WARRANT SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
Confidential
WARRANT SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This WARRANT SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on October 13, 2021, by and between SeatGeek, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned subscriber (“Subscriber”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into a Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization with RedBall Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (which shall domesticate as a Delaware corporation prior to Closing, “Public Company”), Showstop Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Showstop Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Second Merger Sub”), pursuant to which (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein) the Public Company will be domesticated as a Delaware corporation in accordance with section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and Part XII of the Cayman Islands Companies Law (2020 Revision) (the “Domestication”), and, promptly thereafter, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, and following such merger the Company will merge with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub surviving the mergers as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Company (the “Merger”) (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement” and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Business Combination, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, a warrant in the form attached hereto (the “Warrant”) entitling the Subscriber to purchase shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”), or such other securities as may be issuable upon the consummation of certain reorganization events, including the Business Combination, in which case such Warrant shall be exercisable for shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, of the Public Company after the Domestication as a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware (“Public Company Common Stock”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant (the “Shares”), at an exercise price of $0.0001 per Share, exercisable for that number of Shares equal to the aggregate purchase price set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Purchase Price”) divided by $10.00 per share (the “Per Share Price”), and the Company desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Warrant in consideration of the payment, by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company, of the Purchase Price; and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Subscription Agreement, the Public Company is entering into subscription agreements (the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors with respect to purchases of shares of Public Company Common Stock (the “PIPE Subscribers”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, Subscriber has agreed to purchase on the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the Business Combination (the “Closing Date”) the Warrant at the Purchase Price.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Subscription. On the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, at the Closing (as defined below), Subscriber hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company, the Warrant (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”). Subscriber acknowledges that, subject to the consummation of the Business Combination, the Public Company shall (i) assume the Warrant in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and as a result of such assumption, the Warrant shall be exercisable for shares of Public Company Common Stock and will not be exercisable for shares of Company Common Stock and (ii) issue the Subscriber a number of Parent Incentive Warrants (as defined in the Merger Agreement) with respect to a number of shares of Public Company Common Stock equal to the Purchase Price divided by $10 times 1/3. Each whole Parent Incentive Warrant shall be exercisable for one share of Public Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share and shall have substantially similar terms to the warrants included as part of the Public Company’s units issued in its IPO. No fractional Parent Incentive Warrants will be issued, and the Public Company will round the number of Public Incentive Warrants to be issued to the Subscriber down to the nearest whole number. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Company reserves the right to accept or reject the Subscriber’s Subscription for any reason or for no reason, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its acceptance, and the same shall be deemed to be accepted by the Company only when this Subscription Agreement is signed by a duly authorized person by or on behalf of the Company, which may done so in counterpart form.
2. Closing.
(a) The consummation of the Subscription (the “Closing”) shall occur on the Closing Date, prior (and subject to) to the consummation of the Business Combination .
(b) At least five (5) Business Days (as defined below) before the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered written notice to Subscriber (the “Closing Notice”) specifying (i) the anticipated Closing Date and the anticipated date of the closing of the Business Combination (the “Business Combination Closing Date”), which shall be two (2) Business Days following the Closing Date and (ii) the wire instructions for delivery of the Purchase Price to the Company. No later than two (2) Business Days after receiving the Closing Notice, and in any event, no later than the Closing Date, Subscriber shall deliver to the Company (A) the Purchase Price by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified in the Closing Notice (which account need not be an escrow account), and (B) such information as is requested in the Closing Notice in order for the Company to issue the Warrant to Subscriber at the Closing. The Company shall deliver to Subscriber at the Closing, the
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executed Warrant in the form attached to this Subscription Agreement as Exhibit A , in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions). In the event that the consummation of the Business Combination does not occur within five (5) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter) return the funds so delivered by Subscriber to the Company by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber, and, to the extent that the Warrant has been delivered to Subscriber, such Warrant shall be deemed cancelled by its terms. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) the Company’s obligation to issue the Warrant to Subscriber is contingent upon the Company having received the Purchase Price in accordance with this Section 2(b) and (y) unless this Subscription Agreement has been validly terminated pursuant to Section 7, the return of any funds delivered by Subscriber to the Company shall not terminate this Subscription Agreement or relieve Subscriber of any of its obligations hereunder (including its obligation to purchase the Warrant at the Closing following the Company’s delivery to Subscriber of a new Closing Notice). For the purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed.
The Warrant shall contain a legend as set forth in the form of Warrant attached as Exhibit A to this Subscription Agreement.
(c) The Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by each of the Company and Subscriber of the conditions that, on the Closing Date:
(i) | no suspension of the qualification of the Public Company Common Stock for offering or sale or trading by the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (or such other national securities exchange on which the Public Company Common Stock is then listed) shall be in effect; |
(ii) | all conditions precedent to the closing of the Business Combination set forth in the Merger Agreement, including the approval of the Company’s shareholders, shall have been satisfied (as determined by the parties to the Merger Agreement) (other than those of such conditions precedent that, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the closing of the Business Combination pursuant to the Merger Agreement, including to the extent that any such condition precedent is, or is dependent upon, the consummation of the purchase and sale of the Warrant pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and the purchase of and sale of the Public Company Stock pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, but subject to the satisfaction (as determined by the parties to the Merger Agreement) or waiver of such conditions as of the closing of the Business Combination ) or waived, and the closing of the Business Combination shall be scheduled to occur concurrently with or immediately following the Closing; and |
(iii) | no governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. |
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(d) The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by the Company of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:
(i) | all representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Subscriber Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) at and as of the Closing; and |
(ii) | Subscriber shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Subscriber at or prior to the Closing, except where the failure of such performance or compliance would not or would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay, or materially impair the ability of the Subscriber to consummate the Subscription. |
(e) The obligation of Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by Subscriber of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:
(i) | all representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) at and as of the Closing, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier time, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than any such representation or warranty that is qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect, which representation or warranty shall be true in all respects) as of such earlier date; |
(ii) | the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing, except where the failure of such performance or compliance would not or would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay, or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Subscription; and |
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(iii) | the shares of Public Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant following the consummation of the Business Combination shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE (or such other national securities exchange on which the Public Company Common Stock is then listed), subject to official notice of issuance. |
(f) Prior to or at the Closing, Subscriber shall deliver to the Company a duly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8.
3. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that:
(a) The Company (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to the Company that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company.
(b) The execution and delivery of the Warrant has been duly authorized by the Company. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, and will be enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms hereof and the Warrant, the Warrant will be duly and validly issued and the Shares issuable by the Company upon exercise of the Warrant will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. On the date of issuance of the Warrant, the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant shall have been reserved for issuance. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms hereof and the Warrant, the Subscriber will have good title to the Warrant and the Shares issuable by the Issuer upon exercise of such Warrant, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kind, other than (i) transfer restrictions hereunder and under other agreements entered into between the Issuer and the Subscriber, (ii) transfer restrictions under federal and state securities laws, and (iii) liens, claims or encumbrances imposed due to the actions of the Subscriber.
(c) This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.
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(d) The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and the Warrant, the issuance and sale of the Warrant and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of the Company; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Warrant.
(e) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including the issuance of the Warrant), other than (i) those required by applicable securities laws, (ii) those required to consummate the Business Combination as provided under the Merger Agreement, and (iii) those the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Warrant.
(f) As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 190,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock (including Company Common Stock that is unvested or is subject to repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition on title or ownership under any applicable restricted stock purchase agreement or other contract with the Company (“Company Restricted Stock”)), of which 31,900,869 shares are outstanding and (ii) 135,622,253 shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.001 per share, of the Company.
All issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive rights As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, 20,469,048 shares of Company Common Stock are issuable pursuant to outstanding options to purchase Company Common Stock, whether or not exercisable and whether or not vested, immediately prior to the Closing under the Company’s incentive plans or otherwise, and 795,144 shares of Company Restricted Stock are outstanding, in each case granted prior to the date of this Agreement.
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(g) Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Warrant, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against the Company.
(h) Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Warrant by the Company to Subscriber.
(i) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Warrant or other securities of the Company.
(j) The Company is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the Warrant.
4. Subscriber Representations and Warranties. Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:
(a) Subscriber (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and (ii) has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.
(b) This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Subscriber, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by the Company, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.
(c) The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the purchase of the Warrant, the exercise of the Warrant and the compliance by Subscriber with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Subscriber pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Subscriber is a party or by which Subscriber is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Subscriber is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of Subscriber; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Subscriber or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Subscriber Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Subscriber Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to Subscriber that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Subscriber’s ability to timely consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Warrant and the exercise of the Warrant.
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(d) Subscriber (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional accredited investor (i.e., a person, other than a natural person, that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Annex A, (ii) is acquiring the Warrant and the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (collectively, the “Securities”) only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if Subscriber is subscribing for the Warrant as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a qualified institutional buyer and Subscriber has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the Securities with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction (and has provided the Company with the requested information on Annex A following the signature page hereto) and is an “institutional account” as defined by FINRA Rule 4512(c). Subscriber is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities.
(e) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Warrant is being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that none of the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and that the Company is not required to register the Securities except as set forth in Section 5. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Subscriber absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, except (i) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof, or (ii) pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and, in each of cases (i) and (ii), in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any certificates or account entries representing the Securities shall contain the restrictive legend set forth in Section 2(b) of this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Securities will be subject to these securities laws transfer restrictions, and as a result of these transfer restrictions, Subscriber may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Securities and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Securities for an indefinite period of time. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant will not immediately be eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (as amended, “Rule 144”), until at least one year following the filing of certain required information with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) after the Closing Date. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Securities .
(f) Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber is purchasing the Warrant directly from the Company. Subscriber further acknowledges that there have not been, and Subscriber hereby agrees that it is not relying on, and has not relied upon, any statements, representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to Subscriber by or on behalf of the Company, the Public Company, any Placement Agent (as defined herein), any other party to the Business Combination, or any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers,
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directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in this Subscription Agreement in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company. Subscriber acknowledges that certain information provided by the Company was based on projections, and such projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections. Subscriber further acknowledges that the information provided to Subscriber was preliminary and subject to change, including in the registration statement and the proxy statement that the Company intends to file with the Commission (which will include substantial additional information about the Company and the Business Combination and will update and supersede the information previously provided to Subscriber).
(g) In making its decision to purchase the Warrant and with respect to the Securities, Subscriber has relied solely upon independent investigation made by Subscriber. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that Subscriber has received such information as Subscriber deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Securities, including with respect to the Company and the Business Combination (including the Public Company) and made its own assessment and is satisfied concerning the relevant financial, tax and other economic considerations relevant to Subscriber’s investment in the Warrant and with respect to the Securities. Subscriber represents and agrees that Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, (i) received, reviewed and understood the information made available to it in connection with its investment decision with respect to the Securities and (ii) have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers, including from the Company directly, and obtain such information as Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Securities.
(h) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that neither Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC nor any of its affiliates, acting as placement agent to the Public Company with respect to the sale of shares of Public Company Common Stock pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements (the “Placement Agent”), has provided Subscriber with any information or advice with respect to the Securities and that no such information or advice is necessary or desired. None of the Placement Agent, any of its affiliates or any of its or its affiliates’ respective control persons, officers, directors and employees has made or makes any representation as to the Company, the Public Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or the quality or value of the Securities. The Placement Agent and any of its affiliates may have acquired non-public information with respect to the Company or the Public Company, which Subscriber agrees need not be provided to it. Subscriber further acknowledges that the Placement Agent and its directors, officers, employees, representatives and controlling persons have made no independent investigation with respect to the Company, the Public Company or the Securities or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to the Placement Agent by the Company or the Public Company.
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(i) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that (1) the Placement Agent is acting solely as the Public Company’s placement agent in connection with the offering of shares of Public Company Common Stock pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements and is not acting as an underwriter or in any other capacity and is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary for such Subscriber, the Company, the Public Company or any other person or entity in connection with the offering by the Company of the Warrant, (2) the Placement Agent has not made, and will not make, any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character and has not provided any advice or recommendation in connection with the offering of the Securities, and (3) the Placement Agent will not have any responsibility with respect to (i) any representations, warranties or agreements made by any person or entity under or in connection with the offering of the Securities or any of the documents furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, or the execution, legality, validity or enforceability (with respect to any person) or any thereof, or (ii) the business, affairs, financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of, or any other matter concerning the Company, the Public Company or any of their respective Affiliates or the offering of the Securities.
(j) Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Warrant solely by means of direct contact between Subscriber, the Company, the Public Company or their respective affiliates, and the Warrant were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber, the Company, the Public Company or their respective affiliates,. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Warrant, nor was the Warrant offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company represents and warrants that the Warrant (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act) and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.
(k) Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Securities. Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the investment merits and risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, including its investment in the Securities. Subscriber has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought, such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision. Subscriber is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c). Subscriber acknowledges that it shall be responsible for any of the Subscriber’s tax liabilities that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement, and that none of the Company, the Public Company, the Placement Agent, nor any of their respective agents, have provided any tax advice or any other representation or guarantee, whether written or oral, regarding the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.
(l) Subscriber has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Securities and, based on its own independent review and investment analysis and such professional advice as it deems appropriate, determined that the Securities and its investment in the Securities (i) are a fit, proper and suitable investment for Subscriber, notwithstanding the substantial risks inherent in investing in or holding the Securities, (ii) is fully consistent with the Subscriber’s financial needs, objectives and condition and (iii) comply and are fully consistent with all investment policies, guidelines and other restrictions applicable to Subscriber. Subscriber is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of Subscriber’s investment in the Company. Subscriber acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.
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(m) Subscriber understands and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.
(n) Subscriber is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (iii) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (collectively, a “Prohibited Investor”). Subscriber agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that Subscriber is permitted to do so under applicable law. Subscriber represents that if it is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), that Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. Subscriber also represents that, to the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including the OFAC List. Subscriber further represents and warrants that, to the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by Subscriber and used to purchase the Warrant were legally derived.
(o) If Subscriber is an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or an employee benefit plan that is a governmental plan (as defined in section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in section 3(33) of ERISA), a non-U.S. plan (as described in section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) or other plan that is not subject to the foregoing but may be subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code, or an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement (each, a “Plan”) subject to the fiduciary or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, Subscriber represents and warrants that neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has acted as the Plan’s fiduciary, or has been relied on for advice, with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Securities, and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates shall at any time be relied upon as the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision to acquire, continue to hold or transfer the Securities.
(p) Subscriber will have sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to, and as and when required under, Section 2(b).
(q) Subscriber acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Company, the Public Company, the Placement Agent, any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of the Company expressly set forth in this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company.
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(r) Subscriber agrees that none of the Placement Agent, its affiliates or any of its or its affiliates’ control persons, officers, directors or employees shall be liable to any Subscriber pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or any other agreement related to the private placement of Public Company Common Stock for any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the Securities hereunder (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by you, the Company or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, to any Subscriber, or to any person claiming through such Subscriber, in respect of the purchase and sale of Securities.
(s) Subscriber agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Placement Agent and the Public Company may rely upon the representations and warranties made by Subscriber to the Company in this Subscription Agreement.
5. Registration of Securities.
(a) The Company agrees that subject to the consummation of the Business Combination and the Closing, the Public Company shall within sixty (60) calendar days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission (at the Public Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and the Public Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter, but in any event no later than the earlier of (1) sixty (60) calendar days following the Filing Deadline (or one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the Filing Deadline if the Registration Statement is reviewed by the Commission) and (2) the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date the Public Company is notified in writing by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review (such earlier date, the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, however, that the Public Company’s obligation to include the Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Public Company such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Public Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Public Company to effect the registration of the Shares , and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Public Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Public Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder; provided, further, that if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Public Company from including any or all of the shares of Public Company Common Stock proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 under the Securities Act for the resale of the Shares by the applicable shareholders or otherwise, the Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Shares as is
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permitted to be registered by the Commission. In such event, the number of Shares to be registered for each selling shareholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling shareholders and, during the Effectiveness Period (as defined below), as promptly as practicable after being permitted to register additional Shares under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, the Public Company shall amend the Registration Statement or file a new Registration Statement to register such additional Shares and cause such amendment or Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. The Public Company agrees that, except for such times as the Public Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, the Public Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with respect to Subscriber until the earliest of (i) the first (1st) anniversary of the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the date on which all of the Shares shall have been sold, (iii) the first date on which Subscriber can sell all of its Shares (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 under the Securities Act without limitation as to the manner of sale or the amount of such securities that may be sold and (iv) the first day on which Subscriber can sell all of its Shares (or shares received in exchange therefor) pursuant to another exemption from registration without limitation. The period commencing on the earlier of the Filing Deadline and the date on which the Registration Statement is actually filed and ending on the earliest of the dates referenced in the immediately preceding sentence is referred to herein as the “Effectiveness Period”. During the Effectiveness Period, the Public Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable Subscriber to resell the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, qualify the Shares for listing on the applicable stock exchange on which the Public Company Common Stock is then listed, and update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include the Shares. Subscriber agrees to disclose its beneficial ownership, as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Shares to the Public Company (or its successor) upon request to assist the Public Company in making the determination described above. The Public Company’s obligations to include the Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Public Company such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Public Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Public Company to effect the registration of the Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Public Company may reasonably request that are customary for a selling shareholder in similar situations, including providing that the Public Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder. In the case of the registration effected by the Public Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, the Public Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber as to the status of such registration. If the Commission requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have an opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Public Company may delay or postpone filing of the Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (i) if it determines that in order for the Registration Statement not to contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if such suspension arises out of, or is a result of, or is related to or is in
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connection with the Registration Statement or related accounting, disclosure or other matters, (ii) if it determines or that such filing or use could materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Public Company or would require premature disclosure of information that could materially adversely affect the Public Company or (iii) at any time that the Public Company is required to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and the Commission has not declared such amendment effective (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided that (x) the Public Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two (2) times, in each case, during any three hundred sixty (360)-day period and (y) during the Effectiveness Period, the Public Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Registration Statement available for the sale by Subscriber of the Shares as soon as practicable thereafter. At its expense, during the Effectiveness Period, the Public Company shall advise Subscriber within two (2) Business Days: (A) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the Public Company’s receipt of notice of the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose; (B) of the receipt by the Public Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (C) subject to the provisions in this Subscription Agreement, of the occurrence of a Suspension Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Public Company shall not, when so advising Subscriber of such events, provide Subscriber with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Public Company other than to the extent required to provide notice to Subscriber of the occurrence of such events. At its expense, during the Effectiveness Period, the Public Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable, and upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by clause (A) or (B) above (other than a permitted Suspension Event), the Public Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, as soon as reasonably practicable, prepare a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Shares included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Upon receipt of written notice from the Public Company of the happening of any Suspension Event during the Effectiveness Period or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of the prospectus), not misleading, Subscriber agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Shares under the Registration Statement (which does not include sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144 or another exemption from registration) until the Public Company prepares a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Public Company agrees to prepare promptly) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Public Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Public Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Public Company, Subscriber
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will deliver to the Public Company or, in Subscriber’s sole discretion, destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Shares in Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Shares shall not apply (x) to the extent Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (y) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.
(c) For purposes of this Section 5, “Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Shares issuable by upon exercise of the Warrant (as defined in the recitals to this Subscription Agreement) and any other equity security issued or issuable with respect to the Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, replacement or similar event, and “Subscriber” shall include any affiliate of the undersigned Subscriber to which the rights under this Section 5 shall have been duly assigned.
(d) The Public Company shall indemnify Subscriber (to the extent a seller under the Registration Statement), its officers, directors and agents, and each person who controls Subscriber (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or incorporated by reference therein), any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent that such untrue statements or alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based upon information regarding Subscriber furnished in writing to the Public Company by Subscriber expressly for use therein or Subscriber has omitted a material fact from such information or otherwise violated any federal or state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder.
(e) Subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless the Public Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, and each person who controls the Public Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any prospectus included in the Registration Statement, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based upon information regarding Subscriber furnished in writing to the Public Company by Subscriber expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of Subscriber be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by Subscriber upon the sale of the Shares giving rise to such indemnification obligation. Subscriber shall notify the Public Company promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section 5 of which Subscriber is aware.
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(f) If the indemnification provided under this Section 5 from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 5, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Each indemnifying party’s obligation to make a contribution pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall be individual, not joint and several, and in no event shall the liability of any Subscriber hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Subscriber upon the sale of the Shares giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(g) Subject to and effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company shall cause the Public Company to assume all of the covenants to be performed by the Public Company under this Section 5 and the Public Company shall perform such covenants subject to and in accordance with this Section 5.
6. Other Covenants.
(a) With a view to making available to Subscriber the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit Subscriber to sell Shares to the public without registration, the Public Company agrees, until the earlier of (x) the time at which all of the Shares have been registered for resale or (y) the time at which Subscriber no longer holds Shares , to use commercially reasonable efforts to:
i. | make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144; |
ii. | file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Company under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, for so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required to enable Subscriber to sell Shares under Rule 144; and |
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iii. | furnish to Subscriber, upon request in connection with an anticipated sale of Shares by Subscriber under Rule 144, a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting and submission requirements of Rule 144(c) during the 12-month period preceding such anticipated sale. |
(b) The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and agrees that it will not, nor will any person acting at the Subscriber’s direction or pursuant to any understanding with the Subscriber, directly or indirectly offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell, sell any option, engage in hedging activities or execute any “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers, with respect to securities of the Public Company (all of the foregoing transactions, “Short Sales”) until the Closing or the earlier termination of this Subscription Agreement in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) nothing herein shall prohibit other entities under common management with the Subscriber that are managed by portfolio managers having no knowledge of this Subscription Agreement or of the Subscriber’s participation in the subscription from entering into any Short Sales and (ii) in the case of a Subscriber that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of the Subscriber’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Subscriber’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.
(c) Subject to and effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company shall cause the Public Company to assume all of the covenants to be performed by the Public Company under this Section 6 and the Public Company shall perform such covenants subject to and in accordance with this Section 6.
7. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) the mutual written agreement of the Company and Subscriber to terminate this Subscription Agreement and (c) the date that is seventy-five (75) days after the Agreement End Date(as defined in the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, without giving effect to any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision thereof that would have the effect of extending the Agreement End Date to a later time); provided that nothing herein will relieve any party hereto from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party hereto will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach. The Company shall notify Subscriber of the termination of the Merger Agreement promptly after the termination thereof.
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8. Trust Account Waiver. Subscriber hereby acknowledges that the Public Company has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of the Public Company’s public shareholders and certain other parties (including the underwriters of the IPO). In order to induce the Public Company to enter into the Merger Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Subscriber hereby (i) agrees that it does not now and shall not at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any assets held in the Trust Account, and shall not make any claim against the Trust Account, regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Subscription Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the PIPE Subscription Agreements or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the “Released Claims”), (ii) irrevocably waives any Released Claims that it may have against the Trust Account now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with the Public Company, and (iii) will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever ; provided however, that nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to limit any Subscriber’s right to distributions from the Trust Account in accordance with the Public Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in respect of any redemptions by Subscriber of its public Ordinary Shares of the Public Company acquired by any means. Subscriber agrees and acknowledges that such irrevocable waiver has been specifically relied upon by the Public Company to induce it to enter into this Merger Agreement, and Subscriber further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding and enforceable under applicable law. To the extent Subscriber commences any action or proceeding based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to the Public Company, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, monetary relief against the Public Company, Subscriber hereby acknowledges and agrees its sole remedy shall be against funds held outside of the Trust Account and that such claim shall not permit Subscriber (or any party claiming on Subscriber’s behalf or in lieu of Subscriber) to have any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or any amounts contained therein. In the event Subscriber commences any action or proceeding based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to the Public Company, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, relief against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or the public shareholders, whether in the form of money damages or injunctive relief, the Public Company shall be entitled to recover from Subscriber the associated legal fees and costs in connection with any such action, if the Company prevails in such action or proceeding.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) The provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the following: Definitions shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The verb form of the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” The words “or” and “any” shall not be construed
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to be disjunctive but not exclusive. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) references to any statute, rule or regulation shall be deemed to refer to such statute, rule or regulation as amended or supplemented from time to time, including through the promulgation of rules or regulations thereunder; (ii) the words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereby,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import shall be construed to refer to this Subscription Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof; and (iii) references to “Sections” shall be construed to refer to sections of this Subscription Agreement. “Writing”, “written” and comparable terms shall be deemed to refer to printing, typing or any other means (including e-mail and other electronic or digital media) of reproducing words in a visible form. Unless otherwise specified, the reference date for purposes of calculating any period shall be excluded from such calculation, but any period “from” or “through” a specified date shall commence or end, as applicable, on such specified date. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that it has been represented by legal counsel during, and has participated jointly with the other party hereto in, the negotiation and execution of this Subscription Agreement and waives the application of any law or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in a contract or other document or any provision thereof will be construed against the party that drafted such contract or other document or provision thereof.
(b) All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given, delivered and received (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) when sent by electronic mail, on the date of transmission to such recipient; provided, that such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication is also sent to the recipient pursuant to clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 9(b), (iii) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and, in each case, addressed to the intended recipient at its address specified on the signature page hereof or to such electronic mail address or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 9(b).
(c) Subscriber acknowledges that the Company, the Public Company, the Placement Agent and others will rely, and agrees that such persons are authorized to rely, on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.
(d) Each of the Company, the Public Company and the Placement Agent is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
(e) Subscriber shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(f) Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Subscriber hereunder (other than the Warrant acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned (provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may transfer the Subscription Agreement and its rights hereunder in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination ). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscriber may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more funds or accounts managed by the investment manager or investment advisor that manages Subscriber (or an affiliate that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such investment manager or investment advisor) or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided, in each case, that any assignee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms hereof as if it were an original party hereto and that no such assignment shall relieve Subscriber of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations.
(g) All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.
(h) The Company may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Company may deem reasonably necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Securities, and Subscriber shall provide such information as may be reasonably requested.
(i) This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified, waived or terminated (other than as provided by and in accordance with Section 7) except by an instrument in writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment, modification, waiver, or termination is sought.
(j) This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the parties hereto, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(k) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, including the Public Company subject to and upon the consummation of the Business Combination, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
(l) If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.
(m) This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic mail or in ..pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document.
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All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(n) This Subscription Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person. provided, however, that the Public Company is a third party beneficiary of this Subscription Agreement with respect to the rights of the Company hereunder from and after the consummation of the Business Combination, and (iii) following the closing of the Business Combination, the Public Company shall be entitled to rely on the representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in Section 4. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Public Company and the Placement Agent shall be entitled to specifically enforce the Subscriber’s obligations to pay the Purchase Price and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement of which the Public Company is an express third party beneficiary, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
(o) The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise.
(p) This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.
(q) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY HERETO AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ANY AFFILIATE OF SUCH OTHER PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.
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(r) The parties hereto agree that all disputes, legal actions, suits and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement must be brought exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware or, in the event each federal court within the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state court within the state of Delaware) (collectively the “Designated Courts”). Each party hereto hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Designated Courts. No legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to this Subscription Agreement may be brought in any other forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives all claims of immunity from jurisdiction and any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding in any Designated Court, including any right to object on the basis that any dispute, action, suit or proceeding brought in the Designated Courts has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum or venue. Each of the parties hereto also agrees that delivery of any process, summons, notice or document to a party hereof in compliance with Section 9(b) of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in a Designated Court with respect to any matters to which the parties hereto have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company and Subscriber has executed, or caused to be executed by its duly authorized representative, this Subscription Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
COMPANY: SeatGeek, Inc. | ||
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Title:
Address for Notices: 000 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
SUBSCRIBER: [Subscriber Name] | ||
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Title:
Address for Notices: [•] |
Name in which the Warrant in the form of Exhibit A hereto is to be registered: |
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You must pay the Purchase Price by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account of the Company specified by the Company in the Closing Notice.
[Signature Page to PIPE Subscription Agreement]
ANNEX A
ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBSCRIBER
This Annex A should be completed and signed by Subscriber
and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.
A. | QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS (Please check the box, if applicable) |
☐ | Subscriber is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act). |
B. | INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS (Please check the box) |
☐ | Subscriber is an institutional accredited investor (i.e., a person, other than a natural person, that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) and has marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which it qualifies as an institutional “accredited investor.” |
C. | AFFILIATE STATUS |
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SUBSCRIBER:
☐ is:
☐ is not:
an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.
Rule 501(a), in relevant part, states that an institutional “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. Subscriber has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to Subscriber and under which Subscriber accordingly qualifies as an institutional “accredited investor.”
☐ | Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company; |
☐ | Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; |
☐ | Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; |
☐ | Any corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, limited liability company, partnership or any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000; |
☐ | Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person; |
☐ | An entity, other than an entity described in the categories of “accredited investors” above, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, owning investments in excess of $5,000,000; |
☐ | A “family office,” as defined under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that satisfies all of the following conditions: (i) with assets under management in excess of $5,000,000, (ii) that is not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered and (iii) whose prospective investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment; or |
☐ | A “family client,” as defined under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, of a family office meeting the requirements in the previous paragraph and whose prospective investment in the issuer is directed by such family office pursuant to the previous paragraph. |
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