Genius Sports Limited 20,000,000 Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Genius Sports Limited
20,000,000 Ordinary Shares
September 14, 2023
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC
c/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
New York, New York 10282
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The shareholder named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Shareholder”) of Genius Sports Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Guernsey (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated in this agreement (this “Agreement”), to sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 20,000,000 ordinary shares (the “Firm Shares”), par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Stock”) and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to 3,000,000 additional shares of Stock (the “Optional Shares”). The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the “Shares”. If no other Underwriters are listed on Schedule I hereto, all references to the Underwriters shall refer only to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC.
1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement on Form F–3 (File No. 333–265466) (the “Initial Registration Statement”), including the base prospectus in respect of the Shares (the “Base Prospectus”), has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or document incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained therein has been filed with the Commission (other than any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus, including any preliminary prospectus supplement, relating to the Shares included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus, including any final prospectus
supplement, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented by the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares that formed part of the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(a)(iii) hereof), is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented by the final prospectus or final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares, in the form filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Initial Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act or Rule 163B under the Act is hereinafter called a “Testing-the-Waters Communication”; and any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act is hereinafter called a “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication”; and any “ free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “ Free Writing Prospectus”);
(ii) (A) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and (B) each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 9(b) of this Agreement);
(iii) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 9:15 a.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the information listed on Schedule III(c) hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4(a) of this Agreement) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Free Writing Prospectus and each Written Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, and each Free Writing Prospectus and each Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of each Time of Delivery, will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information;
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(iv) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and no such or any other documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule III(b) hereto;
(v) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement, as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and as of each Time of Delivery, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information;
(vi) Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company has not, directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to, and will not, directly or indirectly, prepare, use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Act, in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares; the Company was and is an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) as of the time of filing the Registration Statement and as of the Applicable Time; the parties hereto agree and understand that the content of any and all “road shows” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) related to the offering of the Shares contemplated hereby are solely the property of the Company;
(vii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, (i) sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree or (ii) entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the
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Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been (x) any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of (i) the exercise, if any, of stock options or the award, if any, of stock options or restricted stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity plans that are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (ii) the issuance, if any, of stock upon conversion or exercise of Company securities as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or (iii) as otherwise set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (y) any Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); as used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material adverse change or effect, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change or effect, in or affecting (i) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, or (ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(viii) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases (subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally; (ii) the application of general principles of equity (including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether enforcement is considered in proceedings at law or in equity); and (iii) applicable law and public policy with respect to rights to indemnity and contribution) with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(ix) Each of the Company and each significant subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Act) of the Company (each, a “Significant Subsidiary”) has been (i) duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing and in good standing (where such concept exists) under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as the case may be, with power (corporate or other) and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing (where such concept exists) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except, in the case of clause (i), with respect to any Significant Subsidiary and clause (ii), with respect to each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and each Significant Subsidiary has been listed in the Registration Statement;
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(x) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company, including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(xi) The sale of the Shares by the Selling Shareholder and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the Pricing Prospectus will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (A) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, credit facility, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (B) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other applicable organizational document) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except, in the case of clauses (A) and (C), for such breaches or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as (i) have been obtained under the Act, (ii) may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), , and (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may have been obtained or as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, (iv) post-closing notices to certain state or foreign regulatory bodies that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been consummated, and (v) filings with, notices to or approvals from the applicable gaming authorities, which have been made or obtained or will be obtained at or prior to the closing date of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other applicable organization document), (ii) in violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xiii) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Securities”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption “Material Tax Considerations”, and under the caption “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate summaries of such laws and documents in all material respects; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance and in conformity with any Underwriter Information;
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(xiv) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the Company is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or such officer or director), would individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authorities or others; there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Prospectus that are not so described therein; and there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus;
(xv) The Company is not required to register as an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
(xvi) WithumSmith+Xxxxx, PC, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(xvii) The Company and its subsidiaries have (A) paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes required to be paid by each of them through the date hereof, except with respect to matters contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or international financial reporting standards (“IFRS”), as applicable, and (B) filed all tax returns required to be filed by each of them through the date hereof, in each case, except where the failure to so pay or file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xiii) Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
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Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, which, in each case, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable ruling or decision as to the Company or a subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xix) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act that (i) complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company, (ii) has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (iii) is designed to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting (it being understood that this paragraph shall not require the Company to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the “Sarbanes Oxley Act”) as of an earlier date than it would otherwise be required to so comply under applicable law);
(xx) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;
(xxi) The Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act that has been designed to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company; and such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective;
(xxii) The Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are, commercially reasonable and customary for the conduct of their collective business; and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business;
(xxiii) The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
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(xxiv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has in the past five years (i) made, offered, promised or authorized any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense (or taken any act in furtherance thereof); (ii) made, offered, promised or authorized any direct or indirect unlawful payment; or (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder, the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-corruption, anti-bribery or related law, statute or regulation (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”); the Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of Anti-Corruption Laws;
(xxv) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in the past five years in compliance with the requirements of all applicable anti-money laundering laws, regulations or orders relating to money laundering, terrorist financing or the proceeds of criminal activity, including, but not limited to, (i) the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended by the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (ii) the European Union Money Laundering Directives and member states’ implementing legislation; (iii) the UK Terrorism Act 2000; and (iv) the anti-money laundering laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened;
(xxvi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are: (i) currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of Commerce, or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person,” the European Union or any European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury, the United Nations Security Council, or any other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (ii) located, organized, or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions (a “Sanctioned Jurisdiction”), and the Company will not directly or knowingly indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or
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other Person (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or the target of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is engaged in, will engage in, or has, at any time in the past five years, engaged in, any dealings or transactions with or involving any Person that was or is, as applicable, at the time of such dealing or transaction, (i) the subject or target of Sanctions or (i) with any Sanctioned Jurisdiction in violation of Sanctions; the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, and maintain, policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve continued compliance with Sanctions;
(xxvii) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods presented, except as may be expressly stated in the notes thereto. The supporting schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects and in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The summary historical consolidated financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus under the Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act, to the extent applicable;
(xxviii) From the time of filing of a registration statement relating to the Shares with the Commission through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”);
(xxix) None of the Company, its subsidiaries or any agent acting on their behalf has taken or will take any action that would cause this Agreement or the sale of the Shares to violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in each case as in effect, or as the same may hereafter be in effect, on the closing date of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(xxx) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the industry statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data is consistent with the sources from which they are derived, in each case, in all material respects;
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(xxxi) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company, or to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith;
(xxxiii) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters (or any affiliate or agent of any Underwriters) or as contemplated by this Agreement, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares;
(xxxiv) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused it to believe that the forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus have been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith;
(xxxv) Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares;
(xxxvi) The Company and its subsidiaries own or have a valid right to access and use as used in their businesses all material information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases used by or for the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, “IT Systems”). The Company and its subsidiaries’ IT Systems (A) are in all material respects adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, (B) have not materially malfunctioned or failed in any manner that has resulted in a material disruption to the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (C) are free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware, malicious code, and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards consistent with applicable regulatory standards and reasonable industry practices to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, confidentiality, availability and continuous operation, backup, disaster recovery, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data) used, gathered, or processed in connection with their businesses as currently conducted, and, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same (except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person) nor any material incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same. The Company and its subsidiaries have in the past three (3) years complied (and are presently in compliance) in all material respects with all applicable laws or regulations, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data (as defined below) and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from loss and against unauthorized use, access, misappropriation, misuse, disclosure or modification;
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(xxxvii) Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company operates and has operated its business in a manner compliant with all applicable privacy, data security and data protection laws, rules and regulations of any governmental or regulatory authority (“Privacy Rules”), all contractual obligations and all Company privacy policies, in each case, applicable to the Company’s collection, handling, usage, disclosure, transfer, storage, and other processing, whether or not done by automated means, of all data or information relating to a natural person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that information, whether in isolation or when combined with other information, or otherwise constitutes personal data, personal information or personally identifiable information, including IP addresses and device identifiers under applicable Privacy Rules (“Personal Data”), except in each case to the extent that failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the extent required to maintain compliance with applicable Privacy Rules, the Company has required and does require all third parties to which it provides any Personal Data to maintain the privacy and security of such Personal Data, including by contractually requiring such third parties to protect such Personal Data from unauthorized access by and/or disclosure to any unauthorized third parties. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (A) the Company has not experienced any unauthorized access to, or unauthorized disclosure of, Personal Data maintained by the Company and (B) the Company has not received any complaints, claims, audits, investigations, lawsuits, enforcement actions, consent orders or allegations related to IT System security related incidents, violations of Privacy Rules by the Company or otherwise related to the collection, handling, usage, disclosure, transfer, storage, security or other processing of Personal Data;
(xxxviii) The Company and its subsidiaries own all right, title, and interest in and to all patents, trademarks, service marks, patent applications, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, know-how, proprietary rights and processes and other intellectual property (including all registrations and applications thereof and all goodwill associated therewith) anywhere in the world, collectively, “Intellectual Property”) owned or purported to be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Owned IP”) and own or otherwise have the valid right to use all other Intellectual Property and IT Systems that are used in or necessary to conduct the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, or orders, except where the failure to so own or possess or have a right to use would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no outstanding options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to the Owned IP or to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are a party or are otherwise bound that are required to be set forth therein. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse impact on the Company or its subsidiaries or the operation of any of their businesses, to the Company’s knowledge, there has not been any infringement by any third party of any Owned IP. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse impact on the Company or its subsidiaries or the operation of any of their businesses, neither the Company or its subsidiaries nor the operation
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of their businesses has in the past six (6) years infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, nor currently infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received in the last six (6) years any written communications alleging that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has violated, infringed or misappropriated any of the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity that have not been resolved in a commercially reasonable manner. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse impact on the Company or its subsidiaries or the operation of any of their businesses, the Company and its subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable measures to prevent the unauthorized dissemination or publication of their trade secrets or other material confidential information and, to the extent contractually required to do so, the trade secrets or other confidential information of third parties in their possession. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and its subsidiaries have used and distributed all software and other materials distributed under a “free,” “open source” or similar licensing model (including but not limited to the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License and GNU Affero General Public License) (“Open Source Materials”) in compliance in all material respects with all license terms applicable to such Open Source Materials. Except as would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse impact on the Company or its subsidiaries or the operation of any of their businesses, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has used or distributed any Open Source Materials in a manner that requires or has required the Company or any of its subsidiaries to (A) permit a third party to reverse-engineer, (B) disclose or distribute to third parties in source code form, or (C) license to third parties for the purpose of making derivative works at no charge, any products or services owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any software code or other technology owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and
(xxxix) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has liability, including on account of any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that is regarded as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)), in each case, other than a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) (each, a “Plan”), has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA, no such Plan has failed (whether or not waived), to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) applicable to such Plan; (iv) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred, including on account of any member of the Controlled Group, any material liability under Title IV of ERISA in respect of a Plan or a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA; (v) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has
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received a favorable determination letter or may rely upon a favorable opinion or advisory opinion, as applicable, from the Internal Revenue Service, and, to the Company’s knowledge, nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; and (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending audit or investigation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental agency or any non-U.S. regulatory agency with respect to any Plan, except in each case with respect to the events or conditions set forth in (i) through (vi) hereof, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, (A) there has not occurred nor is there reasonably likely to occur a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans required to be funded pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA by the Company or its subsidiaries in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company’s and its subsidiaries most recently completed fiscal year, and (B) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has or has had any “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) with respect to any Plan;
(xl) The Company is a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;
(xli) (i) Where required to do so under applicable gaming law or as requested by any gaming regulatory authority, all relevant directors, officers, contractors and employees of the Company have obtained and hold personal management licenses (or jurisdictional equivalent license) and those licenses, registrations or findings of suitability are in full force and effect, except where the failure to obtain or maintain such licenses would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) The Company has not, to the knowledge of the Company, done or omitted to do anything in breach of the applicable gaming laws of any jurisdictions in which it holds a relevant gaming license, except for any breach that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(iii) The Company has not received a written notice from a governmental entity alleging that the business of the Company infringes or violates any applicable gaming law in any material respect or is in material breach of the terms of any relevant gaming license held by the Company or that such a governmental entity intends to pursue any review or investigation which might conclude with the imposition of any material sanction on the Company;
(xlii) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Company has not sold, issued or distributed any ordinary shares during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or S of, the Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified share option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants;
(xliii) To the Company’s knowledge, no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any subsidiary, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders or other affiliates of the Company or any subsidiary, on the other, that is required by the Act to be described in each of the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package;
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(xliv) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that could, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(xlv) The Company and each subsidiary (A) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (B) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (C) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(b) The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company that:
(i) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by the Selling Shareholder of this Agreement, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder, have been obtained except for the registration under the Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations and orders as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the rules and regulations of FINRA or the approval for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) or such consents, approvals, authorizations and orders that have been obtained or, if not obtained, would not individually or in the aggregate, affect the validity of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder or reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Selling Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and the Selling Shareholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder;
(ii) The sale of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or by which the Selling Shareholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Shareholder is subject, or (B) result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws (or similar applicable organizational document) of the Selling Shareholder if the Selling Shareholder is a corporation or a company, the Partnership Agreement of the Selling Shareholder if the Selling Shareholder is a partnership (or similar applicable organizational document) or (ii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries or any property or assets of the Selling Shareholder, except, in the case of clauses (A) or (B)(ii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of the Selling Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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(iii) The Selling Shareholder has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization or formation;
(iv) The Selling Shareholder has, and immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) the Selling Shareholder will have, good and valid title to, or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code in respect of, the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder at such Time of Delivery, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon delivery of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, will pass to the several Underwriters;
(v) On or prior to the date of the Pricing Prospectus, the Selling Shareholder has executed and delivered to the Underwriters an agreement substantially in the form of Xxxxx XX hereto;
(vi) The Selling Shareholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters (or any affiliate or agent of any Underwriters) or as contemplated by this Agreement, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;
(vii) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Selling Shareholder expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only information furnished by the Selling Shareholder to the Company consists of (i) the legal name of the Selling Shareholder, (ii) the number of Shares beneficially owned by the Selling Shareholder before and after the offering, and (iii) the address and other information with respect to the Selling Shareholder (excluding percentages) which appears in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus in the table (and corresponding footnote) under the caption “Principal and Selling Shareholder” (with respect to the Selling Shareholder, the “Selling Shareholder Information”), such Registration Statement and Preliminary Prospectus did, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(viii) The Selling Shareholder will deliver to you prior to or at the First Time of Delivery a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or Form W-8 or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof);
(xi) The Selling Shareholder will not directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions, or (ii) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any Money Laundering Laws or any Anti-Corruption Laws;
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(xiii) The Selling Shareholder has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any “Free Writing Prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405), and has not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares; and
(xiv) The Selling Shareholder is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (B) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (C) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Selling Shareholder agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Shareholder, at a purchase price per share of $5.25, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Selling Shareholder agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Shareholder, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2 (provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares), that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Selling Shareholder, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II hereto, hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 3,000,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company and the Selling Shareholder, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement and setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you, the Company and the Selling Shareholder otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive or book-entry form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriters may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on
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behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the applicable accounts specified by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company and the Selling Shareholder will cause the certificates, if any, representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on September 18, 2023 or such other time and date as the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date specified by the Underwriters in each written notice given by the Underwriters of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the “First Time of Delivery”, each such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second Time of Delivery”, and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery”.
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(l) hereof will be delivered at the offices of White & Case LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, or at such other location, including remotely via electronic means, as the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder may agree upon in writing (the “Closing Location”), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery or at such other location, including remotely via electronic means, as the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder may agree upon in writing. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery of which you disapprove in writing promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of the suspension of the
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qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you reasonably may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation (where not otherwise required) or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction (where not otherwise required) or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction (in which it is not now subject to taxation);
(c) (i) On the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement (or such later time as may be agreed to by the Company and the Underwriters) and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ii)(x) if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference therein in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify you and upon your request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act and (y) if at any time prior to the First Time of Delivery any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (a) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as the Underwriters may designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with applicable law;
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(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis Retrieval System (“XXXXX”), but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 60 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Company Lock-Up Period”), not to, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with or confidentially submit to the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase shares of Stock or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (b) the issuance or transfer of Stock by the Company upon the exercise, settlement or vesting of equity securities of the Company outstanding as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s equity plans described in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus, (c) any issuance or transfer of Stock of the Company upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, (d) the entry by the Company into one or more agreements providing for, and the issuance of, up to 10% of the outstanding shares of Stock, or securities convertible into, exercisable for, or which are otherwise exchangeable for, Stock, immediately following the Time of Delivery, in acquisitions of the securities, business, property or assets of another person or entity, joint ventures, commercial relationships or other similar strategic transactions or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition; provided that any securities issued pursuant to any such agreements will be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 5(e), (e) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to securities granted or to be granted pursuant to any compensation plan described in the Prospectus or any assumed benefit plan pursuant to an acquisition or similar strategic transaction, or (f) the filing of any registration statement pursuant to the Company’s obligations under the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement and/or the Subscription Agreements, in each case, initially entered into in connection with the Company’s business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc. II;
(f) During a period of two years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an Annual Report on Form 20-F or 10-K (including a balance sheet and statements of income, shareholders ‘equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants);
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(g) During a period of two years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to shareholders, and to deliver to you as soon as practicable after they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its shareholders generally or to the Commission); provided, however, that no reports, communications or financial statements need to be furnished or delivered pursuant to this Section 5(g) to the extent they are available on XXXXX;
(h) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 3a(c) of the Commission’s Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a);
(i) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the “License”); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred;
(j) To promptly notify you if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Shares within the meaning of the Act and (ii) the last Time of Delivery;
(k) Not to use or refer to any Free Writing Prospectus; and
(l) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
6. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Underwriters, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; the Selling Shareholder represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Underwriters, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Underwriters, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission; any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Underwriters is listed on Schedule III(a) hereto;
(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433(d) under the Act applicable to any Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending;
(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Free Writing Prospectus or Written Testing-the-Waters Communication any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Free Writing Prospectus or Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Underwriters and, if requested by the Underwriters, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Free Writing Prospectus, Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission;
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(d) The Company represents and agrees that (i) it has not engaged in, or authorized any other person to engage in, any Testing-the-Waters Communications, other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the prior consent of the Underwriters with entities that the Company reasonably believes are qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Act; and (ii) it has not distributed, or authorized any other person to distribute, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, other than those distributed with the prior consent of the Underwriters that is listed on Schedule III(d) hereto; and the Company reconfirms that the Underwriters have been authorized to act on its behalf in engaging in Testing-the-Waters Communications;
(e) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that (i) any Testing-the-Waters Communications undertaken by it were with entities that such Underwriter reasonably believes are qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Act and (ii) it has not distributed or authorized any other person to distribute any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, other than those distributed with the prior authorization of the Company;
(f) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.
7. The Company and the Selling Shareholder covenant and agree with one another and with the several Underwriters that (a) the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the Exchange; and (v) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares; provided, however, that the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to clauses (iii) and (v) above shall not exceed $15,000 in the aggregate; (b) the Company will pay or cause to be paid: (i) the cost of preparing stock certificates; if applicable (ii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar, and (iii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 7; and (c) the Selling Shareholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the Selling Shareholder’s obligations hereunder with respect to (i) any fees and expenses of counsel for the Selling Shareholder other than
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those being paid for by the Company, and (ii) all taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 7, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel, lodging, travel and meal expenses (including for potential investors) in connection with any roadshow, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. The provisions of this Section 7 shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Shareholder may otherwise have with each other for the allocation of costs, fees and expenses amongst the Company and the Selling Shareholder.
8. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and the Selling Shareholder herein are, at and as of the Applicable Time and such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall have performed all of its and their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, and no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxx & Case LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you;
(d) Xxxxx Xxxxx (Guernsey) LLP, counsel for the Company in respect of certain matters of Guernsey law, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you;
(e) Ogier (Luxembourg) SCS, counsel for the Selling Shareholder in respect of certain matters of Luxembourg law, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you;
(f) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at or around 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, WithumSmith+Brown, PC shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered at each Time of Delivery shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than three business days prior to such Time of Delivery;
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(g) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of (A) the exercise, settlement or vesting of equity awards pursuant to the Company’s equity plans that are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (B) the issuance, if any, of Stock upon exercise or conversion of Company securities as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or (C) as otherwise set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus), or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change or effect, or any development involving a prospective change or effect, in or affecting (x) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, or (y) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(h) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(i) The Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed on the Exchange;
(j) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an agreement from each officer, director, and shareholder of the Company listed on Schedule IV hereto, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto;
(k) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement;
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(l) The Company and the Selling Shareholder shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and managers of the Selling Shareholder, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholder, respectively, herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholder of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section 8;
(m) At each Time of Delivery, the Underwriters shall have received a certificate of the Secretary of the Company in a form reasonably satisfactory to you; and
(n) At each Time of Delivery, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters any certificates of good standing or foreign qualification that the Underwriters may reasonably request.
9. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Free Writing Prospectus, any “roadshow” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (a “roadshow”), any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(b) The Selling Shareholder will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Free Writing Prospectus, any roadshow or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Free Writing Prospectus, or any roadshow or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Shareholder Information; and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Selling Shareholder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; and provided, further, that the liability of the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this subsection (b) shall not exceed the product of the number of shares sold by the Selling Shareholder and the initial public offering price of the Shares as set forth in the Prospectus (the “Selling Shareholder Proceeds”).
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(c) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company, its directors and each officer who signed the Registration Statement and (ii) the Selling Shareholder, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or the Selling Shareholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Free Writing Prospectus, or any roadshow, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Free Writing Prospectus, or any roadshow, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; and will reimburse the Company and the Selling Shareholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or the Selling Shareholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. As used in this Agreement with respect to an Underwriter and an applicable document, “Underwriter Information” shall mean the written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter expressly for use therein; it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fifth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”, and the information contained in the eighth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this Section 9 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment
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with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholder on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any documented legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) the contribution by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this subsection (e) shall not exceed the Selling Shareholder Proceeds (reduced by any amounts the Selling Shareholder is obligated to pay under subsection (b) above). No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
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(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholder under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Selling Shareholder may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each employee, officer and director of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer or other affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Shareholder within the meaning of the Act.
10. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company and the Selling Shareholder that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company or the Selling Shareholder notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company or the Selling Shareholder shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 10 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter by the other, non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Selling Shareholder shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter by the other, non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all of the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Selling Shareholder shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to a Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Selling Shareholder to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Shareholder, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
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11. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any director, officer, employee, affiliate or controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or the Selling Shareholder, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, or any controlling person of the Selling Shareholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, neither the Company nor the Selling Shareholder shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder as provided herein, or the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Selling Shareholder will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including documented fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
13. In all dealings hereunder, the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement made or given by the Underwriters; and in all dealings with the Selling Shareholder hereunder, the Underwriters and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of the Selling Shareholder made or given by the Selling Shareholder or its management.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and the Selling Shareholder, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration Department; if to the Selling Shareholder, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Apax Partners LLP, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx Centena, which shall not constitute notice, to Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 and if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth on the cover of the Registration Statement, Attention: General Counsel with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000; and if to any shareholder that has delivered a lock-up letter described in Section 8(k) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail to his or her respective address provided in Schedule IV hereto or such other address as such shareholder provides in writing to the Company; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling Shareholder by you on request; provided further that notices under subsection 5(e) shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as you at Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Control Room. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
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14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, the Selling Shareholder or any Underwriter, or any director, officer, employee, or affiliate of any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
16. The Company and the Selling Shareholder acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Selling Shareholder, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Selling Shareholder on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or the Selling Shareholder except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Company and the Selling Shareholder has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate, and (v) none of the activities of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder agree that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or the Selling Shareholder, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
17. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
18. This Agreement and any transaction contemplated by this Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any other law than the laws of the State of New York. The Company and the Selling Shareholder agree that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company and the Selling Shareholder agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.
19. The Company, the Selling Shareholder and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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20. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
21. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and the Selling Shareholder are authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state “income tax treatment” and “tax structure” (as those terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(c)) of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company and the Selling Shareholder relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
22. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(c) As used in this section:
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
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“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder.
Very truly yours, | ||
Genius Sports Limited | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
APAX: | ||
MAVEN TOPHOLDINGS SARL | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Class A Manager | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Class B Manager |
Accepted as of the date hereof
in New York, New York
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriter | Total Number of Firm Shares to be Purchased |
Number of Optional Shares to be Purchased if Maximum Option Exercised |
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC |
20,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||
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20,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||
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SCHEDULE II
Total Number of Firm Shares to be Sold |
Number of Optional Shares to be Sold if Maximum Option Exercised |
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The Selling Shareholder: |
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Maven TopHoldings SARL |
20,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||
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SCHEDULE III
(a) | Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package |
None.
(b) | Additional documents incorporated by reference |
None.
(c) | Information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package |
The initial public offering price per share for the Shares is $5.35.
The number of Shares purchased by the Underwriters is 20,000,000.
(d) | Written Testing-the-Waters Communications |
None.
SCHEDULE IV
Name |
Address | |
Xxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Xxxxx Xxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx Centena |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxx xx Xxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxx Xxx |
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Maven TopHoldings SARL |
ANNEX II
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
Genius Sports Limited
Lock-Up Agreement
September 14, 2023
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC
c/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
New York, New York 10282
Re: Genius Sports Limited—Lock-Up Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as underwriters (the “Underwriters”), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Genius Sports Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Guernsey (the “Company”), and the Selling Shareholder named in Schedule II to such agreement (the “Selling Shareholder”), providing for a public offering (the “Offering”) of ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), to be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form F-3, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 17, 2022.
In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to offer and sell the Ordinary Shares, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 60 days after the date of the final Prospectus covering the public offering of the Ordinary Shares (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned shall not, and shall not cause or direct any of its affiliates to, (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, lend or otherwise dispose of any Ordinary Shares of the Company, or any options to purchase any Ordinary Shares of the Company, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Ordinary Shares of the Company (such options or other securities, collectively, “Derivative Instruments”), including without limitation any such shares or Derivative Instruments now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned, (ii) engage in any hedging or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition (whether by the undersigned or someone other than the undersigned), or transfer of any of the economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any Ordinary Shares of the Company or Derivative Instruments, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise (any such sale, loan, pledge or other disposition, or transfer of economic consequences, a
“Transfer”) or (iii) otherwise publicly announce any intention to engage in or cause any action or activity described in clause (i) above or transaction or arrangement described in clause (ii) above; provided that if the undersigned is a director or officer of the Company, the foregoing restrictions shall not restrict the undersigned from causing the Company to take any action permitted by Section 5(e) of the Underwriting Agreement. The undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned is not, and has not caused or directed any of its affiliates to be or become, currently a party to any agreement or arrangement that provides for, is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in any Transfer during the Lock-Up Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the undersigned agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed or other Ordinary Shares the undersigned may purchase in the Offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the undersigned’s Ordinary Shares of the Company (i) as an in-kind distribution of Ordinary Shares or any security, directly or indirectly, convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares to or with limited or general partners, members, stockholders or affiliates (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of the undersigned, (ii) by entering into a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Ordinary Shares; provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Ordinary Shares during the Lock-Up Period and no public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act regarding the establishment of such plan is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company, (iii) as a bona fide gift or gifts, (iv) as transfers to immediate family members of the undersigned, trusts for the benefit of the undersigned or immediate family members of the undersigned, or partnerships, limited liability companies or other entities the only partners, members or equity holders of which are the undersigned and/or immediate family members of the undersigned, (v) as transfers by will or intestacy upon the death of the undersigned, or by operation of law or pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory authority, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order, divorce settlement or decree or separation agreement, (vi) as transfers to, or exchanges with, any affiliate of the undersigned or any investment fund controlled or managed by the undersigned, (vii) as transfers of Ordinary Shares of the Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Offering, (viii) to the Company from an employee of or service provider of the Company upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of such employee or service provider, (ix) as a sale by the undersigned to the Underwriters in connection with this Offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; (x) to conduct a “net” or “cashless” settlement, via a disposition to the Company, of any equity awards issued pursuant to an employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including for the payment of exercise price and tax and remittance payments due, provided that (1) any Ordinary Shares received upon such settlement or exercise shall be subject to the restrictions contained herein and (2) if the undersigned is required to file a report under the Exchange Act reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares during the Lock-Up Period related to such a settlement or exercise by the undersigned, the undersigned shall include a statement in such report to the effect that the undersigned is subject to this Lock-Up Agreement and the filing relates to the satisfaction of net share settlement or tax withholding obligations of the undersigned in connection with such settlement; (xi) as a transfer of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares pursuant to a Change of Control (defined below) of the Company approved by the Company’s board of directors, provided that in the event that the Change of Control is not completed, the Ordinary Shares owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained herein, [or] (xii) with the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC on behalf of the Underwriters[, or (xiii) up to 60% of his Ordinary Shares to any third-party pledgee in a bona fide transaction as collateral to secure obligations pursuant to lending or other arrangements, including any bona fide purpose (margin) or bona fide non-purpose loan (including any
replacement, amendment or modification thereof) (any such bona fide purpose (margin) or bona fide non-purpose loan, a “Permitted Loan”), between such third parties (or their affiliates or designees) and the undersigned and/or its affiliates or any similar arrangement relating to a financing agreement for the benefit of the undersigned and/or its affiliates (including any Transfer pursuant to, following, or in lieu of foreclosure of such Permitted Loan)]1; provided, however, that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (i), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi), (A) each donee, distributee or transferee shall agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein and (B) no public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, other than pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act (provided that (A) any such filing shall clearly indicate therein that (1) the party is subject to this Lock-Up Agreement and the filing relates to the circumstances described in this paragraph and (2) no Ordinary Shares were sold by such party, and (B) such party does not otherwise voluntarily effect any other public announcement or filing regarding such transfers during the Lock-Up Period). For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, (a) “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin and (b) “Change of Control” shall mean the transfer in response to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or similar transaction the result of which any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) or group of persons, other than the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is a corporation, the corporation may transfer the capital stock of the Company to any wholly-owned subsidiary of such corporation; provided, however, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding such capital stock subject to the provisions of this Agreement and there shall be no further transfer of such capital stock except in accordance with this Agreement, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated by clauses (i) through [(xii)][(xiii)] above, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the undersigned’s Ordinary Shares of the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s Ordinary Shares of the Company except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not made any recommendation or provided any investment advice to the undersigned with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement or the subject matter hereof, and the undersigned has consulted its own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement and the subject matter hereof to the extent the undersigned has deemed appropriate.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that none of the Underwriters has made any recommendation or provided any investment or other advice to the undersigned with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement or the subject matter hereof, and the undersigned has consulted its own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory, tax and other advisors with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement and the subject matter hereof to the extent the undersigned has deemed appropriate.
1 | NTD: Applicable to Xx. Xxxx Xxxxx only. |
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.
Very truly yours, |
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