AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among TARGET GLOBAL ACQUISITION I CORP., VITAL MERGER SUB 1 CORP., VITAL MERGER SUB 2 LLC and VENHUB GLOBAL, INC. dated as of December 2, 2024
Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
TARGET GLOBAL ACQUISITION I CORP.,
VITAL MERGER SUB 1 CORP.,
VITAL MERGER SUB 2 LLC
and
VENHUB GLOBAL, INC.
dated as of
December 2, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS | 4 | |||||
Section I.1 |
Definitions | 4 | ||||
Section I.2 |
Construction | 23 | ||||
Section I.3 |
Equitable Adjustments | 24 | ||||
Section I.4 |
Knowledge | 24 | ||||
ARTICLE II. THE MERGERS; CLOSING; ACQUISITION MERGER CONSIDERATION | 25 | |||||
Section II.1 |
Domestication and Mergers | 25 | ||||
Section II.2 |
Effective Times | 25 | ||||
Section II.3 |
Effects of the Mergers | 26 | ||||
Section II.4 |
Governing Documents | 26 | ||||
Section II.5 |
Directors and Officers | 27 | ||||
Section II.6 |
Further Assurances | 27 | ||||
Section II.7 |
Effects on Securities | 27 | ||||
Section II.8 |
Closing; Closing Share Consideration | 30 | ||||
Section II.9 |
Withholding Rights | 31 | ||||
Section II.10 |
Payment of Expenses; Cash Contribution | 31 | ||||
Section II.11 |
Management Earnout | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 33 | |||||
Section III.1 |
Corporate Organization of the Company | 33 | ||||
Section III.2 |
Due Authorization | 33 | ||||
Section III.3 |
No Conflict | 34 | ||||
Section III.4 |
Governmental Authorities; Consents | 34 | ||||
Section III.5 |
Capitalization | 34 | ||||
Section III.6 |
Financial Statements | 35 | ||||
Section III.7 |
Absence of Certain Changes | 36 | ||||
Section III.8 |
Undisclosed Liabilities | 36 | ||||
Section III.9 |
Litigation and Proceedings | 37 | ||||
Section III.10 |
Compliance with Laws | 37 | ||||
Section III.11 |
Contracts; No Defaults | 37 | ||||
Section III.12 |
Company Benefit Plans | 39 | ||||
Section III.13 |
Labor Matters | 42 | ||||
Section III.14 |
Taxes | 43 | ||||
Section III.15 |
Insurance | 45 | ||||
Section III.16 |
Real Property | 46 | ||||
Section III.17 |
Intellectual Property and IT Security | 47 | ||||
Section III.18 |
Environmental Matters | 51 | ||||
Section III.19 |
Brokers’ Fees | 52 | ||||
Section III.20 |
Related Party Transactions | 52 | ||||
Section III.21 |
International Trade; Anti-Corruption | 52 | ||||
Section III.22 |
Top Customers and Top Suppliers | 53 | ||||
Section III.23 |
Acquisitions and Acquisition Contracts | 54 |
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Section III.24 |
Personal Property | 54 | ||||
Section III.25 |
Condition of Assets | 54 | ||||
Section III.26 |
Restrictions on Business Activities | 55 | ||||
Section III.27 |
Regulation CF | 55 | ||||
Section III.28 |
Certain Provided Information | 55 | ||||
Section III.29 |
No Other Representations | 56 | ||||
ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR PARTIES | 56 | |||||
Section IV.1 |
Corporate Organization | 56 | ||||
Section IV.2 |
Subsidiaries | 57 | ||||
Section IV.3 |
Due Authorization | 57 | ||||
Section IV.4 |
No Conflict | 58 | ||||
Section IV.5 |
Compliance | 58 | ||||
Section IV.6 |
Litigation and Proceedings | 58 | ||||
Section IV.7 |
Governmental Authorities; Consents | 58 | ||||
Section IV.8 |
Trust Account | 59 | ||||
Section IV.9 |
Real Property; Personal Property | 60 | ||||
Section IV.10 |
Intellectual Property | 60 | ||||
Section IV.11 |
Brokers’ Fees | 60 | ||||
Section IV.12 |
Acquiror SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act; Undisclosed Liabilities | 60 | ||||
Section IV.13 |
Business Activities | 61 | ||||
Section IV.14 |
Tax Matters | 62 | ||||
Section IV.15 |
Employees; Employee Benefit Plans | 64 | ||||
Section IV.16 |
Contracts | 64 | ||||
Section IV.17 |
Capitalization | 64 | ||||
Section IV.18 |
Nasdaq Stock Market Listing | 65 | ||||
Section IV.19 |
Related Party Transactions | 65 | ||||
Section IV.20 |
Investment Company Act; JOBS Act | 66 | ||||
Section IV.21 |
Absence of Changes | 66 | ||||
Section IV.22 |
Restrictions on Business Activities | 66 | ||||
Section IV.23 |
Stock Issued in Transactions | 66 | ||||
Section IV.24 |
Certain Provided Information | 66 | ||||
Section IV.25 |
No Other Representations | 66 | ||||
ARTICLE V. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | 67 | |||||
Section V.1 |
Conduct of Business | 67 | ||||
Section V.2 |
Inspection | 70 | ||||
Section V.3 |
No Claim Against the Trust Account | 71 | ||||
Section V.4 |
Preparation and Delivery of Additional Company Financial Statements | 71 | ||||
Section V.5 |
FIRPTA and IRS Form W-9 | 72 | ||||
Section V.6 |
Termination of Affiliate Arrangements | 72 | ||||
Section V.7 |
No Acquiror Stock Transactions | 72 | ||||
Section V.8 |
Repayment of Employee Loans | 72 | ||||
Section V.9 |
Notification | 73 | ||||
Section V.10 |
Company Stockholder Approval | 73 | ||||
Section V.11 |
Regulation Crowdfunding | 74 | ||||
Section V.12 |
Compliance | 74 |
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ARTICLE VI. COVENANTS OF ACQUIROR | 74 | |||||
Section VI.1 |
Indemnification and Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance | 74 | ||||
Section VI.2 |
Conduct of Acquiror During the Interim Period | 76 | ||||
Section VI.3 |
Trust Account Proceeds | 77 | ||||
Section VI.4 |
Inspection | 77 | ||||
Section VI.5 |
Section 16 Matters | 78 | ||||
Section VI.6 |
Incentive Equity Plan | 78 | ||||
Section VI.7 |
Nasdaq Listing | 78 | ||||
Section VI.8 |
Acquiror Public Filings | 78 | ||||
Section VI.9 |
Acquiror Board Recommendation | 78 | ||||
Section VI.10 |
Assumption of Company Convertible Notes | 79 | ||||
ARTICLE VII. JOINT COVENANTS | 79 | |||||
Section VII.1 |
Efforts to Consummate | 79 | ||||
Section VII.2 |
Registration Statement; Proxy Statement; Special Meeting | 81 | ||||
Section VII.3 |
Exclusivity | 84 | ||||
Section VII.4 |
Tax Matters | 85 | ||||
Section VII.5 |
Confidentiality; Publicity | 86 | ||||
Section VII.6 |
Post-Closing Directors and Officers | 86 | ||||
Section VII.7 |
Capital Investment and Bridge Financing | 87 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS | 88 | |||||
Section VIII.1 |
Conditions to Obligations of All Parties | 88 | ||||
Section VIII.2 |
Additional Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror Parties | 89 | ||||
Section VIII.3 |
Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company | 90 | ||||
ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS | 91 | |||||
Section IX.1 |
Termination | 91 | ||||
Section IX.2 |
Effect of Termination | 93 | ||||
Section IX.1 |
Termination Fee | 93 | ||||
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS | 93 | |||||
Section X.1 |
Waiver | 93 | ||||
Section X.2 |
Notices | 93 | ||||
Section X.3 |
Assignment | 94 | ||||
Section X.4 |
Rights of Third Parties | 95 | ||||
Section X.5 |
Expenses | 95 | ||||
Section X.6 |
Governing Law | 95 | ||||
Section X.7 |
Captions; Counterparts | 95 | ||||
Section X.8 |
Schedules and Exhibits | 95 | ||||
Section X.9 |
Entire Agreement | 95 | ||||
Section X.10 |
Amendments | 96 | ||||
Section X.11 |
Severability | 96 | ||||
Section X.12 |
Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY | 96 | ||||
Section X.13 |
Enforcement | 96 | ||||
Section X.14 |
Non-Recourse | 97 | ||||
Section X.15 |
Non-Survival | 97 |
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Section X.16 |
Non-Reliance | 98 | ||||
Section X.17 |
Waiver of Conflicts Regarding Representations; Non-Assertion of Attorney-Client Privilege | 98 | ||||
Section X.18 |
Currency | 100 |
Exhibits |
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Exhibit A | Form of Insider Support Agreement | |
Exhibit B | Form of Company Stockholders Support Agreement | |
Exhibit C | Form of Lockup Agreement | |
Exhibit D | Form of A&R Registration Rights Agreement |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 2, 2024, by and among Target Global Acquisition I Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Acquiror”), Vital Merger Sub 1 Corp. a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger Sub 1”), Vital Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger Sub 2” and, together with Merger Sub 1, the “Merger Subs” and collectively with the Acquiror, the “Acquiror Parties”), and VenHub Global, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Acquiror, the Merger Subs and the Company are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties” and each individually as a “Party.”
WHEREAS, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Plan of Domestication and in accordance with Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”) and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), on the Closing Date, the Acquiror shall take such steps as necessary to re-domicile the Acquiror as a continuation of corporate existence in the state of Delaware, and immediately upon written confirmation of approval of the application for de-registration (on the basis of registration by way of continuation in the State of Delaware) as an exempted company with the Cayman Registry (or otherwise on the effective date thereof), Acquiror shall adopt the Acquiror Delaware Bylaws and file (i) a certificate of domestication and (ii) a certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware (such deregistration and domestication, including all matters necessary or ancillary in order to effect such domestication, the “Delaware Domestication”);
WHEREAS, in connection with and as part of the Delaware Domestication, (i) each then issued and outstanding share of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Share shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Acquiror Class A Common Stock (after its domestication as a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware); (ii) each then issued and outstanding share of Acquiror Class B Ordinary Share shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Acquiror Class A Common Stock; (iii) each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Warrant shall convert automatically into a warrant to acquire one share of Acquiror Class A Common Stock (the “Domesticated Acquiror Warrants”), pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, as may be amended and restated in connection with the Closing; (iv) each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Unit shall convert automatically into a unit of Acquiror (after its domestication as a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware) (the “Domesticated Acquiror Units”), with each Domesticated Acquiror Unit representing one share of Acquiror Class A Common Stock and one-third of one Domesticated Acquiror Warrant; and (v) after its domestication as a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, Acquiror shall immediately be renamed “Target Global Acquisition Corp.” upon the Domestication Effective Time;
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ARTICLE I.
Section I.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:
“A&R Registration Rights Agreement” has the meaning as set forth in Section VIII.2(e).
“Acquiror” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Acquiror Alternative Transaction” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.3(b).
“Acquiror Board” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Acquiror Board Recommendation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Acquiror Certificate of Incorporation” means, the certificate of incorporation of Acquiror to be filed with the Secretary of State the State of Delaware concurrently with the Certificate of Domestication as contemplated by Section II.1(a) in connection with the Delaware Domestication.
“Acquiror Class A Common Stock” means after the Delaware Domestication the Class A Common Stock of Acquiror.
“Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares” means the Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Acquiror.
“Acquiror Class B Common Stock” means after the Delaware Domestication the Class B Common Stock of Acquiror.
“Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares” means the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Acquiror.
“Acquiror Common Stock” means the Acquiror Class A Common Stock and Acquiror Class B Common Stock.
“Acquiror Delaware Bylaws” means the bylaws of Acquiror adopted in connection with the Delaware Domestication and the Mergers, as may be amended, in the form and substance reasonably accepted to the Acquiror and the Company.
“Acquiror Delaware Corporation” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.1(a).
“Acquiror Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section II.10(b).
“Acquiror Group” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.17(a)(i).
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“Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, occurrence, effect or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate, would or would reasonably be expected to, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the performance by Acquiror, or any of the Merger Subs of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the Transactions or the Surviving Acquisition Corporation or their respective Subsidiaries.
“Acquiror Ordinary Shares” means the Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares and the Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares.
“Acquiror Parties” means Acquiror and the Merger Subs.
“Acquiror PIPE Investment” means an agreement to purchase on a private placement basis securities of the Acquiror for a cash purchase price the gross proceeds of which will be received on or about the Closing Date in the form of convertible promissory notes or the purchase of shares of the Acquiror on terms agreeable to the Acquiror and the Company acting reasonably.
“Acquiror Preference Shares” means the 5,000,000 preference shares of a par value of US$ 0.0001 each of the Acquiror.
“Acquiror SEC Reports” has the meaning as set forth in Section IV.12.
“Acquiror Shareholder Matters” means (i) the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Transactions, including without limitation the Delaware Domestication, the Plan of Domestication, the Acquiror Certificate of Incorporation, the Combined Company Certificate of Incorporation and the Mergers (the “Business Combination Proposal”), (ii) the adoption and approval of the issuance of shares of Acquiror Common Stock in connection with the Transactions, (iii) the adoption and approval of the amendments to the Acquiror Delaware Bylaws included in the Plan of Domestication, (iv) the adoption and approval of the Incentive Equity Plan, (v) the election of directors effective as of the Closing as contemplated by Section VII.6, (vi) the adoption and approval of each other proposal that the SEC (or its staff members) indicates is necessary in its comments to the Proxy Statement or in correspondence related thereto, (vii) the adoption and approval of each other proposal reasonably agreed to by Acquiror and the Company as necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements, and (viii) the adoption and approval of a proposal for the adjournment of the Special Meeting if additional time is necessary to consummate the Transactions for any reason, provided that the Special Meeting is reconvened as promptly as practical thereafter.
“Acquiror Shareholders” means the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares.
“Acquiror Shareholder Redemption” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.2(c).
“Acquiror Stockholder” means the holders of Acquiror Common Stock.
“Acquiror Units” means one share of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares and one-third of one Acquiror Warrant.
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“Acquiror Warrants” means the warrants, each to purchase one Acquiror Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement.
“Acquisition” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.23.
“Acquisition Certificate of Merger” has meaning set forth in Section II.2(b).
“Acquisition Contract” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.23.
“Acquisition Effective Time” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.2(b).
“Acquisition Excluded Shares” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.7(c)(iii) and Section II.7(e)(ii).
“Acquisition Merger” has meaning set forth in Recitals.
“Acquisition Merger Consideration” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.7(c)(i).
“Action” means any action, suit, complaint, demand, claim, citation, notice of violation, audit, arbitration or other legal, judicial, regulatory or administrative proceeding (whether at law or in equity) by or before any Governmental Authority. References to “Action” shall include any inquiry or investigation, but, in each case, solely to the extent the Company has Knowledge of such inquiry or investigation.
“Additional Financial Statements” has the meaning as set forth in Section V.4.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. The term “control” means the ownership of a majority of the voting securities of the applicable Person or the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the applicable Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Affiliate Agreement” means any Contract between a Company Entity on the one hand, and any Affiliate, officer or director of the Company on the other hand, except in each case, for (i) Contracts for employment or fringe benefits or otherwise for compensation paid to directors, officers, employees and consultants consistent with previously established policies, (ii) Contracts for reimbursement of expenses incurred by directors, officers, employees and consultants in connection with their employment or service, and (iii) Company Benefit Plans and Contracts entered into pursuant to Company Benefit Plans, including, in each case, any Contract disclosed, or that should have been disclosed, on Schedule III.20.
“Agreement” has meaning set forth in Preamble.
“AI Product Statements” means any and all marketing and advertisement statements made by or on behalf of the Company Entities regarding the Company AI Products or the use of AI Technologies in the Company Entities business operations, including in the form of regulatory filings, investor materials, press releases, website or blog content, or social media postings.
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“AI Technologies” means any and all Generative AI Technologies and Other AI Technologies.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, and any other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. Laws relating to the prevention of corruption or bribery, and (b) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. §§ 1956-1957), the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-56), and the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5332), the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the UK Terrorism Act 2000, and any other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. Laws related to terrorist financing or money laundering, including financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements mandated by such Laws.
“August 2024 Note Financing” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“August 2024 Note Purchase Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“August 2024 Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“BIS” means the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security.
“Bridge Financings” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.7.
“Business Combination” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Acquiror Organizational Documents.
“Business Combination Proposal” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Acquiror Shareholder Matters.”
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or California are authorized or required by Law to close.
“Capital Investment” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.7.
“Capital Investment Agreements” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.7.
“Capital Investors” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.7.
“CARES Act” means the U.S. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-136), as may be amended.
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“Cash Amount” means, without duplication, an amount equal to (a) the funds contained in (i) the SPAC Trust Account and (ii) SPAC bank operating account as of immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time; (b) any Acquiror PIPE Investment; (c) all sources of capital raised on behalf of the Company (excluding amounts raised pursuant to Regulation CF prior to the date of this Agreement) including the gross proceeds of the August 2024 Note Financing and the December 2024 Note Financing, (d) the gross proceeds of any Bridge Financing, plus (e) any debt financing.
“Cash Contribution” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.10(c).
“Cayman Registry” means the Cayman Islands General Registry.
“CBA” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.11(a)(vii).
“Certificate of Domestication” means the Certificate of Domestication of the Acquiror filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
“Certificates of Merger” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.2(c).
“CF Closing Date” has the meaning as set forth in Section V.11(c).
“CF Offering” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.27.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section II.8(a).
“Closing Date” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.8(a).
“Closing Share Consideration” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.8(c).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Combined Company Certificate of Incorporation” means from and after the Acquisition Effective Time the amended and restated Acquiror Certificate of Incorporation approved by the Acquiror Board in connection with the Plan of Domestication and presented to the Acquiror Shareholders for approval renaming the Acquiror VenHub Global Holdings, Inc.
“Companies Act” has meaning set forth in Recitals.
“Company” has meaning set forth in Recitals.
“Company AI Products” means any products and services of the Company Entities currently or previously offered or supported by or on behalf of the Company Entities, or included in the Company Entities’ product roadmap that employ or make use of AI Technologies.
“Company Alternative Transaction” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.3(a).
“Company Benefit Plan” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.12(a).
“Company Board” has the meaning as set forth in the Recitals.
“Company Board Recommendation” has the meaning as set forth in the Recitals.
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“Company Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
“Company Convertible Notes” means any convertible promissory notes of the Company
“Company Entities” means each of the Company, VenHub IP, LLC, VenHub, LLC and VenHub Services, LLC.
“Company Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section II.10(a).
“Company Group” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.17(a)(ii).
“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, occurrence, effect or circumstance whether known or unknown as of the date hereof, that, individually or in the aggregate, (i) would prevent, delay, impair or materially impede the ability of the Company to consummate the Mergers or (ii) would or reasonably would be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company Entities (taken as a whole); provided, however, that in no event would any of the following (or the effect of any of the following), alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” on or in respect of the Company Entities under clause (ii) of this definition: (a) any change in Law, regulatory policies, accounting standards or principles (including GAAP) or any guidance relating thereto or interpretation thereof after the date of this Agreement; (b) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business or financial market conditions generally (including any changes in credit, financial, commodities, securities or banking markets); (c) any change affecting any of the industries in which the Company Entities operate or the economy as a whole; (d) any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19), or any Law, directive, guidelines or recommendations issued by a Governmental Authority, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, any other Governmental Authority or industry group providing for business closures, “sheltering-in-place,” curfews or other restrictions that relate to, or arise out of, an epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19), or any change in such Law, directive, guidelines, recommendations or interpretation thereof; (e) the announcement or the execution of this Agreement, the pendency of the Transactions, or the performance of this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, vendors, distributors or others having relationships with the Company Entities resulting therefrom; (f) any action taken or not taken at the written request of Acquiror; (g) any weather conditions, earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, tornado, flood, mudslide, wild fire or other natural disaster, act of God or other force majeure event; (h) any acts of terrorism, sabotage, war, riot, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or change in geopolitical conditions; (i) any failure of the Company Entities to meet, with respect to any period or periods, any internal or industry analyst projections, forecasts, estimates or business plans (provided, however, that this clause (i) shall not prevent a determination that any change or effect underlying such failure to meet projections or forecasts has resulted in a Company Material Adverse Effect (to the extent such change or effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Company Material Adverse Effect)); (j) any action taken by Acquiror, the Insiders or any of their respective Affiliates; or (k) any matter to which Acquiror has consented in writing; except, in the case of clauses (a), (b), (c), (g) or (h) above, if any such change, event or effect has a
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disproportionate and adverse effect on the Company Entities relative to other similarly situated businesses in the industries in which the Company Entities operate; provided that in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would occur, any rights to proceeds from insurance or other third-party contribution or indemnification in respect of the event giving rise thereto available to the Company Entities shall be taken into account to the extent that such proceeds have been actually paid, or, with respect to insurance, the carrier has acknowledged that such event gives rise to a covered claim, to the Company Entities.
“Company Noteholders” means the holders of Company Convertible Notes.
“Company Permits” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.10.
“Company Preferred Stock” means the Company Series A Preferred Stock and the Company Series B Preferred Stock.
“Company Series A Preferred Stock” means the Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
“Company Series B Preferred Stock” means the Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
“Company Stock” means the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.
“Company Stock Rights” means the options, warrants and other rights to purchase or convert or exchange into Company Stock.
“Company Stockholder Approval” means the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Transactions, including without limitation the Acquisition Merger, by the written consent of the Company Stockholders, pursuant to the Company’s Organizational Documents and Section 228 of the DGCL.
“Company Stockholder Meeting” has the meaning as set forth in Section V.10.
“Company Stockholders” has meaning set forth in Recitals.
“Company Stockholders Support Agreement” has meaning set forth in Recitals.
“Competition Authorities” means the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice or the United States Federal Trade Commission, as applicable, the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, and any other Governmental Authority that enforces Competition Laws in the jurisdictions set forth on Schedule VIII.1(a).
“Competition Laws” means the Xxxxxxx Act of 1890, the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act of 1914, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 and all other Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization, abuse of dominance or restraint of trade or lessening competition through merger or acquisition, including all antitrust, competition, merger control and unfair competition Laws.
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“Confidentiality Agreement” means the confidentiality agreement, dated as of May 31, 2024, by and between the Company and Acquiror (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).
“Consent” means any approval, consent, clearance, waiver, exemption, waiting period expiration or termination, Governmental Order or other authorization issued by or obtained from any Governmental Authority.
“Continuing Shareholders” has the meaning as set forth in Section IV.18(a).
“Contracts” means any contract, agreement, license, sublicense, subcontract, lease, sublease, purchase order, note, indenture, mortgage, warrant, loan, instrument, obligation or other commitment, in each case, which is legally binding on the Person in question (including all amendment, supplements and modifications thereto).
“COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions thereof or any other epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks.
“COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester or any other Law, directive, guidelines or recommendations by any Governmental Authority (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization or an industry group) in relation to, arising out of, in connection with or in response to an epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19), or any change in such Law, directive, guideline, recommendation or interpretation thereof.
“December 2024 Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“December 2024 Note Financing” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“December 2024 Note Purchase Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Designated Person” has the meaning as set forth in Schedule X.17(a).
“Dissenting Shares” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.7(c)(iv).
“Dissenting Stockholders” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.7(c)(iv).
“D&O Indemnitees” has the meaning as set forth in Section VI.1(a).
“D&O Tail Policy” has the meaning as set forth in Section VI.1(b).
“Delaware Domestication” has meaning set forth in Recitals.
“DGCL” has meaning set forth in Recitals.
“DLLCA” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Domesticated Acquiror Units” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Domesticated Acquiror Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Domestication Effective Time” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.2(a).
“EAR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Trade Control Laws.”
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“Earnout Interests” means the aggregate sum of all equity to be issued pursuant to Section II.11.
“Earnout Notice” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.11(a).
“Earnout Pro Rata Share” means the pro rata portion of the Earnout Interests held by any Eligible Company Equityholder set forth in Schedule II.11(a).
“Eligible Company Equityholder” shall mean those parties listed on Schedule II.11(a) by the Company.
“Employee Loans” has the meaning as set forth in Section V.8.
“Enforceability Exceptions” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.2.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Laws relating to pollution, protection of the environment (including endangered or threatened species or other natural resources) or worker and public health and safety (solely to the extent related to exposure to Hazardous Materials), including those related to the manufacture, generation, use, storage, distribution, transport, importing, labeling, handling, Release, or cleanup of, or exposure of any Person to, Hazardous Materials.
“Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any shares of capital or capital stock, partnership, membership, joint venture or similar interest, or other voting securities of, or other ownership interest in, such Person, (ii) bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness having the right to vote (or convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of the Company, in their capacity as such, would have the right to vote (“Voting Debt”), (iii) any securities of such Person convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital or capital stock or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, such Person, (iv) any warrants, calls, subscriptions, options or other rights (including preemptive rights) to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from such Person, or other obligations of such Person to issue, any shares of capital or capital stock, Voting Debt or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital or capital stock, Voting Debt or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, such Person, or (v) any restricted shares, stock appreciation rights, restricted units, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities, profit participation, equity-based awards, or rights issued by or with the approval of such Person that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any shares of capital or capital stock or other voting securities of, other ownership interests in, such Person or any business, products or assets of such Person.
“ERISA” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.12(a).
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person, trade or business (whether or not incorporated), that, together with the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, is (or at the relevant time has been or would be) considered under common control, or treated as a single employer, under or within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
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“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Financial Statements” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.6(a).
“First Bridge Financing” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.7.
“Foreign Plan” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.12(a).
“Form C” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.27(a).
“Form S-8” has the meaning as set forth in Section VI.6.
“Founder’s Shares” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.8(b).
“Fraud” means with respect to a Party, actual common law fraud with respect to the making of the express representations and warranties by such Party in Article III or Article IV, as applicable; provided, however, that such fraud of a Party shall only be deemed to exist if such Party had actual knowledge (and not imputed or constructive knowledge) at the time of making the applicable representations or warranties of a material misrepresentation with respect to the representations and warranties made by such Party in Article III or Article IV, as applicable, as qualified by the Schedules, and such material misrepresentation was made with the actual intention of deceiving another Party who is relying on such representation or warranty.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
“Generative AI Technologies” means any tools with generative capabilities, that can learn from inputs and prompts, and create new outputs, including for the generation of text, source code, images, audio, video and data.
“Government Official” means any officer or employee of a Governmental Authority, state-owned entity or public organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such Governmental Authority, state-owned entity or public organization.
“Governmental Authority” means any United States or foreign federal, national, state, provincial, municipal or local government or subdivision thereof, any authority, regulatory or administrative agency, commission, department, board, bureau or instrumentality thereof, any quasi-governmental authority, or any court, arbitral body (public or private) or tribunal of competent jurisdiction.
“Governmental Order” means any order, judgment, verdict, subpoena, injunction, decree, writ, ruling, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
“Hazardous Material” means any material, substance or waste that is listed, regulated, or otherwise defined as “hazardous,” “toxic,” or “radioactive,” or as a “pollutant” or “contaminant” (or words of similar intent or meaning) under Environmental Laws, including petroleum or any fraction thereof, petroleum by-products, asbestos or asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, flammable or explosive substances, or pesticides.
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“HSR Act” means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Incentive Equity Plan” has the meaning as set forth in Section VI.6.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person as of any time, and including any accrued and unpaid interest, other payment obligations (including prepayment and redemption premiums or penalties (if any), breakage costs, fees and other costs and expenses associated with repayment), and accrued and unpaid commitment fees thereon, the following obligations (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (including debt-like instruments) or debt securities, the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable for, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and any earn-out obligation until such earn-out obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and has not been paid more than 60 days after being due and payable), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), and (g) all obligations in respect of leases that would be required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP (expressly excluding the application of ASC 842).
“Initial Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Insider Support Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Insiders” means the holders of Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares.
“Insurance Policies” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.15.
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property rights anywhere in the world, including all: (i) issued patents, patent applications (including divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, reexaminations and reissues thereof), and intellectual property rights in inventions (whether or not patentable), (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade names and trade dress, slogans, indicia of origin, and all registrations, applications and renewals in connection therewith, (iii) copyrights, any other intellectual property rights in works of authorship, and all registrations and applications in connection therewith, (iv) internet domain names and social media handles, (v) intellectual property rights in Software, computer applications, source codes and object codes, and (vi) trade secrets and other intellectual property rights in know-how, technologies, databases, processes, techniques, protocols, methods, formulae, algorithms, layouts, designs, specifications and confidential information.
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“Intellectual Property Registrations” means all Intellectual Property that is issued by or registered or applied-for with any Governmental Authority or authorized private registrar in any jurisdiction, including registered trademarks, domain name registrations and copyright registrations, issued and reissued patents, and pending applications for any of the foregoing, in each case, that is included in Owned Intellectual Property.
“Intended Income Tax Treatment” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.4(a).
“Interim Period” has the meaning as set forth in Section V.1(a).
“Investment Screening Laws” means any applicable U.S. or foreign Laws intended to screen, prohibit or regulate foreign investments on public interest or national security grounds.
“IT Systems” means all Software, computer and information technology systems, servers, networks, databases, computer hardware and equipment, information, record keeping, communications, telecommunications, interfaces, platforms, and peripherals that are owned, used or controlled by or for the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“ITAR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Trade Control Laws.”
“JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, any amendments thereto and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Law” means any statute, act, code, law (including common law), ordinance, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority.
“Leased Real Property” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.16.
“Letters of Credit” means any obligation for the reimbursement of an obligor of any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar Contract.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, preemptive right, collateral assignment, option, right of first refusal, or other lien of any kind, including the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease, finance lease or title retention agreement or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing (other than, in the case of a security, any restriction on transfer of such security arising under securities Laws).
“Lockup Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Merger Sub 1” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Merger Sub 2” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Merger Subs” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Mergers” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
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“Minimum Cash Requirement” has the meaning set forth Section VIII.3(f).
“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
“Non-Recourse Parties” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.14.
“Non-Recourse Party” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.14.
“Note Purchase Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“OFAC” has the meaning specified in the definition of Sanctions Laws.
“Open-Source Software” means any (a) software licensed or distributed as free software, open-source software, or under similar licensing or distribution models, or (b) software that requires as a condition of use, modification or distribution that such software, including software licensed or distributed under any of the following licenses or distribution models, or licenses or distribution models similar to any of the following: GNU’s General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL (LGPL), Copyleft Software, Common Public License, the Artistic License (e.g., PERL), BSD, MIT, the Mozilla Public License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), Affero General Public License (AGPL), the Sun Industry Source License (SISL) and the Apache Software License.
“Organizational Documents” means, as to any Person, such Person’s Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of Formation, Articles of Organization, Certificate of Limited Partnership, Bylaws, Limited Liability Company Agreement, Limited Partnership Agreement, Operating Agreement and any other similar organizational or governing document, as applicable, including any organizational or governing document of an Affiliate of such Person to the extent relevant to the execution and delivery of the Transaction Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements.
“Xxxxxx” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.17(a)(i).
“Other AI Technologies” means, other than Generative AI Technologies, any and all other deep learning, machine learning, and other artificial intelligence technologies, including without limitation any and all: (a) proprietary algorithms, software, or systems that make use of or employ neural networks, statistical learning algorithms (such as linear and logistic regression, support vector machines, random forests, or k-means clustering), reinforcement learning, or computer vision; and (b) hardware or equipment designed to enable robotics, computer vision and machine learning.
“Other Filings” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.2(e).
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“Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property that is owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries, individually or jointly with others.
“Owned Real Property” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.16.
“Party” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“Permits” means all permits, licenses, franchises, approvals, consents, authorizations, registrations, certificates, variances and similar rights obtained, or required to be obtained, from Governmental Authorities.
“Permitted Liens” means (i) statutory or common law Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, landlords, carriers, repairmen, construction contractors and other similar Liens that arise in the ordinary course of business, that relate to amounts not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith through appropriate Actions or that may thereafter be paid without penalty to the extent appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Liens arising under original purchase price conditional sales Contracts (to the extent not concerning real property) and equipment leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith through appropriate Actions and which such contests are set forth on Schedule I.1 for which appropriate reserves have been established on the Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP, (iv) Liens, defects or imperfections on title, encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) that (A) are matters of record, (B) would be discovered by a current, accurate survey or physical inspection of such real property or (C) do not materially interfere with the present uses of such real property affected thereby, (v) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property granted to customers entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (vi) Liens securing credit facilities existing as of the date of this Agreement, (vii) Liens that secure obligations that are reflected as liabilities in the Financial Statements, (viii) Liens that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ix) leases, subleases and similar agreements with respect to the Leased Real Property or Owned Real Property, as applicable, and (x) Liens described on Schedule I.1(a).
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or other entity of any kind.
“Personal Data” means any data or information relating to an identified or identifiable natural individual and any other data or information that constitutes personal data, personal information or personally identifiable information under any applicable Privacy Obligation and Company Entity’s privacy policy, and includes an individual’s combined first and last name, home address, telephone number, fax number, email address, social security number or other Governmental Authority-issued identifier (including state identification number, tax identification number, driver’s license number, or passport number), precise geolocation information of an individual or device, biometric data, medical or health information, credit card
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and other financial information (including bank account information), cookie identifiers associated with registration information, or any other browser- or device-specific number or identifier not controllable by the end user, and web or mobile browsing or usage information that is linked to the foregoing; an identifiable natural individual is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier and to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural individual.
“Personal Property” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.24.
“Plan of Domestication” means the plan of domestication of the Acquiror for purposes of Section 388 of the DGCL in the form as agreed upon by the Parties.
“Pre-Closing Privilege” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.17(c).
“Previous SPAC Sponsor” means Target Global Sponsor Ltd.
“Prior Counsel” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.17(a)(i).
“Privacy Obligations” means all applicable Laws, contractual obligations, self-regulatory standards, written policies or terms of use of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any consents obtained by the Company or its Subsidiaries that are related to privacy, security, data protection or Processing of Personal Data, including, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the “GDPR”), the European Union ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC) and applicable implementing laws, the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), the California Privacy Rights Act (the “CPRA”), the Federal Trade Commission Act, the CAN-SPAM Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Gramm Xxxxx Xxxxxx Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act, state data security laws, state unfair or deceptive trade practices laws, state biometric privacy acts, state social security number protection laws, state data breach notification laws, Brazil’s Xxx Xxxxx de Proteção de Dados (“LGPD”), Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), the Card Association Rules, and any Laws concerning requirements for website and mobile application privacy policies and practices, data or web scraping, cybersecurity disclosures in public filings, call or electronic monitoring or recording or any outbound communications (including, outbound calling and text messaging, telemarketing, and email marketing).
“Privileged Materials” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.17(e).
“Process” or “Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on data, or on sets of data, including Personal Data, whether or not by automated means, such as the receipt, access, acquisition, arrangement, collection, copying, creation, maintenance, modification, recording, organization, processing, compilation, selection, structuring, storage, visualization, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transfer, transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, disposal, erasure or destruction, or instruction, training or other learning relating to such data or combination of such data.
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“Proxy Statement” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.2(a).
“Real Property” means, collectively, the Leased Real Property and Owned Real Property.
“Real Property Leases” has the meaning as set forth in Section III.16(a).
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, dumping, abandonment, disposing or other release into or through the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air (indoor or outdoor), surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata).
“Registration Statement” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.2(a).
“Registration Statement Effectiveness Date” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.2(c).
“Regulation CF” has the meaning as set forth in Section V.11.
“Reorganization Certificate of Merger” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.2(c).
“Reorganization Effective Time” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.2(c).
“Reorganization Merger” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Representative” means, as to any Person, any of the officers, directors, managers, employees, counsel, accountants, financial advisors, and consultants of such Person.
“Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval” means the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters by the affirmative vote of the holders of the requisite number of Acquiror Ordinary Shares entitled to vote thereon, whether in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting (or any adjournment thereof), in accordance with the Acquiror Organizational Documents and applicable Law.
“Sanctioned Country” means any country or territory that is the subject or target of a comprehensive embargo under Sanctions Laws (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea region of Ukraine).
“Sanctioned Person” means any Person that is (or was at the relevant time) (i) the subject or target of Sanctions Laws or Trade Control Laws, (ii) listed on any restricted or prohibited party list under Sanctions Laws or Trade Control Laws, including OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, OFAC’s Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, OFAC’s Non-SDN Communist Chinese Military Companies List, BIS’ Entity List, BIS’ Denied Persons List, BIS’ Unverified List, the UN Security Council Consolidated List, UK Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, and the EU Consolidated List; (iii) incorporated, organized, located, or resident in a Sanctioned Country; or (iv) any Person owned or controlled by Person(s) described under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii).
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“Sanctions Laws” means economic or trade sanctions Laws administered or enforced by the United States (including by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Commerce), the United Nations Security Council, the United Kingdom, the European Union and each of its Member States, Canada, Singapore, and Japan.
“Schedules” means the disclosure schedules of the Company or Acquiror (including Merger Subs), as applicable.
“Scraped Data” means data that was collected or generated using web scraping, web crawling, or web harvesting software, or any software, service, tool, or technology that turns unstructured data found on the internet into machine-readable, structured data.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Bridge Financing” has the meaning as set forth in Section VII.7.
“Second Surviving Entity” has the meaning as set forth in Section II.1(c).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Securities Laws” means the securities Laws of any state, federal or foreign Governmental Authority and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Security Breach” means any: (a) accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, corruption, or other misuse of Sensitive Data transmitted, stored or otherwise Processed; (b) unauthorized or unlawful acquisition, sale or rental of, access to or any other Processing of Sensitive Data; or (c) other act or omission that compromises the security, integrity, or confidentiality of Sensitive Data.
“Sensitive Data” means (a) all Personal Data and (b) all trade secrets and confidential or proprietary information or data in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ possession, custody or control or the possession, custody or control of any third-party service providers, consultants, independent contractors or other third parties on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries and used or held for use in the conduct of a Company Entity’s businesses.
“Xxxxx Xxxxxx” has the meaning as set forth in Section X.17(a)(i).
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“Software” means all computer software (in object code or source code format), data and collections of data, and all information and manuals related to any of the foregoing.
“SPAC Sponsor” means CIIG Management III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“SPAC Trust Account” the trust account containing the proceeds of Acquiror’s initial public offering.
“Special Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section VII.2(d).
“Specified Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section III.11(a).
“Stockholder Related Party” means the Company Stockholders and any Affiliate of any Company Stockholder, in each case other than the Company or its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall Stockholder Related Parties include (or be considered to include): (i) any limited partners or other direct or indirect investors in any investment fund affiliated with, advised or managed by any Company Stockholder or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of the respective Affiliates of any such limited partners or investors or (ii) any director, officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries that is not otherwise affiliated with a Company Stockholder.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, any corporation or other organization (including a limited liability company or a partnership), whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which such Person directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the Equity Securities having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization or any organization of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is, directly or indirectly, a general partner or managing member.
“Surviving Acquisition Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Tax” means (a) any federal, state, provincial, territorial, local, foreign and other net income tax, alternative or add-on minimum tax, franchise tax, gross income, adjusted gross income or gross receipts tax, employment related tax (including employee withholding or employer payroll tax) ad valorem, transfer, franchise, license, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, personal property, real property, escheat or unclaimed property, capital stock, profits, disability, registration, value added, estimated, customs duties, and sales or use tax, or other tax or like assessment or charge, in each case imposed by any Governmental Authority, together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto (or in lieu thereof) by a Governmental Authority; (b) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, combined, consolidated, unitary or similar group for any period; and (c) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) or (b) as a result of the operation of Law or any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person.
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“Tax Return” means any return, report, statement, refund, claim, declaration, information return, statement, estimate or other document filed or required to be filed with a Governmental Authority in respect of Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and including any amendments thereof.
“Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section IX.1(c).
“Third-Party AI Product” means any product or service of any third party that employs or makes use of AI Technologies.
“Third-Party AI Terms” has the meaning set forth in Section III.11(a).
“Third-Party Generative AI Product” means any product or service of any third party that employs or makes use of Generative AI Technologies.
“Top Customer” has the meaning set forth in Section III.22(a).
“Top Supplier” has the meaning set forth in Section III.22(b).
“Trade Control Laws” means (a) all U.S. and non-U.S. Laws relating to customs or import Laws, export control and trade Laws, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), the customs and import Laws administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the EU Dual Use Regulation, UK Export Control Act 2002, and UK Export Control Order 2008, SI 2008/3231; (b) Laws relating to information technology and communication supply chain (including U.S. Executive Order 13873); and (c) U.S. Antiboycott Laws.
“Training Data” means any data used to train, validate, test or otherwise improve an algorithm or model used in an AI Technology.
“Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, the Lockup Agreement, the Insider Support Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreements, the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, the Company Stockholders Support Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement and all the agreements, documents, instruments and certificates entered into in connection herewith or therewith and any and all exhibits and schedules thereto.
“Transaction Litigation” has the meaning set forth in Section VII.1(d).
“Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Reorganization Merger and the Acquisition Merger.
“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code.
“Triggering Event” means each of Triggering Event I, Triggering Event II and Triggering Event III. In the event of a force majeure event during any particular period following the Closing Date, as determined by the Acquiror Board, including the unanimous approval of the independent members of the Acquiror Board, the Triggering Event periods may be extended by an additional three months.
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“Triggering Event I” means the first anniversary (or, if applicable, the 15-month anniversary) of the Closing Date.
“Triggering Event II” means the 18-month anniversary (or, if applicable, the 21-month anniversary) of the Closing Date.
“Triggering Event III” means the second anniversary (or, if applicable, the 27-month anniversary) of the Closing Date.
“Trust Account” has the meaning set forth in Section IV.8(a).
“Trust Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section IV.8(a).
“Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section IV.8(a).
“Unaudited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section III.6(c).
“Warrant Agreement” means the Warrant Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021, as amended, between the Acquiror and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, as amended.
“Willful Breach” means, with respect to a Party, a material breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, as applicable, that is the consequence of a willful and intentional act or omission by such Party with the actual knowledge such Party that such act or omission would result in such a material breach.
(a) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, (iv) the terms “Article,” “Section,” “Schedule,” “Exhibit” and “Annex” refer to the specified Article, Section, Schedule, Exhibit or Annex of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (v) the word “including” shall mean “including without limitation,” (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive and have the meaning represented by the term “and/or,” and (vii) the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject matter or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.
(b) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to Contracts shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto (subject to any restrictions on amendments or modifications set forth in this Agreement).
(c) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to Laws shall be construed as including all Laws consolidating, amending or replacing the Law.
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(d) The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.
(e) Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified. If any action is to be taken or given on or by a particular calendar day, and such calendar day is not a Business Day, then such action may be deferred until the next Business Day.
(f) The phrases “provided to Acquiror,” “delivered to Acquiror,” “furnished to Acquiror,” “made available to Acquiror” and phrases of similar import when used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, means that a copy of the information or material referred to has been made available to Acquiror no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the date of this Agreement (i) in the virtual data room maintained by “Venue” that has been set up by the Company in connection with this Agreement or (ii) by delivery to such Party or its legal counsel via electronic mail or hard copy form.
(g) References to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars.
(h) All references to “or” shall be construed in the inclusive sense of “and/or.”
(i) All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP.
Section I.3 Equitable Adjustments. Without limiting anything contained in this Agreement (including Section V.1), if, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing (as defined below), the outstanding shares of Company Stock or Acquiror Ordinary Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization, split or combination or exchange of shares, then any number or amount contained herein which is based upon the number of shares of Company Stock or Acquiror Ordinary Shares, as applicable, will be appropriately adjusted to provide to the holders of Company Stock or the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares, as applicable, the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section I.3 shall not be construed to permit Acquiror, the Company or the Merger Subs to take any action with respect to their respective securities that is prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Section I.4 Knowledge. As used herein, (i) the phrase “to the Knowledge of” or “the Knowledge of” the Company shall mean the knowledge of the individuals identified on Schedule I.4(a) and (ii) the phrase “to the Knowledge” or “the Knowledge of” of Acquiror shall mean the knowledge of the individuals identified on Schedule I.4(b), in each case, as such individuals would have actually acquired in the exercise of a reasonable inquiry of his, her or their direct reports.
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ARTICLE II.
THE MERGERS; CLOSING; ACQUISITION MERGER CONSIDERATION
Section II.1 Domestication and Mergers.
(a) Prior to Closing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act and the DGCL, Acquiror shall file the application for de-registration (on the basis of registration by way of continuation in the State of Delaware) as an exempted company with the Cayman Registry. Upon receipt of the approval of the Cayman de-registration (or otherwise on the effective date thereof and subject to receiving the Required Shareholder Approval), Acquiror shall promptly file with the Secretary of State of Delaware both the Certificate of Domestication and the Certificate of Incorporation to redomicile as a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror Delaware Corporation”). The Plan of Domestication shall constitute a plan of domestication for purposes of Section 388 of the DGCL and shall include the corporate acts identified therein and any act or transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Approval of the Plan of Domestication by the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval shall constitute approval of each of the corporate acts identified therein and any act or transaction contemplated by this Agreement for purposes of Section 388 of the DGCL. For the avoidance of doubt, references to the Acquiror for periods after the Domestication Effective Time shall include the Acquiror Delaware Corporation.
(b) At the Acquisition Effective Time (as defined below), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, Merger Sub 1 shall be merged with and into the Company, following which the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub 1 shall cease and the Company shall continue as the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (provided that references to the Company for periods after the Acquisition Effective Time shall include the Surviving Acquisition Corporation).
(c) At the Reorganization Effective Time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the application provisions of the DGCL and DLLCA, the Surviving Acquisition Corporation shall be merged with and into Merger Sub 2, following which the separate corporate existence of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation shall cease and Merger Sub 2 shall continue as the surviving entity of such merger (the “Second Surviving Entity”) (provided that references to the Company for periods after the Reorganization Effective Time shall include the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and the Second Surviving Entity).
Section II.2 Effective Times.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Plan of Domestication, at the Closing, Acquiror shall engage in the Delaware Domestication by simultaneously filing the Certificate of Domestication and Acquiror Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to Section II.1(a) with the Secretary of State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, and the time of such filings, or such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and Acquiror and specified in the Certificate of Domestication, will be the effective time of and constitute the consummation of the Delaware Domestication (the “Domestication Effective Time”).
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(b) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, on the Closing Date, immediately following the completion of the Delaware Domestication, Acquiror shall cause the Combined Company Certificate of Incorporation to be filed and Company and Merger Sub 1 shall cause the Acquisition Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger in the form to be agreed by the Parties (the “Acquisition Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, and the time of such filings, or such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and Acquiror and specified in the Acquisition Certificate of Merger, will be the effective time of and constitute the consummation of the Acquisition Merger (the “Acquisition Effective Time”).
(c) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, on the Closing Date, immediately following the consummation of the Acquisition Merger, the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and Merger Sub 2 shall cause the Reorganization Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger in the form to be agreed by the Parties (the “Reorganization Certificate of Merger” and, together with the Acquisition Certificate of Merger, the “Certificates of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and DLLCA, and the time of such filing, or such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and Acquiror and specified in the Reorganization Certificate of Merger, will be the effective time of and constitute the consummation of the Reorganization Merger (the “Reorganization Effective Time”).
Section II.3 Effects of the Mergers.
(a) The effect of the Acquisition Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Acquisition Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Acquisition Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Company and Merger Sub 1 shall become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation.
(b) The effect of the Reorganization Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Reorganization Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the DGCL and DLLCA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Reorganization Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub 2 and the Second Surviving Entity shall become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Second Surviving Entity.
Section II.4 Governing Documents.
(a) As of the Acquisition Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation shall be the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time.
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(b) As of the Reorganization Effective Time, the limited liability company agreement of the Second Surviving Entity shall be the limited liability company agreement of Merger Sub 2 as in effect immediately prior to the Reorganization Effective Time.
Section II.5 Directors and Officers.
(a) Immediately after the Acquisition Effective Time, (a) the individuals who constituted the board of directors of the Company as of immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time shall constitute the board of directors of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and (b) the officers of the Company as of immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation.
(b) Immediately after the Reorganization Effective Time, (a) the individuals who constituted the board of directors of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation as of immediately prior to the Reorganization Effective Time shall constitute the board of managers of the Second Surviving Entity and (b) the officers of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation as of immediately prior to the Reorganization Effective Time shall be the officers of the Second Surviving Entity.
Section II.6 Further Assurances.
(a) If, at any time after the Acquisition Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Acquisition Corporation following the Acquisition Merger with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Company and Merger Sub 1, Company and Merger Sub 1 (or their designees) are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and shall take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.
(b) If, at any time after the Reorganization Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Second Surviving Entity following the Reorganization Merger with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and Merger Sub 2, the applicable directors and officers of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and Merger Sub 2 (or their designees) are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and shall take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.
Section II.7 Effects on Securities.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Plan of Domestication, at the Domestication Effective Time, by virtue of the Delaware Domestication and without any further action on the part of any Party or any other Person, the following shall occur:
(i) (A) each then issued and outstanding share of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Share shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Acquiror Class A Common Stock, and (B) the transfer books of Acquiror shall record such conversion; provided, however, that each holder of shares of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Share that has validly elected to redeem their shares in connection with the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption shall be entitled to receive only cash in an amount equal to the redemption price provided for in the Trust Agreement and the Acquiror Articles of Association;
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(ii) (A) each then issued and outstanding share of Acquiror Class B Ordinary Share shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Acquiror Class A Common Stock, (B) the transfer books of Acquiror shall record such conversion and (C) all rights in respect of all Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares shall cease to exist, other than the right to receive the Acquiror Class A Common Stock in accordance with this Section II.7(a)(ii);
(iii) each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Warrant shall convert automatically into a Domesticated Acquiror Warrant, pursuant to the Warrant Agreement; and
(iv) each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Unit shall convert automatically into a Domesticated Acquiror Unit.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that the Delaware Domestication will occur immediately prior to the Mergers for Tax and all other purposes.
(c) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Acquisition Effective Time, by virtue of the Acquisition Merger and without any further action on the part of any Party or any other Person (other than the Dissenting Stockholders), the following shall occur:
(i) All of the Company Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time (other than Acquisition Excluded Shares and the Dissenting Shares) will be automatically cancelled and extinguished and collectively converted into the right to receive (i) the Closing Share Consideration pursuant to Section II.8(c) and (ii) assuming the achievement of certain performance metrics described in Section II.10, the Earnout Interests pursuant to Section II.10 ((i) and (ii) collectively, the “Acquisition Merger Consideration”). All other Company Stock Rights will be automatically cancelled and extinguished, and no consideration shall be paid or payable with respect thereto. Each Company Stockholder that would have been entitled to receive a fractional share of Company Stock shall receive instead an amount in cash equal to the fair value of a share of Company Stock as determined in good faith by the Company Board multiplied by the applicable fraction of a share to which such Company Stockholder would otherwise be entitled.
(ii) The issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Merger Sub 1 shall be converted into and become 1,000 validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation, which shall constitute 100% of the outstanding Equity Securities of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation as of immediately following the Acquisition Effective Time.
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(iii) All shares of Company Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury or owned by Acquiror immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time (“Acquisition Excluded Shares”) shall be automatically cancelled and extinguished, and no consideration shall be paid or payable with respect thereto.
(iv) Dissenting Shares. Each share of Company Common Stock and Company Series A Preferred Stock (the “Dissenting Shares”) owned by Company Stockholders who have validly exercised and not effectively withdrawn or lost their appraisal rights in connection with the Merger pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL (the “Dissenting Stockholders”) shall not be converted into a right to receive the Closing Share Consideration but instead shall be entitled to only such rights as are granted by Section 262 of the DGCL, unless and until such Dissenting Stockholder effectively waives, withdraws its demand for, or otherwise loses his, her or its appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to any Dissenting Shares; provided, however, if, after the Acquisition Effective Time, such Stockholder fails to perfect, waives, withdraws, or loses his, her or its appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL, or if a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that such holder is not entitled to the relief provided by Section 262 of the DGCL, each share of Company Common Stock shall be treated as if it had been converted as of the Acquisition Effective Time into the right to receive the Closing Share Consideration, in accordance with Section II.8.
(d) Appraisal Rights. No Dissenting Stockholder who has validly exercised his, her or its appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL shall be entitled to receive the Closing Share Consideration with respect to the Dissenting Shares owned by such Dissenting Stockholder unless and until such Dissenting Stockholder shall have effectively withdrawn or lost their dissenters’ rights under the DGCL. Each Dissenting Stockholder shall be entitled to receive only the payment resulting from the procedure set forth in the DGCL with respect to the Dissenting Shares owned by such Dissenting Stockholder. The Company shall give the Acquiror (a) prompt notice of any notices of objection, notices of dissent, written demands for appraisal, demands for fair value, attempted withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to applicable Laws that are received by the Company relating to any Dissenting Stockholder’s rights of dissent under DGCL and (b) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demand for appraisal under the DGCL. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Acquiror (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), voluntarily make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal, offer to settle or settle any such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such demands.
(e) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Reorganization Effective Time, by virtue of the Reorganization Merger and without any further action on the part of any Party or any other Person, the following shall occur:
(i) All the outstanding Equity Securities of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation shall be converted and become validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable membership interests of the Second Surviving Entity, which shall constitute 100% of the outstanding Equity Securities of the Second Surviving Entity immediately following of the Reorganization Effective Time.
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(ii) All shares of Company Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury or owned by Acquiror immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time (“Acquisition Excluded Shares”) shall be automatically cancelled and extinguished, and no consideration shall be paid or payable with respect thereto.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the consummation of the Mergers (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Orrick, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx 0-X, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000, or electronically by the mutual exchange of electronic signatures (including portable document format (“pdf”)) on the date that is two (2) Business Days following the date on which all conditions set forth in Article VIII have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms or nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing), or at such other place, time or date as Acquiror and the Company may mutually agree in writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
(b) If the Acquiror meets or exceeds a Cash Amount of $25,000,000, at the Closing, the SPAC Sponsor and the Previous SPAC Sponsor will retain an aggregate of 5,072,415 shares of Acquiror Class A Common Stock (the “Founder’s Shares”) at Closing. At Closing, if the Cash Amount does not meet or exceed $25,000,000 and the Transactions are consummated, the SPAC Sponsor and the Previous SPAC Sponsor shall collectively forfeit to the Acquiror one share of Acquiror Class A Common Stock for each $10.00 shortfall of the Cash Amount of $25,000,000 pro rata in accordance with their proportionate ownership of the Founder’s Shares; provided that, the Previous SPAC Sponsor shall only forfeit up to 250,000 shares of Acquiror Class A Common Stock and after the Previous SPAC Sponsor has forfeited 250,000 shares of Acquiror Class A Common Stock any further forfeiture will be borne 100% by the SPAC Sponsor.
(c) At the Closing and simultaneously with the Acquisition Effective Time, Acquiror shall issue and deliver to the Company Stockholders and Company Noteholders in respect of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Stock held by the Company Stockholders as of immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time, (i) an aggregate of 65,000,000 shares of Acquiror Class A Common Stock, allocated among the Company Stockholders as set forth in Schedule II.8(c), to be amended by the Company from time to time until the CF Offerings have been closed, but no later than CF Closing Date, which such shares shall be newly and validly issued, credited as fully paid and be free and clear of any Liens (other than generally applicable transfer restrictions under applicable securities Laws, and the restrictions under the Lockup Agreement), (the “Closing Share Consideration”). The Closing Share Consideration so issued will be delivered in book entry form with any applicable legends and such shares shall be approved for listing on Nasdaq at the Closing.
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Section II.9 Withholding Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Acquiror, the Merger Subs, the Company, the Second Surviving Entity, the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and their respective Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement, any amount required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under applicable Law; provided that, except in the case of any deduction or withholding required with respect to any compensatory payments or as a result of the Company’s failure to deliver the certificates as described Section V.5, the Person intending to withhold shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide notice of any withholding required to be made at least three (3) days prior to the Closing Date. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.
Section II.10 Payment of Expenses; Cash Contribution.
(a) No sooner than five Business Days and no later than two Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall provide to Acquiror a written report setting forth a list of all outstanding and unpaid fees, expenses and disbursements of the Company (or Merger Sub 1, if the Merger Effective time has already occurred by such time or Merger Sub 2 if the Reorganization Effective Time has already occurred by such time) and/or its Subsidiaries incurred in connection with this Agreement for any third-party financial advisors, agents, advisors, consultants, outside counsel and experts (collectively, the “Company Expenses”). However, at no time shall Company Expenses exceed $2,500,000. Following the Closing, but on the Closing Date, the Acquiror shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds all such outstanding Company Expenses.
(b) No sooner than five Business Days and no later than two Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, Acquiror shall provide to the Company (or Merger Sub 1, if the Merger Effective time has already occurred by such time or Merger Sub 2 if the Reorganization Effective Time has already occurred by such time) a written report setting forth a list of all outstanding and unpaid fees, expenses and disbursements of Acquiror and/or Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 for any outstanding and estimated prospective fees and expenses through Closing incurred for any third-party financial advisors, agents, advisors, consultants, outside counsels, experts and other service providers (collectively, the “Acquiror Expenses”). However, at no time shall Acquiror Expenses exceed $6,250,000. In addition, Acquiror Expenses shall not include any costs or expenses related to any extension or corrective measures utilized to maintain the listing of any of Acquiror’s Class A Ordinary Shares or Acquiror Warrants which are exercisable for Class A Ordinary Shares. Following the Closing, but on the Closing Date, the Acquiror shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds all such outstanding Acquiror Expenses.
(c) Following the Closing, the payment of the Company Expenses and Acquiror Expenses and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, but on the Closing Date, the Acquiror shall arrange to contribute the Minimum Cash Requirement (net of any proceeds from a Bridge Financing and subject to adjustment for any anticipated payments to Dissenting Stockholders) to the Second Surviving Entity as a capital contribution (the “Cash Contribution”). Any remaining Company Expenses or Acquiror Expenses shall be assumed by the Second Surviving Entity and paid in accordance with the procedures set forth in Schedule II.10(c).
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Section II.11 Management Earnout.
(a) For a period of up to two years and three months following the Acquisition Effective Time and subject to the terms and conditions herein, following the Closing, as additional consideration for the Merger, within five Business Days after the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the Acquiror shall notify in writing (an “Earnout Notice”) each Eligible Company Equityholder that they are eligible to receive the following number of Earnout Interests in accordance with their Earnout Pro Rata Share:
(i) upon the occurrence of Triggering Event I, a one-time issuance of 1,931,167 Earnout Interests;
(ii) upon the occurrence of Triggering Event II, a one-time issuance of 1,931,168 Earnout Interests; and
(iii) upon the occurrence of Triggering Event III, a one-time issuance of 1,931,168 Earnout Interests.
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the Eligible Company Equityholders shall be entitled to receive Earnout Interests upon the occurrence of each Triggering Event; provided, however, that each Triggering Event shall only occur once, if at all, and in no event shall the Eligible Company Equityholders be entitled to receive more than an aggregate of 5,793,503 Earnout Interests (and only upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event I, a Triggering Event II and a Triggering Event III).
(c) All Earnout Interests to be issued and delivered in connection with this Section II.11 to the Eligible Company Equityholders: (i) are an integral part of the consideration to be received by the Eligible Company Equityholders in connection with the Mergers; (ii) shall not represent any ownership or equity interest and shall not carry voting or dividend rights or bear a stated rate of interest or any other rights as a stockholder of the Company; (iii) shall be non-transferable or assignable, except by operation of law or by will or intestacy; and (iv) shall not be evidenced by any form of certificate or instrument.
(d) All Earnout Interests to be issued and delivered in connection with this Section II.11 to the Eligible Company Equityholders shall be, upon issuance and delivery of such Earnout Interests, duly authorized and validly issued and, to the extent such concept is applicable, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any Lien, other than Liens as created by the Acquiror Organizational Documents, as applicable, or arising pursuant to applicable securities Laws.
(e) If an Eligible Company Equityholder has provided written notification to the Acquiror within 10 Business Days following the receipt of the Earnout Notice by the Eligible Company Equityholder that such Eligible Company Equityholder is required to file a notification pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to such Earnout Interests, the Acquiror shall not, and the form of the Earnout Notice shall specifically state that in such event the Acquiror will not, issue any Earnout Interests until any applicable waiting period pursuant to the HSR Act has expired or been terminated.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the Schedules to this Agreement, the Company represents and warrants to Acquiror and the Merger Subs as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as follows:
Section III.1 Corporate Organization of the Company Entities. Each Company Entity has been duly formed, is validly existing and is in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite power and authority to own, operate and lease its respective properties, rights and assets and to conduct its respective business as it is now being conducted. The Company has made available to Acquiror true and correct copies of the Organizational Documents of each Company Entity as in effect as of the date hereof. Each Company Entity is duly licensed, registered or qualified and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof) as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its respective property or the character of its respective activities is such as to require it to be so licensed, registered or qualified, except where failure to be so licensed, registered or qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No Company Entity is in material violation of any of the provisions of its Organizational Documents. Schedule III.1(a) sets forth each Subsidiary of the Company.
Section III.2 Due Authorization. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Agreement to which it is or will be a party and (subject to the approvals described in Section III.4) to perform all obligations to be performed by it hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and such other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company, and no other corporate proceeding on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements or the Company’s performance hereunder or thereunder, other than the Company Stockholder Approval. This Agreement has been, and each such other Transaction Agreement to which the Company is a party (when executed and delivered by the Company) will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due and valid authorization, execution and delivery by each other party hereto and thereto, this Agreement constitutes, and each such other Transaction Agreement will constitute, a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to (x) obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval and (y) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law (the “Enforceability Exceptions”). The minute books of each Company Entity contains true, complete and accurate records of all meetings and consents in lieu of meetings of such Person’s board of directors (and any committees thereof), similar governing bodies and holders of Equity Securities. Copies of such records of each of the Company Entities have been heretofore made available to the Company or its counsel.
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Section III.3 No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and the other requirements set forth in Section III.4 and on Schedule III.3, and subject to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not, (a) contravene or conflict with the Organizational Documents of any Company Entity, (b) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law, Permit or Governmental Order binding upon or applicable to any Company Entity or any of their respective assets or properties, (c) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, or a right of termination, cancellation, modification, acceleration or amendment under, accelerate the performance required by, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Specified Contract or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset, property or Equity Security of any Company Entity (other than any Permitted Liens) or result in a violation of, a termination (or right of termination) or cancellation of, or default under, or the creation or acceleration of any obligation or the loss or reduction of a benefit under, any provision of, any Specified Contract, except in the case of each of clauses (b) through (d) for such violations, contraventions, conflicts, creations, impositions, violations, terminations, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section III.4 Governmental Authorities; Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Acquiror Parties contained in this Agreement, no action by, consent, approval, permit or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or notice, approval, consent waiver or authorization from any Governmental Authority is required on the part of any Company Entity with respect to the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i) obtaining the consents of, or submitting notifications, filings, notices or other submissions to, the Governmental Authorities listed on Schedule III.4, (ii) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement (and the effectiveness thereof) and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (iii) the filing of the Certificates of Merger in accordance with the DGCL and (iv) any actions, consents, approvals, permits or authorizations, the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to any Company Entity, taken as a whole.
Section III.5 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of each Company Entity is set forth on Schedule III.5(a). All of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of each Company Entity is set forth on Schedule III.5(a). The Equity Securities of each Company Entity are free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and have not been issued in violation of any Contract, preemptive or similar rights or applicable Law. The issued and outstanding Equity Securities of each Company Entity have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule III.5(a), there are no Equity Securities of any Company Entity issued and outstanding.
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(b) There are no outstanding or authorized contingent value rights, equity appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights with respect to the Equity Securities of, or other equity or voting interest in, any Company Entity, or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable into Equity Securities of any Company Entity. No Person is entitled to any preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for Equity Securities of any Company Entity. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of any Company Entity to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its Equity Securities. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness of any Company Entity having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which the Company’s stockholders may vote.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule III.5(c), (i) there are no declared but unpaid dividends or distributions in respect of any Equity Securities of any Company Entity and (ii) since inception through the date of this Agreement, no Company Entity has made, declared, set aside, established a record date for or paid any dividends or distributions.
(d) No Company Entity is the subject of any bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or similar legal proceedings.
Section III.6 Financial Statements.
(a) Attached as Schedule III.6 hereto are copies of the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2023, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended, together with the auditor’s reports thereon (the “Financial Statements”).
(b) The Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, cash flows, income, changes in equity and results of operations of the Company Entities as of the dates and for the periods indicated in such Financial Statements and were prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise indicated in such statements) and were derived from, the books and records of the Company Entities (which books and records are, in all material respects, true and complete and have been maintained in accordance with commercially reasonable business practices).
(c) The Company has made available to Acquiror true and complete copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2024, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company Entities for each of the periods then ended (the “Unaudited Financial Statements”), which are attached as Schedule III.6(c). The Unaudited Financial Statements (including the notes thereto) (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company Entities and as at the date thereof and for the period indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein.
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(d) The Company has maintained systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and (ii) all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of proper and accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for the Company’s assets. The Company has engaged an auditing firm that has at all required times since the date of enactment of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act been (x) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act), (y) “independent” with respect to the Company Entities within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act, and (z) in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 11A of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and the PCAOB thereunder.
(e) Since inception, (i) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, or auditor, has received or otherwise had or obtained Knowledge of any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or its internal accounting controls, including any such complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices and (ii) there have been no internal investigations regarding accounting or revenue recognition discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel, the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof.
Section III.7 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule III.7, since inception through the date of this Agreement, (a) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, each Company Entity has conducted its businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of business, defined as consistent with the such Company Entity’s regular and usual business operations and practices prior to the date of this Agreement, (b) there has not been any event, occurrence or development that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (c) the Company has not taken any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement without Acquiror’s consent, would constitute a violation of Section V.1.
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Section III.9 Litigation and Proceedings. Except as set forth on Schedule III.9, as of the date hereof, there are no, and since inception, there have been no, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (in writing) material Actions by or against any Company Entity. There is no material Governmental Order imposed upon any Company Entity. No Company Entity is a party to a settlement or similar agreement regarding any of the matters set forth in the two preceding sentences that contains any ongoing obligations, restrictions or liabilities or obligations, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
Section III.10 Compliance with Laws. Each Company Entity is, and since inception, has been, in material compliance with all applicable Laws. No Company Entity has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority of a material violation of any applicable Law at any time since inception. Each Company Entity holds, and since inception, has held, all material Permits necessary for the lawful conduct is applicable business (the “Company Permits”). Each Company Entity is, and since inception, has been, in material compliance with and not in default under such Company Permits.
Section III.11 Contracts; No Defaults.
(a) Schedule III.11(a) contains a true, correct and complete list of all Contracts described in clauses (i) through (xiii) of this Section III.11(a) to which, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company is a party other than Company Benefit Plans and Real Property Leases (all such Contracts as described in clauses (i) through (xiii), collectively, the “Specified Contracts”):
(i) Each Contract with a Top Customer or Top Supplier;
(ii) Each Contract, other than a customer Contract, that involves aggregate payments or consideration furnished (x) by a Company Entity of more than $100,000 or (y) to a Company Entity of more than $100,000, in each case, in the calendar year ended December 31, 2023, or any subsequent calendar year;
(iii) For the Company Entities, (x) each Contract relating to Indebtedness having an outstanding principal amount, together with any undrawn commitments to fund Indebtedness under such Contract, in excess of $100,000 and (y) each outstanding Letter of Credit with commitments in excess of $100,000;
(iv) Each Contract that is a purchase and sale or similar agreement for the acquisition of any Person or any business unit thereof, in each case, involving payments to or from a Company Entity in excess of $100,000 and with respect to which there are any material ongoing obligations;
(v) Each joint venture, partnership or similar Contract that is material to any Company Entity, taken as a whole;
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(vi) Each license, sublicense, or other agreement under which a Company Entity (x) is a licensee or otherwise receives any right with respect to any item of material Intellectual Property (excluding (A) click-wrap and shrink-wrap licenses and (B) off-the-shelf Software licenses and other licenses of Software that is commercially available to the public generally, in each case with one-time or annual aggregate fees of less than $100,000), (y) is a licensor or otherwise grants to a third party any rights to use any item of material Intellectual Property, other than non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses granted to customers in the ordinary course of business or (z) are subject to any material restriction on a Company Entity’s ability to use or exploit any Intellectual Property;
(vii) Each collective bargaining agreement or other Contract of any Company Entity with any labor union, labor organization or works council (each a “CBA”);
(viii) Each employment or service agreement or similar Contract with any current officer, director, employee, or individual independent contractor of a Company Entity that (i) provides for an annual base salary or fee in excess of $150,000, and (ii) cannot be terminated upon thirty days’ notice or less without payment or liability;
(ix) Each Contract with any current or former employee, director, or other service provider of Company Entity that provides for change in control or transaction-based payments and/or benefits and triggered by the Mergers;
(x) Each Contract which grants any Person a right of first refusal, right of first offer, or similar right with respect to any material properties, assets or businesses of a Company Entity, taken as a whole;
(xi) Each Contract containing covenants of a Company Entity, (A) prohibiting or limiting the right of such Company Entity to engage in or compete with any Person in any line of business or (B) prohibiting or restricting such Company Entity’s ability to conduct its business with any Person in any geographic area, in each case, that currently has or would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the business, as currently operated, of such Company Entity, taken as a whole, in each case other than, for the avoidance of doubt, non-solicitation and no-hire provisions entered into in line with industry standards and practices;
(xii) Each Contract of a Company Entity that grants any third Person any “most favored nation rights” (as defined in the contract);
(xiii) Each Contract of a Company Entity that is a settlement, conciliation or similar agreement with any Governmental Authority pursuant to which such Company Entity will have any material outstanding obligation after the date of this Agreement;
(xiv) Each Contract of a Company Entity entered into primarily for the purpose of interest rate or foreign currency hedging;
(xv) Each Affiliate Agreement; and
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(xvi) Each Contract that relates to the acquisition or disposition of any Equity Securities in, or assets or properties of, a Company Entity (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) pursuant to which (A) any deferred or contingent payment obligations by or to such Company Entity remain outstanding or (B) any indemnification payment obligations remain outstanding (excluding acquisitions or dispositions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or of assets that are obsolete, worn out, surplus or no longer used in the conduct of such Company Entity’s business).
(b) The Company has made available to Acquiror complete and accurate copies of each Specified Contract as in effect as of the date of this Agreement and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no service order, statement of work, or other agreement not provided to Acquiror modifies any material terms of the applicable Specified Contract. Except for any Contract that will terminate upon the expiration of the stated term thereof prior to the Closing Date or as would not be material, individually or in the aggregate, each Specified Contract is (i) in full force and effect and (ii) represents the legal, valid and binding obligations of the applicable Company Entity party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, represents the legal, valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto, in each case, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. Except, in each case, where the occurrence of such breach or default or failure to perform would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) the applicable Company Entity has performed in all respects all respective obligations required to be performed by them to date under such Specified Contracts, and (B) no Company Entity or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto is in breach of or default of any Specified Contract and during the last 12 months, no Company Entity has received any written claim or written notice of termination or breach of or default under any such Specified Contract.
Section III.12 Company Benefit Plans.
(a) Schedule III.12(a) sets forth a true, correct, and complete list of each material Company Benefit Plan, other than offer letters that do not provide severance benefits or a notice period in excess of thirty (30) days upon termination of the employment relationship, and, with respect to each Company Benefit Plan that is subject to the Laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States (whether or not United States Law also applies) or primarily for the benefit of current or former employees, directors or other service providers of any Company Entity or who reside or work primarily outside of the United States (each, a “Foreign Plan”), separately identifies each such Foreign Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Company Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and each equity ownership, equity purchase, equity option, phantom equity, equity or other equity-based award, severance, separation, employment, individual consulting, retention, change-in-control, transaction bonus, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, compensation, deferred compensation, employee loan, health, welfare and each other benefit or compensation plan, agreements, programs, policies, practices, Contract or other arrangement, in each case, whether or not subject to ERISA, whether written or unwritten, (i) which is contributed to, required to be contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by, in each case, any Company Entity for the benefit of any current or former employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors of such Company Entity, (ii) under which any current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of a Company Entity has any present or future right to benefits, or (iii) under which a Company Entity has any liability, contingent or otherwise.
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(b) With respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, the Company has provided or made available to Acquiror true, complete and correct copies of, to the extent applicable: (i) each Company Benefit Plan and all amendments thereto (or, if the Company Benefit Plan is not written, a written summary of its terms) and any trust agreement, insurance contracts or other funding instrument or vehicles and amendments thereto relating to such plan, (ii) the most recent summary plan description and summary material modifications, (iii) the most recent annual report on Form 5500 and all attachments thereto, (iv) the most recent actuarial valuation and audited financial statements, (v) the most recent determination, advisory or opinion letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service, and (vi) any material non-routine correspondence with any Governmental Authority.
(c) Each Company Benefit Plan has been established, maintained, funded and administered, in each case, in accordance, in all material respects, with its terms and in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code, and all contributions, premiums or other payments and/or amounts that are required to be made or due with respect to any Company Benefit Plan have been timely made or, if not yet due, properly accrued and reflected in the Company’s financial statements to the extent required by GAAP.
(d) Each Company Benefit Plan which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and (A) has received a favorable determination or opinion letter as to its qualification prior to the date of this Agreement or (B) has been established under a standardized master and prototype or volume submitter plan for which a current favorable Internal Revenue Service advisory letter or opinion letter has been obtained by the plan sponsor and is valid as to the adopting employer, and, in either case, nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act or otherwise, that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect such qualification or result in the loss of such qualification.
(e) (A) No event has occurred and no condition exists that would subject any Company Entity, either directly or by reason of its affiliation with any ERISA Affiliate, to any material Tax, fine, Lien, penalty or other liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable Law; (B) there do not exist any pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened Actions (other than routine claims for benefits) or other actions, suits, audits, arbitration or legal, judicial or administrative proceeding (whether in law or in equity), or investigations with respect to any Company Benefit Plan and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Actions, or other actions, suits, audits, arbitration or legal, judicial or administrative proceeding (whether in law or in equity), or investigations; and (C) there have been no “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA and not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of ERISA with respect to any Company Benefit Plan.
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(f) No Company Entity maintains, sponsors, or has or has incurred any liability in respect of post-employment or post-retirement health, medical, life or welfare benefits for any current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of such Company Entity, except as required to avoid an excise tax under Section 4980B of the Code and at the sole expense of the applicable current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of such Company Entity.
(g) No Company Entity nor its respective ERISA Affiliates sponsor, maintain, contribute to or have an obligation to contribute to or at any time during the preceding six (6) years have sponsored, maintained, contributed to or were required to contribute to, or otherwise have any current or contingent liability or obligation under or with respect to (1) any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA or Section 4001(a)(3) of the Code); (2) a “defined benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(35) of ERISA) or any other plan that is or was subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412, Section 430 or Section 4971 of the Code; (3) a “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 210 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code); or (4) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA). No Company Entity nor any of its respective ERISA Affiliates have incurred any withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA that has not been fully satisfied.
(h) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, stockholder approval of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will or could reasonably be expected to (whether alone or in connection with any subsequent event(s)) (A) result in the acceleration, increase, funding or vesting of any material compensation or benefits to, or the forgiveness of material debt with respect to, any current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of any Company Entity under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise; (B) entitle any current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of any Company Entity to any material severance pay or other material compensation or benefits or to any material increase in severance pay or other compensation or benefits; (C) limit the right or ability to terminate or amend any Company Benefit Plan; or (D) directly or indirectly cause any Company Entity to transfer or set aside any material assets to fund any benefits under any Company Benefit Plans.
(i) (A) No amount, payment, right or benefit that could be, or has been, received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property or the cancellation of indebtedness) by any current or former employee, officer, director, stockholder, consultant or other service provider of any Company Entity or any of their respective Affiliates who is a “disqualified individual” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code could reasonably be or is expected to be characterized as, or give rise to, separately or in the aggregate, an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code) or be nondeductible under Section 280G of the Code, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether alone or in connection with any subsequent event(s)) and (B) no Company Entity has an obligation to gross-up or reimburse any individual for any Tax or related interest or penalties incurred by such individual, including under Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code or otherwise.
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(j) Each Company Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code has been operated in all material respects in compliance with Section 409A of the Code since January 1, 2005, or its inception (whichever is later), and all applicable regulations and notices issued thereunder.
(k) With respect to each Foreign Plan: (A) all material employer and employee contributions to each Foreign Plan required by Law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan have been timely made, or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with normal accounting practices; (B) each Foreign Plan required to be registered or intended to meet certain regulatory or requirements for favorable Tax treatment has been timely and properly registered and has been maintained in good standing in all material respects with applicable regulatory authorities and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no existing circumstances or events that have occurred that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect such plan; and (C) no Foreign Plan is a defined benefit plan (as defined in ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA), seniority premium, termination indemnity, provident fund, gratuity or similar plan or arrangement or has any material unfunded or underfunded liabilities, and materially adequate reserves have been established with respect to any Foreign Plan that is not required to be funded.
Section III.13 Labor Matters.
(a) No Company Entity is a party to or bound by any CBA or arrangements with a labor union, works council or labor organization. No employees are represented by any labor organization or works council with respect to their employment with any Company Entity. Except as would not have, or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse impact on any Company Entity, there are no activities or proceedings of any labor union, works council or labor organization to organize any current or former employee, officer, or director of any Company Entity and there is no, and since inception, there has been no, labor dispute, labor grievance, labor arbitrations, unfair labor practice or strike, lockout, picketing, hand billing, slowdown, concerted refusal to work overtime, or work stoppage against or affecting any Company Entity, in each case, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(b) No Company Entity has incurred any material liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar state, local, or foreign law that remains unsatisfied.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule III.13(c), each Company Entity is, and since inception, has been, in compliance in all material respects with all Laws respecting labor and employment, including provisions thereof relating to fair employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, collective bargaining, unfair labor practices, reductions in force, equal employment opportunity, employment discrimination, harassment, civil rights, safety and health, disability, employee benefits, workers’ compensation, immigration (including the completion of Forms I-9 for all employees and the proper confirmation of employee visas), background checks, paid or unpaid leave, classification of employees and independent contractors, wages and hours, affirmative action and unemployment insurance, and since inception, have been in compliance with all Laws respecting COVID-19.
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(d) Each Company Entity has fully and timely paid all wages, salaries, wage premiums, commissions, bonuses, severance and termination payments, fees, and other compensation that have come due and payable to its current or former employees and independent contractors under applicable Law, Contract or such Company Entity’s respective policy; and (ii) each individual who is providing or within the past three (3) years has provided services to any Company Entity and is or was classified and treated as an independent contractor, consultant, leased employee, or other non-employee service provider is and has been properly classified and treated as such for all applicable purposes.
(e) No current or former employee or independent contractor of any Company Entity is in any material respect in violation of any term of any employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement, common law nondisclosure obligation, fiduciary duty, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation: (i) owed to any Company Entity or (ii) owed to any third party with respect to such person’s right to be employed or engaged by any Company Entity.
(f) To the Knowledge of the Company, no current employee of any Company Entity with annualized compensation at or above $100,000, intends to terminate his or her employment prior to the one (1)-year anniversary of the Closing.
(g) To the Knowledge of the Company, since inception, no charges or complaints of sexual or other unlawful harassment based on sex, race, or any other prohibited characteristic have been made against any current officer of any Company Entity. The Company has promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigated all sexual harassment, or other discrimination, retaliation or policy violation allegations of which any of the Company Entities is aware. With respect to each such allegation with potential merit, the Company has taken prompt corrective action that is reasonably calculated to prevent further improper action. The Company does not reasonably expect any material liabilities with respect to any such allegations and is not aware of any allegations relating to officers, directors, employees, contractors, or agents of the any Company Entity, that, if known to the public, would bring any Company Entity into material disrepute.
Section III.14 Taxes.
(a) All Tax Returns required to be filed by any Company Entity have been filed (taking into account extensions) and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all respects.
(b) All Taxes required to be paid (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) by any Company Entity have been duly paid.
(c) No Tax audit, examination or other proceeding with respect to Taxes of any Company Entity is pending or has been threatened.
(d) Each Company Entity has complied in all respects with all applicable Laws relating to the collection and withholding of Taxes.
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(e) There are no assessments, deficiencies, adjustments or other claims with respect to Taxes that have been asserted or assessed against any Company Entity that have not been paid or otherwise resolved.
(f) No Company Entity (or any predecessor thereof) has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for income tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (or so much of Section 356 of the Code as relates to Section 355 of the Code).
(g) No Company Entity has been a party to any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) (excluding any loss transaction described in subsection (5) of such section).
(h) There are no Liens with respect to Taxes on any of the assets of the Company Entities, other than Permitted Liens.
(i) No Company Entity has incurred any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than such Company Entity) (i) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) or (ii) as a transferee or successor.
(j) The Company Entities have withheld from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or other Person all Taxes required by Law to be withheld, paid over to the proper Governmental Authority in a timely manner all such amounts required to have been so paid over, and complied with all applicable withholding and related reporting requirements with respect to such Taxes.
(k) No Company Entity is currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return (excluding extensions granted automatically under applicable Law).
(l) No written and unresolved claim has been received by any Company Entity from a Governmental Authority in respect of Tax in a jurisdiction where such Company Entity does not file Tax Returns that such Company Entity is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(m) No Company Entity is subject to income Tax in a jurisdiction outside the country of its organization.
(n) No Company Entity will be required to include any amount in taxable income, exclude any item of deduction or loss from taxable income, or make any adjustment under Section 481 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) installment sale, intercompany transaction described in the Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business, (ii) prepaid amount received or deferred revenue recognized prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business, (iii) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) “closing agreements” described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of
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state, local or foreign Law) executed prior to the Closing other than in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, or (v) by reason of an election pursuant to Section 965 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law). Solely for purposes of determining whether or not an intercompany transaction described in Section 1502 is material for purposes of Section III.14(n)(i), no intercompany transaction that would result in a liability to any Company Entity that is less than $100,000 shall be considered material.
(o) No Company Entity has made a request for an advance tax ruling or similar guidance that is in progress or pending with any Governmental Authority with respect to any Taxes.
(p) No Company Entity is a party to any Tax indemnification or Tax sharing or similar agreement (other than any such agreement solely between a Company Entity and customary commercial Contracts (or Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business) not primarily related to Taxes).
(q) Schedule III.14(q) includes a list of the tax classifications and jurisdictions of each Company Entity.
(r) No Company Entity has taken any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers or the Delaware Domestication from qualifying for the Intended Income Tax Treatment, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there are not any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers or the Delaware Domestication from qualifying for the Intended Income Tax Treatment.
(s) No Company Entity has (i) deferred the employer’s share of any “applicable employment taxes” under Section 2302 of the CARES Act, and has not (ii) obtained or intends to seek to obtain, a covered loan under paragraph (36) of Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by Section 1202 of the CARES Act.
(t) Each Company Entity has properly complied with and duly accounted for all credits received under Sections 7001 through 7005 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Section 2301 of the CARES Act.
Section III.15 Insurance. Schedule III.15 sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof, of each material insurance policy currently in effect to which a Company Entity is a party or express named insured (collectively, the “Insurance Policies”), together with a claims history for claims in excess of $100,000 since December 31, 2023. The Company has made available to Acquiror true and accurate copies of each Insurance Policy. With respect to each such Insurance Policy, except as set forth on Schedule III.15: (a) the Insurance Policy is valid, binding and in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except for the Insurance Policies that have expired under their terms in the ordinary course of business; (b) all premiums with respect thereto have been paid; (c) no Company Entity is in material default under any such Insurance Policy; and (d) as of the date hereof, no written notice of cancellation or nonrenewal has been received by any Company Entity with respect to such Insurance Policy. No insurer has denied or disputed coverage of any material claim made by a Company Entity under any Insurance Policy within the last twelve (12) months. The Company Entities do not have any self-insurance or co-insurance programs.
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Section III.16 Real Property.
(a) Schedule III.16(a) lists as of the date hereof: (i) all real property owned by the Company Entities (the “Owned Real Property”) and (ii) all other real property leased, subleased or licensed by the Company Entities, as the lessee, sublessee or licensee, with annual rent payments by any such lessee in excess of $100,000 (the “Leased Real Property”). Schedule III.16(a) also identifies with respect to the Leased Real Property, each lease, sublease, license and any other Contract under which such Leased Real Property is occupied or used by the Company Entities, including the date of and legal name of each of the parties to such lease, sublease, license or other Contract, and each amendment, restatement, modification or supplement thereto (the “Real Property Leases”). The Company has delivered or made available to Acquiror, complete, accurate and correct copies, in all material respects, of all Real Property Leases.
(b) The Company Entities have good and marketable fee simple title to their respective Owned Real Property, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the Company Entities, taken as a whole, no Company Entity has received written notice of any, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no, default under any restrictive covenants affecting the Owned Real Property.
(c) The Company Entities have a valid, binding and enforceable leasehold, sub leasehold or license interest (as applicable) in all Leased Real Property. All Real Property Leases under which a Company Entity is a lessee or sublessee are in full force and effect and are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Company Entity has received written notice of any, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no, material default under any such Real Property Lease. No Company Entity has (i) exercised any termination rights with respect to any Real Property Lease or (ii) received written notice from the landlord under any Real Property Lease indicating that the landlord has exercised a termination right with respect to such Real Property Lease.
(d) The interests of the Company Entities in the Real Property constitute all interests in real property (i) currently used, occupied or held for use in any material respect in connection with the business of the respective Company Entity as presently conducted and (ii) necessary for the continued operation of the respective business of the Company Entity.
(e) There do not exist any actual, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings that affect any interests of the Company Entities in the Real Property or any part thereof, and no Company Entity has received any notice, oral or written, of the intention of any Governmental Authority or other Person to take or use any interest in the Real Property or any part thereof or interest therein. No Company Entity has received any currently outstanding and uncured written notice alleging that the Real Property is in violation of any applicable Laws in any material respect.
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(f) No Company Entity is a party to any purchase option, right of first refusal or other contractual right or obligation to sell, assign or dispose of its interests in the Real Property.
Section III.17 Intellectual Property and IT Security.
(a) Schedule III.17(a) lists all Intellectual Property Registrations included in the Owned Intellectual Property as of the date of this Agreement. There is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, challenging the validity, enforceability, ownership, registration or use of any Intellectual Property Registrations.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule III.17(b), each Company Entity (i) is the sole, exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to its respective Intellectual Property Registrations, and (ii) either owns or has the right to use all other Intellectual Property that is material to the conduct of its respective business as currently conducted, free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. All Persons who have participated in the invention, creation or development of any material Intellectual Property for such Company Entity has executed and delivered to such Company Entity, a valid and enforceable written agreement (i) providing for the nondisclosure by such Person of any confidential information of any Company Entity and (ii) providing for the present assignment by such Person to such Company Entity of all right title and interest in all Intellectual Property arising out of such Person’s employment by, engagement by or contract with such Company Entity, except where ownership of such Intellectual Property would vest in such Company Entity by operation of law. No Governmental Authority or academic institution owns or retains any rights in or to any material Owned Intellectual Property.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in the loss, termination or impairment of any right of, in or to any Intellectual Property, except as would not be material to any Company Entity, taken as a whole.
(d) (i) The conduct of the business of each Company Entity as currently conducted is not infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property rights of any third party, and has not infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property rights of any third party since inception; (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no third party is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any material Intellectual Property; and (iii) no Company Entity has received from any Person any unresolved written notice since inception that such Company Entity is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property rights of any Person.
(e) The Company Entities have in place commercially reasonable measures to protect and maintain the confidentiality of any material trade secrets included in the Owned Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no unauthorized access, use or disclosure of any such material trade secrets included in the Owned Intellectual Property.
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(f) The Company Entities are in material compliance with all the terms and conditions of all licenses applicable to all Open-Source Software used in any material software included in Owned Intellectual Property. No proprietary Software owned or purported to be owned by the Company Entities contains, incorporates, is derived from, or is linked to any Open-Source Software that would require, based on the current use or distribution of such Software, the licensing or making available of material source code for such Software, including for the purposes of making derivative works. No Person has any present or contingent right or license to access any material proprietary source code owned or purported to be owned by the Company Entities, other than employees or service providers working for the Company Entities who are subject to reasonable written confidentiality agreements.
(g) The Company Entities have in place commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability and security of the IT Systems, and commercially reasonable backup and disaster recovery procedures for the continued operation of its business in the event of a failure of the IT Systems. The Company Entities have used reasonable best efforts to prevent the introduction into the IT Systems, any malware, ransomware, disabling codes or instructions, spyware, Trojan horses, worms, viruses or other Software routines that would permit or cause unauthorized access to, or disruption, impairment, disablement, or destruction of the IT Systems. The IT Systems have not suffered any critical failures, errors, breakdowns or other adverse events that have caused any material disruption in the operation of the business of the Company Entities since inception. The IT Systems are in good working order in all material respects and are sufficient in all material respects for the existing needs of the business of the Company.
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(i) The Company Entities use and have used all AI Technologies in compliance with all applicable Third-Party AI Terms.
(j) All (i) Training Data used by the Company Entities and (ii) data submitted to AI Technologies on the Company Entities’ behalf is either proprietary to the Company Entities or has been obtained by the Company Entities in accordance with the applicable terms and Laws governing such use (including each end-user license agreement, terms of use, privacy policies, consents, or other terms that govern the Company Entities’ collection and use of third-party data, including Scraped Data) and in compliance with all required consent and notification obligations. The Company Entities have not permitted any Company Data, works or other information to be used as Training Data by any other Person.
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(k) The Company Entities’ agreements with vendors and suppliers require, or will require by the Closing Date, such Persons to identify and notify the Company Entities of any data, works, service results or other outputs that are created (in whole or in part) for the benefit or use of the Company Entities using Generative AI Technologies. The Company Entities subject, or will subject by the Closing Date, any Software created (in whole or in part) by Generative AI Technologies on the Company Entities’ behalf to a standard code review process before use of such Software by the Company Entities or any third party, including (i) supplementary quality review by a qualified human developer and (ii) scans for Open-Source Software and security vulnerabilities.
(l) No Company Entity has used any (i) Third-Party Generative AI Product to create any Intellectual Property that any Company Entity or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its respective suppliers, vendors, customers or users intend to maintain as proprietary or confidential (or otherwise intends to apply for available registration protections for Intellectual Property rights associated therewith) or (ii) confidential information of any Company Entity or its respective suppliers, vendors, customers or end users in connection with any Third-Party Generative AI Product or Third-Party AI Product.
(m) The Company Entities maintain a technical description of the AI Technologies used by, in or with any Company AI Products that is sufficiently detailed such that the relevant AI Technologies can be modified, debugged and improved from time to time by programmers skilled in the development of AI Technologies. The Company AI Products operate in accordance with all AI Product Statements, and the Company Entities maintain, or will maintain by the Closing Date, reasonable supporting documentation. The Company Entities have implemented and adhere, or will implement and adhere by the Closing Date, to internal policies and procedures concerning the ethical and responsible development, use, testing and improvement of AI Technologies and is in compliance, or will be in compliance by the Closing Date, with all applicable regulatory guidelines and Laws relating thereto. No Company Entity has received any (i) complaint from any Person or (ii) governmental inquiry related to its use of AI Technologies.
(n) The Company Entities are, and in the past have made themselves, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Privacy Obligations.
(o) The Company Entities have notified individuals on Schedule III.17(o) about whom the Company Entities Process or direct the Processing of Personal Data regarding the Company Entities’ Personal Data Processing activities in conformance with all applicable Privacy Obligations. The Company Entities have written, or will have written by the Closing Date, privacy notices which fully and accurately disclose, or will have disclosed by the Closing Date, how the Company Entities Processes Personal Data about such individuals as described on Schedule III.17(o). Except as set forth on Schedule III.17(o), complete and correct copies of all written privacy notices have been made available to Acquiror.
(p) The Company Entities have contractually obligated, or will contractually obligate by the Closing Date, all third-party service providers and customers’ outsourcers, processors, or other third parties Processing Personal Data, in each case on behalf of the Company Entities to (i) comply with applicable Privacy Obligations; (ii) take reasonable steps to protect and secure Sensitive Data from loss, theft, unauthorized or unlawful Processing or other misuse; (iii) maintain a written information privacy and security program that establishes reasonable and appropriate measures to protect the privacy, operation, confidentiality, integrity and security of
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all Sensitive Data against any Security Breach; (iv) maintain a written public-facing privacy policy that fully and accurately discloses how the third party Processes Personal Data; (v) fulfill all obligations required to be incorporated into such contracts by applicable Privacy Obligations; and (vi) to include contractual obligations that are no less protective than those in this Section III.17(p) in agreements with the third party’s agreements with other service providers and customers’ outsourcers, processors or other third parties Processing Personal Data on its behalf.
(q) The Company Entities have obtained or will obtain any and all necessary rights, permissions and Consents to permit the transfer of Personal Data in connection with the Transactions, and such transfer will not violate in any material respect any applicable Privacy Obligations.
(r) The Company Entities have implemented, or will implement by the Closing Date, maintain and comply with a privacy compliance program that is comprised of appropriate internal processes, policies and controls designed to comply with applicable Privacy Obligations including (i) the appointment of qualified personnel to govern the administration of the privacy compliance program, (ii) processes to respond to requests regarding Personal Data, (iii) processes to evaluate risks of Personal Data Processing activities of the Company Entities, (iv) the implementation and maintenance of processes for the diligence, contracting and oversight with respect to third parties Processing Personal Data on behalf of the Company Entities and (v) the completion and maintenance of required data flow maps, data processing inventories or records of processing activities, data protection impact assessments, and any other required privacy compliance program documentation or evidence.
(s) The Company Entities shall have implemented and maintains, or will implement and maintain by the Closing Date, a written information security program that is comprised of reasonable and appropriate organizational, physical, administrative, and technical safeguards designed to protect the security, confidentiality, integrity and availability of the IT Systems, including all Sensitive Data Processed thereby against loss, theft, unauthorized or unlawful Processing, or other misuse that are reasonably consistent with (i) reasonable practices in the industry in which the Company Entities operate, (ii) the Company’s Privacy Obligations and (iii) any written public-facing policy adopted by Company Entities related to privacy or information security. The Company Entities have implemented, or will implement by the Closing Date, reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology and arrangements consistent with industry practices.
(t) The Company Entities shall purchase by the Closing Date such insurance coverage containing industry standard policy terms and limits that are reasonable, appropriate and sufficient to: (i) comply with any Privacy Obligations and (ii) respond to the risk of liability stemming from or relating to any Security Breaches that may impact the Company Entities’ operations or any Company IT Systems or from or relating to any violation of applicable Privacy Obligations.
(u) The Company Entities use reasonable efforts to inform all employees, agents and consultants to the Company Entities who have access to or Process Sensitive Data of the Company Entities’ applicable current written privacy and security policies and to execute agreements containing obligations to maintain the confidentiality and security of Sensitive Data.
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(v) The Company Entities have delivered or made available, or will deliver or make available by the Closing Date, true and complete copies of all current written notices, policies and procedures relating to the Processing and security of Sensitive Data.
(w) There have not been any incidents of, or third-party claims alleging, (i) Security Breaches, (ii) unauthorized access or unauthorized use of any of Company Entities’ computer systems, network, communication equipment or other technology necessary for the operations of the Company Entities, or (iii) any unauthorized access or acquisition of any Sensitive Data maintained by the Company Entities or by any third-party service provider on behalf of the Company Entities. The Company Entities have notified in writing, or been required by applicable Law, Governmental Authority or other Privacy Obligation to notify in writing, any Person of any Security Breach.
(x) The Company Entities have not received any notice of any claims, investigations (including investigations by a Governmental Authority), or alleged violations of Laws or other Privacy Obligations with respect to Personal Data under the custody or control of the Company Entities.
(y) Since inception, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company Entities have not suffered any security breach or incident or other event resulting in any material unauthorized or unlawful access, acquisition, exfiltration, manipulation, erasure, loss, use, or disclosure that compromised the confidentiality, integrity, availability or security of Personal Data or the IT Systems, the unauthorized or unlawful Processing of Personal Data or the IT Systems, or that triggered any reporting requirement under any breach notification Law. To the Knowledge of the Company, no service provider (in the course of providing services for or on behalf of the Company) has suffered any material security breach or incident.
Section III.18 Environmental Matters.
(a) Each Company Entity is, and since inception has been, in material compliance with all Environmental Laws, which includes and has included holding and complying with all Permits required under Environmental Laws.
(b) Each Permit required under Environmental Laws for the development, design, construction, engineering, installation, permitting, commissioning, testing, supply, operation (including commercial operation), ownership, use and/or maintenance of any projects or facilities in development by the Company Entities has been obtained by the respective Company Entity, or to the Knowledge of the Company, will be obtained in due course and without material unanticipated cost or material adverse conditions prior to the time the same is required to be obtained under Environmental Laws.
(c) Since inception, none of the Company Entities have received any written notice from any Person regarding any actual or alleged violation of, or material liability arising under, any Environmental Law.
(d) There are no material Actions pending against or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company Entities alleging any violations of or liability under any Environmental Law.
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(e) The Company Entities are not subject to any material Governmental Order relating to the Company Entities’ compliance with Environmental Laws or the investigation, sampling, monitoring, treatment, remediation, removal or cleanup of Hazardous Materials.
(f) Since inception, the Company Entities have not manufactured, distributed, treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, transported, handled, released, or exposed any Person to, or owned or operated any property or facility which is or was contaminated by, any Hazardous Materials.
(g) The Company Entities have not retained or assumed, by contract, any material liabilities or obligations of any other Person arising under Environmental Law.
(h) To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no presently existing conditions, events or circumstances relating to the facilities, properties or operations of the Company Entities that would reasonably be expected to prevent, hinder or limit continued compliance with Environmental Laws as in effect as of the date of this Agreement or give rise to material liabilities under such Environmental Laws.
(i) The Company Entities have made available to Acquiror all environmental audits, assessments, studies or reports materially bearing on the Company Entities’ compliance with or liability under Environmental Laws, in each case, which are in its possession or under its reasonable control.
Section III.19 Brokers’ Fees. Other than as set forth on Schedule III.19, no broker, finder, financial advisor, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other similar fee, commission or other similar payment in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company Entities’ or any of their Affiliates.
Section III.20 Related Party Transactions. Except for the Contracts set forth on Schedule III.20 or Contracts that will be terminated prior to Closing without any liability to the Company Entities continuing following the Closing, there are no Affiliate Agreements.
Section III.21 International Trade; Anti-Corruption.
(a) The Company Entities are and since inception, have been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Sanctions Laws and Trade Control Laws. None of the Company Entities nor any of their respective directors and officers, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its respective employees, agents or other third-party representatives acting on behalf of any Company Entity are currently, or have been at any time since inception: (i) a Sanctioned Person; (ii) engaged, directly or indirectly, in any dealings or transactions on behalf of, with, or otherwise involving any Sanctioned Person in violation of Sanctions Laws; or (iii) otherwise engaged, directly or indirectly, in any dealings or transactions in violation of applicable Sanctions Laws or Trade Control Laws. The Company Entities do not have assets, operations or business dealings located in, or otherwise directly or indirectly derive revenue from investments, activities, or transactions in or with any Sanctioned Country, or (z) directly or indirectly derive revenues from investments, activities or transactions in or with, any Sanctioned Person. Since inception, the Company Entities have not exported, reexported or transferred (in-country) any products, services, technology, technical data or any other item for which a license, approval, license exception, registration or similar authorization is or was required under applicable Trade Control Laws or Sanctions Laws or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other Governmental Authority.
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(b) The Company Entities are and since inception have been in compliance in all material respects with all Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Company Entities nor any of their respective directors and officers nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its respective employees, agents or other third-party representatives acting on behalf of the Company Entities, has since inception (i) made any unlawful payment or unlawfully given, offered, promised or authorized or agreed to give, solicited or received, any money or thing of value, directly or indirectly, to or from any Government Official, any political party or official thereof or any candidate for political office, any member of any Governmental Authority, any private individual or commercial entity (including employees, agents, directors and officers of such commercial entity), or any other Person in any such case while knowing that all or a portion of such money or thing of value may be given, offered, promised or authorized or agreed to be given, solicited or received, directly or indirectly, to any Person or member of any Governmental Authority or any candidate for political office for the purpose of any of the following: (x) influencing any action or decision of such Person, in such Person’s official or commercial capacity, including a decision to fail to perform such Person’s official or commercial function, (y) inducing such Person to use such Person’s influence with any Governmental Authority, private individual or commercial entity to affect or influence any act or decision of such Governmental Authority, private individual or commercial entity to assist the Company in obtaining or retaining business for, with, or directing business to, any Person, or (z) where such payment would constitute a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist the Company Entities in obtaining or retaining business for, with, or directing business to, any Person; or (ii) otherwise violated any Anti-Corruption Laws.
(c) From inception through the date hereof, (i) there has been no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company Entities, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that relates to an actual or potential violation of Sanctions Laws, Trade Control Laws, or Anti-Corruption Laws; and (ii) the Company Entities have not received from any Governmental Authority or any other Person any notice, inquiry, or internal or external allegation; made any voluntary or involuntary disclosure to a Governmental Authority; conducted any internal investigation or audit concerning, or has any Knowledge of any actual or potential violation or wrongdoing by the Company Entities or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents, in each case of this Section III.21(c) related to Trade Control Laws, Sanctions Laws, or Anti-Corruption Laws.
Section III.22 Top Customers and Top Suppliers.
(a) Schedule III.22(a) sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the names of the top ten (10) customers by dollar sales volume paid by such customers to the Company Entities for the year ended December 31, 2023 (each, a “Top Customer”). None of the Top Customers has (i) terminated or given written notice to any Company Entity expressly stating its intention to terminate its relationship with such Company Entity, (ii) given written notice to any
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Company Entity expressly stating that, following the date of this Agreement, it plans to reduce substantially the quantity of products or services that it purchases from such Company Entity or (iii) given written notice to any Company Entity expressly stating that, following the date of this Agreement, it desires to renegotiate its Contract with such Company Entity or the terms on which such Company Entity provides services to such Top Customer.
(b) Schedule III.22(b) sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the names of the top ten (10) suppliers by dollar sales volume paid by the Company Entities to such supplier for the year ended December 31, 2023 (each, a “Top Supplier”). None of the Top Suppliers has (i) terminated or given written notice to any Company Entity expressly stating its intention to terminate its relationship with such Company Entity, (ii) given written notice to such Company Entity expressly stating that, following the date of this Agreement, it plans to reduce substantially the quantity of products or services that it provides to such Company Entity or (iii) given written notice to any Company Entity expressly stating that, following the date of this Agreement, it desires to renegotiate its Contract with such Company Entity or the terms on which such Company Entity receives services or products from such Top Supplier.
Section III.23 Acquisitions and Acquisition Contracts. Since inception, no written dispute, demand, claim (including any claim for indemnification) or other Action has been made in writing or initiated in writing or threatened in writing by or against any Company Entity, under any Contract to which a Company Entity is a party that relates to any acquisition (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) by a Company Entity of a business, business unit or Person (each, an “Acquisition”) (an “Acquisition Contract”). As of the date hereof, except as set forth in Schedule III.23, there are no “earn-outs,” contingent payment obligations or other similar obligations of the Company in respect of any Acquisition under any Acquisition Contract.
Section III.24 Personal Property. Each Company Entity has good and marketable title to, or a valid and enforceable leasehold interest in or right to use, all material personal property and other material property and assets owned, used or held for use by such Company Entity in connection with the business of such Company Entity or reflected in the Financial Statements (the “Personal Property”), other than Personal Property disposed of in the ordinary course of business after December 31, 2023, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. The Permitted Liens would not reasonably be expected, individually or in aggregate, to materially adversely affect or interfere with the current use or operation of the Personal Property.
Section III.25 Condition of Assets. The Real Property, including all buildings, improvements, parking facilities, sidewalks, storm drainage systems, roofs, plumbing systems, HVAC systems, fire protection systems, electrical systems, equipment, elevators, exterior sidings and doors, landscaping, irrigation systems and all structural components are in good condition, order and repair in all material respects; there exists no structural or other material defects or damages to the Real Property, whether latent or otherwise. The tangible Personal Property has been maintained in the ordinary course of business, is in good operating condition, subject to normal wear and tear, and is suitable for the purposes for which it is currently used.
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Section III.27 Regulation CF. The Company represents and warrants that the Company Entities have previously conducted and are currently conducting a Regulation CF offering (the “CF Offerings”) in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, Regulation CF of the Securities Act. Schedule III.27 sets forth complete and accurate details of all CF Offerings, including the price, number of Company Stock and amount raised. The Company has made available to Acquiror all documentations and materials related to the CF Offerings to the Acquiror. The Company further represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Compliance with Regulation CF. The CF Offerings are and have been conducted through an SEC-registered crowdfunding portal or broker-dealer, and the Company has filed all necessary forms, including Form C under the Securities Act (“Form C”), with the SEC as required under Regulation CF. All information provided in documents related to the CF Offerings, including, but not limited to, the Form C, have been prepared in compliance with Regulation CF and is accurate and complete in all material respects;
(b) Disclosure of Risks. The Company has provided or will provide all investors with the required disclosures, including, but not limited to, the description of the business, the use of proceeds, and the financial condition of the Company Entities. The Company has included in its materials for the CF Offerings all risk factors associated with an investment in the Company Entities, including those related to its current business operations and the potential risks inherent in the business combination transaction with the Acquiror;
Section III.28 Certain Provided Information. The information relating to the Company Entities supplied or to be supplied by the Company or its Affiliates or Representatives for inclusion in the Proxy Statement will not, as of the date on which the Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto is first distributed to the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares or at the time of the Special Meeting (as defined below), contain any statement which, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not false or misleading.
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Section III.29 No Other Representations. Except as provided in this Article III (as modified by the Schedules), none of the Company Entities, nor any Company Stockholder, nor their respective representatives, nor any other Person has made or is making any representation or warranty whatsoever in respect of the Company Entities or any Company Stockholder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, none of the Company Entities nor any Company Stockholder nor any of their respective representatives nor any other Person has made or makes any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to any projections, forecasts or estimates or budgets made available to Acquiror, its Affiliates or any of their respective representatives of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Company Entities (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing), whether or not included in any management presentation or in any other information made available to Acquiror, its Affiliates or any of their respective representatives, and that any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed.
ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR PARTIES
Except as set forth in the Schedules to this Agreement or in the Acquiror SEC Reports filed or furnished by Acquiror prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding (x) any disclosures in such Acquiror SEC Reports under the headings “Risk Factors,” that do not constitute statements of facts, disclosures in any “Forward-Looking Statements” or “Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” or other disclosures that are predictive, cautionary or forward-looking in nature and (y) any exhibits or other documents appended thereto), each Acquiror Party represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
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Section IV.2 Subsidiaries. None of Acquiror, and either of the Merger Subs has any direct or indirect Subsidiaries or participations in joint ventures or other entities, and does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any Person, whether incorporated or unincorporated. Acquiror owns 100% (one hundred percent) of the outstanding capital of each of Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2.
Section IV.3 Due Authorization.
(a) Each of the Acquiror Parties has all requisite corporate or limited lability company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Agreement to which it is or will be a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and such other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly, validly and unanimously authorized and approved by the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of each Acquiror Party, and no other corporate or equivalent proceeding on the part of any Acquiror Party (other than the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters, as applicable) is necessary to authorize this Agreement or such other Transaction Agreements or any Acquiror Party’s performance hereunder or thereunder (except that obtaining the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval is a condition to the consummation of the Mergers). This Agreement has been, and each such other Transaction Agreement to which such Acquiror Party will be party will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by such Acquiror Party and, assuming due authorization and execution by each other Party hereto and thereto (other than the other Acquiror Party), this Agreement constitutes, and each such other Transaction Agreement to which such Acquiror Party will be party, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Acquiror Party, enforceable against each Acquiror Party in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The minute books of each Acquiror Party contain true, complete and accurate records of all meetings and consents in lieu of meetings of its board of directors (and any committees thereof), similar governing bodies and holders of Equity Securities. Copies of such records of each of the Acquiror Parties have been heretofore made available to the Company or its counsel.
(b) The only votes of any of the Acquiror Shareholders necessary in connection with the entry into this Agreement by Acquiror, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Closing, and the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters are as set forth on Schedule IV.3(b).
(c) At a meeting duly called and held, the board of directors of Acquiror has unanimously: (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair to and in the best interests of Acquiror Stockholders, (ii) determined that the fair market value of the Company is equal to at least 80% (eighty percent) of the amount held in the Trust Account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned) as of the date hereof, (iii) approved the Transactions as a Business Combination and (iv) resolved to recommend to Acquiror Stockholders approval of each of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters.
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Section IV.4 No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section IV.6, and subject to obtaining the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any other Transaction Agreement to which any Acquiror Party is or will be a party by such Acquiror Party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of, or result in the breach of the Acquiror Organizational Documents or any organizational documents of the Merger Subs; (b) conflict with or result in any material violation of any provision of any Law or Governmental Order binding on or applicable to any Acquiror Party; (c) materially violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, or a right of termination, cancellation, modification, acceleration or amendment under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the acceleration or trigger of any payment, posting of collateral (or right to require the posting of collateral), time of payment, vesting or increase in the amount of any compensation or benefit payable pursuant to, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which any Acquiror Party is a party, or (d) result in the creation of any material Lien upon any of the properties or assets of all or any of the Acquiror Parties (including the Trust Account), except in the case of each of clauses (b) through (d) as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
Section IV.5 Compliance. Each of Acquiror and each of the Merger Subs has materially complied and is in material compliance with all applicable local, state, national and international laws, regulations and ordinances applicable to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business. No written notice of noncompliance with any material Law has been received by Acquiror or either of the Merger Subs, and Acquiror has no Knowledge of any such notice related to Acquiror or either of the Merger Subs delivered to any other Person.
Section IV.6 Litigation and Proceedings. Since May 31, 2024, there has been no pending or, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, threatened (in writing) Actions by or against Acquiror that, if adversely decided or resolved, had, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect. There is no Governmental Order imposed upon any Acquiror Party that has had, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect. No Acquiror Party is party to any settlement or similar agreement regarding any of the matters set forth in the two preceding sentences that contains any ongoing obligations, restrictions or liabilities (of any nature) that has had, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
Section IV.7 Governmental Authorities; Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, no action by, consent, approval, permit or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or notice, approval, consent, waiver or authorization from any Governmental Authority is required on the part of Acquiror with respect to Acquiror’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (a) obtaining the consents of, or submitting notifications, filings, notices or other submissions to, the Governmental Authorities listed on Schedule IV.7; (b) the filing with the SEC of (i) the Proxy Statement (and the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act or, in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC) and (ii) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in
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connection with this Agreement, the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (c) the filing of the Certificates of Merger in accordance with the DGCL; and (d) any actions, consents, approvals, permits or authorizations, designations, declarations or filings, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
(a) As of the date hereof there is at least $20,645,498.41 held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, acting as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated December 14, 2021, by and between Acquiror and the Trustee on file with the Acquiror SEC Reports as of the date of this Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be released except in accordance with the Trust Agreement, Acquiror Organizational Documents and Acquiror’s final prospectus dated December 17, 2021. Amounts in the Trust Account are invested in United States Government securities or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Acquiror has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under, and is not in material default, breach or delinquent in performance or any other respect (claimed or actual) in connection with, the Trust Agreement and the Trust Account, and no event has occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or breach thereunder. There are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, threatened with respect to the Trust Account or the funds contained therein. Acquiror has not released any money from the Trust Account (other than as permitted by the Trust Agreement). At the Acquisition Effective Time, the obligations of Acquiror to dissolve or liquidate pursuant to the Acquiror Organizational Documents shall terminate, and, as of the Acquisition Effective Time, Acquiror shall have no obligation whatsoever pursuant to the Acquiror Organizational Documents to dissolve and liquidate the assets of Acquiror by reason of the Transactions. From and after the Acquisition Effective Time, no Acquiror Shareholder shall be entitled to receive any amount from, or any amount previously held in, the Trust Account except to the extent such Acquiror Shareholder shall have elected to tender its Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares for redemption pursuant to the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption prior to such time. The Trust Agreement is in full force and effect and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Acquiror and the Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Trust Agreement has not been terminated, repudiated, rescinded, amended or supplemented or otherwise modified, in any respect, and, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, no such termination, repudiation, rescission, amendment, supplement or modification is contemplated or anticipated. There are no side letters or other Contracts, arrangements or understandings, whether written or oral, with the Trustee or any other Person that would (i) cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the Acquiror SEC Reports to be inaccurate or (ii) entitle any Person (other than Acquiror Shareholders who shall have elected to redeem their Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption or the underwriters of Acquiror’s initial public offering in respect of their Deferred Discount (as defined in the Trust Agreement)) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account.
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(b) As of the date hereof, Acquiror has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the use of funds in the Trust Account will not be satisfied or funds available in the Trust Account will not be available to Acquiror on the Closing Date. As of the date hereof, Acquiror does not have any Contract, arrangement or understanding to enter into or incur any Contract or other obligations with respect to or under any Indebtedness.
Section IV.9 Real Property; Personal Property. None of Acquiror or either of the Merger Subs owns or leases any real property or personal property.
Section IV.10 Intellectual Property. None of Acquiror or either of the Merger Subs owns, licenses or otherwise has any right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property.
Section IV.11 Brokers’ Fees. Other than as set forth on Schedule IV.11, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee, underwriting fee, deferred underwriting fee, commission or other similar payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other potential Business Combination transaction considered or engaged in by or on behalf of Acquiror based upon arrangements made by Acquiror or any of its Affiliates or otherwise in respect of which Acquiror or any of its Affiliates may have any liability or obligation.
Section IV.12 Acquiror SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) Acquiror has filed or furnished in a timely manner, other than the filings listed on Schedule IV.12, all required registration statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC (collectively, including any statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement, each as it has been amended since the time of its filing and including all exhibits thereto, the “Acquiror SEC Reports”). None of the Acquiror SEC Reports, as of their respective dates (or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The audited financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements (including, in each case, the notes and schedules thereto) included in the Acquiror SEC Reports complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto) and fairly present (subject, in the case of the unaudited interim financial statements included therein, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of complete footnotes as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) in all material respects the financial position of Acquiror as of the respective dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods then ended. No Acquiror Party has any material off-balance sheet arrangements that are not disclosed in the Acquiror SEC Reports.
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(b) Acquiror has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to Acquiror is made known to Acquiror’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer. To the Knowledge of Acquiror, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting Acquiror’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information required to be included in Acquiror’s financial statements included in Acquiror’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.
(c) Acquiror has established and maintains systems of internal accounting controls that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and (ii) all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of proper and accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for Acquiror’s assets. Acquiror maintains books and records of Acquiror in the ordinary course of business that are accurate and complete and reflect the revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of Acquiror in all material respects.
(d) Acquiror has not identified or been made aware of any, and to the Knowledge of Acquiror, there is no (i) significant deficiency in the internal controls over financial reporting of Acquiror, (ii) material weakness in the internal controls over financial reporting of Acquiror or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of Acquiror who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of Acquiror.
(e) To the Knowledge of Acquiror, there are no outstanding SEC comments from the SEC with respect to the Acquiror SEC Reports. To the Knowledge of Acquiror, none of the Acquiror SEC Reports filed on or prior to the date hereof is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date hereof.
(f) Each director and executive officer of Xxxxxxxx has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(g) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Acquiror to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of Acquiror.
Section IV.13 Business Activities.
(a) Acquiror was formed for the purpose of effecting a Business Combination with one or more businesses or entities. It completed an initial public offering of units consisting of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares and Acquiror Warrants in December of 2021, and placed certain of the net proceeds of its initial public offering and simultaneous private placement of Acquiror Warrants in the Trust Account. Acquiror has never conducted any operations and has never engaged in any business activities except raising funds through sales of securities, causing its securities to be listed on Nasdaq, complying with applicable regulatory requirements of the SEC, Nasdaq, and the Cayman Islands, and seeking to find a company or companies with which
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to complete an initial business combination and negotiating the terms of the Transactions. Except as set forth in the Acquiror Organizational Documents, there is no agreement, commitment or Governmental Order binding upon Acquiror or to which Acquiror is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of Acquiror or any acquisition of property by Acquiror or the conduct of business by Acquiror as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which would not reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Merger Subs has never engaged in any business activities, has no assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and any other Transaction Agreement to which it is a party and has never generated any revenues or expenses other than expenses related to the Transactions. Acquiror owns all of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of the Merger Subs.
(b) Acquiror does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation (other than the Merger Subs and each of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and Second Surviving Entity, pursuant to the terms hereof), partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity. Except for this Agreement and the Transactions, neither Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries has any interests, rights, obligations or liabilities with respect to, or is party to, bound by or has its assets or property subject to, in each case whether directly or indirectly, any Contract or transaction which is, or could reasonably be interpreted as constituting, a Business Combination.
(c) Except for this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements or as set forth on Schedule IV.13(c), no Acquiror Party is, and at no time has been, party to any Contract with any Person that would require payments by Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate.
(d) To the best of Acquiror’s knowledge, as of the date hereof, Acquiror has no liabilities or obligations, except for liabilities or obligations (i) reflected or reserved for on Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024, or disclosed in the notes thereto, (ii) that have arisen since the date of Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024, in the ordinary course of the operation of business of Acquiror, disclosed in the Schedules, included as set forth on Schedule IV.13(c) and as set forth on Schedule IV.13(d) or (iii) incurred in connection with or contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Transactions, including with respect to professional fees for legal and accounting advisors incurred by Acquiror or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions.
Section IV.14 Tax Matters.
(a) All Tax Returns required to be filed by any Acquiror Party have been filed (taking into account extensions), and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all respects.
(b) All Taxes required to be paid (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) by any Acquiror Party have been duly paid.
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(c) No Tax audit, examination or other proceeding with respect to Taxes of any Acquiror Party is pending or has been threatened in writing.
(d) Each Acquiror Party has complied in all respects with all applicable Laws relating to the collection and withholding of Taxes.
(e) There are no assessments, deficiencies, adjustments or other claims with respect to Taxes that have been asserted or assessed against any Acquiror Party that have not been paid or otherwise resolved.
(f) Neither Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor thereof) have constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for income tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (or so much of Section 356 of the Code as relates to Section 355 of the Code).
(g) Neither Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries have been a party to any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) (excluding any loss transaction described in subsection (5) of such section).
(h) There are no Liens with respect to Taxes on any of the assets of Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, other than Permitted Liens.
(i) Neither Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries have any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than Acquiror or its Subsidiaries) (i) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) or (ii) as a transferee or successor.
(j) The Acquiror and each of its Subsidiaries have withheld from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or other Person all Taxes required by Law to be withheld, paid over to the proper Governmental Authority in a timely manner all such amounts required to have been so paid over, and complied in all respects with all material applicable withholding and related reporting requirements with respect to such Taxes.
(k) Neither the Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries have made a request for an advance tax ruling or similar guidance that is in progress or pending with any Governmental Authority with respect to any Taxes.
(l) No Acquiror Party has taken any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers or the Delaware Domestication from qualifying for the Intended Income Tax Treatment, and to the Knowledge of Acquiror, there are not any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers or the Delaware Domestication from qualifying for the Intended Income Tax Treatment.
(m) No Acquiror Party is subject to any Tax sharing, allocation or similar agreement (other than such Agreements that have been disclosed in public filings with respect to Acquiror or that are customary commercial contracts not primarily related to Taxes and entered into with persons who are not Affiliates of, or direct or indirect equity holders in, the SPAC Sponsor).
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Section IV.15 Employees; Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Other than any directors and officers or as described in the Acquiror SEC Reports, none of Acquiror or either of the Merger Subs has or has ever had any employees. Other than reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Xxxxxxxx’s officers and directors in connection with activities on Acquiror’s behalf in an aggregate amount not in excess of the amount of cash held by Acquiror outside of the Trust Account, none of Acquiror or either of the Merger Subs has any unsatisfied material liability with respect to any employee.
(b) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, Acquiror and the Merger Subs do not currently, and do not plan or have any commitment to, maintain, sponsor, contribute to or have any direct liability under any benefit plan.
Section IV.16 Contracts. Schedule IV.16 sets forth a true, correct and complete list of each “material contract” (as such term is defined in Regulation S-K of the SEC) to which Acquiror or either of the Merger Subs is a party, other than any such material contract previously filed with the SEC.
Section IV.17 Capitalization.
(i) The authorized share capital of Acquiror consists of (i) 500,000,000 Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares, (ii) 50,000,000 Acquiror Class B Ordinary Shares and (iii) 5,000,000 shares of Acquiror Preference Shares. Schedule IV.17(a)(i) sets forth the total number and amount of all of the issued and outstanding Acquiror Ordinary Shares (including Acquiror Warrants), and further sets forth the amount and type of Acquiror Ordinary Shares owned or held by the Insiders and their Affiliates. No shares of Acquiror Preference Shares have been issued or are outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Acquiror Ordinary Shares (A) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, (B) were issued in full compliance with applicable Law and (C) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract.
(ii) The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub 1 consists of 1,000 shares of common stock, all of which are issued and outstanding and owned by Acquiror, and all of which (A) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, (B) were issued in full compliance with applicable Law and (C) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract.
(iii) The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub 2 consists of membership interests, all of which are issued and outstanding and owned by Acquiror, and all of which (A) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, (B) were issued in full compliance with applicable Law and (C) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract.
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(b) Except as set forth on Schedule IV.17(a), there are no Equity Securities of Acquiror authorized, reserved, issued or outstanding. Except as disclosed in the Acquiror SEC Reports, the Acquiror Organizational Documents and this Agreement, there are no outstanding obligations of Acquiror to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities of Acquiror. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness of Acquiror having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which Acquiror Stockholders may vote. Except as disclosed in the Acquiror SEC Reports, Acquiror is not a party to any stockholders’ agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to any Equity Securities of Acquiror or any Acquiror Party.
(c) No Acquiror Party owns any Equity Securities in any other Person (other than the equity interests of the Merger Subs owned by Acquiror) or have any right, option, warrant, conversion right, stock appreciation right, redemption right, repurchase right, agreement, arrangement or commitment of any character under which a Person is or may become obligated to issue or sell, or give any right to subscribe for or acquire, or in any way dispose of, any Equity Securities, or any securities or obligations exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Equity Securities of such Person.
Section IV.18 Nasdaq Stock Market Listing.
(a) The issued and outstanding units of Acquiror, each such unit comprised of one Acquiror Class A Ordinary Share and one-third of one Acquiror Warrant, are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “TGAAU.” The issued and outstanding Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “TGAA.” The issued and outstanding Acquiror Warrants are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “TGAAW.” Except as disclosed in the Acquiror’s SEC Reports, there is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, threatened against Acquiror by the Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares or Acquiror Warrants or terminate the listing of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares or Acquiror Warrants on the Nasdaq. None of Acquiror or its Affiliates have taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of the Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares or Acquiror Warrants under the Exchange Act except as contemplated by this Agreement. Except as disclosed in Acquiror’s SEC Reports, Acquiror has not received any notice from the Nasdaq or the SEC regarding the revocation of such listing or otherwise regarding the delisting of the Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares or Acquiror Warrants from the Nasdaq or the SEC.
Section IV.19 Related Party Transactions. Except as expressly set forth in the Acquiror SEC Reports and the Note Purchase Agreements, there are no Contracts, transactions, arrangements or understandings between any Acquiror Party or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and SPAC Sponsor, any Affiliate of SPAC Sponsor or any director, officer, employee, stockholder, warrant holder or Affiliate of such Acquiror Party, on the other hand.
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Section IV.20 Investment Company Act; JOBS Act. Neither Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries are an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of an “investment company,” in each case, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Acquiror constitutes an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the JOBS Act.
Section IV.21 Absence of Changes. Since May 31, 2024, (a) there has not been any event or occurrence that has had, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect and (b) Acquiror and the Merger Subs have, in all material respects, conducted their business and operated their properties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
Section IV.22 Restrictions on Business Activities. Except as disclosed in Schedule IV.22, there is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon any Acquiror Party or its assets or to which any Acquiror Party is a party which has or could reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of any Acquiror Party, any acquisition of property by any Acquiror Party or the conduct of business by any Acquiror Party as currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
Section IV.23 Stock Issued in Transactions. When shares of Acquiror Common Stock are issued in the Mergers as contemplated by this Agreement, such shares of Acquiror Common Stock will be duly authorized, validly issued and non-assessable, and will be received by the Company Stockholders to whom they are issued free and clear of all Liens or restrictions on transfer, other than (a) restrictions on transfer imposed by this Agreement, the Acquiror Organizational Documents and the Lockup Agreements, and (b) restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable Securities Laws.
Section IV.24 Certain Provided Information. The information relating to the Acquiror Parties supplied or to be supplied by the Acquiror or its Affiliates or Representatives for inclusion in the Proxy Statement will not, as of the date on which the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, is first distributed to the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares or at the time of the Special Meeting, contain any statement which, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not false or misleading.
Section IV.25 No Other Representations. Except as provided in this Article IV (as modified by the Schedules) and the other Transaction Agreements (as applicable), neither the Acquiror Parties, nor any of their respective representatives, nor any other Person has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever in respect of the Acquiror Parties.
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ARTICLE V.
Section V.1 Conduct of Business.
(a) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Interim Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause each other Company Entity to, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to in writing by the Acquiror, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed use reasonable best efforts to (i) conduct and operate its business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and enhance the design of internal policies and procedures, (ii) preserve intact the current business organization of the Company or such other Company Entity, and (iii) preserve its relationships with Governmental Authorities, material suppliers, customers, vendors, lessors and other Persons having material business relationships with such other Company Entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as contemplated by this Agreement, as set forth on Schedule V.1 or as consented to by Acquiror in writing, or as required by applicable Law, no Company Entity shall, during the Interim Period:
(i) materially change or amend its certificate of formation, certificate of incorporation, bylaws, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents;
(ii) make, declare, set aside, establish a record date for or pay any dividend, return of capital or other distribution of profits or assets (whether in cash, stock or property or other combination thereof);
(iii) terminate any line of business or enter into any new line of business;
(iv) enter into a Contract that would be a Specified Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof, or modify, amend, terminate or waive any material right under any Specified Contract or any Real Property Lease, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(v) except in the ordinary course of business, sell, transfer, convey, lease or license any Owned Real Property;
(vi) authorize for issuance, issue, deliver, sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of or otherwise place or suffer to exist any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any Equity Securities of such Company Entity;
(vii) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease, license, abandon, allow to lapse or expire, subject to, grant or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on, or otherwise dispose of, any material assets, rights or properties (including all Owned Real Property, Leased Real Property and material Intellectual Property), other than (i) the sale or license of goods and services to customers in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the sale or other disposition of assets (excluding the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property) or equipment deemed by such Company Entity in its reasonable business judgment to be obsolete or otherwise warranted in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) grants of non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property to customers in the ordinary course of business,;
(viii) settle or compromise any pending or threatened Action, waive any material claims or rights, or enter into any consent decree or settlement agreement with any Governmental Authority against or affecting such Company Entity or any of its assets, other than settlements where the amount paid in settlement or compromise does not exceed $100,000;
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(ix) except as otherwise required by the terms of any existing Company Benefit Plans as in effect on the date hereof, (i) increase the compensation or benefits of any current or former officer or director of such Company Entity, (ii) pay or promise to pay, fund or promise to fund any new, enter into or make any grant of any retirement or pension, severance, change in control, transaction bonus, equity or equity-based, retention or termination or similar payment or arrangement to any current or former employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors of such Company Entity, (iii) establish any trust or take any action to accelerate any payments or benefits, or accelerate the vesting, the time of payment or the funding, or secure the funding of any payments or benefits, payable or to become payable to any current or former employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors of such Company Entity, or (iv) make any change in the key management structure of such Company Entity, including the hiring of additional officers or the termination of any employees at the level of director or above or with an annual base salary of $150,000 or above, other than terminations for cause or due to death or disability;
(x) implement or announce any employee layoffs, plant closings, reductions in force, furloughs, temporary layoffs, salary or wage reductions, work schedule changes or other such actions that could implicate the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar Law;
(xi) waive or release any noncompetition, non-solicitation, nondisclosure, noninterference, non-disparagement or other restrictive covenant obligation of any current or former employee or independent contractor;
(xii) make any loans or advance any money or other property to any Person, except (i) prepayments and deposits paid to suppliers of such Company Entities in the ordinary course of business, (ii) trade credit extended to customers of such Company Entity in the ordinary course of business, (iii) advances or other payments among such Company Entity and (iv) advances in the ordinary course of business of such Company Entity and consistent with past practice to employees, officers or directors of such Company Entity for out-of-pocket expenses;
(xiii) redeem, purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire, or offer to redeem, purchase, repurchase or acquire, any Equity Securities of such Company Entity;
(xiv) adjust, split, combine, subdivide, recapitalize, reclassify or otherwise effect any change in respect of any Equity Securities of such Company Entity;
(xv) make any change in accounting principles or methods of financial accounting affecting the reported consolidated assets, liabilities or results of operations of such Company Entity, other than as may be required by GAAP or applicable Law;
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(xvi) (i) acquire by merger or consolidation with, or merge or consolidate with, or purchase substantially all of the assets of or a controlling equity interest in, any corporation, partnership, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof, (ii) make any acquisition of any assets, business, Equity Securities or other properties in excess of $100,000, other than in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of such Company Entity;
(xvii) make, change or revoke any Tax election, change or revoke any accounting method with respect to Taxes, file any Tax Return in a manner inconsistent with past practice, settle or compromise any Tax claim or Tax liability, enter into any closing agreement with respect to any Tax, or surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim, action or assessment;
(xviii) take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers or the Delaware Domestication from qualifying for the Intended Income Tax Treatment;
(xix) other than draws under such Company Entity’s credit facilities, and other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, incur, create or assume any material Indebtedness;
(xx) modify the terms of such Company Entity’s credit facilities in any respect that is material and adverse to such Company Entity;
(xxi) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, enter into any agreement that materially restricts the ability of such Company Entity to engage or compete in any existing line of business, enter into any agreement that materially restricts the ability of such Company Entity to enter into a new line of business, or enter into any new line of business;
(xxii) make any capital expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $250,000;
(xxiii) enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the Transactions;
(xxiv) form any non-wholly owned Subsidiary;
(xxv) enter into any commodities or currency-hedging transaction, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(xxvi) waive any amount owed to such Company Entity by a customer or transfer any material assets to a customer, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxvii) enter into any Contract between or among a Stockholder Related Party and such Company Entity;
(xxviii) fail to use reasonable best efforts to maintain the Insurance Policies in accordance with their respective terms (other than to replace existing policies with substantially comparable policies);
(xxix) modify, amend or otherwise change the terms of any borrowing between a Stockholder Related Party and such Company Entity;
(xxx) fail to maintain any material property or assets of such Company Entity, in substantially the same condition as of the date of this Agreement, ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted; or
(xxxi) authorize, agree or enter into any Contract to do any action prohibited under Section V.1(a)(i) through (xxx).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including this Section V.1), nothing in this Section V.1 is intended to give Acquiror, the Merger Subs or any of their respective Affiliates, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the business or operations of any Company Entity prior to the Closing, and prior to the Closing, each Company Entity shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its respective businesses and operations.
Section V.2 Inspection. Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to the Company by third parties that may be in the Company’s possession from time to time, and except for any information which (x) is prohibited from being disclosed by applicable Law or (y) on the advice of legal counsel of the Company would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure, the Company shall afford to Acquiror and its Representatives reasonable access during the Interim Period, and with reasonable advance notice, in such manner as to not interfere unreasonably with the normal operation of the Company and so long as reasonably feasible or permissible under applicable Law, to the properties, facilities, books, Tax Returns, records and appropriate officers and employees of the Company Entities, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of the Company Entities that are in the possession of the Company or another Company Entity, in each case, as Acquiror and its Representatives may reasonably request; provided that such access shall not include any invasive or intrusive investigations or testing, sampling or analysis of any properties, facilities or equipment of the Company Entities. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply. All information obtained by Acquiror and its Representatives under this Agreement shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.
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Section V.3 No Claim Against the Trust Account. The Company acknowledges that it has read Acquiror’s final prospectus, dated December 17, 2021, the other Acquiror SEC Reports and the Acquiror Organizational Documents and understands that Acquiror has established the Trust Account described therein for the benefit of Acquiror’s public stockholders and that disbursements from the Trust Account are available only in the limited circumstances set forth in the Trust Agreement. The Company further acknowledges that, if the Transactions, or, in the event of a termination of this Agreement, another Business Combination, are not consummated by December 9, 2024, or no later than June 9, 2025 if such date is extended in accordance with the Acquiror Articles of Association or such later date as approved by the Acquiror Shareholders to complete a Business Combination, Acquiror will be obligated to return to Acquiror Shareholders the amounts being held in the Trust Account. Accordingly, the Company (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and equityholders) hereby waives any past, present or future claims (whether based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability) of any kind in or any right to access any monies in the Trust Account and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account or any funds distributed therefrom to Acquiror Shareholders as a result of, or arising out of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Agreement or the Transactions with Acquiror; provided that notwithstanding anything herein or otherwise to the contrary (x) nothing herein shall serve to limit or prohibit the Company’s right to pursue a claim against Acquiror for legal relief against monies or other assets held outside the Trust Account, for specific performance or other equitable relief in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (including a claim for Acquiror to specifically perform its obligations under this Agreement and cause the disbursement of the balance of the cash remaining in the Trust Account (after giving effect to the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption) to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement), and (y) nothing herein shall serve to limit or prohibit any claims that the Company may have in the future against Acquiror’s assets or funds that are not held in the Trust Account (including any funds that have been released from the Trust Account (other than to Acquiror Shareholders in connection with redemptions effected prior to a Business Combination) and any assets that have been purchased or acquired by Acquiror or any successor thereof or any of their respective Affiliates with any such funds or otherwise following a Business Combination). This Section V.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason. In the event that, following the valid termination of this Agreement, the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates commences any proceeding against or involving the Trust Account, Acquiror shall be entitled to recover from such Person its reasonable out-of-pocket legal fees and costs in connection with any such proceeding.
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interim financial statements, subject to the absence of footnotes and other presentation items and for normal or immaterial year-end adjustments. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly provide additional Company financial information reasonably requested by Acquiror for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and any other filings to be made by Acquiror or the Company with the SEC.
Section V.5 FIRPTA and IRS Form W-9. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Acquiror a duly executed and valid (a) certificate on behalf of the Company, prepared in a manner consistent and in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.897-2(g), (h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3), certifying that no interest in any Company Entity is, or has been during the relevant period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “U.S. real property interest” within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code, and a form of notice to the Internal Revenue Service prepared in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2), and (b) IRS Form W-9 from each of the Company Stockholders.
Section V.6 Termination of Affiliate Arrangements. As of immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall take all actions necessary to cause any Affiliate Agreement, other than those set forth on Schedule V.6 (which shall continue to be in effect following the Closing), to be terminated without any further force and effect and with no further liability thereunder to any Company Entity and without any liability or other obligation to the Company following the Closing.
Section V.7 No Acquiror Stock Transactions. The Company acknowledges and agrees that it is aware, and that the Company’s Affiliates are aware (and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each of its respective Representatives is aware or, upon receipt of any material nonpublic information of Acquiror, will be advised) of the restrictions imposed by U.S. federal securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or otherwise and other applicable foreign and domestic Laws and Nasdaq on a Person possessing material nonpublic information about a publicly traded company. The Company hereby agrees that, while it is in possession of such material nonpublic information, it shall not purchase or sell any securities of Acquiror (other than to engage in the Transactions), take any other action with respect to Acquiror in violation of such Laws, or cause or encourage any third party to do any of the foregoing.
Section V.8 Repayment of Employee Loans. The Company shall cause each loan made pursuant to a promissory note and pledge agreement between a Company Entity and each of the borrowers and holders, to the extent applicable, identified on Schedule V.8 in the amounts set forth next to each such borrower’s name on Schedule V.8, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon (collectively, the “Employee Loans”), to be repaid in full and terminated without any further force and effect and without any liability or other obligation to the Company, no later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
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Section V.9 Notification. During the Interim Period, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to notify Acquiror, within five (5) business days of becoming aware, in writing if there has occurred any event or occurrence that (i) causes any covenant or agreement of any of the Company Entities contained in this Agreement to be breached, (ii) renders inaccurate any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or (iii) would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, in each case of clauses (i) - (iii), such that it would result in the failure of any of the conditions set forth in Section VIII.2 to be satisfied on or before the Termination Date. The delivery of any such notice pursuant to this Section V.9 shall not cure any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or otherwise limit or affect the remedies available hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall not be in breach of this Section V.9 (including for purposes of the conditions set forth in Section VIII.2) unless and to the extent that it has committed a Willful Breach of this Section V.9.
Section V.10 Company Stockholder Approval. (a) The Company shall, as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, give notice in accordance with the DGCL and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company to all the Company Stockholders calling for a special meeting of such stockholders to consider and vote upon the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Mergers and the other Transactions contemplated hereby and shall hold such meeting as promptly as practicable after such notice is given (“Company Stockholder Meeting”). The Company and its board of directors shall cause the Company Stockholder Meeting to take place in accordance with the foregoing and in compliance with the Securities Act, the DGCL and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company and use commercially reasonable best efforts to secure the Company Stockholder Approval at the Company Stockholder Meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the election and option of the Company, the Company shall be permitted to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval, without a need for calling a Company Stockholder Meeting, by obtaining the written consent of holders of shares of voting capital stock of the Company representing the Company Stockholder Approval that is executed and delivered by such holders after the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date; provided, that, in the event that the Company elects to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval pursuant to such written consent, consents with respect to this Agreement, the Mergers and the other Transactions contemplated hereby will be solicited from all holders of shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote with respect to such matters. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Company Stockholders to (i) vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all of their shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote with respect to such matters in favor of, and adopt, the Mergers and to vote in opposition to any and all other proposals that could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Acquisition Merger and (ii) execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other action in support of the Acquisition Merger as shall reasonably be requested by the Company in connection with the Acquisition Merger. (b) The Company Board shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) change, withdraw, withhold, amend, qualify or modify or (privately or publicly) propose to change, withdraw, withhold, amend, qualify or modify, the Company Board Recommendation unless it determines in good faith that such change is in the best interests of the Company. The Company Board shall publicly reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation within five (5) Business Days of receipt of a written request therefor from the Acquiror, provided that Company shall be obligated to make only two (2) such public reaffirmations.
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Section V.11 Regulation Crowdfunding.
(a) The Company shall (i) timely make any appropriate filings pursuant to Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act and related regulations promulgated by the SEC (“Regulation CF”) with respect to the Company Entities’ ongoing disclosure obligations as outlined in Regulation CF and (ii) comply with all advertising and offering restrictions outlined in Regulation CF for the duration of any Company Entities’ offering thereunder.
(b) The Company will promptly update the documents related to the CF Offerings to reflect any material changes to the information provided therein, as required under Regulation CF, and the Company will file amendments to the Form C as necessary to ensure ongoing compliance with Regulation CF and to keep investors informed of any material developments.
(c) On a date no later than March 31, 2025 (the “CF Closing Date”) and subject to applicable Laws, the Company shall terminate any CF Offerings and cease any and all solicitation pursuant thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may complete any transactions representing a commitment to purchase securities in the CF Offerings after the CF Closing Date if the commitment was made prior to the CF Closing Date.
Section V.12 Compliance
(a) Within 45 days of execution of this Agreement, the Company will engage a nationally recognized professional employer organization and enter into employment agreements with the Company’s executive management team.
(b) Within 120 days of Closing, the Company will adopt and implement corporate policies and corporate compliance program described in Schedule III.17, with the adoption and implementation of adequate risk-based policies and procedures reasonably designed in accordance with industry practice.
ARTICLE VI.
Section VI.1 Indemnification and Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.
(a) From and after the Reorganization Effective Time or Acquisition Effective Time, as applicable, Acquiror shall and shall cause the Second Surviving Entity and the Surviving Acquisition Corporation to indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director, officer and employee of each Company Entity and Acquiror and each of their respective Subsidiaries (the “D&O Indemnitees”) against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, claims, damages or losses incurred in connection with any claim, Action or threatened Action, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Reorganization Effective Time or Acquisition Effective Time, as applicable, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Reorganization Effective Time or Acquisition Effective Time, as applicable, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (including the advancing of expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law). Without limiting the foregoing, Acquiror shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (i) maintain for a period of not less than six (6) years from the Reorganization Effective Time or the Acquisition Effective
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Time, as applicable, provisions in its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other organizational documents concerning the indemnification and exoneration (including provisions relating to expense advancement) of D&O Indemnitees that are no less favorable to those Persons than the provisions of such certificates of incorporation, bylaws and other organizational documents as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) not amend, repeal or otherwise modify such provisions in any respect that would adversely affect the rights of those Persons thereunder, in each case, except as required by Law.
(b) Acquiror shall and shall cause to make best efforts to maintain in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering those Persons who are currently covered by the Acquiror’s or the Company Entities’ liability insurance policies on terms not less favorable than the terms of such current insurance coverage; provided that if any claim is asserted or made, any insurance required to be maintained under this Section VI.1 shall be continued in respect of such claim until the final disposition thereof. Acquiror shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain any D&O Tail Policy(s) in full force after the Closing for the past acts of any former director, officer and employee of the Acquiror and each of their respective Subsidiaries, the cost of which shall be included in Acquiror Expenses as defined in Section II.10(b). Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall make best efforts to purchase, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, in connection with the Closing, a “tail” policy (a “D&O Tail Policy”) providing directors and officers liability insurance coverage for the benefit of any former director, officer and employee of the Company and each of their respective Subsidiaries. The Acquiror and the Company may mutually agree on whether to bind (i) a separate D&O policy for each of the (x) combined post-merger entity and its directors and officers, (y) the Acquiror tail policy and (z) the Company tail policy; or (ii) a combination policy which includes coverage for the combined post-merger entity and its directors and officers plus prior acts coverage for the Acquiror and the Company and their respective directors and officers (“Combination Policy”). In the event the Parties agree to a Combination Policy, the Parties shall agree to the respective cost allocations to be borne between the Parties.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section VI.1 shall survive the consummation of the Mergers indefinitely and shall be binding, jointly and severally, on Acquiror, the Second Surviving Entity, the Surviving Acquisition Corporation and all successors and assigns of the Second Surviving Entity and the Surviving Acquisition Corporation. In the event that the Second Surviving Entity or the Surviving Acquisition Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger (other than, in the case of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation, pursuant to the Reorganization Merger) or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Second Surviving Entity or the Surviving Acquisition Corporation, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section VI.1.
(d) The D&O Indemnitees are express third-party beneficiaries of this Section VI.1.
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Section VI.2 Conduct of Acquiror During the Interim Period.
(a) During the Interim Period, except as set forth on Schedule VI.2, as required by this Agreement, as consented to by the Company in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed, except in the case of clause (ix) below which consent will be granted or withheld in the Company’s sole discretion), or as required by applicable Law (including Laws that are COVID-19 Measures), Acquiror shall not and shall not permit the Merger Subs to:
(i) change, amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify any of the Trust Agreement, the Acquiror Organizational Documents or the organizational documents of the Merger Subs;
(ii) (A) declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distribution in respect of any outstanding Equity Securities of any of the Acquiror Parties; (B) split, combine or reclassify any Equity Securities of any of the Acquiror Parties; or (C) other than in connection with the Delaware Domestication or Acquiror Shareholder Redemption, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any Equity Securities of any of the Acquiror Parties;
(iii) make, change or revoke any Tax election, adopt, change or revoke any accounting method with respect to Taxes, settle or compromise any Tax claim or Tax liability, enter into any closing agreement with respect to any Tax, file any Tax Return in a manner materially inconsistent with past practice or surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes;
(iv) take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers or the Delaware Domestication from qualifying for the Intended Income Tax Treatment;
(v) other than in connection with the Delaware Domestication, enter into, renew or amend in any material respect any transaction or Contract with an Affiliate of Acquiror (including, for the avoidance of doubt, (A) the SPAC Sponsor and (B) any Person in which any sponsor has a direct or indirect legal, contractual or beneficial ownership interest of 5% or greater);
(vi) waive, release, compromise, settle or satisfy any pending or threatened material claim or Action or compromise or settle any liability;
(vii) incur, guarantee or otherwise become liable for (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) any Indebtedness; provided, that Acquiror shall be permitted to incur such Indebtedness from its Affiliates in order to meet its reasonable capital requirements, with any such loans to be made only as reasonably required by the operation of Acquiror in due course on a noninterest basis and otherwise on commercially reasonable terms and conditions and repayable in cash at the Closing;
(viii) (A) offer, issue, deliver, grant or sell, or authorize or propose to offer, issue, deliver, grant or sell, any equity interests other than in connection with the Delaware Domestication, Acquiror PIPE Investment or Capital Investment or (B) amend, modify or waive any of the terms or rights set forth in any Acquiror Public Warrant or the applicable warrant agreement, including any amendment, modification or reduction of the warrant price set forth therein, other than in connection with the Delaware Domestication;
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(ix) enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission that is payable by the Company or any of its Affiliates, or by Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions other than in connection with the Acquiror PIPE Investment, Capital Investment or to fulfill the actions on Schedule VI.7; or
(x) enter into any agreement, or otherwise become obligated, to do any action prohibited under this Section VI.2(a).
(b) During the Interim Period, each of the Acquiror Parties shall comply with, and continue performing under, as applicable, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, the Trust Agreement, the Transaction Agreements and all other agreements or Contracts to which an Acquiror Party is party.
Section VI.3 Trust Account Proceeds. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII and provision of notice thereof to the Trustee (which notice Acquiror shall provide to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement), in accordance with and pursuant to the Trust Agreement, (a) at the Closing, Acquiror shall (i) cause any documents, opinions and notices required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement to be so delivered and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to pay (A) as and when due all amounts payable to the Acquiror Shareholders pursuant to the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption and (B) all remaining amounts then available in the Trust Account to Acquiror for immediate use, or as otherwise directed by the Acquiror and agreed to by the Company, subject to this Agreement and the Trust Agreement, and (b) thereafter, the Trust Account shall terminate, except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement.
Section VI.4 Inspection. Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to Acquiror by third parties that may be in Acquiror’s possession from time to time, and except for any information which (x) is prohibited from being disclosed by applicable Law or (y) on the advice of legal counsel of Acquiror would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure, Acquiror shall afford to the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives reasonable access during the Interim Period, and with reasonable advance notice, so long as reasonably feasible or permissible under applicable Law, to the books, Tax Returns, records and appropriate officers and employees of Acquiror, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of Acquiror, in each case as the Company and its Representatives may reasonably request for purposes of the Transactions. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply. All information obtained by the Company and its Representatives under this Agreement shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.
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Section VI.5 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Reorganization Effective Time, Acquiror’s board of directors or an appropriate committee thereof shall take all such steps as may be required to adopt a resolution consistent with the interpretive guidance of the SEC so that the acquisition of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement by any officer or director of Acquiror or the Company who is expected to become a director or officer (as defined under Rule 16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act) of Acquiror for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act will be an exempt transaction under such rules and regulations.
Section VI.7 Nasdaq Listing. (a) From the date hereof through December 9, 2024, Acquiror shall use its best efforts to remain listed as a public company on the Nasdaq and for the Acquiror Ordinary Shares to be tradable over the applicable Nasdaq market. From December 9, 2024 through the Closing, Acquiror shall use its best efforts to take the actions described on Schedule VI.7 with respect to the Acquiror Ordinary Shares. (b) The Acquiror shall use its best efforts to prepare and submit to the Nasdaq a listing application covering shares of Acquiror Class A Common Stock and Acquiror Warrants (but in the case of Acquiror Warrants, only to the extent issued as of the date hereof) to be listed on the Nasdaq and shall obtain approval for such shares of Acquiror Class A Common Stock and Acquiror Warrants.
Section VI.8 Acquiror Public Filings. From the date hereof through the Closing, Acquiror will keep current and timely file all reports required to be filed or furnished with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with its reporting obligations under applicable Securities Laws.
Section VI.9 Acquiror Board Recommendation. The Acquiror Board shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) change, withdraw, withhold, amend, qualify or modify or (privately or publicly) propose to change, withdraw, withhold, amend, qualify or modify, the Acquiror Board Recommendation unless it determines in good faith that such change is in the best interests of the Acquiror. The Acquiror Board shall publicly reaffirm the Acquiror Board Recommendation within five (5) Business Days of receipt of a written request therefor from the Company, provided that Acquiror shall be obligated to make only two (2) such public reaffirmations.
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Section VI.10 Assumption of Company Convertible Notes. Conditioned expressly on the filing and acceptance of the Acquisition Certificate of Merger, at the Acquisition Effective Time Acquiror will assume the Company Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms and condition set forth in the related Note Purchase Agreements.
ARTICLE VII.
Section VII.1 Efforts to Consummate.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things that are legal, commercially reasonable and not detrimental to the party’s interests, to consummate and make effective as promptly as reasonably practicable the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including (i) preparation and agreement upon the form of each of (A) the Company Stockholder Approval, (B) (i) the Plan of Domestication and (ii) the Acquiror Certificate of Domestication, (C) the Combined Company Certificate of Incorporation, (D) the Acquiror Delaware Bylaws, (E) the Lockup Agreement, (F) the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, (G) the Reorganization Certificate of Merger, (H) the Acquisition Certificate of Merger, (I) the Incentive Equity Plan and (J) the amended and restated Warrant Agreement, (ii) the satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in Article VIII and (iii) consummating the Capital Investment in accordance with Section VII.7). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to: (y) obtain any Consents from, or file any notices to, any Governmental Authorities or other Persons necessary to change the name of the authorized permittee of any Permits held by a Company Entity to the name of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation or the Second Surviving Entity (as the case may be), as necessary for the continued lawful conduct of the respective business of such Company Entity after Closing, and (z) obtain, file with or deliver to, as applicable, any Consents of, or notices to, any Governmental Authorities (including any applicable Competition Authorities) or other Persons necessary to consummate the Transactions and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. Each Party shall (I) make any appropriate filings pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions as promptly as practicable, but in no event shall such filing be made after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (as defined below), (II) submit notifications (including draft notifications, as applicable), filings, notices and other required submissions pursuant to the Competition Laws or Investment Screening Laws of the other jurisdictions set forth on Schedule VIII.1(a) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement (and any filing fees associated with any such filings shall be paid by the Company), (III) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any requests by any Governmental Authority (including any Competition Authorities) for additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to any Competition Laws (including the HSR Act) or Investment Screening Laws and (IV) contest, resist, and defend against Action instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a Governmental Authority or private party challenging under Competition Laws this Agreement or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or any other agreement contemplated hereby, and to have vacated, modified, suspended, eliminated, lifted, reversed or
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overturned any Governmental Order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prevents, restrains, enjoins, prohibits, makes unlawful, restricts or delays consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Acquiror shall promptly inform the Company of any communication between any Acquiror Party, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority (including any Competition Authorities), on the other hand, and the Company shall promptly inform Acquiror of any communication between the Company, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority, on the other hand, in either case, regarding any of the Transactions or any Transaction Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party and its respective Affiliates shall not extend any waiting period, review period or comparable period under the HSR Act or any other Competition Laws or Investment Screening Laws or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Authority not to consummate the Transactions or by the other Transaction Agreements, except with the prior written consent of Acquiror and the Company.
(b) During the Interim Period, the Acquiror Parties, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall give counsel for the Company (in the case of any Acquiror Party) or Acquiror (in the case of the Company), a reasonable opportunity to review in advance, and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, any proposed written communication to any Governmental Authority (including any Competition Authorities) relating to the Transactions or the Transaction Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, materials provided to the other Party or its outside counsel pursuant to this Section VII.1 may be redacted (x) to remove references concerning valuation of the Company Entities, (y) as necessary to comply with contractual arrangements, and (z) as necessary to address reasonable legal privilege or confidentiality concerns. Each of the Parties agrees not to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion, either in person or by telephone with any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions unless it consults with, in the case of any Acquiror Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, Acquiror in advance and, to the extent not prohibited by such Competition Authority, gives, in the case of any Acquiror Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, Acquiror, the opportunity to attend and participate in such meeting or discussion.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (i) in the event that this Section VII.1 conflicts with any other covenant or agreement in this Agreement that is intended to specifically address any subject matter, then such other covenant or agreement shall govern and control solely to the extent of such conflict and (ii) other than for de minimis costs and expenses, in no event shall Acquiror, the Merger Subs or the Company be obligated to bear any expense or pay any fee or grant any concession in connection with obtaining any consents, authorizations or approvals pursuant to the terms of any Contract to which a Company Entity is a party or otherwise in connection with the consummation of the Transactions; provided that any fees relating to any filings under Competition Laws (including HSR) or Investment Screening Laws shall be borne by the Company.
(d) During the Interim Period, Acquiror, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall each notify the other in writing promptly after learning of any shareholder demands or other shareholder proceedings (including derivative claims) relating to this Agreement, any other Transaction Agreements or any matters relating thereto (collectively, the “Transaction Litigation”) commenced against, in the case of Acquiror, any of the Acquiror
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Parties or any of their respective Representatives (in their capacity as a representative of an Acquiror Party) or, in the case of the Company or any of its respective Representatives (in their capacity as a representative of the Company). Acquiror and the Company shall each (i) keep the other reasonably informed regarding any Transaction Litigation, (ii) give the other the opportunity to, at its own cost and expense, participate in the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Transaction Litigation and reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Transaction Litigation, (iii) consider in good faith the other’s advice with respect to any such Transaction Litigation and (iv) reasonably cooperate with each other.
Section VII.2 Registration Statement; Proxy Statement; Special Meeting.
(a) Registration Statement and Proxy Statement. As promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, Acquiror and the Company (the “Co-Registrants”) shall jointly prepare and the Co-Registrants shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”) registering the Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Reorganization Merger and the Acquisition Merger Consideration for offer and sale under the Securities Act. Any Acquiror Common Stock issued in connection with the Merger will be registered on Form S-4, and any Acquiror Shareholder that does not participate in the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption (“Continuing Shareholders”) and Acquiror will enter into a customary registration rights agreement providing the Continuing Shareholders with customary shelf, piggyback and demand registration rights. The Registration Statement shall include a proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the Transactions (as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”) to be filed by the Acquiror on Schedule 14A and used for soliciting proxies from holders of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares to vote at the Special Meeting, as adjourned or postponed, in favor of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters. The Co-Registrants will provide each other, as promptly as reasonably practicable, with such specific information concerning each the Co-Registrant, including but not limited to financial statements, corporate structure and any other relevant business information, as may be necessary for the inclusion in the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement and Other Filings (as defined below) to comply with all applicable provisions of rules and regulations under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Companies Act and the DGCL in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement and the solicitation of proxies thereunder, the calling and holding of the Special Meeting and the preparation and filing of the Other Filings. The information relating to any Company Entity furnished by or on behalf of the Company in writing expressly for inclusion in such filings will not, (i) in the case of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement, as of (A) the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, (B) the date of mailing of the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement to the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares, (C) the date and time of the Special Meeting or (D) the Reorganization Effective Time or the Acquisition Effective Time or (ii) in the case of any Other Filing, on the date of its filing, contain any statement which, at such time and in light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at such time and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, Acquiror will use its best efforts to ensure that (i) the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement do not, as of (A) the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, (B) the date of mailing of the
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Registration Statement and Proxy Statement to the holders of Acquiror Ordinary Shares, (C) the date and time of the Special Meeting or (D) the Reorganization Effective Time or the Acquisition Effective Time and (ii) any Other Filing does not, as of the date of its filing, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or misleading. Whenever any information is discovered or event occurs which would reasonably be expected to result in the Registration Statement or Proxy Statement containing any untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Acquiror or the Company, as the case may be, will promptly inform the other Party of such occurrence and cooperate in Acquiror filing with the SEC or its staff or any other Governmental Authority, and/or mailing to Acquiror Shareholders, an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Proxy Statement, as applicable. The Co-Registrants shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to (1) cause the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement and Other Filings to, when filed with the SEC, comply in all material respects with all legal requirements applicable thereto, (2) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the SEC concerning the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement, (3) cause all comments from the SEC on the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement to be cleared as promptly as practicable and (4) keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. Any fees relating to the filing of the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement shall be borne by the Company.
(b) Comment Period. Each of the Co-Registrants will notify the other party promptly upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff or any request by the SEC, its staff or any other Governmental Authority for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement or any Other Filing (as defined below) or for additional information, and will provide a copy of all written correspondence (or, to the extent such correspondence is oral, a complete summary thereof) from the SEC, its staff or any other Governmental Authority. The Co-Registrants shall jointly prepare and the Co-Registrants shall file with the SEC any response letters to any comments from the SEC. Prior to the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date (as defined below), the Co-Registrants will take all action necessary under applicable Law to establish a record date for the Special Meeting.
(c) Effectiveness; Mailing; Proxy Solicitation. Acquiror shall cause Registration Statement and Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Acquiror Shareholders as soon as practicable after the date on which all SEC comments to the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement have been cleared and the Registration Statement becomes effective (the “Registration Statement Effectiveness Date”) (but in any event, within five (5) Business Days following such date, or such later time as may be agreed by the Co-Registrants) for the purpose of soliciting the proxies described in Section VII.2(a). Acquiror shall include the Acquiror Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, shall not withdraw or modify the Acquiror Board Recommendation and shall otherwise take all lawful action to solicit and obtain the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval. Acquiror will keep the Company reasonably informed regarding all matters relating to the proxy solicitation process, including by promptly furnishing any voting or proxy solicitation reports received by Acquiror and similar updates regarding any requests for redemptions of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares (“Acquiror Shareholder Redemption”). With respect to any such shareholder outreach by Acquiror, the Company shall
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use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to Acquiror, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates and Representatives, including legal and accounting representatives, to provide to Acquiror all cooperation reasonably requested by Acquiror that is customary and reasonable in connection with such outreach including, among other things, (i) furnishing Acquiror reasonably promptly following Acquiror’s request with information reasonably available to it regarding the Company Entities (including information to be used in the preparation of one or more information packages regarding the business, operations, financial projections and prospects of the Company Entities) customary for such outreach activities, (ii) causing each of its Representatives with appropriate seniority and expertise to participate in a reasonable number of meetings, presentations, due diligence sessions and drafting sessions in connection with such outreach activities, (iii) assisting with the preparation of marketing materials and similar documents required in connection with such outreach activities, (iv) providing reasonable assistance to Acquiror in connection with the preparation of pro forma financial information to be included in any marketing materials to be used in any outreach activities and (v) cooperating with requests for due diligence to the extent customary and reasonable.
(d) Special Meeting. Acquiror will use its reasonable best efforts to take, in accordance with applicable Law, Nasdaq rules and the Acquiror Organizational Documents, all action necessary to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, to (i) consider and vote upon the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters and to cause such vote to be taken and (ii) provide the Acquiror Shareholders with the opportunity to elect to effect a redemption of Acquiror Class A Ordinary Shares in exchange for a pro rata portion of the proceeds of the Trust Account. Acquiror may only elect (in consultation with the Company) to postpone or adjourn such meeting if (A) a postponement or adjournment is required by Law, (B) as of the time for which the Special Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement), there are less than the minimum number of Acquiror Ordinary Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) as required by the Acquiror’s bylaws to approve the Acquiror Shareholder Matters or to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Special Meeting or (C) a postponement or adjournment is required to provide additional time to consummate the Transactions, provided that such additional time shall not exceed a reasonable period as agreed upon by both parties; provided that such meeting (I) may not be adjourned to a date that is more than five (5) days after the date for which the Special Meeting was originally scheduled (except to the extent required by applicable Law) and (II) shall not be held later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Termination Date. Acquiror shall, following the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, use its reasonable best efforts to take all actions necessary (in its discretion or at the request of the Company) to obtain the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters at the Special Meeting, including as such Special Meeting may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with this Agreement, including by soliciting from Acquiror Shareholders proxies in favor of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters and including in the Proxy Statement the Acquiror Board Recommendation. Each party shall keep the other party reasonably informed regarding all matters relating to the Acquiror Shareholder Matters and the Special Meeting, including by promptly furnishing any voting or proxy solicitation reports received by such party in respect of such matters and similar updates regarding any Acquiror Shareholder Redemptions.
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(e) Other Filings. As promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement (or as promptly as reasonably practical after the occurrence of any event or circumstance requiring the filing, issuance or other submission or public disclosure of any such filing, notice, statement, report or other document), Acquiror and the Company will, in consultation with each other, prepare and file, issue or submit or publicly disclose any other filings, notices, statements, reports or other documents required under, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, applicable Nasdaq listing rules, the Companies Act, DGCL or any other Laws relating to the Transactions (collectively, the “Other Filings”). At a reasonable time prior to the filing, issuance or other submission or public disclosure of any Other Filing, the Acquiror or Company, as applicable, shall be given an opportunity to review and comment upon drafts of such Other Filings, all comments that are pertinent to the Other Filings and do not impose undue burden or risk on the Party of whom such Other Filing is required (“reasonable comments”) shall be accepted and incorporated, and the Party of whom such Other Filing is required shall give its prior written consent to the form thereof prior to filing, issuance, submission or disclosure thereof. If a party unreasonably withholds, conditions, or delays its consent, the other party may proceed with the filing, issuance, submission or disclosure as long as it has made a good faith effort to incorporate the comments provided.
Section VII.3 Exclusivity.
(a) During the Interim Period, no Company Entity, nor any of its Representatives acting on its behalf (including the Company Stockholders) will (and the Company will cause its Representatives (including the Company Stockholders) not to), directly or indirectly, initiate, solicit, encourage, provide any information with respect to or participate in discussions, negotiations or transactions with any Person (other than Acquiror and its Representatives (including the Insiders)), or enter into or deliver any agreement (including a confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, term sheet, indication of interest, indicative proposal or other agreement or instrument), with respect to any sale or other disposition (however effected) of all or substantially all of the assets of any Company Entity or its respective Equity Securities other than the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement (a “Company Alternative Transaction”) nor shall it permit any of its Representatives (including any Company Stockholder) to take, whether directly or indirectly, any action to solicit, initiate, continue or engage in discussions or negotiations with, or enter into any agreement with, or encourage or respond to any proposal with respect to a Company Alternative Transaction. The Company shall advise Acquiror within five (5) business days of any inquiry or proposal regarding a Company Alternative Transaction it may receive following the date hereof (including the terms related thereto). The Company and its Representatives (including the Company Stockholders) shall immediately discontinue any discussions or negotiations relating to any Company Alternative Transaction.
(b) During the Interim Period, neither Acquiror nor any of its Representatives acting on its behalf (including any Insider) will (and Acquiror will cause its Representatives (including any Insider) not to), directly or indirectly, initiate, solicit, encourage, provide any information with respect to or participate in, discussions, negotiations and/or transactions with any person (other than the Company and its Representatives (including the Company Stockholders)) and/or enter into or deliver any agreement or instrument (including a confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, term sheet, indication of interest, indicative proposal
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or other agreement or instrument), with respect to any business combination transaction involving Acquiror and all or a material portion of the asset(s) and/or business(es) of any other person(s), whether by way of stock purchase, asset purchase, merger, business combination or otherwise, other than the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement (a “Acquiror Alternative Transaction”) nor shall it permit any of its Representatives (including any Insider) to take, whether directly or indirectly, any action to solicit, initiate, continue or engage in discussions or negotiations with, or enter into any agreement with, or encourage or respond to any proposal with respect to an Acquiror Alternative Transaction. Acquiror and its Representatives (including any Insider) shall immediately discontinue any and all discussions or negotiations relating to any Acquiror Alternative Transaction.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Party shall be in breach of this Section VII.3 (including for the purposes of any of the conditions set forth in Section VIII.2 or Section VIII.3) unless and to the extent that such Party has committed a Willful Breach of this Section VII.3.
(a) For U.S. federal income tax purposes (and for purposes of any applicable state or local income tax), each of Acquiror, the Merger Subs and the Company intend that the Delaware Domestication will be treated as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and that the Mergers constitute an integrated transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (collectively, the “Intended Income Tax Treatment”). Acquiror, the Merger Subs and the Company will prepare and file all Tax Returns consistent with the Intended Income Tax Treatment set forth in this Section VII.4(a) and will not take any inconsistent position on any Tax Return or during the course of any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes, except as otherwise required by a change in law after the date of this Agreement or a determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code. Each of Acquiror, the Merger Subs and the Company agrees to notify all other Parties within five (5) business days of any challenge to the Intended Income Tax Treatment by any Governmental Authority. Acquiror, the Merger Subs and the Company shall cooperate with each other and their respective counsel to document and support the treatment of the Mergers and the Delaware Domestication in a manner consistent with the Intended Income Tax Treatment, including by providing any factual support letters, if applicable.
(b) None of Acquiror, the Merger Subs or the Company shall take or cause to be taken, any action which could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers or the Delaware Domestication from qualifying for the Intended Income Tax Treatment, unless otherwise required by applicable law or as contemplated by this Agreement. The Company, Acquiror, and the Merger Subs hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g).
(c) All transfer, stamp, documentary, sales, use, registration, value-added and other similar Taxes (including all applicable real estate transfer Taxes) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be borne by the Company. Each of Acquiror, the Merger Subs and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any Governmental Authority or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any transfer Tax that could be imposed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(a) Acquiror acknowledges that the information being provided to it in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions is subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall apply to all information furnished thereunder or hereunder and any other activities contemplated thereby.
(b) None of Acquiror, no Company Affiliate or any of their respective Affiliates shall make any public announcement or issue any public communication regarding this Agreement or the Transactions, or any matter related to the foregoing, without first obtaining the prior consent of the Company or Acquiror, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except if such announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law, in which case Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, shall use their reasonable best efforts to coordinate such announcement or communication with the other Party, prior to announcement or issuance; provided, that each Party and its Affiliates may make announcements regarding the status and terms (including price terms) of this Agreement and the Transactions to their respective Representatives and indirect current or prospective limited partners or investors or otherwise in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, in each case, so long as such recipients are obligated to keep such information confidential without the consent of any other Party; and provided, further, that the foregoing shall not prohibit any Party from communicating with third parties to the extent necessary for the purpose of seeking any third-party consent or with any Governmental Authorities under Section VII.1.
Section VII.6 Post-Closing Directors and Officers. (a) Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Company and Acquiror prior to the Closing, and conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, Acquiror shall take all such action within its power as may be necessary or appropriate such that effective as of the Acquisition Effective Time, the board of directors and officers of Acquiror will be comprised of the seven (7) persons listed on Schedule VII.6, of which at least four (4) shall meet (a) the independence requirements of Nasdaq, and with respect to members of the Acquiror’s audit committee, and (b) the enhanced independence standards contained in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act. All such persons shall be agreed upon by Xxxxxxxx and the Company except that such board of directors shall include one (1) director chosen solely by the current board of directors of Acquiror. The board of directors shall consist of 3 classes. Directors of the first class shall be elected at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Closing Date to hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting; directors of the second class shall be elected at the second annual meeting following the adoption of the Closing Date to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting; and directors of the third class shall be elected at the third annual meeting following the Closing Date to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting. At each annual meeting thereafter, directors shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the first succeeding annual meeting following their election. At or prior to the Closing, the Acquiror will provide each director with a customary director indemnification agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Parties.
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(b) The Parties shall take all action necessary, including causing the executive officers of Xxxxxxxx to resign, so that the individuals serving as the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, respectively, of Acquiror immediately after the Closing will be the same individuals as that of the Company immediately prior to the Closing.
Section VII.7 Capital Investment and Bridge Financing.
(a) During the Interim Period, Acquiror and the Company shall use best efforts to identify and obtain commitments from potential investors (the “Capital Investors”) for an investment to meet the Minimum Cash Requirement to be consummated prior to or concurrently with the Closing (“Capital Investment”). The terms of the Capital Investment shall be mutually agreed upon by Xxxxxxxx and the Company and set forth in subscription, not purchase or other purchase agreements in form and substance satisfactory to each of them (the “Capital Investment Agreements”) and can include an Acquiror PIPE Investment. Acquiror will prepare the Capital Investment Agreements or cause the Capital Investment Agreements to be prepared. The Company shall reasonably cooperate in obtaining the Capital Investment and preparing the Capital Investment Agreements by, in a timely manner, (a) providing such information and assistance as the Acquiror may reasonably request, (b) granting such access to potential Capital Investors and their representatives as may reasonably be necessary for their due diligence and (c) causing its respective senior management teams to participate in a reasonable number of meetings, presentations, road shows, drafting sessions, due diligence sessions with respect to the Capital Investment, subject, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to the Company by third parties, and except, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), for any information which (i) is prohibited from being disclosed by applicable Law or (ii) on the advice of legal counsel of the Company would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure. Acquiror and Company shall each use its best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to cause the Capital Investment to be consummated on the terms set forth in the Capital Investment Agreements, including using its best efforts to (A) maintain in full force and effect the Capital Investment Agreements in accordance with the terms thereof, (B) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions to obtaining the Capital Investment set forth in the Capital Investment Agreements that are applicable to Acquiror and within the control of Acquiror or the Company, as the case may be, (C) cause the investors to fund the Capital Investment prior to or concurrently with the Closing, (D) comply on a timely basis with the Company or the Acquiror’s obligations under the Capital Investment Agreements and (E) enforce the Company and the Acquiror’s rights under the Capital Investment Agreements. Any fees relating to the Capital Investment shall be borne by the Company.
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(b) If the Closing Date shall not have occurred by March 3, 2025, Acquiror and the Company shall use best efforts to consummate a bridge financing with aggregate gross proceeds of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) on or prior to March 3, 2025 (the “First Bridge Financing”). If the Closing Date shall not have occurred by April 1, 2025, Acquiror and the Company shall use best efforts to consummate a bridge financing with aggregate gross proceeds of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) on or prior to April 1, 2025 (the “Second Bridge Financing” and together with the First Bridge Financing, the “Bridge Financings”).
ARTICLE VIII.
(a) Competition Approvals. The applicable waiting period under the HSR Act in respect of the Transactions shall have expired or been terminated, or it shall have been determined and agreed by the Parties that no filing or waiting period under the HSR Act is required in respect of the Transactions. All Consents relating to Competition Laws in the jurisdictions set forth on Schedule VIII.1(a) have been obtained or made, as applicable, and any waiting periods thereunder have terminated or expired.
(b) No Prohibition. There shall not be in force and effect any (i) Law or (ii) Governmental Order by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction, in either case, enjoining, prohibiting or having the effect of making illegal the consummation of the Delaware Domestication or the Mergers.
(c) Acquiror Shareholder Approval. The Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.
(d) Company Stockholder Approval. The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.
(e) Stock Exchange Approval. The Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Delaware Domestication and the Transactions shall have been conditionally approved for listing upon the Closing on the Nasdaq, subject to any requirement to have a sufficient number of round lot holders of the Acquiror Common Stock (provided that such condition shall not apply to the extent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock have not been conditionally approved for listing due to a failure to meet any “market value of publicly held securities” or similarly titled requirement as a result of the Company not permitting a sufficient number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued to non-affiliates to be excluded from lock-up or other contractual restrictions).
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Section VIII.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror Parties. The obligations of the Acquiror Parties to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the Delaware Domestication and the Mergers is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (in whole or in part) in writing by Acquiror in its sole discretion:
(a) Representations and Warranties of the Company.
(i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section III.1 (Corporate Organization of the Company Entities), Section III.2 (Due Authorization), Section III.14 (Taxes), Section III.18 (Environmental Matters) and Section III.19 (Brokers’ Fees) shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all respects that would have a significant impact on the value, assets, liabilities, or operations of the Company Entities as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date).
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section III.5 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct in all respects, other than de minimis inaccuracies, as of the Closing Date, as though then made.
(iii) Each of the other representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article III shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), except, in either case, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. The covenants and agreements of the Company in this Agreement to be performed as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects, except to the extent that any failure to perform or comply (other than a willful failure to perform or comply or failure to perform or comply with an agreement or covenant reasonably within the control of the Company) does not, or is not reasonably expected to, constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Acquiror a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in Section VIII.2(a) and Section VIII.2(b) have been satisfied.
(d) Lockup Agreement. The Lockup Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered to Acquiror.
(e) Employment Agreements. Employment agreements between Acquiror and the individuals listed on Schedule VIII.2(e), in a form reasonably acceptable to Acquiror and containing customary noncompete provisions, shall have been duly executed by such individuals and delivered to Acquiror.
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(f) Repayment of Employee Loans. Each Employee Loan from any individual that would be a “named executive officer” with regards to the proxy statement for Xxxxxxxx’s next annual meeting shall have been repaid in full prior to the Closing Date.
(g) Patent Recordations. Patent assignments, in a form reasonably acceptable to Acquiror and in a customary form for recordation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, identifying specifically by name and patent application number all pending patent applications listed on Schedule III.17(a) and establishing complete chain of title from the inventors to the Company, shall have been duly executed by the necessary parties and delivered to Acquiror.
Section VIII.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate or cause to be consummated the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (in whole or in part) in writing by the Company in its sole discretion:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
(i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Acquiror Parties contained in Section IV.1 (Corporate Organization), Section IV.3 (Due Authorization) and Section IV.11 (Brokers’ Fees) shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all respects as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date).
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Acquiror Parties contained in Section IV.17 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct in all respects, other than de minimis inaccuracies, as of the Closing Date, as though then made.
(iii) Each of the other representations and warranties of the Acquiror Parties contained in Article IV shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), except, in either case, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. The covenants and agreements of the Acquiror Parties in this Agreement to be performed as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects, except to the extent that any failure to perform or comply (other than a willful failure to perform or comply or failure to perform or comply with an agreement or covenant reasonably within the control of the Acquiror) does not, or is not reasonably expected to constitute an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect, and the certificate delivered by the Acquiror pursuant to Section VIII.3(c) shall include a provision to such effect.
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(c) Officer’s Certificate. Acquiror shall have delivered to the Company a certificate signed by an officer of Acquiror, dated the Closing Date, certifying that, to the Knowledge and belief of such officer, the conditions specified in Section VIII.3(a) and Section VIII.3(b) have been satisfied.
(e) A&R Registration Rights Agreement. Acquiror shall have delivered to the Company Stockholders a copy of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached as Exhibit D, duly executed by Acquiror and the Sponsor (“A&R Registration Rights Agreement”).
(f) Required Funds. The Cash Amount shall equal or exceed $14,000,000 (the “Minimum Cash Requirement”).
(g) Trust Account. In accordance with and pursuant to the Trust Agreement, Acquiror shall have made all necessary and appropriate arrangements with the trustee to the Trust Account to have, subject to Section VI.3, all of the funds contained in the Trust Account disbursed to Acquiror, all of the funds contained in the Trust Account shall have been actually disbursed to Acquiror and all such funds disbursed from the Trust Account to Acquiror shall be available to Acquiror in respect of all of the obligations of Acquiror, as applicable, set forth in this Agreement.
(h) Bridge Financings. Subject to the Company’s achievement of the milestones listed on Schedule IX.1(g), the Company has received or arranged to receive the net proceeds from the Bridge Financings.
ARTICLE IX.
Section IX.1 Termination. This Agreement may be validly terminated, and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing only as follows (it being understood and agreed that this Agreement may not be terminated for any other reason or on any other basis):
(a) by mutual written agreement of Acquiror and the Company;
(b) by either Acquiror or the Company, if there shall be in effect any (i) Law or (ii) Governmental Order (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, a temporary restraining order), that (x) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), permanently restrains, enjoins, makes illegal or otherwise prohibits the consummation of the Delaware Domestication or the Mergers and (y) in the case of clause (ii) such Governmental Order shall have become final and non-appealable;
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(c) by either Acquiror or the Company, if the Acquisition Effective Time has not occurred by 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 2, 2025 (the “Termination Date”); provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section IX.1(c) will not be available to any Party whose material breach of any provision of this Agreement caused or resulted in the failure of the Merger to be consummated by such time;
(d) by either Acquiror or the Company, if Xxxxxxxx fails to obtain the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval upon vote taken thereon at the Special Meeting (or at a meeting of the Acquiror Shareholders following any adjournment or postponement thereof); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section IX.1(d) shall not be available to any Party if such Party has materially breached Section VII.2;
(e) by Acquiror, if the Company has breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would result in the failure of a condition set forth in Section VIII.2(a) or Section VIII.2(b) to be satisfied at the Closing and (ii) is not capable of being cured by the Company by the Termination Date or, if capable of being cured by the Company by the Termination Date, is not cured by the Company before the earlier of (x) the third (3rd) Business Day immediately prior to the Termination Date and (y) the 45th (forty-fifth) day following receipt of written notice from Acquiror of such breach or failure to perform; provided that Acquiror shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section IX.1(e) if it is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement;
(f) by the Company, if Acquiror or the Merger Subs has breached or failed to perform any of its respective representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would result in the failure of a condition set forth in Section VIII.3(a) or Section VIII.3(b) to be satisfied at the Closing and (ii) is not capable of being cured by the Termination Date or, if capable of being cured by Acquiror or the Merger Subs by the Termination Date, is not cured by Acquiror or the Merger Subs, as applicable, before the earlier of (x) the 3rd (third) Business Day immediately prior to the Termination Date and (y) the 45th (forty-fifth) day following receipt of written notice from the Company of such breach or failure to perform; provided that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section IX.1(f) if it is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement;
(g) by the Company, if on March 1, 2025, the Company has fulfilled the milestones set forth in Schedule IX.1(g) and the First Bridge Financing has not been secured or if on April 1, 2025 the Company has fulfilled the milestones set forth in Schedule IX.1(g) and the Second Bridge Financing has not been secured; or
(h) by Acquiror, by written notice to the Company, if the Company fails to deliver the Company Stockholder Approval, duly executed by the Company Stockholders, within five (5) days following the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date; provided that Acquiror shall have no right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section IX.1(h) at any time following the delivery of the Company Stockholder Approval, even if the Company Stockholder Approval is delivered following such five (5) day period.
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Section IX.2 Effect of Termination. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section IX.2 or Section X.13, in the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section IX.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability on the part of any Party or its Affiliates, or its Affiliates’ Representatives, other than liability of any Party for any Fraud or any Willful Breach of this Agreement by such Party occurring prior to such termination. The provisions of Section VII.5 (Confidentiality; Publicity), this Section IX.2 (Effect of Termination), Section IX.3 (Termination Fee) and Article X (Miscellaneous) and the Confidentiality Agreement, shall in each case survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section IX.3 Termination Fee. In the event this Agreement is terminated under Section IX.1(e), the Company shall pay or cause to be paid seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000.00) to the Acquiror or its designees through wire transfer of same-day funds within seven Business Days of such termination to an account designated in writing by the SPAC (which account shall be designated by the SPAC upon written request to allow the Company to pay or cause to be paid the termination fee payable hereunder within the time period required) and the parties will execute mutual releases.
ARTICLE X.
Section X.1 Waiver. At any time and from time to time prior to the Closing, Acquiror and the Company may, to the extent legally allowed and except as otherwise set forth herein, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party, as applicable; (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other Party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto; and (c) subject to the requirements of applicable Law, waive compliance by the other Party with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein applicable to such Party (it being understood that Acquiror and the Merger Subs shall each be deemed a single Party for purposes of this Section X.1). Any agreement on the part of a Party to any such extension or waiver will be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by such Party. Any delay in exercising any right pursuant to this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right.
Section X.2 Notices. All notices and other communications among the Parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person, (b) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (d) when e-mailed during normal business hours (and otherwise as of the immediately following Business Day), addressed as follows:
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(a) | If to Acquiror or the Merger Subs to: |
Target Global Acquisition I Corp.
P.O. Box 10176
Governor’s Square 23
Lime Tree Bay Avenue, Grand Cayman
KY-1102, Cayman Islands
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Email:
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Xxxxx Xxx
Email:
(b) | If to the Company to: |
VenHub Global, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Pasadena, CA 91105
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Email:
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, PLLC
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Asheville, NC 28801
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Email:
or to such other address or addresses as the Parties may from time to time designate in writing. Without limiting the foregoing, any Party may give any notice, request, instruction, demand, document or other communication hereunder using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service, ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, instruction, demand, document or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the Party for whom it is intended.
Section X.3 Assignment. No Party shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other Parties. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any attempted assignment in violation of the terms of this Section X.3 shall be null and void, ab initio.
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Section X.4 Rights of Third Parties. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any Person, other than the Parties, any right or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing (a) in the event the Closing occurs, D&O Indemnitees are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section VI.1, (b) the Non-Recourse Parties are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section X.14 and Section X.15, (c) the Company Stockholders are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section X.17, (d) the Continuing Shareholders are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section IV.18 and (e) Acquiror Shareholders are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section VI.3.
Section X.5 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Party shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions whether or not such transactions shall be consummated, including all fees of its legal counsel, financial advisors and accountants, provided that the aggregate expenses of both Acquiror and the Company to be paid by the combined company shall not exceed $10,500,000 in total, whereby Acquiror’s expenses shall not exceed $6,250,000 (not including any potential taxes payable by Acquiror in connection with the consummation of the Transaction and excluding any advisory fees).
Section X.6 Governing Law. This Agreement, and all Actions or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal substantive Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed solely within such state, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction.
Section X.8 Schedules and Exhibits. The Schedules and Exhibits referenced herein are a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein. All references herein to Schedules and Exhibits shall be deemed references to such parts of this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Certain information set forth in the Schedules is included solely for informational purposes. The disclosure of any information shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment that such information is required to be disclosed in connection with the representations and warranties made in this Agreement, nor shall such information be deemed to establish a standard of materiality.
Section X.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement) which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not constitute part of this Agreement pursuant to Section 268 of the DGCL, but do constitute “facts ascertainable” as that term is used in Section 251(b) of the DGCL and operate upon the terms of this Agreement as provided herein), the other Transaction Agreements constitute the entire agreement among the Parties relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and supersede any other agreements, whether written or oral, that may have been made or entered into by or among any of the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries relating to the Transactions.
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Section X.10 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part, only by an agreement in writing executed by each of the Parties in the same manner as this Agreement and which refers to this Agreement. The approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of any of the Parties shall not restrict the ability of the board of directors (or other body performing similar functions) of any of the Parties to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section IX.1 or to cause such Party to enter into an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to this Section X.10.
Section X.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The Parties further agree that if any provision contained herein is, to any extent, held invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the Laws governing this Agreement, they shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law.
Section X.12 Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Transactions shall be brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and if the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have or take jurisdiction over such Action, any other federal or state courts located in the State of Delaware, and each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in any such Action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the Action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any Party to serve process in any manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other Party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any Action brought pursuant to this Section X.12. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS.
Section X.13 Enforcement. The Parties agree that irreparable harm for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Parties do not perform their obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate this Agreement) in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breach such provisions. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the Parties shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, specific performance, or other equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without proof of irreparable harm, prior to the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section IX.1, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement, and (b) the right of specific enforcement is an integral
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part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without that right, none of the Parties would have entered into this Agreement. Each Party agrees that it will not allege, and each Party hereby waives the defense, that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at Law or that an award of specific performance or other injunctive relief is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at Law or equity. The Parties acknowledge and agree that any Party seeking an injunction to prevent breaches of, and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of, this Agreement in accordance with this Section X.13 shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such injunction.
Section X.14 Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions may only be brought against, the Parties and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such Party. Except to the extent a Party (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such Party in this Agreement), (a) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, sponsor, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative or Affiliate of any Party and (b) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, sponsor, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative or Affiliate of any of the foregoing shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise) for any one or more of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations or liabilities of any one or more of the Company, Acquiror, or the Merger Subs under this Agreement of or for any claim based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions (each of the Persons identified in clauses (a) or (b), a “Non-Recourse Party”, and collectively, the “Non-Recourse Parties”). For the avoidance of doubt, this Section X.14 shall not apply to any express obligation of any named party to any other Transaction Agreements under the express terms of such Transaction Agreement.
Section X.15 Non-Survival. Notwithstanding anything herein or otherwise to the contrary, none of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and other provisions, shall survive the Closing, and, from and after the Closing, no Action shall be brought and no recourse shall be had against or from any Person in respect of such non-surviving representations, warranties, covenants or agreements, other than in the case of Fraud against the Party committing such Fraud. All such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations and other agreements shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of Closing (and there shall be no liability after the Closing in respect thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms expressly require performance after the Closing shall survive the Acquisition Effective Time but only with respect to that portion of such covenant or agreement that is expressly to be performed following the Closing and (b) this Article X and Section IX.3 shall survive the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of the Lockup Agreement and A&R Registration Rights Agreement shall not be affected by this Section X.15.
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Section X.16 Non-Reliance. Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of its respective Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives) that: (a) it has conducted its own independent investigation of the financial condition, results of operations, assets, liabilities, properties and projected operations of the other Parties and has been afforded satisfactory access to the books and records, facilities and personnel of the other Parties (and their respective Subsidiaries) for purposes of conducting such investigation; (b) the representations and warranties in Article III constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties in respect of the Company; (c) the representations and warranties in Article IV constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties in respect of Acquiror and the Merger Subs; (d) except for the representations and warranties in Article III by the Company and the representations and warranties in Article IV by the Acquiror Parties, none of the Parties or any other Person (including any of the Non-Recourse Parties) makes, or has made, any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to any Party (or any Party’s Subsidiaries), including any implied warranty or representation as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the assets of the such Party or its Subsidiaries or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other representations and warranties of any kind or nature expressed or implied (including (i) regarding the completeness or accuracy of, or any omission to state or to disclose, any information, including in the estimates, projections or forecasts or any other information, document or material provided to or made available to any Party or their respective Affiliates or Representatives in certain “data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions, including meetings, calls or correspondence with management of any Party (or any Party’s Subsidiaries), and (ii) any relating to the future or historical business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, prospects, assets or liabilities of any Party (or its Subsidiaries), or the quality, quantity or condition of any Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets) are specifically disclaimed by all Parties and their respective Subsidiaries and all other Persons (including the Representatives and Affiliates of any Party or its Subsidiaries); and (e) neither Party nor any of its Affiliates is relying on any representations and warranties in connection with the Transactions except the representations and warranties in Article III by the Company and the representations and warranties in Article IV by the Acquiror Parties. The foregoing does not limit any rights of any Party (or any other Person party to any other Transaction Agreements) pursuant to any other Transaction Agreement against any other Party (or any other Person party to any other Transaction Agreements) pursuant to such Transaction Agreement to which it is a party or an express third-party beneficiary thereof.
Section X.17 Waiver of Conflicts Regarding Representations; Non-Assertion of Attorney-Client Privilege.
(i) The Parties, including on behalf of their respective successors and assigns, hereby agree that, in the event a dispute with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby arises after the Closing between or among (A) the stockholders or holders of other securities or right to securities of any Acquiror Party, the SPAC Sponsor, the Previous SPAC Sponsor and/or any of their respective directors, members, partners, officers, employees or Affiliates (other than an Acquiror Party) (collectively, the “Acquiror Group”), on the one hand, and (B) an Acquiror Party, the Company and/or any member of the Company Group (as defined below), on the other hand, any legal counsel, including Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP (“Xxxxxx”), that represented an Acquiror Party or a member of the Acquiror Group prior to the Closing
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may represent any member of the Acquiror Group in such dispute even though the interests of such Persons may be directly adverse to the Acquiror Party, and even though such counsel may have represented the Acquiror Party in a matter substantially related to such dispute, or may be handling ongoing matters for the Acquiror Party and/or another member of the Acquiror Group. The Acquiror Parties, and the Company shall not seek to or have Xxxxxx disqualified from any such representation based upon the prior representation of any Acquiror Party by Xxxxxx. Each party, on its own behalf and on behalf of all of its Affiliates, hereby waives any potential conflict of interest arising from such prior representation. Each Party acknowledges that such consent and waiver is voluntary, that it has been carefully considered, and that such Party has consulted with counsel in connection therewith. The Acquiror Parties and the Company, including on behalf of their respective successors and assigns, further agree that, as to all legally privileged communications prior to the Closing (made in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance under, or any dispute or Action arising out of or relating to, this Agreement, any Transaction Agreement or the Transactions contemplated hereby or thereby) between or among any Acquiror Party, SPAC Sponsor and/or any member of the Acquiror Group, on the one hand, and Xxxxxx on the other hand, the attorney/client privilege and the expectation of client confidence shall survive the Closing and belong to the Acquiror Group after the Closing, and shall not pass to or be claimed or controlled by any Acquiror Party.
(ii) The Parties, including on behalf of their respective successors and assigns, hereby agree that, in the event a dispute with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions contemplated hereby arises after the Closing between or among (x) the stockholders or holders of other Equity Securities of any Company Entity and/or any of their respective directors, members, partners, officers, employees or Affiliates (other than the Company Entities) (collectively, the “Company Group”), on the one hand, and (y) Company and/or any member of the Acquiror Group, on the other hand, any legal counsel, including Xxxxx Xxxxxx PLLC (“Xxxxx Xxxxxx”), that represented Company or a member of the Company Group prior to the Closing (“Prior Counsel”) may represent any member of the Company Group in such dispute even though the interests of such Persons may be directly adverse to Company, and even though such counsel may have represented Company in a matter substantially related to such dispute, or may be handling ongoing matters for Company and/or another member of the Company Group. The Acquiror Group and the Company shall not seek to or have Xxxxx Xxxxxx disqualified from any such representation with respect to this Agreement based upon the prior representation of the Company by Xxxxx Xxxxxx. The Parties hereby waive any potential conflict of interest arising from such prior representation and each Party shall cause its respective Affiliates to consent to waive any potential conflict of interest arising from such representation. Each Party acknowledges that such consent and waiver is voluntary, that it has been carefully considered, and that such Party has consulted with counsel in connection therewith. The Acquiror Parties and the Company, including on behalf of their respective successors and assigns, further agree that, as to all legally privileged communications prior to the Closing (made in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance under, or any dispute or Action arising out of or relating to, this Agreement, any Transaction Agreement or the Transactions contemplated hereby or thereby) between or among Company, the Company Stockholders and/or any other member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and Xxxxx Xxxxxx on the other hand, the attorney/client privilege and the expectation of client confidence shall survive the Closing and belong to the Company Group after the Closing, and shall not pass to or be claimed or controlled by the Acquiror Parties.
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(b) Non-Exclusivity. The covenants, consents and waivers contained in this Section X.17 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Xxxxxx and/or Xxxxx Xxxxxx are entitled whether pursuant to law, contract or otherwise.
(c) Attorney-Client Privilege. The Parties intend that all rights to any attorney-client privilege or attorney work-product protection with respect to any communication or advice given by Prior Counsel to the Company Group during any existing representations (“Pre-Closing Privilege”), shall be retained by the Company Stockholder and shall not be claimed or used by Acquiror or the Company, except as expressly provided in this Section X.17(c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a dispute arises between Acquiror or the Company on the one hand, and a third party other than a Designated Person on the other hand, the Company shall (and shall cause its Affiliates to) assert the Pre-Closing Privileges on behalf of the Designated Persons to prevent disclosure of Privileged Materials to such third party; provided, however, that such privilege may be waived only with the prior written consent, and shall be waived upon the written instruction, of the Company Stockholder.
(d) Enforceability; Irrevocability. This Section X.17 is intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the Acquiror Group and the Company Group. This Section X.17 shall be irrevocable, and no term of this Section X.17 may be amended, waived or modified without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx or Xxxxx Xxxxxx, as applicable.
(e) Privileged Materials. All Pre-Closing Privileges, and all books and records and other documents of the Company containing any advice or communication that is subject to any Pre-Closing Privilege (“Privileged Materials”), shall be excluded from the Transactions and, notwithstanding anything herein or otherwise to the contrary, be distributed to the Company Stockholders (on behalf of the applicable Designated Persons) immediately prior to the Closing with (in the case of such books and records) no copies retained by the Company. Absent the prior written consent of the Company Stockholder, none of Acquiror nor (following the Closing) the Company shall have a right of access to Privileged Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any privileged communications or information shared by the Company prior to the Closing with the Acquiror under a common interest agreement shall remain the privileged communications or information of the Surviving Acquisition Corporation.
Section X.18 Currency. All references to currency amounts in this Agreement shall mean United States dollars.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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TARGET GLOBAL ACQUISITION I CORP. a Cayman Islands exempt company | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
VITAL MERGER SUB 1 CORP. a Delaware corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
VITAL MERGER SUB 2 LLC a Delaware limited liability company | ||
By: | Target Global Acquisition I Corp. | |
Its: | Member | |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Person | |
VENHUB GLOBAL, INC. a Delaware corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]