Form of Dealer Manager Agreement

EX-10.18 5 exhibit1018-sx4.htm EX-10.18 Document
Exhibit 10.18
Perella Weinberg Partners
Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent Agreement
New York, New York
July 22, 2022
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
as Dealer Manager

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Perella Weinberg Partners, a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company” or “we”), plans to make an offer (such offer as described in the Prospectus (as defined below), together with the related Consent Solicitation (as defined below), the “Exchange Offer”), for any and all of its outstanding Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”) in exchange for consideration consisting of 0.20 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Shares”) for each Warrant tendered, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offering Documents (as defined below). Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 20 of this Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agreement (the “Agreement”).
Concurrently with making the offer to exchange described in the preceding paragraph, the Company plans to solicit consents (the “Consents”) from the holders of Public Warrants (as described in the Offering Documents, the “Consent Solicitation”) to make certain amendments to the terms of the Warrants. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Documents, if Consents are received from the holders of at least 65% of the outstanding Public Warrants, the proposed amendment to the warrant agreement governing the Warrants set forth in the Offering Documents (the “Warrant Amendment”) shall be adopted.
Any reference herein to the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 11 of Form S-4 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the filing of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Effective Date or the issue date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the initial filing of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the
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Effective Date or the issue date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
1.    Appointment as Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent.
(a)    Citigroup Global Markets Inc. will act as the exclusive dealer manager and solicitation agent for the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation (the “Dealer Manager” or “you”) in accordance with your customary practices, including without limitation to use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit tenders pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the solicitation of Consents pursuant to the Consent Solicitation and assisting in the distribution of the Offering Documents and to perform such services as are customarily performed by investment banking firms acting as dealer managers and solicitation agents of an exchange offer of like nature.
(b)    You agree that all actions taken by you as Dealer Manager have complied and will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, regulations and rules of the United States, including, without limitation, the applicable rules and regulations of the registered national securities exchanges of which you are a member and of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
(c)    The Dealer Manager, in its sole discretion, may continue to own or dispose of, in any manner it may elect, any Warrants it may beneficially own at the date hereof or hereafter acquire, in any such case, subject to applicable law. The Dealer Manager has no obligation to the Company, pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, to tender or refrain from tendering Warrants beneficially owned by it in any Exchange Offer (or to deliver Consents in any related Consent Solicitation). The Dealer Manager acknowledges and agrees that if any Exchange Offer is not consummated for any reason, the Company shall have no obligation, pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, to acquire any Warrants from the Dealer Manager or otherwise to hold the Dealer Manager harmless with respect to any losses it may incur in connection with the resale to any third parties of any Warrants.
(d)    The Company agrees that it will not file, use or publish any material in connection with the Exchange Offer, use the name Citigroup or Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or refer to you or your relationship with the Company, without your prior written consent to the form of such use or reference. There shall be no fee for any such permitted use or reference other than as set forth herein.
2.    Compensation. The Company shall pay to you in respect of your services as Dealer Manager the fee set forth in the attached Schedule A (the “Fee”). The Company shall also promptly reimburse you, without regard to consummation of the Exchange Offer, for (i) your reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in preparing for and performing your functions as Dealer Manager; and (ii) the reasonable fees, costs and out-of-pocket expenses of your counsel for their representation of you incurred in connection with the Exchange Offer, not to exceed $200,000 in the case of this clause (ii).
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3.    Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, you as set forth below in this Section 3:
(a)    Form S-4. The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission the Pre-Effective Registration Statement on Form S-4, including a related Preliminary Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the Shares in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Pre-Effective Registration Statement will have been declared effective by the Commission prior to the Expiration Date and any request on the part of the Commission or any other federal, state or local or other governmental or regulatory agency, authority or instrumentality or court or arbitrator for the amending or supplementing of the Offering Documents or for additional information has been complied with. The Company meets the conditions for the use of Form S-4 with respect to the Pre-Effective Registration Statement and the Registration Statement in connection with the Exchange Offer as contemplated by this Agreement.
(b)    Pre-Effective Registration Statement, Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus. (i) The Pre-Effective Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, as of the Commencement Date, the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, the Expiration Date and the Exchange Date, and the Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto, as of its date, the Commencement Date and the Exchange Date, comply, and will comply, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e under the Exchange Act), (ii) the Prospectus (together with any supplement and amendment thereto), as of the date it is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (if it is so filed) and the Exchange Date, will comply, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e under the Exchange Act), (iii) the Pre-Effective Registration Statement and any amendment thereto as of the Commencement Date, and the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, the Expiration Date and the Exchange Date, did not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iv) the Preliminary Prospectus as of its date did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (v) the Prospectus (together with any supplement or amendment thereto), as of the date it is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) (if required), the Expiration Date and the Exchange Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any supplement or amendment thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing
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by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager expressly for inclusion therein (the “Dealer Manager Information”), it being understood that the Dealer Manager Information shall include only the name and the contact information of the Dealer Manager.
(c)    Documents Incorporated by Reference. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the Schedule TO (as defined below), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Dealer Manager Information.
(d)    Schedule TO. (i) On the Commencement Date, the Company will duly file with the Commission the Schedule TO pursuant to Rule 13e-4 promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act, a copy of which Schedule TO (including the documents required by Item 12 thereof to be filed as exhibits thereto) in the form in which it is to be so filed has been or will be furnished to the Dealer Manager; (ii) any amendments to the Schedule TO and the final form of all such documents filed with the Commission or published, sent, or given to holders of Warrants will be furnished to you prior to any such amendment, filing, publication, or distribution; (iii) the Schedule TO as so filed and as amended or supplemented from time to time will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and (iv) the Schedule TO as filed or as amended or supplemented from time to time will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, except that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statement contained in, or any matter omitted from, the Schedule TO and in conformity with the Dealer Manager Information.
(e)    Rule 165 Material. The Rule 165 Material when filed with the Commission complied or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act; and no Rule 165 Material, at the time of first use, when taken together with each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, contained or will contain any untrue statement of a material
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fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in the Rule 165 Material made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Dealer Manager Information.
(f)    No Stop Orders. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.
(g)    Emerging Growth Company. From the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement to the Commission through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).
(h)    Testing-the-Waters Materials. The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication with any person other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Dealer Manager with entities that are reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or institutions that are reasonably believed to be accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Dealer Manager to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Dealer Manager has been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed or approved for distribution any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) or Rule 163B of the Securities Act.
(i)    Financial Statements. The audited consolidated financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved; and the other financial information included in each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. Except as included or incorporated by reference therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be
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included in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. All disclosures contained in each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable; all statistical or market-related data included in each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that are reasonably believed to be reliable and accurate, and no consent for the use of such data is required other than those consents that have been obtained.
(j)    No Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) sustained any material loss or interference with their businesses, taken as a whole, from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree or (ii) entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has not been (x) any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of (i) the exercise or settlement, if any, of stock options or restricted stock units, respectively, or the award, if any, of stock options, restricted stock units or restricted stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity plans that are described in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus or (ii) the issuance, if any, of stock upon conversion or exchange of Company or PWP Holdings LP securities as described in each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (y) any Material Adverse Effect.
(k)    Organization and Good Standing. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) has been duly incorporated or organized, as applicable, and is validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is recognized in such jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and (ii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
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transaction of business and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is recognized in such jurisdiction) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l)    Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to the description of the capital stock contained in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; and all of the issued equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares or as otherwise set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims described in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus or that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Shares to be issued in exchange for the Warrants as contemplated by the Offering Documents have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and sale by the Company, and, when issued and delivered as contemplated therein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Class A Common Stock contained in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares as contemplated by the Offering Documents will not give rise to any preemptive or similar rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied.
(m)    Required Filings. The Company has filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(1) under the Exchange Act (or Rule 425 under the Securities Act) or otherwise all written communications made by the Company or any affiliate of the Company in connection with or relating to the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation that are required to be filed with the Commission, in each case on the date of their first use.
(n)    Compliance. The Company has complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder in connection with the Exchange Offer, the Consent Solicitation, the Offering Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company is subject to and in full compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company has not received from the Commission any written comments, questions or requests for modification of disclosure in respect of any reports filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act,
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except for comments, questions or requests (i) that have been satisfied by the provision of supplemental information to the staff of the Commission, or (ii) in respect of which the Company has agreed with the staff of the Commission to make a prospective change in future reports filed by it with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, of which agreement the Dealer Manager and its counsel have been made aware.
(o)    Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(p)    Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(q)    No Violation or Default. None of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, limited partnership agreement or operating agreement (or other applicable organization document), as applicable, (ii) in violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its properties, or (iii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) for such defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r)    No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the conduct and consummation of the Exchange Offer and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (A) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (B) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other applicable organizational document) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (as defined below) or other body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its properties, except, in the case of clauses (A) and (C) for such defaults, conflicts, breaches, or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s)    No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority or body is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except
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such as have been obtained under the Securities Act, as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the rules and regulations of FINRA or the listing rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market in connection with Exchange Offer or that would not impair the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the conduct and consummation of the Exchange Offer and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(t)    No Legal Proceedings. Other than as set forth in each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or self-regulatory proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the Company is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or such officer or director), would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any Governmental Authority or others; such legal, governmental or self-regulatory proceedings include, but are not limited to, (i) any investigation with respect to any cease-and-desist order, consent agreement, any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, memorandum of understanding or other regulatory enforcement action, proceeding or order or (ii) any directive by, or any supervisory letter from, the Commission, FINRA or any other applicable self-regulatory organization, or any court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental agency, authority or instrumentality having supervisory or regulatory authority with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “Governmental Authority”) that currently restricts in any material respect the conduct of the business of the Company or its subsidiaries or that relates to their capital adequacy, their credit policies, their management or their business (each, a “Regulatory Agreement”). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been advised by any Governmental Authority that it is considering issuing or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement or that they may be subject to an investigation, audit or other examination which is likely to lead to the imposition of any civil monetary or other penalties. There is no unresolved violation, criticism or exception by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees has been the subject of any disciplinary proceedings or orders of any Governmental Authority arising under applicable laws or regulations which would be required to be disclosed on the Form BD of a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, except as disclosed thereon, and no such disciplinary proceeding or order is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, do grounds exist for any such material action by any Governmental Authority; and except as disclosed on such Form BD, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers,
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directors or employees has been enjoined by the order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with any Company or subsidiary activity.
(u)    Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young, LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, for the applicable periods, and delivered their report with respect to the audited financial statements incorporated by reference into each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
(v)    Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all material real property owned by them and good and marketable title to all material personal property (other than with respect to intellectual property which is addressed exclusively in subsection (y)) owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases (subject to the effects of (x) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally and (y) the application of general principles of equity (including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether enforcement is considered in proceedings at law or in equity)) with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(w)    Intellectual Property. The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, know-how, software, systems and technology (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, and to their knowledge, the conduct of their respective businesses does not and will not infringe any such intellectual property rights of a third party, nor have they received any notice thereof from a third party that is undisclosed as of the date hereof, as of the Commencement Date and as of the Exchange Date, except in each case that would
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not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x)    Data Privacy. The Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants; the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and there have been no material breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any material incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same; the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(y)    Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation will not be, required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(z)    Taxes. All federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries have been timely filed or extensions to file such returns have been timely requested (except in any case in which the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect) and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities have been timely paid, other than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with U.S. GAAP and except in any case where the failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and no unpaid tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any written notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be
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determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected to have) a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa)    Licenses and Permits. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have such registrations with and permits, licenses, patents, franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of, governmental or regulatory authorities (“Permits”), in each case as are necessary under applicable law to own the properties and conduct the businesses of the Company and each of its subsidiaries in the manner described in each of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, except where the failure to have any such Permit would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its obligations with respect to the Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other impairment of the rights of the holder or any such Permits, in each case except for any such failure or event that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and its subsidiaries, and, to the Company’s knowledge, each of their respective officers, partners, directors, affiliates and employees, is a member in good standing of each federal, state or foreign exchange, board of trade, clearing house, association, self-regulatory or similar organization, in each case as are necessary to own the properties and conduct the businesses of the Company and each of its subsidiaries in the manner described in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, except to the extent any such failure to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb)    Broker-Dealer. (i) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than Perella Weinberg Partners LP and Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities LLC (each, a “Broker-Dealer Subsidiary”)) is required to register as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or the securities laws of any state; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no officer, partner, director, affiliate or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, or will as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be, required to register as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or the securities laws of any state, other than such officers, partners, directors, affiliates and employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who are so registered under the Exchange Act and in such jurisdictions as of the date hereof, as of the Commencement Date and as of the Exchange Date; (iii) each Broker-Dealer Subsidiary is (x) duly registered with the Commission, licensed and qualified as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (y) the securities laws of each state where the conduct of its respective business requires such registration, license or qualification and such registrations, licenses or qualifications have not been suspended, revoked or rescinded and remain in full force and effect and (z) is duly registered and is in good standing with FINRA and each self-regulatory organization of which it is required to be a member; and (iv) all
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persons associated with a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary are duly registered with any self-regulatory organization and each jurisdiction where the association of such persons with a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary requires such registration, and such registrations have not been suspended, revoked or rescinded and remain in full force and effect (except, in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv), to the extent any such failure to be so registered or suspension, revocation or rescission of such registration would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). The operations of each Broker-Dealer Subsidiary have been conducted in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and each applicable self-regulatory organization and state securities regulatory authority in all material respects. Other than with respect to customers that are subsidiaries of the Company, the business activities engaged in by a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary do not involve the handling of customer funds or securities. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their respective Associated Persons (as defined under the Exchange Act or the by-laws of FINRA, as applicable), is (i) ineligible or disqualified pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act to serve as a broker-dealer or as a person “associated” with a broker-dealer, (ii) subject to “statutory disqualification” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(39) of the Exchange Act) or (iii) is subject to a disqualification that would be a basis for censure or suspension or revocation of registration as a securities broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act, or similar state law (except in the cases of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), to the extent that any such disqualification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect).
(cc)    Perella Weinberg UK; Perella Weinberg Partners France. Perella Weinberg UK Limited is duly authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) pursuant to Part 4A of FSMA to conduct the following regulated activities, subject to applicable limitations and requirements set forth in such authorization: (i) to agree to carry on a regulated activity, (ii) to arrange (bring about) deals in investments, (iii) to advise on investments, (iv) to make arrangements with a view to transactions in investments, (v) to receive and transmit orders, and (vi) to do placing of financial instruments on a non-firm commitment basis. Perella Weinberg Partners France SAS is duly authorized by the French Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Resolution (“ACPR”) and the Autorité des Marches Financiers to carry out the following investment services: (i) reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments, and (ii) investment advice; no additional authorizations from, to or with the FCA, or any self-regulatory organization, court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental agency, authority, or instrumentality are required to be obtained or made in order for Perella Weinberg UK Limited to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, except for such authorizations, the failure of which to obtain or make, would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(dd)    Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities – Canada. Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities - Canada, ULC, is a registered broker-dealer and member in good standing of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (“IIROC”) and neither the Company nor any other subsidiary is required to be so registered.
(ee)    Compliance with Regulatory Authorities. The Company and each of its applicable subsidiaries have duly filed with the Commission, FINRA, the FCA, the ACPR and IIROC, as the case may be, in correct form in all material respects the reports, data, other information returns and other applications required to be filed under applicable laws and regulations and such reports, data, other information returns and other applications were complete and accurate and in compliance with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations in all material respects as of the time of filing and are complete and accurate and in compliance with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations in all material respects, provided that information as of a later date shall be deemed to modify information as of an earlier date; the Company has previously delivered or made available to the Dealer Manager, to the extent the Dealer Manager has requested the same, accurate and complete copies of all such reports, data, other information returns and other applications; neither the Company nor any of its applicable subsidiaries (i) is subject to any formal or informal enforcement or supervisory action by the Commission, FINRA, the FCA, ACPR or IIROC (except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect) or (ii) expects to be subject to any formal or informal enforcement or supervisory action by the Commission, FINRA, the FCA, ACPR or IIROC.
(ff)    Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that (i) complies with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (iii) is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting other than as disclosed in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided, that, it is understood that this subsection shall not require the Company to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as of an
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earlier date than it would otherwise be required to so comply under applicable law. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(gg)    Insurance. The Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance from insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as are reasonably believed to be adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties.
(hh)    No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has, in the previous five years, (i) made, offered, promised or authorized any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense (or taken any act in furtherance thereof); (ii) made, offered, promised or authorized any direct or knowingly indirect unlawful payment; or (iii) violated or is in violation, in any material respect, of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder, the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-corruption, anti-bribery or related law, statute or regulation (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”); for the previous five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in material compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will use, directly or knowingly indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in material violation of Anti-Corruption Laws.
(ii)    Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and, for the past five years, have been conducted at all times in material compliance with the requirements of all applicable federal, state and foreign laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to laws governing transactions in securities, futures and other financial instruments or anti-money laundering laws, such as the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended by the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the
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anti-money laundering laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority or other body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to these laws, rules and regulations is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(jj)    No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government through the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State, including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person,” the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or the United Nations Security Council (collectively, “Sanctions”), located, organized, or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of comprehensive Sanctions (at the time of this agreement, so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria) (a “Sanctioned Jurisdiction”), and the Company will not directly or knowingly indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, or in any Sanctioned Jurisdiction, each to the extent in violation of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person participating in the transaction (whether as dealer manager, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is engaged in, or has, at any time in the past five years, engaged in, any dealings or transactions with or involving any individual or entity that was or is, as applicable, at the time of such dealing or transaction, the subject or target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Jurisdiction, each of the foregoing to the extent in violation of Sanctions; the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, and maintain, policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve continued compliance with Sanctions.
(kk)    No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except to the extent restricted by applicable corporate or other organizational law or by applicable regulatory net capital rules to which they are subject or otherwise, in each case as described in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from making distributions on such subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity interests or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(ll)    No Solicitation. The Company has not paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for (i) soliciting another to purchase any of its securities or
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(ii) soliciting tenders or Consents by holders of Warrants pursuant to the Exchange Offer (except as contemplated in this Agreement).
(mm)    No Registration Rights. Except as described in the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, no person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement or the Registration Statement with the Commission.
(nn)    No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the Exchange Offer.
(oo)    Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement included or incorporated by reference in any of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(pp)    Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(qq)    Registration Fees. The Company has paid the registration fee for the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 456(a) under the Securities Act or will pay such fee within the time period required by such rule and in any event prior to the Exchange Date.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Dealer Manager or counsel for the Dealer Manager in connection with the Exchange Offer shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company as to matters covered thereby to the Dealer Manager.
4.    Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Dealer Manager. The Dealer Manager hereby represents, warrants and agrees that the Dealer Manager will not (1) cause to be disseminated to holders, dealers or the public any written material for or in connection with the Exchange Offer or Consent Solicitation other than one or more of the Offering Documents, or (2) make any public oral communications relating to the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation that have not been previously approved by the Company except as contemplated in the penultimate sentence of Section 6 of this Agreement.
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5.    Agreements. The Company agrees with the Dealer Manager that:
(a)    The Company will furnish to the Dealer Manager and to counsel for the Dealer Manager, without charge, during the period beginning on the Commencement Date and continuing to and including the Exchange Date, copies of the Offering Documents and any amendments and supplements thereto in such quantities as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request.
(b)    Prior to the termination of the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation, the Company will not file any amendment to the Pre-Effective Registration Statement or the Registration Statement or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (other than an amendment or supplement as a result of filings by the Company under the Exchange Act of documents incorporated by reference therein) unless the Company has furnished the Dealer Manager a copy of such proposed amendment or supplement, as applicable, for its review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Dealer Manager reasonably objects. Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the Registration Statement has become or becomes effective, or filing of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus is otherwise required under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the Company will cause the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) or in an amendment to the Registration Statement, whichever is applicable, within the time period prescribed. The Company will promptly advise the Dealer Manager (i) when the Registration Statement, and any amendment thereto, shall have become effective, (ii) when the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission, (iii) when, prior to termination of the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iv) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Pre-Effective Registration Statement or the Registration Statement or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (v) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction within the United States or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. In the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain its withdrawal. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable and as much in advance of the Expiration Date as practicable.
(c)    The Company will comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder so as to permit the
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completion of the distribution of the Shares issued in the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation, as contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Exchange Offer or Consent Solicitation is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, any event occurs as a result of which the Offering Documents, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it should be necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Documents to comply with applicable law, the Company will promptly: (i) notify the Dealer Manager of any such event or non-compliance at which time the Dealer Manager shall be entitled to cease soliciting tenders until such time as the Company has complied with clause (iii) of this sentence; (ii) subject to the requirements of the first sentence of the above paragraph (b), prepare an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any such amendment or supplement to the Dealer Manager and counsel for the Dealer Manager without charge in such quantities as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request. The Company will also promptly inform the Dealer Manager of any litigation or administrative action with respect to the Exchange Offer.
(d)    The Company agrees to advise the Dealer Manager promptly of (i) any proposal by the Company to withdraw, rescind or modify the Offering Documents or to withdraw, rescind or terminate the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation or the exercise by the Company of any right not to exchange the Warrants pursuant to the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation, (ii) its awareness of the issuance of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use by the Commission or any other regulatory authority, or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose (and will promptly furnish the Dealer Manager with a copy of any such order), (iii) its awareness of the occurrence of any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect relating to or affecting the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation and (iv) any other non-privileged information relating to the Exchange Offer, the Consent Solicitation, the Offering Documents or this Agreement which the Dealer Manager may from time to time reasonably request.
(e)    The Company will make generally available (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System) to its security holders and the Dealer Manager as soon as practicable an earning statement (which need not be audited) that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
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(f)    The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Shares for offer or sale in connection with the Exchange Offer under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Dealer Manager may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for such offer or sale; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares in connection with the Exchange Offer, in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject or to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Dealer Manager of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(g)    Prior to the termination of the Exchange Offer, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Affiliates to, resell any Shares that have been acquired by them. The Company will cause all Warrants accepted in the Exchange Offer to be cancelled.
(h)    The Company will cooperate with the Dealer Manager to permit the Shares to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.
(i)    The Company agrees not to exchange any Warrants during the period beginning on the Commencement Date and ending on the Exchange Date except pursuant to and in accordance with the Exchange Offer, the Consent Solicitation or as otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties hereto and permitted under applicable laws and regulations.
(j)    None of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf will take, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to cause or result, or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale of the Shares or the tender of Warrants in the Exchange Offer.
(k)    The Company has arranged for D.F. King & Co., Inc. to serve as Information Agent and for American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC to serve as Exchange Agent and authorizes the Dealer Manager to communicate with each of the Information Agent and the Exchange Agent to facilitate the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation.
(l)    The Company will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, including Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act (including taking the actions necessary to ensure that the procedural requirements of Rule 14e-1 are satisfied), in connection with the Exchange Offer, the Consent Solicitation, the Offering Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company will
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file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(1) under the Exchange Act (or Rule 425 under the Securities Act) or otherwise all written communications made by the Company or any affiliate of the Company in connection with or relating to the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation that are required to be filed with the Commission, in each case on the date of their first use.
(m)    The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the transactions contemplated hereunder, including without limitation the following: (i) the preparation of this Agreement, the issuance of the Shares and the fees of the Information Agent and any exchange agent; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction of the Offering Documents and each amendment or supplement thereto; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Offering Documents (and all amendments or supplements thereto) as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the Exchange Offer; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Shares, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Shares; (v) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the Exchange Offer; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the blue sky laws of the several states or any non-U.S. jurisdiction; (vii) transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective participants in the Exchange Offer; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; (ix) fees and expenses incurred in connection with listing the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the Exchange Offer.
(n)    The Company will promptly notify the Dealer Manager if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the Exchange Date.
6.    Conditions to the Obligations of the Dealer Manager. The obligations of the Dealer Manager under this Agreement shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein at the Commencement Date, any date on which Offering Documents are distributed to holders of the Warrants, the Effective Date, the Expiration Date and the Exchange Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a)    The Registration Statement shall have become effective on or prior to the Expiration Date.
(b)    As of the Exchange Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the
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Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Dealer Manager.
(c)    At the Commencement Date and the Exchange Date, the Company shall have requested and caused an opinion and negative assurance letter of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to the Company, dated the Commencement Date or Exchange Date, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Dealer Manager to have been delivered to the Dealer Manager, in each case addressed to, and in form and substance satisfactory to, the Dealer Manager.
(d)    At the Commencement Date and the Exchange Date, the Dealer Manager shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Dealer Manager, such opinion and negative assurance letter, in each case addressed to the Dealer Manager with respect to the Exchange Offer, as the Dealer Manager may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(e)    At the Exchange Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Dealer Manager a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Exchange Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate have carefully examined the Offering Documents, any amendment or supplement to the Offering Documents and this Agreement and that:
(i)    the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Exchange Date with the same effect as if made on the Exchange Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Exchange Date;
(ii)    no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission; and
(iii)    since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Documents (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has not been any Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Offering Documents (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(f)    At each of the Commencement Date and the Exchange Date, the Company shall have requested and caused Ernst & Young LLP to furnish to the Dealer Manager letters, dated respectively as of the Commencement Date and the Exchange Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Dealer Manager.
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(g)    On or after the Commencement Date (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities.
(h)    Subsequent to the Commencement Date or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Offering Documents (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Offering Documents (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the reasonable judgment of the Dealer Manager, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market or deliver the Shares or solicit tenders of Warrants as contemplated by the Offering Documents (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(i)    Prior to the Exchange Date, the Company shall have obtained all consents, approvals, authorizations and orders of, and shall have duly made all registrations, qualifications and filing with, any court or regulatory authority or other governmental agency or instrumentality required in connection with the making and consummation of the Exchange Offer and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
(j)    Prior to the Exchange Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Dealer Manager and its counsel such further information, certificates and documents as they may reasonably request.
(k)    Prior to the Exchange Date, the Shares shall have been approved for listing, subject to notice of issuance, on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
If (i) any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or (ii) any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Dealer Manager and its counsel, this Agreement and all obligations of the Dealer Manager hereunder may be cancelled by the Dealer Manager at, or at any time prior to, the Exchange Date. In such event, the Dealer Managers shall be entitled to publicly disclose the cancellation of its participation in the Exchange Offer via press release, subject to prior notification of the Company. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
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7.    Indemnification and Contribution.
(a)    The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Dealer Manager, the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Dealer Manager and each person who controls the Dealer Manager within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Dealer Manager may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal, state or foreign statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) relate to, arise out of, or are based upon (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the accompanying letter of transmittal and consent, the Schedule TO, the Rule 165 Material, the notice of guaranteed delivery, and all other documents filed or to be filed with any federal, state or local government or regulatory agency or authority in connection with the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation, each as prepared or approved by the Company, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (3) the Company’s failure to make or consummate the Exchange Offer or the withdrawal, rescission, termination, amendment or extension of the Exchange Offer or any failure on the Company’s part to comply with the terms and conditions contained in the Offering Documents, (4) any action or failure to act by the Company or its respective directors, officers, agents or employees or by any indemnified party at the request or with the consent of the Company, or (5) otherwise related to or arising out of the Dealer Manager’s engagement hereunder or any transaction or conduct in connection therewith, except that clauses (3), (4) and (5) shall not apply with respect to the portion of any losses that are finally judicially determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such indemnified party, and in the case of clause (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this sentence, the Company agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Offering Documents, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Dealer Manager Information. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.
(b)    The Dealer Manager agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, officers, employees and agents and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to
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the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Dealer Manager, but only with reference to the Dealer Manager Information. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Dealer Manager may otherwise have.
(c)    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d)    In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Dealer Manager agree to contribute to the aggregate losses,
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claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively, the “Losses”) to which the Company and the Dealer Manager may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Dealer Manager on the one hand and the Company on the other from the Exchange Offer. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Dealer Manager shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Dealer Manager on the other in connection with the statements, omissions, actions or failure to act that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Dealer Manager on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total value paid or proposed to be paid to holders of Warrants pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation (whether or not consummated) bears to the fees actually received by the Dealer Manager pursuant to Section 2 hereof (exclusive of amounts paid for reimbursement of expenses or paid under this Agreement). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the total value paid or proposed to be paid to holders of Warrants pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation shall equal (i) if the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation is consummated, the total market value of the Shares (as of the Expiration Date) issued, and the cash consideration paid, in the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation, or (ii) if the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation is not consummated, the total market value (as of the date when the Exchange Offer is terminated or otherwise withdrawn by the Company) of the Shares issuable, and the cash consideration payable, in the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation, based on the maximum number of Warrants that could be exchanged in the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or Prospectus immediately before the termination or withdrawal of the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any other alleged conduct relates to information provided by the Company or other conduct by the Company on the one hand or the Dealer Manager on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Dealer Manager agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above (other than with respect to uncovered losses), in no event shall Citigroup Global Markets Inc. be responsible under this paragraph for any amounts in excess of the amount of the compensation actually paid by the Company to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with the engagement (exclusive of amounts paid for reimbursement of expenses under the Agreement, including this Section 7, and amounts paid under this Section 7). Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), 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
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misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls the Dealer Manager within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of the Dealer Manager shall have the same rights to contribution as such Dealer Manager, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each officer and director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
8.    [Reserved.]
9.    Certain Acknowledgments. The Company understands that you and your affiliates (together, the “Group”) are engaged in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including investment management, financing, securities trading, corporate and investment banking and research). Members of the Group and businesses within the Group generally act independently of each other, both for their own account and for the account of clients. Accordingly, there may be situations where parts of the Group and/or their clients either now have or may in the future have interests, or take actions, that may conflict with our interests. For example, the Group may, in the ordinary course of business, engage in trading in financial products or undertake other investment businesses for their own account or on behalf of other clients, including, but not limited to, trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions in securities, loans or other financial products of the Company or other entities connected with the Exchange Offer.
In recognition of the foregoing, the Company agrees that the Group is not required to restrict its activities as a result of this engagement, and that the Group may undertake any business activity without further consultation with or notification to the Company. Neither this Agreement, the receipt by the Group of confidential information nor any other matter shall give rise to any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including without limitation any duty of trust or confidence) that would prevent or restrict the Group from acting on behalf of other customers or for its own account. Furthermore, the Company agrees that neither the Group nor any member or business of the Group is under a duty to disclose to the Company or use on behalf of the Company any information whatsoever about or derived from those activities or to account for any revenue or profits obtained in connection with such activities. However, consistent with the Group’s long-standing policy to hold in confidence the affairs of its customers, the Group will not use confidential information obtained from the Company except in connection with its services to, and its relationship with the Company.
The Company hereby acknowledges that you are acting as principal and not as a fiduciary of the Company and the Company’s engagement of you in connection with the transactions contemplated herein is as an independent contractor, on an arms-length basis under this Agreement with duties solely to the Company, and not in any other capacity including as a fiduciary. Neither this Agreement, your performance hereunder nor any previous or existing relationship between the Company and any member of or business within the Group will be deemed to create any fiduciary relationship. Neither this engagement, nor the delivery of any advice in connection with this engagement, is intended to confer rights upon any persons not a
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party hereto (including security holders, employees or creditors of the Company) as against the Group or their respective directors, officers, agents and employees. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the transactions contemplated herein (irrespective of whether any member of or business within the Group has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters).
10.    Termination; Representations, Acknowledgments and Indemnities to Survive.
(a)    Subject to clause (c) below, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company, at any time upon notice to the Dealer Manager, if (i) at any time prior to the Exchange Date, the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation is terminated or withdrawn by the Company for any reason, or (ii) the Dealer Manager does not comply with all of its covenants under this Agreement.
(b)    Subject to clause (c) below, this Agreement may be terminated by the Dealer Manager, at any time upon notice to the Company, if (i) at any time prior to the Exchange Date, the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation is terminated or withdrawn by the Company for any reason, (ii) the Company does not comply in all material respects with any covenant specified in Section 1, (iii) the Company shall publish, send or otherwise distribute any amendment or supplement to the Offering Documents to which the Dealer Manager shall reasonably object or which shall be reasonably disapproved by the counsel to the Dealer Manager or (iv) the Dealer Manager cancels the Agreement pursuant to Section 6.
(c)    The respective agreements, representations, warranties, acknowledgments, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Dealer Manager set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling person of the Company, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares. The provisions of Section 2, Section 5(m), Section 7, and Section 18 hereof, and this Section 10(c), shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
11.    Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Dealer Manager is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Dealer Manager to properly identify its clients.
12.    Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Dealer Manager, will be mailed or delivered to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 Attention: General Counsel, facsimile number  ###-###-####, with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: Derek Dostal; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed or delivered to Perella Weinberg Partners, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153, Attention: General Counsel.
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13.    Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and, except as expressly set forth in Section 5(k) hereof, no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, and any documents referred to in it, constitute the whole agreement between the parties and supersede any arrangements, understanding or previous agreement between them relating to the subject matter they cover. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any documents referred to in it, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
15.    Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to the Company at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding.
16.    Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
17.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
18.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
19.    Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
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20.    Definitions. The following terms, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D.
Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
Commencement Date” shall mean the date of commencement (as defined in Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act) of the Exchange Offer.
Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Effective Date” shall mean the time the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act.
Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Date” shall mean the date on which the Company issues the Shares in exchange for the Warrants pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Expiration Date” shall mean one minute after 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on August 18, 2022, or such later time and date as may be extended by the Company in its sole discretion.
Information Agent” shall mean D.F. King & Co, Inc.
Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
Material Adverse Effect” means (i) any material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document or (ii) any material adverse change or effect, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change or effect, in or affecting (x) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (y) the ability of the Company to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.
Offering Documents” shall mean the Pre-Effective Registration Statement, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the accompanying letter of transmittal and consent, the Schedule TO, the Rule 165 Material, the notice of guaranteed delivery, and all other documents filed or to be filed with any federal, state or local government or regulatory agency or authority in connection with the Exchange Offer or the Consent Solicitation, each as prepared or approved by the Company.
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Pre-Effective Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement, filed by the Company with the Commission registering the Exchange Offer under the Securities Act, including exhibits thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein or deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C under the Securities Act, in the form in which it is initially filed with the Commission.
Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean the preliminary prospectus that is used prior to the filing of the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented from time to time, including any documents incorporated in the Preliminary Prospectus by reference.
Private Placement Warrants” shall refer to the Warrants initially sold as part of the units in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV’s (“FTIV”) initial public offering that closed on September 29, 2020 (the “IPO”).
proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
Prospectus” shall mean the final prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including any documents incorporated in the Prospectus by reference), except that if the final prospectus furnished to the Dealer Manager for use in connection with the Exchange Offer differs from the prospectus set forth in the Registration Statement (whether or not such prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act), the term “Prospectus” shall refer to the final prospectus furnished to the Dealer Manager for such use (including any documents incorporated in the Prospectus by reference).
Public Warrants” shall refer to the redeemable Warrants underlying the units that were initially offered and sold by FTIV in its IPO.
Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission registering the Exchange Offer under the Securities Act, including exhibits thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein or deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C under the Securities Act, in the form in which it becomes effective and, in the event of any amendment or supplement thereto or the filing of any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act relating thereto after the effective date of such registration statement, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or supplemented, together with any such abbreviated registration statement.
Rule 165 Material” shall mean any written communication made in connection with or relating to the Exchange Offer in reliance on Rule 165 of the Securities Act, and filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
Schedule TO” shall mean the tender offer statement filed with the Commission on Schedule TO, including any documents incorporated by reference therein, with respect to the Exchange Offer, including any amendment or supplement thereto.
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Securities Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Transaction Documents” means this Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
U.S.” or the “United States” shall mean the United States of America.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the Dealer Manager.
Very truly yours,
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
By:
Name:
Title:


The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written:
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.


By:
Name:
Title:
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Schedule A
Dealer Manager Fee
The Fee paid to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as Dealer Manager, shall be equal to $350,000.
All payments due under the Agreement to which this schedule relates are to be made in U.S. Dollars, free and clear of, and without deduction for, any set-off, claim or applicable taxes except as otherwise required by applicable law. The Dealer Manager shall provide the Company a duly executed Internal Revenue Source W-9 prior to the date of the Agreement. For this purpose, “taxes” means all forms of taxation, duties (including stamp duty), levies, imposts, charges and withholdings (including any related or incidental penalty, fine, interest or surcharge), in each case in the nature of a tax and imposed by a taxing authority, and whether required by the law or regulations of the United States or elsewhere.
Capitalized terms used, but not defined, herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Agreement of which this schedule is a part.
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