Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2025, between Vroom, Inc. and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
WARRANT AGREEMENT |
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between |
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VROOM, inc. |
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and |
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EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC, |
as Warrant Agent |
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Dated as of January 14, 2025 |
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Warrants To Purchase Common Stock
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.Definitions | 1 |
2.Warrant Certificates | 5 |
2.1 Original Issuance of Warrants | 5 |
2.2 Form of Warrant Certificates | 5 |
2.3 Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates | 6 |
3.Exercise and Expiration of Warrants | 6 |
3.1 Right to Acquire Common Stock Upon Exercise | 6 |
3.2 Exercise and Expiration of Warrants | 7 |
3.3 Application of Funds upon Exercise of Warrants | 9 |
3.4 Payment of Taxes | 9 |
3.5 Cancellation of Warrant Certificates | 10 |
3.6 Common Stock Issuable | 10 |
3.7 Regulatory Approvals | 10 |
3.8 Withholding | 11 |
4.Dissolution, Liquidation or Winding Up | 11 |
5.Adjustments | 12 |
5.1 Adjustments | 12 |
5.2 Fractional Interest | 16 |
5.3 No Other Adjustments | 16 |
6.Loss or Mutilation | 17 |
7.Reservation and Authorization of Common Stock | 18 |
8.Warrant Transfer and Exchange | 18 |
8.1 Warrant Transfer Books. | 18 |
8.2 Restrictions on Exchanges and Transfers. | 19 |
8.3 Miscellaneous Procedures for Transfer or Exchanges of Warrants. | 20 |
9.Warrant Holders | 21 |
9.1 No Voting or Dividend Rights | 21 |
9.2 Rights of Action | 21 |
9.3 Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates | 21 |
9.4 Tax Forms | 21 |
10.Concerning the Warrant Agent | 22 |
10.1 Nature of Duties and Responsibilities Assumed | 22 |
10.2 Right to Consult Counsel | 23 |
10.3 Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnification | 23 |
10.4 Warrant Agent May Hold Company Securities | 23 |
10.5 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 24 |
10.6 Appointment of Countersigning Agent | 25 |
11.Notices | 26 |
11.1 Notices Generally | 26 |
11.2 Required Notices to Holders | 27 |
12.Inspection | 27 |
13.Amendments | 27 |
14.Waivers | 29 |
15.Successor to Company | 29 |
16.Headings | 29 |
17.Counterparts | 29 |
18.Severability | 29 |
19.No Redemption | 29 |
20.Persons Benefiting | 30 |
21.Applicable Law; Venue | 30 |
22.Waiver of Jury Trial. | 30 |
23.Entire Agreement | 31 |
24.Confidentiality | 31 |
25.Non-Recourse | 33 |
26.Waiver of Certain Damages | 33 |
27.Interpretation | 33 |
EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A | Form of Warrant Certificate |
Exhibit B | Exercise Form |
WARRANT AGREEMENT
This Warrant Agreement (as may be supplemented, amended or amended and restated pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, this “Agreement”), dated as of January 14, 2025, is entered into by and between Vroom, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”). Capitalized terms that are used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in this Agreement, including Section 1 hereof.
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of Vroom, Inc., Case No. 24-90571 (CML) (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Plan”) and chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), the Company proposes to issue and deliver Warrants (as defined below) to purchase up to an aggregate of 364,516 shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (after giving effect to the one‑for‑five conversion of the Corporation’s Common Stock in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Plan), subject to adjustment as provided herein, and the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants;
WHEREAS, each Warrant shall entitle the registered owner thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein;
WHEREAS, the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are being issued in an offering in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (as defined below) and of any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws afforded by Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires that the Warrant Agent act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, exchange, transfer, substitution and exercise of Warrants and the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants.
NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Company and the Warrant Agent agree as follows:
“Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Appropriate Officer” means any person designated as such by the Board of Directors from time to time.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company, any duly authorized committee of that board or any comparable governing body under local law.
“Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a legal holiday in the State of New York or a day on which banking institutions and trust companies in the state in which the Corporate Agency Office is located are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
“Common Stock” means, subject to the provisions of Section 5.1(f), the shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share of the Company.
“Company” means the company identified in the Preamble hereof, and any Successor Company that becomes successor to the Company in accordance with Section 15.
“Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Appropriate Officer, and delivered to the Warrant Agent.
“Corporate Agency Office” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).
“Countersigning Agent” means any Person authorized by the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Warrant Agent to countersign Warrant Certificates.
“Exchange” means, in the case of any securities, (i) the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which such securities are then listed or (ii) if such securities are not then listed on a principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which such securities are then traded.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case, as amended from time to time.
“Exercise Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(f).
“Exercise Form” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Exercise Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Exercise Period” means the period from and including the Original Issue Date to and including the Expiration Time.
“Exercise Price” means the exercise price per share of Common Stock, initially set at $60.95 (after giving effect to the one‑for‑five conversion of the Corporation’s Common Stock in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Plan), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.1.
“Expiration Time” means the earliest to occur of (x) the Scheduled Expiration Time, (y) the date and time of consummation of a Transaction to which clause (ii) of Section 5.1(f) applies and (z) the date and time of effectiveness of a Winding Up.
“Fair Market Value” means, on any date of determination, (i) in the event such securities are not listed for trading on an Exchange, the dollar amount which a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm’s length transaction on such date (neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell) for such security or other non-cash property taking into account all relevant factors (without regard to the lack of liquidity of such securities due to any restrictions (contractual or otherwise) applicable thereto or any discount for minority interests) and (ii) in the event such securities are listed for trading on an Exchange, the volume weighted average closing price for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on (and including) the Trading Day immediately prior to such date of determination, in the case of this clause (ii), as reasonably determined as of such date by the Board of Directors in good faith, whose determination shall take into account any fairness opinion, if any, delivered in connection with such Transaction and not be inconsistent therewith and be evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors filed with the Warrant Agent with written notice of such determination given by the Company to the Holders in accordance with Section 11.2.
“Governmental Authority” means any (i) government, (ii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official or entity and any court or other
tribunal) or (iii) body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature, in each case, whether federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, supranational or of any other jurisdiction.
“Holder” means any Person in whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate is registered upon the Warrant Register and, when used with respect to any Warrant Certificate, the Person in whose name such Warrant Certificate is registered in the Warrant Register.
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.
“Law” means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, codes, injunctions, decrees, orders, ordinances, registration requirements, disclosure requirements and other pronouncements having the effect of law of the United States, any foreign country or any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political subdivision or of any Governmental Authority.
“Non‑Recourse Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 25.
“Original Issue Date” means January 14, 2025, the date on which Warrants are originally issued under this Agreement.
“outstanding” when used with respect to any Warrants, means, as of the time of determination, all Warrants theretofore originally issued under this Agreement, except (i) Warrants that have been exercised pursuant to Section 3.2(a), (ii) Warrants that have expired, terminated and become void pursuant to Section 3.2(b), Section 4 or Section 5.1(f) and (iii) Warrants that have otherwise been acquired by the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of the outstanding Warrants have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the provisions of this Agreement, Warrants held directly or beneficially by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective employees shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding.
“Person” means any individual, entity, estate, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Plan” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Qualifying Person” means, with respect to any Transaction, a holder of Common Stock that is neither (i) an employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary thereof (solely in such Person’s capacity as an employee) nor (ii) a Person with which the Company consolidated or into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (“Constituent Person”), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person.
“Regulatory Approval” means any notice or approval which the Company (or any Affiliate of the Company) is required to file with or obtain from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Company or its Affiliates in order to complete a Transfer or issue Common Stock to a Holder in compliance with applicable Law.
“Required Warrant Holders” means Holders of Warrant Certificates evidencing a majority of the then-outstanding Warrants.
“Scheduled Expiration Time” means 5:00 p.m. New York time on January 14, 2030 (the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date) or, if not a Business Day, then 5:00 p.m. New York time on the next Business Day thereafter.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Subsidiary” means an entity more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock or other equity securities which ordinarily have voting power for the election of directors or managers, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock or other equity securities has such voting power by reason of any contingency. A “Subsidiary” shall also include an entity of which more than 50% of the gains or losses is allocated, directly or indirectly, to the Company or to one or more other Subsidiaries, or to the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries, collectively.
“Successor Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.
“Trading Day” means, with respect to any securities listed for trading on an Exchange, a day on which trading in such securities occurs on the Exchange.
“Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(f).
“Transfer” means any transfer, sale, exchange, assignment or other disposition.
“Warrant Agent” means the warrant agent set forth in the preamble hereof or the successor or successors of such Warrant Agent appointed in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Warrant Certificates” means those certain warrant certificates evidencing the Warrants, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto; provided, however, that (i) if a Warrant is issued by electronic or book entry registration on the books of the Warrant Agent only and not represented by a physical certificate, then (A) the Holder thereof shall be deemed to hold and have received a Warrant Certificate for all purposes under this Agreement as a result of the Warrant Agent’s registration of such Holder’s applicable Warrants in the Holder’s name on the books of the Warrant Agent (including the Warrant Register), (B) the Warrant Agent shall be deemed to hold the Warrant Certificate electronically on behalf of such Holder and (C) the Company and the Warrant Agent shall deliver a physical Warrant Certificate or Exercise Form, as applicable, to a Holder upon a Holder’s written request, and (ii) any Warrant Certificate shall bear the legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A.
“Warrant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).
“Warrants” means those certain warrants to purchase initially up to an aggregate of 364,516 shares of Common Stock at the Exercise Price, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5, issued hereunder.
“Winding Up” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.
The Warrant Certificates evidencing the Warrants (a) shall be in registered form only and substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, (b) shall be dated the date on which countersigned by the Warrant Agent, (c) shall have such insertions as are appropriate or required or permitted by this Agreement and (d) may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends and endorsements typed, stamped, printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the directors or officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, in each case, as reasonably determined by an Appropriate Officer.
Each Warrant Certificate shall, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions thereof and of this Agreement, to acquire from the Company, for each Warrant evidenced thereby, one share of Common Stock at the Exercise Price, subject to adjustment as provided in this Agreement; provided, however, that if such Warrant Certificate is issued by electronic or book entry registration on the books of the Warrant Agent only and not represented by physical certificates, (a) the Holder’s rights shall not be subject to such countersignature by the Warrant Agent and (b) the Holder shall be deemed to hold and have received the Warrant Certificate for all purposes under this Agreement as a result of the Warrant Agent’s registration of such Holder’s applicable Warrants in the Holder’s name on the books of the Warrant Agent (including the Warrant Register). The Exercise Price, and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of each Warrant, shall be adjusted from time to time as required by Section 5.1.
Any funds delivered to the Warrant Agent upon exercise of any Warrant(s) shall be held by the Warrant Agent in trust for the Company. The Warrant Agent shall promptly deliver and pay to or upon the written order of the Company all funds received by it upon the exercise of any Warrants by bank wire transfer to an account designated by the Company or as the Warrant Agent otherwise may be directed in writing by the Company.
The Company shall pay any and all transfer or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on exercise of Warrants pursuant hereto. The Company shall not be required, however, to pay any tax or other charge imposed in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock or payment of cash or other property to any Recipient other than the Holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing the exercised Warrant, and in case of such transfer or payment, the Warrant Agent and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock in book-entry form or any certificate or pay any cash or other property until (a) such tax or charge has been paid or an amount sufficient for the payment thereof has been delivered to the Warrant Agent or the Company or (b)it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that any such tax or other charge that is or may become due has been paid.
Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exercise shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent. All Warrant Certificates surrendered or delivered to or received by the Warrant Agent for cancellation pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued by the Company. The Warrant Agent shall destroy any such cancelled Warrant Certificates and deliver its certificate of destruction to the Company, unless the Company shall otherwise direct.
The number of shares of Common Stock “obtainable upon exercise” or “issuable upon exercise” of Warrants at any time shall be the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Warrants are then exercisable. The number of shares of Common Stock “into which each Warrant is exercisable” shall be one share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.1.
Subject to Section 3.4, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Warrant to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause to be deducted and withheld) from any amounts or property payable or deliverable to any Person pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the Warrant such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld under applicable Law (and the Company shall be entitled to withhold, for the avoidance of doubt, such amounts (without duplication) from any amounts or
property that are payable or deliverable to such Person pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the Warrant subsequent to the payment or delivery or other circumstance that gave rise to the requirement to deduct or withhold under applicable Law) and may require Holders to pay the withholding tax amount to the Company in cash as a condition of receiving the benefit of any antidilution adjustment pursuant to Section 5 or otherwise. Any amounts that are so withheld shall be paid to the appropriate Governmental Authority and shall be treated as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such withholding was made.
Unless Section 5.1(f) applies, if, on or prior to the Expiration Time, the Company (or any other Person controlling the Company) shall propose a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up (collectively, a “Winding Up”); provided that a Winding Up shall not be effected pursuant to a Transaction) of the affairs of the Company, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent and all Holders in the manner provided in Section 11.2 prior to the date on which such transaction is expected to become effective or, if earlier, the record date for such transaction. Such notice shall also specify the date as of which the holders of record of the shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities, money or other property deliverable upon such Winding Up, as the case may be.
In order to prevent dilution of the rights granted under the Warrants and to grant the Holders certain additional rights, the Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time only as specifically provided in this Section 5.1 (the “Adjustment Events”) and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of Warrants shall be subject to adjustment from time to time only as specifically provided in this Section 5.1, in each case, without duplication.
Any adjustment under this Section 5.1(b) shall, subject to Section 5.1(d)(iv), become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day after the date for the determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.
The Company shall not be required upon the exercise of any Warrant to issue any fractional shares of Common Stock, but may, in lieu of issuing any fractional shares of Common Stock make an adjustment therefore in cash on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date of such exercise. If Warrant Certificates evidencing more than one Warrant shall be presented for exercise at the same time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon such exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrants so to be exercised. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Warrant Certificates, expressly waive their right to receive any fraction of a share of Common Stock or a stock certificate representing a fraction of a share of Common Stock.
In each case, except in accordance with Section 5.1, the applicable Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of any Warrant will not be adjusted for (x) any dividend or distribution made or paid on the shares of Common Stock or any other equity securities, (y) any purchase (including by tender or exchange offer) of any shares of Common Stock or (z) the issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing, including:
If (a) any mutilated Warrant Certificate is surrendered to the Warrant Agent or (b) both (i) there shall be delivered to the Company and the Warrant Agent (A)a claim by a Holder as to the destruction, loss or wrongful taking of any Warrant Certificate of such Holder and a request thereby for a new replacement Warrant Certificate, and (B) such indemnity bond as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless and (ii) such other reasonable requirements as may be imposed by the Company and the Warrant Agent as permitted by Section 8‑405 of the Uniform Commercial Code have been satisfied, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a “protected purchaser” within the meaning of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver to the registered Holder of the lost, wrongfully taken, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, in exchange therefore or in lieu thereof, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and for a like aggregate number of Warrants. At the written request of such registered Holder, the new Warrant Certificate so issued shall be retained by the Warrant Agent as having been surrendered for exercise, in lieu of delivery thereof to such Holder, and shall be deemed for purposes of Section 3.2 to have been surrendered for exercise on the date the conditions specified in clauses (a) or (b)of the preceding sentence were first satisfied.
Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section 6, the Company may require the payment of any tax or other governmental charge that is imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent and of counsel to the Company) in connection therewith.
Every new Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 6 in lieu of any lost, wrongfully taken or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, wrongfully taken or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 6 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights or remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, wrongfully taken, or destroyed Warrant Certificates.
The Company covenants that, for the duration of the Exercise Period, the Company will at all times reserve and keep available, from its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock solely for issuance and delivery upon the exercise of the Warrants and free of preemptive rights, such number of shares of Common Stock and other securities, cash or property as from time to time shall be issuable upon the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants for cash. The Company further covenants that it shall, from time to time, take all steps necessary to increase the authorized number of its shares of Common Stock to such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to deliver all shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants, if at any time the authorized number of shares of Common Stock remaining unissued would otherwise be insufficient to allow delivery of all the shares of Common Stock then deliverable upon the exercise in full of
all outstanding Warrants. The Company covenants that it will take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will, upon issuance, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non assessable, and will be free of restrictions on transfer and will be free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof. The Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary to ensure that all such shares of Common Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements of any U.S. national securities exchange upon which shares of Common Stock may be listed (except for official notice of issuance which shall be immediately delivered by the Company upon each such issuance). The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock will, at all times that Warrants are exercisable, be duly approved for listing subject to official notice of issuance on each securities exchange, if any, on which the Common Stock is then listed. The Company covenants that the stock certificates, if any, issued to evidence any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of Warrants will comply with the Delaware General Corporation Act (as amended) and any other applicable law.
The Company hereby authorizes and directs its current and future transfer agents for the shares of Common Stock at all times to reserve stock certificates for such number of shares of Common Stock, to the extent as, and if, required. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to requisition from time to time from any such transfer agents stock certificates required to honor outstanding Warrants upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and the Company hereby authorizes and directs such transfer agents to comply with all such requests of the Warrant Agent. The Company will supply such transfer agents with duly executed stock certificates for such purposes, to the extent as, and if, required.
All rights of action against the Company in respect of this Agreement, except rights of action vested in the Warrant Agent, are vested in the Holders of the Warrant Certificates, and any Holder of any Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent or the Holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in such Holder’s own behalf and for such Holder’s own benefit, enforce and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, such Holder’s right to exercise such Holder’s Warrants in the manner provided in this Agreement.
Every Holder, by virtue of accepting a Warrant Certificate, consents and agrees with the Company, with the Warrant Agent and with every subsequent holder of such Warrant Certificate that, prior to due presentment of such Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the Person in whose name the Warrant Certificate is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes and as the
Person entitled to exercise the rights granted under the Warrants, and neither the Company, the Warrant Agent nor any agent thereof shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Each Holder of a Warrant Certificate shall deliver to the Warrant Agent a properly completed and duly executed IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate IRS Form W-8, as applicable.
The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent of the Company as set forth in this Agreement. The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the appointment as agent of the Company and agrees to perform that agency upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Warrant Certificates or as the Company and the Warrant Agent may hereafter agree, by all of which the Company and the Holders of Warrant Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound; provided, however, that the terms and conditions contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by this Agreement or any other terms and conditions hereafter agreed to by the Company and the Warrant Agent.
The Warrant Agent shall not, by countersigning Warrant Certificates or by any other act hereunder, be deemed to make any representations as to validity or authorization of (i) the Warrants or the Warrant Certificates (except as to its countersignature thereon), (ii) any securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant, (iii) the accuracy of the computation of the number or kind or amount of equity securities or other securities or other property deliverable upon exercise of any Warrant or (iv) the correctness of any of the representations of the Company made in such certificates that the Warrant Agent receives. The Warrant Agent shall not at any time have any duty to calculate or determine whether any facts exist that may require any adjustments pursuant to Section 5 hereof with respect to the kind and amount of Common Stock or other securities or any property issuable to Holders upon the exercise of Warrants required from time to time. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to determine the accuracy or correctness of such calculation or with respect to the methods employed in making the same. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock or of any securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of any Warrant or upon any adjustment pursuant to Section 5 hereof, and it makes no representation with respect thereto. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any Common Stock or stock or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Warrant Certificate for the purpose of exercise or upon any adjustment pursuant to Section 5 hereof or to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in Section 5 hereof.
The Warrant Agent shall not (i) be liable for any recital or statement of fact contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith on the belief that any Warrant Certificate or any other documents or any signatures are genuine or properly authorized, (ii) be responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates or (iii) be liable for any act or omission in connection with this Agreement except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (which gross negligence or willful misconduct must be determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to accept and protected in accepting instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder by Company Order and to apply to any such officer named in such Company Order for instructions (which instructions will be promptly given in writing when requested), and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the instructions in any Company Order.
The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights and powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys, agents or employees; provided, however, that reasonable care has been exercised in the selection and in the continued employment of any such attorney, agent or employee. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation or duty to institute, appear in or defend any action, suit or legal proceeding in respect hereof, unless first indemnified to its satisfaction, but this provision shall not affect the power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as the Warrant Agent may consider proper, whether with or without such indemnity. The Warrant Agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of any claim made or action, suit or proceeding instituted against it arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.
The Company shall perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent in order to enable it to carry out or perform its duties under this Agreement.
The Warrant Agent shall act solely as agent of the Company hereunder and does not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the Holders or any beneficial owners of Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable except for the failure to perform such duties as are specifically set forth herein or specifically set forth in the Warrant Certificates, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Warrant Agent whose duties and obligations shall be determined solely by the express provisions hereof or the express provisions of the Warrant Certificates.
The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with legal counsel satisfactory to it (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any Holder for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel.
The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent from time to time compensation for all fees and expenses relating to its services hereunder as the Company and the Warrant Agent may agree from time to time and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable expenses and disbursements, including reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection with the execution and administration of this Agreement. The Company further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for and hold it harmless against any losses, liabilities or reasonable expenses arising out of or in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the reasonable costs, legal fees and expenses of investigating or defending any claim of such liability, except that the Company shall have no liability hereunder to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense results from the Warrant Agent’s own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (which gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct must be determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
The Warrant Agent, any Countersigning Agent and any stockholder, equity holder, director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent or any Countersigning Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the warrants or other securities of the Company or its Affiliates, become pecuniarily interested in transactions in which the Company or its Affiliates may be interested, contract with or lend money to the Company or its Affiliates or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Warrant Agent or the Countersigning Agent, respectively, under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent or any Countersigning Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
if to the Company, to: | |||
Vroom, Inc. | |||
4700 Mercantile Drive | |||
Fort Worth, Texas 76137 | |||
Attn: Thomas Shortt; Anna-Lisa Corrales | |||
Email: ***@***; ***@*** |
if to the Warrant Agent, to: | ||||
Equiniti Trust Company, LLC 55 Challenger Rd, Suite 200 Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 Attn: Reorg Department/Warrant Exercise Email: ***@*** | ||||
or, in either case, such other address as shall have been set forth in a notice delivered in accordance with this Section 11.1(a).
All such communications shall, when so delivered by electronic mail or delivered by hand, be effective when electronically mailed with confirmation of receipt or received by the addressee, respectively.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made by a method approved by the Warrant Agent as one which would be most reliable under the circumstances for successfully delivering the notice to the addressees shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
then, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Warrant Agent and, unless the Company has made a filing with the SEC, including pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which filing discloses such Action, the Company shall give to each Holder of a Warrant Certificate, in accordance with Section 11.1(b) hereof, a written notice of such Action, including, (x) in the case of an Action pursuant to Section 11.2(a), the information required under Section 5.1(i)(ii), and (y) in the case of an Action pursuant to Section 11.2(c), the material terms and conditions of such Transaction and the date on which such Transaction is expected to become effective. Such notice shall (i) be given promptly after the effective date of such Action and (ii) in the case of an Action pursuant to Section 11.2(c), be given at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the closing of the relevant Transaction.
If at any time the Company shall cancel any of the Actions for which notice has been given under this Section 11.2 prior to the consummation thereof, the Company shall give each Holder prompt notice of such
cancellation in accordance with Section 11.1(b), unless the Company has many a filing with the SEC, including pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the cancellation of such Action(s).
In addition, in the event the Company enters into any definitive agreement with respect to any Transaction, the Company shall promptly cause to be delivered to the Warrant Agent and shall promptly give to each Holder of a Warrant Certificate, in accordance with Section 11.1(b), a notice of the entering into such definitive agreement, unless the Company has many a filing with the SEC, including pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the entering into of such definitive agreement.
The Warrant Agent shall cause a copy of this Agreement to be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by any Holder of any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require any such Holder to submit its Warrant Certificate for inspection by the Warrant Agent.
The Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Warrant Holders as required pursuant to Section 13 and, if Section 13(c) applies, the consent of the Holders of any Warrant Certificates evidencing any Warrants affected thereby.
So long as Warrants remain outstanding, the Company will not enter into any Non-Surviving Transaction in which Warrants would be outstanding after consummation unless the acquirer (a “Successor Company”) shall expressly assume by a supplemental agreement, executed and delivered to the Warrant Agent, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, the due and punctual performance of every covenant of this Agreement on the part of the Company to be performed and observed and shall have provided for exercise rights in accordance with Section 5.1(f). Upon the consummation of such Non-Surviving Transaction, the Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Agreement with the same effect as if such Successor Company had been named as the Company herein.
The section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of which together constitute one and the same instrument. A signature to this Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect and enforceability as an original signature.
The provisions of this Agreement will be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof will not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof; provided, however, that if any provision of this Agreement, as applied to any party or to any circumstance, is adjudged by a court or governmental body not to be enforceable in accordance with its terms, the parties agree that the court or governmental body making such determination will have the power to modify the provision in a manner consistent with its objectives such that it is enforceable, and/or to delete specific words or phrases, and in its reduced form, such provision will then be enforceable and will be enforced.
The Warrants shall not be subject to redemption by the Company or any other Person; provided, however, that the Warrants may be acquired by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders from time to time. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement or any part hereof, and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders; provided, however, that the Non-Recourse Parties are express third-party beneficiaries of Section 24. Each Holder, by acceptance of a Warrant Certificate, agrees to all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement applicable thereto.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) TO THE EXTENT SUCH RULES OR PROVISIONS WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT ANY ACTION TO ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SUCH DISPUTE ARISES IN LAW OR EQUITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY. THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENT AND AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY CLAIM THAT (I) SUCH PARTY AND SUCH PARTY’S PROPERTY IS IMMUNE FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS ISSUED BY SUCH COURTS OR (II) ANY LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO AN ADDRESS PROVIDED IN WRITING BY THE RECIPIENT OF SUCH MAILING, OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW, SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO SERVICE IN THE MANNER HEREIN PROVIDED.
EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE SUCH PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL OF ANY DISPUTE BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS RELATING HERETO OR ANY DEALINGS AMONG THEM RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS ANY AND ALL ACTIONS, SUITS AND PROCEEDINGS THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY REPRESENTS THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND WITH THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN THIS SECTION 22.
This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous agreements among all or some of the parties hereto with respect thereto, whether written, oral or otherwise.
Except for required disclosures to any regulatory authority or self-regulatory authority with authority to regulate or oversee any aspect of the business of a Holder or its Affiliates, including bank and securities examiners or any other governmental body (provided, disclosures to such regulatory authority or self-regulatory authority shall be made with instructions to maintain confidentiality of the Confidential Information (as defined below)) or as and to the extent as may be required by applicable law, without the prior written consent of the Company, each Holder shall not make, and shall direct its officers, directors, managers, agents, employees and other representatives not to make, directly or indirectly, any public comment, statement, or communication with respect to, or otherwise disclose or permit the disclosure of Confidential Information or any of the terms, conditions, or other aspects of this Agreement; provided, however, that each Holder and each of its respective equity owners may disclose Confidential Information (i) to its and their respective attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors or professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Company and who are subject to confidentiality obligations to such Holder at least as protective as the terms set forth in this Section 24, provided, such Holder shall be responsible for any breach of such confidentiality provisions by any attorneys, accountants, consultants, or other advisors or professionals of such Holder or such Holder’s equity owners or Affiliates that actually receive Confidential Information; (ii) to the extent required under any agreement between such Holder or its respective equity owners and the respective investors, limited partners or other similar Persons of such Holder and its respective equity owners, as applicable, who are subject to obligations of confidentiality and in confidential materials delivered to prospective investors, limited partners or other similar Persons of such Holder and its respective equity owners, as applicable, who are subject to obligations of confidentiality; provided, however, that such Holder will use commercially reasonable best efforts to, and shall direct its respective equity owners, to, enforce their respective rights in connection with a known breach of such confidentiality obligations by any Person receiving Confidential Information pursuant to this clause (ii), and (iii) to a bona fide potential purchaser of Common Stock or Warrants held by such Holder if such bona fide potential purchaser executes a confidentiality agreement with such Holder containing terms at least as protective as the terms set forth in this Section 24 and which, among other things, provides for third-party beneficiary rights in favor of the Company to enforce the terms thereof. Each Holder shall use, and shall direct its officers, directors, managers, agents, employees and other representatives to whom Confidential Information
is disclosed to use, the Confidential Information only in connection with its investment in the Common Stock of the Company and not for any other purpose (including to disadvantage the Company, any equity holder, or any other Holder). As used herein, “Confidential Information” means all information, knowledge, systems or data relating to the business, operations, finances, policies, strategies, intentions or inventions of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (including any of the terms of this Agreement) from whatever source obtained, except for any such information, knowledge, systems or data which at the time of disclosure was (x) in the public domain or otherwise in the possession of the disclosing Person unless such information, knowledge, systems or data was placed into the public domain or became known to such disclosing Person in violation of any non-disclosure obligation, including this Section 24, (y) becomes available to the disclosing Person from a third party on a non-confidential basis, provided that such third party is not known by the disclosing Person to have a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality with respect thereto, or (z) developed by or on behalf of the disclosing Person without use of or reference to the Confidential Information or breach of this Section 24.
The Warrant Agent and the Company agree that the Warrant Register and the number of Warrants held by each Holder (but not the aggregate number of Warrants outstanding) shall constitute “Confidential Information” and shall not be disclosed by the Warrant Agent or the Company except in compliance with this Section 24, which shall apply to the Warrant Agent and the Company mutatis mutandis with respect to such information.
Each Holder, the Warrant Agent and the Company agree that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Section 24, and that in addition to all other remedies, the non-breaching party shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach. Each Holder, the Warrant Agent and the Company agree not to oppose the granting of such relief and agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy.
If any Holder is required by applicable law to disclose any Confidential Information (other than to a regulatory or self-regulatory authority), it must, to the extent practicable and permitted by applicable law, first provide notice reasonably in advance to the Company with respect to the content of the proposed disclosure, the reasons that such disclosure is required by law and the time and place that the disclosure will be made. Such Holder shall cooperate, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, with the Company to obtain confidentiality agreements or arrangements with respect to any legally mandated disclosure and in any event shall disclose only such information as is required by applicable law when required to do so.
Notwithstanding anything express or implied in this Agreement, each Holder and the Warrant Agent covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any of the former, current or future direct or indirect equityholders, unitholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, members, financing sources, managers, general or limited partners or assignees, in each case, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, but not including the Company itself or any of its subsidiaries, the “Non-Recourse Parties”), whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any of the Non-Recourse Parties, as such, for any obligation or liability of the Company under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or liabilities or their creation; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 25shall relieve or otherwise limit the liability of the Company for any breach or violation of its obligations under this Agreement or such agreements, documents or instruments.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Company, each Holder and the Warrant Agent agrees not to assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any other party, on any theory of liability, for special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any Warrant or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Unless otherwise indicated to the contrary herein by the context or use thereof: (i) the words, “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or paragraph hereof; (ii) the word “including” means “including, but not limited to”; (iii) masculine gender shall also include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; and (iv) words importing the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa. Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or regulation. All references to currency, monetary values, “$” and dollars set forth herein shall mean United States dollars (USD) and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meaning given to them under GAAP. Except when used together with the word “either” or otherwise for the purpose of identifying mutually exclusive alternatives, the term “or” has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “will” and “will not” are expressions of command and not merely expressions of future intent or expectation. When used in this Agreement, the word “either” shall be deemed to mean “one or the other”, not “both”. References herein to a party are references to the parties to this Agreement, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
VROOM, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas Shortt | |
Name: | Thomas Shortt | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Warrant Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Legregin | |
Name: | Michael Legregin | |
Title: | Senior Vice President, Corporate Actions Relationship Management & Operations | |
EXHIBIT A
[Face of Warrant Certificate]
VROOM, INC.
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
EVIDENCING
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
[FACE]
No. [___] CUSIP No. 92918V117
THE WARRANTS AND SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS WILL BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 1145 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, PROVIDED THAT THE HOLDER IS NOT DEEMED TO BE AN UNDERWRITER AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 1145(B) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE OR AN AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER. IF THE HOLDER IS DEEMED TO BE AN UNDERWRITER AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 1145(B) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE OR AN AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER, THEN THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS (1) THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR (2) SUCH DISPOSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND VROOM, INC., IF IT SO REASONABLY DETERMINES IS NECESSARY, IS IN RECEIPT OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
IN ADDITION, THE WARRANTS AND SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT AND, WITH RESPECT TO THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS NO REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER OF THE WARRANTS OR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF SUCH WARRANTS MAY BE MADE UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH RESTRICTIONS SHALL HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH, INCLUDING, AS APPLICABLE, COMPLIANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE.
THESE LEGENDS MAY NOT BE REMOVED WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
VROOM, INC.
No. [__] [__,__,___] Warrants
CUSIP No. 92918V117
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, [_______________________], or registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of Warrants to purchase Common Stock of Vroom, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2025 (as may be supplemented, amended or amended and restated pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof, the “Warrant Agreement”), between the Company and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”, which term includes any successor thereto permitted under the Warrant Agreement)) specified above, and is entitled, subject to and upon compliance with the provisions hereof and of the Warrant Agreement, at such Holder’s option, at any time when the Warrants evidenced hereby are exercisable, to purchase from the Company one share of Common Stock of the Company for each Warrant evidenced hereby, at the purchase price of $60.95 per share of Common Stock (as adjusted from time to time, the “Exercise Price”), payable in full at the time of purchase, the number of shares of Common Stock into which and the Exercise Price at which each Warrant shall be exercisable each being subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5of the Warrant Agreement.
All shares of Common Stock issuable by the Company upon the exercise of Warrants shall, upon such issuance, be duly and validly issued. The Company shall pay any and all taxes (other than income or similar taxes) that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on exercise of Warrants. The Company shall not be required, however, to pay any tax or other charge imposed in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in book-entry form for shares of Common Stock or payment of cash to any Person other than the Holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing the exercised Warrant, and in case of such transfer or payment, the Warrant Agent and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock in book-entry form or pay any cash until (a) such tax or charge has been paid or an amount sufficient for the payment thereof has been delivered to the Warrant Agent or to the Company or (b) it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that any such tax or other charge that is or may become due has been paid.
Each Warrant evidenced hereby may be exercised by the Holder hereof at the Exercise Price then in effect on any Business Day from and after the Original Issue Date until the Expiration Time in the Warrant Agreement.
Subject to the provisions hereof and of the Warrant Agreement, the Holder of this Warrant Certificate may exercise all or any whole number of the Warrants evidenced hereby by delivery to the Warrant Agent of the Exercise Form on the reverse hereof, setting forth the number of Warrants being exercised and otherwise properly completed and duly executed by the Holder thereof to the Warrant Agent, and surrendering this Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent at its office maintained for such purpose (the “Corporate Agency Office”), together with payment in full of the Exercise Price as then in effect for each share of Common Stock receivable upon exercise of each Warrant being submitted for exercise. Any such payment of the Exercise Price is to be by cashier’s check payable to the order of the Warrant Agent, or by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such account of the Warrant Agent at such banking institution as the Warrant Agent shall have designated from time to time for such purpose.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless this Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the Warrant Agent by manual signature of an authorized officer on behalf of the Warrant Agent, this Warrant Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose and no Warrant evidenced hereby shall be exercisable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: [________ __], 20[__]
VROOM, INC. | ||||
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By: | ||||
[Title] | ||||
Countersigned: | ||||
EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Warrant Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Authorized Officer |
Reverse of Warrant Certificate
VROOM, INC.
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
EVIDENCING
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
The Warrants evidenced hereby are one of a duly authorized issue of Warrants of the Company designated as its Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (“Warrants”), limited in aggregate number to 364,516 Warrants issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement, to which the Warrant Agreement and all amendments thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Warrant Agent, the Holders of Warrant Certificates and the owners of the Warrants evidenced thereby and of the terms upon which the Warrant Certificates are, and are to be, countersigned and delivered. A copy of the Warrant Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the Corporate Agency Office for inspection by the Holder hereof.
The Warrant Agreement provides that, in addition to certain adjustments to the number of shares of Common Stock into which a Warrant is exercisable and the Exercise Price required to be made in certain circumstances, in the case of any Transaction, the Company shall (or, in the case of any such Transaction that is a Non-Surviving Transaction, the Company shall cause the other Person involved in such Transaction to) execute and deliver to the Warrant Agent a written instrument providing that (i) the Warrants evidenced hereby, if then outstanding, will be exercisable thereafter, during the period the Warrants evidenced hereby shall be exercisable as specified herein, only into the Substituted Property that would have been receivable upon such Transaction by a Qualifying Person holding the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued upon exercise of such Warrant if such Warrant had been exercised in full immediately prior to such Transaction (upon certain assumptions specified in the Warrant Agreement) and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Company (or, in the case of any such Transaction that is a Non-Surviving Transaction, the other Person involved in such Transaction) and the holders in respect of Substituted Property shall be substantially unchanged to be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the rights and obligations of the Company and Holders in respect of shares of Common Stock.
Except as provided in the Warrant Agreement, all outstanding Warrants shall expire, terminate and become void, and all rights of the Holders of Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants shall automatically terminate and cease to exist, as of the Expiration Time. The “Expiration Time” shall mean the earlier to occur of (x) 5:00 p.m. New York time on January 14, 2030 (the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date) or, if not a Business Day, then 5:00 p.m. New York time on the next Business Day thereafter; (y) the date and time of consummation of a Transaction to which clause (ii) of Section 5.1(f) of the Warrant Agreement applies; and (z) the date and time of effectiveness of a Winding Up.
In the event of the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and for the number of Warrants which are not exercised shall be issued by the Company in the name or upon the written order of the Holder of this Warrant Certificate upon the cancellation hereof.
The Warrant Certificates are issuable only in registered form in denominations of whole numbers of Warrants. Upon surrender at the office of the Warrant Agent and payment of the charges specified herein and in the Warrant Agreement, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other authorized denominations or the transfer hereof may be registered in whole or in part in authorized denominations to one or more designated transferees; provided, however, that such other Warrant Certificates issued upon exchange or registration of transfer shall evidence the same aggregate number of Warrants as this Warrant Certificate. The
Company shall cause to be kept at the office of the Warrant Agent the Warrant Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Warrant Agent may prescribe and such regulations as may be prescribed by law, the Company shall provide for the registration of Warrant Certificates and of transfers or exchanges of Warrant Certificates. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates.
Prior to due presentment of this Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Warrant Agent and any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Warrant Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Company, the Warrant Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Warrant Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Warrant Certificates under the Warrant Agreement at any time by the Company and the Warrant Agent with the consent of the Required Warrant Holders.
Until the exercise of any Warrant, subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement and except as may be specifically provided for in the Warrant Agreement, (i) no Holder of a Warrant Certificate evidencing any Warrant shall have or exercise any rights by virtue hereof as a holder of shares of Common Stock of the Company, including the right to vote, to receive dividends and other distributions or to receive notice of, or attend meetings of, holders of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company or any other proceedings of the Company; (ii) the consent of any such Holder shall not be required with respect to any action or proceeding of the Company; (iii) except as provided with respect to a Winding Up of the Company, no such Holder, by reason of the ownership or possession of a Warrant or the Warrant Certificate representing the same, shall have any right to receive any cash dividends, stock or other equity securities dividends, allotments or rights or other distributions (except as specifically provided in the Warrant Agreement), paid, allotted or distributed or distributable to the holders of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company prior to or for which the relevant record date preceded the date of the exercise of such Warrant; and (iv) no such Holder shall have any right not expressly conferred by the Warrant or Warrant Certificate held by such Holder.
This Warrant Certificate, each Warrant evidenced thereby and the Warrant Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) to the extent such rules or provisions would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Any action to enforce this Warrant Certificate, each Warrant evidenced thereby and the Warrant Agreement or any dispute, whether such dispute arises in law or equity, arising out of or relating to this Warrant Certificate, each Warrant evidenced thereby and the Warrant Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any New York State Court sitting in New York City.
The Warrant Agreement provides that each Holder or transferee of any Holder shall provide the Warrant Agent with properly completed and duly executed IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate IRS Form W-8, as applicable.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined in the Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agreement shall control.
EXHIBIT B
Exercise Form
55 Challenger Rd, Suite 200
Ridgefield Park, NJ
Attention: Reorg Department/Warrant Exercise
Email: ***@***
Re: Vroom, Inc. Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2025
In accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the Warrant Agreement, the undersigned Holder of this Warrant Certificate hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _______________ Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate and represents that for each of the Warrants evidenced hereby being exercised such Holder has:
□ | tendered the Exercise Price in the aggregate amount of $_________ by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such account of the Company at such banking institution as the Company shall have designated from time to time for such purpose. |
The Holder shall receive Class A New Common Stock in exchange for the exercise of the Warrants.
The undersigned requests that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise be issued in accordance with Section 3.2(e) of the Warrant Agreement and delivered, together with any other property receivable upon exercise, in such manner as is specified in the instructions set forth below.
If the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining Warrants evidenced hereby be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions below.
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Dated: | Name: | ||||
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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of Holder as specified on the face of this Warrant Certificate and must bear a signature guarantee by a bank, trust company or member firm of a U.S. national securities exchange.) |
Signature Guaranteed:
Instructions (i) as to denominations and names of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise and as to delivery of such securities and any other property issuable upon exercise and (ii) if applicable, as to Warrant Certificates evidencing unexercised Warrants:
Assignment
(Form of Assignment To Be Executed If Holder Desires To Transfer Warrant Certificate)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
Please insert social security or
other identifying number
(Please print name and address including zip code)
the Warrants represented by the within Warrant Certificate and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint __________________ Attorney, to transfer said Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: | Signature | |||
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of Holder as specified on the face of this Warrant Certificate and must bear a signature guarantee by a bank, trust company or member firm of a U.S. national securities exchange.) |