a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnity or similar agreements (other than one that is included in a Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business that is not primarily related to Taxes) and the Company is not a party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes.

 

(l) The Company is tax resident only in its jurisdiction of formation, and is not managed or controlled outside such jurisdiction for Income Tax purposes.

 

(m) The Company does not have a branch, permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise have an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.

 

 

(n) The Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in, or use of improper, method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date; (v) intercompany transaction or excess loss amount described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law); or (vi) election under Section 965(h) of the Code.

 

(o) The Company has not deferred any Taxes under Section 2302 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of 2020 (the “CARES Act”).

 

(p) All related party transactions involving the Company are at arm’s length in compliance with Section 482 of the Code, the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law.

 

(q) The Company has not taken or agreed to take any action not contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

Section 3.17 Brokers. Except for fees (including the amounts due and payable assuming the Closing occurs) set forth on Section 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedules (which fees shall be the sole responsibility of the Company, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.6), no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates for which the Company has any obligation.

 

Section 3.18 Real and Personal Property.

 

(a) Owned Real Property. The Company does not own any real property.

 

(b) Leased Real Property. Section 3.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list (including street addresses) of all real property leased by the Company (the “Leased Real Property”) and all Real Property Leases pursuant to which the Company is a tenant or landlord as of the date of this Agreement. True and complete copies of all such Real Property Leases have been made available to AHAC. Each Real Property Lease is in full force and effect and is a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, each other party thereto, subject to Enforceability Exceptions. There is no material breach or default by the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any third party under any Real Property Lease.

 

(c) Personal Property. The Company has good, valid and indefeasible title to, or a valid leasehold interest in or license or right to use, all of the material tangible assets and properties of the Company reflected in the Company Financial Statements or thereafter acquired by the Company prior to the date hereof, except for assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business.

 

 

Section 3.19 Transactions with Affiliates. Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth all Contracts between (a) the Company, on the one hand, and (b) any officer, director, employee, equityholder or Affiliate of the Company, or any family member of the foregoing Persons, on the other hand (each Person identified in this clause (b), a “Company Related Party”), other than (i) Contracts with respect to a Company Related Party’s employment with or service as a director to (including benefit plans and other ordinary course compensation from) the Company entered into in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Contracts entered into after the date of this Agreement that are either permitted pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b). No Company Related Party (A) owns any interest in any material asset used in the Company’s business, (B) possesses, directly or indirectly, any material financial interest in, or is a director or executive officer of, any Person which is a supplier, lender, partner, lessor, lessee or other material business relation of the Company or (C) owes any material amount to, or is owed any material amount by, the Company (other than ordinary course accrued compensation, employee benefits, employee or director expense reimbursement or other transactions entered into after the date of this Agreement that are either permitted pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b)). All Contracts, arrangements, understandings, interests and other matters that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 3.19 are referred to herein as “Company Related Party Transactions”.

 

Section 3.20 Data Privacy and Security.

 

(a) The Company has at all times since January 1, 2018 complied in all material respects with all applicable Privacy Laws, Privacy and Data Security Policies (as defined below), and contractual commitments concerning the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (if any) (collectively, the “Privacy Requirements”). The Company has implemented adequate written policies relating to the Processing of Personal Data as and to the extent required by applicable Law (“Privacy and Data Security Policies”).

 

(b) There is no pending, nor has there been since January 1, 2018 any material Proceedings against the Company initiated by (i) any Person; (ii) the United States Federal Trade Commission, any state attorney general or similar state official; (iii) any other Governmental Entity, foreign or domestic; or (iv) any regulatory or self-regulatory entity alleging that any Processing of Personal Data by or on behalf of the Company is in violation of any Privacy Requirements.

 

(c) Since January 1, 2018, there has been no material breach of security resulting in unauthorized access, use or disclosure of Personal Data in the possession or control of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its contractors with regard to any Personal Data obtained from or on behalf of the Company, or any material unauthorized intrusions or breaches of security into the Company systems.

 

(d) The Company owns or has license to use the Company IT Systems as necessary to operate the business of the Company as currently conducted. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company IT Systems contain any worm, bomb, backdoor, clock, timer or other disabling device, code, design or routine that causes the software of any portion thereof to be erased, inoperable or otherwise incapable of being used, either automatically, with the passage of time or upon command by any unauthorized person.

 

 

(e) The Company has taken organizational, physical, administrative and technical measures required by Privacy Requirements consistent with standards prudent in the industry in which the Company operates to protect (i) the integrity, security and operations of the Company’s information technology systems, and (ii) the confidential data owned by the Company or provided by the Company’s customers, and Personal Data against data security incidents or other misuse. The Company has implemented reasonable procedures, satisfying the requirements of applicable Privacy Laws in all material respects, to detect data security incidents and to protect Personal Data against loss and against unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or other misuse.

 

(f) In connection with each third-party service provider whose services are material to the Company and involve the Processing of Personal Data on behalf of the Company, the Company has in accordance with Privacy Laws, since January 1, 2018, entered into valid data processing agreements with any such third party in accordance with applicable Privacy Laws.

 

(g) The consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, will not violate any applicable Privacy Requirements.

 

(h) There have not been any Proceedings related to any data security incidents or any violations of any Privacy Requirements that have been asserted in writing against the Company, and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company has not received any written correspondence relating to, or written notice of any Proceedings with respect to, alleged violations by the Company of, Privacy Requirements.

 

(i) The Company has not transferred any Personal Data from the European Union or United Kingdom to a jurisdiction outside the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, other than in accordance with Articles 45 and 46(2) of the GDPR.

 

Section 3.21 Compliance with International Trade & Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(a) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Representatives acting for or on behalf of the Company, is or has been, since January 1, 2018, (i) a Person named on any Sanctions and Export Control Laws-related list of designated Persons maintained by a Governmental Entity; (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory which is itself the subject of or target of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws; (iii) an entity owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more Persons described in clause (i) or (ii); or (iv) otherwise engaging in dealings with or for the benefit of any Person described in clauses (i) through (iii) or any country or territory which is or has, since January 1, 2018, been the subject of or target of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws (at the time of this Agreement, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Sudan and Syria).

 

(b) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Representatives acting for or on behalf of the Company has (i) made, offered, promised, paid or received any unlawful bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments to or from any Person, or (ii) otherwise violated any Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

 

Section 3.22 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Company expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement will, when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective or when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is mailed to the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders or at the time of the AHAC Stockholders Meeting, and in the case of any amendment thereto, at the time of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

 

Section 3.23 Regulatory Compliance.

 

(a) The Company and the Company Products are in compliance in all material respects with all Regulatory Permits. To the knowledge of the Company, (i) no Governmental Entity is considering limiting, suspending or revoking any Regulatory Permit and (ii) each third party that is a manufacturer, contractor or agent for the Company is in compliance in all material respects with all Regulatory Permits required by all applicable Healthcare Laws insofar as they reasonably pertain to the Company Products.

 

(b) The Company has not nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Representatives acting for or on behalf of the Company has received any written notice that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity responsible for oversight or enforcement of any applicable Healthcare Law, or any institutional review board (or similar body responsible for oversight of human subjects research) or institutional animal care and use committees (or similar body responsible for oversight of animal research), has initiated, or threatened in writing to initiate, any Proceeding to restrict or suspend nonclinical research on or clinical study of any Company Product, or to recall or request a recall of any Company Product, or to suspend or otherwise restrict the manufacture of any Company Product, or in which the Governmental Entity alleges or asserts a failure to comply, with applicable Healthcare Laws.

 

(c) There are no Proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, with respect to any alleged violation by the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Representatives acting for or on behalf of the Company, of the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FDCA”) or any other applicable Healthcare Law as it relates to a Company Product, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Representatives acting for or on behalf of the Company, is party to or subject to any corporate integrity agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, deferred prosecution agreement, settlement orders or similar Contract with or imposed by any Governmental Entity related to any applicable Healthcare Law that applies to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

 

(d) All Company Products are developed, tested, investigated, manufactured, packaged, labeled and distributed in compliance in all material respects with applicable Healthcare Laws. All manufacture of Company Products, including all clinical supplies used in clinical trials, by or on behalf of the Company has been conducted in compliance with the applicable specifications and requirements of Good Manufacturing Practices and all other applicable Laws. No manufacturing site used for the manufacture of Company Product is subject to a Governmental Entity shutdown or import or export prohibitions or has received any Form FDA 483, notice of violation, warning letter, untitled letter or similar correspondence or notice from FDA or other Governmental Entity alleging noncompliance with any applicable Law, in each case, that have not been complied with or closed to the satisfaction of the relevant Governmental Entity, and to the knowledge of the Company, neither FDA or any other Governmental Entity is considering such action.

 

(e) The Company has not, nor as it relates to the Company or any Company Product, to the Company’s knowledge, has any Person engaged by the Company for contract research, contract manufacturing, consulting, or other collaboration services with respect to any Company Product, made an untrue statement of a material fact or a fraudulent statement to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity responsible for enforcement or oversight with respect to applicable Healthcare Laws, or failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or such other Governmental Entity that, at the time such disclosure was made, would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA to invoke its policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities” set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991), or for any other Governmental Entity to invoke a similar policy.

 

(f) To the knowledge of the Company, the clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company are being and have been conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable clinical trial protocols, informed consents and applicable requirements, Healthcare Laws and Laws of the FDA and any comparable Governmental Entity. All preclinical studies and clinical trials conducted or being conducted with respect to all Company Products by or at the direction of the Company have been and are being conducted in material compliance with accepted professional scientific standards and all applicable Law, including (i) all applicable Healthcare Laws, including the applicable requirements of Good Laboratory Practices and Good Clinical Practices and applicable foreign Laws in the jurisdictions where clinical trials were or are being conducted; and (ii) applicable Law governing the privacy of patient medical records and other personal information and data.

 

(g) Since January 1, 2018, the Company has not distributed any Company Products that were upon their shipment by the Company adulterated or misbranded in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331 or any similar foreign Law.

 

 

(h) None of the Company or any of its directors, officers or employees, and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company’s individual independent contractors or other service providers, including clinical trial investigators, coordinators, or monitors, (i) have been or are currently disqualified, excluded or debarred under; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, currently subject to an investigation or Proceeding that would reasonably be expected to result in disqualification, exclusion or debarment, the assessment of civil monetary penalties for violation of any health care programs of any Governmental Entity under, or (iii) have been convicted of any crime regarding health care products or services, or engaged in any conduct that would reasonably be expected to result in any such debarment, exclusion, disqualification, or ineligibility under applicable Healthcare Laws, including, (A) debarment under 21 U.S.C. Section 335a or any similar Law (B) exclusion under 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7 or any similar Law; or (C) exclusion under 48 CFR Subpart Section 9.4, the System for Award Management Nonprocurement Common Rule. None of the Company or any of its current or former directors, officers or employees, and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company’s individual independent contractors or other service providers to the extent acting on behalf of the Company have been subject to any consent decree of, or criminal or civil fine or penalty imposed by, any Governmental Entity related to fraud, theft, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary responsibility, financial misconduct, or obstruction of an investigation of controlled substances. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company or any of its current or former directors, officers or employees, individual independent contractors or other service providers to the extent acting on behalf of the Company, has been (i) subject to any enforcement, regulatory or administrative proceedings against or affecting the Company or any of its Affiliates relating to material violations of any Healthcare Law and no such enforcement, regulatory or administrative proceeding has been threatened, or (ii) a party to any corporate integrity agreement, monitoring agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, consent decree, settlement order, or similar agreement imposed by any Governmental Entity. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company or any of its directors, officers or employees, and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company’s individual independent contractors or other service providers to the extent acting on behalf of the Company, have received written notice from the FDA, any other Governmental Entity or any health insurance institution with respect to debarment, disqualification or restriction.

 

(i) All material reports, documents, claims, permits and notices required to be filed, maintained or furnished to the FDA or any similar foreign Governmental Entity by the Company have been so filed, maintained or furnished, except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, all such reports, documents, claims, permits and notices were complete and accurate in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent filing).

 

(j) In the three (3) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has not nor has any of its officers, directors or employees received written notice from the FDA or the Federal Trade Commission or other Governmental Entity in connection with advertising or promotion of any Company Products, and in respect of the Business, alleging or asserting noncompliance with requirements of any applicable Law.

 

(k) The Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, its Representatives acting for or on behalf of the Company, are and have been at all times in compliance with all applicable Healthcare Laws, except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.24 Investigation; No Other Representations.

 

(a) The Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of the AHAC Parties and (ii) it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the AHAC Parties and their respective businesses and operations as it and its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

 

(b) In entering into this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, the Company has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article 4 and in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of any AHAC Party or any other Person, either express or implied, and the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article 4 and in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, none of the AHAC Parties nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

Section 3.25 EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO ANY aHAC PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA), EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS Article 3 or the ancillary documents, NEITHER The Company NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES, and the company EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OR HOLDINGS OF THE COMPANY THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY AHAC PARTY or any of their representatives OR IN ANY PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY BY or on behalf of THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY OR OTHERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY or by the ancillary documents, AND NO STATEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF SUCH MATERIALS OR MADE IN ANY SUCH PRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY ANY AHAC PARTY or any of their representatives IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING AND PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, the ancillary documents or THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY or thereby. Except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in article 4 or the ancillary documents, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY COST ESTIMATES, PROJECTIONS OR OTHER PREDICTIONS, ANY DATA, ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR ANY MEMORANDA OR OFFERING MATERIALS OR PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING ANY OFFERING MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE BY or on behalf of any ahac party ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE OR TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF any ahac party, AND ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY the company or any of its representatives IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING or PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS or THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY or thereby.

 

  

Article 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE AHAC PARTIES

 

(a) Subject to Section 8.8, except as set forth on the AHAC Disclosure Schedules, or (b) except as set forth in any AHAC SEC Reports filed or furnished with the SEC at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date hereof (excluding (i) any disclosures in any “risk factors” section that do not constitute statements of fact, disclosures in any forward-looking statements disclaimers and other disclosures that are generally cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature and (ii) any matters required to be disclosed for purposes of Section 4.1 (Organization and Qualification), Section 4.2 (Authority), Section 4.4 (Brokers), Section 4.6 (Capitalization) and Section 4.8 (Trust Account)), each AHAC Party hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

Section 4.1 Organization and Qualification. Each AHAC Party is a corporation, duly organized, incorporated or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

Section 4.2 Authority. Each AHAC Party has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder (subject to the AHAC Stockholder Approval), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Subject to obtaining the AHAC Stockholder Approval and the approvals and consents to be obtained by Merger Sub pursuant to Section 5.9, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which an AHAC Party is or will be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been (or, in the case of any Ancillary Document entered into after the date of this Agreement, will be upon execution thereof) duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such AHAC Party. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which an AHAC Party is or will be a party has been or will be, upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly and validly executed and delivered by such AHAC Party and constitutes or will constitute, upon execution and delivery thereof, as applicable, a valid, legal and binding agreement of such AHAC Party (assuming that this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which such AHAC Party is or will be a party are or will be upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party hereto or thereto, as applicable), enforceable against such AHAC Party in accordance with their terms, subject to Enforceability Exceptions.

 

Section 4.3 Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations.

 

(a) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of an AHAC Party with respect to such AHAC Party’s execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Ancillary Documents, except for (i) compliance with and filings under the HSR Act or any filings with or approvals or clearances from any Governmental Entities that the Parties determine (acting reasonably) are required and advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (iii) such filings with and approvals of Nasdaq to permit Class A Common Stock to be issued in accordance with this Agreement to be listed on Nasdaq, (iv) filing of the Certificate of Merger, (v) the approvals and consents to be obtained by Merger Sub pursuant to Section 5.9, (vi) the AHAC Stockholder Approval or (vii) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not have an AHAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

(b) Neither the execution, delivery or performance by an AHAC Party of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Documents to which an AHAC Party is or will be a party nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in any breach of any provision of the Governing Documents of an AHAC Party, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which an AHAC Party is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which any such AHAC Party or any of its properties or assets are bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the assets or properties (other than any Permitted Liens) or Equity Securities of an AHAC Party, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, as would not have an AHAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.4 Brokers. Except for fees (including the amounts due and payable assuming the Closing occurs) set forth on Section 4.4 of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules (which fees shall be the sole responsibility of the AHAC, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.6), no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of AHAC or any of its Affiliates for which AHAC has any obligation.

 

Section 4.5 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of either AHAC Party expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement will, when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective or when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is mailed to the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders or at the time of the AHAC Stockholders Meeting, and in the case of any amendment thereto, at the time of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

 

Section 4.6 Capitalization.

 

(a) The authorized capital stock of AHAC consists of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) 10,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, and (iii) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of the date of the Agreement, (A) 10,355,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and 2,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock are issued and outstanding (which includes 9,416,416 shares subject to Redemption Rights), all of which are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (B) no shares of AHAC Common Stock are held in the treasury of AHAC, and (C) 5,177,500 shares of Class A Common Stock and no shares of Class B Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to AHAC Warrants. As of the date of the Agreement, there are 5,177,500 AHAC Warrants issued and outstanding, of which 177,500 AHAC Warrants are AHAC Private Warrants.

 

 

(b) Except for this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or as mutually agreed to by the Parties, there are no outstanding (A) equity appreciation, phantom equity or profit participation rights or (B) options, restricted stock, phantom stock, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts that would require AHAC, and, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or as mutually agreed in writing by the Parties, there is no obligation of AHAC, to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities of AHAC. There are no voting trusts, proxies or other Contracts with respect to the voting or transfer of AHAC Equity Securities to which AHAC, Sponsor or, to AHAC’s knowledge, any other Person is a party.

 

(c) The Equity Securities of Merger Sub outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law, and (iii) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract to which AHAC is a party or bound. All of the outstanding Equity Securities of Merger Sub are owned directly by AHAC free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Law). As of the date of this Agreement, AHAC has no Subsidiaries other than Merger Sub and does not own, directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities in any Person other than Merger Sub.

 

(d) Section 4.6(d) of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all Indebtedness of AHAC as of the date of this Agreement, including the principal amount of such Indebtedness, the outstanding balance as of the date of this Agreement, and the debtor and the creditor thereof.

 

Section 4.7 SEC Filings. AHAC has timely filed or furnished all statements, forms, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it prior to the date of this Agreement with the SEC pursuant to Federal Securities Laws since its initial public offering (collectively, and together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, and as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since the time of filing, the “AHAC SEC Reports”), and will file or furnish all other statements, forms, reports and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it subsequent to the date of this Agreement with the SEC pursuant to Federal Securities Laws (collectively, and together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, and as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since the time of filing, but excluding the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the “Additional AHAC SEC Reports”). Each of the AHAC SEC Reports, as of their respective dates of filing, and as of the date of any amendment or filing that superseded the initial filing, complied and each of the Additional AHAC SEC Reports, as of their respective dates of filing, and as of the date of any amendment or filing that superseded the initial filing, will comply, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Federal Securities Laws (including, as applicable, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) applicable to the AHAC SEC Reports or the Additional AHAC SEC Reports (for purposes of the Additional AHAC SEC Reports, assuming that the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.22 is true and correct in all respects with respect to all information supplied by or on behalf of the Company expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein). As of their respective dates of filing, the AHAC SEC Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made or will be made, as applicable, not misleading (for purposes of the Additional AHAC SEC Reports, assuming that the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.22 is true and correct in all respects with respect to all information supplied by or on behalf of the Company expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein). As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC with respect to the AHAC SEC Reports.

 

 

Section 4.8 Trust Account. As of the date of this Agreement, AHAC has an amount in cash in the Trust Account equal to at least $100,012,000. The funds held in the Trust Account are (a) invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations and (b) held in trust pursuant to that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated September 17, 2020, between AHAC and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (the “Trust Agreement”). There are no separate agreements, side letters or other agreements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the AHAC SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect or, to AHAC’s knowledge, that would entitle any Person to any portion of the funds in the Trust Account (other than (i) in respect of deferred underwriting commissions or Taxes, (ii) the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders who shall have elected to redeem their Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Governing Documents of AHAC or (iii) if AHAC fails to complete a business combination within the allotted time period set forth in the Governing Documents of AHAC and liquidates the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the Trust Agreement, AHAC (in limited amounts to permit AHAC to pay the expenses of the Trust Account’s liquidation, dissolution and winding up of AHAC) and then the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders). Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account are permitted to be released, except in the circumstances described in the Governing Documents of AHAC and the Trust Agreement. AHAC has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under, and is not in material default or delinquent in performance or any other respect (claimed or actual) in connection with the Trust Agreement, and, to the knowledge of AHAC, no event has occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a material default thereunder. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no claims or proceedings pending with respect to the Trust Account. Since September 17, 2020, AHAC has not released any money from the Trust Account (other than interest income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account as permitted by the Trust Agreement). Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the distribution of assets from the Trust Account (A) in respect of deferred underwriting commissions or Taxes or (B) to the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders who have elected to redeem their Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Governing Documents of AHAC, each in accordance with the terms of and as set forth in the Trust Agreement, AHAC shall have no further obligation under either the Trust Agreement or the Governing Documents of AHAC to liquidate or distribute any assets held in the Trust Account, and the Trust Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms. 

 

 

Section 4.9 Transactions with Affiliates. Section 4.9 of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules sets forth all Contracts between (a) AHAC, on the one hand, and (b) any officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder (including the Sponsor) or Affiliate of either AHAC or the Sponsor or any family member of the forgoing Persons, on the other hand (each Person identified in this clause (b), an “AHAC Related Party”), other than (i) Contracts with respect to an AHAC Related Party’s employment with, or the provision of services to, AHAC entered into in the ordinary course of business (including benefit plans, indemnification arrangements and other ordinary course compensation) and (ii) Contracts entered into after the date of this Agreement that are either permitted pursuant to Section 5.7 or entered into in accordance with Section 5.7. No AHAC Related Party (A) owns any interest in any material asset used in the business of AHAC, (B) possesses, directly or indirectly, any material financial interest in, or is a director or executive officer of, any Person which is a material client, supplier, lender, partner, customer, lessor, lessee or other material business relation of AHAC or (C) owes any material amount to, or is owed any material amount by, AHAC. All Contracts, arrangements, understandings, interests and other matters that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 4.9 are referred to herein as “AHAC Related Party Transactions.”

 

Section 4.10 Litigation. There is (and since its organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to AHAC’s knowledge, threatened against any AHAC Party that, if adversely decided or resolved, would be material to the AHAC Parties, taken as a whole. None of the AHAC Parties nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any material Order. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no material Proceedings by any AHAC Party pending against any other Person.

 

Section 4.11 Compliance with Applicable Law. Each AHAC Party is (and since its incorporation has been) in compliance with all applicable Laws, except as would not be material to the AHAC Parties, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.12 Merger Sub Activities. Merger Sub was organized solely for the purpose of entering into this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and has not engaged in any activities or business, other than those incident or related to or incurred in connection with its incorporation or the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Merger Sub does not have any Indebtedness.

 

 

Section 4.13 Internal Controls; Listing; Financial Statements.

 

(a) Except as not required in reliance on exemptions from various reporting requirements by virtue of AHAC’s status as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, or “smaller reporting company” within the meaning of the Exchange Act, since its initial public offering, (i) AHAC has established and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of AHAC’s financial reporting and the preparation of AHAC’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and (ii) AHAC has established and maintained disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that information relating to AHAC is made known to AHAC’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within AHAC. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting AHAC’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information required to be included in AHAC’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.

 

(b) Each director and executive officer of AHAC has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. AHAC has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(c) Since its initial public offering, AHAC has complied in all material respects with all applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of Nasdaq. The classes of securities representing issued and outstanding Class A Common Stock and AHAC Warrants are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on Nasdaq. There is no Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of AHAC, threatened against AHAC by Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Class A Common Stock or AHAC Warrants or prohibit or terminate the listing of Class A Common Stock or AHAC Warrants on Nasdaq. AHAC has not taken any action that is designed to terminate the registration of Class A Common Stock under the Exchange Act.

 

(d) (i) The AHAC SEC Reports contain true and complete copies of the financial statements (including all related notes and schedules thereto) of AHAC and (ii) Section 4.13(d) of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules contains a true and complete copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of AHAC as of December 31, 2020 and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows of AHAC for the year then ended, together with the auditor’s reports thereon (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “AHAC Financial Statements”). The AHAC Financial Statements (A) fairly present in all material respects the financial position of AHAC as at the respective dates thereof, and the results of its operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the respective periods then ended, (B) were prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except, in the case of any audited financial statements, as may be indicated in the notes thereto), (C) in the case of the audited AHAC Financial Statements, were audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and (D) comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act in effect as of the respective dates thereof (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable).

 

 

(e) AHAC has established and maintains systems of internal accounting controls that are designed to provide, in all material respects, reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and (ii) all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of proper and accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for AHAC’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets. AHAC maintains and, for all periods covered by the AHAC Financial Statements, has maintained, in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and applicable Law, books and records of AHAC in the ordinary course of business that are accurate and complete and reflect the revenues, expenses, assets and Liabilities of AHAC.

 

(f) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by AHAC to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of AHAC. AHAC has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(g) Since its incorporation, neither AHAC (including any employee thereof) nor, to the knowledge of AHAC, AHAC’s independent auditors, has received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that there is, or there has been, (i) a “significant deficiency” in the internal controls over financial reporting of AHAC, (ii) a “material weakness” in the internal controls over financial reporting of AHAC or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of AHAC who have a role in the internal controls over financial reporting of AHAC.

 

Section 4.14 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except for the Liabilities (a) set forth in Section 4.14 of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules, (b) incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the AHAC Expenses and any Liabilities arising out of, or related to, any Proceeding related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any stockholder demand or other stockholder Proceedings (including derivative claims) arising out of, or related to, any of the foregoing), (c) set forth or disclosed in the AHAC Financial Statements, (d) that have arisen since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the AHAC SEC Reports in the ordinary course of business, (e) either permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 5.10 or incurred in accordance with Section 5.10 or (f) that are not, and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to AHAC, AHAC does not have any Liabilities.

 

Section 4.15 Employee Matters. AHAC does not have any current or former employees, and does not maintain, sponsor, contribute to, or have any present or future Liability with respect to (other than as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA).

 

 

Section 4.16 Tax Matters.

 

(a) AHAC has prepared and filed all material Tax Returns required to have been filed by it, all such Tax Returns are true and complete in all material respects and prepared in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, and AHAC has paid all material Taxes required to have been paid or deposited by it regardless of whether shown on a Tax Return.

 

(b) AHAC has timely withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax Authority all material amounts required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, individual independent contractor, other service providers, equity interest holder or other third-party.

 

(c) AHAC is not currently the subject of a Tax audit or examination, or has been informed in writing of the commencement or anticipated commencement of any Tax audit or examination that has not been resolved or completed, in each case with respect to material Taxes.

 

(d) AHAC has not consented to extend or waive the time in which any material Tax may be assessed or collected by any Tax Authority, other than any such extensions or waivers that are no longer in effect or that were extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business, in each case with respect to material Taxes.

 

(e) No “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law), private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements or rulings have been entered into or issued by any Tax Authority with respect to any AHAC Party which agreement or ruling would be effective after the Closing Date.

 

(f) None of the AHAC Parties is and none of the AHAC Parties has been a party to any “listed transaction” as defined in Section 6707A of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law).

 

(g) Each AHAC Party is tax resident only in its jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable.

 

(h) No AHAC Party has a branch, permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise has an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.

 

(i) No AHAC Party will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in, or use of improper, method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date; (v) intercompany transaction or excess loss amount described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law); or (vi) election under Section 965(h) of the Code.

 

 

(j) No AHAC Party has deferred any Taxes under Section 2302 of the CARES Act.

 

(k) All related party transactions involving the AHAC Parties are at arm’s length in compliance with Section 482 of the Code, the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law.

 

(l) None of the AHAC Parties has taken or agreed to take any action not contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

Section 4.17 Investigation; No Other Representations.

 

(a) Each AHAC Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of the Company and (ii) it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the Company and the Business as it and its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(b) In entering into this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, each AHAC Party has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article 3 and in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of the Company or any other Person, either express or implied, and each AHAC Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article 3 and in the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, neither the Company nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(c) The representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.13 are the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to Intellectual Property Rights and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.13(g), Section 3.13(h) and Section 3.13(i) are the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to any actual or alleged infringement by the Company or the conduct of the Business of the Intellectual Property Rights of any Person.

 

 

Section 4.18  EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO the COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA), EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS Article 4 OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, NONE OF THE AHAC PARTIES NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES, and EACH AHAC PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OR HOLDINGS OF ANY AHAC PARTY THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES OR IN ANY PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF ANY AHAC PARTY BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT OF SUCH AHAC PARTY OR OTHERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, AND NO STATEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF SUCH MATERIALS OR MADE IN ANY SUCH PRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING AND PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY or THEREBY. Except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in article 3, OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY COST ESTIMATES, PROJECTIONS OR OTHER PREDICTIONS, ANY DATA, ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR ANY MEMORANDA OR OFFERING MATERIALS OR PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING ANY OFFERING MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE BY OR ON BEHALF OF the company ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE OR TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF the company, AND ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY any ahac party OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING or PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS or THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED Hereby or thereby.

 

Article 5
COVENANTS

 

Section 5.1  Conduct of Business of the Company.

 

(a)  From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, as required by applicable Law, as set forth on Section 5.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, to reasonably comply with any applicable Pandemic Measures or as expressly consented to in writing by AHAC (it being agreed that any request for a consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (i) operate the Business in the ordinary course in all material respects and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact the business organization, assets, properties and material business relations of the Company; provided that in no event shall the Company’s compliance with Section 5.1(b) constitute a breach of this Section 5.1(a).

 

(b)  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, as required by applicable Law, as set forth on Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or as expressly consented to in writing by AHAC (such consent, other than in the case of Section 5.1(b)(i) or Section 5.1(b)(xv), not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), not do any of the following:

 

 

(i)  declare, set aside, make or pay a dividend on, or make any other distribution or payment in respect of, any Equity Securities of the Company or repurchase any outstanding Equity Securities of the Company, other than as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(ii)  (A) merge, consolidate, combine or amalgamate the Company with any Person or (B) purchase or otherwise acquire (whether by merging or consolidating with, purchasing any Equity Securities in or a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner) any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity or organization or division thereof;

 

(iii)  adopt any amendments, supplements, restatements or modifications to the Company’s Governing Documents, Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal or Co-Sale Agreement and the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement;

 

(iv)  (A) sell, assign, abandon, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any material assets or properties of the Company, other than inventory or obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business, or (B) create, subject or incur any Lien on any material assets or properties of the Company (other than Permitted Liens);

 

(v)  other than grants to current and new employees, officers and directors pursuant to a Company Equity Plan in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, transfer, issue, sell, grant or otherwise directly or indirectly dispose of, or subject to a Lien, (A) any Equity Securities of the Company or (B) any options, warrants, rights of conversion or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell any Equity Securities of the Company;

 

(vi)  incur, create or assume any Indebtedness in excess of $1,000,000, individually or in the aggregate;

 

(vii)  enter into, amend, modify, waive any material benefit or right under or terminate any Material Contract (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any expiration or automatic extension or renewal of any such Material Contract pursuant to its terms or entering into additional work orders pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, any Material Contract);

 

(viii)  make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or guarantees for the benefit of, or any investments in, any Person in excess of $200,000, individually or in the aggregate, other than the reimbursement of expenses of employees in the ordinary course of business;

 

 

(ix)  except as required under the terms of any Employee Benefit Plan of the Company, (A) amend, modify, adopt, enter into or terminate any material Employee Benefit Plan of the Company or any material benefit or compensation plan, policy, program or Contract that would be a material Employee Benefit Plan if in effect as of the date of this Agreement, (B) increase the compensation or benefits payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, or employee at the level of senior vice president or above, or to any Contingent Worker with annual fees of $250,000 or above, other than in each case annual and merit-based raises made in the ordinary course of business, as applicable, (C) take any action to accelerate any payment, right to payment, or benefit, or the funding of any payment, right to payment or benefit, payable or to become payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, or Contingent Worker of the Company, (D) waive or release any noncompetition, non-solicitation, no-hire, nondisclosure or other restrictive covenant obligation of any current or former director, manager, officer, or employee at the level of senior vice president or above of the Company, or (E) terminate (other than for cause) or furlough the employment of any director, manager, officer, or employee at the level of senior vice president or above, or group of employees of the Company if such group termination would trigger the WARN Act;

 

(x)  change any material Tax election or material Tax accounting method, make any material Tax election or adopt any material Tax accounting method in a manner inconsistent with past practice, file any material Tax Return in a manner inconsistent with past practices, amend any material Tax Return, enter into any agreement with a Governmental Entity with respect to a material amount of Taxes, settle or compromise any claim or assessment by a Governmental Entity in respect of any material amount of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the statutory period of limitation applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of income Taxes, or enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement (other than any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes);

 

(xi)  enter into any settlement, conciliation or similar Contract the performance of which would involve the payment by the Company in excess of $1,000,000, in the aggregate, or that imposes, or by its terms will impose at any point in the future, any material, non-monetary obligations on the Company (or AHAC or any of its Affiliates after the Closing);

 

(xii)  authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to adopt, or otherwise effect, a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction involving the Company;

 

(xiii)  change the Company’s methods of accounting in any material respect, other than changes that are made in accordance with PCAOB standards;

 

(xiv)  enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(xv)  make any Change of Control Payment that is not set forth on Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules; or

 

 

(xvi)  enter into any Contract to take, or cause to be taken, any of the actions set forth in this Section 5.1.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.1 or this Agreement to the contrary, nothing set forth in this Agreement shall give AHAC, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Company prior to the Closing.

 

Section 5.2  Efforts to Consummate.

 

(a)  Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary or advisable to consummate and make effective as promptly as reasonably practicable the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including (i) the satisfaction, but not waiver, of the closing conditions set forth in Article 6 and, in the case of any Ancillary Document to which such Party will be a party after the date of this Agreement, to execute and deliver such Ancillary Document when required pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) using reasonable best efforts to obtain the PIPE Financing on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Subscription Agreements and (iii) the Company taking, or causing to be taken, all actions necessary or advisable to cause the agreements set forth on Section 5.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules to be terminated effective as of the Closing without any further obligations or liabilities to the Company or any of its Affiliates (including, from and after the Effective Time, AHAC)). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain, file with or deliver to, as applicable, any Consents of any Governmental Entities necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents. The Company shall bear the costs incurred in connection with obtaining such Consents, including the HSR Act filing fee; provided, however, that each Party shall bear its out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with the preparation of any such Consents. Each Party shall (i) make any appropriate filings pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the date of this Agreement and (ii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any requests by any Governmental Entity for additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act. AHAC shall promptly inform the Company of any communication between any AHAC Party, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, and the Company shall promptly inform AHAC of any communication between the Company, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, in either case, regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party and their respective Affiliates shall not extend any waiting period, review period or comparable period under the HSR Act or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Entity not to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Ancillary Documents, except with the prior written consent of AHAC and the Company. Nothing in this Section 5.2 obligates any Party or any of its Affiliates to agree to (i) sell, license or otherwise dispose of, or hold separate and agree to sell, license or otherwise dispose of, any entities, assets or facilities of the Company, (ii) terminate, amend or assign existing relationships and contractual rights or obligations, (iii) amend, assign or terminate existing licenses or other agreements, or (iv) enter into new licenses or other agreements. No Party shall agree to any of the foregoing measures with respect to any other Party, except with AHAC’s and the Company’s prior written consent.

 

 

(b)  From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the AHAC Parties, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall give counsel for the Company (in the case of any AHAC Party) or AHAC (in the case of the Company), a reasonable opportunity to review in advance, and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, any proposed written communication to any Governmental Entity relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents. Each of the Parties agrees not to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion, either in person or by telephone with any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement unless it consults with, in the case of any AHAC Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, AHAC in advance.

 

(c)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, in the event that this Section 5.2 conflicts with any other covenant or agreement in this Article 5 that is intended to specifically address certain subject matter, then such other covenant or agreement shall govern and control solely to the extent of such conflict.

 

Section 5.3  Confidentiality and Access to Information.

 

(a)  The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the information being provided in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that this Section 5.3(a) or the Confidentiality Agreement conflicts with any other covenant or agreement contained herein that contemplates the disclosure, use or provision of information or otherwise, then such other covenant or agreement contained herein shall govern and control to the extent of such conflict.

 

(b)  From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, upon reasonable advance written notice, the Company shall provide, or cause to be provided, to AHAC and its Representatives during normal business hours reasonable access to the directors, officers, books and records of the Company (in a manner so as to not interfere with the normal business operations of the Company or in light of COVID-19 or any Pandemic Measures, jeopardize the health or safety of any employee of the Company (which may require remote and telephonic meetings)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide, or cause to be provided to, AHAC or any of its Representatives any information (i) if, and to the extent, doing so would (A) violate any Law to which the Company is subject, (B) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets, (C) violate any legally-binding obligation of the Company with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure or privacy or (D) jeopardize protections afforded to the Company under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine (provided that, in case of each of clauses (A) through (D), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) provide such access as can be provided (or otherwise convey such information regarding the applicable matter as can be conveyed) without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law and (y) provide such information in a manner without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law), or (ii) if the Company, on the one hand, and any AHAC Party or any of its Representatives, on the other hand, are adverse parties in a litigation and such information is reasonably pertinent thereto; provided that the Company shall, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), provide prompt written notice of the withholding of access or information on any such basis.

 

 

(c)  From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, upon reasonable advance written notice, AHAC shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Company and its Representatives during normal business hours reasonable access to the directors, officers, books and records of the AHAC Parties (in a manner so as to not interfere with the normal business operations of the AHAC Parties or in light of COVID-19 or any Pandemic Measures, jeopardize the health or safety of any employee of the AHAC Parties (which may require remote and telephonic meetings)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, AHAC shall not be required to provide, or cause to be provided to, the Company or any of its Representatives any information (i) if and to the extent doing so would (A) violate any Law to which any AHAC Party is subject, (B) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets, (C) violate any legally-binding obligation of any AHAC Party with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure or privacy or (D) jeopardize protections afforded to any AHAC Party under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine (provided that, in case of each of clauses (A) through (D), AHAC shall use, and shall cause the other AHAC Parties to use, commercially reasonable efforts to (x) provide such access as can be provided (or otherwise convey such information regarding the applicable matter as can be conveyed) without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law and (y) provide such information in a manner without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law), or (ii) if an AHAC Party, on the one hand, and the Company or any of their respective Representatives, on the other hand, are adverse parties in a litigation and such information is reasonably pertinent thereto; provided that AHAC shall, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), provide prompt written notice of the withholding of access or information on any such basis.

 

(d)  The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Confidentiality Agreement shall be automatically terminated effective as of the Closing without any further action by any Party or any other Person.

 

Section 5.4  Public Announcements.

 

(a)  Subject to Section 5.4(a), Section 5.7, Section 5.8 and Section 5.9, none of the Parties or any of their respective Representatives shall issue any press releases or make any public announcements with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of, prior to the Closing, the Company and AHAC or, after the Closing, AHAC; provided, however, that each Party may make any such announcement or other communication (i) if such announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law, in which case (A) prior to the Closing, the disclosing Party and its Representatives shall use reasonable best efforts to consult with the Company, if the disclosing party is any AHAC Party, or with AHAC, if the disclosing party is the Company, to review such announcement or communication and the opportunity to comment thereon and the disclosing Party shall consider such comments in good faith, or (B) after the Closing, the disclosing Party and its Representatives shall use reasonable best efforts to consult with AHAC and the disclosing Party shall consider such comments in good faith, (ii) to the extent such announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication previously approved in accordance with this Section 5.4 and (iii) to Governmental Entities in connection with any Consents required to be made under this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.4 or otherwise in this Agreement, the Parties agree that the AHAC Parties, the Sponsor and their respective Representatives may provide general information about the subject matter of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to any direct or indirect current or prospective investor or in connection with normal fund raising or related marketing or informational or reporting activities.

 

 

(b)  The initial press release concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be a joint press release in the form agreed by the Company and AHAC prior to the execution of this Agreement and such initial press release (the “Signing Press Release”) shall be released as promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement. Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, AHAC shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Signing Filing”) with the Signing Press Release and a description of this Agreement as required by, and in compliance with, the Securities Laws, which the Company shall have the opportunity to review and comment upon prior to filing and AHAC shall consider such comments in good faith. The Company, on the one hand, and AHAC, on the other hand, shall mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either the Company or AHAC, as applicable) a press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing Press Release”) prior to the Closing, and, on the Closing Date, the Parties shall cause the Closing Press Release to be released. Promptly after the Closing (but in any event within four (4) Business Days after the Closing), AHAC shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Closing Filing”) with the Closing Press Release and a description of the Closing as required by Securities Laws, which AHAC shall have the opportunity to review and comment upon prior to filing and the Company shall consider such comments in good faith. In connection with the preparation of each of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Press Release and the Closing Filing, each Party shall, upon written request by any other Party, furnish such other Party with all information concerning itself, its directors, officers and equityholders, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary for such press release or filing.

 

Section 5.5  Tax Matters.

 

(a)  The Parties intend that the Merger shall constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. Each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, use commercially reasonable efforts to so qualify and shall file all Tax Returns consistent with, and take no position inconsistent with (whether in audits, Tax Returns or otherwise), such treatment unless (A) required to do so pursuant to a “determination” (within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code) that is final or (B) the SEC requests or requires a Tax Opinion in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the Company is unable to obtain the Tax Opinion.

 

(b)  AHAC and the Company hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a), for purposes of Sections 354, 361 and 368 of the Code. The Parties shall not knowingly take any action that prevents or impedes, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede, the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

 

(c)  If the SEC requests or requires that a tax opinion be prepared and submitted in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, each of AHAC and the Company shall deliver to Covington & Burling LLP (“Covington”) customary Tax representation letters satisfactory to Covington, signed by an authorized officer, and dated and executed as of the date the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC and such other date(s) as determined reasonably necessary by Covington in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement. Covington shall render an opinion at the Closing to the Company subject to customary assumptions and limitations, to the effect that the Intended Tax Treatment should apply to the Merger (the “Tax Opinion”); provided that Covington shall not be required to render the Tax Opinion if Covington determines that under applicable Tax Law it is not the case that the Merger should satisfy the Intended Tax Treatment. For the avoidance of doubt, if Covington is unable to provide the Tax Opinion pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence because it determines that under applicable Tax Law it is not the case that the Merger should satisfy the Intended Tax Treatment, then the Registration Statement/ Proxy Statement shall be revised to state that the Merger is not expected to constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

Section 5.6  Exclusive Dealing.

 

(a)  From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall not, and shall cause its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage (including by means of furnishing or disclosing information), knowingly facilitate, discuss or negotiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiry, proposal or offer (written or oral) with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish or disclose any non-public information to any Person (other than to the Parties and their respective Representatives) in connection with, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal; (iii) enter into any Contract or other arrangement or understanding regarding a Company Acquisition Proposal; (iv) prepare or take any steps in connection with a public offering of any Equity Securities of the Company (or any Affiliate or successor of the Company); or (v) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort or attempt by any Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing.

 

(b)  The Company shall (i) notify AHAC promptly upon receipt of any Company Acquisition Proposal by the Company, describing the terms and conditions of any such Company Acquisition Proposal in reasonable detail (including the identity of the Persons making such Company Acquisition Proposal, unless the Company is bound by any confidentiality obligation prohibiting the disclosure of such identity), and (ii) keep AHAC fully informed on a current basis of any modifications to such offer or information.

 

(c)  From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the AHAC Parties shall not, and each of them shall direct their Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage (including by means of furnishing or disclosing information), knowingly facilitate, discuss or negotiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiry, proposal or offer (written or oral) with respect to an AHAC Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish or disclose any non-public information to any Person in connection with, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, an AHAC Acquisition Proposal; (iii) enter into any Contract or other arrangement or understanding regarding an AHAC Acquisition Proposal; (iv) prepare or take any steps in connection with an offering of any securities of any AHAC Party (or any Affiliate or successor of any AHAC Party); or (v) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort or attempt by any Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing. AHAC agrees to (A) notify the Company promptly upon obtaining any AHAC Acquisition Proposal by any AHAC Party, and to describe the terms and conditions of any such AHAC Acquisition Proposal in reasonable detail (including the identity of any Person making such AHAC Acquisition Proposal) and (B) keep the Company reasonably informed on a reasonably current basis of any modifications to such offer or information.

 

 

Section 5.7  Preparation of Registration Statement / Proxy Statement. As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, (a) AHAC and the Company shall jointly prepare and AHAC shall file with the SEC, mutually acceptable materials which shall include the proxy statement/prospectus to be filed with the SEC (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) to be sent to the stockholders of AHAC soliciting proxies from such stockholders to obtain the AHAC Stockholders Approval at the meeting of AHAC’s stockholders (the “AHAC Stockholder Meeting”) and (b) AHAC shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 or such other applicable form (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Registration Statement”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the Class A Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger. Each of AHAC and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) cause the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement to comply in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC (including, with respect to the Company, the provision of financial statements of, and any other information with respect to, the Company for all periods, and in the form, required to be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement under Securities Laws (after giving effect to any waivers received) or in response to any comments from the SEC); and (B) promptly notify the other Party of, reasonably cooperate with each other with respect to and respond promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff; and AHAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to (1) have the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after it is filed with the SEC; and (2) keep the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement effective through the Closing in order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. AHAC, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall promptly furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the other all information concerning such Party and its Representatives that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 5.7 or for including in any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of AHAC to the SEC or Nasdaq in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, including delivering customary tax representation letters to Covington to enable Covington to deliver any tax opinions requested or required by the SEC to be submitted in connection therewith as described in Section 5.5(c). If any Party becomes aware of any information that should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, then (1) such Party shall promptly inform, in the case of any AHAC Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, AHAC thereof; (2) such Party shall prepare and mutually agree upon with, in the case of AHAC, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, AHAC (in either case, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement; (3) AHAC shall promptly file such mutually agreed upon amendment or supplement with the SEC; and (4) the Parties shall reasonably cooperate, if appropriate, in promptly mailing such amendment or supplement to the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall include materials for the adoption and approval by the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders of a new equity incentive plan (the “New Equity Incentive Plan”), which will provide for awards (in the form of cash as well as incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units and stock appreciation rights) for a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to a percentage of the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing as set forth on Section 5.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedules. The Company shall provide a form of the New Equity Incentive Plan within 30 days after the date of this Agreement; AHAC shall have a right to review and approve in advance, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, such New Equity Incentive Plan; and the Parties shall otherwise cooperate to include such terms and conditions as are customary and appropriate for the New Equity Incentive Plan. AHAC shall as promptly as reasonably practicable advise the Company of the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of Class A Common Stock for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and AHAC and the Company shall each use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Parties hereto shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that none of the information related to him, her or it or any of his, her or its Representatives, supplied by or on his, her or its behalf for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC, at each time at which it is amended, or at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

 

 

Section 5.8  AHAC Stockholder Approval. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, AHAC shall (a) duly give notice of and (b) in any case within thirty (30) days of such effectiveness, duly convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders (the “AHAC Stockholders Meeting”) in accordance with the Governing Documents of AHAC, for the purposes of obtaining the AHAC Stockholder Approval and, if applicable, any approvals related thereto and providing its stockholders with the opportunity to elect to effect an AHAC Stockholder Redemption. AHAC shall, through its board of directors, recommend to its stockholders, (i) the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) (the “Business Combination Proposal”); (ii) the adoption and approval of the issuance of the Class A Common Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as required by Nasdaq listing requirements (the “Nasdaq Proposal”); (iii) the adoption and approval of the Required Governing Document Proposals; (iv) the adoption of the New Equity Incentive Plan; (v) the election of directors to be nominated in accordance with Section 5.16; (vi) the adoption and approval of each other proposal that either the SEC or Nasdaq (or the respective staff members thereof) indicates is necessary in its comments to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement or in correspondence related thereto; (vii) the adoption and approval of each other proposal reasonably agreed by AHAC and the Company as necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents; and (viii) the adoption and approval of a proposal for the adjournment of the AHAC Stockholders Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the foregoing (such proposals in clauses (i) through (viii) together, the “Required Transaction Proposals”); provided that AHAC may postpone or adjourn the AHAC Stockholders Meeting (A) to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the AHAC Stockholder Approval, (B) for the absence of a quorum, (C) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosures that AHAC has determined, based on the advice of outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders prior to the AHAC Stockholders Meeting or (D) if the holders of Class A Common Stock have elected to redeem a number of shares of Class A Common Stock as of such time that would reasonably be expected to result in the condition set forth in Section 6.1(e) not being satisfied; provided that, without the consent of the Company, in no event shall AHAC adjourn the AHAC Stockholders Meeting for more than fifteen (15) Business Days later than the most recently adjourned meeting or to a date that is beyond the Termination Date. The AHAC recommendation contemplated by the preceding sentence shall be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement.

 

Section 5.9  Merger Sub Stockholder Approval. As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within one Business Day) following the date of this Agreement, AHAC, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, will approve and adopt this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which Merger Sub is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger).

 

Section 5.10  Conduct of Business of AHAC. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, AHAC shall not, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the PIPE Financing), as required by applicable Law, as set forth on Section 5.10 of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules, to reasonably comply with any applicable Pandemic Measures or as expressly consented to in writing by the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed if such matter is in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), do any of the following:

 

(a)  seek an approval from the Pre-Closing AHAC Stockholders, or otherwise adopt any amendments, supplements, restatements or modifications to the Trust Agreement, Warrant Agreement or the Governing Documents of any AHAC Party or any of their Subsidiaries;

 

(b)  declare, set aside, make or pay a dividend on, or make any other distribution or payment in respect of, any Equity Securities of AHAC or any of its Subsidiaries, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any outstanding Equity Securities of AHAC or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable;

 

(c)  split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or other Equity Securities or issue any other security in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock;

 

 

(d)  incur, create, guarantee or assume (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) any Indebtedness, except for Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

(e)  make any loans or advances to, or capital contributions in, any other Person, other than to, or in, AHAC or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(f)  issue any Equity Securities of AHAC or any of its Subsidiaries or grant any additional options, warrants or stock appreciation rights with respect to Equity Securities of the forgoing of AHAC or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(g)  enter into, renew, modify or revise any AHAC Related Party Transaction (or any Contract or agreement that if entered into prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement would be an AHAC Related Party Transaction), other than the entry into any Contract with an AHAC Related Party with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 5.10(d);

 

(h)  engage in any activities or business, or incur any material AHAC Liabilities, other than any activities, businesses or AHAC Liabilities that are otherwise permitted under this Section 5.10 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any activities or business contemplated by, or Liabilities incurred in connection with, this Agreement or any Ancillary Document) or consented to by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.10;

 

(i)  authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to adopt, or otherwise effect, a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction involving AHAC or its Subsidiaries;

 

(j)  enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(k)  change any material Tax election or material Tax accounting method, make any material Tax election or adopt any material Tax accounting method in a manner inconsistent with past practice, file any material Tax Return in a manner inconsistent with past practices, amend any material Tax Return, enter into any agreement with a Governmental Entity with respect to a material amount of Taxes, settle or compromise any claim or assessment by a Governmental Entity in respect of any material amount of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the statutory period of limitation applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of income Taxes, or enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement (other than any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes);

 

(l)  take any action or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act prevents or impedes, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Intended Tax Treatment;

 

 

(m)  waive, release, compromise, settle or satisfy any pending or threatened material claim (which shall include, but not be limited to, any pending or threatened Proceeding);

 

(n)  make any change in any method of financial accounting or financial accounting principles, policies, procedures or practices except as required by a concurrent amendment in GAAP or applicable Law made subsequent to the date hereof, as agreed to by AHAC’s independent accountants;

 

(o)  make or permit to be made any distribution of amounts held in the Trust Account (other than interest income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account as permitted by the Trust Agreement);

 

(p)  create any new Subsidiary; or

 

(q)  enter into any Contract to take, or cause to be taken, any of the actions set forth in this Section 5.10.

 

Section 5.11  Nasdaq Listing. From the date hereof through the Effective Time, AHAC shall ensure AHAC remains listed as a public company on Nasdaq. AHAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement (as of immediately following the Effective Time), (a) cause the Class A Common Stock issuable in accordance with this Agreement to be approved for listing on Nasdaq (and the Company shall reasonably cooperate in connection therewith), subject to official notice of issuance, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, and in any event prior to the Effective Time, (b) satisfy any applicable initial and continuing listing requirements of Nasdaq and (c) cause the ticker under which the Class A Common Stock is listed for trading on Nasdaq to be changed to “HUMA” and have the Class A Common Stock listed for trading with such trading ticker.

 

Section 5.12  Trust Account. Upon satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 6 and provision of notice thereof to the Trustee, (a) at the Closing, AHAC shall (i) cause the documents, certificates and notices required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement to be so delivered, and (ii) make all appropriate arrangements to cause the Trustee to (A) pay as and when due all amounts, if any, payable to the Public Stockholders of AHAC pursuant to the AHAC Stockholder Redemption, (B) pay the amounts due to the underwriters of AHAC’s initial public offering for their deferred underwriting commissions as set forth in the Trust Agreement and (C) immediately thereafter, pay all remaining amounts then available in the Trust Account to AHAC in accordance with the Trust Agreement, and (b) thereafter, the Trust Account shall terminate, except as otherwise provided therein.

 

Section 5.13  Company Stockholder Approval. As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) following the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act (the “Company Stockholder Written Consent Deadline”), the Company shall obtain and deliver to AHAC a true and correct copy of a written consent (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to AHAC) approving this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger) that is duly executed by the Company Stockholders that hold at least the requisite number of issued and outstanding Company Shares required to approve and adopt such matters in accordance with the DGCL, the Company’s Governing Documents, the Company Voting Agreement, the Company Right of First Refusal or Co-Sale Agreement and the Company Investors’ Rights Agreement (the “Company Stockholder Written Consent”). The Company Board shall recommend to the Company Stockholders the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger).

 

 

Section 5.14  AHAC Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.

 

(a)  Each Party agrees that (i) all rights to advancement, indemnification, limitations on liability or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of each AHAC Party, as provided in the applicable AHAC Party’s Governing Documents in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, in either case, solely with respect to any acts, errors or omissions occurring on or prior to the Effective Time, shall survive the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect from and after the Effective Time for a period of six (6) years and (ii) AHAC will perform and discharge, or cause to be performed and discharged, all obligations to provide such advancement, indemnity, limitations on liability and exculpation during such six (6)-year period. During such six (6)-year period, AHAC shall advance, or caused to be advanced, expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in the applicable AHAC Party’s Governing Documents or other applicable agreements in effect as of the date hereof. The advancement, indemnification and liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the AHAC Parties’ Governing Documents or in other applicable agreements in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall not, during such six (6)-year period, be amended, repealed or otherwise modified after the Effective Time in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time or at any time prior to such time, were directors or officers of any AHAC Party (the “AHAC D&O Persons”) to receive advancement, be so indemnified, have their liability limited or be exculpated with respect to any act, error or omission occurring on or prior to the Effective Time by reason of the fact that such AHAC D&O Person was a director or officer of any AHAC Party immediately prior to the Effective Time unless such amendment, repeal or other modification is required by applicable Law.

 

(b)  AHAC shall not have any obligation under this Section 5.14 to any AHAC D&O Person when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine (and such determination shall have become final and non-appealable) that the indemnification of such AHAC D&O Person in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.

 

(c)  AHAC shall purchase at or prior to Closing and maintain in effect for a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time without lapses in coverage, a “tail” policy or policies providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance policies of the AHAC Parties as of the date of this Agreement with respect to any acts, errors or omissions occurring on or prior to the Effective Time (the “AHAC D&O Tail Policy”). Such “tail” policy or policies shall provide coverage on terms (with respect to coverage and amount) that are substantially the same as (and no less favorable in the aggregate to the insured than) the coverage provided under AHAC’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies as of the date of this Agreement; provided that AHAC shall not pay a premium for such “tail” policy or policies in excess of three hundred fifty percent (350%) of the most recent annual premium paid by AHAC prior to the date of this Agreement and, in such event, AHAC shall purchase the maximum coverage available for three hundred fifty percent (350%) of the most recent annual premium paid by AHAC prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

 

(d)  If, following the Closing, AHAC (i) shall merge or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors or assigns of AHAC shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.14.

 

(e)  The AHAC D&O Persons entitled to the advancement, indemnification, liability limitation, exculpation and insurance set forth in this Section 5.14 are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.14. This Section 5.14 shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of AHAC.

 

Section 5.15  Company Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.

 

(a)  Each Party agrees that (i) all rights to advancement, indemnification, limitations on liability, or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of the Company, as provided in the Company’s Governing Documents in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, in either case, solely with respect to any acts, errors or omissions occurring on or prior to the Effective Time, shall survive the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect from and after the Effective Time for a period of six (6) years and (ii) AHAC will perform and discharge, or cause to be performed and discharged, all obligations to provide such advancement, indemnity, limitations on liability and exculpation during such six (6)-year period. During such six (6)-year period, AHAC shall advance, or caused to be advanced, expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in the Company’s Governing Documents or other applicable agreements in effect as of the date hereof. The advancement, indemnification and liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the Company’s Governing Documents or in other applicable agreements in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall not, during such six (6)-year period, be amended, repealed or otherwise modified after the Effective Time in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time or at any time prior to such time, were directors or officers of the Company (the “Company D&O Persons”) to receive advancement, be so indemnified, have their liability limited or be exculpated with respect to any act, error or omission occurring on or prior to the Effective Time by reason of the fact that such Company D&O Person was a director or officer of the Company prior to the Effective Time, unless such amendment, repeal or other modification is required by applicable Law.

 

(b)  None of AHAC or the Company shall have any obligation under this Section 5.15 to any Company D&O Person when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine (and such determination shall have become final and non-appealable) that the indemnification of such Company D&O Person in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.

 

 

(c)  The Company shall purchase, at or prior to the Closing, and AHAC shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, in effect for a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time, without lapses in coverage, a “tail” policy or policies providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance policies of the Company as of the date of this Agreement with respect to any acts, errors or omissions occurring on or prior to the Effective Time (the “Company D&O Tail Policy”). Such Company D&O Tail Policy shall provide coverage on terms (with respect to coverage and amount) that are substantially the same as (and no less favorable in the aggregate to the insured than) the coverage provided under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies as of the date of this Agreement; provided that the Company shall not pay a premium for such “tail” policy or policies in excess of three hundred fifty percent (350%) of the most recent annual premium paid by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement and, in such event, the Company shall purchase the maximum coverage available for three hundred fifty percent (350%) of the most recent annual premium paid by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(d)  If, following the Closing, AHAC (i) shall merge or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors or assigns of AHAC shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.15.

 

(e)  The Company D&O Persons entitled to the advancement, indemnification, liability limitation, exculpation and insurance set forth in this Section 5.15 are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.15. This Section 5.15 shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of AHAC.

 

Section 5.16  Post-Closing Directors and Officers.

 

(a)  Following the date of this Agreement and prior to the mailing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement to the AHAC Stockholders, the Company shall, subject to applicable listing rules of Nasdaq and applicable Law, designate in writing to AHAC up to ten (10) Persons that will serve on the AHAC Board as of immediately after the Effective Time, of which four (4) shall be the Persons set forth on Section 5.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, including the allocation of the Company’s designated directors among AHAC’s three classes of directors and the members of the compensation committee, audit committee and nominating committee of the AHAC Board as of immediately after the Effective Time. AHAC shall take all such action within its power as may be necessary or appropriate to give effect to the Company’s designations as of immediately after the Effective Time and for the officers of AHAC (the “Officers”) as of immediately after the Effective Time to be the individuals determined in accordance with Section 5.16(c). For the avoidance of doubt, as of immediately after the Effective Time, the AHAC Board shall consist of the Persons designated by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.16(a) plus one (1) director, for a total of up to 11 directors.

 

 

(b)  Notwithstanding the Company’s designation rights under Section 5.16(a), the Person identified on Section 5.16(b) of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules shall be a director on the AHAC Board immediately after the Effective Time, with such individual being in the class of directors set forth opposite his or her name (the “AHAC Designee”). Prior to the mailing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement to the AHAC Stockholders and the Company Stockholders, AHAC may, with the prior written consent of the Company, replace the AHAC Designee with any individual by amending such Schedule to include such replacement individual.

 

(c)  The Persons identified on Section 5.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules shall be the Officers immediately after the Effective Time, with each such individual holding the title set forth opposite his or her name. In the event that any Person identified on Section 5.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules is unwilling or unable (whether due to death, disability or otherwise) to serve as an Officer, then, prior to the mailing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement to the AHAC Stockholders, the Company may, subject to applicable listing rules of Nasdaq and applicable Law, replace such individual with another individual to serve as such Officer by amending Section 5.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules to include such replacement individual as such Officer.

 

Section 5.17  FIRPTA Certificate. At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to AHAC a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D, duly executed by the Company, in the form described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c)(3), together with evidence that the Company has provided notice to the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2).

 

Section 5.18  PIPE Subscriptions. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Company, AHAC shall not (other than changes that are solely ministerial and other de minimis changes) permit any amendment or modification to be made to, permit any waiver (in whole or in part) of, or provide consent to modify (including consent to terminate), any provision or remedy under, or any replacements of, any of the Subscription Agreements, in each case, other than any assignment or transfer expressly permitted thereby (without any further amendment, modification or waiver to such assignment or transfer provision). Subject to the immediately preceding sentence and in the event that all conditions in the Subscription Agreements have been satisfied, AHAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or to cause to be taken, all actions required, necessary or that it otherwise deems to be proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements on the terms described therein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, AHAC shall give the Company prompt written notice: (a) of any requested amendment to any Subscription Agreement; (b) of any breach or default to the knowledge of AHAC by any party to any Subscription Agreement; (c) of the receipt of any written notice or other written communication from any party to any Subscription Agreement with respect to any actual, or to the knowledge of AHAC, potential, threatened or claimed expiration, lapse, withdrawal, breach, default, termination or repudiation by any party to any Subscription Agreement or any provisions of any Subscription Agreement; and (d) if AHAC does not expect to receive all or any portion of the applicable purchase price under any Investor’s Subscription Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

 

Section 5.19  Expense Statement. At least three (3) Business Days prior to the contemplated Closing Date, AHAC shall deliver to the Company a written statement setting forth a complete and accurate schedule of AHAC’s good faith estimate of each Unpaid AHAC Expense as of the Closing Date.

 

Section 5.20  Transaction Litigation. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, AHAC, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall each notify the other promptly after learning of any stockholder demand (or threat thereof) or other stockholder Proceeding, claim, investigation, examination or inquiry, whether or not before any Governmental Entity (including derivative claims), relating to this Agreement, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, “Transaction Litigation”) commenced or, to the knowledge of AHAC or to the knowledge of the Company, as applicable, threatened in writing against (a) in the case of AHAC, AHAC, any of AHAC’s Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives or stockholders (in their capacity as such) or (b) in the case of the Company, the Company, any of the Company’s controlled Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives or stockholders (in their capacity as such). AHAC and the Company shall each (i) keep the other reasonably informed regarding any Transaction Litigation, (ii) give the other the opportunity to, at its own cost and expense, participate in the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Transaction Litigation and reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Transaction Litigation, (iii) consider in good faith the other’s advice with respect to any such Transaction Litigation, and (iv) reasonably cooperate with each other with respect to any Transaction Litigation; provided, however, that in no event shall (x) the Company, any of the Company’s Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors or employees settle or compromise any Transaction Litigation without the prior written consent of AHAC (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (y) AHAC, any of AHAC’s Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives settle or compromise any Transaction Litigation without the Company’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

Article 6
CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT

 

Section 6.1  Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties. The obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver by the Party for whose benefit such condition exists of the following conditions:

 

(a)  each applicable waiting period or Consent under the HSR Act shall have expired, been terminated or obtained (or deemed, by applicable Law, to have been obtained), as applicable;

 

(b)  no Order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in effect;

 

 

(c)  the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, no stop order shall have been issued by the SEC and shall remain in effect with respect to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, and no proceeding seeking such a stop order shall have been threatened or initiated by the SEC and remain pending;

 

(d)  the Company Stockholder Written Consent shall have been obtained;

 

(e)  the AHAC Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained;

 

(f)  AHAC’s initial listing application with Nasdaq in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been approved and, immediately following the Effective Time, AHAC shall satisfy any applicable initial and continuing listing requirements of Nasdaq, and AHAC shall not have received any notice of non-compliance therewith that has not been cured or would not be cured at or immediately following the Effective Time, and the Class A Common Stock (including the Class A Common Stock to be issued hereunder) shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq; and

 

(g)  after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby (including the PIPE Financing), AHAC shall have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) immediately after the Effective Time.

 

Section 6.2  Other Conditions to the Obligations of the AHAC Parties. The obligations of the AHAC Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver by AHAC (on behalf of itself and the other AHAC Parties) of the following further conditions:

 

(a)  (i) the Company Fundamental Representations (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(a)) shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth herein) in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(a) shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies) as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies) as of such earlier date), and (iii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article 3 (other than the Company Fundamental Representations) shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth herein) in all respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, taken as a whole, does not cause a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

 

(b)  the Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by the Company under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

 

(c)  since the date of this Agreement, no Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing;

 

(d)  at or prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to AHAC the following documents:

 

(i)  a certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in Section 6.2(a), Section 6.2(b) and Section 6.2(c) are satisfied, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to AHAC; and

 

(ii)  the Investor Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company IRA Stockholders.

 

Section 6.3  Other Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver by the Company of the following further conditions:

 

(a)  (i) the AHAC Fundamental Representations (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.6(a) and (b)) shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “AHAC Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth herein) in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.6(a) and (b) shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies) as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies) as of such earlier date) and (iii) the representations and warranties of the AHAC Parties (other than the AHAC Fundamental Representations) contained in Article 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “AHAC Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth herein) in all respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, taken as a whole, does not cause an AHAC Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b)  the AHAC Parties shall have performed and complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by the AHAC Parties under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

 

 

(c)  since the date of this Agreement, no AHAC Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing;

 

(d)  the AHAC Board shall consist of the number of directors, and be comprised of the individuals, determined pursuant to Section 5.16(a);

 

(e)  at or prior to the Closing, AHAC shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, the following documents to the Company:

 

(i)  a certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of AHAC, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in Section 6.3(a) and Section 6.3(b) are satisfied, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company;

 

(ii)  the Investors Rights Agreement duly executed by the AHAC IRA Stockholders; and

 

(iii)  the written resignations of all of the directors and officers of AHAC and Merger Sub (other than those Persons identified as the directors of AHAC immediately after the Effective Time, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.16), effective as of the Effective Time.

 

Section 6.4  Frustration of Closing Conditions. The Company may not rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article 6 to be satisfied if such failure was proximately caused by the Company’s failure to use reasonable best efforts to cause the Closing to occur, as required by Section 5.3, or a material breach of this Agreement. None of the AHAC Parties may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article 6 to be satisfied if such failure was proximately caused by an AHAC Party’s failure to use reasonable best efforts to cause the Closing to occur, as required by Section 5.3, or a material breach of this Agreement.

 

Article 7
TERMINATION

 

Section 7.1  Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a)  by mutual written consent of AHAC and the Company;

 

(b)  by AHAC, if any of the representations or warranties set forth in Article 3 shall not be true and correct or if the Company has failed to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing) such that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) will not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, is (or are) not cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Company by AHAC, and (ii) the Termination Date; provided, however, that none of the AHAC Parties is then in breach of this Agreement so as to prevent the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) from being satisfied;

 

 

(c)  by the Company, if any of the representations or warranties set forth in Article 4 shall not be true and correct or if any AHAC Party has failed to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of such applicable AHAC Party set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing) such that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) will not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, is (or are) not cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is delivered to AHAC by the Company and (ii) the Termination Date; provided, however, that the Company is not then in breach of this Agreement so as to prevent the condition to Closing set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) from being satisfied;

 

(d)  by either AHAC or the Company, if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not have been consummated on or prior to August 31, 2021 (the “Termination Date”); provided that (i) the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d) shall not be available to AHAC if any AHAC Party’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under this Agreement shall have proximately caused the failure to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on or before the Termination Date, and (ii) the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d) shall not be available to the Company if the Company’s breach of its covenants or obligations under this Agreement shall have proximately caused the failure to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on or before the Termination Date;

 

(e)  by either AHAC or the Company, if any Governmental Entity shall have issued an Order or taken any other action permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such Order or other action shall have become final and nonappealable;

 

(f)  by either AHAC or the Company, if the AHAC Stockholders Meeting has been held (including any adjournment or postponement thereof), has concluded, AHAC’s stockholders have duly voted and the AHAC Stockholder Approval was not obtained; or

 

(g)  by AHAC, if the Company does not deliver, or cause to be delivered to AHAC the Company Stockholder Written Consent in accordance with Section 5.13 on or prior to the Company Stockholder Written Consent Deadline.

 

Section 7.2  Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this entire Agreement shall forthwith become void (and there shall be no Liability or obligation on the part of the Parties and their respective Representatives) with the exception of (a) Section 5.3, this Section 7.2, Article 8 and Article 1 (to the extent related to the foregoing), each of which shall survive such termination and remain valid and binding obligations of the Parties and (b) the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive such termination and remain valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 shall not affect any Liability on the part of any Party for the Willful Breach of this Agreement by, or any Fraud of, such Party (or in the case of AHAC, AHAC or Merger Sub).

 

 

Article 8

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1  Non-Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants in this Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Time, except for those covenants and agreements that, by their terms, contemplate performance after the Effective Time.

 

Section 8.2  Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement (together with the Ancillary Documents and the Confidentiality Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of (a) prior to the Closing, AHAC and the Company and (b) from and after the Closing, AHAC and the Sponsor. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this Section 8.2 shall be void.

 

Section 8.3  Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only (a) prior to the Closing, by a written agreement executed and delivered by AHAC and the Company and (b) after the Closing, by a written agreement executed and delivered by AHAC and the Sponsor. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence and any purported amendment by any Party or Parties effected in a manner which does not comply with this Section 8.3 shall be void, ab initio.

 

Section 8.4  Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by facsimile (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof), e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:

 

(a)  If to any AHAC Party, to:

 

c/o Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp.

1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Rajiv Shukla

Patrick Sturgeon

Telephone:                    

E-mail:                    

                   

 

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Avenue

Boston, MA 02210

Attention: Jocelyn M. Arel

  Michael R. Patrone

  Laurie A. Burlingame

Facsimile: (617) 523-1231

E-mail: ***@***

***@***

***@***

 

(b)  If to the Company, to:

 

Humacyte, Inc.

2525 NC-54

Durham, NC 27713

Attention: Douglas Blankenship, Chief Financial Officer

E-mail:                    

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Covington & Burling LLP

The New York Times Building

620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Jack S. Bodner

  Michael J. Riella

  Kerry S. Burke

Facsimile: 646 ###-###-####

E-mail: ***@***

    ***@***

    ***@***

 

or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.

 

Section 8.5  Governing Law. This Agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the applicable statute of limitations, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

 

Section 8.6 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Unpaid Company Expenses and AHAC shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Unpaid AHAC Expenses and (b) if the Closing occurs, then AHAC shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Unpaid Company Expenses and all Unpaid AHAC Expenses.

 

Section 8.7  Construction; Interpretation. The term “this Agreement” means this Business Combination Agreement together with the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms hereof. The headings set forth in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No Party, nor its respective counsel, shall be deemed the drafter of this Agreement for purposes of construing the provisions hereof, and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed according to their fair meaning and not strictly for or against any Party. Unless otherwise indicated to the contrary herein by the context or use thereof: (a) the words, “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the Schedules and Exhibits, and not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause set forth in this Agreement; (b) masculine gender shall also include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; (c) words importing the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa; (d) the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) references to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars; (f) the word “or” is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive; (g) the words “writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form; (h) the word “day” means calendar day unless Business Day is expressly specified; (i) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”; (j) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement; (k) the words “provided” or “made available” or words of similar import (regardless of whether capitalized or not) shall mean, when used with reference to documents or other materials required to be provided or made available to AHAC, any documents or other materials posted to the electronic data room located at the Humacyte ShareFile folder maintained by the Company as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at least one (1) day prior to the date of this Agreement; (l) all references to any Law will be to such Law as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or re-enacted from time to time; and (m) all references to any Contract are to such Contract as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (subject to any restrictions on amendments or modifications set forth in this Agreement). If any action under this Agreement is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding Business Day thereafter.

 

 

Section 8.8  Exhibits and Schedules. All Exhibits and Schedules, or documents expressly incorporated into this Agreement, are hereby incorporated into this Agreement and are hereby made a part hereof as if set out in full in this Agreement. The Schedules shall be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered Sections and subsections set forth in this Agreement. Any item disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedules or in the AHAC Disclosure Schedules corresponding to any Section or subsection of Article 3 (in the case of the Company Disclosure Schedules) or Article 4 (in the case of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules) shall be deemed to have been disclosed with respect to every other section and subsection of Article 3 (in the case of the Company Disclosure Schedules) or Article 4 (in the case of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules), as applicable, where the relevance of such disclosure to such other Section or subsection is reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure. The information and disclosures set forth in the Schedules that correspond to the section or subsections of Article 3 or 4 may not be limited to matters required to be disclosed in the Schedules, and any such additional information or disclosure is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily include other matters of a similar nature.

 

Section 8.9  Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party and its successors and permitted assigns and, except as provided in Section 5.14, Section 5.15, the last sentence of this Section 8.9 and Section 8.14, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. The Sponsor shall be an express third-party beneficiary of Section 8.2, Section 8.3, this Section 8.9 and Section 8.13.

 

Section 8.10  Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 8.11  Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document (including any of the closing deliverables contemplated hereby) may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document (including any of the closing deliverables contemplated hereby) by facsimile, e-mail, or scanned pages shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement or any such Ancillary Document.

 

Section 8.12  Knowledge of Company; Knowledge of AHAC. For all purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “to the Company’s knowledge” and “known by the Company” and any derivations thereof shall mean as of the applicable date, the actual knowledge of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules,. For all purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “to AHAC’s knowledge” and “to the knowledge of AHAC” and any derivations thereof shall mean as of the applicable date, the actual knowledge of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(b) of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or Section 8.12(b) of the AHAC Disclosure Schedules shall have any personal Liability or obligations regarding such knowledge.

 

 

Section 8.13  No Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and none of the Representatives of AHAC (including the Sponsor) or the Company (and including the Parties’ stockholders) shall have any Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein.

 

Section 8.14  Extension; Waiver. The Company (prior to the Closing) or the Sponsor (after the Closing) may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the AHAC Parties set forth herein, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the AHAC Parties set forth herein or (c) waive compliance by the AHAC Parties with any of the agreements or conditions set forth herein. AHAC may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the Company set forth herein, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein or (iii) waive compliance by the Company with any of the agreements or conditions set forth herein. Any agreement on the part of any such Party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such Party. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of any Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.

 

Section 8.15  Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO OR ANY FINANCING IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS Section 8.15.

 

 

Section 8.16  Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, a federal court sitting in Wilmington, Delaware), for the purposes of any Proceeding (a) arising under this Agreement or under any Ancillary Document or (b) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Proceeding in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Proceeding (i) arising under this Agreement or under any Ancillary Document or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (A) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this Section 8.16 for any reason, (B) that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any Proceeding commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) that (x) the Proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Proceeding is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. Each Party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to such Party’s respective address set forth in Section 8.4 shall be effective service of process for any such Proceeding.

 

Section 8.17  Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Parties do not perform their respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

 

Section 8.18  Trust Account Waiver. Reference is made to the final prospectus of AHAC, filed with the SEC (File No. 333-240374) on September 18, 2020 (the “Prospectus”). The Company acknowledges and agrees and understands that AHAC has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of AHAC’s public stockholders (including overallotment shares acquired by AHAC’s underwriters, the “Public Stockholders”), and AHAC may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of AHAC entering into this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Representatives that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Company nor any of its Representatives does now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between AHAC or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and, the Company or any of its Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the “Trust Account Released Claims”). The Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any Trust Account Released Claims that it or any of its Representatives may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, or Contracts with AHAC or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of any agreement with AHAC or its Affiliates).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Business Combination Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the day and year first above written.

 

	ALPHA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:	/s/ Rajiv S. Shukla
	Name:	Rajiv S. Shukla
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	HUNTER MERGER SUB, INC.
	By:	/s/ Rajiv S. Shukla
	Name:	Rajiv S. Shukla
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	HUMACYTE, INC.
	By:	/s/ Laura Niklason
	Name:	Laura Niklason
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Business Combination Agreement]

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

INVESTOR RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

THIS INVESTOR RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of [●], 2021, by and among Humacyte, Inc. (f/k/a Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”) and the parties listed as Investors on Schedule I hereto (each, including any person or entity who hereinafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).

 

WHEREAS, Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“AHAC”), Hunter Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) and Humacyte, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hunter”) have entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2021 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into Hunter (the “Merger”), with Hunter surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of AHAC;

 

WHEREAS, AHAC, AHAC Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”), Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Northland Securities Inc. are parties to that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated September 17, 2020 (the “Prior AHAC Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, Hunter is party to that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2018, by and among Hunter and certain investors listed therein (the “Prior Hunter Agreement” and together with the Prior AHAC Agreement, the “Prior Agreements”);

 

WHEREAS, the Sponsor currently holds 2,500,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of AHAC issued by AHAC prior to the consummation of AHAC’s initial public offering (collectively, the “Founder Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, the Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A Common Stock at the time of the initial Business Combination (as defined in the Prior AHAC Agreement) on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, on the terms and conditions provided in the AHAC Certificate of Incorporation;

 

WHEREAS, certain investors (“Hunter Investors”) hold (a) shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Hunter Common Stock”); (b) shares designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (“Hunter Series A Preferred Stock”); (c) shares designated as “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” (“Hunter Series B Preferred Stock”); (d) shares designated as “Series C Convertible Preferred Stock” (“Hunter Series C Preferred Stock”); and (e) shares designated as “Series D Convertible Preferred Stock” (“Hunter Series D Preferred Stock” and together with Hunter Common Stock, Hunter Series A Preferred Stock, Hunter Series B Preferred Stock and Hunter Series C Preferred Stock, the “Hunter Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, the Hunter Shares will be exchanged for Class A Common Stock on or about the date hereof, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement;

 

 

WHEREAS, certain Investors have subscribed to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in the PIPE Financing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) in connection with the consummation of the Merger; and

 

WHEREAS, AHAC and Hunter desire to terminate the Prior Agreements to provide for the terms and conditions included herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS. The following capitalized terms used herein have the following meanings:

 

“Addendum Agreement” is defined in Section 8.2.

 

“Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“AHAC Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., effective as of September 17, 2020.

 

“AHAC Investors” shall mean the investors listed on Schedule I hereto.

 

“Block Trade” means any non-marketed underwritten offering taking the form of a block trade to financial institutions, QIBs or Institutional Accredited Investors, bought deals, over-night deals or similar transactions that do not include “road show” presentations to potential investors requiring marketing effort from management over multiple days.

 

“Business Combination Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

 

“Class A Common Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Closing Date” is defined in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

“Committees” is defined in Section 7.3.

 

“Company” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Company Board” is defined in Section 3.1.1.

 

“Demand Registration” is defined in Section 2.2.1.

 

“Demanding Holder” is defined in Section 2.2.1.

 

 

“Effectiveness Period” is defined in Section 3.1.3.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date” means the date on which the Company shall file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K that includes current “Form 10 information” (within the meaning of Rule 144) reflecting the Company’s status as an entity that is no longer an issuer described in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of Rule 144.

 

“Form S-1” means a Registration Statement on Form S-1.

 

“Form S-3” means a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration that may be available at such time.

 

“Founder Shares” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Hunter Common Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Hunter Investors” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Hunter Series A Preferred Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Hunter Series B Preferred Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Hunter Series C Preferred Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Hunter Series D Preferred Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Hunter Shares” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

“Indemnifying Party” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

“Initiating Holder” is defined in Section 2.1.6.

 

“Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institutional “accredited” investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

“Investor” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Investor Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.1.

 

“Lock-up Period” is defined in Section 6.1.

 

“Maximum Number of Shares” is defined in Section 2.2.4.

 

 

“New Registration Statement” is defined in Section 2.1.4.

 

“New Securities” means all shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Merger.

 

“Notices” is defined in Section 8.3.

 

“Permitted Transferee” means (i) the members of an Investor’s immediate family (for purposes of this Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean with respect to any natural person, any of the following: such person’s spouse, the siblings of such person and his or her spouse, and the direct descendants and ascendants (including adopted and step children and parents) of such person and his or her spouses and siblings); (ii) any trust or family limited liability company or partnership for the direct or indirect benefit of an Investor or the immediate family of an Investor; (iii) if an Investor is a trust, to the trustor or beneficiary of such trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust; (iv) any officer, director, general partner, limited partner, shareholder, member, or owner of similar equity interests in an Investor; or (v) any affiliate of an Investor.

 

“Piggy-Back Registration” is defined in Section 2.3.1.

 

“Prior Agreements” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Prior AHAC Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Prior Hunter Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Pro Rata” is defined in Section 2.2.4.

 

“QIB” means “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

“Registration” means a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

“Registrable Securities” means (i) New Securities and shares of Class A Common Stock issued in the PIPE Financing and (ii) all shares of Class A Common Stock issued to any Investor with respect to such securities referenced in clause (i) by way of any share split, share dividend or other distribution, recapitalization, share exchange, share reconstruction, amalgamation, contractual control arrangement or similar event. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (b) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; or (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.

 

 

“Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their successors, or any registration statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of another entity).

 

“Resale Shelf Registration Statement” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

“Rule 415 Notice” is defined in Section 2.14.

 

“SEC Guidance” is defined in Section 2.1.4.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“Shelf Participant” is defined in Section 2.1.6.

 

“Takedown Demand” is defined in Section 2.16.

 

“Transfer” means to (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to any shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any shares of Class A Common Stock, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction, including the filing of a registration statement specified in clause (i) or (ii), other than a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Transfer shall not be deemed to include any transfer for no consideration if the donee, trustee, heir or other transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms under this Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the Transfer.

 

“Underwriter” means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

“Underwritten Demand Registration” shall mean an underwritten public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration, as amended or supplemented, that is a fully marketed underwritten offering that requires Company management to participate in “road show” presentations to potential investors requiring substantial marketing effort from management over multiple days, the issuance of a “comfort letter” by the Company’s auditors, and the issuance of legal opinions by the Company’s legal counsel.

 

“Underwritten Takedown” shall mean an underwritten public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, that requires the issuance of a “comfort letter” by the Company’s auditors and the issuance of legal opinions by the Company’s legal counsel.

 

 

2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

2.1 Resale Shelf Registration Rights.

 

2.1.1 Registration Statement Covering Resale of Registrable Securities. Provided compliance by the Investors with Section 3.4, the Company shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission, no later than thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or its successor form, or, if the Company is ineligible to use Form S-3, a Registration Statement on Form S-1, for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act registering the resale from time to time by Investors of all of the Registrable Securities then held by such Investors that are not covered by an effective resale registration statement (the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as possible after filing, and in no event later than 90 days after the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is filed with the Commission, and once effective, to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act at all times until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period. In the event that the Company files a Form S-1 pursuant to this Section 2.1, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form S-1 to a Form S-3 promptly after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3. The Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall provide that the Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the Investors. Without limiting the foregoing, subject to any comments from the Commission, each Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.1.1 shall include a “plan of distribution” approved by Hunter Investors holding a majority of the shares held by the Hunter Investors.

 

2.1.2 Notification and Distribution of Materials. The Company shall promptly notify the Investors in writing of the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and shall furnish to them, without charge, such number of copies of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (including any amendments, supplements and exhibits), the prospectus contained therein (including each preliminary prospectus and all related amendments and supplements) and any documents incorporated by reference in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or such other documents as the Investors may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities in the manner described in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.1.3 Amendments and Supplements. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1.1 above, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission from time to time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities during the Effectiveness Period.

 

 

2.1.4 Reduction of Shelf Offering. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2.1, in the event the Commission informs the Company (the “Rule 415 Notice”) that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file an amendment or amendments to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-1, Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff (the “SEC Guidance”), including, without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced on a Pro Rata basis, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Investors must be reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Investors. In the event the Company amends the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-1, Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement. If the Company shall not be able to register for resale all of the Registrable Securities on the Resale Shelf Registration Statement within three (3) months following the date of the Company’s receipt of the Commission’s Notice, then, until such Resale Shelf Registration Statement is effective, each of the Hunter Investors shall be entitled to demand registration rights pursuant to Section 2.2 below as long as the demand request is a proposal to sell Registrable Securities with an aggregate market price at the time of request of not less than $5,000,000 (the “Shelf Demand Right”). Shelf Demand Rights shall not be counted as Demand Registrations under Section 2.2.

 

No Investor shall be named as an “underwriter” in any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2 without the Investor’s prior written consent; provided that if the Commission requests that an Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, then such Investor will have the option, in its sole and absolute discretion, to either (i) have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company, in which case the Company’s obligation to register such Investor’s Registrable Securities shall be deemed satisfied or (ii) be included as such in the Registration Statement. Each Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided to (and shall be subject to the approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, of) the Investors prior to its filing with, or other submission to, the Commission.

 

 

2.1.5 Notice of Certain Events. The Company shall promptly notify the Investors in writing of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to, or additional information in connection with, the Resale Shelf Registration Statement required to be prepared and filed hereunder (or prospectus relating thereto). The Company shall promptly notify each Investor in writing of the filing of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or any prospectus, amendment or supplement related thereto or any post-effective amendment to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment.

 

2.1.6 Underwritten Takedown. If the Company shall receive a request (a “Takedown Demand”) from the (i) holders of Registrable Securities with an estimated market value of at least $5,000,000 or (ii) the holders of Registrable Securities registered under the Resale Shelf Registration Statement that own in the aggregate at least 5% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock requesting a registration of at least $5,000,000 (either an “Initiating Holder”) that the Company effect an Underwritten Takedown of all or any portion of the requesting holder’s Registrable Securities covered under the Resale Registration Statement, then the Company shall give (x) in connection with any non-marketed underwritten takedown offering (other than a Block Trade), at least two (2) Business Days’ notice of such Takedown Demand to each holder of Registrable Securities (other than the Initiating Holder) that is a participant in the Resale Registration Statement (“Shelf Participant”), (y) in connection with any Block Trade initiated, notice of such Underwritten Takedown to each holder of Registrable Securities (other than the Initiating Holder) that is a Shelf Participant no later than noon Eastern time on the Business Day prior to the requested Underwritten Takedown and (z) in connection with any marketed Underwritten Takedown, at least five (5) Business Days’ notice of such Underwritten Takedown to each holder of Registrable Securities (other than the Initiating Holder) that is a Shelf Participant. In connection with (x) any non-marketed Underwritten Takedown initiated and (y) any marketed Underwritten Takedown, if any Shelf Participants entitled to receive a notice pursuant to the preceding sentence request inclusion of their Registrable Securities covered by the Resale Registration Statement (by written notice to the Company, which notice must be received by the Company no later than (A) in the case of a non-marketed Underwritten Takedown (other than a Block Trade), the Business Day following the date notice is given to such participant, (B) in the case of a Block Trade, by 10:00 p.m. Eastern time on the date notice is given to such participant and (C) in the case of a marketed Underwritten Takedown, three (3) Business Days following the date notice is given to such participant), the Initiating Holder and the other Shelf Participants that request inclusion of their Registrable Securities shall be entitled to sell their Registrable Securities in such offering. Thereupon the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as expeditiously as possible, the offering in such Underwritten Takedown of:

 

(i) subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.2.4, all Registrable Securities for which the Initiating Holder has requested such offering under Section 2.1.6, and

 

(ii) subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.2.4, all other Registrable Securities that any holders of Registrable Securities covered under the Resale Registration Statement have requested the Company to offer by request received by the Company in the requisite time period, all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities so to be offered.

 

 

(a) Promptly after the expiration of the relevant time period, the Company will promptly notify all selling holders of the identities of the other selling holders and the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included therein.

 

(b) the Company shall only be required to effectuate within any twelve (12) month period: one Underwritten Takedown by each of (A) the AHAC Investors, collectively, and (B) Hunter Investors, collectively.

 

2.1.7 Block Trade. If the Company shall receive a request from the holders of Registrable Securities with an estimated market value of at least $10,000,000 that the Company effect the sale of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities in a Block Trade, then the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible, initiate the offering in such Block Trade of the Registrable Securities for which such requesting holder has requested such offering under Section 2.1.7.

 

2.1.8 Selection of Underwriters. The Initiating Holder(s) shall have the right to select an Underwriter or Underwriters in connection with such Underwritten Takedown, which Underwriter or Underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In connection with an Underwritten Takedown, the Company shall enter into customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Takedown, including, if necessary, the engagement of a “qualified independent underwriter” in connection with the qualification of the underwriting arrangements with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

2.1.9 Underwritten Takedowns effected pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.2.

 

2.2 Demand Registration.

 

2.2.1 Request for Registration. At any time and from time to time after the expiration of any lock-up to which an Investor’s shares are subject, if any, provided compliance by the Investors with Section 3.4, and provided further there is not an effective Resale Shelf Registration Statement available for the resale of all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 (and subject to the right of holders to effect Underwritten Takedowns under Section 2.1), (i) AHAC Investors who hold a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all AHAC Investors or (iii) Hunter Investors who hold either (A) in the aggregate 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock or (B) a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Hunter Investors, as the case may be, may make a written demand for Registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of their Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or any similar long-form Registration or, if then available, on Form S-3. Each registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.2.1 is referred to herein as a “Demand Registration”. Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify the number of shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Company will notify all Investors that are holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and each such holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a “Demanding Holder”) shall so notify the Company within five (5) days after the receipt by the holder of the notice from the Company. Upon any such request, the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.2.4 and the provisos set forth in Section 3.1.1. The Company shall not be obligated to effect: (a) more than one (1) Demand Registration during any twelve-month period (not including any Underwritten Takedown); (b) any Demand Registration at any time there is an effective Resale Shelf Registration Statement on file with the Commission pursuant to Section 2.1 that is not subject to a reduction of registered shares under Section 2.1.4 (and subject to the obligation to effect Underwritten Takedowns as set forth in Section 2.1); or (c) more than three (3) Underwritten Demand Registrations in respect of all Registrable Securities held by AHAC Investors.

 

 

2.2.2 Effective Registration. A Registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter elect to continue the offering; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to file a second Registration Statement until a Registration Statement that has been filed is counted as a Demand Registration or is terminated.

 

2.2.3 Underwritten Demand Registration. If the Demanding Holders so elect and such holders so advise the Company as part of their written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an Underwritten Demand Registration. In such event, the right of any holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such underwriting by the holders initiating the Demand Registration, and subject to the approval of the Company. The parties agree that, in order to be effected, any Underwritten Demand Registration must result in aggregate proceeds to the selling shareholders of at least $5,000,000.

 

 

2.2.4 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Underwritten Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the Demanding Holders in writing that, in such Underwriter’s or Underwriters’ opinion, the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities which the Company desires to sell and the shares of Class A Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other shareholders of the Company who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Shares”), then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance with the number of shares that each such person has requested be included in such registration, regardless of the number of shares held by each such person (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), any shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, as to which “piggy-back” registration has been requested by the holders thereof that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

2.2.5 Withdrawal. A Demanding Holder shall have the right to withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in an Underwritten Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 for any reason or no reason whatsoever upon written notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters of its intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Demand Registration prior to the pricing of such Underwritten Demand Registration; provided, however, that such withdrawn amount shall still be considered an Underwritten Demand Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the registration expenses incurred in connection with an Underwritten Demand Registration prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.2.5.

 

2.3 Piggy-Back Registration.

 

2.3.1 Piggy-Back Rights. If the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for shareholders of the Company for their account (or by the Company and by shareholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option, employee stock purchase, or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, (v) effected pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is addressed in and subject to the rights set forth therein), then the Company shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders of Registrable Securities with respect to shares not subject to any lock-up, as soon as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the holders of Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares of Registrable Securities as such holders may request in writing within five (5) days following receipt of such notice (a “Piggy-Back Registration”). The foregoing rights shall not be available to any Investor at such time as (i) there is an effective Resale Shelf Registration Statement available for the resale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is addressed in and subject to the rights set forth in, Section 2.1 and 2.2 hereof) and there was no reduction in registered shares as set forth in Section 2.1.4 or (ii) such Registration is solely to be used for the offering of securities by the Company for its own account. The Company shall cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration, provided compliance by the Investors with Section 3.4, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All holders of Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration.

 

2.3.2 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Class A Common Stock which the Company desires to sell, taken together with shares of Class A Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other than the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder and the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.3, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in any such registration:

 

(a) If the registration is undertaken for the Company’s account: (A) first, the shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities, if any, comprised of Registrable Securities, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares, Pro Rata; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and

 

 

(b) If the registration is a “demand” registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than either the holders of Registrable Securities or the Company (other than as provided in Section 2.2 which, for the avoidance of doubt, is addressed in and subject to the rights set forth in, Section 2.2 hereof), (A) first, the shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities for the account of the demanding persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities, if any, comprised of Registrable Securities, Pro Rata, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

2.3.3 Withdrawal. Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such holder’s request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, if such offering is pursuant to a Demand Registration, or prior to the public announcement of the offering, if such offering is pursuant to an Underwritten Takedown. The Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of Registrable Securities in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3.

 

2.3.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section 2.2 hereof.

 

3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.

 

3.1 Filings; Information. Whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof as expeditiously as reasonably possible, and in connection with any such request:

 

 

3.1.1 Filing Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, as expeditiously as possible after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on any form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep it effective for the Effectiveness Period; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration for up to sixty (60) days, and any Piggy-Back Registration for such period as may be applicable to deferment of any Demand Registration to which such Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Company shall furnish to the holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”), it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time; provided, further, however, that the Company shall not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso for more than a total of ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, or more than one hundred twenty (120) total calendar days in any 365-day period.

 

3.1.2 Copies. The Company shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case, including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus), and such other documents as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration or legal counsel for any such holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such holders.

 

3.1.3 Amendments and Supplements. The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until the date on which all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or such securities have been withdrawn (the “Effectiveness Period”).

 

3.1.4 Notification. After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly, and in no event more than two (2) Business Days after such filing, notify the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further notify such holders promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within two (2) Business Days of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order (and the Company shall take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information or of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and promptly make available to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement any such supplement or amendment; except that before filing with the Commission a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall furnish to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and to the legal counsel for any such holders, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such holders and legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such documents and comment thereon.

 

 

3.1.5 Securities Laws Compliance. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction.

 

3.1.6 Agreements for Disposition. The Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The representations, warranties and covenants of the Company in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement, and the representations, warranties and covenants of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the Company.

 

3.1.7 Comfort Letter. In the event of an Underwritten Takedown or an Underwritten Demand Registration, the Company shall obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an underwritten offering, and a customary “bring-down” thereof, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters, as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating holders.

 

3.1.8 Opinions and Negative Assurance Letters. In the event of an Underwritten Takedown or an Underwritten Demand Registration, on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to any Registration, the Company shall obtain an opinion and negative assurances letter, each dated such date, of one (1) counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, including an opinion of local counsel if applicable, addressed to the holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to such Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the participating holders.

 

 

3.1.9 Cooperation. The principal executive officer of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company, the principal accounting officer of the Company and all other officers and members of the management of the Company shall cooperate fully in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to such offering, the preparation of a comfort letter, if applicable, and all other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with Underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential investors.

 

3.1.10 Transfer Agent. The Company shall provide and maintain a transfer agent and registrar for the Registrable Securities.

 

3.1.11 Records. Upon execution of confidentiality agreements, the Company shall make available for inspection by the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any of them in connection with such Registration Statement.

 

3.1.12 Earnings Statement. The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Securities Act, and make available to its shareholders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of twelve (12) months, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.

 

3.1.13 Road Show. If an offering pursuant to this Agreement is conducted as an Underwritten Takedown or Underwritten Demand Registration and involves Registrable Securities with an aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts) is expected to exceed $10,000,000, the Company shall use its best efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in such offering.

 

3.1.14 Listing. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement to be listed on such exchanges or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or designated.

 

 

3.2 Obligation to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.1.4(iv), or, upon any suspension by the Company, pursuant to a good faith reasonable determination of the board of directors of the Company that the offer or sale of Registrable Securities would require the Company to disclose any material nonpublic information which would reasonably be likely to be detrimental to the Company and its subsidiaries, each holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall immediately discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such holder receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of “insiders” to transact in the Company’s securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by the Company, each such holder will deliver to the Company or destroy all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holder’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. The foregoing right to delay or suspend may be exercised by the Company only once for no longer than sixty (60) days in any consecutive 12-month period.

 

3.3 Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Resale Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1, any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.2.1, any Underwritten Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1.6, any Block Trade pursuant to Section 2.1.7 (other than expenses set forth below in clause (ix) of this Section 3.3), any Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.3, and all expenses incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv) the Company’s internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section 3.1.12; (vi) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fees; (vii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company; (viii) the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration; and (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses of one legal counsel selected by the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in such registration not to exceed $35,000. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts or selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling commissions shall be borne by such holders, but the Company shall pay any underwriting discounts or selling commissions attributable to the securities it sells for its own account.

 

3.4 Information. The holders of Registrable Securities shall promptly provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act and in connection with the Company’s obligation to comply with Federal and applicable state securities laws.

 

 

3.5 Other Obligations.

 

3.5.1 At any time and from time to time after the expiration of any lock-up to which such shares are subject, if any, in connection with a sale or transfer of Registrable Securities exempt from registration under the Securities Act or through any broker-dealer transactions described in the plan of distribution set forth within any prospectus and pursuant to the Registration Statement of which such prospectus forms a part, the Company shall, subject to the receipt of customary documentation required from the applicable holders in connection therewith, (i) promptly instruct its transfer agent to remove any restrictive legends applicable to the Registrable Securities being sold or transferred and (ii) cause its legal counsel to deliver the necessary legal opinions, if any, to the transfer agent in connection with the instruction under subclause (i). In addition, the Company shall cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by such holders in connection with the aforementioned sales or transfers.

 

3.5.2 The stock certificates evidencing the Registrable Securities (and/or book entries representing the Registrable Securities) held by each Investor shall not contain or be subject to any legend restricting the transfer thereof (and the Registrable Securities shall not be subject to any stop transfer or similar instructions or notations): (A) while a Registration Statement covering the sale or resale of such securities is effective under the Securities Act, or (B) if such Investor provides customary paperwork to the effect that it has sold such shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (C) if such Registrable Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144(b)(1) as set forth in customary non-affiliate paperwork provided by such Investor, or (D) if at any time on or after the date that is one year after the Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date such Investor certifies that it is not an affiliate of the Company and that such Investor’s holding period for purposes of Rule 144 in respect of such Registrable Securities is at least six (6) months, or (E) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) as determined in good faith by counsel to the Company or set forth in a legal opinion delivered by nationally recognized counsel to the Investor (collectively, the “Unrestricted Conditions”). The Company agrees that following the date that the Resale Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission (the “Registration Date”) or at such time as any of the Unrestricted Conditions is met or such legend is otherwise no longer required it will, no later than two (2) Business Days following the delivery by an Investor to the Company or its transfer agent of a certificate representing any Registrable Securities, issued with a restrictive legend, (or, in the case of Registrable Securities represented by book entries, delivery by an Investor to the Company or its transfer agent of a legend removal request) deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor a certificate or, at the request of such Investor, deliver or cause to be delivered such Registrable Securities to such Investor by crediting the account of such Investor’s prime broker with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (DWAC) system, in each case, free from all restrictive and other legends and stop transfer or similar instructions or notations. If any of the Unrestricted Conditions is met at the time of issuance of any Registrable Securities (e.g., upon exercise of warrants), then such securities shall be issued free of all legends. Each Investor shall have the right to pursue any remedies available to it hereunder, or otherwise at law or in equity, including a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief, with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Class A Common Stock without legend as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

 

3.5.3 As long as Registrable Securities remain outstanding the Company shall (a) cause the Class A Common Stock to be eligible for clearing through DTC, through its DWAC system; (b) be eligible and participating in the Direct Registration System (DRS) of DTC with respect to the Class A Common Stock; (c) ensure that the transfer agent for the Class A Common Stock is a participant in, and that the Class A Common Stock is eligible for transfer pursuant to, DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (or successor thereto); and (d) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Class A Common Stock to not at any time be subject to any DTC “chill,” “freeze” or similar restriction with respect to any DTC services, including the clearing of shares of Common Stock through DTC, and, in the event the Class A Common Stock becomes subject to any DTC “chill,” “freeze” or similar restriction with respect to any DTC services, use its reasonable best efforts to cause any such “chill,” “freeze” or similar restriction to be removed at the earliest possible time.

 

4. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.

 

4.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls an Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “Investor Indemnified Party”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein or to the extent relates to any selling holder’s or failure to sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the prospectus.

 

4.2 Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities. Each selling holder of Registrable Securities will, in the event that any Registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any Registrable Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers, and each other selling holder and each other person, if any, who controls another selling holder within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made expressly in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent it relates to any selling holder’s or failure to sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the prospectus, and shall reimburse the Company, its directors and officers, and each other selling holder or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Each selling holder’s indemnification obligations hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net proceeds actually received by such selling holder.

 

 

4.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any person of any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability or any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder, notify such other person (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the loss, claim, judgment, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the failure by the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. If the Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification with respect to any claim or action brought against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such claim or action, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume control of the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that in any action in which both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are named as defendants, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but no more than one such separate counsel, which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnifying Party) to represent the Indemnified Party and its controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written opinion of counsel of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim or proceeding.

 

 

4.4 Contribution.

 

4.4.1 If the indemnification provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

4.4.2 The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 4.4.1.

 

4.4.3 The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such holder from the sale of Registrable Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

5. UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION.

 

5.1 Rule 144. The Company covenants that it shall timely file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further action as the holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon reasonable prior written request, the Company shall deliver to the Investors a customary written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

 

6. LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS.

 

6.1 Investor Lock-Up. Each Investor agrees that it shall not Transfer any shares of Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for shares of Class A Common Stock (including New Securities) for a period of one year following the Closing Date (the “Lock-Up Period”); provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any shares of Class A Common Stock purchased by an Investor in the PIPE Financing; provided, further, that if the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq, or any other national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then traded, as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. is greater than or equal to fifteen dollars ($15.00) over any twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period following the Closing Date, then, commencing at least 180 days after the Closing Date, the Lock-Up Period shall be deemed to have expired with respect to 50% of the shares of each Investor’s Class A Common Stock subject thereto. The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude each Investor during the Lock-up Period from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of such Investor’s shares of Class A Common Stock even if such shares of Class A Common Stock would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions during the Lock-up Period would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any of the Investor’s shares of Class A Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such shares of Class A Common Stock. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to Transfers made: (i) pursuant to a bona fide gift or charitable contribution; (ii) by will or intestate succession upon the death of an Investor; (iii) to any Permitted Transferee; (iv) pursuant to a court order or settlement agreement related to the distribution of assets in connection with the dissolution of marriage or civil union; or (v) in the event of the Company’s completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of its shareholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A Common Stock for cash, securities or other property; provided that in the case of (i) or (iii), the recipient of such Transfer must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 6.1.

 

7. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

7.1 Directors. At each annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Company, the AHAC Investors shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate for election as a director of the Company, and the Company Board (including any Committee thereof) shall nominate (and recommend for election and include such recommendation in a timely manner in any proxy statement, consent solicitation or other applicable announcement to the Company’s shareholders) one individual to serve on the Company Board; provided, however, that if at any time the AHAC Investors collectively own less than 5.0% of the shares of Class A Common Stock then outstanding (as adjusted for any share split, share dividend or other share recapitalization, share exchange or other event), the rights of the AHAC Investors and obligations of the Company Board under this Section 7.1 shall terminate.

 

 

7.2 Director Vacancies. Each Investor agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all shares of Class A Common Stock owned by such Investor, or over which such Investor has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that: (a) no director elected pursuant to Section 7.1 may be removed from office, unless: (i) such removal is directed or approved by the affirmative vote of the AHAC Investors entitled under Section 7.1 to designate such director; or (ii) the AHAC Investors are no longer entitled to designate directors to the Company Board pursuant to Section 7.1; and (b) any vacancies created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be filled pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7. The Company and the Company Board shall take all actions necessary to fill such vacancy with such replacement director promptly upon written notice to the Company of the name of such replacement director by the AHAC Investors entitled under Section 7.1 to designate such director.

 

7.3 Director Indemnification. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the request of any director designated pursuant to Section 7.1, the Company shall enter into an indemnification agreement with the director, in the form entered into with the other members of the Company Board or, if not entered into by other members of the Company Board, a customary form. The Company shall pay the reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such director related to his or her service to the Company, including attending meetings of the Company Board or any Committee or sub-Committee thereof or events attended on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries at the Company’s request. For so long as a director designated pursuant to Section 7.1 serves as a director of the Company, the Company shall not amend, alter or repeal any right to indemnification or exculpation covering or benefiting any director designated pursuant to Section 7.1 as and to the extent consistent with applicable law, including but not limited to under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (except to the extent such amendment or alteration permits the Company to provide broader indemnification or exculpation rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto). The Company shall (i) purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in an amount determined by the Company Board to be reasonable and customary and (ii) for so long as any director designated pursuant to Section 7.1 serves as a director of the Company Board, maintain such coverage with respect to such director; provided that upon removal or resignation of such director for any reason, the Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to extend such directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for a period of not less than six (6) years from any such event in respect of any act or omission occurring at or prior to such event.

 

8. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

8.1 Other Registration Rights and Arrangements. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than a holder of the Registrable Securities and the investors of the PIPE Financing has any right to require the Company to register any of the Company’s capital stock for sale or to include the Company’s capital stock in any registration filed by the Company for the sale of capital stock for its own account or for the account of any other person. The parties hereby terminate the Prior Agreements, each of which shall be of no further force and effect and is hereby superseded and replaced in its entirety by this Agreement. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement and in the event of any conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

 

8.2 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be freely assigned or delegated by such holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction with and to the extent of any permitted transfer of Registrable Securities by any such holder to a Permitted Transferee. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the holders of Registrable Securities and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Section 4 and this Section 8.2. The rights of a holder of Registrable Securities under this Agreement may be transferred by such a holder to a transferee who acquires or holds Registrable Securities; provided, however, that such transferee has executed and delivered to the Company a properly completed agreement to be bound by the terms of this Agreement substantially in form attached hereto as Exhibit A (an “Addendum Agreement”), and the transferor shall have delivered to the Company no later than thirty (30) days following the date of the transfer, written notification of such transfer setting forth the name of the transferor, the name and address of the transferee, and the number of Registrable Securities so transferred. The execution of an Addendum Agreement shall constitute a permitted amendment of this Agreement.

 

8.3 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects an Investor, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from other Investors (in such capacity) shall require the consent of such Investor so affected. No course of dealing between any Investor or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of an Investor or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Investor or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

 

8.4 Term. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the tenth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (ii) the date as of which there shall be no Registrable Securities outstanding; provided further that with respect to any Investor, such Investor will have no rights under this Agreement and all obligations of the Company to such Investor under this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (x) the date at least one year after the date hereof that such Investor ceases to hold at least 1 % of the Registrable Securities outstanding on the date hereof or (y) if such Investor is a director or an executive officer of the Company, the date such Investor no longer serves as a director or an executive officer of the Company; provided, however, that such termination as to an Investors shall not apply to the following provisions until such Investor no longer holds any Registrable Securities: Sections 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.10, 3.1.12, 3.1.14, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 7.3, 8.3, 8.5 and Articles IV and V. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the piggy-back registration rights provided for in Section 2.3 of this Agreement shall terminate no later than the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement.

 

 

8.5 Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively, “Notices”) required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally served, delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or transmitted by facsimile or email, addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Notice shall be deemed given (i) on the date of service or transmission if personally served or transmitted by email, telegram, telex or facsimile; provided, that if such service or transmission is not on a Business Day or is after normal business hours, then such notice shall be deemed given on the next Business Day or (ii) one Business Day after being deposited with a reputable courier service with an order for next-day delivery, to the parties as follows:

 

If to the Company:

 

Humacyte
2525 E NC Highway 54
Durham, NC 27713
Attn: Laura Niklason
Email:                    

 

with a copy to:

 

Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956
Attn: Kerry Shannon Burke
Email: ***@***

 

If to AHAC:

 

1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor

New York, NY 10036
Attn: Rajiv Shukla
Email:                    

 

with a copy to:

 

Goodwin Procter LLP
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Attn: Jocelyn Arel

Thomas Levato

Michael R. Patrone

Laurie A. Burlingame
Facsimile: (212) 355-3333
Email: ***@***

***@***

***@***

***@***

 

If to an Investor, to the address set forth under such Investor’s signature to this Agreement or to such Investor’s address as found in the Company’s books and records.

 

8.6 Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible that is valid and enforceable.

 

8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

8.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether oral or written, including, without limitation the Prior Agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Investor Rights and Lock-Up Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

 

	HUMACYTE, INC.
	By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement

  

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Investor Rights and Lock Up Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

 

	INVESTORS:

 

Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Addendum Agreement

 

This Addendum Agreement (“Addendum Agreement”) is executed on __________________, 20___, by the undersigned (the “New Holder”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Investor Rights and Lock-Up Agreement dated as of [●], 2021 (the “Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Investors identified therein, as such Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Addendum Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. By the execution of this Addendum Agreement, the New Holder agrees as follows:

 

1. Acknowledgment. New Holder acknowledges that New Holder is acquiring certain shares of common stock of the Company (the “Class A Common Stock”) as a transferee of such shares of Class A Common Stock from a party in such party’s capacity as a holder of Registrable Securities under the Agreement, and after such transfer, New Holder shall be considered an “Investor” and a holder of Registrable Securities for all purposes under the Agreement.

 

2. Agreement. New Holder hereby (a) agrees that the shares of Class A Common Stock shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Agreement and (b) adopts the Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Holder were originally a party thereto.

 

3. Notice. Any notice required or permitted by the Agreement shall be given to New Holder at the address or facsimile number listed below New Holder’s signature below.

 

NEW HOLDER:			ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
Print Name:			HUMACYTE, INC.
By:			By:
				Name:
				Title:

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 17, 2021, is made by and among AHAC Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), the other holders of Class B common stock par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”) of Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., set forth on Schedule I hereto (the “Other Class B Holders”, and together with the Sponsor, collectively, the “Class B Holders,” each of which owns the Subject AHAC Equity Securities (as defined below) indicated opposite such Holder’s name on Schedule I hereto), Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“AHAC”), and Humacyte, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Hunter”). The Sponsor, the Other Class B Holders, AHAC and Hunter shall be referred to herein from time to time collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, AHAC, Hunter and Hunter Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Business Combination Agreement contemplates that the Parties will enter into this Agreement concurrently with the entry into the Business Combination Agreement by the parties thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, the Class B Holders will vote in favor of approval of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Agreement to Vote.  For so long as this Agreement is in effect, each Class B Holder hereby agrees to vote at any meeting of the stockholders of AHAC, and in any action by written resolution of the stockholders of AHAC, all of such Class B Holder’s shares of Class B Common Stock (together with any other Equity Securities of AHAC that such Class B Holder holds of record or beneficially, as of the date of this Agreement, or of which such Class B Holder acquires record or beneficial ownership after the date hereof, collectively, the “Subject AHAC Equity Securities”) in favor of the Required Transaction Proposals, and against any proposal that conflicts or materially impedes or interferes with any Required Transaction Proposals, including any AHAC Acquisition Proposal, or that would adversely affect or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement. Each Class B Holder shall validly execute and deliver to AHAC, on (or effective as of) the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is disseminated by AHAC to AHAC’s stockholders (following the date that the Registration Statement becomes effective), a properly completed voting proxy in the form distributed by or on behalf of AHAC in favor of the Required Transaction Proposals.

 

 

2. Waivers.

 

a. Each Class B Holder hereby waives, subject to, and conditioned upon, the occurrence of the Closing (for himself, herself or itself and for his, her or its, successors, heirs and assigns), to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Governing Documents of AHAC, and agrees not to assert or perfect, any rights to adjustment or other anti-dilution protections with respect to the rate that the shares of Class B Common Stock held by him, her or it convert into shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

 

b. Each Class B Holder hereby waives any and all Redemption Rights in respect to the Required Transaction Proposals, and shall not elect to cause AHAC to redeem any Subject AHAC Equity Securities beneficially owned or owned of record by such Class B Holder in connection with the Required Transaction Proposals.

 

c. Each Class B Holder hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distribution of the Trust Account with respect to the Subject AHAC Equity Securities.

 

3. Transfer of Shares.

 

a. Each Class B Holder hereby agrees that he, she or it shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, assign, transfer (including by operation of law), place a lien on, pledge, dispose of or otherwise encumber any of his, her or its Subject AHAC Equity Securities or otherwise agree to do any of the foregoing (each, a “Transfer”), (ii) deposit any of his, her or its Subject AHAC Equity Securities into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of his, her or its Subject AHAC Equity Securities that conflicts with any of the covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, (iii) enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or undertaking with respect to the direct or indirect sale, assignment, transfer (including by operation of law) or other disposition of any of his, her or its Subject AHAC Equity Securities, (iv) engage in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to, or which would (either alone or in connection with one or more events or developments (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)), result in a sale or disposition of his, her or its Subject AHAC Equity Securities even if such Subject AHAC Equity Securities would be disposed of by a person other than such Class B Holder or (v) take any action that would have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the performance of his, her or its obligations hereunder; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any Transfer (A) to AHAC’s officers or directors, any affiliates or family member of any of AHAC’s officers or directors, any members or partners of the Sponsor or their affiliates, any affiliates of the Sponsor, or any employees of such affiliates; (B) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of one of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization; (C) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (D) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (E) by private sales or transfers made in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement; and (F) by virtue of the Sponsor’s organizational documents upon liquidation or dissolution of the Sponsor; provided, that any transferee of any Transfer of the type set forth in clauses (A) through (F) must enter into a written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Hunter agreeing to be bound by this Agreement prior to the occurrence of such Transfer.

 

 

b. In furtherance of the foregoing, AHAC hereby agrees to (i) place a revocable stop order on all Subject AHAC Equity Securities subject to Section 3(a), including those which may be covered by a registration statement, and (ii) notify AHAC’s transfer agent in writing of such stop order and the restrictions on such Subject AHAC Equity Securities under Section 3(a) and direct AHAC’s transfer agent not to process any attempts by the Class B Holder to Transfer any Subject AHAC Equity Securities except in compliance with Section 3(a); for the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of AHAC under this Section 3(b) shall be deemed to be satisfied by the existence of any similar stop order and restrictions currently existing on the Subject AHAC Equity Securities.

 

4. Other Covenants. Each Class B Holder hereby agrees to be bound by and subject to (i) Sections 5.3(a) (Confidentiality and Access to Information) and 5.4(a) (Public Announcements) of the Business Combination Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the parties to the Business Combination Agreement, as if such Class B Holder is directly a party thereto, and (ii) Section 5.6(c) (Exclusive Dealing) of the Business Combination Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to AHAC as if such Class B Holder is directly party thereto.

 

5. Termination of AHAC Class B Common Stock Lock-up Period. 

 

a. Each Class B Holder and AHAC hereby agree that effective as of the consummation of the Closing (and not before), Section 3 of that certain Letter Agreement, dated September 17, 2020, by and among AHAC, the Class B Holders and certain other parties thereto (the “Class B Holder Agreement”), shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“3.    Reserved.”

 

b. Each Class B Holder and AHAC hereby agree that effective as of the consummation of the Closing (and not before), Section 7 of the Class B Holder Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“7.    Reserved.”

 

The amendment and restatement of the Class B Holder Agreement set forth in this Section 5 shall be void and of no force and effect if the Business Combination Agreement shall be terminated for any reason in accordance with its terms.

 

6. Termination.  This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, and be void ab initio upon the earlier of (a) the Effective Time; and (b) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms.  Upon termination of this Agreement as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or Liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6(b) shall not affect any Liability on the part of any Party for a Willful Breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or Fraud, (ii) Sections 2, 5 and 10 (solely to the extent related to the foregoing Sections 2 or 5) shall each survive the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6(a), and (iii) Sections 7, 8, 9 and 10 (solely to the extent related to the following Sections 7 or 9) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Section 6, (x) “Willful Breach” means an intentional and willful breach, or an intentional and willful failure to perform, in each case that is the consequence of an act or omission by a Party with the knowledge that the taking of such act or failure to take such act would cause a breach of this Agreement and (y) “Fraud” means an act or omission by a Party consisting of a false or incorrect representation or warranty expressly set forth in this Agreement with the intent that another Party rely on such representations and warranties, coupled with such other Party’s detrimental reliance on such representations and warranties under circumstances that constitute common law fraud under the Laws of the State of Delaware. For the avoidance of doubt, “Fraud” does not include any claim for equitable fraud, promissory fraud, unfair dealings fraud, or any torts based on negligence or recklessness.

 

 

7. No Recourse.  Except for claims pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document by any party(ies) thereto against any other party(ies) thereto, each Party agrees that (a) this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and no claims of any nature whatsoever (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising under or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be asserted against any non-party affiliate of Hunter or AHAC, as applicable (other than the Class B Holders named as parties hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein), and (b) none of Hunter’s non-party affiliates or AHAC’s non-party affiliates (other than the Class B Holders named as parties hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein) shall have any Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished in connection with this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

8. Fiduciary Duties.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) each Class B Holder makes no agreement or understanding herein in any capacity other than in such Class B Holder’s capacity as a record holder and beneficial owner of the Subject AHAC Equity Securities, and not, in the case of each Other Class B Holder in such Other Class B Holder’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of any AHAC Party, and (b) nothing herein will be construed to limit or affect any action or inaction by each Other Class B Holder or any representative of the Sponsor serving  as a member of the board of directors (or other similar governing body) of any AHAC Party or as an officer, employee or fiduciary of any AHAC Party, in each case, acting in such person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or fiduciary of such AHAC Party.

 

9. No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement shall be for the sole benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not intended, nor shall be construed, to give any Person, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever in connection with the matters governed by this Agreement.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the Parties, partners or participants in a joint venture.

 

10. Incorporation by Reference. Sections 8.1 (Non-Survival), 8.2 (Entire Agreement; Assignment), 8.3 (Amendment), 8.4 (Notices; provided that notices to a Class B Holder shall be sent to the address or facsimile number set forth opposite such Class B Holder’s name on Schedule I hereto) 8.5 (Governing Law), 8.7 (Construction; Interpretation), 8.10 (Severability), 8.11 (Counterparts; Electronic Signatures), 8.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 8.16 (Submission to Jurisdiction) and 8.17 (Remedies) of the Business Combination Agreement are incorporated herein and shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis.

 

[signature page follows]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the day and year first above written.

 

	ALPHA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:
		Name:	Rajiv S. Shukla
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	HUMACYTE, INC.
	By:
		Name:	Laura Niklason
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

	CLASS B HOLDERS:
	AHAC SPONSOR LLC
	By:
		Name: Rajiv S. Shukla
		Title: Chief Executive Officer
		Terrance L. Carlson
		Brian Robertson
		Bruce A. Springer
		Kevin Xie

 

[Signature Page to Sponsor Support Agreement]

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

Class B Holders

 

Holder		Class A Shares Held		Class B Shares Held		Address for Notices
AHAC Sponsor LLC		305,000		2,775,000		c/o Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp. 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor New York, New York 10036
Terrance L. Carlson		-		25,000		c/o Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp. 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor New York, New York 10036
Brian Robertson		-		25,000		c/o Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp. 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor New York, New York 10036
Bruce A. Springer		-		25,000		c/o Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp. 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor New York, New York 10036
Kevin Xie		-		25,000		c/o Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp. 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor New York, New York 10036

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This Support Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 17, 2021, is among Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and each of the undersigned holders (together with each such holder who executes a signature page to this Agreement after the date hereof, the “Holders”) of capital stock of Humacyte, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Each of Parent and the Holders may hereinafter be referred to as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Parent, Hunter Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and the Company have entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as such agreement may be amended from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, each Holder beneficially owns (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), and has sole voting power with respect to the number and type of the Company Shares indicated opposite such Holder’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto (or, in the case of any Holder who executes a signature page to this Agreement after the date hereof, attached to such Holder’s signature page) (as used herein, the term “Shares” means all the Company Shares held by the Holders);

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is a material inducement to Parent’s and Merger Sub’s willingness to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger; and

 

WHEREAS, all capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent and the Holders agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Agreement to Vote Shares.

 

(a) Each Holder agrees that, unless the Expiration Date has occurred, it shall validly execute and deliver to the Company, on (or effective as of) the second (2nd) Business Day following the date that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is disseminated by the Company to the Company’s stockholders (following the date that the Registration Statement becomes effective), a written consent approving the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger, and any other matters necessary or reasonably requested by the Company for consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement in respect of such Holder’s Company Shares. In addition, unless the Expiration Date has occurred, each Holder irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that at any meeting of the holders of Company Shares, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in connection with any written consent of the holders of Company Shares, with respect to the Business Combination Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, such Holder shall:

 

(i) appear at any such meeting or otherwise cause the Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum; and

 

 

(ii) vote (or cause to be voted) (i) in favor of adoption and approval of the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger, and any other matters necessary or reasonably requested by the Company for consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and (ii) against any proposal that conflicts or materially impedes or interferes therewith, including any Company Acquisition Proposal, or would adversely affect or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

 

(b) Without limiting any other rights or remedies of Parent, each Holder hereby irrevocably appoints Parent or any individual designated by Parent as such Holder’s agent, attorney-in-fact and proxy (with full power of substitution and resubstituting), for and in the name, place and stead of such Holder, up to the Expiration Date, to attend on behalf of such Holder any meeting of the Company Stockholders with respect to the matters described in Section 1(a)(ii), to include the Company Shares held by such Holder in any computation for purposes of establishing a quorum at any such meeting of the Company Stockholders, to vote (or cause to be voted) such Company Shares or consent (or withhold consent) with respect to any of the matters described in Section 1(a)(ii) in connection with any meeting of the Company Stockholders or any action by written consent by the Company Stockholders (including the Company Stockholder Written Consent), in each case, only in the event and to the extent that the Holder fails to timely perform or otherwise comply with the covenants, agreements or obligations set forth in Section 1(a). The proxyholder may not exercise the proxy granted pursuant to this Section 1(b) on any matter except those provided in Section 1(a), and each Holder may vote its, his or her Company Shares on all other matters, subject to the other applicable covenants, agreements and obligations set forth in this Agreement.

 

(c) The proxy granted by each Holder pursuant to Section 1(b) (i) will be automatically revoked upon the Expiration Date, (ii) is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support, subject to clause (i), an irrevocable proxy and is granted in consideration for Parent entering into the Business Combination Agreement and agreeing to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iii) is a durable proxy and shall survive the bankruptcy, dissolution, death, incapacity or other inability to act by such Holder and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by such Holder with respect to the Company Shares held by such Holder. The vote or consent of the proxyholder in accordance with Section 1(b) and with respect to the matters in Section 1(a)(ii) shall control in the event of any conflict between such vote or consent by such proxyholder and a vote or consent by each Holder (or any other Person with the power to vote the Company Shares held by such Holder) with respect to the matters in Section 1(a)(ii).

 

 

(d) Prior to the Expiration Date, except as expressly set forth herein, no Holder shall enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement (whether written or oral) with any Person to vote or give instructions in any manner inconsistent with this Section 1. Any such vote shall be cast, or consent shall be given, in accordance with such procedures relating thereto so as to ensure that it is duly counted for purposes of determining that a quorum is present and for purposes of recording the results of such vote or consent.

 

Section 2. Agreement to Retain Shares. Each Holder agrees that, prior to the Expiration Date, he, she or it shall only sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Shares (collectively, a “Transfer”) (a) in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities Laws, (b) in compliance with the Governing Documents of the Company, (c) in compliance with the Business Combination Agreement and (d) if, prior to such Transfer, each transferee signs a counterpart to this Agreement pursuant to which such transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and to be a “Holder” hereunder; provided that, any subsequent transfer of the Shares by any such transferee shall also be made pursuant to, and in accordance with, all of the provisions of this Section 2 to the same extent as if each such transferee were a Holder. Each Holder shall not, directly or indirectly,

 

(a) pledge, encumber or create a Lien on any Shares or enter into any contract, option, commitment or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the foregoing;

 

(b) grant any proxies or powers of attorney or enter into a voting agreement or other arrangement with respect to any of such Holder’s Shares;

 

(c) enter into, or deposit any of such Holder’s Shares into, a voting trust or take any other action which would, or would reasonably be expected to, result in a diminution of the voting power represented by any of such Holder’s Shares; or

 

(d) commit or agree to take any of the foregoing actions.

 

As used in this Agreement, the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the earliest to occur of (i) the Effective Time, (ii) such date and time as the Business Combination Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Article 7 thereof and (iii) upon mutual written agreement of the Parties.

 

Section 3. Representations and Warranties of Holders. Each Holder hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:

 

(a) such Holder has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform such Holder’s obligations hereunder;

 

(b) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Holder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivered by the other Parties, constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement with respect to such Holder, enforceable against such Holder in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity;

 

 

(c) such Holder beneficially owns the number of Shares indicated opposite such Holder’s name on Schedule 1 hereto, free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens created by this Agreement, applicable securities laws, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s existing bylaws, that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement entered into as of June 25, 2018 by and among the Company and certain of its stockholders, and Permitted Liens), and has sole, and otherwise unrestricted, voting and investment power with respect to such Shares; none of the Shares are subject to any voting trust or other agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the voting of the Shares; and no Person has any right to acquire from such Holder any of the Shares indicated opposite such Holder’s name on Schedule 1 hereto;

 

(d) such Holder agrees to promptly notify Parent in writing of any changes or updates to Schedule 1 hereto as it relates to such Holder after the date hereof;

 

(e) such Holder understands that, at the Effective Time, each outstanding Share shall be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

(f) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Holder, the consummation by such Holder of the transactions contemplated hereunder and the performance by such Holder of his, her or its obligations hereunder do not and will not conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, any Contract or any judgment to which such Holder is a party or by which such Holder is bound, or any Law to which such Holder is subject or, in the event that such Holder is a corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, business trust or other entity, any Governing Document of such Holder;

 

(g) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Holder, the consummation by such Holder of the transactions contemplated hereunder and the performance by such Holder of his, her or its obligations hereunder do not and will not require any consent, approval, qualification, order or authorization of, registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Entity by such Holder except for applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, and except where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, qualifications, orders or authorizations or registrations, declarations or filings, would not prevent or impair in any material respect the performance by such Holder of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

(h) no investment banker, broker, finder, consultant or intermediary or other Person is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such Holder in connection with its entering into this Agreement.

 

Section 4. Remedies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, the Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Parties do not perform their respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

 

 

Section 5. No Waivers. No waiver of any breach of this Agreement extended by Parent to a Holder shall be construed as a waiver of any rights or remedies of Parent with respect to any other Holder or with respect to any subsequent breach of such Holder or any other such Holder. No waiver of any provisions hereof by either Party shall be deemed a waiver of any other provisions hereof by any such Party, nor shall any such waiver be deemed a continuing waiver of any provision hereof by such Party.

 

Section 6. Appraisal Rights; Liquidation. Each Holder hereby (a) agrees not to exercise any appraisal rights or any dissenters’ rights that such Holder may have (whether under applicable Law or otherwise) or could potentially have or acquire in connection with the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including the Merger and (b) irrevocably waives, on behalf of itself, himself or herself, any applicability of Article V, Section 3 of the Company Certificate of Incorporation in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

 

Section 7. Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Business Combination Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with or related to this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not such transactions are consummated.

 

Section 8. Trust Account Waiver. Reference is made to the final prospectus of Parent, filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (File No. 333-240374) on September 18, 2020 (the “Prospectus”). The Holder acknowledges and agrees and understands that Parent has established a Trust Account containing the proceeds of IPO and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of Parent’s Public Stockholders, and Parent may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. The Holder hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, it does not now and shall not at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability.

 

 

Section 9. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by facsimile (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof), e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:

 

(a) if to Parent:

 

Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp.

1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Rajiv Shukla

   Patrick Sturgeon

Telephone:                    

E-mail:                    

                     

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Avenue

Boston, MA 02210

Attention: Jocelyn M. Arel

   Michael R. Patrone

                           Laurie A. Burlingame

Facsimile: (617) 523-1231

E-mail: ***@***

***@***

***@***

 

(b) if to a Holder, to the address or facsimile number set forth under such Holder’s signature on the signature page hereto.

 

Section 10. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise by any of the Parties without the prior written consent of the other Parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 11. Amendment. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, any amendment, supplement or modification of or to any provision of this Agreement and any waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective (a) only if it is made or given in writing and signed by Parent and all of the Holders or, in the case of a waiver, by Parent and (b) only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any holder of Shares may become party to this Agreement by executing and delivering a counterpart signature page hereto agreeing to be bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement as a Holder hereunder. In such event, each such person shall thereafter shall be deemed a Holder for all purposes under this Agreement.

 

 

Section 12. Termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, and be void ab initio upon the Expiration Date. Upon termination of this Agreement as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or Liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement; provided, however, that the provisions of Section 4 (Remedies), Section 6 (Appraisal Rights; Liquidation), Section 7 (Fees and Expenses), Section 8 (Trust Account Waiver), Section 10 (Assignment), Section 11 (Amendment), this Section 12 (Termination), Section 13 (Entire Agreement), Section 16 (Further Assurances), Section 19 (Miscellaneous) and Section 20 (Parties Advised by Counsel) of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement

 

Section 13. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, Schedule 1 hereto and the Business Combination Agreement contain the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior discussions, negotiations, commitments, agreements and understandings, both written and oral, relating to such subject matter.

 

Section 14. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties and their permitted successors and assigns and nothing herein expressed or implied shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the Parties and such successors and assigns, any legal or equitable rights hereunder.

 

Section 15. Capacity as a Holder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder signs this Agreement solely in the Holder’s capacity as a stockholder of the Company, and not in any other capacity and this Agreement shall not limit or otherwise affect the actions of any affiliate, employee, or designee of the Holder or any of its affiliates in his or her capacity, if applicable, as an officer or director of the Company or any other Person.

 

Section 16. Further Assurances. From time to time and without additional consideration, each Holder shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional transfers, assignments, endorsements, proxies, consents and other instruments, and shall take such further actions, as Parent may reasonably request for the purpose of carrying out and furthering the intent of this Agreement. In addition, each Holder that is a Company IRA Stockholder agrees to execute and deliver a counterpart of the Investor Rights Agreement, to become effective as of, and contingent upon consummation of, the Closing.

 

Section 17. Disclosure. The Holder hereby authorizes Parent and the Company to publish and disclose in any announcement or disclosure required by the SEC the Holder’s identity and ownership of the Shares and the nature of the Holder’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 18. Certain Events. Each Holder agrees (severally with respect to itself and not jointly) that this Agreement and the obligations hereunder will attach to such Holder’s Shares and will be binding upon any Person to which legal or beneficial ownership of such Holder’s Shares passes, whether by operation of law or otherwise, including such Holder’s heirs, guardians, administrators or successors.

 

Section 19. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Section 8.5 (Governing Law), Section 8.7 (Construction; Interpretation), Section 8.10 (Severability), Section 8.11 (Counterparts; Electronic Signatures), Section 8.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 8.16 (Submission to Jurisdiction) of the Business Combination Agreement shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis as if set forth herein.

 

Section 20. Parties Advised by Counsel. This Agreement has been negotiated between unrelated parties who are sophisticated and knowledgeable in the matters contained in this Agreement and who have acted in their own self interest. In addition, each Party has had the opportunity to seek advice of legal counsel. This Agreement will not be interpreted or construed against any Party because that Party or any attorney or representative for that Party drafted or participated in the drafting of this Agreement.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

 

In Witness Whereof, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

	ALPHA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

[Signature Page to Support Agreement]

 

 

	[[HOLDER]
	[Type in name of individual Holder]]
	[for an entity, use the following signature block instead]
	[[HOLDER]
	[Type in name of Holder entity]
		By:
			Name:
			Title:]
	Address for Notice:
	Email for Notice:
	Facsimile for Notice:

 

[Signature Page to Support Agreement]

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Holder	Number of Shares Held	Type	Address
		Common
		Preferred

 

[Schedule 1 to Support Agreement]

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

HUMACYTE, INC.
[EIN]

2525 NC-54

Durham, NC 27713

 

______ ___, 20[●]

 

VIA CERTIFIED MAIL NO.     ____________________________
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

 

Internal Revenue Service

Ogden Service Center
P.O. Box 409101
Ogden, UT 84409

 

Re:

Notice Pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2)

 

To whom it may concern:

 

1.

This notice is being provided to the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2) by Humacyte, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

2.

The following information concerns the Company:

 

Name:	Humacyte, Inc.
Address:	2525 NC-54
	Durham, NC  27713
Taxpayer I.D.:	[XX-XXXXXXX]

 

3.

The attached “Statement Pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.897-2(h)(1)(i) and 1.1445-2(c)(3)(i)” was not requested by a foreign interest holder. It was voluntarily provided by the Company to Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Acquirer”), in response to a request from the Acquirer pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c)(3)(i). The following information concerns the Acquirer:

 

Name:	Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp.
Address:	c/o Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp.
	1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor
	New York, NY 10036
Taxpayer I.D.:	[EIN/SSN/ITIN]

 

 

4.

The Company has determined that no interest in the Company constitutes a “United States real property interest” (as that term is defined in Section 897(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated in connection therewith) because the Company is not and has not been a “United States real property holding corporation” (as that term is defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated in connection therewith) during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c)(3)(i).

 

Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned, a responsible corporate officer of the Company, authorized to execute and deliver this Notice on behalf of the Company, certifies that this Notice and the attached statement is correct to his knowledge and belief.

 

	Humacyte, Inc.
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

Enclosure:

Statement Pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.897-2(h)(1)(i) and 1.1445-2(c)(3)(i)

 

 

STATEMENT Pursuant to

TreasurY Regulation SectionS 1.897-2(h)(1)(i) AND 1.1445-2(c)(3)(i)

 

Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), provides that a transferee, upon any disposition of a “United States real property interest” (as defined in Section 897(c) of the Code), generally must withhold tax in certain specified circumstances. To inform Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Acquirer”), that withholding of tax under Section 1445 of the Code is not required by the Acquirer in connection with the acquisition by the Acquirer of the capital stock of Humacyte, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby states the following on behalf of the Company:

 

1.

The Company is not, and has not been, a “United States real property holding corporation” (as that term is defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated in connection therewith) at any time during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3)(i); and

 

2.

As a result, the interests in the Company that are to be acquired by the Acquirer pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement dated as of February [17], 2021, among the Acquirer, Hunter Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Company do not constitute, and have not constituted, a “United States real property interest” (as that term is defined in Section 897(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated in connection therewith) at any time during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.

 

Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this statement and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct and complete, and I further declare that I have authority to sign this document on behalf of the Company.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this statement as of this ___ day of ________, 20[●].

 

	Humacyte, Inc.
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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