Form of Lock-Up Agreement, by and among Larkspur Health Acquisition Corp. and the parties listed on Schedule A thereto
Exhibit 10.4
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 20, 2022, between the parties listed on Schedule A hereto (each such party, a “Key Company Shareholder” and collectively, the “Key Company Shareholders”) and Larkspur Health Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “SPAC”). The Key Company Shareholders and the SPAC are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the SPAC, Larkspur Merger Sub Inc., Stephen Glover and ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated July 20, 2022 (as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties thereto shall consummate the Transactions, and upon consummation of the Transactions, each Key Company Shareholder will hold such number of shares of SPAC Common Stock, Assumed Warrants and Exchanged Options set forth beside such Key Company Shareholder’s name on Schedule A hereto (such shares, warrants and options, together with any shares that are issuable upon the exercise or conversion of the warrants or options, any securities paid as dividends or distributions with respect to such securities or into which such securities are exchanged or converted, the “Securities”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, and in view of the valuable consideration to be received by each Key Company Shareholder thereunder, the SPAC and the Key Company Shareholders desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Securities shall become subject to the limitations on disposition and other restrictions as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. For the purposes of this Agreement:
(a) the term “Immediate Family” means, with respect to any natural person, any of the following: such person’s spouse, the siblings of such person and his or her spouse, and the direct descendants and ascendants (including adopted and stepchildren and parents) of such person and his or her spouses and siblings;
(b) the term “Lock-Up Securities” means the Securities and, for the avoidance of any doubt, shall exclude SPAC Common Stock acquired in the public market after the Closing Date;
(c) the term “Permitted Transferees” means any Person to whom the Key Company Shareholder is permitted to Transfer (as defined below) Lock-Up Securities prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period (as defined below), as the case may be, pursuant to Section 2(a);
(d) the term “Lock-Up Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is 180 days following the Closing Date;
(e) the term “Transfer” means the (A) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, with respect to, any security, (B) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (C) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (A) or (B).
2. Lock-Up Provisions.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 2(b), each Key Company Shareholder or any of its Permitted Transferees may Transfer any or all of the Lock-Up Securities during the Lock-Up Period:
(i) to such Key Company Shareholder’s officers, directors, management committee members or members;
(ii) to any affiliate(s) of such Key Company Shareholder or any affiliate(s) of Key Company Shareholder’s officers, directors, management committee members or members;
(iii) in the case of an individual referred to in (i) or (ii) above, by gift to a member of such individual’s Immediate Family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of such individual’s Immediate Family or to a charitable organization or by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such individual;
(iv) any personalized portfolio bond issued by an insurance company that is beneficially owned by any individual referred to in (i) or (ii) above and in relation to which such person has the ability to direct the management assets comprising the bond portfolio;
(v) by virtue of any binding law or order of a governmental entity or by virtue of such Key Company Shareholder’s Organizational Documents upon liquidation or dissolution of such Key Company Shareholder;
(vi) pursuant to a bona fide tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction, in each case made to all holders of SPAC Common Stock, involving a change of control (including negotiating and entering into an agreement providing for any such transaction), or
(vii) bona fide pledges of Lock-Up Securities as security or collateral in connection with any borrowing or the incurrence of any indebtedness by a Key Company Shareholder; provided however, that in the case of clauses (i) through (vi), these Permitted Transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by the provisions set forth in Section 2(b).
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(b) Each Key Company Shareholder hereby agrees that it shall not, and shall cause any of its Permitted Transferees not to, Transfer any Lock-Up Securities during the Lock-Up Period (the “Transfer Restriction”).
(c) During the Lock-Up Period, each certificate (if any are issued) evidencing any Lock-Up Securities shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other applicable legends:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 20, 2022, BY AND AMONG THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES (THE “ISSUER”) AND THE ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDERS NAMED THEREIN. A COPY OF SUCH LOCK-UP AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE ISSUER TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”
Promptly upon the Transfer Restriction ceasing to apply in respect of the of Lock-Up Securities in accordance with Section 2(b), the SPAC shall take all reasonable steps required to remove such legend from the certificates evidencing the relevant Lock-Up Securities, including issuing new certificates in respect of the relevant Lock-Up Securities.
(d) For the avoidance of any doubt, each Key Company Shareholder shall retain all of its rights as a shareholder of the SPAC with respect to the Lock-Up Securities during the Lock-Up Period, including the right to vote, and to receive any dividends and distributions in respect of, any Lock-Up Securities.
3. Miscellaneous.
(a) Adjustment. The share prices referenced in this Agreement will be equitably adjusted on account of any changes in the equity securities of the SPAC by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or business combination, or by any other means.
(b) Transfers. If any Transfer is made or attempted contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, such Transfer shall be null and void ab initio, and the SPAC shall refuse to recognize any such transferee of the Lock-Up Securities as one of its equity holders for any purpose. In order to enforce this Section 3(b), the SPAC may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to any relevant Lock-Up Securities (and any Permitted Transferees and assigns thereof), as applicable, until the end of the Lock-Up Period.
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(c) Termination of the Business Combination Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect.
(d) 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 permitted successors and assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement and all obligations of the Parties are personal to the Parties and may not be transferred or delegated by the Parties at any time.
(e) Third Parties. 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 or entity that is not a Party hereto or thereto or a successor or permitted assign of such Party.
(f) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware as applied to agreements among Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law, provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Each Party hereto (a) irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any action or proceeding relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, for and on behalf of itself or any of its properties or assets, in accordance with this Section 3(f) or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable law, that such process may be served in the manner of giving notices in Section 3(i) and that nothing in this Section 3(f) shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable law, (b) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits itself and its properties and assets in any action or proceeding to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in the event any dispute or controversy arises out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for recognition and enforcement of any order in respect thereof, (c) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, (d) agrees that any actions or proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought, tried and determined only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, (e) waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same, and (f) agrees that it will not bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each Party hereto agrees that a final order in any action or proceeding in such courts as provided above shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the order or in any other manner provided by applicable law.
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(g) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES 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 (i) 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 (ii) 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 3(g).
(h) Interpretation. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (ii) “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”; (iii) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import in this Agreement 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; and (iv) the term “or” means “and/or”. 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.
(i) Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by e- mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof), (iii) one (1) 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, provided, however, that notice given pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) above shall not be effective unless a duplicate copy of such notice is also given in person or by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof), 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):
If to the SPAC, to: | With copies to (which shall not constitute notice): |
Larkspur Health Acquisition Corp. | |
100 Somerset Corporate Blvd., 2nd Floor | Alston & Bird LLP |
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 | 90 Park Avenue |
Attention: Daniel J. O’Connor | New York, NY 10016 |
David Briones | Attention: Matthew W. Mamak |
Email: ***@*** | Email: ***@*** |
  ***@*** |
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If to a Key Company Shareholder, to the address set forth beside such Key Company Shareholder’s name on Schedule A hereto.
(j) Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the SPAC and the Key Company Shareholders that own seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the Lock-Up Securities of the Key Company Shareholders; provided, however that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereto that adversely affects one or more Key Company Shareholders in a manner that is materially different from the other Key Company Shareholders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the adversely affected Key Company Shareholders that own a majority of the Lock-Up Securities owned by such adversely affected Key Company Shareholders. No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.
(k) 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.
(l) Specific Performance. Each Key Company Shareholder acknowledges that its obligations under this Agreement are unique, recognizes and affirms that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by such Key Company Shareholder, money damages will be inadequate and the SPAC will have no 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 such Key Company Shareholder in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, the SPAC shall be entitled to an injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement by such Key Company Shareholder and 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.
(m) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the Parties is expressly canceled; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Parties under the Business Combination Agreement or any Ancillary Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall limit any of the rights or remedies of the SPAC or any of the obligations of the Key Company Shareholders under any other agreement between any Key Company Shareholder and the SPAC, or any certificate or instrument executed by any Key Company Shareholder in favor of the SPAC, and nothing in any other agreement, certificate or instrument shall limit any of the rights or remedies of the SPAC or any of the obligations of the Key Company Shareholders under this Agreement.
(n) Further Assurances. From time to time, at another Party’s request and without further consideration (but at the requesting Party’s reasonable cost and expense), each Party shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(o) Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature or by email in portable document format in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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SCHEDULE A
Key Company Shareholder | Address | Number of shares of SPAC Common Stock, Assumed Warrants or Exchanged Options | ||||||
INCON Co., Ltd. | ||||||||
Nico Pronk | ||||||||
Nathan Cali | ||||||||
Stephen C. Glover | ||||||||
Shawn M. Titcomb |
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