Contract
Exhibit C
THIS INSTRUMENT AND ANY SECURITIES ISSUABLE PURSUANT HERETO HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THIS SAFE AND UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
SIMPLE AGREEMENT FOR FUTURE EQUITY
This Simple Agreement for Future Equity (this “SAFE”) has been granted by Kovo LLC, a North Carolina LLC (the “Company”) to [hyperlink to name of investor] (the “Investor”) in exchange for payment by the Investor of $[hyperlink to investment amount] (the “Purchase Amount”) pursuant to an Investment Agreement between the Company and the Investor.
1. Events.
1.1. Equity Financing.
1.1.1. If there is an Equity Financing before the termination of this SAFE, on the initial closing of such Equity Financing, this SAFE will automatically convert into the number of shares of Safe Stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Discount Price.
1.1.2. In connection with the automatic conversion of this SAFE into shares of Safe Stock, the Investor will execute and deliver to the Company all of the transaction documents related to the Equity Financing; provided, that such documents (i) are the same documents to be entered into with the purchasers of Standard Stock, with appropriate variations for the Safe Stock if applicable, and (ii) have customary exceptions to any drag-along applicable to the Investor, including (without limitation) limited representations, warranties, liability and indemnification obligations for the Investor.
1.2. Liquidity Event.
1.2.1. If there is a Liquidity Event before the termination of this SAFE, this SAFE will automatically be entitled (subject to the liquidation priority set forth in section 1.4) to receive a portion of Proceeds, due and payable to the Investor immediately prior to, or concurrent with, the consummation of such Liquidity Event, equal to the greater of (i) the Purchase Amount (the “Cash-Out Amount”), or (ii) the amount payable on the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Liquidity Price (the “Conversion Amount”). If any of the Company’s securityholders are given a choice as to the form and amount of Proceeds to be received in a Liquidity Event, the Investor will be given the same choice, provided that the Investor may not choose to receive a form of consideration that the Investor would be ineligible to receive as a result of the Investor’s failure to satisfy any requirement or limitation generally applicable to the Company’s securityholders, or under any applicable laws.
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1.2.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with a Change of Control intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization, the Company may reduce the cash portion of Proceeds payable to the Investor by the amount determined by its board of directors in good faith for such Change of Control to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes, provided that such reduction (i) does not reduce the total Proceeds payable to such Investor and (ii) is applied in the same manner and on a pro rata basis to all securityholders who have equal priority to the Investor under section 1.4.
1.3. Dissolution Event. If there is a Dissolution Event before the termination of this SAFE, the Investor will automatically be entitled (subject to the liquidation priority set forth in section 1.4 below) to receive a portion of Proceeds equal to the Cash-Out Amount, due and payable to the Investor immediately prior to the consummation of the Dissolution Event.
1.4. Liquidation Priority. In a Liquidity Event or Dissolution Event, this SAFE is intended to operate like standard non-participating preferred stock. The Investor’s right to receive its Cash-Out Amount is:
1.4.1. Junior to payment of outstanding indebtedness and creditor claims, including contractual claims for payment and convertible promissory notes (to the extent such convertible promissory notes are not actually or notionally converted into Stock);
1.4.2. On par with payments for other Safes and/or Preferred Stock, and if the applicable Proceeds are insufficient to permit full payments to the Investor and such other Safes and/or Preferred Stock, the applicable Proceeds will be distributed pro rata to the Investor and such other Safes and/or Preferred Stock in proportion to the full payments that would otherwise be due; and
1.4.3. Senior to payments for Common Stock.
The Investor’s right to receive its Conversion Amount is (i) on par with payments for Common Stock and other Safes and/or Preferred Stock who are also receiving Conversion Amounts or Proceeds on a similar as-converted to Common Stock basis, and (ii) junior to payments described in clauses (i) and (ii) above (in the latter case, to the extent such payments are Cash-Out Amounts or similar liquidation preferences).
1.5. Termination. This SAFE will automatically terminate (without relieving the Company of any obligations arising from a prior breach of or non-compliance with this SAFE) immediately following the earliest to occur of: (i) the issuance of Stock to the Investor pursuant to the automatic conversion of this SAFE under section 1.1; or (ii) the payment, or setting aside for payment, of amounts due the Investor pursuant to section 1.2 or section 1.3.
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2. Definitions.
2.1. “Change of Control” means (i) a transaction or series of related transactions in which any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company having the right to vote for the election of members of the Company’s board of directors, (ii) any reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company, other than a transaction or series of related transactions in which the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions retain, immediately after such transaction or series of related transactions, at least a majority of the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities of the Company or such other surviving or resulting entity or (iii) a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
2.2. “Direct Listing” means the Company’s initial listing of its Common Stock (other than shares of Common Stock not eligible for resale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act) on a national securities exchange by means of an effective registration statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company with the SEC that registers shares of existing capital stock of the Company for resale, as approved by the Company’s board of directors. For the avoidance of doubt, a Direct Listing shall not be deemed to be an underwritten offering and shall not involve any underwriting services.
2.3. “Discount Rate” means 15%.
2.4. “Discount Price” means the lowest price per share of the Standard Stock sold in the Equity Financing multiplied by the Discount Rate.
2.5. “Dissolution Event” means (i) a voluntary termination of operations, (ii) a general assignment for the benefit of the Company’s creditors or (iii) any other liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (excluding a Liquidity Event), whether voluntary or involuntary.
2.6. “Dividend Amount” means, with respect to any date on which the Company pays a dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, the amount of such dividend that is paid per share of Common Stock multiplied by (i) the Purchase Amount divided by (i) the Liquidity Price (treating the dividend date as a Liquidity Event solely for purposes of calculating such Liquidity Price).
2.7. “Equity Financing” means a bona fide transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which the Company raises at least Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) through the sale of Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock at a fixed valuation, including but not limited to, a pre-money or post-money valuation.
2.8. “Initial Public Offering” means the closing of the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten initial public offering of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act.
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2.9. “Liquidity Event” means a Change of Control, a Direct Listing or an Initial Public Offering.
2.10. “Liquidity Price” means the price per share equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock at the time of the Liquidity Event, as determined by reference to the purchase price payable in connection with such Liquidity Event, multiplied by the Discount Rate.
2.11. “Proceeds” means cash and other assets (including without limitation stock consideration) that are proceeds from the Liquidity Event or the Dissolution Event, as applicable, and legally available for distribution.
2.12. “Safe” means an instrument containing a future right to shares of Stock, similar in form and content to this instrument, purchased by investors for the purpose of funding the Company’s business operations. References to “this SAFE” mean this specific instrument.
2.13. “Safe Stock” means the shares of the type and class of Stock issued to the Investor in an Equity Financing, having the identical rights, privileges, preferences, and restrictions as the shares of Standard Stock, other than with respect to: (i) the per share liquidation preference and the initial conversion price for purposes of price-based anti-dilution protection, which will equal the Discount Price; and (ii) the basis for any dividend rights, which will be based on the Discount Price.
2.14. “Standard Stock” means the shares of the type and class of Stock issued to the investors investing new money in the Company in connection with the initial closing of the Equity Financing.
2.15. “Stock” means the capital stock of the Company, including, without limitation, the “Common Stock” and the “Preferred Stock.”
3. Restriction on Transfer.
3.1. The Investor may not transfer this SAFE or any interest in this SAFE, with or without consideration, without the prior written consent of the Company, which may be withheld in the sole discretion of the Company, with the exception of transfers (i) to the Investor’s estate, heirs, executors, administrators, guardians and/or successors in the event of Investor’s death or disability (if the Investor is an individual), or (ii) to any other entity who directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Investor, including, without limitation, any general partner, managing member, officer or director of the Investor, or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing which is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, the Investor.
3.2. If the Investor is a Special Purpose Entity, the foregoing restrictions shall apply to indirect transfers of interests of this SAFE by transfers of interests in such entity (whether by transfer of an existing interest or the issuance of new interests), as well as to direct transfers. A “Special Purpose Entity” means (i) an entity formed or availed of principally for the purpose of acquiring or holding an interest in the Company, and (ii) any entity if the purchase price of its interest in the Company represents at least seventy percent (70%) of its capital.
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4. Miscellaneous.
4.1. Any provision of this SAFE may be amended, waived or modified by written consent of the Company and either (i) the Investor or (ii) the majority-in-interest of all then-outstanding Safes with the same “Post-Money Valuation Cap” and “Discount Rate” as this SAFE (and Safes lacking one or both of such terms will be considered to be the same with respect to such term(s)), provided that with respect to clause (ii): (A) the Purchase Amount may not be amended, waived or modified in this manner, (B) the consent of the Investor and each holder of such Safes must be solicited (even if not obtained), and (C) such amendment, waiver or modification treats all such holders in the same manner. “Majority-in-Interest” refers to the holders of the applicable group of Safes whose Safes have a total Purchase Amount greater than fifty percent (50%) of the total Purchase Amount of all of such applicable group of Safes.
4.2. Any notice or document required or permitted to be given under this SAFE may be given by a party or by its legal counsel and shall be deemed to be given (i) one day after being deposited with an overnight delivery service (unless the recipient demonstrates that the package was not delivered to the specified address), or (ii) on the date transmitted by electronic mail (unless the recipient demonstrates that such electronic mail was not received into the recipient’s Inbox), to the principal business address of the Company, if to the Company, to the email address of the Investor provided by the Investor in his, her, or its Investment Agreement, or such other address or addresses as the parties may designate from time to time by notice satisfactory under this section.
4.3. The Investor is not entitled, as a holder of this SAFE, to vote or be deemed a holder of Stock for any purpose other than tax purposes, nor will anything in this SAFE be construed to confer on the Investor, as such, any rights of a Company stockholder or rights to vote for the election of directors or on any matter submitted to Company stockholders, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of meetings, until shares have been issued on the terms described in section 1. However, if the Company pays a dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock (that is not payable in shares of Common Stock) while this SAFE is outstanding, the Company will pay the Dividend Amount to the Investor at the same time.
4.4. In the event any one or more of the provisions of this SAFE is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part or in any respect, or in the event that any one or more of the provisions of this SAFE operate or would prospectively operate to invalidate this SAFE, then and in any such event, such provision(s) only will be deemed null and void and will not affect any other provision of this SAFE and the remaining provisions of this SAFE will remain operative and in full force and effect and will not be affected, prejudiced, or disturbed thereby.
4.5. This SAFE shall be governed by the internal laws of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws. Each Member hereby (i) consents to the personal jurisdiction of the Delaware courts or the Federal courts located in or most geographically convenient to Phoenix, Arizona, (ii) agrees that all disputes arising from this Agreement shall be prosecuted in such courts, (iii) agrees that any such court shall have in personam jurisdiction over such Member, and (iv) consents to service of process by notice sent by regular mail to the address on file with the Company and/or by any means authorized by Delaware law.
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4.6. ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS SAFE IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, THE INVESTOR AND THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SAFE.
4.7. This SAFE may be signed (i) in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be a fully-executed original; and (ii) electronically, e.g., via DocuSign. An original signature transmitted by facsimile or email shall be deemed to be original for purposes of this SAFE.
4.8. The parties acknowledge and agree that for United States federal and state income tax purposes this SAFE is, and at all times has been, intended to be characterized as stock, and more particularly as common stock for purposes of sections 304, 305, 306, 354, 368, 1036 and 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Accordingly, the parties agree to treat this SAFE consistent with the foregoing intent for all United States federal and state income tax purposes (including, without limitation, on their respective tax returns or other informational statements).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this SAFE to be duly executed and delivered.
DATED: ______________________
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