Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Founder Shares Agreement, dated December 16, 2020, by and among Monocle Partners, LLC, Cowen Investments II LLC, Monocle Acquisition Corporation and Monocle Holdings Inc

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EX-10.2 3 tm2038647d1_ex10-2.htm EXHIBIT 10.2

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

Amendment No. 1 to
Second Amended and Restated Founder Shares Agreement

 

December 16, 2020

 

Monocle Acquisition Corporation
750 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1501
New York, NY 10022

 

AerSale Corp.
121 Alhambra Plaza, Suite 1700
Coral Gables, Florida 33134

 

Re:Amendment to Agreement Relating to Founder Shares

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to (i) that certain Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of September 8, 2020, by and among Monocle Holdings Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“NewCo”), Monocle Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Monocle”), Monocle Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub 1”), Monocle Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub 2”), AerSale Corp., a Delaware corporation (“AerSale”), and solely in its capacity as the Holder Representative (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, (ii) that certain letter agreement (the “Amended and Restated Founder Shares Agreement”), dated September 8, 2020, by and between Monocle Partners, LLC (the “Sponsor”), Cowen Investments II LLC (“Cowen”, and together with the Sponsor, the “Founders”), NewCo, Monocle and AerSale, and (iii) that certain letter agreement (the “Insider Letter”), dated February 6, 2019, by and between the Founders with respect to certain matters, including the transfer of shares of common stock of Monocle held of record by each of them (the “Founder Shares”). This letter agreement (this “Amendment No. 1”) amends the Amended and Restated Founder Shares Agreement and, together with the Amended and Restated Founder Shares Agreement, represents the “Founder Shares Agreement” contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

The parties hereby agree, for good and valuable consideration, to the following:

 

1.         Amendment to Exhibit A. Exhibit A to the Amended and Restated Founder Shares Agreement is hereby amended and restated in in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

 

1.3       Effect of Amendment No. 1. Except as herein amended, the Amended and Restated Founder Shares Agreement remains in full force and effect, except that reference therein to “this Agreement” or “the Agreement” or words of similar import shall mean the Agreement as amended hereby.

 

 

 

 

1.4       Application of Delaware Law. This Amendment No. 1 shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state other than such laws, rules, regulations and case law that would result in the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

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Please indicate your agreement to the foregoing by signing in the space provided below.

 

 

 

  MONOCLE PARTNERS, LLC  
       
       
  By: /s/ Eric Zahler                         
  Name: Eric Zahler  
  Title: Managing Member  
       
  COWEN INVESTMENTS II LLC  
       
       
  By: /s/ Owen Littman  
  Name: Owen Littman  
  Title: Authorized Signatory  

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Founder Shares Agreement]

 

 

  MONOCLE ACQUISITION CORPORATION  
       
       
  By: /s/ Eric Zahler  
  Name: Eric Zahler  
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer  
       
       
       
  MONOCLE HOLDINGS INC.  
       
       
  By: /s/ Eric Zahler  
  Name: Eric Zahler  
  Title: President  

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Founder Shares Agreement]

 

 

  AERSALE CORP.  
       
       
  By: /s/ Nicolas Finazzo  
  Name: Nicolas Finazzo  
  Title: President  

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Founder Shares Agreement]

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Founder

Earnout
Shares

Forfeited
Shares

Monocle Partners, LLC

750 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1501

New York, NY 10022

656,250

3,253,418

 

Cowen Investments II LLC

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

43,750 216,894
Total

700,000

3,470,312

 

 

 

 

 

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