Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of April 28, 2021, by and among Galileo Acquisition Corp., Shapeways, Inc., Galileo Acquisition Holdings Inc., Galileo Founders Holdings, L.P., in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative thereunder, and Fortis Advisors LLC, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder

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EX-2.1 2 tm2114721d1_ex2-1.htm EXHIBIT 2.1

 

Exhibit 2.1

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION

 

by and among

 

GALILEO ACQUISITION CORP.,

as the Purchaser,

 

Galileo Acquisition Holdings Inc.,
as Merger Sub,

 

GALILEO FOUNDERS HOLDINGS, L.P.,
in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative,

 

FORTIS ADVISORS LLC,
in the capacity as the Seller Representative,

 

and

 

Shapeways, Inc.,
as the Company

 

Dated as of April 28, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
I. MERGER 2
1.1. Merger 2
1.2. Transaction Effective Time 3
1.3. Effect of the Merger 3
1.4. Tax Treatment 3
1.5. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws 3
1.6. Directors and Officers of the Transaction Surviving Corporation 3
1.7. Pre-Closing Company Preferred Stock Exchange 3
1.8. Domestication of the Purchaser 3
1.9. Merger Consideration 4
1.10. Effect of Merger on Company Securities 4
1.11. Surrender of Company Securities and Payment of Merger Consideration 7
1.12. Effect of Transaction on Merger Sub Stock 8
1.13. Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action 8
1.14. Company Loans to Holders of Company Securities 8
1.15. Appraisal Rights 8
1.16. Escrow 9
   
II. CLOSING 11
2.1. Closing 11
   
III. representations and warranties of THE purchaser 11
3.1. Organization and Standing 11
3.2. Authorization; Binding Agreement 12
3.3. Governmental Approvals 12
3.4. Non-Contravention 12
3.5. Capitalization 13
3.6. SEC Filings and Purchaser Financials 14
3.7. Absence of Certain Changes 15
3.8. Compliance with Laws 15
3.9. Actions; Orders; Permits 15
3.10. Taxes and Returns 15
3.11. Employees and Employee Benefit Plans 16
3.12. Properties 16
3.13. Material Contracts 16
3.14. Transactions with Affiliates 16
3.15. Merger Sub Activities 16
3.16. Investment Company Act 17
3.17. Finders and Brokers 17
3.18. Ownership of Stockholder Merger Consideration 17
3.19. Certain Business Practices 17
3.20. Insurance 18
3.21. Purchaser Trust Account 18
3.22. Independent Investigation 18
3.23. No Other Representations 18

 

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Iv. representations and warranties of THE COMPANY 19
4.1. Organization and Standing 19
4.2. Authorization; Binding Agreement 19
4.3. Capitalization 20
4.4. Subsidiaries 21
4.5. Governmental Approvals 21
4.6. Non-Contravention 22
4.7. Financial Statements 22
4.8. Absence of Certain Changes 24
4.9. Compliance with Laws 24
4.10. Company Permits 24
4.11. Litigation 24
4.12. Material Contracts 24
4.13. Intellectual Property 26
4.14. Taxes and Returns 29
4.15. Real Property 30
4.16. Personal Property 31
4.17. Title to and Sufficiency of Assets 31
4.18. Employee Matters 31
4.19. Benefit Plans 33
4.20. Environmental Matters 35
4.21. Transactions with Related Persons 36
4.22. Insurance 36
4.23. Books and Records 37
4.24. Top Customers and Suppliers 37
4.25. Certain Business Practices 37
4.26. Investment Company Act 38
4.27. Finders and Brokers 38
4.28. Independent Investigation 38
4.29. Information Supplied 38
4.30. No Other Representations 38
   
V. COVENANTS 39
5.1. Access and Information 39
5.2. Conduct of Business of the Company 40
5.3. No Control of the Company’s Business 42
5.4. Conduct of Business of the Purchaser 42
5.5. Annual and Interim Financial Statements 45
5.6. Purchaser Public Filings 45
5.7. No Solicitation 45
5.8. No Trading 46
5.9. Notification of Certain Matters 46
5.10. Efforts 47
5.11. Tax Matters 49
5.13. Transfer Taxes 49
5.12. Further Assurances 49
5.14. The Registration Statement 50
5.15. Company Stockholder Meeting 51
5.16. Public Announcements 52
5.17. Confidential Information 52
5.18. Documents and Information 53
5.19. Post-Closing Board of Directors and Executive Officers 54
5.20. Indemnification of Officers and Directors; Tail Insurance 54
5.21. Trust Account Proceeds 55
5.22. PIPE Investment 55
5.23. Additional Agreements 56

 

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VI. Closing conditions 57
6.1. Conditions of Each Party’s Obligations 57
6.2. Conditions to Obligations of the Company 58
6.3. Conditions to Obligations of the Purchaser 59
6.4. Frustration of Conditions 60
   
VII. TERMINATION AND EXPENSES 61
7.1. Termination 61
7.2. Effect of Termination 62
7.3. Fees and Expenses 62
   
VIII. WAIVERS and releases 62
8.1. Waiver of Claims Against Trust 62
   
Ix. MISCELLANEOUS 63
9.1. No Survival 63
9.2. Notices 63
9.3. Binding Effect; Assignment 64
9.4. Third Parties 64
9.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction 64
9.6. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 64
9.7. Specific Performance 64
9.8. Severability 65
9.9. Amendment 65
9.10. Waiver 65
9.11. Entire Agreement 65
9.12. Interpretation 65
9.13. Counterparts 66
9.14. Purchaser Representative 66
9.15. Seller Representative 67
9.16. Legal Representation 69
   
X DEFINITIONS 69
10.1. Certain Definitions 69
10.2. Section References 79

 

INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit Description
   
Exhibit A Form of Voting Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Lock-Up Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Non-Competition Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Sponsor Forfeiture Letter
Exhibit E Form of Amended Organizational Documents   

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION

 

This Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 28, 2021 by and among (i) Galileo Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (together with its successors, including after the Domestication (as defined below), the “Purchaser”), (ii) Galileo Acquisition Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (Merger Sub”), (iii) Galileo Founders Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, in the capacity as the representative from and after the Effective Time (as defined below) for the stockholders of the Purchaser (other than the Company Security Holders (as defined below) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and their successors and assignees) in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Purchaser Representative”), (iv) Fortis Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in the capacity as the representative from and after the Effective Time for the Company Stockholders (as defined below) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Seller Representative”), and (v) Shapeways, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Purchaser Representative, the Seller Representative and the Company are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties”.

 

RECITALS:

 

A.      The Company, directly and indirectly through its subsidiaries, operates a digital manufacturing platform that combines high quality, flexible on demand manufacturing with purpose built proprietary software;

 

B.       The Purchaser owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub, which was formed for the sole purpose of the Merger (as defined below);

 

C.       Prior to the consummation of the Merger (as defined below), the Purchaser shall continue out of the Cayman Islands and into the State of Delaware as to re-domicile as and become a Delaware corporation pursuant to the Cayman Islands Companies Law (2020 Revision) (the “Cayman Islands Companies Law”) and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (as amended, the “DGCL”);

 

D.       The Parties intend to effect the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”), as a result of which, among other things, (i) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, in exchange for the right for each Company Stockholder to receive its Stockholder Pro Rata Share (as defined herein) of the Stockholder Merger Consideration (as defined herein), and (ii) outstanding Company Options (as defined herein) shall be assumed (with equitable adjustments to the number and exercise price of such assumed Company Options) by Purchaser with the result that such assumed Company Options shall be converted into the right to receive (a) Purchaser Options exercisable into shares of Purchaser Common Stock and (b) Purchaser Earnout RSUs corresponding to shares of Purchaser Common Stock, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL;

 

E.       The boards of directors of the Company, the Purchaser and Merger Sub have each (i) determined that the Merger (preceded by the Domestication) is fair, advisable and in the best interests of their respective companies and stockholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Domestication and the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and (iii) determined to recommend to their respective stockholders the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Domestication and the Merger;

 

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F.       The Purchaser has received voting and support agreements in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Voting Agreements”) signed by the Company and (a) the holders of Company Stock (as defined herein) sufficient to approve the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any separate class or series votes of Company Preferred Stock (as defined herein)) and (b) the Required Convertible Noteholders (as defined herein);

 

G.       Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (a) the Significant Company Holders have each entered into a Lock-Up Agreement with Purchaser and the Purchaser Representative, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B hereto (each, a “Lock-Up Agreement”); and (b) Gregory Kress shall have entered into a Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement in favor of Purchaser and the Company, the form of which is attached as Exhibit C hereto (the “Non-Competition Agreement”), which agreements (described in clauses (a) and (b) above) will become effective as of the Closing;

 

H.        Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser has entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with investors (the “PIPE Investors”) to purchase shares of the Purchaser in connection with a private equity investment in the Purchaser for aggregate gross proceeds to the Purchaser of at least seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) (the “PIPE Investment”).

 

I.        Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser and the Sponsor have entered into a letter agreement (the “Sponsor Forfeiture Letter”) in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to forfeit six hundred ninety thousand (690,000) Founder Shares held by the Sponsor, contingent and effective upon the Closing.

 

J.       The Parties intend that the Merger will qualify as a tax-free “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (as defined herein) and, depending on the facts at the time of the Closing, intend that the Merger and the PIPE Investment shall be considered part of an overall plan in which the Company Stockholders exchange their shares of Company Common Stock for the Stockholder Merger Consideration in an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code; and

 

K.        Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Article X hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I
MERGER

 

1.1               Merger. At the Effective Time, and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, Merger Sub and the Company shall consummate the Merger, pursuant to which Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, following which the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation. The Company, as the surviving corporation after the Merger, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving Corporation” (provided, that references to the Company for periods after the Effective Time shall include the Surviving Corporation).

 

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1.2               Effective Time. The Parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing the Certificate of Merger for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL (the time of such filing, or such later time as may be specified in the Certificate of Merger, being the “Effective Time”).

 

1.3               Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, Liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub and the Company shall become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, Liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving Corporation, which shall include the assumption by the Surviving Corporation of any and all agreements, covenants, duties and obligations of Merger Sub and the Company set forth in this Agreement to be performed after the Effective Time.

 

1.4               Tax Treatment. For federal income tax purposes, the Merger is intended to constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code and (b) depending on the facts at the time of the Closing, the Merger and the PIPE Investment are intended to be considered part of an overall plan in which the Company Stockholders exchange their shares of Company Common Stock for the Stockholder Merger Consideration in an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code. The Parties adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States Treasury Regulations.

 

1.5               Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. At the Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall automatically be amended and restated in their entirety to read identically to the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and such amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws shall become the respective Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, except that the name of the Surviving Corporation in such Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws shall be amended to be “Shapeways, Inc.”.

 

1.6               Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation. At the Effective Time, the board of directors and executive officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be the board of directors and executive officers of the Purchaser, after giving effect to Section 5.19, each to hold office in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or their earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

1.7               Pre-Closing Company Preferred Stock Exchange. On or prior to the Effective Time, the holders of Company Preferred Stock (including the holders of Company Preferred Stock issued upon conversion of Company Convertible Notes in accordance with Section 1.10(f)) shall either exchange or convert all of their issued and outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock for shares of Company Common Stock at the applicable conversion ratio (including any accrued or declared but unpaid dividends) (the “Company Preferred Stock Exchange”) as set forth in the Company Charter.

 

1.8               Domestication of the Purchaser. Prior to the Effective Time, the Purchaser shall continue out of the Cayman Islands and into the State of Delaware so as to re-domicile as and become a Delaware corporation pursuant to the Cayman Islands Companies Law and the applicable provisions of the DGCL (the “Domestication”), and subject to the receipt of the approval of the shareholders of the Purchaser to the Domestication and its terms, the Purchaser shall adopt Delaware Organizational Documents in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E hereto (the “Amended Organizational Documents”) (with such changes as may be agreed in writing by the Purchaser and the Company), including providing that the name of the Purchaser shall be amended to be Shapeways Holdings, Inc. In connection with the Domestication, all of the issued and outstanding Purchaser Securities shall remain outstanding and become substantially identical securities of the Purchaser as a Delaware corporation.

 

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1.9               Merger Consideration. As consideration for the Merger, the Company Security Holders collectively shall be entitled to receive from the Purchaser, in the aggregate, a number of Purchaser Securities with an aggregate value equal to $406,000,000 (the “Merger Consideration”), with each Company Stockholder receiving for each share of Company Common Stock held (after giving effect to the Company Preferred Stock Exchange or otherwise treating shares of Company Preferred Stock on an as-converted to Company Common Stock basis, but excluding any Company Securities described in Section 1.10(b)), a number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock equal to (i) the Per Share Price divided by (ii) the Redemption Price (the “Conversion Ratio”) (the total portion of the Merger Consideration amount payable to all Company Stockholders in respect of shares of Company Stock (but excluding Merger Consideration payable in respect of Company Options and Assumed Warrants) in accordance with this Agreement is also referred to herein as the “Stockholder Merger Consideration”); provided, that the Merger Consideration otherwise payable to Company Stockholders in respect of shares of Company Stock is subject to the withholding of the Stockholder Earnout Shares deposited in the Escrow Account in accordance with Section 1.16, and, after the Closing, is subject to reduction for the amount of any Stockholder Earnout Shares which Company Stockholders are not entitled to receive pursuant to the earnout conditions set forth in Section 1.15. The holders of Company Options shall receive such number of Purchaser Options and Purchaser Earnout RSUs as described in Section 1.10(d), with such terms and conditions as described in Section 1.10(d); provided, that a portion of the Merger Consideration otherwise payable to holders of Company Options in the form of Purchaser Earnout RSUs shall, from and after the Closing, be restricted by vesting and forfeiture terms in accordance with Section 1.10(d), and, after the Closing, be subject to reduction for the amount of any Purchaser Earnout RSUs that may be forfeited and cancelled pursuant to the Purchaser Earnout RSU earnout conditions set forth in Section 1.10(d). The holder of the Company Non-Plan Option shall be given the opportunity to exercise such option prior to the Effective Time as described in Section 1.10(d)(iv) and if not exercised prior to the Effective Time, such Company Non-Plan Option shall be cancelled without payment in accordance with its terms. The holders of Company Warrants that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall receive such number of Assumed Warrants as described in Section 1.10(e), with such terms and conditions as described in Section 1.10(e), provided, that a portion of the Merger Consideration otherwise payable to holders of Company Warrants in the form of Assumed Warrants shall, from and after the Closing, be restricted from exercise and subject to vesting and forfeiture terms in accordance with Section 1.10(e) and Section 1.16(b), and, after the Closing, be subject to reduction for the amount of any Earnout Warrants that do not vest in accordance with the earnout vesting conditions set forth in Section 1.16(b).

 

1.10           Effect of Merger on Company Securities. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any Company Securities or the holders of any shares of capital stock of the Purchaser or Merger Sub:

 

(a)                Company Stock. Subject to clause (b) below, all shares of Company Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (after giving effect to the Company Preferred Stock Exchange) will automatically be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive the Stockholder Merger Consideration (subject to the withholding of the Stockholder Earnout Shares), with each Company Stockholder being entitled to receive its Stockholder Pro Rata Share of the Stockholder Merger Consideration, without interest, upon delivery of the Transmittal Documents in accordance with Section 1.11. All shares of Company Preferred Stock will be treated on an as-converted to Company Common Stock basis. As of the Effective Time, each Company Stockholder shall cease to have any other rights in and to the Company or the Surviving Corporation (other than the rights set forth in Section 1.15 below).

 

(b)                Treasury Stock. Notwithstanding clause (a) above or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, at the Effective Time, if there are any Company Securities that are owned by the Company as treasury shares or any Company Securities owned by any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time, such Company Securities shall be canceled and shall cease to exist without any conversion thereof or payment therefor.

 

(c)              Dissenting Shares. Each of the Dissenting Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and cease to exist in accordance with Section 1.15 and shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable payments set forth in Section 1.15.

 

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(d)                Company Options and Company Non-Plan Option.

 

(i)                 At the Effective Time, each outstanding Company Option (whether vested or unvested, exercisable or unexercisable) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed by the Purchaser and automatically converted into the right to receive (A) an option to acquire shares of Purchaser Common Stock (each, a “Purchaser Option”), described further below, and (B) the Purchaser Earnout RSUs described in subsection (ii) below. Subject to the subsequent sentence, each Purchaser Option that corresponds to a Company Option that was originally granted pursuant to the Company Equity Plan will continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in the Company Equity Plan and the applicable award agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, the vesting and acceleration provisions therein), except any references therein to the Company or Company Common Stock will instead mean the Purchaser and Purchaser Common Stock, respectively. Each Purchaser Option shall: (i) represent the right to acquire a number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock equal to (as rounded down to the nearest whole number) the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock that were subject to the corresponding Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) ninety percent (90%) of the Conversion Ratio; and (ii) have an exercise price equal to (as rounded up to the nearest whole cent) the quotient of (A) the exercise price of the corresponding Company Option, divided by (B) ninety percent (90%) of the Conversion Ratio.

 

(ii)               As soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time, each holder of an in-the-money Company Option shall receive, with respect to such Company Option, an award of restricted stock units of Purchaser denominated in a number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock (each, an “Purchaser Earnout RSU”) equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock that were subject to the Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) ten percent (10%) of the Conversion Ratio (rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock). The Purchaser Earnout RSUs shall be granted under the Incentive Plan pursuant to award agreements in a form to be reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and the Company prior to the Closing.

 

(iii)             Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, a holder of a Company Option shall be granted a Purchaser Earnout RSU only if such holder remains in continuous service to the Company or its successor through the grant date of such award. In addition, each Purchaser Earnout RSU shall be subject to substantially the same service-based vesting conditions and acceleration provisions as applied to the former Company Option; provided that, in addition to such service-based vesting conditions, (i) one-half of each Purchaser Earnout RSU shall be subject to each of the share-price based performance vesting conditions described in Section 1.16(b)(i) and (ii) the remaining one-half of each Purchaser Earnout RSU shall be subject to each of the share-price based performance vesting conditions described in Section 1.16(b)(ii) (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “RSU Performance Milestones”). If the service of the holder of a Purchaser Earnout RSUs terminates before the RSU Performance Milestones have been satisfied, then the portion of the Purchaser Earnout RSUs for which the service-based vesting conditions have been satisfied (taking in account any acceleration provisions) shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest upon achievement of the applicable RSU Performance Milestone. Any Purchaser Earnout RSUs for which the service-based vested conditions have not been satisfied as of such termination of service (taking in account any acceleration provisions) shall be forfeited and cancelled without payment. If any RSU Performance Milestone fails to be satisfied by the end of the Earnout Period, then the Purchaser Earnout RSUs corresponding to such RSU Performance Milestone shall be forfeited and cancelled without payment as of the end of the Earnout Period.

 

(iv)              At the Effective Time, if the Company Non-Plan Option remains outstanding, it shall be cancelled without payment in accordance with its terms. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall have notified the holder of the Company Non-Plan Option of the Merger and given such holder an opportunity to exercise the Company Non-Plan Option in accordance with Section 11(b)(v) of the Company Non-Plan Option.

 

(v)                The Purchaser shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for future issuance a sufficient number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock for delivery upon the exercise of Purchaser Options and the settlement of Purchaser Earnout RSUs, and shall maintain such reserve for so long as any of the Purchaser Options and Purchaser Earnout RSUs remain outstanding. From and after the Effective Time, the Company and the Purchaser shall not issue any new awards under the Company Equity Plan. Within a reasonably practicable period (subject to SEC rules and guidelines for a former shell company) after the Closing, the Purchaser shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or any successor form, or, if Form S-8 is not available, other appropriate forms as may be required under applicable Law) relating to the shares of Purchaser Common Stock issuable with respect to the Purchaser Options and Purchaser Earnout RSUs, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for as long as required to issue Purchaser Common Shares pursuant to the Purchaser Options and Purchaser Earnout RSUs.

 

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(e)                Company Warrants.

 

(i)                 Each Company Warrant that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time and that would automatically and fully be net-exercised in accordance with its terms by virtue of the occurrence of the Merger without the requirement of any other election or action by the Company or holder thereof, shall automatically, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be net-exercised in accordance with its terms immediately prior to the Effective Time and such Company Warrant shall be cancelled and eligible for the consideration set forth in Section 1.9 based upon the number of shares of Company Stock into which such Company Warrant was automatically exercised (or, with respect to Company Warrants that are convertible into shares of Company Preferred Stock by their terms, based upon the number of shares of Company Stock into which the shares of Company Preferred Stock issuable upon warrant exercise exchange or convert in accordance with the Company Preferred Stock Exchange pursuant to Section 1.7).

 

(ii)               Each Company Warrant that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time (and which is not automatically and fully exercised in accordance with its terms pursuant to Section 1.10(e)(i)) shall automatically, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed by the Purchaser and converted into (A) a warrant to purchase that number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock equal to the product of (1) ninety percent (90%) of the number of shares of Company Stock subject to such Company Warrant multiplied by (2) the Conversion Ratio (each such warrant, an “New Purchaser Warrant”) and (B) solely with respect to New Purchaser Warrants issued to holders of in-the-money Company Warrants, a warrant to purchase a number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock (the “Warrant Earnout Shares”) equal to the product of (1) ten percent (10%) of the number of shares of Company Stock subject to such Company Warrant multiplied by (2) the Conversion Ratio (each such warrant, an “Earnout Warrant”, and together with the New Purchaser Warrants, the “Assumed Warrant”), with (i) one-half of the Warrant Earnout Shares underlying each Earnout Warrant being subject to each of the share-price based vesting conditions described in Section 1.16(b)(i) and (ii) the remaining one-half of the Warrant Earnout Shares underlying each such Earnout Warrant being subject to each of the share-price based vesting conditions described in Section 1.16(b)(ii).  Each Assumed Warrant shall be in a form mutually agreed by the Purchaser and the Company prior to the Closing and, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, shall be subject to the same terms and conditions (including as to vesting and exercisability) as were applicable under the respective Company Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that each New Purchaser Warrant and Earnout Warrant shall have an exercise price per share equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the per share exercise price of the Company Warrant by (y) the Conversion Ratio (which price per share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent). Upon exercise of any Assumed Warrant, no evidence of book-entry shares representing fractional shares of Purchaser Common Stock shall be issuable thereunder; in lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Purchaser shall round down to the nearest whole share of Purchaser Common Stock.

 

(f)                 Company Convertible Notes. Prior to the Effective Time, all of the Company Convertible Notes shall have been exercised and all of the shares of Company Class E Preferred Stock into which such Company Convertible Notes converted shall have been exchanged or converted for shares of Company Common Stock as part of the Company Preferred Stock Exchange in accordance with Section 1.7 as part of the Company Preferred Stock Exchange.

 

(g)                Other Company Convertible Securities. Any Company Convertible Security other than a Company Option or Company Warrant, if not exercised or converted prior to the Effective Time, shall be cancelled, retired and terminated and cease to represent a right to acquire, be exchanged for or convert into shares of Company Stock.

 

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1.11           Surrender of Company Securities and Disbursement of Merger Consideration.

 

(a)                Prior to the Effective Time, the Purchaser shall appoint its transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, or another agent reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Exchange Agent”), for the purpose of exchanging the certificates representing Company Stock (“Company Certificates”) for Stockholder Merger Consideration. At or prior to the Effective Time, the Purchaser shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent the Stockholder Merger Consideration (less the Stockholder Earnout Shares, which will be deposited in the Escrow Account in accordance with Section 1.16). At or prior to the Effective Time, the Purchaser shall send, or shall cause the Exchange Agent to send, to each Company Stockholder, a letter of transmittal for use in such exchange (a “Letter of Transmittal”) in a form to be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Purchaser.

 

(b)                Each Company Stockholder shall be entitled to receive its Stockholder Pro Rata Share of the Stockholder Merger Consideration (less the Stockholder Earnout Shares) in respect of the Company Stock represented by the Company Certificate(s) (excluding any Company Securities described in Sections 1.10(b) or 1.10(c)), as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, but subject to the delivery to the Exchange Agent of the following items prior thereto (collectively, the “Transmittal Documents”) in forms to be mutually agreed by the Purchaser and the Company prior to the Closing: (i) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and (ii) such other related documents as may be reasonably requested by the Exchange Agent or the Purchaser. Until so surrendered, each Company Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time for all purposes only the right to receive such portion of the Stockholder Merger Consideration (subject to the withholding of the Stockholder Earnout Shares) attributable to such Company Certificate.

 

(c)                If any portion of the Stockholder Merger Consideration is to be delivered or issued to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Company Certificate is registered immediately prior to the Effective Time, it shall be a condition to such delivery that (i) the transfer of such Company Stock shall have been permitted in accordance with the terms of the Company’s Organizational Documents and any stockholders agreement with respect to the Company, each as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) such Company Certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer and, (iii) the recipient of such portion of the Stockholder Merger Consideration, or the Person in whose name such portion of the Stockholder Merger Consideration is delivered or issued, shall have already executed and delivered, if a Significant Company Holder, a counterpart to a Lock-Up Agreement (or if Gregory Kress, the Non-Competition Agreement), and such other Transmittal Documents as are reasonably deemed necessary by the Exchange Agent or the Purchaser and (iv) the Person requesting such delivery shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other Taxes required as a result of such delivery to a Person other than the registered holder of such Company Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

(d)                After the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers of Company Stock. If, after the Effective Time, Company Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation, the Purchaser or the Exchange Agent, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the applicable portion of the Stockholder Merger Consideration provided for, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.11. No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the date of this Agreement with respect to Purchaser Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time will be paid to the holders of any Company Certificates that have not yet been surrendered with respect to the Purchaser Common Stock to be issued upon surrender thereof until the holders of record of such Company Certificates shall provide the other Transmittal Documents. Subject to applicable Law, following delivery of the other Transmittal Documents, Purchaser shall promptly deliver to the record holders thereof, without interest, the certificates representing the Purchaser Common Stock issued in exchange therefor and the amount of any such dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such Purchaser Common Stock.

 

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(e)                All securities issued upon the surrender of Company Securities in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company Securities. Any portion of any Earnout Escrow Property disbursed to the Escrow Agent in accordance with the Escrow Agreement that remains unclaimed by Company Stockholders four (4) years after the Effective Time shall be returned to the Purchaser and any Company Stockholder who has not exchanged its Company Stock for the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration in accordance with this Section 1.11 prior to that time shall thereafter look only to the Purchaser for payment of the portion of the applicable Merger Consideration in respect of such Company Securities without any interest thereon (but with any dividends paid with respect thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Surviving Corporation, the Purchaser or any Party hereto shall be liable to any Person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

 

(f)                 The Purchaser shall not issue Assumed Warrants in respect of Company Warrants until it shall have received from each holder thereof (i) a duly executed Letter of Transmittal with respect to such Company Warrant, and (ii) a duly executed counterpart to an agreement setting forth the terms of the Assumed Warrant in a form to be mutually agreed upon prior to the Closing by the Company and the Purchaser, which, among other matters, will release the Company from its obligations with respect to the Company Warrant.

 

(g)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no fraction of a share of Purchaser Common Stock will be issued by virtue of the Merger or the transactions contemplated hereby, and each Person who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share of Purchaser Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of Purchaser Common Stock that otherwise would be received by such holder) shall instead have the number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock issued to such Person rounded down in the aggregate to the nearest whole share of Purchaser Common Stock.

 

1.12           Effect of Transaction on Merger Sub Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any Company Securities or the holders of any shares of capital stock of the Purchaser or Merger Sub, each share of Merger Sub Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number of shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation, with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.

 

1.13           Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Merger Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

 

1.14           Company Loans to Holders of Company Securities. In the event that the loan set forth in Schedule 1.14 remains outstanding as of the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration payable to such holder of Company Securities pursuant to Section 1.10 hereof shall be reduced by a number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to (x) the outstanding principal amount of such loan, plus accrued interest, if any, as of the Effective Time, divided by (y) the Redemption Price.

 

1.15           Appraisal Rights. No Company Stockholder who has validly exercised its appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL (a “Dissenting Stockholder”) with respect to its Company Stock (such shares, “Dissenting Shares”) shall be entitled to receive any portion of the Stockholder Merger Consideration with respect to the Dissenting Shares owned by such Dissenting Stockholder unless and until such Dissenting Stockholder shall have effectively withdrawn or lost its appraisal rights under the DGCL. Each Dissenting Stockholder shall be entitled to receive only the payment resulting from the procedure set forth in Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to the Dissenting Shares owned by such Dissenting Stockholder. The Company shall give the Purchaser and the Purchaser Representative (i) prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal, attempted withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to applicable Laws that are received by the Company relating to any Dissenting Stockholder’s rights of appraisal and (ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demand for appraisal under the DGCL. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of the Purchaser and the Purchaser Representative, voluntarily make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal, offer to settle or settle any such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such demands. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Stockholder Merger Consideration (including the Stockholder Earnout Shares) shall be reduced by the Stockholder Pro Rata Share of any Dissenting Stockholders attributable to any Dissenting Shares and the Dissenting Stockholders shall have no rights to any portion of the Stockholder Merger Consideration (or Stockholder Earnout Shares) with respect to any Dissenting Shares.

 

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1.16           Earnout and Escrow.

 

(a)                At or prior to the Closing, the Seller Representative and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (or such other escrow agent mutually acceptable to the Purchaser and the Company), as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), shall enter into an Escrow Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and the Company (the “Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which the Purchaser shall issue in the name of the Company Stockholders the Stockholder Earnout Shares, each valued at the Redemption Price. Purchaser shall deposit such Stockholder Earnout Shares with the Escrow Agent to be held, along with any other dividends, distributions or other income on such Stockholder Earnout Shares (together with such Stockholder Earnout Shares, the “Earnout Escrow Property”), in a segregated escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) and disbursed therefrom in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.16 and the Escrow Agreement. The Company Stockholders shall be shown as registered owners of such Stockholder Earnout Shares on the books and records of Purchaser, and subject to any limitations set forth in this Section 1.16, shall be entitled to exercise voting rights and to receive dividends (if declared) with respect to such Stockholder Earnout Shares (other than non-taxable stock dividends, which shall be included as part of the Earnout Escrow Property). The Earnout Escrow Property shall be allocated among and transferred to the Company Stockholders pro rata based on their Stockholder Pro Rata Share as additional consideration from the Purchaser based on the performance of the Purchaser’s Common Stock during the three (3) year period after the Closing (the “Earnout Period”) in accordance with this Section 1.16, which Stockholder Pro Rata Share shall be payable to such Company Stockholders in the form of Stockholder Earnout Shares and any related dividends, distributions or other income thereon. Unless otherwise required by Law, all distributions made from the Escrow Account to the Purchaser shall be treated by the Parties as an adjustment to the number of shares of Merger Consideration received by the Company Stockholders pursuant to Article I hereof.

 

(b)                Distributions of Earnout Escrow Property shall be made, subject to receipt of the necessary Transmittal Documents in accordance with Section 1.11, from the Escrow Account upon the occurrence and continuation of the following events, if any:

 

(i)                 In the event that the VWAP of the Purchaser Common Stock equals or exceeds $14.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations and similar transactions after the Closing) (the “Tier I Share Price Target”) for thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days during the Earnout Period, then, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (A) each Company Stockholder in whose name Stockholder Earnout Shares are issued shall be entitled to receive from the Escrow Account its Stockholder Pro Rata Share of 50% (one half) of the Earnout Escrow Property, (B) 50% (one-half) of the share-price based performance vesting condition of each Purchaser Earnout RSU shall be deemed satisfied and (C) 50% (one-half) of the share-price based vesting condition of each Earnout Warrant shall be deemed satisfied.

 

(ii)               In the event that the VWAP of the Purchaser Common Stock equals or exceeds $16.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations and similar transactions after the Closing) (the “Tier II Share Price Target”, and together with the Tier I Share Price Target, the “Share Price Targets”) for thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days during the Earnout Period, then, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (A) each Company Stockholder in whose name Stockholder Earnout Shares are issued shall be entitled to receive from the Escrow Account its Stockholder Pro Rata Share of the remaining Earnout Escrow Property, (B) the share-price based performance vesting condition of each Purchaser Earnout RSU shall be deemed satisfied in full and (C) the share-price based vesting condition of each Earnout Warrant shall be deemed satisfied in full.

 

(iii)             For purposes hereof, the thirty-day periods may be overlapping, such that both targets may be achieved simultaneously or within thirty days of each other.

 

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(c)                After the Closing, the Purchaser’s Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”) will monitor the VWAP of Purchaser Common Stock on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which Purchaser Common Stock is then traded on each Trading Day during the Earnout Period, and as soon as practicable (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) after the end of each monthly anniversary of the Closing during the Earnout Period, the Purchaser’s CFO will prepare and deliver to each of the Purchaser Representative and the Seller Representative (together, the “Party Representatives”) a written statement (each, an “Earnout Statement”) that sets forth (i) the VWAP of Purchaser Common Stock on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which Purchaser Common Stock is then traded on each Trading Day for such monthly anniversary period then ended and the preceding monthly periods during the Earnout Period and (ii) whether one, both or neither Share Price Target has been achieved during the Earnout Period. Each Party Representative will have fifteen (15) Business Days after its receipt of an Earnout Statement to review it. Each Party Representative may make inquiries to the Purchaser’s CFO and related Purchaser and Surviving Corporation personnel and advisors regarding questions concerning or disagreements with the Earnout Statement arising in the course of their review thereof, and the Purchaser and the Surviving Corporation shall provide reasonable cooperation in connection therewith. If either Party Representative has any objections to an Earnout Statement, such Party Representative shall deliver to the Purchaser and the Surviving Corporation (to the attention of the CFO) and the other Party Representative a statement setting forth its objections thereto (in reasonable detail). If such written statement is not delivered by a Party Representative within twenty (20) Business Days following the date of delivery of each Earnout Statement, then such Party Representative will have waived its right to contest such Earnout Statement and the calculation of the VWAP of Purchaser Common Stock during the applicable portion of the Earnout Period (and whether the Share Price Targets has been achieved) as set forth in such Earnout Statement. If such written statement is delivered by a Party Representative within such twenty (20) Business Day period, then the Seller Representative and the Purchaser Representative shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any such objections for a period of ten (10) Business Day. If the Purchaser Representatives do not reach a final resolution during such ten (10) Business Day period, then the final determination of the VWAP of Purchaser Common Stock during the applicable portion of the Earnout Period then the dispute shall be referred to the independent directors serving on the Purchaser’s board of directors at such time that are disinterested in the Stockholder Earnout Shares, Earnout Warrants, Purchaser Earnout RSUs (i.e., such independent director is not a Company Stockholder, an Affiliate of a Company Stockholder, or an officer, director, manager, employee, trustee or beneficiary of a Company Stockholder, nor an immediate family member of any of the foregoing) (each, a “Disinterested Independent Director”), who shall determine, by vote or consent of a majority of the Disinterested Independent Directors, whether one, both, or neither Share Price Target has been achieved and whether the Company Security Holders are entitled to receive Stockholder Earnout Shares, satisfy the share-price based performance vesting condition of the Purchaser Earnout RSUs or satisfy the share-price based vesting condition of the Earnout Warrants, as applicable, as a result thereof.

 

(d)                If there is a final determination in accordance with Section 1.16(c) that the applicable Company Security Holders are entitled to receive Stockholder Earnout Shares or Purchaser Earnout RSUs, or whether the share-based vesting condition of the Earnout Warrants have been satisfied, as applicable, for having achieved the Tier I Price Target, the Tier II Price Target, or both, 50% or 100% of the Earnout Escrow Property, as applicable, within three (3) Business Days of such final determination, the Representative Parties shall provide the Escrow Agent with joint written instructions to release the Earnout Escrow Property to the applicable Company Security Holders. In the event that one or both of the Share Price Targets are not achieved, there shall be partial disbursements, or no disbursements, as applicable, of Earnout Escrow Property from the Escrow Account and all or a portion, as applicable, of the Earnout Shares shall be delivered from the Escrow Account to the Purchaser, to be cancelled by the Purchaser.

 

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(e)                Following the Closing (including during the Earnout Period), the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, including the Target Companies, will be entitled to operate their respective businesses based upon the business requirements of the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, including the Target Companies will be permitted, following the Closing (including during the Earnout Period), to make changes at its sole discretion to its operations, organization, personnel, accounting practices and other aspects of its business, including actions that may have an impact on, the share price of Purchaser Common Stock and the ability of Company Security Holders to earn the Stockholder Earnout Shares, satisfy the share-price based performance vesting condition of the Purchaser Earnout RSUs or satisfy the share-price based vesting condition of the Earnout Warrants, as applicable, the Company Security Holders will not have any right to claim the loss of all or any portion of any Stockholder Earnout Shares, the Purchaser Earnout RSUs, the Earnout Warrants or other damages as a result of such decisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries, including the Target Companies, not to, take or omit to take any action that has the primary purpose of avoiding, reducing or preventing the achievement or attainment of the Share Price Targets.

 

(f)                 Any payment made pursuant to Section 1.16 shall be treated as an adjustment to the Merger Consideration by the Parties for Tax purposes, unless otherwise required by a change in applicable Tax Law.

 

Article II
CLOSING

 

2.1               Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place electronically, through the exchange of documents via electronic mail or facsimile, on a date and at a time to be agreed upon by Purchaser and the Company, which date shall be no later than the second (2nd) Business Day after all the Closing conditions to this Agreement have been satisfied or waived, or at such other date, time or place (including remotely) as the Purchaser and the Company may agree (the date and time at which the Closing is actually held being the “Closing Date”).

 

Article III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER

 

Except as set forth in (i) the disclosure schedules delivered by the Purchaser to the Company on the date hereof (the “Purchaser Disclosure Schedules”), the Section numbers of which are numbered to correspond to the Section numbers of this Agreement to which they refer, or (ii) the SEC Reports that are available on the SEC’s website through EDGAR at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date hereof (it being acknowledged that nothing disclosed in such a SEC Report under the headings “Risk Factors” or “Forward-Looking Statements” will be deemed to modify or qualify and representations or warranties set forth in Article III), the Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as follows:

 

3.1             Organization and Standing. The Purchaser is a company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands. The Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Purchaser is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or in good standing can be cured without material cost or expense. The Purchaser has heretofore made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of its Organizational Documents, as currently in effect. The Purchaser is not in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents in any material respect.

 

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3.2               Authorization; Binding Agreement. The Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, to perform the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, subject to obtaining the Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a) have been duly and validly authorized by the board of directors of the Purchaser, and (b) other than the Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval, no other corporate proceedings, other than as set forth elsewhere in the Agreement, on the part of the Purchaser are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Ancillary Document to which the Purchaser is a party shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and such Ancillary Documents by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or when delivered shall constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and moratorium laws and other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by any applicable statute of limitation or by any valid defense of set-off or counterclaim, and the fact that equitable remedies or relief (including the remedy of specific performance) are subject to the discretion of the court from which such relief may be sought (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

 

3.3               Governmental Approvals. Except as otherwise described in Schedule 3.3, no Consent of or with any Governmental Authority, on the part of the Purchaser is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than (a) pursuant to Antitrust Laws, (b) such filings as contemplated by this Agreement, (c) any filings required with NYSE or the SEC with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (d) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and (e) where the failure to obtain or make such Consents or to make such filings or notifications would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser.

 

3.4             Non-Contravention. Except as otherwise described in Schedule 3.4, the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance by the Purchaser with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, (b) subject to obtaining the Consents from Governmental Authorities referred to in Section 3.3 hereof, and the waiting periods referred to therein having expired, and any condition precedent to such Consent or waiver having been satisfied, conflict with or violate any Law, Order or Consent applicable to the Purchaser or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by the Purchaser under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Purchaser under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Consent or provide any notice to any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, claim a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any Purchaser Material Contract, except for any deviations from any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c) that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser.

 

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3.5               Capitalization.

 

(a)                   The Purchaser is authorized to issue (i) 200,000,000 Purchaser Ordinary Shares, and (ii) 2,000,000 Purchaser Preference Shares. The issued and outstanding Purchaser Securities as of the date of this Agreement are set forth on Schedule 3.5(a). As of the date of this Agreement, there are no issued or outstanding Purchaser Preference Shares. All outstanding Purchaser Ordinary Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the Cayman Islands Companies Law, Purchaser Memorandum and Articles or any Contract to which the Purchaser is a party. None of the outstanding Purchaser Securities has been issued in violation of any applicable securities Laws.

 

(b)                   Prior to giving effect to the merger, Merger Sub is authorized to issue 1,000 shares of Merger Sub Common Stock, of which 1,000 shares are issued and outstanding, and all of which are owned by the Purchaser. Prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than Merger Sub, the Purchaser does not have any Subsidiaries or own any equity interests in any other Person.

 

(c)                   Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5(a) or Schedule 3.5(c) there are no (i) outstanding options, warrants, puts, calls, convertible securities, preemptive or similar rights, (ii) bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness having general voting rights or that are convertible or exchangeable into securities having such rights or (iii) subscriptions or other rights, agreements, arrangements, Contracts or commitments of any character (other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents), (A) relating to the issued or unissued shares of the Purchaser or (B) obligating the Purchaser to issue, transfer, deliver or sell or cause to be issued, transferred, delivered, sold or repurchased any options or shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares, or (C) obligating the Purchaser to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, subscription or other right, agreement, arrangement or commitment for such capital shares. Other than the Redemption or as expressly set forth in this Agreement, there are no outstanding obligations of the Purchaser to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of the Purchaser or to provide funds to make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any Person. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5(c), there are no shareholders agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Purchaser is a party with respect to the voting of any shares of the Purchaser.

 

(d)                   All Indebtedness of the Purchaser as of the date of this Agreement is disclosed on Schedule 3.5(d). No Indebtedness of the Purchaser contains any restriction upon (i) the prepayment of any of such Indebtedness, (ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Purchaser or (iii) the ability of Purchaser to grant any Lien on its properties or assets.

 

(e)                   Since the date of formation of the Purchaser, and except as contemplated by this Agreement (including any redemptions that may occur in connection with an Extension, if any), the Purchaser has not declared or paid any distribution or dividend in respect of its shares and has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of its shares, and the Purchaser’s board of directors has not authorized any of the foregoing.

 

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3.6               SEC Filings and Purchaser Financials.

 

(a)                   The Purchaser, since the IPO, has filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements, registration statements, prospectuses and other documents required to be filed or furnished by the Purchaser with the SEC under the Securities Act and/or the Exchange Act, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto, and will file all such forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement. Except to the extent available on the SEC’s web site through EDGAR, the Purchaser has delivered to the Company copies in the form filed with the SEC of all of the following: (i) the Purchaser’s annual reports on Form 10-K for each fiscal year of the Purchaser beginning with the first year the Purchaser was required to file such a form, (ii) the Purchaser’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for each fiscal quarter that the Purchaser filed such reports to disclose its quarterly financial results in each of the fiscal years of the Purchaser referred to in clause (i) above, (iii) all other forms, reports, registration statements, prospectuses and other documents (other than preliminary materials) filed by the Purchaser with the SEC since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above (the forms, reports, registration statements, prospectuses and other documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, whether or not available through EDGAR, are, collectively, the “SEC Reports”) and (iv) all certifications and statements required by (A) Rules 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act, and (B) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of SOX) with respect to any report referred to in clause (i) above (collectively, the “Public Certifications”). Except for any changes (including any required restatements of the Purchaser Financials (defined below) or the SEC Reports) to the Purchaser’s historical accounting of the Purchaser Warrants as equity rather than as liabilities that may be required as a result of the Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) that was issued by the SEC on April 12, 2021, and related guidance by the SEC (the “SEC April Warrant Statement”), the SEC Reports (x) were prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations thereunder and (y) did not, as of their respective effective dates (in the case of SEC Reports that are registration statements filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and at the time they were filed with the SEC (in the case of all other SEC Reports) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Public Certifications are each true as of their respective dates of filing. As used in this Section 3.6, the term “file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner permitted by SEC rules and regulations in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC. As of the date of this Agreement, (A) the Purchaser Units, the Purchaser Ordinary Shares and the Purchaser Warrants are listed on NYSE, (B) the Purchaser has not received any written deficiency notice from NYSE relating to the continued listing requirements of such Purchaser Securities, (C) there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority with respect to any intention by such entity to suspend, prohibit or terminate the quoting of such Purchaser Securities on NYSE and (D) such Purchaser Securities are in compliance with all of the applicable corporate governance rules of NYSE.

 

(b)                   Except for any changes (including any required restatements of the Purchaser Financials (defined below) or the SEC Reports) to the Purchaser’s historical accounting of the Purchaser Warrants as equity rather than as liabilities that may be required as a result of the SEC April Warrant Statement, the financial statements and notes of the Purchaser contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Reports (the “Purchaser Financials”), fairly present in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows of the Purchaser at the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such financial statements, all in accordance with (i) GAAP methodologies applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and (ii) Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and for the omission of notes and audit adjustments in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements to the extent permitted by Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable).

 

(c)                 Except for any changes (including any required restatements of the Purchaser Financials or the SEC Reports) to the Purchaser’s historical accounting of the Purchaser Warrants as equity rather than as liabilities that may be required as a result of the SEC April Warrant Statement and except as and to the extent reflected or reserved against in the Purchaser Financials, the Purchaser has not incurred any Liabilities or obligations of the type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP that are not adequately reflected or reserved on or provided for in the Purchaser Financials, other than Liabilities of the type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP that have been incurred since the Purchaser’s last Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

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3.7              Absence of Certain Changes. As of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in Schedule 3.7, the Purchaser has, (a) since its formation, conducted no business other than its formation, the public offering of its securities (and the related private offerings), public reporting and its search for an initial Business Combination as described in the IPO Prospectus (including the investigation of the Target Companies and the negotiation and execution of this Agreement) and related activities and (b) since December 31, 2020, has not been subject to a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser.

 

3.8               Compliance with Laws. The Purchaser is, and has since its formation been, in compliance with all Laws applicable to it and the conduct of its business except for such noncompliance which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has not received written notice alleging any violation of applicable Law in any material respect by the Purchaser.

 

3.9               Actions; Orders; Permits. There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened material Action to which the Purchaser is subject which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser. There is no material Action that the Purchaser has pending against any other Person. The Purchaser is not subject to any material Orders of any Governmental Authority, nor are any such Orders pending. The Purchaser holds all material Permits necessary to lawfully conduct its business as presently conducted, and to own, lease and operate its assets and properties, all of which are in full force and effect, except where the failure to hold such Consent or for such Consent to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser.

 

3.10           Taxes and Returns.

 

(a)                   The Purchaser has timely filed, or caused to be timely filed, all material Tax Returns required to be filed by it, which such Tax Returns are true, accurate, correct and complete in all material respects, and has paid, collected or withheld, or caused to be paid, collected or withheld, all material Taxes required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for which adequate reserves in the Purchaser Financials have been established in accordance with GAAP. The Purchaser has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to Taxes. There are no audits, examinations, investigations or other proceedings pending against the Purchaser in respect of any Tax, and the Purchaser has not been notified in writing of any proposed Tax claims or assessments against the Purchaser (other than, in each case, claims or assessments for which adequate reserves in the Purchaser Financials have been established in accordance with GAAP or are immaterial in amount). There are no Liens with respect to any Taxes upon any of the Purchaser’s assets, other than Permitted Liens. The Purchaser has no outstanding waivers or extensions of any applicable statute of limitations to assess any material amount of Taxes. There are no outstanding requests by the Purchaser for any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return or within which to pay any Taxes shown to be due on any Tax Return.

 

(b)                   Since the date of its formation, the Purchaser has not (i) changed any Tax accounting methods, policies or procedures except as required by a change in Law, (ii) made, revoked, or amended any material Tax election, (iii) filed any amended Tax Returns or claim for refund or (iv) entered into any closing agreement affecting or otherwise settled or compromised any material Tax Liability or refund.

 

(c)                To the Knowledge of Purchaser, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

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3.11         Employees and Employee Benefit Plans. The Purchaser does not (a) have any paid employees or (b) maintain, sponsor, contribute to or otherwise have any Liability under, any Benefit Plans. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents will (i) result in any payment or benefit (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise) from Purchaser or its Subsidiaries becoming due to any director, officer or employee of Purchaser or (ii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such payment or benefit. There is no arrangement with respect to any employee of Purchaser that would result in the payment of any amount that by operation of Sections 280G or 162(m) of the Code would not be deductible by the Purchaser and no arrangement exists pursuant to which the Purchaser will be required to “gross up” or otherwise compensate any person because of the imposition of any excise tax on a payment to such person.

 

3.12           Properties. The Purchaser does not own, license or otherwise have any right, title or interest in any material Intellectual Property. The Purchaser does not own or lease any material real property or material Personal Property.

 

3.13           Material Contracts.

 

(a)                 Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(a), other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, there are no Contracts to which the Purchaser is a party or by which any of its properties or assets may be bound, subject or affected, which (i) creates or imposes a Liability greater than $200,000, (ii) may not be cancelled by the Purchaser on less than sixty (60) days’ prior notice without payment of a material penalty or termination fee or (iii) prohibits, prevents, restricts or impairs in any material respect any business practice of the Purchaser as its business is currently conducted, any acquisition of material property by the Purchaser, or restricts in any material respect the ability of the Purchaser to engage in business as currently conducted by it or compete with any other Person (each, a “Purchaser Material Contract”). All Purchaser Material Contracts have been made available to the Company other than those that are exhibits to the SEC Reports.

 

(b)                  With respect to each Purchaser Material Contract: (i) the Purchaser Material Contract was entered into at arms’ length and in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Purchaser Material Contract is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in all material respects against the Purchaser and, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, the other parties thereto, and is in full force and effect (except, in each case, as such enforcement may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions); (iii) the Purchaser is not in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute such a breach or default in any material respect by the Purchaser, or permit termination or acceleration by the other party, under such Purchaser Material Contract; and (iv) to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, no other party to any Purchaser Material Contract is in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute such a breach or default by such other party, or permit termination or acceleration by the Purchaser under any Purchaser Material Contract.

 

3.14           Transactions with Affiliates. Schedule 3.14 sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the Contracts and arrangements that are in existence as of the date of this Agreement under which there are any existing or future Liabilities or obligations between the Purchaser and any (a) present or former director, officer or employee or Affiliate of the Purchaser, or any immediate family member of any of the foregoing, or (b) record or beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the Purchaser’s outstanding capital stock as of the date hereof.

 

3.15         Merger Sub Activities. Since its formation, Merger Sub has not engaged in any business activities other than as contemplated by this Agreement, does not own directly or indirectly any ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in any Person and has no assets or Liabilities except those incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party and the Transactions, and, other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party, Merger Sub is not party to or bound by any Contract.

 

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3.16           Investment Company Act. The Purchaser is not an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of an “investment company”, or required to register as an “investment company”, in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

3.17           Finders and Brokers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission from the Purchaser, the Target Companies or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Purchaser.

 

3.18           Ownership of Stockholder Merger Consideration. All shares of Purchaser Common Stock to be issued and delivered to the Company Stockholders as Stockholder Merger Consideration in accordance with Article I shall be, upon issuance and delivery of such Purchaser Common Stock, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions arising from applicable securities Laws, any applicable Lock-Up Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and any Liens incurred by any Company Stockholder, and the issuance and sale of such Purchaser Common Stock pursuant hereto will not be subject to or give rise to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal.

 

3.19           Certain Business Practices.

 

(a)                 Neither the Purchaser, nor any of its Representatives acting on its behalf, has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other local or foreign anti-corruption or bribery Law, (iii) made any other unlawful payment or (iv) since the formation of the Purchaser, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any unlawful gift or similar benefit in any material amount to any customer, supplier, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder the Purchaser or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed transaction.

 

(b)                 The operations of the Purchaser are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with money laundering statutes in all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority, and no Action involving the Purchaser with respect to any of the foregoing is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened.

 

(c)                 None of the Purchaser or any of its directors or officers, or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, any other Representative acting on behalf of the Purchaser is currently identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”), and the Purchaser has not, in the last five (5) fiscal years directly or knowingly indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

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3.20           Insurance. Schedule 3.20 lists all insurance policies (by policy number, insurer, coverage period, coverage amount, annual premium and type of policy) held by the Purchaser relating to the Purchaser or its business, properties, products, products liability, assets, directors, officers and employees, copies of which have been provided to the Company. All premiums due and payable under all such insurance policies have been timely paid and the Purchaser is otherwise in material compliance with the terms of such insurance policies. All such insurance policies are in full force and effect, and to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, there is no threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any of such insurance policies. There have been no insurance claims made by the Purchaser. The Purchaser has each reported to its insurers all claims and pending circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in a claim, except where such failure to report such a claim would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser.

 

3.21         Purchaser Trust Account. As of April 23, 2021, the Trust Account has a rounded off balance of no less than $139,186,000. Such monies are invested solely in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act or money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act, and held in trust by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company pursuant to the Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement is valid and in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to the Enforceability Exceptions) and has not been amended or modified. There are no separate agreements, side letters or other agreements that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect and/or that would entitle any Person (other than the underwriters of the IPO, Public Shareholders who shall have elected to redeem their Purchaser Common Stock pursuant to the Purchaser Memorandum and Articles (or in connection with an extension of Purchaser’s deadline to consummate a Business Combination) or Governmental Authorities for Taxes) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be released except as described in the first sentence of Section 8.1.

 

3.22           Independent Investigation. The Purchaser has conducted its own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business, results of operations, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or assets of the Target Companies, and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, assets, premises, books and records, and other documents and data of the Target Companies for such purpose. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that: (a) in making its decision to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, it has relied solely upon its own investigation and the express representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Company Disclosure Schedules) and in any certificate delivered to Purchaser pursuant hereto, and the information provided by or on behalf of the Company for the Registration Statement; and (b) none of the Company nor its respective Representatives have made any representation or warranty as to the Target Companies, or this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Company Disclosure Schedules) or in any certificate delivered to Purchaser pursuant hereto, or with respect to the information provided by or on behalf of the Company for the Registration Statement.

 

3.23         No Other Representations. Except for the representations and warranties expressly made by the Purchaser in this Article III or as expressly set forth in an Ancillary Document, neither the Purchaser, nor any other Person on its behalf makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to any of the Purchaser, the Purchaser Representative, the Purchaser Securities, the business of the Purchaser, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Ancillary Documents, and the Purchaser hereby expressly disclaims any other representations or warranties, whether implied or made by the Purchaser or any of its respective Representatives. Except for the representations and warranties expressly made by the Purchaser in this Article III (as modified by the Purchaser Disclosure Schedules) or in an Ancillary Document, the Purchaser hereby expressly disclaims all liability and responsibility for any representation, warranty, projection, forecast, statement or information made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing) to the Target Companies, the Company Security Holders or any of their respective Representatives (including any opinion, information, projection or advice that may have been or may be provided to the Target Companies, the Company Security Holders or any of their respective Representatives by any Representative of the Purchaser), including any representations or warranties regarding the probable success or profitability of the businesses of the Purchaser.

 

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Article IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules delivered by the Company to the Purchaser on the date hereof (the “Company Disclosure Schedules”), the Section numbers of which are numbered to correspond to the Section numbers of this Agreement to which they refer (or where disclosures have sufficient detail that it is reasonably apparent on its face that it relates to another Section of this Article IV), the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as follows:

 

4.1               Organization and Standing. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the DGCL and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each Subsidiary of the Company is a corporation or other entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each Target Company is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing in the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or registered and in each other jurisdiction where it does business or operates to the extent that the character of the property owned, or leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary. Schedule 4.1 lists all jurisdictions in which any Target Company is qualified to conduct business as of the date of this Agreement and all names other than its legal name under which any Target Company does business as of the date of this Agreement. The Company has provided to the Purchaser accurate and complete copies of its Organizational Documents and the Organizational Documents of each of its Subsidiaries, each as amended to date and as currently in effect. No Target Company is in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents in any material respect.

 

4.2             Authorization; Binding Agreement. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is or is required to be a party, to perform the Company’s obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, subject to obtaining the Required Company Stockholder Approval. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which the Company is or is required to be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (a) have been duly and validly authorized by the Company’s board of directors in accordance with the Company’s Organizational Documents, the DGCL, any other applicable Law or any Contract to which the Company or any of its shareholders is a party or by which it or its securities are bound and (b) other than the Required Company Stockholder Approval, no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Ancillary Document to which the Company is or is required to be a party shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and any such Ancillary Document by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or when delivered shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The Company’s board of directors, by resolutions duly adopted at a meeting duly called and held or by action by unanimous written consent in accordance with the Company’s Organizational Documents (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby are advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the DGCL, (iii) directed that this Agreement be submitted to the Company’s stockholders for adoption and (iv) resolved to recommend that the Company stockholders adopt this Agreement. The Voting Agreements delivered by the Company include holders of Company Stock representing at least the Required Company Stockholder Approval and the Required Convertible Noteholders, and such Voting Agreements are in full force and effect. The Voting Agreements delivered by the Company to the Purchaser include holders of (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock, Company Series B Preferred Stock, Company Series B-1 Preferred Stock, Company Series C Preferred Stock and Company Series D Preferred Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Company Series E Preferred Stock and (z) at least the Required Convertible Noteholders, and such Voting Agreements are in full force and effect.

 

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4.3               Capitalization.

 

(a)                  The Company is authorized to issue (i) 60,688,172 shares of Company Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 16,258,957 shares are issued and outstanding, and (ii) 41,641,842 shares of Company Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 22,579,695 shares are issued and outstanding. With respect to the Company Preferred Stock, the Company has designated (A) 4,999,900 shares as Series A-1 Preferred Stock, of which no shares are outstanding, (B) 5,000,000 shares as Series A-2 Preferred Stock, of which 3,000,667 shares are outstanding, (C) 3,044,939 shares as Series B Preferred Stock, of which 1,809,751 shares are outstanding, (D) 2,405,620 shares as Series B-1 Preferred Stock, of which 2,174,591 shares are outstanding, (E) 8,768,097 shares as Series C Preferred Stock, of which 4,973,101 shares are outstanding, (F) 6,560,933 shares as Series D Preferred Stock, of which 3,965,857 shares are outstanding, (G) 10,862,353 shares as Series E Preferred Stock, of which 6,655,728 shares are outstanding. Prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, all of the issued and outstanding Company Stock and other equity interests of the Company are set forth on Schedule 4.3(a) as of the date of this Agreement, along with the beneficial and record owners thereof, all of which shares and other equity interests are owned free and clear of any Liens other than those imposed under the Company Charter. All of the outstanding shares and other equity interests of the Company have been duly authorized, are fully paid and non-assessable and not in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the DGCL, any other applicable Law, the Company Charter or any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which it or its securities are bound. The Company holds no shares or other equity interests of the Company in its treasury. None of the outstanding shares or other equity interests of the Company were issued in violation of any applicable securities Laws. The rights, privileges and preferences of the Company Preferred Stock are as stated in the Company Charter and as provided by the DGCL.

 

(b)                 As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has reserved 16,942,546 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Company Equity Plan, which was duly adopted by the Company’s board of directors and approved by the Company’s stockholders. As of the date of this Agreement, of such shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company Equity Plan, (x) 8,016,799 of such shares are reserved for issuance upon exercise of Company Options that are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, (y) 2,187,248 of such shares were issued upon exercise of Company Options previously granted under the Company Equity Plan, and (z) 6,738,499 of such shares remain available for future awards permitted under the Company Equity Plan. In addition, the Company has reserved 15,000 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance to the holder of a Company Non-Plan Option.

 

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(c)                  Other than as set forth on Schedule 4.3(b) as of the date of this Agreement, there are no Company Convertible Securities, or preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or first offer, nor are there any Contracts, commitments, arrangements or restrictions to which the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its stockholders is a party or bound relating to any equity securities of the Company, whether or not outstanding. There are no outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom equity or similar rights with respect to the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3(c), as of the date of this Agreement, there are no voting trusts, proxies, shareholder agreements or any other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of the Company’s equity interests. Except as set forth in the Company Charter, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any equity interests or securities of the Company, nor has the Company granted any registration rights to any Person with respect to the Company’s equity securities. All of the Company’s securities have been granted, offered, sold and issued in compliance with all applicable securities Laws. As a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no equity interests of the Company are issuable and no rights in connection with any interests, warrants, rights, options or other securities of the Company accelerate or otherwise become triggered (whether as to vesting, exercisability, convertibility or otherwise).

 

(d)                  Except as disclosed in the Company Financials, since January 1, 2020, the Company has not declared or paid any distribution or dividend in respect of its equity interests and has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any equity interests of the Company, and the board of directors of the Company has not authorized any of the foregoing.

 

4.4               Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.4 sets forth as of the date of this Agreement, the name of each Subsidiary of the Company, and with respect to each Subsidiary (a) its jurisdiction of organization, (b) its authorized shares or other equity interests (if applicable), (c) the number of issued and outstanding shares or other equity interests and the record holders and beneficial owners thereof and (d) its Tax election to be treated as a corporate or a disregarded entity under the Code and any state or applicable non-U.S. Tax laws, if any. All of the outstanding equity securities of each Subsidiary of the Company are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (if applicable), and were offered, sold and delivered in compliance with all applicable securities Laws, and owned by one or more of the Company or its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than those, if any, imposed by such Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents) and no depositary receipts have been issued for or in respect of any equity securities issued by any Subsidiary. There are no Contracts to which the Company or any of its Affiliates is a party or bound with respect to the voting (including voting trusts or proxies) of the equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Company other than the Organizational Documents of any such Subsidiary. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements, subscriptions, convertible securities or commitments to which any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or which are binding upon any Subsidiary of the Company providing for the issuance or redemption of any equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Company. There are no outstanding equity appreciation, phantom equity, profit participation or similar rights granted by any Subsidiary of the Company. No Subsidiary of the Company has any limitation, whether by Contract, Order or applicable Law, on its ability to make any distributions or dividends to its equity holders or repay any debt owed to another Target Company. Except for the equity interests of the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 4.4, the Company does not own or have any rights to acquire, directly or indirectly, any equity interests of, or otherwise Control, any Person. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.

 

4.5             Governmental Approvals. Except as otherwise described in Schedule 4.5, no Consent of or with any Governmental Authority on the part of any Target Company is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than (a) such filings as are expressly contemplated by this Agreement and (b) pursuant to Antitrust Laws.

 

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4.6             Non-Contravention. Except as otherwise described in Schedule 4.6, the execution and delivery by the Company (or any other Target Company, as applicable) of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which any Target Company is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound, and the consummation by any Target Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance by any Target Company with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of any Target Company’s Organizational Documents, (b) subject to obtaining the Consents from Governmental Authorities referred to in Section 4.5 hereof, the waiting periods referred to therein having expired, and any condition precedent to such Consent or waiver having been satisfied, conflict in any manner with or violate in any respect any Law, Order or Consent applicable to any Target Company or any of its material properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by any Target Company under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of any Target Company under (other than Permitted Liens), (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Consent or provide any notice to any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, claim a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Company Material Contract, except in the cases of clauses (b) and (c), as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to be material to any Target Company or its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or to perform such Target Company’s obligations hereunder or thereunder.

 

4.7               Financial Statements.

 

(a)                 As used herein, the term “Company Financials” means the (i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Target Companies (including, in each case, any related notes thereto), consisting of the consolidated balance sheets of the Target Companies as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and the related consolidated audited income statements, changes in stockholder equity and statements of cash flows for the fiscal years then ended, each audited by a PCAOB qualified auditor in accordance with GAAP and PCAOB standards (the “Audited Company Financials”) and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Target Companies, consisting of the consolidated balance sheet of the Target Companies as of March 31, 2021 (the “Interim Balance Sheet Date”), and the related unaudited consolidated income statement, changes in shareholder equity and statement of cash flows for the three (3) months year-to-date then ended. True and correct copies of the Company Financials have been provided to the Purchaser. The Company Financials (w) accurately reflect the books and records of the Target Companies as of the times and for the periods referred to therein, (x) were prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied throughout and among the periods involved (except that the unaudited statements exclude the footnote disclosures and other presentation items required for GAAP and exclude year-end adjustments which will not be material in amount), (y) comply in all material respects with all applicable accounting requirements under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and (z) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Target Companies as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of the operations and cash flows of the Target Companies for the periods indicated. No Target Company has ever been subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(b)                  Each Target Company maintains accurate books and records reflecting its assets and Liabilities and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls that provide reasonable assurance that (i) such Target Company does not maintain any off-the-book accounts and that such Target Company’s assets are used only in accordance with such Target Company’s management directives, (ii) transactions are executed with management’s authorization, (iii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of such Target Company and to maintain accountability for such Target Company’s assets, (iv) access to such Target Company’s assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization, (v) the reporting of such Target Company’s assets is compared with existing assets at regular intervals and verified for actual amounts, and (vi) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection of accounts, notes and other receivables on a current and timely basis. All of the financial books and records of the Target Companies are complete and accurate in all material respects and have been maintained in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in accordance with applicable Laws. No Target Company has been subject to or involved in any material fraud that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of any Target Company. In the past three (3) years, no Target Company or its Representatives has received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of any Target Company or its internal accounting controls, including any material written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that any Target Company has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices.

 

(c)                   The Target Companies do not have any Indebtedness other than the Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 4.7(c), which schedule sets for the amounts (including principal and any accrued but unpaid interest or other obligations) with respect to such Indebtedness. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.7(c), no Indebtedness of any Target Company contains any restriction upon (i) the prepayment of any of such Indebtedness, (ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness by any Target Company, or (iii) the ability of the Target Companies to grant any Lien on their respective properties or assets.

 

(d)                   Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7(d), no Target Company is subject to any Liabilities or obligations required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for those that are either (i) adequately reflected or reserved on or provided for in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Interim Balance Sheet Date contained in the Company Financials or (ii) not material and that were incurred after the Interim Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (other than Liabilities for breach of any Contract or violation of any Law).

 

(e)                  All financial projections with respect to the Target Companies that were delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser or its Representatives were prepared in good faith using assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable.

 

(f)                   All accounts, notes and other receivables, whether or not accrued, and whether or not billed, of the Target Companies (the “Accounts Receivable”) arose from sales actually made or services actually performed in the ordinary course of business and represent valid obligations to a Target Company arising from its business. None of the Accounts Receivable are subject to any right of recourse, defense, deduction, return of goods, counterclaim, offset, or set off on the part of the obligor in excess of any amounts reserved therefore on the Company Financials. All of the Accounts Receivable are, to the Knowledge of the Company, fully collectible according to their terms in amounts not less than the aggregate amounts thereof carried on the books of the Target Companies (net of reserves) within ninety (90) days.

 

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4.8               Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8, since December 31, 2020, to the date of this Agreement, each Target Company has (a) conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (b) not been subject to a Material Adverse Effect and (c) has not taken any action that would be prohibited by Section 5.2(b) (without giving effect to Schedule 5.2) if such action were taken on or after the date hereof without the consent of the Purchaser.

 

4.9             Compliance with Laws. Since January 1, 2016, no Target Company is or has been in material conflict or material non-compliance with, or in material default or violation of (nor has any Target Company received, since January 1, 2016 to the date of this Agreement, any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of any material conflict or non-compliance with, or material default or violation of) any applicable Laws by which it or any of its properties, assets, employees, business or operations are or were bound or affected.

 

4.10           Company Permits. Each Target Company (and its employees who are legally required to be licensed by a Governmental Authority in order to perform his or her duties with respect to his or her employment with any Target Company), holds all Permits necessary to lawfully conduct in all material respects its business as presently conducted, and to own, lease and operate its assets and properties (collectively, the “Company Permits”). The Company has made available to the Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of all material Company Permits as of the date of this Agreement, all of which material Company Permits are listed on Schedule 4.10. All of the material Company Permits are in full force and effect, and no suspension or cancellation of any of the material Company Permits is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened. No Target Company is in violation in any material respect of the terms of any material Company Permit and as of the date of this Agreement no Target Company has received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of any Actions relating to the revocation or modification of any material Company Permit.

 

4.11           Litigation. Except as described on Schedule 4.11 , as of the date of this Agreement there is no (a) Action of any nature currently pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, nor is there any reasonable basis for any Action to be made (and no such Action has been brought in the past five (5) years or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened in the past five (5) years); or (b) Order now pending or outstanding or that was rendered by a Governmental Authority in the past five (5) years to the date of this Agreement, in either case of (a) or (b) by or against any Target Company, its current or former directors, officers or equity holders (provided, that any litigation involving the directors, officers or equity holders of a Target Company must be related to the Target Company’s business, equity securities or assets), or any Target Company’s business, equity securities or assets. The items listed on Schedule 4.11, if finally determined adversely to the Target Companies, will not have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect upon any Target Company. In the past five (5) years to the date of this Agreement, none of the current or former officers, senior management or directors of any Target Company have been charged with, indicted for, arrested for, or convicted of any felony or any crime involving fraud.

 

4.12           Material Contracts.

 

(a)                   Schedule 4.12(a) sets forth a true, correct and complete list of, and the Company has made available to the Purchaser (including written summaries of oral Contracts), true, correct and complete copies of, each Contract to which any Target Company is a party or by which any Target Company, or any of its properties or assets are bound or affected as of the date of this Agreement (each Contract required to be set forth on Schedule 4.12(a), other than a Company Benefit Plan, a “Company Material Contract”) that:

 

(i)               contains covenants that materially limit the ability of any Target Company (A) to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area or to sell, or provide any service or product, including any non-competition covenants, exclusivity restrictions, rights of first refusal or most-favored pricing clauses or (B) to purchase or acquire an interest in any other Person;

 

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(ii)              involves any joint venture, profit sharing, partnership, limited liability company or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture;

 

(iii)             involves any exchange traded, over the counter or other swap, cap, floor, collar, futures contract, forward contract, option or other derivative financial instrument or Contract, based on any commodity, security, instrument, asset, rate or index of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether tangible or intangible, including currencies, interest rates, foreign currency and indices;

 

(iv)            evidences Indebtedness (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset) of any Target Company having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $200,000;

 

(v)              involves the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets with an aggregate value in excess of $200,000 (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or shares or other equity interests of any Target Company or another Person;

 

(vi)             relates to any merger, consolidation or other business combination with any other Person or the acquisition or disposition of any other entity or its business or material assets or the sale of any Target Company, its business or material assets, in each case with ongoing or future rights or obligations on behalf of any Target Company;

 

(vii)           by its terms, individually or with all related Contracts, calls for aggregate payments or receipts by the Target Companies under such Contract or Contracts of at least $250,000 in the 12-month period ended December 31, 2020, or during the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021;

 

(viii)          is with any Top Customer or Top Supplier;

 

(ix)              is between any Target Company and any of its present or former directors, officers, contractors or employees of a Target Company (other than at-will employment or consulting arrangements or intellectual property assignment agreements with employees and contractors entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), including all non-competition, severance and indemnification agreements, or any Related Person;

 

(x)               obligates the Target Companies to make any capital commitment or expenditure in excess of $200,000 (including pursuant to any joint venture);

 

(xi)             relates to a material settlement entered into within two (2) years prior to the date of this Agreement or under which any Target Company has outstanding obligations (other than customary confidentiality obligations);

 

(xii)            provides another Person (other than another Target Company or any manager, director or officer of any Target Company) with a power of attorney;

 

(xiii)           relates to the development, ownership, licensing or use of any Intellectual Property by, to or from any Target Company, other than (A) Off-the-Shelf Software, (B) employee or consultant invention assignment agreements entered into on a Target Company’s standard form of such agreement, (C) confidentiality agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (D) non-exclusive licenses from customers or distributors to any Target Company entered into in the ordinary course of business or (E) feedback and ordinary course trade name or logo rights that are not material to any Target Company;

 

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(xiv)           that will be required to be filed with the Registration Statement under applicable SEC requirements or would otherwise be required to be filed by the Company as an exhibit for a Form S-1 pursuant to Items 601(b)(1), (2), (4), (9) or (10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act as if the Company was the registrant; or

 

(xv)            is otherwise material to any Target Company and not described in clauses (i) through (xiv) above.

 

(b)                   Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.12(b), with respect to each Company Material Contract: (i) such Company Material Contract is valid and binding and enforceable in all respects against the Target Company party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect (except, in each case, as such enforcement may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions); (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not affect the validity or enforceability of any Company Material Contract; (iii) no Target Company is in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a material breach or default by any Target Company, or permit termination or acceleration by the other party thereto, under such Company Material Contract; (iv) to the Knowledge of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, no other party to such Company Material Contract is in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute such a material breach or default by such other party, or permit termination or acceleration by any Target Company, under such Company Material Contract; (v) as of the date of this Agreement no Target Company has received written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of an intention by any party to any such Company Material Contract that provides for a continuing obligation by any party thereto to terminate such Company Material Contract or amend the terms thereof, other than modifications in the ordinary course of business that do not adversely affect any Target Company in any material respect; and (vi) no Target Company has waived any material rights under any such Company Material Contract.

 

4.13           Intellectual Property.

 

(a)                   Schedule 4.13(a)(i) sets forth as of the date of this Agreement all U.S. and foreign registered Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Internet Assets and applications therefor owned or exclusively licensed by a Target Company or otherwise used or held for use by a Target Company in which a Target Company is the owner, applicant or assignee (“Company Registered IP”), specifying as to each item, as applicable: (A) the nature of the item, including the title, (B) the owner of the item, (C) the jurisdictions in which the item is issued or registered or in which an application for issuance or registration has been filed and (D) the issuance, registration or application numbers and dates and (E) and all deadlines for next actions or any fees due over the next six (6) months. Schedule 4.13(a)(ii) sets forth as of the date of this Agreement all Intellectual Property licenses, sublicenses or permissions (“Company IP Licenses”) (other than (A) “shrink wrap,” “click wrap,” and “off the shelf” software agreements and other agreements for Software commercially available on reasonable terms to the public generally with license, maintenance, support and other fees of less than $20,000 per year (collectively, “Off-the-Shelf Software”), which are not required to be listed, although such licenses are “Company IP Licenses” as that term is used herein, (B) licenses granted pursuant to employee or consultant invention assignment agreements entered into on a Target Company’s standard form of such agreement, (C) non-exclusive licenses granted to any Target Company by a customer or distributor in the ordinary course of business or (D) feedback and ordinary course trade name or logo rights that are not material to any Target Company), under which a Target Company is a licensee or otherwise is authorized to use or practice any Intellectual Property and identifies, in each case, the applicable licensor (specifying any licensors who are Affiliates or Related Parties), and any royalties, license fees or other compensation due from a Target Company, if any. Each Target Company owns, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), or has valid and enforceable rights to use pursuant to valid contracts or licenses, all Intellectual Property currently used, licensed or held for use by such Target Company. No item of Company Registered IP that consists of a pending Patent application fails to identify all pertinent inventors, and for each Patent and Patent application in the Company Registered IP, the Target Companies have obtained valid assignments of inventions from each inventor. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(a)(iii), all Company Registered IP is owned exclusively by the applicable Target Company without obligation to pay royalties, licensing fees or other fees or otherwise account to any third party with respect to such Company Registered IP and each such Target Company has paid all required fees, including maintenance and annuity fees, and recorded assignments of all Company Registered IP as required. To the Knowledge of the Company, except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(a), all Company Registered IP is valid and enforceable and in force and effect (other than applications for Company Registered IP).

 

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(b)                   Each Target Company has a valid and enforceable license to use all Intellectual Property that is the subject of the Company IP Licenses applicable to such Target Company. The Company IP Licenses include all of the licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions necessary to operate the business of the Target Companies as presently conducted. Each Target Company has performed all material obligations imposed on it in the Company IP Licenses, has made all payments required to date, and such Target Company is not, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, is any other party thereto, in material breach or default thereunder, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any event occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default thereunder. The continued use by the Target Companies of the Intellectual Property that is the subject of the Company IP Licenses in the same manner that it is currently being used is not materially restricted by any applicable license of any Target Company. All registrations for Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Internet Assets that are owned by or exclusively licensed to any Target Company are valid, in force and in good standing with all required fees and maintenance fees having been paid with no Actions pending as of the date of this Agreement, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, all applications to register any Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks are pending and in good standing, all without challenge of any kind. No Target Company is party to any Contract that requires a Target Company to assign to any Person all of its rights in any Intellectual Property developed by a Target Company under such Contract.

 

(c)                   Schedule 4.13(c) sets forth as of the date of this Agreement all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions under which a Target Company is the licensor (each, an “Outbound IP License”) (other than feedback and ordinary course trade name or logo rights that are not material to any Target Company). Each Target Company has performed all material obligations imposed on it in the Outbound IP Licenses, and such Target Company is not, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is any other party thereto, in material breach or default thereunder, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any event occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default thereunder.

 

(d)                   As of the date of this Agreement, no Action is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against a Target Company that challenges the validity, enforceability, ownership, or right to use, sell, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property currently owned, or exclusively licensed by the Target Companies, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is there any reasonable basis for any such Action. As of the date of this Agreement, no Target Company has received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice or claim asserting that any infringement, misappropriation, violation, dilution or unauthorized use of the Intellectual Property of any other Person is or may be occurring or has or may have occurred, as a consequence of the business activities of any Target Company, nor to the Knowledge of the Company is there a reasonable basis therefor. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Orders to which any Target Company is a party or its otherwise bound that (i) restrict the rights of a Target Company to use, transfer, license or enforce any Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company, (ii) restrict the conduct of the business of a Target Company in order to accommodate a third Person’s Intellectual Property, or (iii) other than the Outbound IP Licenses, grant any third Person any right with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company. Except as described in Schedule 4.13(d), to the Knowledge of the Company, no Target Company is currently infringing, or has, in the past six (6) years preceding the date hereof, infringed, misappropriated or violated any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material respect in connection with the ownership, use or license of any Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by a Target Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, otherwise in connection with the conduct of the respective businesses of the Target Companies. Except as described in Schedule 4.13(d), to the Company’s Knowledge, no third party is currently, or in the past six (6) years has been, infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property owned by any Target Company (“Company IP”) in any material respect.

 

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(e)                   All current and former directors, officers, employees and independent contractors of a Target Company have assigned or are obligated to assign to the Target Companies all Intellectual Property arising from the services performed for a Target Company by such Persons. No current or former directors, officers, employees or independent contractors of a Target Company have claimed any ownership interest in any Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company. The Target Companies have policies or practices whereby employees and contractors of the Target Companies who create or develop any Intellectual Property in the course of their employment or provision of services for the Target Companies are required to assign to the Target Companies all such employee’s or contractor’s rights therein, and all such employees and contractors have executed valid written agreements in accordance with such policies or practices. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no violation of a Target Company’s policies or practices related to protection of Company IP or any confidentiality or nondisclosure Contract relating to the Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no Intellectual Property arising from services that that current or former directors, officers, employees or independent contractors have performed for Target Company that is material to the Target Company’s Business that has not been assigned to Target Company in accordance with Target Company policies or practices. The Company has made available to the Purchaser true and complete copies of all written Contracts referenced in subsections under which employees and independent contractors assigned their Intellectual Property to a Target Company. To the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of any Target Company is obligated under any Contract, or subject to any Order, that would materially interfere with the use of such employee’s best efforts to promote the interests of the Target Companies, or that would materially conflict with the business of any Target Company as presently conducted or contemplated to be conducted. Each Target Company has taken reasonable security measures in order to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of the material Company IP that it desires to maintain as confidential.

 

(f)                    To the Knowledge of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, no Person has obtained unauthorized access to third party information and data (including personally identifiable information) in the possession of a Target Company, nor has there been any other material compromise of the security, confidentiality or integrity of such information or data, and no written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral complaint relating to an improper use or disclosure of, or a breach in the security of, any such information or data has been received by a Target Company. Each Target Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Contract requirements relating to privacy, personal data protection, and the collection, processing and use of personal information and its own privacy policies and guidelines. The operation of the business of the Target Companies as currently conducted does not violate any right to privacy or publicity of any third person, or constitute unfair competition or trade practices under applicable Law.

 

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(g)                   Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to a Target Company, (i) to the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no unauthorized intrusions or breaches of the security of the information technology systems currently used to provide material products to customers in the conduct of a Target Company as it is currently conducted (the “IT Systems”) during the two (2) year period preceding and up to the date of this Agreement, (ii) the Target Companies have in place adequate security controls and disaster recovery plans and procedures for the IT Systems and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no unauthorized intrusions or breaches of the security of the IT Systems in the two (2) year period preceding and up to the date of this Agreement that, pursuant to any legal requirement, would require a Target Company to notify customers or employees of such breach or intrusion.

 

(h)                   The consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the material breach, material modification, cancellation, termination, suspension of, or acceleration of any payments with respect to, or release of source code because of (i) any Contract providing for the license or other use of Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company disclosed in Schedule 4.13(c), or (ii) any Company IP License disclosed in Schedule 4.13(a)(ii). Following the Closing, the Surviving Corporation shall be permitted to exercise, directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries, all of the Target Companies’ rights under such Contracts or Company IP Licenses to the same extent that the Target Companies would have been able to exercise had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred, without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which the Target Companies would otherwise be required to pay in the absence of such transactions.

 

4.14           Taxes and Returns.

 

(a)                   Each Target Company has timely filed, or caused to be timely filed, all federal, state, local and foreign income and other material Tax Returns required to be filed by it (taking into account all available extensions), which Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and has paid, collected or withheld, or caused to be paid, collected or withheld, all material Taxes required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for which adequate reserves in the Company Financials have been established.

 

(b)                   There is no Action currently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against a Target Company by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Target Company does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

 

(c)                   No Target Company is being audited by any Tax authority or has been notified in writing by any Tax authority that any such audit is contemplated or pending. There are no claims, assessments, audits, examinations, investigations or other Actions pending against a Target Company in respect of any material Tax, and no Target Company has been notified in writing of any proposed Tax claims or assessments against it in respect of any material Taxes (other than, in each case, claims or assessments for which adequate reserves in the Company Financials have been established).

 

(d)                   There are no Liens with respect to any Taxes upon any Target Company’s assets, other than Permitted Liens.

 

(e)                   Each Target Company has collected or withheld all material Taxes currently required to be collected or withheld by it, and all such material Taxes have been paid to the appropriate Governmental Authorities or set aside in appropriate accounts for future payment when due.

 

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(f)                    No Target Company has any outstanding waivers, extensions or requests for extensions of any applicable statute of limitations to assess any amount of Taxes.

 

(g)                   No Target Company has made any change in accounting method (except as required by a change in Law) or received a ruling from, or signed an agreement with, any taxing authority that would reasonably be expected to have a material impact on its Taxes following the Closing.

 

(h)                   No Target Company has participated in, or sold, distributed or otherwise promoted, any “listed transaction,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4.

 

(i)                    No Target Company has any Liability for the material Taxes of another Person (other than another Target Company) that are not adequately reflected in the Company Financials (i) under any applicable Tax Law, (ii) as a transferee or successor, or (iii) by contract or indemnity (excluding commercial agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business the primary purpose of which is not the sharing of Taxes). No Target Company is a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity agreement, Tax sharing agreement or Tax allocation agreement or similar agreement, arrangement or practice documented in writing (excluding commercial agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business the primary purpose of which is not Taxes) with respect to material Taxes that will be binding on any Target Company with respect to any period following the Closing Date.

 

(j)                    No Target Company has requested, or is it the subject of or bound by any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum, closing agreement or similar ruling, memorandum or agreement with any Governmental Authority with respect to any Taxes, nor is any such request outstanding.

 

(k)                   No Target Company: (i) has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of securities (to any Person or entity that is not a member of the consolidated group of which the Company is the common parent corporation) qualifying for, or intended to qualify for, Tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (A) within the two-year period ending on the date hereof or (B) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (ii) is or has ever been (A) a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, or (B) a member of any consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated group of corporations for any Tax purposes other than a group of which the Company is or was the common parent corporation.

 

(l)                    To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

4.15           Real Property. Schedule 4.15 contains a complete and accurate list of all premises leased or subleased or otherwise used or occupied by a Target Company for the operation of the business of a Target Company as of the date of this Agreement and of all leases, lease guarantees, agreements and documents related thereto, including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof or waivers thereto (collectively, the “Company Real Property Leases”) in effect as of the date of this Agreement, as well as the current annual rent and term under each Company Real Property Lease. The Company has provided to the Purchaser a true and complete copy of each of the Company Real Property Leases, and in the case of any oral Company Real Property Lease, a written summary of the material terms of such Company Real Property Lease. The Company Real Property Leases are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect, subject to Enforceability Exceptions. No Target Company is under any obligation to carry out material improvements, repairs or reinstatements during or at the end of any of the Company Real Property Leases, nor has any Target Company received any order or instruction with respect to any such improvements, repairs or reinstatements from any other party under any of the Company Real Property Leases or pursuant to any applicable Law. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or both or the happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute a default on the part of a Target Company or, as of the date of this Agreement, any other party under any of the Company Real Property Leases, and, as of the date of this Agreement, no Target Company has received notice of any such condition. No Target Company owns or has ever owned any real property or any interest in real property (other than the leasehold interests in the Company Real Property Leases).

 

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4.16           Personal Property. Each item of Personal Property which is owned, used or leased by a Target Company as of the date of this Agreement with a book value or fair market value of greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) is set forth on Schedule 4.16, along with, to the extent applicable, a list of lease agreements, lease guarantees, security agreements and other agreements related thereto, including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof or waivers thereto (“Company Personal Property Leases”). Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, as of the date of this Agreement all such items of Personal Property are in good operating condition and repair (reasonable wear and tear excepted consistent with the age of such items), and are suitable for their intended use in the business of the Target Companies. The operation of each Target Company’s business as it is now conducted or presently proposed to be conducted is not in any material respect dependent upon the right to use the Personal Property of Persons other than a Target Company, except for such Personal Property that is owned, leased or licensed by or otherwise contracted to a Target Company. The Company has provided to the Purchaser a true and complete copy of each of the Company Personal Property Leases, and in the case of any oral Company Personal Property Lease, a written summary of the material terms of such Company Personal Property Lease. The Company Personal Property Leases are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or both or the happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute a default on the part of a Target Company or, as of the date of this Agreement, any other party under any of the Company Personal Property Leases, and as of the date of this Agreement, no Target Company has received notice of any such condition.

 

4.17           Title to and Sufficiency of Assets. Each Target Company has good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in or right to use, all of its tangible assets, free and clear of all Liens other than (a) Permitted Liens, (b) the rights of lessors under leasehold interests, (c) Liens specifically identified on the balance sheet as of the Interim Balance Sheet Date included in the Company Financials and (d) Liens set forth on Schedule 4.17. The assets (including Intellectual Property rights and contractual rights) of the Target Companies constitute all of the assets, rights and properties that are used in the operation of the businesses of the Target Companies as it is now conducted or that are used or held by the Target Companies for use in the operation of the businesses of the Target Companies, and taken together, are adequate and sufficient for the operation of the businesses of the Target Companies as currently conducted.

 

4.18           Employee Matters.

 

(a)                   Except as set forth in Schedule 4.18(a), no Target Company is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract covering any group of employees, labor organization or other representative of any of the employees of any Target Company, and the Company has no Knowledge of any activities or proceedings of any labor union or other party to organize or represent such employees. As of the date of this Agreement, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no pending request by employees of a Target Company to have installed a Dutch “works council” to represent such employees, nor has any such request been made during the twelve (12) months prior to the date of this Agreement. Schedule 4.18(a) sets forth all Actions involving unresolved labor controversies (including age or other discrimination claims or unfair labor practice claims), if any, that, as of the date of this Agreement, are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened between any Target Company and Persons employed by or providing services as independent contractors to a Target Company. There has not occurred or, to the Knowledge of the Company, been threatened any strike, slow-down, picketing, work-stoppage, or other similar labor activity with respect to any such employees. As of the date hereof, no current officer of a Target Company has provided any Target Company written notice of his or her plan to terminate his or her employment with any Target Company.

 

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(b)                   Except as set forth in Schedule 4.18(b), each Target Company (i) is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, health and safety and wages and hours, and other Laws relating to discrimination, disability, labor relations, hours of work, payment of wages and overtime wages, pay equity, immigration, workers compensation, working conditions, employee scheduling, occupational safety and health, family and medical leave, and employee terminations, (collectively, “Employment Laws”), (ii) has not incurred any Liability that remains unsatisfied as of the date of this Agreement for any material past due arrears of wages or any material penalty for failure to comply with any Employment Law, and (iii) has not incurred any Liability that remains unsatisfied as of the date of this Agreement for any material past due arrears of wages or any material penalty for failure to comply with payment of wages. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against a Target Company brought by or on behalf of any applicant for employment, any current or former employee, any Person alleging to be a current or former employee, or any Governmental Authority, relating to any Employment Law, or alleging breach of any express or implied contract of employment, wrongful termination of employment, or alleging any other discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct in connection with the employment relationship.

 

(c)                   Schedule 4.18(c) hereto sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof of all employees of the Target Companies showing for each as of such date (i) the employee’s name, job title, employer, location, salary level (including any bonus, commission, deferred compensation or other remuneration payable (other than any such arrangements under which payments are at the discretion of the Target Companies)), (ii) any bonus, commission or other remuneration other than salary paid during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, and (iii) any wages, salary, bonus, commission or other compensation due and owing to each employee during or for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.18(c), (A) no employee is a party to a written employment Contract with a Target Company and each is employed “at will”, and (B) the Target Companies have paid in full to all their employees all wages, salaries, commission, bonuses and other compensation due to their employees, including overtime compensation, and no Target Company has any obligation or Liability (whether or not contingent) with respect to severance payments to any such employees under the terms of any written or, to the Company’s Knowledge, oral agreement, or commitment or any applicable Law, custom, trade or practice. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.18(c), each Target Company employee has entered into the Company’s standard form of employee non-disclosure, inventions and restrictive covenants agreement with a Target Company (whether pursuant to a separate agreement or incorporated as part of such employee’s overall employment agreement), a copy of which has been made available to the Purchaser by the Company.

 

(d)                   Schedule 4.18(d) contains a list of all independent contractors (including consultants) currently engaged by any Target Company as of the date hereof, along with the position, the entity engaging such Person, date of retention and rate of remuneration, most recent increase (or decrease) in remuneration and amount thereof, for each such Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.18(d), all of such independent contractors are a party to a written Contract with a Target Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.18(d), each such independent contractor has entered into customary covenants regarding confidentiality, non-competition and assignment of Intellectual Property rights in inventions developed in connection with such contractor’s work for any Target Company in such Person’s agreement with a Target Company, a copy of which has been provided to the Purchaser by the Company. For the purposes of applicable Law, including the Code, all independent contractors who are currently, or within the last six (6) years have been, engaged by a Target Company are bona fide independent contractors and not employees of a Target Company. Each independent contractor is terminable on fewer than thirty (30) days’ notice, without any obligation of any Target Company to pay severance or a termination fee.

 

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4.19           Benefit Plans.

 

(a)                   Set forth on Schedule 4.19(a) is a true and complete list of each material Benefit Plan of a Target Company as of the date hereof (each, a “Company Benefit Plan”). With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, there are no funded benefit obligations for which contributions have not been made or properly accrued and there are no unfunded benefit obligations that have not been accounted for by reserves, or otherwise properly footnoted in accordance with GAAP on the Company Financials. No Target Company is or has in the past been a member of a “controlled group” for purposes of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code with respect to any person or entity other than another Target Company, nor does any Target Company have any Liability with respect to any collectively-bargained for benefit plans, whether or not subject to the provisions of ERISA.

 

(b)                  Each Company Benefit Plan is and has been operated at all times in compliance with all applicable Laws in all material respects, including ERISA and the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan which is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code (i) has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified (or is based on a prototype plan which has received a favorable opinion letter) during the period from its adoption to the date of this Agreement and (ii) its related trust has been determined to be exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code or the Target Companies have requested an initial favorable IRS determination of qualification and/or exemption within the period permitted by applicable Law. To the Company’s Knowledge, no fact exists that could adversely affect the qualified status of such Company Benefit Plans or the exempt status of such trusts.

 

(c)                   With respect to each Company Benefit Plan that covers any current or former officer, director, consultant or employee (or beneficiary thereof) of a Target Company, the Company has made available to Purchaser accurate and complete copies, if applicable, of: (i) all Company Benefit Plans and related trust agreements or annuity Contracts (including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto); (ii) all summary plan descriptions and material modifications thereto; (iii) the three (3) most recent Forms 5500, if applicable, and annual report, including all schedules thereto; (iv) the most recent annual and periodic accounting of plan assets; (v) the three (3) most recent nondiscrimination testing reports; (vi) the most recent determination letter received from the IRS, if any; (vii) the most recent actuarial valuation; and (viii) all material communications with any Governmental Authority within the last three (3) years.

 

(d)                  With respect to each Company Benefit Plan: (i) to the Knowledge of the Company, no breach of fiduciary duty that could reasonably be expected to result in Liability to any Target Company has occurred; (ii) no Action is pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened (other than routine claims for benefits arising in the ordinary course of administration); and (iii) no prohibited transaction, as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred that could reasonably be likely to result in liability to any Target Company, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administration exemption.

 

(e)                   During the six (6) year period preceding the Effective Time, no Target Company or any of their ERISA Affiliates has maintained, contributed to, or had an obligation to contribute to (i) a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 414(j) of the Code), (ii) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or (iii) a “multiple employer plan” (as described in Section 413(c) of the Code). No Company Benefit Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, and neither the Target Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any Liability, contingent or otherwise, under Title IV of ERISA and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no condition presently exists that is expected to cause such Liability to be incurred. No Company Benefit Plan will become a multiple employer plan with respect to any Target Company immediately after the Closing Date. No Target Company currently maintains or has ever maintained, or is required currently or has ever been required to contribute to or otherwise participate in, a multiple employer welfare arrangement or voluntary employees’ beneficiary association as defined in Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.

 

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(f)                   With respect to each Company Benefit Plan that is a “welfare plan” (as described in Section 3(1) of ERISA): (i) no such plan provides medical or death benefits with respect to current or former employees of a Target Company beyond their termination of employment (other than coverage mandated by Law); and (ii) there are no reserves, assets, surplus or prepaid premiums under any such plan. Each Target Company has complied in all material respects with the provisions of Section 601 et seq. of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code.

 

(g)                   The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents will not, by itself: (i) entitle any individual to severance pay, unemployment compensation or other benefits or compensation or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of any compensation due, or in respect of, any individual. No Target Company has incurred any Liability for any Tax imposed under Chapter 43 of the Code or civil liability under Section 502(i) or (l) of ERISA.

 

(h)                  Except to the extent required by Section 4980B of the Code or similar state Law, no Target Company provides health or welfare benefits to any former or retired employee or is obligated to provide such benefits to any active employee following such employee’s retirement or other termination of employment or service.

 

(i)                    Each Company Benefit Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code (each, a “Section 409A Plan”) has been administered in compliance, and is in documentary compliance, in each case in all material respects, with the applicable provisions of Section 409A of the Code, the regulations thereunder and other official guidance issued thereunder. There is no Contract or plan to which any Target Company is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any employee, consultant or director for any Taxes or interest imposed pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

 

(j)                   The Company has made available to the Purchaser complete and accurate copies of the Company Equity Plan and forms of agreements used thereunder, and the stock option agreement evidencing the Company Non-Plan Option. Schedule 4.3(b) sets forth the beneficial and record owners of all outstanding Company Options and the Company Non-Plan Option as of the date of this Agreement (including the grant date, number and type of shares issuable thereunder, the exercise price, the expiration date and any vesting schedule).

 

(k)                   Each Company Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under the Code so qualifies. Each grant of a Company Option and Company Non-Plan Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Company Option or Company Non-Plan Option was by its terms to be effective by all necessary corporate action, and: (i) the stock option agreement governing such grant was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto (including electronic execution and delivery); (ii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Equity Plan (except for the Company Non-Plan Option) and all other applicable Laws; (iii) the per share exercise price of each Company Option and Company Non-Plan Option was equal or greater than the fair market value (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) of a share of Company Common Stock on the applicable grant date; and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company.

 

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(l)                    Each Foreign Pension Plan has been maintained in all material respects in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable Laws and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities. Each Target Company has complied in all material respects with the requirements of any Foreign Statutory Plan. As of the date of this Agreement, all contributions required to be made with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan or a Foreign Statutory Plan have been timely made. As of the date of this Agreement, no Target Company has incurred any obligation in connection with the termination of, or withdrawal from, any Foreign Pension Plan or Foreign Statutory Plan. No Target Company located outside of the United States is an “own risk bearer” (eigen risico drager) for any statutory social benefits. The present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Pension Plan, determined as of the end of the Target Company’s most recently ended fiscal year on the basis of actuarial assumptions, each of which is reasonable, did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Foreign Pension Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities.

 

4.20           Environmental Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.20:

 

(a)                   Each Target Company is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining, maintaining in good standing, and complying in all material respects with all Permits required for its business and operations by Environmental Laws (“Environmental Permits”), no Action is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened to revoke, modify, or terminate any such Environmental Permit, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no facts, circumstances, or conditions currently exist that could adversely affect such continued compliance with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits or require capital expenditures to achieve or maintain such continued compliance with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits.

 

(b)                  No Target Company is the subject of any outstanding Order or Contract with any Governmental Authority or other Person in respect of any (i) Environmental Laws, (ii) Remedial Action, or (iii) Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Material. No Target Company has assumed, contractually or by operation of Law, any Liabilities or obligations under any Environmental Laws.

 

(c)                  No Action has been made or is pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against any Target Company or any assets of a Target Company alleging either or both that a Target Company may be in material violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit or may have any material Liability under any Environmental Law.

 

(d)                  No Target Company has manufactured, treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, generated, handled or Released any Hazardous Material, or owned or operated any property or facility, in a manner that has given or would reasonably be expected to give rise to any material Liability or obligation under applicable Environmental Laws. To the Company’s Knowledge, no fact, circumstance, or condition exists in respect of any Target Company or any property currently or formerly owned, operated, or leased by any Target Company or any property to which a Target Company arranged for the disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials that could reasonably be expected to result in a Target Company incurring any material Environmental Liabilities.

 

(e)                  To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no investigation of the business, operations, or currently owned, operated, or leased property of a Target Company or previously owned, operated, or leased property of a Target Company pending or threatened that could lead to the imposition of any Liens under any Environmental Law or material Environmental Liabilities.

 

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(f)                    To the Knowledge of the Company, there is not located at any of the properties of a Target Company any (i) underground storage tanks, (ii) asbestos-containing material, or (iii) equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls.

 

(g)                   The Company has provided to the Purchaser all environmentally related site assessments, audits, studies, reports, analysis and results of investigations that have been performed in respect of the currently or previously owned, leased, or operated properties of any Target Company, in each case that are in the Company’s possession.

 

4.21           Transactions with Related Persons. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.21, no Target Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any officer, director, manager, employee, trustee or beneficiary of a Target Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any immediate family member of any of the foregoing (whether directly or indirectly through an Affiliate of such Person) (each of the foregoing, a “Related Person”) is presently, or in the past two (2) years, has been, a party to any transaction with a Target Company, including any Contract or other arrangement (a) providing for the furnishing of services by (other than as officers, directors or employees of the Target Company), (b) providing for the rental of real property or Personal Property from or (c) otherwise requiring payments to (other than for services or expenses as directors, officers or employees of the Target Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) any Related Person or any Person in which any Related Person has an interest as an owner, officer, manager, director, trustee or partner or in which any Related Person has any direct or indirect interest (other than the ownership of securities representing no more than two percent (2%) of the outstanding voting power or economic interest of a publicly traded company). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.21, no Target Company has outstanding any Contract or other arrangement or commitment with any Related Person, and no Related Person owns any real property or Personal Property, or right, tangible or intangible (including Intellectual Property) which is used in the business of any Target Company. The assets of the Target Companies do not include any material receivable or other obligation from a Related Person, and the liabilities of the Target Companies do not include any material payable or other obligation or commitment to any Related Person.

 

4.22           Insurance.

 

(a)                Schedule 4.22(a) lists all insurance policies (by policy number, insurer, coverage period, coverage amount, annual premium and type of policy) held by a Target Company as of the date hereof relating to a Target Company or its business, products, properties, assets, liabilities, directors, officers and employees, copies of which have been provided to the Purchaser. All premiums due and payable under all such insurance policies have been timely paid and the Target Companies are otherwise in material compliance with the terms of such insurance policies. To the Company’s Knowledge, each such insurance policy (i) is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect and (ii) will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect on identical terms following the Closing. No Target Company has any self-insurance or co-insurance programs. In the two (2) years preceding the date of this Agreement, no Target Company has received any notice from, or on behalf of, any insurance carrier relating to or involving any adverse change or any change other than in the ordinary course of business, in the conditions of insurance, any refusal to issue an insurance policy or non-renewal of a policy.

 

(b)                Schedule 4.22(b) identifies each individual insurance claim in excess of $50,000 made by a Target Company in the past three (3) years. Each Target Company has reported to its insurers all claims and pending circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in a claim, except where such failure to report such a claim would not be reasonably likely to be material to a Target Company. No event has occurred, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no condition or circumstance exists, that would reasonably be expected to (with or without notice or lapse of time) give rise to or serve as a basis for the denial of any such insurance claim. In the three (3) years preceding the date hereof, no Target Company has made any claim against an insurance policy as to which the insurer is denying coverage.

 

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4.23           Books and Records. All of the financial books and records of the Target Companies are complete and accurate in all material respects and have been maintained in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in accordance with applicable Laws.

 

4.24           Top Customers and Suppliers . Schedule 4.24 lists, by dollar volume received or paid, as applicable, for each of (a) the twelve (12) months ended on December 31, 2020, and (b) the period from January 1, 2021 through the Interim Balance Sheet Date, the ten (10) largest customers of the Target Companies (the “Top Customers”) and the ten largest suppliers of goods or services to the Target Companies (the “Top Suppliers”) along with the amounts of such dollar volumes. The relationships of each Target Company with such suppliers and customers are good commercial working relationships and as of the date of this Agreement (i) no Top Supplier or Top Customer within the last twelve (12) months has cancelled or otherwise terminated, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, intends to cancel or otherwise terminate, any material relationships of such Person with a Target Company, (ii) no Top Supplier or Top Customer has during the last twelve (12) months decreased materially or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened to stop, decrease or limit materially, or intends to modify materially its material relationships with a Target Company or intends to stop, decrease or limit materially its products or services to any Target Company or its usage or purchase of the products or services of any Target Company, (iii) to the Company’s Knowledge, no Top Supplier or Top Customer intends to refuse to pay any amount due to any Target Company or seek to exercise any remedy against any Target Company, (iv) no Target Company has within the past two (2) years been engaged in any material dispute with any Top Supplier or Top Customer, and (v) to the Company’s Knowledge, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents will not adversely affect the relationship of any Target Company with any Top Supplier or Top Customer.

 

4.25           Certain Business Practices.

 

(a)                No Target Company, nor any of their respective Representatives acting on their behalf has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other local or foreign anti-corruption or bribery Law or (iii) made any other unlawful payment. No Target Company, nor any of their respective Representatives acting on their behalf has directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any unlawful gift or similar benefit in any material amount to any customer, supplier, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder any Target Company or assist any Target Company in connection with any actual or proposed transaction.

 

(b)                   Since January 1, 2016, the operations of each Target Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with money laundering statutes in all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority, and no Action involving a Target Company with respect to any of the foregoing is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(c)                   No Target Company or any of their respective directors or officers, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other Representative acting on behalf of a Target Company is currently identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, and no Target Company has in the last five (5) fiscal years, directly or knowingly indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

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4.26           Investment Company Act. No Target Company is an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of an “investment company”, or required to register as an “investment company”, in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

4.27           Finders and Brokers. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.27, no Target Company has incurred or will incur any Liability for any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

4.28         Independent Investigation. The Company has conducted its own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business, results of operations, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or assets of the Purchaser, and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, assets, premises, books and records, and other documents and data of the Purchaser for such purpose. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a) in making its decision to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, it has relied solely upon its own investigation and the express representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in Agreement (including the related portions of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedules) and in any certificate delivered to the Company pursuant hereto; and (b) neither the Purchaser nor any of its Representatives have made any representation or warranty as to the Purchaser or this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedules) or in any certificate delivered to the Company pursuant hereto.

 

4.29           Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any current report on Form 8-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority or stock exchange with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents; (b) in the Registration Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to the Purchaser’s stockholders and/or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in any amendment to any of documents identified in (a) through (c), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in any of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Press Release and the Closing Filing will, when filed or distributed, as applicable, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation, warranty or covenant with respect to any information supplied by or on behalf of the Purchaser or its Affiliates.

 

4.30           No Other Representations. Except for the representations and warranties expressly made by the Company in this Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedules) or as expressly set forth in an Ancillary Document, no Target Company nor any other Person on its behalf makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to any of the Target Companies, the Company Security Holders, the Company Shares, the business of the Target Companies, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Ancillary Documents, and the Company hereby expressly disclaim any other representations or warranties, whether implied or made by any Target Company or any of its Representatives. Except for the representations and warranties expressly made by the Company in this Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedules) or in an Ancillary Document, the Company hereby expressly disclaims all liability and responsibility for any representation, warranty, projection, forecast, statement or information made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing) to the Purchaser, the Purchaser Representative or any of their respective Representatives (including any opinion, information, projection or advice that may have been or may be provided to the Purchaser, the Purchaser Representative or any of their respective Representatives by any Representative of the Company), including any representations or warranties regarding the probable success or profitability of the businesses of the Target Companies.

 

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Article V
COVENANTS

 

5.1               Access and Information.

 

(a)                   During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1 or the Closing (the “Interim Period”), subject to Section 5.17, the Company shall give, and shall cause its Representatives to give, the Purchaser and its Representatives, at reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable intervals and notice, reasonable access to all offices and other facilities and to all employees, properties, Contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records, financial and operating data and other information (including Tax Returns, internal working papers, client files, client Contracts and director service agreements), of or pertaining to the Target Companies, as the Purchaser or its Representatives may reasonably request regarding the Target Companies and their respective businesses, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects, operations, management, employees and other aspects (including unaudited quarterly financial statements, including a consolidated quarterly balance sheet and income statement, a copy of each material report, schedule and other document filed with or received by a Governmental Authority pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities Laws, and independent public accountants’ work papers (subject to the consent or any other conditions required by such accountants, if any)) and cause each of the Company’s Representatives to reasonably cooperate with the Purchaser and its Representatives in their investigation; provided, however, that the Purchaser and its Representatives shall conduct any such activities in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Target Companies.

 

(b)                   During the Interim Period, subject to Section 5.17, the Purchaser shall give, and shall cause its Representatives to give, the Company and its Representatives, at reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable intervals and notice, reasonable access to all offices and other facilities and to all employees, properties, Contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records, financial and operating data and other information (including Tax Returns, internal working papers, client files, client Contracts and director service agreements), of or pertaining to the Purchaser or its Subsidiaries, as the Company or its Representatives may reasonably request regarding the Purchaser, its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects, operations, management, employees and other aspects (including unaudited quarterly financial statements, including a consolidated quarterly balance sheet and income statement, a copy of each material report, schedule and other document filed with or received by a Governmental Authority pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities Laws, and independent public accountants’ work papers (subject to the consent or any other conditions required by such accountants, if any)) and cause each of the Purchaser’s Representatives to reasonably cooperate with the Company and its Representatives in their investigation; provided, however, that the Company and its Representatives shall conduct any such activities in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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5.2               Conduct of Business of the Company.

 

(a)                   Unless the Purchaser shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or as set forth on Schedule 5.2, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (i) conduct their respective businesses, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) comply with all Laws applicable to the Target Companies and their respective businesses, assets and employees, and (iii) take commercially reasonable measures to preserve intact, in all material respects, their respective business organizations, to keep available the services of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of their respective material assets, all as consistent with past practice.

 

(b)                   Without limiting the generality of Section 5.2(a) and except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents as set forth on Schedule 5.2, during the Interim Period, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to not:

 

(i)                 amend, waive or otherwise change, in any respect, its Organizational Documents, except as required by applicable Law;

 

(ii)               authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its equity securities or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its shares or other equity securities or securities of any class and any other equity-based awards, other than the issuance of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Options, Company Non-Plan Options and Company Warrants outstanding as of the date hereof in accordance with their existing terms, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third Person with respect to such securities;

 

(iii)             split, combine, recapitalize or reclassify any of its shares or other equity interests or issue any other securities in respect thereof or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities (except for the repurchase of Company Common Stock from former employees, non-employee directors and consultants in accordance with agreements as in effect on the date hereof providing for the repurchase of shares in connection with any termination of service);

 

(iv)              incur, create, assume, prepay or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness (directly, contingently or otherwise) in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, make a loan or advance to or investment in any third party (other than advancement of expenses to employees in the ordinary course of business and the HSR Fee Loan), or guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness, Liability or obligation of any Person in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

(v)                (A) increase the wages, salaries or compensation of its Senior Vice Presidents and above other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and in any event not in the aggregate by more than five percent (5%), (B) make or commit to make any bonus payment (whether in cash, property or securities) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and in any event not in the aggregate by more than five percent (5%), (C) materially increase other benefits of employees generally other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and in any event not in the aggregate by more than five percent (5%), or (D) enter into, establish, materially amend or terminate any Company Benefit Plan with, for or in respect of any current consultant, officer, manager director or other employee, in each case with respect to clauses (A) through (D), other than as required by applicable Law or pursuant to the terms of any Company Benefit Plans;

 

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(vi)              make or rescind any material election relating to Taxes, settle any claim, action, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, audit or controversy relating to material Taxes, file any amended Tax Return or claim for refund, or make any material change in its method of Tax accounting, in each case except as required by applicable Law or in compliance with GAAP;

 

(vii)            transfer or license to any Person or otherwise extend, materially amend or modify, permit to lapse or fail to preserve any material Company Registered IP, Company Licensed IP or other Company IP (excluding lapses or terminations of Contracts pursuant to the terms thereof), or disclose to any Person who has not entered into a confidentiality agreement any Trade Secrets;

 

(viii)          terminate, or waive or assign any material right under, any Company Material Contract or enter into any Contract that would be a Company Material Contract, in any case outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(ix)              fail to maintain its books, accounts and records in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(x)                establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business;

 

(xi)              fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in force material insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage with respect to its assets, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage substantially similar to that which is currently in effect;

 

(xii)            revalue any of its material assets or make any material change in accounting methods, principles or practices, except to the extent required to comply with GAAP and after consulting with the Company’s outside auditors;

 

(xiii)          waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim, action or proceeding (including any suit, action, claim, proceeding or investigation relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, a Target Company or its Affiliates) not in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

(xiv)          close or materially reduce its activities, or effect any layoff or other personnel reduction or change, at any of its facilities;

 

(xv)            acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any material amount of assets outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(xvi)          make capital expenditures in excess of $500,000 (individually for any project (or set of related projects) or $1,000,000 in the aggregate);

 

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(xvii)        adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization;

 

(xviii)      voluntarily incur any Liability or obligation (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate (excluding the incurrence of any Expenses) other than pursuant to the terms of a Company Material Contract or Company Benefit Plan in existence as of the date of this Agreement or entered into in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.2;

 

(xix)          enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting of equity securities of the Company;

 

(xx)            take any action that would reasonably be expected to significantly delay or impair the obtaining of any Consents of any Governmental Authority to be obtained in connection with this Agreement;

 

(xxi)          except as required by Section 5.2(c) or Section 5.2(d), enter into, amend, waive or terminate (other than terminations in accordance with their terms) any transaction with any Related Person (other than compensation and benefits and advancement of expenses, in each case, provided in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); or

 

(xxii)        authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions.

 

provided, that any actions reasonably taken in good faith by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent reasonably believed to be necessary to comply with Laws (including orders of Governmental Authorities) related to COVID-19 shall be deemed not to constitute a breach of the requirements set forth under this Section 5.2. The Company shall notify the Purchaser in writing of any such actions taken in accordance with the foregoing proviso and shall use reasonable best efforts to mitigate any negative effects of such actions on the business of the Target Companies, in consultation with the Purchaser whenever practicable.

 

5.3               No Control of the Company’s Business. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that: (i) nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Purchaser, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s operations prior to the Closing, (ii) prior to the Closing, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ operations, and (iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no consent of Purchaser shall be required with respect to any matter set forth in Section 5.1, Section 5.2, or elsewhere in this Agreement to the extent that the requirement of such consent could violate any applicable Law.

 

5.4               Conduct of Business of the Purchaser.

 

(a)                   Unless the Company shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or as set forth on Schedule 5.4, the Purchaser shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (i) conduct their respective businesses, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) comply with all Laws applicable to the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, assets and employees, and (iii) take commercially reasonable measures to preserve intact, in all material respects, their respective business organizations, to keep available the services of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of their respective material assets, all as consistent with past practice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.4, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Purchaser from extending, in accordance with Purchaser’s Organizational Documents and the IPO Prospectus, the deadline by which it must complete its Business Combination (an “Extension”), and no consent of any other Party shall be required in connection therewith.

 

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(b)                   Without limiting the generality of Section 5.4(a) and except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents (including the Domestication or as contemplated by any PIPE Investment consented to by the Company in accordance with Section 5.22) or as set forth on Schedule 5.4, during the Interim Period, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to not:

 

(i)                 amend, waive or otherwise change, in any respect, its Organizational Documents except as required by applicable Law;

 

(ii)               authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its equity securities or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its equity securities or other security interests of any class and any other equity-based awards, other than the issuance of Purchaser securities issuable upon conversion or exchange of outstanding Purchaser securities in accordance with their terms, the issuance of securities in connection with any PIPE Investment (or any other action or transaction by the Purchaser undertaken with the consent of the Company in accordance with Section 5.21) existing terms, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third Person with respect to such securities;

 

(iii)             split, combine, recapitalize or reclassify any of its shares or other equity interests or issue any other securities in respect thereof or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its shares or other equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities;

 

(iv)              incur, create, assume, prepay or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness (directly, contingently or otherwise), other than obligations under the HSR Fee Loan, if any, in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, make a loan or advance to or investment in any third party, or guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness, Liability or obligation of any Person (provided, that this Section 5.4(b)(iv) shall not prevent the Purchaser from borrowing funds necessary to finance its ordinary course administrative costs and expenses and Expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any PIPE Investment, the costs and expenses necessary for an Extension (such expenses, “Extension Expenses”), up to aggregate additional Indebtedness during the Interim Period of $1,000,000, or the Purchaser’s responsibility for costs and expenses required for filings pursuant to Antitrust Laws, as applicable);

 

(v)                make or rescind any material election relating to material Taxes, settle any claim, action, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, audit or controversy relating to Taxes, file any amended Tax Return or claim for refund, or make any material change in its method of Tax accounting, in each case except as required by applicable Law or in compliance with GAAP;

 

(vi)              amend, waive or otherwise change the Trust Agreement in any manner adverse to the Purchaser;

 

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(vii)            terminate, waive or assign any material right under any Purchaser Material Contract;

 

(viii)          fail to maintain its books, accounts and records in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(ix)              establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business;

 

(x)                fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in force material insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage with respect to its assets, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage substantially similar to that which is currently in effect;

 

(xi)              revalue any of its material assets or make any material change in accounting methods, principles or practices, except to the extent required to comply with GAAP and after consulting the Purchaser’s outside auditors;

 

(xii)            waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim, action or proceeding (including any suit, action, claim, proceeding or investigation relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, the Purchaser or its Subsidiary) not in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

(xiii)          acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any material amount of assets outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(xiv)          make capital expenditures in excess of $500,000 individually for any project (or set of related projects) or $1,000,000 in the aggregate (excluding for the avoidance of doubt, incurring any Expenses);

 

(xv)            adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization (other than with respect to the Merger);

 

(xvi)          voluntarily incur any Liability or obligation (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate (excluding the incurrence of any Expenses) other than pursuant to the terms of a Contract in existence as of the date of this Agreement or entered into in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.4 during the Interim Period;

 

(xvii)        enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting of Purchaser Securities;

 

(xviii)      take any action that would reasonably be expected to significantly delay or impair the obtaining of any Consents of any Governmental Authority to be obtained in connection with this Agreement; or

 

(xix)          authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions;

 

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provided, that any actions reasonably taken in good faith by the Purchaser or its Subsidiaries to the extent reasonably believed to be necessary to comply with Laws (including orders of Governmental Authorities) related to COVID-19 shall be deemed not to constitute a breach of the requirements set forth under this Section 5.4. The Purchaser shall notify the Company in writing of any such actions taken in accordance with the foregoing proviso and shall use reasonable best efforts to mitigate any negative effects of such actions on the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries.

 

5.5               Annual and Interim Financial Statements. During the Interim Period, within thirty (30) calendar days following the end of each three-month quarterly period and each fiscal year, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser an unaudited consolidated income statement and an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Target Companies for the period from the Interim Balance Sheet Date through the end of such calendar month, quarterly period or fiscal year and the applicable comparative period in the preceding fiscal year, in each case accompanied by a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that all such financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the Target Companies as of the date or for the periods indicated, in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and excluding footnotes. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company will also promptly deliver to the Purchaser copies of any audited consolidated financial statements of the Target Companies that the Target Companies’ certified public accountants may issue.

 

5.6             Purchaser Public Filings. During the Interim Period, the Purchaser will keep current and timely file all of its public filings with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with applicable securities Laws and shall use its reasonable best efforts prior to the Closing to maintain the listing of the Purchaser Units, the Purchaser Ordinary Shares and the Purchaser Warrants on NYSE; provided, that the Parties acknowledge and agree that from and after the Closing, the Parties intend to list on NYSE only the Purchaser Common Stock and the Purchaser Warrants.

 

5.7               No Solicitation.

 

(a)                   For purposes of this Agreement, (i) an “Acquisition Proposal” means any inquiry, proposal or offer, or any indication of interest in making an offer or proposal, from any Person or group at any time relating to an Alternative Transaction, and (ii) an “Alternative Transaction” means (A) with respect to the Company and its Affiliates, a transaction (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) concerning the sale of (x) all or any material part of the business or assets of the Target Companies (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or (y) any of the shares or other equity interests or profits of the Target Companies, in any case, whether such transaction takes the form of a sale of shares or other equity interests, assets, merger, consolidation, issuance of debt securities, management Contract, joint venture or partnership, or otherwise and (B) with respect to the Purchaser and its Affiliates, a transaction (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) concerning a Business Combination involving Purchaser.

 

(b)                   During the Interim Period, in order to induce the other Parties to continue to commit to expend management time and financial resources in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby, each Party shall not, and shall cause its Representatives to not, without the prior written consent of the Company and the Purchaser, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, assist, initiate or facilitate the making, submission or announcement of, or intentionally encourage, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding such Party or its Affiliates or their respective businesses, operations, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects or employees to any Person or group (other than a Party to this Agreement or their respective Representatives) in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage or participate in discussions or negotiations with any Person or group with respect to, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, endorse or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal, (v) negotiate or enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement or other similar agreement related to any Acquisition Proposal, or (vi) release any third Person from, or waive any provision of, any confidentiality agreement to which such Party is a party.

 

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(c)                   Each Party shall notify the others as promptly as practicable (and in any event within 48 hours) in writing of the receipt by such Party or any of its Representatives of (i) any bona fide inquiries, proposals or offers, requests for information or requests for discussions or negotiations regarding or constituting any Acquisition Proposal or any bona fide inquiries, proposals or offers, requests for information or requests for discussions or negotiations that could be expected to result in an Acquisition Proposal, and (ii) any request for non-public information relating to such Party or its Affiliates in connection with any Acquisition Proposal, specifying in each case, the material terms and conditions thereof (including a copy thereof if in writing or a written summary thereof if oral) and the identity of the party making such inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information. Each Party shall keep the others promptly informed of the status of any such inquiries, proposals, offers or requests for information. During the Interim Period, each Party shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and shall, and shall direct its Representatives to, cease and terminate any such solicitations, discussions or negotiations.

 

5.8             No Trading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that it is aware, and that the Company’s Affiliates are aware (and each of their respective Representatives is aware or, upon receipt of any material nonpublic information of the Purchaser, will be advised) of the restrictions imposed by U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE promulgated thereunder or otherwise (the “Federal Securities Laws”) and other applicable foreign and domestic Laws on a Person possessing material nonpublic information about a publicly traded company. The Company hereby agrees that, while it is in possession of such material nonpublic information, it shall not purchase or sell any securities of the Purchaser (other than to engage in the Merger in accordance with Article I), communicate such information to any third party, take any other action with respect to the Purchaser in violation of such Laws, or cause or encourage any third party to do any of the foregoing.

 

5.9               Notification of Certain Matters. During the Interim Period, each Party shall give prompt notice to the other Parties if such Party or its Affiliates: (a) fails to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it or its Affiliates hereunder in any material respect; (b) receives any notice or other communication in writing from any third party (including any Governmental Authority) alleging (i) that the Consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) any non-compliance with any Law by such Party or its Affiliates; (c) receives any notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (d) discovers any fact or circumstance that, or becomes aware of the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article VI not being satisfied at the Closing or the satisfaction of those conditions being delayed past the Outside Date; or (e) becomes aware of the commencement or threat, in writing, of any Action against such Party or any of its Affiliates, or any of their respective properties or assets, or, to the Knowledge of such Party, any officer, director, partner, member or manager, in his, her or its capacity as such, of such Party or of its Affiliates with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No such notice shall constitute an acknowledgement or admission by the Party providing the notice regarding whether or not any of the conditions to the Closing have been satisfied or in determining whether or not any of the representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement have been breached.

 

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5.10           Efforts.

 

(a)                   Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate fully with the other Parties, to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the receipt of all applicable Consents of Governmental Authorities) and to comply as promptly as practicable with all requirements of Governmental Authorities applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)                In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 5.10(a), to the extent required under any Laws (including but not limited to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 as amended (the “HSR Act”)) that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization, restraint of trade, or a lessening of competition (“Antitrust Laws”), each Party hereto agrees to make or have its ultimate parent entity as that term is defined in the HSR Act to make, any required filing or application under Antitrust Laws, as applicable, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable, to supply as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be reasonably requested pursuant to Antitrust Laws and to take all other actions reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable, including by requesting early termination of the waiting period provided for under the Antitrust Laws. Each Party shall, in connection with its efforts to obtain all requisite approvals and authorizations for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any Antitrust Law, use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) cooperate in all respects with each other Party or its Affiliates in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private Person; (ii) keep the other Parties reasonably informed of any communication received by such Party or its Representatives from, or given by such Party or its Representatives to, any Governmental Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, in each case regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) permit a Representative of the other Parties and their respective outside counsel to review any communication given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, any Governmental Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, with any other Person, and to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority or other Person, give a Representative or Representatives of the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences; (iv) in the event a Party’s Representative is prohibited from participating in or attending any meetings or conferences, the other Parties shall keep such Party promptly and reasonably apprised with respect thereto; and (v) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in the filing of any memoranda, white papers, filings, correspondence or other written communications explaining or defending the transactions contemplated hereby, articulating any regulatory or competitive argument, and/or responding to requests or objections made by any Governmental Authority.

 

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(c)                   The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Company and the Purchaser shall each be responsible for fifty percent (50%) of all filing fees and expenses under any applicable Antitrust Laws, including the fees and expenses relating to any pre-merger notification required under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act (with the Purchaser’s fifty percent (50%) share of all such filing fees and expenses being the “Purchaser HSR Fees and Expenses”); provided, however, that, in the event that any fees and expenses are required to be paid for filings required pursuant to Antitrust Laws, the Company shall pay the full amount (including the Purchaser’s portion thereof) of any such fees and expenses when due, as a loan to the Purchaser (the “HSR Fee Loan”), to be repaid or otherwise satisfied in full as follows: (i) if there is a Closing, the obligation to repay the HSR Fee Loan shall be an inter-company loan between the Purchaser and the Company and shall either be satisfied from funds in the Trust Account in accordance with Section 5.21 or forgiven as an inter-company loan, (ii) if this Agreement is validly terminated prior to the Closing in accordance with Section 7.1, then upon the earlier of (A) the consummation of a Business Combination by the Purchaser with any person or (B) the liquidation of the Trust Account in the event that the Purchaser does not consummate its initial business combination by its deadline to do so in the Purchaser Memorandum and Articles (as it may be extended by amendment thereto), subject to Section 8.1. If the Company provides a HSR Fee Loan in accordance herewith, the Purchaser shall, simultaneously with the Company’s payment of the Purchaser HSR Fees and Expenses on behalf of the Purchaser, deliver to the Company a promissory note for the amount of the Purchaser HSR Fees and Expenses to be repaid under the HSR Fee Loan, in customary form reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

(d)                   As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use) their respective reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with Governmental Authorities requests for approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have such Governmental Authorities approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Party shall give prompt written notice to the other Parties if such Party or any of its Representatives receives any notice from such Governmental Authorities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall promptly furnish the other Parties with a copy of such Governmental Authority notice. If any Governmental Authority requires that a hearing or meeting be held in connection with its approval of the transactions contemplated hereby, whether prior to the Closing or after the Closing, each Party shall arrange for Representatives of such Party to be present for such hearing or meeting. If any objections are asserted with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any applicable Law or if any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by any applicable Governmental Authority or any private Person challenging any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document as violative of any applicable Law or which would otherwise prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such objections or Actions so as to timely permit consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, including in order to resolve such objections or Actions which, in any case if not resolved, could reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. In the event any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a Governmental Authority or private Person challenging the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any Ancillary Document, the Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, reasonably cooperate with each other and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to contest and resist any such Action and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any Order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents.

 

(e)                   Prior to the Closing, each Party shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any Consents of Governmental Authorities or other third Persons as may be necessary for the consummation by such Party or its Affiliates of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or required as a result of the execution or performance of, or consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement by such Party or its Affiliates, and the other Parties shall provide reasonable cooperation in connection with such efforts.

 

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5.11           Tax Matters. Each of the Parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Merger to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and, depending on the facts at the time of the Closing, (ii) cause the Merger and the PIPE Investment to qualify as an “exchange” within the meaning of Section 351 of the Code. None of the Parties shall (and each of the Parties shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to) take any action, or fail to take any action, that could reasonably be expected to (i) cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code or (ii) depending on the facts at the time of the Closing, cause the Merger and the PIPE Investment to fail to qualify as an “exchange” within the meaning of Section 351 of the Code. The Parties intend to report and shall report, for federal income tax purposes, and shall not take any position inconsistent with (whether in audits, Tax Returns or otherwise) the treatment of, the Merger as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. Each of the Parties agrees to use reasonable best efforts to promptly notify all other Parties of any challenge to the treatment described in this Section 5.11 by any Governmental Authority.

 

5.12           Transfer Taxes. After the Closing, the Purchaser shall pay for and bear any sales, use, real property transfer, stamp, stock transfer, or other similar transfer Taxes imposed on Purchaser, Merger Sub or any Target Company in connection with the Merger or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

5.13           Further Assurances. The Parties hereto shall further cooperate with each other and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on their part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable, including preparing and filing as soon as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings.

 

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5.14           The Registration Statement.

 

(a)                As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, the Purchaser shall prepare with the reasonable assistance of the Company, and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, and including the Proxy Statement contained therein, the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the Purchaser Common Stock to be issued under this Agreement as the Merger Consideration, which Registration Statement will also contain a proxy statement (as amended, the “Proxy Statement”) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Purchaser stockholders for the matters to be acted upon at the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting (defined below) and providing the Public Shareholders an opportunity in accordance with the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents and the IPO Prospectus to have their Purchaser Ordinary Shares redeemed (the “Redemption”) in conjunction with the stockholder vote on the Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters. The Proxy Statement shall include proxy materials for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Purchaser stockholders to vote, at an extraordinary general meeting of Purchaser stockholders to be called and held for such purpose (the “Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting”), in favor of resolutions approving (i) the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or referred to herein, including the Merger and the Domestication (and, to the extent required, the issuance of any shares in connection with the PIPE Investment), by the holders of Purchaser Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, the Cayman Islands Companies Law, the DCGL and the rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE, (ii) the effecting of the Domestication, (iii) the change of name of the Purchaser and the adoption and approval of the Amended Organizational Documents, (iv) the adoption and approval of a new equity incentive plan (the “Incentive Plan”), in a form to reasonably agreed by the Purchaser and the Company during the Interim Period, which will provide for awards for a number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock equal to (A) 15% of the aggregate number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing (as calculated after giving effect to the Redemption), such reserve to be automatically increased as of January 1 of each calendar year beginning with January 1, 2022 and continuing until (and including) January 1, 2031, with such annual increase equal to the lesser of (x) 5% of the total number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock issued and outstanding on December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the date of such increase and (y) an amount determined by the Post-Closing Purchaser Board, plus (B) the number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock that are subject to Purchaser Earnout RSUs issued pursuant to this Agreement, plus (C) the number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock that are subject to Transaction Bonus RSUs granted in accordance with Section 5.23(b), (v) the adoption and approval of a new employee stock purchase plan intended to comply with the applicable requirements under Section 423 of the Code, in such form and substance as reasonably agreed to by the Purchaser and the Company during the Interim Period, which will provide for (A) a purchase price discount of up to 15% in accordance with Section 423 of the Code and (B) a reserve of a number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock equal to 2% of the aggregate number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing (as calculated after giving effect to the Redemption), such reserve to be automatically increased as of January 1 of each calendar year beginning with January 1, 2022 and continuing until (and including) January 1, 2031, with such annual increase equal to the lesser of (x) 1% of the total number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock issued and outstanding on December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the date of such increase and (y) an amount determined by the Post-Closing Purchaser Board, (vi) the appointment of the members of the Post-Closing Purchaser Board in accordance with Section 5.19 hereof, (vii) the amendment of the Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2019, by and among the Purchaser, the Purchaser’s initial shareholders named therein and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent thereunder, to shorten the lock-up restrictions on Purchaser Ordinary Shares thereunder to match the lock-up period in the Lock-Up Agreement, (viii) such other matters as the Company and Purchaser shall hereafter mutually determine to be necessary or appropriate in order to effect the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the approvals described in foregoing clauses (i) through (vii), collectively, the “Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters”), and (ix) the adjournment of the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting, if necessary or desirable in the reasonable determination of Purchaser. If on the date for which the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting is scheduled, Purchaser has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares to obtain the Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, Purchaser may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting. In connection with the Registration Statement, Purchaser will file with the SEC financial and other information about the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with applicable Law and applicable proxy solicitation and registration statement rules set forth in the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, the Act, the DGCL and the rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE. Purchaser shall cooperate and provide the Company (and its counsel) with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto prior to filing the same with the SEC, and Purchaser shall consider any such comments timely made in good faith. The Company shall provide Purchaser with such information concerning the Target Companies and their stockholders, officers, directors, employees, assets, Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), business and operations that may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the Registration Statement, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, which information provided by the Company shall be true and correct and not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading.

 

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(b)                The Purchaser shall cause any information concerning the Purchaser or its stockholders, officers, directors, assets, Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), business and operations included in the Registration Statement, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, to be true and correct and to not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading, (b) Purchaser shall take any and all reasonable and necessary actions required to satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable Laws in connection with the Registration Statement, the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting and the Redemption. Each of the Purchaser and the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, make their respective directors, officers and employees, upon reasonable advance notice, available to the Company, Purchaser and, after the Closing, the Purchaser Representative, and their respective Representatives in connection with the drafting of the public filings with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Registration Statement, and responding in a timely manner to comments from the SEC. Each Party shall promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Registration Statement (and other related materials) if and to the extent that such information is determined to have become false or misleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by applicable Laws. The Purchaser shall amend or supplement the Registration Statement and cause the Registration Statement, as so amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Purchaser stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Laws and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents; provided, however, that the Purchaser shall not amend or supplement the Registration Statement without prior consultation with the Company as is reasonable under the circumstances.

 

(c)                The Purchaser, with the reasonable and timely assistance of the other Parties, shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Registration Statement and shall otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to “clear” comments from the SEC and become effective. The Purchaser shall provide the Company with copies of any written comments, and shall inform the Company of any material oral comments, that the Purchaser or its Representatives receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement, the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting and the Redemption promptly after the receipt of such comments and shall give the Company (and its counsel) a reasonable opportunity under the circumstances to review and timely comment on any proposed written or material oral responses to such comments, and the Purchaser shall consider any such comments timely made in good faith under the circumstances.

 

(d)                As soon as practicable following the Registration Statement “clearing” comments from the SEC and becoming effective, Purchaser shall distribute the Registration Statement to Purchaser’s stockholders and the Company Stockholders, and, pursuant thereto, shall call the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting in accordance with the Cayman Islands Companies Law for a date no later than thirty (30) days following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 

(e)                Purchaser shall comply with all applicable Laws, any applicable rules and regulations of NYSE, Purchaser’s Organizational Documents and this Agreement in the preparation, filing and distribution of the Registration Statement, any solicitation of proxies thereunder, the calling and holding of the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting and the Redemption. Purchaser shall apply for, and shall take commercially reasonable actions to cause, the Purchaser Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger to be approved for listing on the NYSE as of the Closing.

 

5.15           Company Stockholder Meeting. As promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement has become effective, the Company will call a meeting of its stockholders or otherwise solicit written consents in order to obtain the Required Company Stockholder Approval (the “Company Special Meeting”), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from the Company Stockholders proxies in favor of the Required Company Stockholder Approval prior to such Company Special Meeting, and to take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the Required Company Stockholder Approval, including enforcing the Voting Agreements.

 

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5.16           Public Announcements.

 

(a)                   Except as required in connection with any filings or notifications regarding the transactions described herein as may be required under the Antitrust Laws and in responding to any requests for information or documents made by a Governmental Authority investigating the transactions described herein under the Antitrust Laws, the Parties agree that during the Interim Period no public release, filing or announcement concerning this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be issued by any Party or any of their Affiliates without the prior written consent of the Purchaser and the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except as such release or announcement may be required by applicable Law or the rules or regulations of any securities exchange, in which case the applicable Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow the other Parties reasonable time to comment on, and arrange for any required filing with respect to, such release or announcement in advance of such issuance.

 

(b)                   The Parties shall mutually agree upon and, as promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement (but in any event within four (4) Business Days thereafter), issue a press release announcing the execution of this Agreement (the “Signing Press Release”). Promptly after the issuance of the Signing Press Release, the Purchaser shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Signing Filing”) with the Signing Press Release and a description of this Agreement as required by Federal Securities Laws, which the Company shall review, comment upon and approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) prior to filing (with the Company reviewing, commenting upon and approving such Signing Filing in any event no later than the third (3rd) Business Day after the execution of this Agreement); provided, that the Purchaser provides the Company with a reasonable amount of time to complete such review, comment and approval prior to the third (3rd) Business Day after the date hereof. The Parties shall mutually agree upon and, as promptly as practicable after the Closing (but in any event within four (4) Business Days thereafter), issue a press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing Press Release”). Promptly after the issuance of the Closing Press Release, the Purchaser shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Closing Filing”) with the Closing Press Release and a description of the Closing as required by Federal Securities Laws which the Seller Representative and the Purchaser Representative shall review, comment upon and approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) prior to filing. In connection with the preparation of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Filing, the Closing Press Release, or any other report, statement, filing notice or application made by or on behalf of a Party to any Governmental Authority or other third party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, each Party shall, upon request by any other Party, furnish the Parties with all information concerning themselves, their respective directors, officers and equity holders, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or any other report, statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of a Party to any third party and/ or any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.17           Confidential Information.

 

(a)                   The Company and the Seller Representative hereby agrees that during the Interim Period and, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, they shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to: (i) treat and hold in strict confidence any Purchaser Confidential Information, and will not use for any purpose (except in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, performing their obligations hereunder or thereunder, enforcing their rights hereunder or thereunder, or in furtherance of their authorized duties on behalf of the Purchaser or its Subsidiaries), nor directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, publish, disseminate or otherwise make available to any third party any of the Purchaser Confidential Information without the Purchaser’s prior written consent; and (ii) in the event that the Company, the Seller Representative or any of their respective Representatives, during the Interim Period or, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, becomes legally compelled to disclose any Purchaser Confidential Information, (A) provide the Purchaser to the extent legally permitted with prompt written notice of such requirement so that the Purchaser or an Affiliate thereof may seek, at Purchaser’s cost, a protective Order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Section 5.17(a), and (B) in the event that such protective Order or other remedy is not obtained, or the Purchaser waives compliance with this Section 5.17(a), furnish only that portion of such Purchaser Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided as advised in writing by outside counsel and to exercise its reasonable best efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such Purchaser Confidential Information. In the event that this Agreement is terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated, the Company and the Seller Representative shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, promptly deliver to the Purchaser or destroy (at Purchaser’s election) any and all copies (in whatever form or medium) of Purchaser Confidential Information and destroy all notes, memoranda, summaries, analyses, compilations and other writings related thereto or based thereon; provided, however, that the Company and the Seller Representative and their respective Representatives shall be entitled to keep any records required by applicable Law or bona fide record retention policies; and provided, further, that any Purchaser Confidential Information that is not returned or destroyed shall remain subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement.

 

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(b)                   The Purchaser hereby agrees that during the Interim Period and, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, it shall, and shall cause its Representatives to: (i) treat and hold in strict confidence any Company Confidential Information, and will not use for any purpose (except in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, performing its obligations hereunder or thereunder or enforcing its rights hereunder or thereunder), nor directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, publish, disseminate or otherwise make available to any third party any of the Company Confidential Information without the Company’s prior written consent; and (ii) in the event that the Purchaser or any of its Representatives, during the Interim Period or, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, becomes legally compelled to disclose any Company Confidential Information, (A) provide the Company to the extent legally permitted with prompt written notice of such requirement so that the Company may seek, at the Company’s sole expense, a protective Order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Section 5.17(b) and (B) in the event that such protective Order or other remedy is not obtained, or the Company waives compliance with this Section 5.17(b), furnish only that portion of such Company Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided as advised in writing by outside counsel and to exercise its reasonable best efforts (but without required incurrence of cost) to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such Company Confidential Information. In the event that this Agreement is terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated, the Purchaser shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, promptly deliver to the Company or destroy (at the Purchaser’s election) any and all copies (in whatever form or medium) of Company Confidential Information and destroy all notes, memoranda, summaries, analyses, compilations and other writings related thereto or based thereon; provided, however, that the Purchaser and its Representatives shall be entitled to keep any records required by applicable Law or bona fide record retention policies; and provided, further, that any Company Confidential Information that is not returned or destroyed shall remain subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser and its Representatives shall be permitted to disclose any and all Company Confidential Information to the extent required by the Federal Securities Laws.

 

5.18           Documents and Information. After the Closing Date, the Purchaser and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, until the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Closing Date, retain all books, records and other documents pertaining to the business of the Target Companies in existence on the Closing Date and make the same available for inspection and copying by the Purchaser Representative during normal business hours of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, upon reasonable request and upon reasonable notice. No such books, records or documents shall be destroyed after the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Closing Date by the Purchaser or its Subsidiaries (including any Target Company) without first advising the Purchaser Representative in writing and giving the Purchaser Representative a reasonable opportunity to obtain possession thereof.

 

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5.19           Post-Closing Board of Directors and Executive Officers.

 

(a)                   The Parties shall take all necessary action, including causing the directors of the Purchaser to resign, so that effective as of the Closing, the Purchaser’s board of directors (the “Post-Closing Purchaser Board”) will consist of seven (7) individuals. Immediately after the Closing, the Parties shall take all necessary action to designate and appoint to the Post-Closing Purchaser Board (i) the two (2) persons that are designated by the Purchaser prior to the Closing (the “Purchaser Directors”), both of whom shall qualify as an independent director under NYSE rules, (ii) the four (4) persons that are designated by the Company prior to the Closing (the “Company Directors”), all but one (1) of whom shall be required to qualify as an independent director under NYSE rules and (iii) one (1) additional person, who shall qualify as an independent director under NYSE rules, mutually agreed upon prior to the Closing by the Purchaser and the Company. In accordance with the Purchaser Organizational Documents as in effect at the Closing, the Post-Closing Purchaser Board will be a classified board with three classes of directors, with (I) one class of directors, the Class I Directors (constituting the two (2) Company Directors who qualify as independent), initially serving a one (1) year term, such initial term effective from the Closing until the first annual meeting of the Purchaser shareholders after the Closing (but any subsequent Class I Directors serving a three (3) year term), (II) a second class of directors, the Class II Directors (constituting the Purchaser Directors), initially serving a two (2) year term, such initial term effective from the Closing until the second annual meeting of the Purchaser shareholders after the Closing (but any subsequent Class II Directors serving a three (3) year term), and (III) a third a class of directors, the Class III Directors (constituting the remaining Company Directors) serving a three (3) year term. In accordance with the Amended Organizational Documents, no director on the Post-Closing Purchaser Board may be removed without cause. At or prior to the Closing, the Purchaser will provide each member of the Post-Closing Purchaser Board with a customary director indemnification agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such director, to be effective upon the Closing (or if later, upon such director’s appointment).

 

(b)                  The Parties shall take all action necessary, including causing the executive officers of Purchaser to resign, so that the individuals serving as the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, respectively, of Purchaser immediately after the Closing will be the same individuals (in the same office) as that of the Company immediately prior to the Closing (unless, at its sole discretion, the Company desires to appoint another qualified person to either such role, in which case, such other person identified by the Company shall serve in such role).

 

5.20           Indemnification of Directors and Officers; Tail Insurance.

 

(a)                   The Parties agree that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing in favor of the current or former directors and officers of the Purchaser or Merger Sub and each Person who served as a director, officer, member, trustee or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise at the request of the Purchaser or Merger Sub (the “D&O Indemnified Persons”) as provided in their respective Organizational Documents or under any indemnification, employment or other similar agreements between any D&O Indemnified Person and the Purchaser or Merger Sub, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement, shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms to the extent permitted by applicable Law. For a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time, the Purchaser shall cause the Organizational Documents of the Purchaser and the Surviving Corporation to contain provisions no less favorable with respect to exculpation and indemnification of and advancement of expenses to D&O Indemnified Persons than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in the Organizational Documents of the Purchaser and Merger Sub to the extent permitted by applicable Law. The provisions of this Section 5.20 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Persons and their respective heirs and representatives.

 

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(b)                   For the benefit of the Purchaser’s and Merger Sub’s directors and officers, the Purchaser shall be permitted at or prior to the Effective Time to obtain and fully pay the premium for a “tail” insurance policy that provides coverage for up to a six-year period from and after the Effective Time for events occurring prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O Tail Insurance”) that is substantially equivalent to and in any event not less favorable in the aggregate than the Purchaser’s existing policy or, if substantially equivalent insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage. If obtained, the Purchaser shall maintain the D&O Tail Insurance in full force and effect, and continue to honor the obligations thereunder, and the Purchaser shall timely pay or caused to be paid all premiums with respect to the D&O Tail Insurance.

 

5.21         Trust Account Proceeds. The Parties agree that after the Closing, the funds in the Trust Account, after taking into account payments for the Redemption, and any proceeds received by the Purchaser from any PIPE Investment shall first be used to pay (a) the Purchaser’s accrued Expenses, (b) the Purchaser’s deferred Expenses (including cash amounts, if any, payable to the IPO Underwriter and any legal fees) of the IPO, (c) any loans owed by the Purchaser to the Sponsor for any Expenses (including deferred Expenses), other administrative costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Purchaser or Extension Expenses and (d) any other Liabilities of the Purchaser as of the Closing, including the Purchaser’s obligations in respect of the HSR Fee Loan, if any. Such Expenses, as well as any Expenses that are required to be paid by delivery of the Purchaser’s securities, will be paid at the Closing. Any remaining cash will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Purchaser and the Surviving Corporation.

 

5.22           PIPE Investment. The Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the conditions of the PIPE Investors’ closing obligations contained in the Subscription Agreements and consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.  The Purchaser shall not terminate, or amend or waive in any manner materially adverse to the Purchaser, any Subscription Agreement without the Company’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), other than (i) as expressly provided for by the terms of the Subscription Agreements or (ii) to reflect any permitted assignments or transfers of the Subscription Agreements by the applicable PIPE Investors pursuant to the Subscription Agreements.  Each of the Purchaser and, as applicable, the Company, shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid being in breach or default under the Subscription Agreements. Additionally, during the Interim Period, the Purchaser may, but shall not be required to, enter into and consummate additional Subscription Agreements with additional PIPE Investors, including in the event that there is an actual or threatened material breach or default by a PIPE Investor under a Subscription Agreement, or the Purchaser reasonably believes in good faith that such PIPE Investor otherwise is not willing or able to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby upon the satisfaction of the conditions of such PIPE Investor’s closing obligations thereunder, which additional Subscription Agreements shall become part of the PIPE Investment hereunder; provided, that the terms of such additional Subscription Agreements shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), be materially worse to the Purchaser or the Company than those set forth in existing Subscription Agreements.  If the Purchaser elects to seek such additional Subscription Agreements (with, solely with respect to any additional Subscription Agreements containing terms that are substantially different from the terms of Subscription Agreements then in effect, the Company’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the Purchaser and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, cooperate with each other and their respective Representatives in connection with such additional Subscription Agreements and use their respective reasonable efforts to cause such additional Subscription Agreements to be executed and the transactions contemplated thereby to occur (including having the Company’s senior management participate in any investor meetings and roadshows as reasonably requested by the Purchaser). The Purchaser will deliver to the Company true, correct and complete copies of each Subscription Agreement entered into by the Purchaser and any other Contracts between the Purchaser and PIPE Investors that could affect the obligation of such PIPE Investors to contribute to the Purchaser their applicable portion of the aggregate gross proceeds of the PIPE Investment as set forth in the Subscription Agreement of such PIPE Investor. The Company shall not enter into any Contract with a PIPE Investor during the Interim Period without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

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5.23           Additional Agreements

 

(a)                As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, and in any event prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company shall enter into new employment agreements with each Key Employee in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser (each, a “Key Employee Employment Agreement”), each of which will become effective not later than the Closing.

 

(b)                   Within thirty (30) days following the Closing, Purchaser shall grant fully vested restricted stock unit awards under the Incentive Plan to the individuals identified by the Company prior to Closing (the “Transaction Bonus RSUs”), subject to shareholder approval of the Incentive Plan.  Prior to the Closing, the Company shall provide Purchaser with a schedule of the recipients of the Transaction Bonus RSUs and the amounts to be awarded to each such individual, which amounts shall be denominated in shares of Purchaser Common Stock and shall not exceed the aggregate amount set forth in Schedule 5.23(b).  The Transaction Bonus RSUs shall be settled in shares of Purchaser Common Stock no later than the 74th day following the date of grant.  Prior to such settlement, the Purchaser shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or any successor form, or, if Form S-8 is not available, other appropriate forms as may be required under applicable Law) with respect to the shares of Purchaser Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Bonus RSUs.  Each award of Transaction Bonus RSUs shall be subject to the terms of the Incentive Plan and an award agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and the Company and finalized prior to the Closing.

 

(c)                   Prior to the Closing, the Purchaser and certain Company Stockholders who will be Affiliates of the Purchaser immediately after the Closing shall enter into a registration rights agreement in a form to be reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and the Company (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to provide such Company Stockholders with registration rights that are substantially similar in all material respects to, and pari passu with, the registration rights of the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital pursuant that that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2019, by and among the Purchaser, the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital (subject to the amendment contemplated by Section 5.23(d)).

 

(d)                   Prior to the Closing, the Purchaser, the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital shall enter into an amendment, in a form to be reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and the Company(the “Founder Registration Rights Amendment”), to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2019, by and among the Purchaser, the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital reflecting that the registration rights of the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital thereunder will be pari passu with the registration rights provided to applicable Company Stockholders under the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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Article VI
CLOSING CONDITIONS

 

6.1               Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations. The obligations of each Party to consummate the Merger and the other transactions described herein shall be subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (where permissible) by the Company and the Purchaser of the following conditions:

 

(a)                   Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval. The Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters that are submitted to the vote of the shareholders of the Purchaser at the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting in accordance with the Proxy Statement and the Purchaser Memorandum and Articles shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Purchaser at the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting in accordance with the Purchaser Memorandum and Articles, applicable Law and the Proxy Statement (the “Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval”).

 

(b)                   Required Company Stockholder Approval. The Company Special Meeting shall have been held in accordance with the DGCL and the Company’s Organizational Documents, and at such meeting, the requisite vote of the Company Stockholders (including any separate class or series vote that is required, whether pursuant to the Company’s Organizational Documents, any stockholder agreement or otherwise) shall have authorized, approved and consented to, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or is required to be a party or bound, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Merger (the “Required Company Stockholder Approval”).

 

(c)                   Antitrust Laws. Any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of this Agreement under any Antitrust Laws shall have expired or been terminated.

 

(d)                   Requisite Regulatory Approvals. All Consents required to be obtained from or made with any Governmental Authority in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that are set forth in Schedule 6.1(d) shall have been obtained or made.

 

(e)                Requisite Consents. The Consents required to be obtained from or made with any third Person (other than a Governmental Authority) in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that are set forth in Schedule 6.1(e) shall have each been obtained or made.

 

(f)                    No Adverse Law or Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) or Order that is then in effect and which has the effect of making the transactions or agreements contemplated by this Agreement illegal or which otherwise prevents or prohibits consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(g)                   Net Tangible Assets Test. Upon the Closing, after giving effect to the Redemption and any PIPE Investment, the Purchaser shall have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001.

 

(h)                   Purchaser Domestication. The Domestication shall have been consummated in accordance with Section 1.8.

 

(i)                    Appointment to the Board. The members of the Post-Closing Purchaser Board shall have been elected or appointed as of the Closing consistent with the requirements of Section 5.19.

 

(j)                    Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC and shall remain effective as of the Closing, and no stop order or similar order shall be in effect with respect to the Registration Statement.

 

(k)                 NYSE Listing. The shares of Purchaser Common Stock shall have been approved for listing on NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

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6.2               Conditions to Obligations of the Company. In addition to the conditions specified in Section 6.1, the obligations of the Company to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (by the Company) of the following conditions:

 

(a)                   Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant hereto shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, except for (i) those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date (which representations and warranties shall have been accurate as of such date), and (ii) any failures to be true and correct that (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect), individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on, or with respect to, the Purchaser.

 

(b)                   Agreements and Covenants. The Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all of the Purchaser’s obligations and complied in all material respects with all of the Purchaser’s agreements and covenants under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)                   No Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to the Purchaser since the date of this Agreement which is continuing and uncured.

 

(d)                   Minimum Cash Condition. Upon the Closing, the Purchaser shall have cash and cash equivalents, including funds remaining in the Trust Account (after giving effect to the completion and payment of the Redemption) and the proceeds of any PIPE Investment, prior to giving effect to the payment of the Purchaser’s unpaid Expenses or Liabilities, at least equal to one hundred million U.S. Dollars ($100,000,000).

 

(e)                   Closing Deliveries.

 

(i)                 Officer Certificate. The Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of the Purchaser in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 6.2(a), 6.2(b) and Section 6.3(c).

 

(ii)               Secretary Certificate. The Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company a certificate from its secretary or other executive officer certifying as to, and attaching, (A) copies of the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Domestication), (B) the resolutions of the Purchaser’s board of directors authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or by which it is bound, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (C) evidence that the Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval has been obtained and (D) the incumbency of officers authorized to execute this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which the Purchaser is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.

 

(iii)             Good Standing. The Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company a good standing certificate (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) for the Purchaser certified as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date from the proper Governmental Authority of the Purchaser’s jurisdiction of organization and from each other jurisdiction in which the Purchaser is qualified to do business as a foreign entity as of the Closing, in each case to the extent that good standing certificates or similar documents are generally available in such jurisdictions.

 

(iv)              Escrow Agreement. The Company shall have received a copy of the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Escrow Agent.

 

(v)                Registration Rights Agreement. The Company shall have received a copy of a Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser.

 

(vi)              Founder Registration Rights Amendment. The Company shall have received a copy of the Founder Registration Rights Amendment duly executed by the Purchaser and EarlyBirdCapital.

 

(vii)            Sponsor Forfeiture. The Sponsor shall have forfeited the Founder Shares set forth in the Sponsor Forfeiture Letter in accordance with its terms.

 

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6.3               Conditions to Obligations of the Purchaser. In addition to the conditions specified in Section 6.1, the obligations of the Purchaser and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (by the Purchaser) of the following conditions:

 

(a)                   Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant hereto shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, except for (i) those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date (which representations and warranties shall have been accurate as of such date), and (ii) any failures to be true and correct that (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect), individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on, or with respect to, the Target Companies, taken as a whole.

 

(b)                   Agreements and Covenants. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations and complied in all material respects with all of its agreements and covenants under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)                   No Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to the Target Companies taken as a whole since the date of this Agreement which is continuing and uncured.

 

(d)                   Certain Ancillary Documents. Each Lock-Up Agreement and the Non-Competition Agreement shall be in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof as of the Closing.

 

(e)                   Closing Deliveries.

 

(i)                 Officer Certificate. The Purchaser shall have received a certificate from the Company, dated as the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of the Company in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 6.3(a), 6.3(b) and 6.3(c).

 

(ii)               Secretary Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate executed by the Company’s secretary certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and attaching, (A) copies of the Company’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date (immediately prior to the Effective Time), (B) the requisite resolutions of the Company’s board of directors authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which the Company is or is required to be a party or bound, and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and the adoption of the Surviving Corporation Organizational Documents, and recommending the approval and adoption of the same by the Company Stockholders at a duly called meeting of stockholders, (C) evidence that the Required Company Stockholder Approval has been obtained and (D) the incumbency of officers of the Company authorized to execute this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which the Company is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.

 

(iii)             Good Standing. The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser good standing certificates (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) for each Target Company certified as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date from the proper Governmental Authority of the Target Company’s jurisdiction of organization and from each other jurisdiction in which the Target Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity as of the Closing, in each case to the extent that good standing certificates or similar documents are generally available in such jurisdictions.

 

(iv)              Certified Charter. The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser a copy of the Company Charter, as in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of a date no more than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(v)                Key Employee Agreements. The Purchaser shall have received a duly executed Key Employee Employment Agreement from each Key Employee.

 

(vi)              Escrow Agreement. The Purchaser shall have received a copy of the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Seller Representative and the Escrow Agent.

 

(vii)            Transmittal Documents. The Exchange Agent shall have received from each holder of the Company Warrants the Transmittal Documents, each in form reasonably acceptable for transfer on the books of the Company.

 

(viii)          Resignations. Subject to the requirements of Section 5.20, the Purchaser shall have received written resignations, effective as of the Closing, of each of the directors and officers of the Company as requested by the Purchaser prior to the Closing.

 

(ix)              Lock-Up Agreements. The Purchaser shall have received a Lock-Up Agreement for each Significant Company Holder who did not execute and deliver a Lock-Up Agreement to the Purchaser on or prior to the date of this Agreement, duly executed by such Significant Company Holder.

 

(x)                Termination of Certain Contracts. The Purchaser shall have received evidence reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser that the Contracts involving the Target Companies and/or Company Security Holders or other Related Persons set forth on Schedule 6.3(e)(x) shall have been terminated with no further obligation or Liability of the Target Companies thereunder.

 

6.4               Frustration of Conditions. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article VI to be satisfied if such failure was caused by the failure of such Party or its Affiliates (or with respect to the Company, any Target Company or Company Stockholder) failure to comply with or perform any of its covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement.

 

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Article VII
TERMINATION AND EXPENSES

 

7.1               Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing as follows:

 

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

 

(b)                   by written notice by the Purchaser or the Company if any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article VI have not been satisfied or waived by August 31, 2021 (the “Outside Date”) (provided, that if the Purchaser seeks and obtains an Extension, the Purchaser shall have the right by providing written notice thereof to the Company to extend the Outside Date for an additional period equal to the shortest of (i) three (3) additional months, (ii) the period ending on the last date for the Purchaser to consummate its Business Combination pursuant to such Extension and (iii) such period as determined by the Purchaser); provided, however, the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to a Party if the breach or violation by such Party or its Affiliates of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement was the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Outside Date;

 

(c)                   by written notice by either the Purchaser or the Company if a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an Order or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such Order or other action has become final and non-appealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) shall not be available to a Party if the failure by such Party or its Affiliates to comply with any provision of this Agreement has been a substantial cause of, or substantially resulted in, such action by such Governmental Authority;

 

(d)                   by written notice by the Company to Purchaser, if (i) there has been a breach by the Purchaser of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Purchaser shall have become untrue or inaccurate, in any case, which would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) to be satisfied (treating the Closing Date for such purposes as the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of such breach), and (ii) the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) twenty (20) days after written notice of such breach or inaccuracy is provided to the Purchaser or (B) the Outside Date; provided, that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d) if at such time the Company is in material uncured breach of this Agreement;

 

(e)                   by written notice by the Purchaser to the Company, if (i) there has been a breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of such Parties shall have become untrue or inaccurate, in any case, which would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) to be satisfied (treating the Closing Date for such purposes as the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of such breach), and (ii) the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) twenty (20) days after written notice of such breach or inaccuracy is provided to the Company or (B) the Outside Date; provided, that the Purchaser shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(e) if at such time the Purchaser is in material uncured breach of this Agreement;

 

(f)                    by written notice by the Purchaser to the Company, if there shall have been a Material Adverse Effect on the Target Companies taken as a whole following the date of this Agreement which continues uncured for at least 20 days after written notice of such Material Adverse Effect is provided by the Purchaser to the Company;

 

(g)                   by written notice by either the Purchaser or the Company to the other, if the Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting is held (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and has concluded, the Purchaser’s stockholders have duly voted, and the Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval was not obtained; or

 

(h)                   by written notice by either the Purchaser or the Company to the other, if the Company Special Meeting is held (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and has concluded, the Company Stockholders have duly voted, and the Required Company Stockholder Approval was not obtained.

 

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7.2               Effect of Termination. This Agreement may only be terminated in the circumstances described in Section 7.1 and pursuant to a written notice delivered by the applicable Party to the other applicable Parties, which sets forth the basis for such termination, including the provision of Section 7.1 under which such termination is made. In the event of the valid termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no Liability on the part of any Party or any of their respective Representatives, and all rights and obligations of each Party shall cease, except: (a) Sections 5.16, 5.17, 7.3, 8.1, Article IX and this Section 7.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and (b) nothing herein shall relieve any Party from Liability for any willful breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any claim in respect of a Fraud Claim against such Party, in either case, prior to the termination of this Agreement (in each case of clauses (a) and (b) above, subject to Section 8.1). Without limiting the foregoing, and except as provided in Sections 7.3 and this Section 7.2 (but subject to Section 8.1) and subject to the right to seek injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief in accordance with Section 9.7, the Parties’ sole right prior to the Closing with respect to any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement by another Party or with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be the right, if applicable, to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1.

 

7.3               Fees and Expenses. Subject to Sections 5.10(b), 8.1, 9.14 and 9.15 all Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses. As used in this Agreement, “Expenses” shall include all out-of-pocket expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, financial advisors, financing sources, experts and consultants to a Party hereto or any of its Affiliates) incurred by a Party or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document related hereto and all other matters related to the consummation of this Agreement. With respect to the Purchaser, Expenses shall include any and all deferred expenses (including fees or commissions payable to the underwriters and any legal fees) of the IPO upon consummation of a Business Combination, any Extension Expenses and costs and expenses relating to the PIPE Investment and the Purchaser HSR Fees and Expenses, if any.

 

Article VIII
WAIVERS AND RELEASES

 

8.1             Waiver of Claims Against Trust. Reference is made to the IPO Prospectus. The Company and the Seller Representative each hereby represents and warrants that it has read the IPO Prospectus and understands that the Purchaser has established the Trust Account containing the proceeds of the IPO and the overallotment shares acquired by Purchaser’s underwriters and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of the Purchaser’s public shareholders (including overallotment shares acquired by the Purchaser’s underwriters) (the “Public Shareholders”) and that, except as otherwise described in the IPO Prospectus, the Purchaser may disburse monies from the Trust Account only: (a) to the Public Shareholders in the event they elect to redeem their Purchaser Ordinary Shares in connection with the consummation of the Purchaser’s initial business combination (as such term is used in the IPO Prospectus) (the “Business Combination”) or in connection with an extension of the Purchaser’s deadline to consummate a Business Combination, (b) to the Public Shareholders if the Purchaser fails to consummate a Business Combination within twenty-one (21) months after the closing of the IPO, subject to (or up to 24 months if a definitive agreement with respect to a proposed business combination has been executed within 21 months), (c) with respect to any interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account, amounts necessary to pay for any taxes or (d) to the Purchaser after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination. For and in consideration of the Purchaser entering into this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Company and the Seller Representative hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Affiliates that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Company or the Seller Representative nor any of their respective Affiliates do now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between Purchaser or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the Company, the Seller Representative or any of their respective Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (collectively, the “Released Claims”). Each of the Company and the Seller Representative on behalf of itself and its Affiliates hereby irrevocably waives any Released Claims that any such Party or any of its Affiliates may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with Purchaser or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of this Agreement or any other agreement with Purchaser or its Affiliates). The Company and the Seller Representative each agrees and acknowledges that such irrevocable waiver is material to this Agreement and specifically relied upon by Purchaser and its Affiliates to induce Purchaser to enter in this Agreement, and each of the Company and the Seller Representative further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding and enforceable against such Party and each of its Affiliates under applicable Law. To the extent that the Company or the Seller Representative or any of their respective Affiliates commences any Action based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to Purchaser or its Representatives, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, monetary relief against Purchaser or its Representatives, each of the Company and the Seller Representative hereby acknowledges and agrees that its and its Affiliates’ sole remedy shall be against funds held outside of the Trust Account and that such claim shall not permit such Party or any of its Affiliates (or any Person claiming on any of their behalves or in lieu of them) to have any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or any amounts contained therein. In the event that the Company or the Seller Representative or any of their respective Affiliates commences Action based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to Purchaser or its Representatives which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, relief against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or the Public Shareholders, whether in the form of money damages or injunctive relief, Purchaser and its Representatives, as applicable, shall be entitled to recover from the Company, the Seller Representative (on behalf of the Company Stockholders) and their respective Affiliates, as applicable, the associated legal fees and costs in connection with any such Action, in the event Purchaser or its Representatives, as applicable, prevails in such Action. This Section 8.1 shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason and continue indefinitely.

 

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Article IX
MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1             No Survival. Representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company or the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement shall not survive the Closing, and from and after the Closing, the Company and the Purchaser and their respective Representatives shall not have any further obligations, nor shall any claim be asserted or action be brought against the Company or the Purchaser or their respective Representatives with respect thereto. The covenants and agreements made by the Company and the Purchaser in this Agreement or in any certificate or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such covenants or agreements, shall not survive the Closing, except for those covenants and agreements contained herein and therein that by their terms apply or are to be performed in whole or in part after the Closing (which such covenants shall survive the Closing and continue until fully performed in accordance with their terms).

 

9.2             Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (a) in person, (b) by email, with affirmative confirmation of receipt, (iii) one Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable Party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice), provided that with respect to notices deliverable to the Seller Representative, such notices shall be delivered solely via email or facsimile:

 

If to the Purchaser or Merger Sub at or prior to the Closing, to:

 

Galileo Acquisition Corp.
1049 Park Ave. 14A

New York, NY 10028

Attn: Alberto Recchi

Telephone No.: (347) 517-1041
Email: ***@***

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

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10105
Attn: Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
Attn: Matthew A. Gray, Esq.
Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300
Email: ***@***
Email: ***@***

If to the Purchaser Representative, to:

 

Galileo Founders Holdings, L.P.
1049 Park Ave. 14A

New York, NY 10028

Attn: Alberto Recchi

Telephone No.: (347) 517-1041

Email: ***@***

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

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10105

Attn: Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
Attn: Matthew A. Gray, Esq.
Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300
Email: ***@***

Email: ***@***

If to the Company, to:

 

Shapeways, Inc.
Attn: Greg Kress, Chief Executive Officer
Email: ***@***

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

 

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
1250 Broadway, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Attn: Hozefa M. Botee
Attn: John H. Olson

Attn: Jeffrey R. Vetter

Attn: Jerry Ku

Phone: (212) 730-8133

Email: ***@***

Email: ***@***
Email: ***@***
Email: ***@***

If to the Seller Representative to:

 

Fortis Advisors LLC

Attn: Notices Department (Shapeways)

Facsimile No.: (858) 408-1843

 

Email: ***@***

 

If to the Purchaser after the Closing, to:

 

Shapeways Holdings, Inc.
Attn: Greg Kress, Chief Executive Officer
Email: ***@***

and

 

the Purchaser Representative

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

 

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
1250 Broadway, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Attn: Hozefa M. Botee
Attn: John H. Olson

Attn: Jeffrey R. Vetter

Attn: Jerry Ku

Phone: (212) 730-8133

Email: ***@***

Email: ***@***
Email: ***@***
Email: ***@***

 

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9.3             Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of Law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the Purchaser and the Company (and after the Closing, the Purchaser Representative and the Seller Representative), and any assignment without such consent shall be null and void; provided that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning Party of its obligations hereunder.

 

9.4             Third Parties. Except for the rights of the D&O Indemnified Persons set forth in Section 5.20, which the Parties acknowledge and agree are express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement or in any instrument or document executed by any party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall create any rights in, or be deemed to have been executed for the benefit of, any Person that is not a Party hereto or thereto or a successor or permitted assign of such a Party.

 

9.5             Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. All Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any state or federal court located in New York, New York (or in any appellate court thereof) (the “Specified Courts”). Each Party hereto hereby (a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Specified Court for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any Party hereto and (b) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by any Specified Court. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each Party irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any other Action relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, on behalf of itself, or its property, by personal delivery of copies of such process to such Party at the applicable address set forth in Section 9.1. Nothing in this Section 9.5 shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law.

 

9.6             WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.6.

 

9.7             Specific Performance. Each Party acknowledges that the rights of each Party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are unique, recognizes and affirms that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by any Party, money damages may be inadequate and the non-breaching Parties may have not adequate remedy at law, and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by an applicable Party in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each Party shall be entitled to seek an injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to seek to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the requirement to post any bond or other security or to prove that money damages would be inadequate, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which such Party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

 

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9.8             Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

9.9             Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified only by execution of a written instrument signed by the Purchaser, the Company, the Purchaser Representative and the Seller Representative.

 

9.10           Waiver. The Purchaser on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, the Company on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, and the Seller Representative on behalf of itself and the Company Security Holders may in its sole discretion (a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other non-Affiliated Party hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties by such other non-Affiliated Party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance by such other non-Affiliated Party with any covenant or condition contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party or Parties to be bound thereby (including by the Purchaser Representative or the Seller Representative in lieu of such Party to the extent provided in this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any waiver of any provision of this Agreement after the Closing shall also require the prior written consent of the Purchaser Representative.

 

9.11         Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents or instruments referred to herein, including any exhibits and schedules attached hereto, which exhibits and schedules are incorporated herein by reference, together with the Ancillary Documents, embody the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein or the documents or instruments referred to herein, which collectively supersede all prior agreements and the understandings among the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein.

 

9.12           Interpretation. The table of contents and the Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of the agreement of the Parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) any pronoun used shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and words in the singular, including any defined terms, include the plural and vice versa; (b) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity; (c) any accounting term used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document has the meaning assigned to such term in accordance with GAAP; (d) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Agreement; (f) the word “if” and other words of similar import when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “and only if”; (g) the term “or” means “and/or”; (h) any reference to the term “ordinary course” or “ordinary course of business” shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “consistent with past practice”; (i) any agreement, instrument, insurance policy, Law or Order defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument, insurance policy, Law or Order as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes, regulations, rules or orders) by succession of comparable successor statutes, regulations, rules or orders and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; (j) except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to the words “Section,” “Article”, “Schedule” and “Exhibit” are intended to refer to Sections, Articles, Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement; and (k) the term “Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars. Any reference in this Agreement to a Person’s directors shall include any member of such Person’s governing body and any reference in this Agreement to a Person’s officers shall include any Person filling a substantially similar position for such Person. Any reference in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to a Person’s shareholders or stockholders shall include any applicable owners of the equity interests of such Person, in whatever form, including with respect to the Purchaser its stockholders under the Cayman Islands Companies Law or DGCL, as then applicable, or its Organizational Documents. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Consequently, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. To the extent that any Contract, document, certificate or instrument is represented and warranted to by the Company to be given, delivered, provided or made available by the Company, in order for such Contract, document, certificate or instrument to have been deemed to have been given, delivered, provided and made available to the Purchaser or its Representatives, such Contract, document, certificate or instrument shall have been posted to the electronic data site maintained on behalf of the Company for the benefit of the Purchaser and its Representatives and the Purchaser and its Representatives have been given access to the electronic folders containing such information.

 

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9.13          Counterparts. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

9.14           Purchaser Representative.

 

(a)                   The Purchaser, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby irrevocably appoints Galileo Founders Holdings, L.P, in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative, as each such Person’s agent, attorney-in-fact and representative, with full power of substitution to act in the name, place and stead of such Person, to act on behalf of such Person from and after the Closing in connection with: (i) controlling and making any determinations relating to the Earnout Statement pursuant to Section 1.16; (ii) acting on behalf of such Person under the Escrow Agreement; (iii) terminating, amending or waiving on behalf of such Person any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents to which the Purchaser Representative is a party or otherwise has rights in such capacity (together with this Agreement, the “Purchaser Representative Documents”); (iv) signing on behalf of such Person any releases or other documents with respect to any dispute or remedy arising under any Purchaser Representative Documents; (v) employing and obtaining the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors as the Purchaser Representative, in its reasonable discretion, deems necessary or advisable in the performance of its duties as the Purchaser Representative and to rely on their advice and counsel; (vi) incurring and paying reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including fees of brokers, attorneys and accountants incurred pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby, and any other out-of-pocket fees and expenses allocable or in any way relating to such transaction or any indemnification claim; and (vii) otherwise enforcing the rights and obligations of any such Persons under any Purchaser Representative Documents, including giving and receiving all notices and communications hereunder or thereunder on behalf of such Person; provided, that the Parties acknowledge that the Purchaser Representative is specifically authorized and directed to act on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the holders of Purchaser Securities (other than the Company Security Holders immediately prior to the Effective Time and their respective successors and assigns). All decisions and actions by the Purchaser Representative shall be binding upon the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, and neither they nor any other Party shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. The provisions of this Section 9.14 are irrevocable and coupled with an interest. The Purchaser Representative hereby accepts its appointment and authorization as the Purchaser Representative under this Agreement.

 

(b)                   The Purchaser Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted under any Purchaser Representative Document as the Purchaser Representative while acting in good faith and without willful misconduct or gross negligence, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The Purchaser shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser Representative from and against any and all losses incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Purchaser Representative (in its capacity as such) and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Purchaser Representative’s duties under any Purchaser Representative Document, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel retained by the Purchaser Representative. In no event shall the Purchaser Representative in such capacity be liable under or in connection with any Purchaser Representative Document for any indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages. The Purchaser Representative shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice, demand, certificate or document that it in good faith believes to be genuine, including facsimiles or copies thereof, and no Person shall have any Liability for relying on the Purchaser Representative in the foregoing manner. In connection with the performance of its rights and obligations hereunder, the Purchaser Representative shall have the right at any time and from time to time to select and engage, at the cost and expense of the Purchaser, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, advisors, consultants and clerical personnel and obtain such other professional and expert assistance, maintain such records and incur other out-of-pocket expenses, as the Purchaser Representative may deem necessary or appropriate from time to time. All of the indemnities, immunities, releases and powers granted to the Purchaser Representative under this Section 9.14 shall survive the Closing and continue indefinitely.

 

(c)                   The Person serving as the Purchaser Representative may resign upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Purchaser and the Seller Representative, provided, that the Purchaser Representative appoints in writing a replacement Purchaser Representative. Each successor Purchaser Representative shall have all of the power, authority, rights and privileges conferred by this Agreement upon the original Purchaser Representative, and the term “Purchaser Representative” as used herein shall be deemed to include any such successor Purchaser Representatives.

 

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9.15           Seller Representative.

 

(a)                   Each Company Stockholder and each holder of an Earnout Warrant, by delivery of a Letter of Transmittal and approval of the Merger and this Agreement, each holder of Company Options in accordance with the terms of the Company Equity Plan, as applicable, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, and without any further action of any of the Company Security Holders or the Company, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Fortis Advisors LLC, in its capacity as the Seller Representative, as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of such Persons with full powers of substitution to act in the name, place and stead of thereof with respect to the performance on behalf of such Person under the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Seller Representative Engagement Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to which the Seller Representative is a party or otherwise has rights in such capacity (together with this Agreement, the “Seller Representative Documents”), as the same may be from time to time amended, and to do or refrain from doing all such further acts and things, and to execute all such documents on behalf of such Person, if any, as the Seller Representative will deem necessary or appropriate in connection with any of the transactions contemplated under the Seller Representative Documents, including: (i) controlling and making any determinations relating to the Earnout Statement pursuant to Section 1.16; (ii) acting on behalf of such Person under the Escrow Agreement; (iii) terminating, amending or waiving on behalf of such Person any provision of any Seller Representative Document (provided, that any such action, if material to the rights and obligations of the Company Security Holders in the reasonable judgment of the Seller Representative, will be taken in the same manner with respect to all Company Security Holders unless otherwise agreed by each Company Security Holder who is subject to any disparate treatment of a potentially material and adverse nature); (iv) signing on behalf of such Person any releases or other documents with respect to any dispute or remedy arising under any Seller Representative Document; (v) employing and obtaining the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors as the Seller Representative, in its reasonable discretion, deems necessary or advisable in the performance of its duties as the Seller Representative and to rely on their advice and counsel; (vi) incurring and paying reasonable costs and expenses (on behalf of the Company Security Holders), including fees of brokers, attorneys and accountants incurred pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby, and any other reasonable fees and expenses allocable or in any way relating to such transaction or any indemnification claim, whether incurred prior or subsequent to Closing; and (vii) otherwise enforcing the rights and obligations of any such Persons under any Seller Representative Document, including giving and receiving all notices and communications hereunder or thereunder on behalf of such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller Representative shall have no obligation to act on behalf of the Company Security Holders, except as expressly provided in the Seller Representative Documents, and for purposes of clarity, there are no obligations of the Seller Representative in any Ancillary Document, schedule, exhibit or the Company Disclosure Schedules, except as expressly set forth in any of the foregoing which is executed and delivered by the Seller Representative. All decisions and actions by the Seller Representative under the Seller Representative Documents shall be binding upon each Company Security Holder and their respective successors and assigns as if expressly confirmed and ratified in writing by such Company Security Holder, and neither they nor any other Party shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. The provisions of this Section 9.15, and the powers, immunities and right to indemnification granted to the Seller Representative Group hereunder: (i) are irrevocable and coupled with an interest and shall survive the death, incompetence, bankruptcy or liquidation of any Company Security Holder and shall be binding on any successor thereto, and (ii) shall survive the delivery of an assignment by any Company Security Holder of the whole or any fraction of his, her or its interest in the Earnout Shares. The Seller Representative hereby accepts its appointment and authorization as the Seller Representative under this Agreement.

 

(b)                   Any other Person, including the Purchaser Representative, the Purchaser and the Company may conclusively and absolutely rely, without inquiry, upon any actions of the Seller Representative as the acts of the Company Security Holders under any Seller Representative Documents. The Purchaser Representative, the Purchaser and the Company shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the instructions and decisions of the Seller Representative as to (i) any payment instructions provided by the Seller Representative or (ii) any other actions required or permitted to be taken by the Seller Representative hereunder, and no Company Security Holder shall have any cause of action against the Purchaser Representative, the Purchaser or the Company for any action taken by any of them in reliance upon the instructions or decisions of the Seller Representative. The Purchaser Representative, the Purchaser and the Company shall not have any Liability to any Company Security Holder for any allocation or distribution among the Company Stockholders by the Seller Representative of payments made to or at the direction of the Seller Representative. All notices or other communications required to be made or delivered to the Company Security Holders under any Seller Representative Document shall be made to the Seller Representative for the benefit of the Company Security Holders, and any notices so made shall discharge in full all notice requirements of the other parties hereto or thereto to the Company Security Holders with respect thereto. All notices or other communications required to be made or delivered by the Company Security Holders shall be made by the Seller Representative (except for a notice under Section 9.15(c) of the replacement of the Seller Representative). The Seller Representative shall be entitled to: (i) rely upon any signature believed by it to be genuine, and (ii) reasonably assume that a signatory has proper authorization to sign on behalf of the applicable Company Security Holder or other party.

 

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(c)                   Certain Company Security Holders have entered into an engagement agreement (the “Seller Representative Engagement Agreement”) with the Seller Representative to provide direction to the Seller Representative in connection with its services under the Seller Representative Documents (such Company Security Holders, including their individual representatives, collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Advisory Group”). The Seller Representative will act for the Company Security Holders on all of the matters set forth in the Seller Representative Documents in the manner the Seller Representative believes to be in the best interest of the Company Security Holders, but neither the Seller Representative nor its members, managers, directors, officers, contractors, agents and employees nor any member of the Advisory Group (collectively, the “Seller Representative Group”), will be responsible to the Company Security Holders for any losses that any Company Security Holder may suffer by reason of the performance by the Seller Representative of the Seller Representative’s duties under the Seller Representative Documents, other than losses arising from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Seller Representative in the performance of its duties under the Seller Representative Documents. From and after the Closing, the Company Security Holders shall jointly and severally indemnify, defend and hold the Seller Representative Group harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, fees, costs, expenses, judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement (collectively, the “Seller Representative Expenses”) reasonably incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Seller Representative (in its capacity as such) and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Seller Representative’s duties under any Seller Representative Document, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel or other skilled professionals retained by the Seller Representative and in connection with seeking recovery from insurers. Such Seller Representative Expenses may be recovered directly from the Company Security Holders. The Company Security Holders acknowledge that the Seller Representative shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the exercise or performance of any of its powers, rights, duties or privileges or pursuant to the Seller Representative Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby. Furthermore, the Seller Representative shall not be required to take any action unless the Seller Representative has been provided with funds, security or indemnities which, in its determination, are sufficient to protect the Seller Representative against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by the Seller Representative in performing such actions. In no event shall the Seller Representative Group in such capacity be liable hereunder or in connection herewith for any indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages. The Seller Representative Group shall not be liable for any act done or omitted under any Seller Representative Document as the Seller Representative while acting in good faith and without willful misconduct or gross negligence, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The Seller Representative shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice, demand, certificate or document that it in good faith believes to be genuine, including facsimiles or copies thereof, and no Person shall have any Liability for relying on the Seller Representative in the foregoing manner. In connection with the performance of its rights and obligations hereunder, the Seller Representative shall have the right at any time and from time to time to select and engage, at the reasonable cost and expense of the Company Security Holders, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, advisors, consultants and clerical personnel and obtain such other professional and expert assistance, maintain such records and incur other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, as the Seller Representative may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate from time to time. All of the indemnities, immunities, releases and powers granted to the Seller Representative under this Section 9.15 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Seller Representative or any member of the Advisory Group and the Closing and/or any termination of this Agreement and the Earnout Escrow Agreement continue indefinitely.

 

(d)                   If the Seller Representative shall die, become disabled, dissolve, resign or otherwise be unable or unwilling to fulfill its responsibilities as representative and agent of Company Security Holders, then the Company Security Holders shall, within ten (10) days after such death, disability, dissolution, resignation or other event, appoint a successor Seller Representative (by vote or written consent of the Company Security Holders holding in the aggregate a Fully Diluted Pro Rata Share in excess of fifty percent (50%), and promptly thereafter (but in any event within two (2) Business Days after such appointment) notify the Purchaser Representative and the Purchaser in writing of the identity of such successor. Any such successor so appointed shall become the “Seller Representative” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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9.16         Legal Representation. The Parties agree that, notwithstanding the fact that EGS may have, prior to Closing, jointly represented the Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Purchaser Representative and/or the Sponsor in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and has also represented the Purchaser and/or its Affiliates in connection with matters other than the transaction that is the subject of this Agreement, EGS will be permitted in the future, after Closing, to represent the Sponsor, the Purchaser Representative or their respective Affiliates in connection with matters in which such Persons are adverse to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, including any disputes arising out of, or related to, this Agreement. The Company and the Seller Representative, who are or have the right to be represented by independent counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, hereby agree, in advance, to waive (and to cause their Affiliates to waive) any actual or potential conflict of interest that may hereafter arise in connection with EGS’s future representation of one or more of the Sponsor, the Purchaser Representative or their respective Affiliates in which the interests of such Person are adverse to the interests of the Purchaser, the Company and/or the Seller Representative or any of their respective Affiliates, including any matters that arise out of this Agreement or that are substantially related to this Agreement or to any prior representation by EGS of the Purchaser, Merger Sub, any Sponsor, the Purchaser Representative or any of their respective Affiliates. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, for the purposes of the attorney-client privilege, the Sponsor and the Purchaser Representative shall be deemed the clients of EGS with respect to the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents. All such communications shall remain privileged after the Closing and the privilege and the expectation of client confidence relating thereto shall belong solely to the Sponsor and the Purchaser Representative, shall be controlled by the Sponsor and the Purchaser Representative and shall not pass to or be claimed by Purchaser or the Surviving Corporation; provided, further, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates (including, after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation and its Affiliates) of any applicable privileges or protections that can or may be asserted to prevent disclosure of any such communications to any third party.

 

Article X
DEFINITIONS

 

10.1         Certain Definitions. For purpose of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

Action” means any notice of noncompliance or violation, or any claim, demand, charge, action, suit, litigation, audit, settlement, complaint, stipulation, assessment or arbitration, or hearing, proceeding or investigation, by or before any Governmental Authority.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the Sponsor shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Purchaser prior to the Closing.

 

Aggregate Exercise Price” means the sum of (a) the sum of the exercise prices of all in-the-money Company Options and Company Non-Plan Options; and (b) the sum of the exercise prices of all in-the-money Company Warrants, in each case outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Ancillary Documents” means each agreement, instrument or document attached hereto as an Exhibit, and the other agreements, certificates and instruments to be executed or delivered by any of the Parties hereto in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Benefit Plans” of any Person means any and all deferred compensation, executive compensation, incentive compensation, equity purchase or other equity-based compensation plan, employment or consulting, severance or termination pay, holiday, vacation or other bonus plan or practice, hospitalization or other medical, life or other insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit sharing, pension, or retirement plan, program, agreement, commitment or arrangement, and each other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, including each “employee benefit plan” as such term is defined under Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by a Person for the benefit of any employee or terminated employee of such Person, or with respect to which such Person has any Liability, whether direct or indirect, actual or contingent, whether formal or informal, and whether legally binding or not.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized to close for business, excluding as a result of “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems, including for wire transfers, of commercially banking institutions in New York, New York are generally open for use by customers on such day.

 

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Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code shall include such section and any valid treasury regulation promulgated thereunder.

 

Company Charter” means the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended and effective under the DGCL, prior to the Effective Time.

 

Company Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Confidential Information” means all confidential or proprietary documents and information concerning the Target Companies or any of their respective Representatives furnished in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that Company Confidential Information shall not include any information which, (a) at the time of disclosure by the Purchaser or its Representatives, is generally available publicly and was not disclosed in breach of this Agreement or (b) at the time of the disclosure by the Company or its Representatives to the Purchaser or its Representatives was previously known by such receiving party without violation of Law or any confidentiality obligation by the Person receiving such Company Confidential Information.

 

Company Convertible Notes” means those convertible promissory notes issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, Lux Co-Invest Opportunities, L.P., Union Square Ventures 2008, L.P. and Stichting Depositary INKEF Investment Fund dated as of June 19, 2019.

 

Company Convertible Securities” means, collectively, the Company Options, the Company Non-Plan Option, the Company Warrants, the Company Convertible Notes and any other options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that otherwise confer on the holder any right to acquire any capital stock of the Company.

 

Company Equity Plan” means the Company’s 2010 Stock Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

Company Fully Diluted Shares” means the aggregate of (a) number of shares of Company Stock that are issued and outstanding; (b) the number of shares of Company Stock issuable upon the exercise of in-the-money Company Options and Company Non-Plan Options outstanding (whether or not then vested or exercisable); and (c) the number of shares of Company Stock issuable upon the exercise of in-the-money Company Warrants outstanding, in each case as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Company Non-Plan Option” means an option to purchase Company Common Stock that was not granted pursuant to the Company Equity Plan.

 

Company Option” means an option to purchase Company Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company Equity Plan.

 

Company Preferred Stock” means the Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock, the Company Series B Preferred Stock, the Company Series B-1 Preferred Stock, the Company Series C Preferred Stock, the Company Series D Preferred Stock and the Company Series E Preferred Stock.

 

Company Securities” means, collectively, the Company Stock, the Company Options, the Company Non-Plan Option and any other Company Convertible Securities outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Company Security Holders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Securities.

 

Company Series A-2 Preferred Stock” means the Series A-2 preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

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Company Series B Preferred Stock” means the Series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Series B-1 Preferred Stock” means the Series B-1 preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Series C Preferred Stock” means the Series C preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Series D Preferred Stock” means the Series D preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Series E Preferred Stock” means the Series E preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Stock” means any shares of the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.

 

Company Stockholders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Stock.

 

Consent” means any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or Permit of, or notice to or declaration or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

 

Contracts” means all contracts, agreements, arrangements, bonds, notes, indentures, mortgages, debt instruments, purchase order, licenses (and all other contracts, agreements or binding arrangements concerning Intellectual Property), franchises, leases and other instruments or obligations of any kind, written or oral (including any amendments and other modifications thereto), in each case only if legally binding.

 

Control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. “Controlled”, “Controlling” and “under common Control with” have correlative meanings. Without limiting the foregoing a Person (the “Controlled Person”) shall be deemed Controlled by (a) any other Person (i) owning beneficially, as meant in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, securities entitling such Person to cast ten percent (10%) or more of the votes for election of directors or equivalent governing authority of the Controlled Person or (ii) entitled to be allocated or receive ten percent (10%) or more of the profits, losses, or distributions of the Controlled Person; (b) an officer, director, general partner, partner (other than a limited partner), manager, or member (other than a member having no management authority that is not a Person described in clause (a) above) of the Controlled Person; or (c) a spouse, parent, lineal descendant, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, or brother-in-law of an Affiliate of the Controlled Person or a trust for the benefit of an Affiliate of the Controlled Person or of which an Affiliate of the Controlled Person is a trustee.

 

Copyrights” means any works of authorship, mask works, designs and other equivalent rights in any of the foregoing, and all copyrights therein, including all renewals and extensions, copyright registrations and applications for registration and renewal, and non-registered copyrights.

 

Earnout Shares” means the shares of Purchaser Common Stock subject to the share price-based performance milestones in Section 1.16(b), including the Stockholder Earnout Shares, the Purchaser Earnout RSU Shares and the Warrant Earnout Shares, which for clarity shall be subject to equitable adjustment for share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like after the Closing, including to account for any equity securities into which such shares are exchanged or converted.

 

EGSmeans Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.

 

Environmental Law” means any Law in any way relating to (a) the protection of human health and safety, (b) the protection, preservation or restoration of the environment and natural resources (including air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), or (c) the exposure to, or the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Hazardous Materials, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 USC. Section 9601 et. seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 USC. Section 6901 et. seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 USC. Section 2601 et. seq., the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 USC. Section 1151 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 USC. Section 7401 et seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 USC. Section 111 et. seq., Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 USC. Section 651 et. seq. (to the extent it relates to exposure to Hazardous Substances), the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 15 USC. Section 2601 et. seq., the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC. Section 300f et. seq., the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and analogous state acts.

 

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Environmental Liabilities” means, in respect of any Person, all Liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, Remedial Actions, losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements, and expenses of counsel, experts, and consultants and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand by any other Person or in response to any violation of Environmental Law, whether known or unknown, accrued or contingent, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, to the extent based upon, related to, or arising under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, Environmental Permit, Order, or Contract with any Governmental Authority or other Person, that relates to any environmental, health or safety condition, violation of Environmental Law, or a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials.

 

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. References to a specific provision of ERISA shall include such section and any valid regulation promulgated thereunder.

 

ERISA Affiliate” means each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) which together with any Target Company or any of its Subsidiaries would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Foreign Pension Plan” means any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any superannuation fund) or other similar program established or maintained outside of the United States by any Target Company or any one or more of its Affiliates primarily for the benefit of employees of a Target Company or one or more of its Affiliates residing outside the United States, which plan, fund or other program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which is not subject to ERISA or the Code (excluding any Foreign Statutory Plan).

 

Foreign Statutory Plan” means any governmental or statutory plan, program or arrangement as to which the Target Company or any of its Affiliates contributes, has an obligation to contribute, or otherwise has any Liability for the benefit of any employee of a Target Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

Founder Shares” means the Purchaser Ordinary Shares initially purchased by the Sponsor in a private placement prior to the IPO.

 

Fraud Claim” means any claim based in whole or in part upon actual fraud under Delaware common law (including the element of scienter).

 

Fully Diluted Pro Rata Share” means with respect to each Company Security Holder, a fraction expressed as a percentage equal to (i) the portion of the Merger Consideration payable by the Purchaser to such Company Security Holder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, divided by (ii) the total Merger Consideration payable by the Purchaser to all Company Security Holders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including all of the Stockholder Earnout Shares, Purchaser Earnout RSU Shares and Warrant Earnout Shares.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America.

 

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental, quasi-governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, department or agency or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.

 

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Hazardous Material” means any waste, gas, liquid or other substance or material that is defined, listed or designated as a “hazardous substance”, “pollutant”, “contaminant”, “hazardous waste”, “regulated substance”, “hazardous chemical”, or “toxic chemical” (or by any similar term) under any Environmental Law, or any other material regulated, or that could result in the imposition of Liability or responsibility, under any Environmental Law, including petroleum and its by-products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon, mold, and urea formaldehyde insulation.

 

Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (including the outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest), (b) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (c) any other indebtedness of such Person that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture, credit agreement or similar instrument, (d) all obligations of such Person under leases that should be classified as capital leases in accordance with GAAP, (e) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any line or letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, guarantee or similar credit transaction, in each case, that has been drawn or claimed against, (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created, (g) all interest rate and currency swaps, caps, collars and similar agreements or hedging devices under which payments are obligated to be made by such Person, whether periodically or upon the happening of a contingency, (h) all obligations secured by an Lien on any property of such Person, (i) any premiums, prepayment fees or other penalties, fees, costs or expenses associated with payment of any Indebtedness of such Person and (j) all obligation described in clauses (a) through (i) above of any other Person which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or which such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which it has otherwise assured a creditor against loss.

 

Intellectual Property” means all of the following as they exist in any jurisdiction throughout the world: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Internet Assets, Software and other intellectual property, and all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions related to the preceding property.

 

Internet Assets” means any and all domain name registrations, web sites and web addresses and related rights, items and documentation related thereto, and applications for registration therefor.

 

IPO” means the initial public offering of Purchaser Units pursuant to the IPO Prospectus.

 

IPO Prospectus” means the final prospectus of the Purchaser, dated as of October 17, 2019, and filed with the SEC on October 21, 2019 (File No. 33-234049).

 

IPO Underwriter” means EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., the lead underwriter in the IPO.

 

IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (or any successor Governmental Authority).

 

Key Employee” means each of Greg Kress, Jennifer Walsh and Miko Levy.

 

Knowledge” means, with respect to (a) the Company, the actual knowledge of Gregory Kress, Jennifer Walsh or Miko Levy, after reasonable inquiry of personnel and review of internal documents or (b) any other Party, (i) if an entity, the actual knowledge of its directors and executive officers, after reasonable inquiry of personnel and review of internal documents, or (ii) if a natural person, the actual knowledge of such Party after reasonable inquiry of personnel and review of internal documents.

 

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Law” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, legislation, principle of common law, ordinance, code, edict, decree, proclamation, treaty, convention, rule, regulation, directive, requirement, writ, injunction, settlement, Order or Consent that is or has been issued, enacted, adopted, passed, approved, promulgated, made, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

 

Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, Indebtedness, Actions or obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether known or unknown, whether direct or indirect, whether matured or unmatured, whether due or to become due and whether or not required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet under GAAP or other applicable accounting standards), including Tax liabilities.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, attachment, right of first refusal, option, proxy, voting trust, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof), restriction (whether on voting, sale, transfer, disposition or otherwise), any subordination arrangement in favor of another Person, or any filing or agreement to file a financing statement as debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar Law.

 

Lux” means Lux Co-Invest Opportunities, L.P.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any specified Person, any fact, event, occurrence, change or effect that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect upon (a) the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries on a timely basis to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or bound or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder; provided, however, that for purposes of clause (a) above, any changes or effects directly or indirectly attributable to, resulting from, relating to or arising out of the following (by themselves or when aggregated with any other, changes or effects) shall not be deemed to be, constitute, or be taken into account when determining whether there has or may, would or could have occurred a Material Adverse Effect: (i) general changes in the financial or securities markets or general economic or political conditions in the country or region in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries do business; (ii) changes, conditions or effects that generally affect the industries in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries principally operate; (iii) changes in GAAP or other applicable accounting principles or mandatory changes in the regulatory accounting requirements applicable to any industry in which such Person and its Subsidiaries principally operate; (iv) conditions caused by acts of God, terrorism, war (whether or not declared), natural disaster or any outbreak or continuation of an epidemic or pandemic (including COVID-19), including the effects of any Governmental Authority or other third-party responses thereto; and (v) any failure in and of itself by such Person and its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance for any period (provided that the underlying cause of any such failure may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur to the extent not excluded by another exception herein); provided further, however, that (x) any event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change referred to in clauses (i) - (iv) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change has a disproportionate effect on such Person or any of its Subsidiaries compared to other participants in the industries in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries primarily conducts its businesses and (y) any event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change referred to in clause (iv) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change has a disproportionate effect on such Person or any of its Subsidiaries compared to other participants in the same impacted geographic region. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Purchaser, the amount of the Redemption (or any redemption in connection with the Extension, if any) or the failure to obtain the Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval shall not be deemed to be a Material Adverse Effect on or with respect to the Purchaser.

 

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Merger Sub Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub.

 

NYSE” means the NYSE Capital Market.

 

Order” means any order, decree, ruling, judgment, injunction, writ, determination, decision, verdict, judicial award or other action that is or has been made, entered, rendered, or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority, in each case only if legally-binding.

 

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person that is an entity, its certificate or memorandum of incorporation or formation, bylaws, operating agreement, memorandum and articles of association or similar organizational documents, in each case, as amended.

 

Patents” means any patents, patent applications and the inventions, designs and improvements described and claimed therein, and other patent rights (including any divisionals, provisionals, non-provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutions, or reissues thereof, whether or not patents are issued on any such applications and whether or not any such applications are amended, modified, withdrawn, or refiled).

 

PCAOB” means the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or any successor thereto).

 

Permits” means all federal, state, local or foreign or other third-party permits, grants, easements, consents, approvals, authorizations, exemptions, licenses, franchises, concessions, ratifications, permissions, clearances, confirmations, endorsements, waivers, certifications, designations, ratings, registrations, qualifications or orders of any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

 

Permitted Liens” means (a) Liens for Taxes or assessments and similar governmental charges or levies, which either are (i) not delinquent or (ii) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and adequate reserves have been established with respect thereto, (b) other Liens imposed by operation of Law arising in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not due and payable and as would not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of, or materially adversely interfere with the use of, the property subject thereto, (c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with social security, (d) Liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business, or (e) Liens arising under this Agreement or any Ancillary Document.

 

Per Share Price” means the quotient of (a)(i) the Merger Consideration plus (ii) the Aggregate Exercise Price divided by (b) the Company Fully Diluted Shares.

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government, domestic or foreign, or political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

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Personal Property” means any machinery, equipment, tools, vehicles, furniture, leasehold improvements, office equipment, plant, parts and other tangible personal property.

 

Purchaser Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Purchaser following the consummation of the Domestication.

 

Purchaser Confidential Information” means all confidential or proprietary documents and information concerning the Purchaser or any of its Representatives; provided, however, that Purchaser Confidential Information shall not include any information which, (a) at the time of disclosure by the Company, the Seller Representative or any of their respective Representatives, is generally available publicly and was not disclosed in breach of this Agreement or (b) at the time of the disclosure by the Purchaser or its Representatives to the Company, the Seller Representative or any of their respective Representatives, was previously known by such receiving party without violation of Law or any confidentiality obligation by the Person receiving such Purchaser Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Closing, Purchaser Confidential Information will include the confidential or proprietary information of the Target Companies.

 

Purchaser Earnout RSU Shares” means the shares of Purchaser Common Stock underlying Purchaser Earnout RSUs.

 

Purchaser Memorandum and Articles” means the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Purchaser.

 

Purchaser Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Purchaser.

 

Purchaser Preference Shares” means the preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Purchaser.

 

Purchaser Private Warrants” means the 4,110,000 warrants sold by the Purchaser at the time of the IPO to the Sponsor and the IPO Underwriter.

 

Purchaser Public Warrants” means one (1) whole warrant that was included as part of each Purchaser Unit, entitling the holder thereof to purchase one (1) Purchaser Ordinary Share at a purchase price of $11.50 per share.

 

Purchaser Securities” means the Purchaser Units, the Purchaser Ordinary Shares, the Purchaser Preference Shares, the Purchaser Private Warrants and the Purchaser Public Warrants, collectively.

 

Purchaser Units” means the units issued in the IPO consisting of one (1) Purchaser Ordinary Share and one (1) Purchaser Public Warrant.

 

Purchaser Warrants” means Purchaser Private Warrants and Purchaser Public Warrants.

 

Redemption Price” means an amount equal to the price at which each share of Purchaser Common Stock is redeemed or converted pursuant to the Redemption (as equitably adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like after the Closing).

 

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Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment, or into or out of any property.

 

Remedial Action” means all actions to (a) clean up, remove, treat, or in any other way address any Hazardous Material, (b) prevent the Release of any Hazardous Material so it does not endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations or post-remedial monitoring and care, or (d) correct a condition of noncompliance with Environmental Laws.

 

Required Convertible Noteholders” means shall mean the holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Company Convertible Notes, which majority shall include Lux for so long as Lux is a holder of any outstanding Company Convertible Notes.

 

Representatives” means, as to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective managers, directors, officers, employees, independent contractors, consultants, advisors (including financial advisors, counsel and accountants) acting on such person’s behalf, agents and other legal representatives of such Person or its Affiliates.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor Governmental Authority).

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Significant Company Holder” means any Company Stockholder who (a) is an executive officer or director of the Company or (b) owns, together with such Company Stockholder’s Affiliates, more than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company (treating any Company Preferred Stock on an as-converted to Company Common Stock basis).

 

Software” means any computer software programs, including all source code, object code, and documentation related thereto and all software modules, tools and databases.

 

SOX” means the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.

 

Sponsor” means Galileo Founders Holdings, L.P, a Delaware limited partnership.

 

Stockholder Earnout Shares” means the number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock equal to the ten percent (10%) of the Stockholder Merger Consideration divided by the Redemption Price (rounded to the nearest whole number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock).

 

Stockholder Pro Rata Share” means with respect to each Company Stockholder, a fraction expressed a percentage equal to (i) the portion of the Stockholder Merger Consideration payable by the Purchaser to such Company Stockholder in respect of the shares of Company Stock held by such Company Stockholder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, divided by (ii) the total Stockholder Merger Consideration payable by the Purchaser to all Company Stockholders in respect of the shares of Company Stock held by them in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (in each case, without taking into account any Stockholder Earnout Shares that may be payable to such Company Stockholder).

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons will be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons will be allocated a majority of partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or will be or control the managing director, managing member, general partner or other managing Person of such partnership, association or other business entity. A Subsidiary of a Person will also include any variable interest entity which is consolidated with such Person under applicable accounting rules.

 

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Target Company” means each of the Company and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries.

 

Tax” or “Taxes” means all direct or indirect federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, value-added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, production, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, social security and related contributions due in relation to the payment of compensation to employees, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, alternative minimum, estimated, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges in the nature of tax, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto.

 

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information return or other documents (including any related or supporting schedules, statements or information) filed or required to be filed in connection with the determination, assessment or collection of any Taxes or the administration of any Laws or administrative requirements relating to any Taxes.

 

Trade Secrets” means any trade secrets, confidential business information, concepts, ideas, designs, research or development information, processes, procedures, techniques, technical information, specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, methods, know-how, data, mask works, discoveries, inventions, modifications, extensions, improvements, and other proprietary rights (whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, trademark, or trade secret protection).

 

Trademarks” means any trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, internet domain names, designs, logos, or corporate names (including, in each case, the goodwill associated therewith), whether registered or unregistered, and all registrations and applications for registration and renewal thereof.

 

Trading Day” means any day on which shares of Purchaser Common Stock are actually traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Purchaser Common Stock are then traded.

 

Trust Account” means the trust account established by the Purchaser with the proceeds from the IPO pursuant to the Trust Agreement in accordance with the IPO Prospectus.

 

Trust Agreement” means that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2019, as it may be amended, by and between the Purchaser and the Trustee, as well as any other agreements entered into related to or governing the Trust Account.

 

Trustee” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee under the Trust Agreement.

 

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VWAP” means, for any security as of any date(s), the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the applicable date(s), as reported by Bloomberg through its “VWAP” or other applicable function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the applicable date(s), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date(s) on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date(s) shall be the fair market value as determined reasonably and in good faith by a majority of the disinterested independent directors of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the applicable issuer. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

10.2         Section References. The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, have the respective meanings given to them in the Section as set forth below adjacent to such terms:

 

Term Section   Term Section
Accounts Receivable 4.7(f)   Company Personal Property Leases 4.16
Acquisition Proposal 5.7(a)   Company Preferred Stock Exchange 1.7
Act Recitals   Company Real Property Leases 4.15
Advisory Group 9.15(c)   Company Registered IP 4.13(a)
Agreement Preamble   Company Special Meeting 5.15
Alternative Transaction 5.7(a)   Conversion Ratio 1.9
Amended Organizational Documents 1.8   Disinterested Independent Director 1.16(c)
Antitrust Laws 5.10(b)   Dissenting Shares 1.15
Assumed Warrant 1.10(e)(ii)   Dissenting Stockholders 1.15
Audited Company Financials 4.7(a)   Domestication 1.8
Business Combination 8.1   D&O Indemnified Persons 5.20(a)
Cayman Islands Companies Law Recitals   D&O Tail Insurance 5.20(b)
Certificate of Merger 1.2   DCGL Recitals
CFO 1.16(c)   Disinterested Independent Director 1.16(c)
Closing 2.1   Escrow Account 1.16(a)
Closing Date 2.1   Escrow Agent 1.16(a)
Closing Filing 5.16(b)   Escrow Agreement 1.16(a)
Closing Press Release 5.16(b)   Earnout Escrow Property 1.16(a)
Company Preamble   Earnout Period 1.16(a)
Company Benefit Plan 4.19(a)   Earnout Statement 1.16(c)
Company Certificates 1.11(a)   Earnout Warrant 1.10(e)(ii)
Company Directors 5.19(a)   Effective Time 1.2
Company Disclosure Schedules Article IV   Employment Laws 4.18(b)
Company Financials 4.7(a)   Enforceability Exceptions 3.2
Company IP 4.13(d)   Environmental Permits 4.20(a)
Company IP Licenses 4.13(a)   Escrow Agent 1.16(a)
Company Material Contracts 4.12(a)      
Company Permits 4.10      

 

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Term Section   Term Section
Exchange Agent 1.11(a)   Purchaser Option 1.10(d)
Expenses 7.3   Purchaser Representative Preamble
Extension 5.4(a)   Purchaser Representative Documents 9.14(a)
Extension Expenses 5.4(a)(iv)   Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters 5.14(a)
Federal Securities Laws 5.8   Redemption 5.14(a)
Founder  Registration Rights Amendment 5.23(d)   Registration Rights Agreement 5.23(c)
HSR Act 5.10(b)   Registration Statement 5.14(a)
HSR Fee Loan 5.10(c)   Related Person 4.21
Incentive Plan 5.14(a)   Released Claims 8.1
Interim Balance Sheet Date 4.7(a)   Required Company Stockholder Approval 6.1(b)
Interim Period 5.1(a)   Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval 6.1(a)
IT Systems 4.13(g)   RSU Performance Milestones 1.10(d)(iii)
Key Employee Employment Agreement 5.23(a)   SEC April Warrant Statement 3.6(a)
Letter of Transmittal 1.11(a)   SEC Reports 3.6(a)
Lock-Up Agreement Recitals   Section 409A Plan 4.19(i)
Merger Recitals   Seller Representative Preamble
Merger Consideration 1.9   Seller Representative Documents 9.15(a)
Merger Sub Preamble   Seller Representative Expenses 9.15(c)
New Purchaser Warrant 1.10(e)(ii)   Seller Representative Group 9.15(c)
Non-Competition Agreement Recitals   Share Price Targets 1.15(b)(ii)
OFAC 3.19(c)   Signing Filing 5.16(b)
Off-the-Shelf Software 4.13(a)   Signing Press Release 5.16(b)
Outbound IP License 4.13(c)   SPACs 3.6(a)
Outside Date 7.1(b)   Specified Courts 9.5
Party(ies) Preamble   Sponsor Forfeiture Letter Recitals
Party Representative 1.16(c)   Stockholder Merger Consideration 1.9
PIPE Investment Recitals   Subscription Agreements Recitals
PIPE Investors Recitals   Surviving Corporation 1.1
Post-Closing Purchaser Board 5.19(a)   Tier I Share Price Target 1.16(b)(i)
Proxy Statement 5.14(a)   Tier II Share Price Target 1.16(b)(ii)
Public Certifications 3.6(a)   Top Customers 4.24
Public Shareholders 8.1   Top Suppliers 4.24
Purchaser Preamble   Transaction Bonus RSUs 5.23(b)
Purchaser Directors 5.19(a)   Transaction Bonus RSU Agreements 5.23(b)
Purchaser Disclosure Schedules Article III   Transmittal Documents 1.11(b)
Purchaser Earnout RSU 1.10(d)(ii)   Voting Agreements Recitals
Purchaser Extraordinary General Meeting 5.14(a)   Warrant Earnout Shares 1.10(e)(ii)
Purchaser Financials 3.6(b)      
Purchaser HSR Fees and Expenses 5.10(c)      
Purchaser Material Contract 3.13(a)      

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Party hereto has caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization to be signed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

  The Purchaser:
   
  GALILEO ACQUISITION CORP. 
   
  By:   /s/ Luca Giacometti
    Name: Luca Giacometti
    Title: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer 
   
  The Purchaser Representative:
   
  Galileo FOUNDERS HOLDINGS, L.P.
  solely in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative hereunder
   
  By: GALILEO FOUNDERS GP CORP.,its General Partner 
   
  By: /s/ Alberto Recchi
    Name: Alberto Recchi
    Title: President
 
  Merger Sub:
   
  GALILEO ACQUISITION HOLDINGS INC.
   
  By: /s/ Luca Giacometti
    Name: Luca Giacometti
    Title: President

 

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  The Company:
   
  SHAPEWAYS, INC. 
   
  By:    /s/ Gregory Kress
    Name: Gregory Kress
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
  The Seller Representative:
   
  FORTIS ADVISORS LLC, solely in the capacity as the Seller Representative hereunder 
   
  By: /s/ Ryan Simkin
    Name: Ryan Simkin
    Title: Managing Director

 

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