UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 2, 2020

 

GRAF INDUSTRIAL CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-38703 83-1138508
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

118 Vintage Park Blvd., Suite W-22

Houston, Texas 77070

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 515-3517

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
x Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant   GRAF.U   The New York Stock Exchange
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share   GRAF   The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, each exercisable for three-quarters of one share of common stock   GRAF WS   The New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As previously reported, on July 2, 2020, Graf Industrial Corp. (“Graf” or the “Company”) announced that it executed an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Velodyne LiDAR, Inc. (“Velodyne”) and the other parties thereto (the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”). This Current Report on Form 8-K provides a summary of the Merger Agreement and the other agreements entered into in connection with the Business Combination. The descriptions of these agreements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the terms and conditions of such agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 hereto and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Merger Agreement

 

On July 2, 2020, Graf entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with VL Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Graf (“Merger Sub”), and Velodyne.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Graf will acquire Velodyne through the merger of Merger Sub with and into Velodyne, with Velodyne surviving the merger (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of Velodyne common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Velodyne common stock”), series A preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, series B preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and series B-1 preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (collectively, the “Velodyne capital stock”) will be converted into the right to receive shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Graf (the “Common Stock”) in an aggregate amount which shall not exceed, taken together with any shares issuable in respect of vested equity awards of Velodyne, 143,575,763 shares of Common Stock. In addition, at the Effective Time, each outstanding and unsettled restricted stock unit in respect of shares of Velodyne common stock, option to purchase Velodyne common stock and unvested restricted share of Velodyne common stock will be rolled over into restricted stock units, options, or restricted shares, respectively, of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Prior to the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), Velodyne intends to enter into agreements with certain of its shareholders pursuant to which, contemporaneously with the Closing, it will repurchase and cancel shares of Velodyne capital stock from such shareholders in exchange for an aggregate amount of cash not to exceed $50,000,000.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Graf is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Common Stock to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Transactions”) to be approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) prior to the Closing. Following the Closing, Graf agreed to comply with the terms of any registration rights agreements by which Velodyne is bound in favor of Velodyne’s stockholders, treating shares of Common Stock to be held by such stockholders as registrable securities under such agreements.

 

The consummation of the Business Combination is subject to the receipt of the requisite approval of the stockholders of each of Graf and Velodyne (such approvals, the “Graf stockholder approval” and the “Velodyne stockholder approval”, respectively) and the fulfillment of certain other conditions.

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties thereto with respect to, among other things, (a) entity organization, formation and authority, (b) capital structure, (c) authorization to enter into the Merger Agreement, (d) licenses and permits, (e) taxes, (f) financial statements, (g) real property, (h) material contracts, (i) title to assets, (j) absence of changes, (k) employee matters, (l) compliance with laws, (m) litigation, (n) transactions with affiliates and (o) regulatory matters.

 

Covenants

 

The Merger Agreement includes customary covenants of the parties with respect to the operation of their respective businesses prior to the consummation of the Business Combination and efforts to satisfy the conditions to consummation of the Business Combination. The Merger Agreement also contains additional covenants of the parties, including, among others, covenants providing for Graf and Velodyne to use their reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary regulatory approvals and covenants providing for Graf, Merger Sub and Velodyne to cooperate in the preparation of the Proxy Statement (as each such terms are defined in the Merger Agreement) required to be filed in connection with the Business Combination.

 

 

 

 

Earnout

 

Holders of Velodyne capital stock and Velodyne equity awards will receive, in the aggregate, up to an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock (including in the form of equity awards of Common Stock, as applicable) if, (i) on any date prior to the Closing, the closing price of Common Stock on the NYSE meets or exceeds certain thresholds or (b) during the period from the date of the Merger Agreement until six months following Closing, the closing price of Common Stock exceeds certain thresholds (as further described in the Merger Agreement).

 

Velodyne Non-Solicitation Restrictions

 

Except as expressly permitted by the Merger Agreement, from the date of the Merger Agreement to the Effective Time or, if earlier, the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, Velodyne has agreed not to, among other things, initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or requests for information with respect to, or the making of, any inquiry regarding, or any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

Prior to the receipt of Velodyne stockholder approval, the Velodyne board of directors may, among other things, (a) change its recommendation that Velodyne stockholders adopt the Merger Agreement or (b) pay the Termination Fee (as defined below) and terminate the Merger Agreement to enter into a definitive acquisition agreement providing for a Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement), subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement including, Velodyne’s board of directors concluding, in consultation with its financial advisor(s) and outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.

 

Graf Exclusivity Restrictions

 

From the date of the Merger Agreement to the Effective Time or, if earlier, the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, to the extent not inconsistent with Graf’s board of directors’ fiduciary duties, Graf has agreed not to, among other things, solicit, initiate, continue or engage in discussions or negotiations with, or enter into any agreement with, or encourage, respond, provide information to or commence due diligence with respect to, any person (other than Velodyne, its shareholders or any of their affiliates or representatives), concerning, relating to or which is intended or is reasonably likely to give rise to or result in any Business Combination (as defined in the Merger Agreement) other than with Velodyne, its shareholders and their affiliates or representatives.

 

Graf Change in Recommendation

 

Graf is required to use its reasonable best efforts to include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of Graf’s board of directors to Graf’s stockholders that they approve the transaction proposals (the “Graf board recommendation”). Graf is permitted to change the Graf Board Recommendation (such change, a “change in recommendation”) if it determines, in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make such a change in recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.

 

Conditions to Closing

 

General Conditions

 

The consummation of the Merger is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, (ii) the absence of any governmental order, statute, rule or regulation enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Business Combination, (iii) receipt of Graf stockholder approval, (iv) receipt of Velodyne stockholder approval, (v) the approval of the Extension (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and the other matters presented for Graf stockholder approval in the Extension Proxy Statement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) by the requisite vote of the stockholders of Graf and (vi) the receipt of the approval for listing by the NYSE of the Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Business Combination.

 

 

 

 

Graf Conditions to Closing

 

The obligations of Graf to consummate the Merger are also conditioned upon, among other things, customary closing conditions and the entering into employment agreements with certain officers of Velodyne on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Graf (but no less favorable to such employees than their current employment arrangements).

 

Velodyne’s Conditions to Closing

 

The obligations of Velodyne to consummate the Merger also are conditioned upon, among other things, (i) customary closing conditions, (ii) the amendment and restatement of Graf’s certificate of incorporation in substantially the form attached to the Merger Agreement and (iii) evidence that, immediately after the Closing, the funds in the Trust Account (as defined in the Merger Agreement), together with the funding of any amounts payable under the Subscription Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement), will be no less than an aggregate amount of $200,000,000.

 

Termination

 

The Merger Agreement allows the parties to terminate the agreement if certain conditions described in the Merger Agreement are met, including a termination by Velodyne in connection with accepting a Superior Proposal, but subject to certain conditions and the payment of a termination fee in the amount of $58,867,000.

 

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the actual agreement, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The Merger Agreement has been attached to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about Graf, Velodyne or the other parties thereto. In particular, the assertions embodied in the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement were made as of a specified date, are modified or qualified by information in one or more confidential disclosure letters prepared in connection with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what might be viewed as material to investors, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties. Accordingly, the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement are not necessarily characterizations of the actual state of facts about Graf, Velodyne or the other parties thereto at the time they were made or otherwise and should only be read in conjunction with the other information that Graf makes publicly available in reports, statements and other documents filed with the SEC.

 

Support Agreement

 

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Graf, Merger Sub and David Hall entered into a support agreement (the “Support Agreement”), providing, among other things, that at any meeting of the Velodyne stockholders and in connection with any written consent of the Velodyne stockholders, Mr. Hall will vote all of the outstanding shares of Velodyne common stock held by Mr. Hall or with respect to which Mr. Hall has the right to vote by proxy (or will execute and deliver a written consent with respect to such shares) in favor of the Merger and the adoption of the Merger Agreement, regardless of whether the Merger is no longer recommended by the Velodyne board of directors in accordance with the Merger Agreement. The shares of Velodyne common stock that are owned by Mr. Hall or with respect to which Mr. Hall has the right to vote by proxy, all of which are subject to the Support Agreement, represent a majority of the outstanding voting power of Velodyne. In addition, the Support Agreement prohibits Mr. Hall from engaging in activities that have the effect of soliciting an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

 

 

 

Sponsor Agreement

 

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Graf Acquisition LLC (“Sponsor”) entered into a sponsor agreement (the “Sponsor Agreement”) with Graf and Velodyne, pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor agreed to vote all Founder Shares (as defined in the Sponsor Agreement) beneficially owned by the Sponsor in favor of each of the proposals at the Graf special stockholder meeting to be presented for Graf stockholder approval.

 

The Sponsor Agreement amends and restates, with respect to the Sponsor, the Sponsor’s existing letter agreement, dated October 15, 2018 (the “existing sponsor agreement”), but will automatically revert to the existing sponsor agreement if the Merger Agreement is validly terminated.

 

Pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement, the Sponsor will forfeit 3,519,128 Founder Shares and all of the Private Placement Warrants (as defined in the Sponsor Agreement), in each case for no consideration, immediately prior to (but conditioned and effective upon) completion of the Merger.  Following completion of the Merger, the Sponsor will retain 2,507,000 Founder Shares, 275,000 of which shall be Earnout Founder Shares (as defined in the Sponsor Agreement).  The Sponsor Agreement also provides that all Earnout Founder Shares shall be subject to the performance vesting condition described below.  The Sponsor has agreed not to transfer any unvested Earnout Founder Shares prior to the date such securities become vested.

 

Pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement, 100% of the Earnout Founder Shares shall vest at such time as a $15.00 Stock Price Level (as defined below) is achieved on or before the date that is six (6) months after the date of the Merger. Any Earnout Founder Shares that do not vest on or prior to such date shall be forfeited.

 

The Sponsor Agreement provides that the Sponsor will not redeem any Founder Shares in connection with the Merger.  The Sponsor has also agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to transfer any Founder Shares or any Private Placement Warrants (as defined in the Sponsor Agreement) (or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof) until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of the Merger and (B) subsequent to the Merger, either (i) the achievement of a $12.00 Stock Price Level (provided that the applicable thirty (30) day trading day period commences at least 150 days after the Merger) or (ii) the date on which Graf completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or similar transaction that results in all of Graf’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property (the “Lock-up Period”).

 

The applicable “Stock Price Level” will be considered achieved only when the closing price of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange is greater than or equal to the applicable threshold for any twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period.  The Stock Price Levels will be equitably adjusted for any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event affecting the Common Stock after the date of the Merger Agreement.

 

The Sponsor Agreement shall terminate on the expiration of the Lock-up Period; provided, however, that if the Merger Agreement is validly terminated, the Sponsor Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no force and effect and, with respect to the Sponsor, shall revert to the existing sponsor agreement.

 

Subscription Agreements

 

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”), each dated as of July 2, 2020, with certain institutional investors, including the Sponsor (the “Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to issue and sell, in private placements to close immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination, an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $10.00 per share to the Investors (including 950,000 shares to the Sponsor), for an aggregate purchase price of $150,000,000. The Sponsor owns approximately 34.3% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and certain members of the Company's management are members of the Sponsor. The obligations to consummate the subscriptions are conditioned upon, among other things, there being at least $50,000,000 remaining in the Company's trust account on the Closing Date after taking into account redemptions by the Company's public stockholders (if any) and certain customary closing conditions and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

 

 

 

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) is incorporated by reference herein. The shares of common stock to be issued in connection with the Merger Agreement and the Subscription Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and will be issued in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements thereof provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 is a transcript of a pre-recorded investor presentation regarding the Business Combination.

 

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.

 

Important Information About the Business Combination and the Extension and Where to Find It

 

In connection with the proposed Business Combination, the Company intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In addition, the Company has filed a preliminary proxy statement and intends to file a definitive proxy statement to be used at its special meeting of stockholders to approve an extension of time in which the Company must complete a business combination or liquidate the trust account that holds the proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering (the “Extension”). The Company’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statements and the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statements and documents incorporated by reference therein filed in connection the Business Combination and the Extension, as these materials will contain important information about the Extension, Velodyne, the Company and the Business Combination. When available, the definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials for the Extension and the Business Combination will be mailed to stockholders of the Company as of a record date to be established for voting on the Extension and the Business Combination, respectively. Stockholders of the Company will also be able to obtain copies of the preliminary proxy statements, the definitive proxy statements and other documents filed with the SEC that may be incorporated by reference therein, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: Graf Industrial Corp., 118 Vintage Park Blvd., Suite W-22, Houston, Texas 77070, Attention: Secretary, (281) 515-3517.

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s stockholders with respect to the Extension and the Business Combination. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in the Company is contained in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (the “Annual Report”), which was filed with the SEC and is available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to Graf Industrial Corp., 118 Vintage Park Blvd., Suite W-22, Houston, Texas 77070, Attention: Secretary, (281) 515-3517. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the proxy statements for the Extension and the Business Combination when available.

 

Velodyne and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Business Combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests will be included in the proxy statements for the Business Combination and Extension when available.

 

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company’s and Velodyne’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s and Velodyne’s expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the Business Combination, the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the Business Combination and the timing of the completion of the Business Combination. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside the Company’s and Velodyne’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement or could otherwise cause the Business Combination to fail to close; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company and Velodyne following the announcement of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein; (3) the inability to complete the Business Combination, including due to failure to obtain the requisite approval of stockholders or other conditions to closing in the Merger Agreement; (4) the receipt of an unsolicited offer from another party for an alternative business transaction that could interfere with the Business Combination; (5) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of the shares of common stock of the post-acquisition company on The New York Stock Exchange following the Business Combination; (6) the risk that the announcement and consummation of the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations; (7) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; (8) costs related to the Business Combination; (9) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (10) the possibility that Velodyne or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, competitive and/or factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic; and (11) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the proxy statement relating to the Business Combination, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC, including the Company’s Annual Report. The Company cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Business Combination. This Current Report on Form 8-K shall also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of section 10 of the Securities Act, or an exemption therefrom.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit    
No.   Description
     
2.1   Merger Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2020, by and among the Graf Industrial Corp., Velodyne Lidar, Inc. and the other parties thereto.
10.1   Support Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2020, by and among Graf Industrial Corp., VL Merger Sub Inc. and David Hall.
10.2   Sponsor Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2020, by and among Graf Industrial Corp, Graf Acquisition LLC and Velodyne LiDAR, Inc.
10.3   Form of Subscription Agreement.
99.1   Investor Presentation Transcript, dated July 2, 2020.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  GRAF INDUSTRIAL CORP.  
       
  By: /s/ James A. Graf  
    Name: James A. Graf  
    Title: Chief Executive Officer  
       
Date: July 6, 2020      

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 2.1 

 

Dated July 2, 2020

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger

 

among

 

Graf Industrial Corp.,

as Acquiror

 

VL Merger Sub Inc.

as Merger Sub

 

and

 

Velodyne LiDAR, Inc.

as the Company

  

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

  Page 
Article I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 2
Section 1.01 Definitions 2
Section 1.02 Construction 14
Section 1.03 Knowledge 14
     
Article II THE MERGER; CLOSING 15
Section 2.01 The Merger 15
Section 2.02 Effects of the Merger 15
Section 2.03 Closing 15
Section 2.04 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Company 15
Section 2.05 Directors and Officers of the Surviving Company 16
     
Article III EFFECTS OF THE MERGER 16
Section 3.01 Effect on Capital Stock. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement: 16
Section 3.02 Equitable Adjustments 16
Section 3.03 Delivery of Merger Consideration 17
Section 3.04 Lost Certificate 17
Section 3.05 Treatment of Equity Awards 17
Section 3.06 Earnout 18
Section 3.07 Withholding 19
Section 3.08 Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares 19
Section 3.09 Payment of Expenses 19
Section 3.10 Dissenting Shares 20
     
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY 20
Section 4.01 Corporate Organization of the Company 21
Section 4.02 Subsidiaries 21
Section 4.03 Due Authorization 21
Section 4.04 No Conflict 22
Section 4.05 Governmental Authorities; Consents 22
Section 4.06 Capitalization 22
Section 4.07 Financial Statements 24
Section 4.08 Undisclosed Liabilities 24
Section 4.09 Litigation and Proceedings 25
Section 4.10 Compliance with Laws 25
Section 4.11 Intellectual Property 25
Section 4.12 Contracts; No Defaults. 27
Section 4.13 Company Benefit Plans 29
Section 4.14 Labor Matters 30
Section 4.15 Taxes 30
Section 4.16 Brokers’ Fees 33
Section 4.17 Insurance 33
Section 4.18 Real Property; Assets 33
Section 4.19 Environmental Matters 34
Section 4.20 Absence of Changes 35
Section 4.21 Affiliate Agreements 35
Section 4.22 Internal Controls 35
Section 4.23 Permits 36
Section 4.24 Proxy Statement 36
Section 4.25 No Additional Representations and Warranties 36

 

 

 

 

 

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Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR AND MERGER SUB 36
Section 5.01 Corporate Organization 36
Section 5.02 Due Authorization 37
Section 5.03 No Conflict 38
Section 5.04 Litigation and Proceedings 38
Section 5.05 Compliance with Laws 38
Section 5.06 Governmental Authorities; Consents 39
Section 5.07 Financial Ability; Trust Account 39
Section 5.08 Taxes 40
Section 5.09 Brokers’ Fees 41
Section 5.10 Acquiror SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley Act 41
Section 5.11 Business Activities; Undisclosed Liabilities; Absence of Changes 42
Section 5.12 Proxy Statement 43
Section 5.13 No Outside Reliance 44
Section 5.14 Capitalization 44
Section 5.15 NYSE Stock Market Quotation 45
Section 5.16 Contracts; No Defaults 45
Section 5.17 Title to Property 45
Section 5.18 Investment Company Act 46
Section 5.19 Affiliate Agreements 46
Section 5.20 Subscription Agreements 46
     
Article VI COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY 47
Section 6.01 Conduct of Business 47
Section 6.02 Inspection 49
Section 6.03 HSR Act and Regulatory Approvals 50
Section 6.04 No Acquiror Common Stock Transactions 51
Section 6.05 No Claim Against the Trust Account 51
Section 6.06 Proxy Solicitation; Other Actions 51
Section 6.07 Non-Solicitation; Acquisition Proposals 52
Section 6.08 Section 280G 56
Section 6.09 Securities Matters 56
     
Article VII COVENANTS OF ACQUIROR 56
Section 7.01 HSR Act and Regulatory Approvals 56
Section 7.02 Indemnification and Insurance 58
Section 7.03 Conduct of Acquiror During the Interim Period 59
Section 7.04 Trust Account 61
Section 7.05 Inspection 61
Section 7.06 Acquiror NYSE Listing 61
Section 7.07 Acquiror Public Filings 61
Section 7.08 Financing 61
Section 7.09 Additional Insurance Matters 61
Section 7.10 Section 16 Matters 62
Section 7.11 Exclusivity 62
Section 7.12 Extension 62
Section 7.13 Bylaws 62
Section 7.14 Warrant Restructuring 62
Section 7.15 Director Appointments 63
Section 7.16 Registration Rights Following the Closing 63

 

 

 

 

 

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Article VIII JOINT COVENANTS 63
Section 8.01 Support of Transaction 63
Section 8.02 Preparation of Proxy Statement; Special Meeting; Solicitation of Company Requisite Approval 63
Section 8.03 Tax Matters 65
Section 8.04 Confidentiality; Publicity 66
Section 8.05 Post-Closing Cooperation; Further Assurances 66
     
Article IX CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS 67
Section 9.01 Conditions to Obligations of All Parties 67
Section 9.02 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror 67
Section 9.03 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company 68
     
Article X TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS 69
Section 10.01 Termination 69
Section 10.02 Effect of Termination 70
     
Article XI MISCELLANEOUS 71
Section 11.01 Waiver 71
Section 11.02 Notices 71
Section 11.03 Assignment 72
Section 11.04 Rights of Third Parties 72
Section 11.05 Expenses 73
Section 11.06 Governing Law 73
Section 11.07 Captions; Counterparts 73
Section 11.08 Schedules and Exhibits 73
Section 11.09 Entire Agreement 73
Section 11.10 Amendments 73
Section 11.11 Severability 73
Section 11.12 Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY 74
Section 11.13 Enforcement 74
Section 11.14 Non-Recourse 74
Section 11.15 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants 75
Section 11.16 Acknowledgements 75
     
Exhibit A Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Acquiror 77
   
Exhibit B Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Acquiror 78
   
Exhibit C Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company 79
   
Exhibit D Treatment of Company Stock 80
   
Exhibit E Earnout Shares 81

 

 

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 2, 2020, is entered into by and among Graf Industrial Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), VL Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Except as otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Article I of this Agreement.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Acquiror is a blank check company incorporated to acquire one or more operating businesses through a Business Combination;

 

WHEREAS, Merger Sub is a newly formed, wholly owned, direct subsidiary of Acquiror, and was formed for the sole purpose of the Merger;

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, Merger Sub is to merge with and into the Company pursuant to the Merger, with the Company surviving as the Surviving Company;

 

WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors or similar governing bodies of each of Acquiror, Merger Sub and the Company have each approved and declared advisable the Transactions upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transactions, Acquiror has entered into (or will enter into prior to the Closing) subscription agreements (each, as amended or modified from time to time, a “Subscription Agreement”), with the Investors providing for investments in Acquiror in an aggregate amount not to exceed $160,000,000 (the “Base Subscription Amount”) and whereas the Company shall have the right hereunder to elect to approve new Subscription Agreements in amounts in excess of the Base Subscription Amount;

 

WHEREAS, following the date of this Agreement, the Company intends to enter into agreements to purchase and, contemporaneously with the consummation of the Transactions, subsequently to acquire and cancel Company Shares from as-yet to be specified Company Shareholders in exchange for an aggregate amount of cash not to exceed $50,000,000, (the “Company Redemption Amount”) which such amount is anticipated to be funded as a result of the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, in connection with the Transactions, the Sponsor has entered into that certain Sponsor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Sponsor Agreement”), with Acquiror and the Company;

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, in connection with the Transactions, certain stockholders of the Company haves entered into that certain Support Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Support Agreement”), with Acquiror;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Acquiror Organizational Documents, Acquiror shall provide an opportunity to its stockholders to have their Acquiror Common Stock redeemed for the consideration, and on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations, set forth in this Agreement, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, the Trust Agreement, and the Proxy Statement in conjunction with, inter alia, obtaining approval from the stockholders of Acquiror for the Business Combination (the “Offer”);

 

WHEREAS, prior to the consummation of the Transactions, the Acquiror shall, subject to obtaining the Acquiror Stockholder Approval, adopt the amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Acquiror A&R Charter”) in the form set forth on Exhibit A, to provide for, among other things, an increase to the number of Acquiror’s authorized shares of Acquiror Common Stock in connection with the Transactions;

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, prior to the consummation of the Transactions, the Acquiror shall adopt the amended and restated bylaws (the “Acquiror A&R Bylaws”) in the form set forth on Exhibit B;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the consummation of the Transactions, the Acquiror shall, subject to obtaining the Acquiror Stockholder Approval, adopt an equity incentive plan in a form to be agreed to between Acquiror and the Company (the “Acquiror Incentive Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, each of the parties intends that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) this Agreement shall constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) the Merger shall constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and the Transactions shall constitute a transaction that qualifies under Section 351 of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Acquiror, Merger Sub and the Company agree as follows:

 

Article I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01           Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means a confidentiality agreement that contains confidentiality and standstill provisions on terms no less favorable in any substantive respect to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement (except for such changes specifically necessary in order for the Company to be able to comply with its obligations under this Agreement and such non-material changes requested by the counterparty to ensure the confidentiality agreement is consistent with its organization’s customary policies, procedures and practices with respect to confidentiality agreements);

 

Acquiror” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

Acquiror A&R Charter” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

 

Acquiror Affiliate Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 5.19.

 

Acquiror and Merger Sub Representations” means the representations and warranties of each of Acquiror and Merger Sub expressly and specifically set forth in Article V of this Agreement, as qualified by the Schedules. For the avoidance of doubt, the Acquiror and Merger Sub Representations are solely made by Acquiror and Merger Sub.

 

Acquiror Board” means the board of directors of Acquiror.

 

Acquiror Board Recommendation” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(d).

 

Acquiror Change in Recommendation” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(d).

 

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Acquiror Common Stock” means Acquiror’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Acquiror Cure Period” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(c).

 

Acquiror Incentive Plan” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

 

Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).

 

Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event or effect that would have a material adverse effect on the ability of Acquiror or Merger Sub to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transactions; provided, however, that in no event would any redemption of Acquiror Common Stock made in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, an “Acquiror Material Adverse Effect”.

 

Acquiror Organizational Documents” means the Certificate of Incorporation and Acquiror’s bylaws, in each case as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Acquiror Preferred Stock” means the preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Acquiror.

 

Acquiror Related Parties” means any of Acquiror’s or Merger Sub’s respective former, current or future general or limited partners, stockholders, controlling Persons, direct or indirect equityholders, managers, members, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, affiliated (or commonly advised) funds, representatives, agents or any their respective assignees or successors or any former, current or future general or limited partner, stockholder, controlling Person, direct or indirect equityholder, manager, member, director, officer, employee, Affiliate, affiliated (or commonly advised) fund, representative, agent, assignee or successor of any of the foregoing; provided, “Acquiror Related Parties” shall not be deemed to include Acquiror or Merger Sub.

 

Acquiror SEC Reports” has the meaning specified in Section 5.10(a).

 

Acquiror Stockholder” means a holder of Acquiror Common Stock.

 

Acquiror Stockholder Approval” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(b).

 

Acquiror Stockholder Extension Approval” means the approval of the Extension and the other matters presented for stockholder approval in the Extension Proxy Statement by the requisite vote of the stockholders of Acquiror.

 

Acquiror Unit” means one share of Acquiror Common Stock and one Acquiror Warrant.

 

Acquiror Warrant” means a warrant entitling the holder to purchase three quarters of a share of Acquiror Common Stock per warrant.

 

Acquisition Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 6.07(e)(i).

 

Action” means any claim, action, suit, assessment, arbitration or proceeding, in each case that is by or before any Governmental Authority.

 

Additional Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).

 

Adjoining Landowner” has the meaning specified in Section 4.18(a).

 

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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.

 

Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

Amendment Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” means any applicable Laws relating to anti-bribery or anti-corruption (governmental or commercial), including Laws that prohibit the corrupt payment, offer, promise, or authorization of the payment or transfer of anything of value (including gifts or entertainment), directly or indirectly, to any representative of a foreign Governmental Authority or commercial entity to obtain a business advantage, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended from time to time, and all national and international Laws enacted to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions.

 

Antitrust Law” means the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, the Sherman Act, as amended, the Clayton Act, as amended, and all other applicable Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition through merger or acquisition.

 

Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07.

 

Business Combination” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Business Combination Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.11.

 

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by Law to close.

 

Certificate of Incorporation” means the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Acquiror, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 15, 2018, and as subsequently amended from time to time.

 

Certificate of Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

 

Claim” means any demand, claim, action, legal, judicial or administrative proceeding (whether at law or in equity) or arbitration.

 

Closing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

 

Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

 

Code” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

 

Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

Company Affiliate Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.21.

 

Company Benefit Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13.

 

Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Company Board Recommendation” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(e).

 

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Company Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(a).

 

Company Change in Recommendation” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(e).

 

Company Common Stock” means a share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Company Cure Period” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b).

 

Company Equity Awards” means shares of Company Restricted Stock, Company RSUs, and Company Options and any other awards granted under the Company Stock Plan(s).

 

Company Intellectual Property” all Owned Intellectual Property and all Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as currently conducted.

 

Company Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 6.07(c).

 

Company Option” means each option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock issued under any agreement with the Company, including the Company Stock Plans, whether vested or unvested, outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to Closing.

 

Company Preferred Stock” means the shares of (a) Company Series A Preferred Stock, (b) Series B Preferred Stock and (c) Series B-1 Preferred Stock.

 

Company Redemption Amount” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.

 

Company Related Parties” means the Company, its subsidiaries and any of their respective former, current or future general or limited partners, stockholders, controlling Persons, managers, members, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, representatives, agents or any of their respective assignees or successors or any former, current or future general or limited partner, stockholder, controlling Person, manager, member, director, officer, employee, Affiliate, representative, agent, assignee or successor of any of the foregoing.

 

Company Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Company expressly and specifically set forth in Article IV of this Agreement, as qualified by the Schedules. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company Representations are solely made by the Company.

 

Company Requisite Approval” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03.

 

Company Restricted Stock” means the unvested restricted shares of Company Common Stock.

 

Company RSU” means a restricted stock unit in respect of shares of the Company granted pursuant to the Company Stock Plan.

 

Company Series A Preferred Stock” means the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Series B Preferred Stock” means the shares of Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Series B-1 Preferred Stock” means the shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Shareholder” means the holder of either a share of Company Common Stock or a share of Company Preferred Stock.

 

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Company Software” means all Software used in or necessary for conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as currently conducted.

 

Company Stock” means, collectively, the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.

 

Company Stock Plan” means the Company’s 2016 Stock Plan and the Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. 2007 Incentive Stock Plan.

 

Company Termination Payment means $58,867,000.

 

Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 11.09.

 

Consent Solicitation Statement” means the consent solicitation statement with respect to the solicitation by the Company of the Company Requisite Approval.

 

Contracts” means any legally binding contracts, agreements, subcontracts, leases, and purchase orders (other than any Company Benefit Plans).

 

Copyleft Terms” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(h).

 

DGCL” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

 

Dissenting Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10.

 

Earnout Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06.

 

Effective Time” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

 

Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Laws relating to pollution, the environment (including natural resources), waste, emissions, the protection of human health or safety, or Hazardous Materials, and including any applicable Laws requiring the registration, testing, evaluation, classification or labelling of, or which prohibit or restrict in commerce, any chemical or other substance or material.

 

ERISA” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13(a).

 

ERISA Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13(e).

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Extension” has the meaning specified in Section 7.12.

 

Extension Proxy Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 7.12.

 

Financial Derivative/Hedging Arrangement” means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) which is a rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any combination of these transactions.

 

Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07.

 

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

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Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, arbitrator, court or tribunal.

 

Governmental Order” means any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, 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, designated, classified or defined as, or otherwise determined to be, “hazardous,” “toxic,” or “radioactive,” or a “pollutant” or “contaminant” (or words of similar intent or meaning) under applicable Environmental Laws, including but not limited to petroleum, petroleum by-products, petroleum products and all derivatives thereof or synthetic substitutes therefor, asbestos or asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls, flammable or explosive substances, mold or pesticides.

 

HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any obligations (whether or not contingent) consisting of (a) the outstanding principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on, and other payment obligations for, borrowed money, or payment obligations issued or incurred in substitution or exchange for payment obligations for borrowed money, (b) amounts owing as deferred purchase price for property or services, including “earnout” payments, (c) payment obligations evidenced by any promissory note, bond, debenture, mortgage or other debt instrument or debt security, (d) contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptance or similar facilities (in each case to the extent drawn), (e) payment obligations of a third party secured by (or for which the holder of such payment obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on assets or properties of such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (f) obligations under capitalized leases, (g) obligations under any Financial Derivative/Hedging Arrangement, (h) guarantees, make-whole agreements, hold harmless agreements or other similar arrangements with respect to any amounts of a type described in clauses (a) through (g) above and (i) with respect to each of the foregoing, any unpaid interest, breakage costs, prepayment or redemption penalties or premiums, or other unpaid fees or obligations; provided, however, that Indebtedness shall not include accounts payable to trade creditors and accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

Information or Document Request” means any request or demand for the production, delivery or disclosure of documents or other evidence, or any request or demand for the production of witnesses for interviews or depositions or other oral or written testimony, by any Regulatory Consent Authority relating to the transactions contemplated hereby or by any third party challenging the transactions contemplated hereby, including any so called “second request” for additional information or documentary material or any civil investigative demand made or issued by the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice or the United States Federal Trade Commission or any subpoena, interrogatory or deposition.

 

Intellectual Property” means all intellectual or industrial property rights created, arising, or protected under applicable Law, in any jurisdiction, including all rights, title, and interest in and to any and all: (i) patents, patent applications, patentable inventions, invention disclosures and other patent rights (including any provisionals, extensions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations and interferences thereof) (collectively, “Patents”); (ii) trademarks, service marks, certification marks, trade dress, trade names, taglines, social media identifiers (such as a Twitter® Handle) and related accounts, brand names, logos, slogans and corporate names and all other indicia of source or origin, together with all goodwill related to any of the foregoing (collectively, “Trademarks”); (iii) works of authorship (including Software, websites, and content), copyrights, mask work rights, database and design rights and all moral rights or similar attribution rights (collectively, “Copyrights”); (iv) internet domain names and internet protocol addresses; (v) trade secrets, including know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, database rights, Personal Information, customer lists, supplier lists, business plans, formulae, discoveries, methods, techniques, algorithms, source code, object code, data, databases, data analytics, ideas, designs, models, concepts, creations, confidential business information and other proprietary information and rights, in each case, to the extent each of the foregoing constitutes a trade secret under applicable Law (collectively, “Trade Secrets”), (vi) rights in Software; (vii) rights of publicity and privacy; (viii) rights recognized under applicable Law that are equivalent or similar to any of the foregoing; and (ix) applications, registrations, issuances, renewals, extensions or equivalents or foreign equivalents or counterparts of any of the foregoing in any jurisdiction.

 

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Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

 

Interim Period” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

 

Intervening Event” has the meaning specified in Section 6.07(e)(iii).

 

Intervening Event Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 6.07(d).

 

Intervening Event Notice Period” has the meaning specified in Section 6.07(d).

 

Investor” means each Person that has committed or will commit to purchasing Acquiror Common Stock in connection with the Transactions prior to the Closing.

 

Issuance Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).

 

IT Systems” means all software, systems, servers, computers, hardware, firmware, middleware, networks, data communications lines, routers, hubs, switches, operational technology, automated processes, information technology, and other technology equipment owned or outsourced by the Company or used in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted.

 

Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority, including guidance issued by Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

 

Leased Real Property” means all real property leased, subleased, licensed or otherwise occupied by the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

Letter of Transmittal” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(a).

 

Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, easement, right of way, purchase option, right of first refusal, covenant, restriction, security interest, title defect, encroachment or other survey defect, or other lien or encumbrance of any kind, except: (a) for any restrictions arising under any applicable Securities Laws, and (b) immaterial easements, rights of way, covenants, encumbrances or restrictions that do not materially detract the value of the underlying asset or the use of the asset.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change or circumstance that has a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, 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 “Material Adverse Effect”: (a) any change in applicable Laws or GAAP or any official interpretation thereof, (b) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business, financial, commodity, currency or market conditions generally, (c) the announcement or the execution of this Agreement, the pendency or consummation of the Merger (provided, that the exceptions in this clause (c) shall not be deemed to apply to references to “Material Adverse Effect” in the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.04 and, to the extent related thereto, the condition in Section 9.02(a)), (d) any change generally affecting any of the industries or markets in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate or the economy as a whole, (e) any earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, tornado, flood, mudslide, wild fire or other natural disaster, epidemic, disease outbreak, pandemic (including the Covid-19 pandemic), weather condition, explosion fire, act of God or other force majeure event, (f) any national or international political or social conditions (including social unrest) in countries in which, or in the proximate geographic region of which, the Company operates, including the engagement by the United States or such other countries in hostilities or the escalation thereof, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence or the escalation of any military or terrorist attack (including any internet or “cyber” attack or hacking) upon the United States or such other country, or any territories, possessions, or diplomatic or consular offices of the United States or such other countries or upon any United States or such other country military installation, equipment or personnel, (g) any failure of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to meet any projections, forecasts or budgets; provided, that clause (g) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change or effect underlying such failure to meet projections or forecasts has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect (to the extent such change or effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Material Adverse Effect), except in the case of clause (a), (b), and (d), to the extent that such change does not have a disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other industry participants (or, in the case of clauses (e) and (f), as compared to other industry participants in the same geographic areas in which the Company operates) or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions.

 

Material Permits” has the meaning specified in Section 4.23.

 

Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

 

Merger Sub” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13(e).

 

Notice Period” has the meaning specified in Section 6.07(c).

 

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Offer” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

 

Open Source Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(g).

 

Outstanding Acquiror Expenses” has the meaning specified in Section 3.09(b).

 

Outstanding Company Expenses” has the meaning specified in Section 3.09(a).

 

Owned Company Software” means all Software owned or purported to be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and includes the Registered Intellectual Property and all design and mask work rights in and to the Proprietary ASICs (excluding any third-party component blocks and cells used in the development of or incorporated into the Proprietary ASICs) and all Intellectual Property in and to the Proprietary Manufacturing Software (excluding any Open Source Materials included therein).

 

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Owned Real Property” means all land, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon, and all easements and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto, owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Merger Consideration” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).

 

Permits” means all permits, licenses, certificates of authority, authorizations, approvals, registrations, identification numbers and other similar consents issued by or obtained from a Governmental Authority.

 

Permitted Liens” means (i) statutory or common law Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, landlords, carriers, repairmen, construction contractors and other similar Liens (A) that arise in the ordinary course of business, (B) that relate to amounts not yet delinquent or (C) that are being contested in good faith through appropriate Actions and either are not material or appropriate reserves for the amount being contested have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Liens arising under original purchase price conditional sales contracts 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 to the extent appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (iv) non-monetary Liens, encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) that do not materially interfere with the present uses of such real property, (v) Standard Licenses, (vi) Liens that secure obligations that are reflected as liabilities on the balance sheet included in the Unaudited Financial Statements or Liens the existence of which is referred to in the notes to the balance sheet included in the Unaudited Financial Statements, (vii) in the case of Leased Real Property or Owned Real Property, matters that would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of such Leased Real Property or Owned Real Property, which do not materially interfere with the current use or occupancy of any Leased Real Property or Owned Real Property, (viii) requirements and restrictions of zoning, building and other applicable Laws and municipal by-laws, and development, site plan, subdivision or other agreements with municipalities, which do not materially interfere with the current use or occupancy of any Leased Real Property or Owned Real Property, (ix) statutory Liens of landlords for amounts that (A) are not due and payable, (B) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and either are not material or appropriate reserves for the amount being contested have been established in accordance with GAAP or (C) may thereafter be paid without penalty and (x) Liens described on Schedule 1.01(a) or incurred in connection with activities permitted under Section 6.01 hereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any refinancings of existing indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries).

 

Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental agency or instrumentality or other entity of any kind.

 

Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person 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 or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

 

PPP” means the Paycheck Protection Program from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

 

PPP Loan” means the loan received by the Company on April 8, 2020 under the PPP.

 

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Proposals” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).

 

Proprietary ASICs” means the Company’s two (2) proprietary application-specific integrated circuits currently fabricated in gallium nitride and silicon germanium, respectively.

 

Proprietary Manufacturing Software” means the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ (i) proprietary “VeloCal” software used to calibrate sensors, (ii) proprietary “alignment station” software used to control the alignment stations that are used in the manufacturing of lidar, (iii) proprietary “end of the line testing” software, used to extract performance metrics off the lidar post-manufacturing, and (iv) all other proprietary software used to manufacture their products.

 

Proxy Statement” means the proxy statement filed by Acquiror with respect to the Special Meeting for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Acquiror Stockholders to approve the Proposals (which shall also provide the Acquiror Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Acquiror Common Stock in conjunction with a stockholder vote on the Business Combination).

 

Real Estate Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 4.18(b).

 

Redeeming Stockholder” means an Acquiror Stockholder who demands that Acquiror redeem its Acquiror Common Stock for cash in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and in accordance with the Acquiror Organizational Documents.

 

Registered Intellectual Property” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(a).

 

Regulatory Consent Authorities” means the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice or the United States Federal Trade Commission, as applicable.

 

Representative” means, as to any Person, any of the officers, directors, managers, employees, counsel, accountants, financial advisors, lenders, debt financing sources and consultants of such Person.

 

Rollover RSUs” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05(a).

 

Rollover Options” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05(b).

 

Rollover Restricted Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05(c).

 

Schedules” means the disclosure schedules of the Company and its Subsidiaries and/or the disclosure schedules of the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, as context requires.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Securities Laws” means the securities laws of any state, federal or foreign entity and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Software” means any and all (a) computer programs, including any and all software implementation of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, human readable form or other form, including compilers, middleware, tools, firmware, operating systems, specifications, platforms, algorithms, interfaces, APIs, architecture, modules, test specifications, scripts, executables, libraries, and other components thereof, (b) databases, database rights and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (c) descriptions, flow charts and other work products used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons and (d) all versions, updates, releases, patches, corrections, enhancements and modifications thereto and all documentation including developer notes, instructions, comments, annotations, user manuals and other training documentation relating to any of the foregoing.

 

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Special Meeting” means a meeting of the holders of Acquiror Common Stock to be held for the purpose of approving the Proposals.

 

Specified Awards” means (a) any Rollover Restricted Stock, (b) any Rollover Options, to the extent fully vested at Closing, and (c) any Rollover RSUs, to the extent fully vested upon Closing.

 

Sponsor” means Graf Acquisition LLC.

 

Sponsor Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

 

Standard Inbound License” means any nonexclusive license granted to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a) for uncustomized software that is generally commercially available to the public or commercial entities generally on standard terms and conditions for less than $1,000,000 annually, (b) for Open Source Materials, (c) to Intellectual Property that is not material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to employee or consulting agreements, (d) in the ordinary course of business for the use of a name, logo or feedback for marketing or similar purposes, (e) in nondisclosure agreements for use in evaluation and negotiation permitted by such agreements (other than licenses to Intellectual Property that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries), or (f) pursuant to a perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid up, royalty-free license agreement.

 

Standard Outbound License” means any nonexclusive license granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a) to its customers or distributors in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (b) to vendors and service providers for the purpose of providing the applicable services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) in nondisclosure agreements for use in evaluation and negotiation permitted by such agreements (other than licenses for Intellectual Property that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries), or (d) in the ordinary course of business for the use of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s name, or logo (or feedback that is not material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries) for marketing or similar purposes.

 

Standard Licenses” means, collectively, Standard Inbound Licenses and Standard Outbound Licenses.

 

Subscription Agreements” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

 

Subscription Proposals” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).

 

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 securities or other interests 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.

 

Superior Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 6.07(e)(ii).

 

Support Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

 

Surviving Company” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

 

Surviving Provisions” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(a).

 

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Tax” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, local, foreign and other net income, alternative or add-on minimum, franchise, gross income, adjusted gross income or gross receipts, employment, withholding, payroll, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, license, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, personal property, real property, capital stock, profits, disability, registration, value added, estimated, customs duties, escheat, sales, use, or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment, together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto by a Governmental Authority.

 

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 respect to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and including any amendments thereof.

 

Terminating Acquiror Breach” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(c).

 

Terminating Company Breach” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b).

 

Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b).

 

Trade Control Laws” means any Laws related to any economic or financial sanctions or the export, import, re-export, or transfer of products, software, technical data, services or technologies, which may be imposed and enforced from time to time by the U.S. Government, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or the U.S. Department of Commerce, or any other relevant sanctions or export control authority.

 

Trading Day” means any day on which shares of Acquiror Common Stock are actually traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which shares of Acquiror Common Stock are then traded.

 

Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to occur at or immediately prior to the Closing, including the Merger.

 

Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

Trust Account” has the meaning specified in Section 5.07(a).

 

Trust Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 5.07(a).

 

Trustee” has the meaning specified in Section 5.07(a).

 

Unaudited Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07.

 

VWAP” means, for any security as of any date(s), the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date(s) on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date(s) shall be the fair market value per share on such date(s) as reasonably determined by the Acquiror.

 

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Warrant Agreement” means that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2018, between Acquiror and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent.

 

Warrant Restructuring” has the meaning specified in Section 7.14.

 

Willful Breach” means, with respect to any agreement, a party’s knowing and intentional material breach of any of its representations or warranties as set forth in such agreement, or such party’s material breach of any of its covenants or other agreements set forth in such agreement, which material breach constitutes, or is a consequence of, a purposeful act or failure to act by such party with the knowledge that the taking of such act or failure to take such act would cause a material breach of such agreement.

 

Section 1.02           Construction.

 

(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” and (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive.

 

(b)                Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to agreements and other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto.

 

(c)                Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or regulation.

 

(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)                 All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP.

 

(g)                The phrases “delivered,” “provided to,” “furnished to,” “made available” 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 provided no later than one calendar day prior to the date of this Agreement to the party to which such information or material is to be (i) provided or furnished in the virtual “data room” set up by the Company in connection with this Agreement, (ii) delivered to such party or its legal counsel via electronic mail or hard copy form or (iii) filed or furnished with the SEC by Acquiror.

 

Section 1.03           Knowledge. As used herein, the phrase “to the knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge of, in the case of the Company, Anand Gopalan, Andrew Hamer, Michael Vella and David Hall and, in the case of Acquiror, James Graf and Michael Dee.

 

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Article II

THE MERGER; CLOSING

 

Section 2.01           The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company being the surviving corporation (which is sometimes hereinafter referred to for the periods at and after the Effective Time as the “Surviving Company”) following the Merger and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease. The Merger shall be consummated in accordance with this Agreement and the DGCL and evidenced by a certificate of merger between Merger Sub and the Company (the “Certificate of Merger”), such Merger to be consummated immediately upon filing of the Certificate of Merger or at such later time as may be agreed by Acquiror and the Company in writing and specified in the Certificate of Merger (the “Effective Time”).

 

Section 2.02           Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject thereto, by virtue of the Merger and without further act or deed, at the Effective Time, all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Company and all of the debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Company.

 

Section 2.03           Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place electronically through the exchange of documents via e-mail or facsimile on the date which is three (3) Business Days after the date on which all conditions set forth in Article IX shall have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver thereof) or such other time and place as Acquiror and the Company may mutually agree in writing. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date.” Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article IX of this Agreement, and provided this Agreement has not theretofore been terminated pursuant to its terms, on the Closing Date, the Company and Merger Sub shall cause the Certificate of Merger to be executed, acknowledged and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as provided in Sections 251 and 103 of the DGCL.

 

Section 2.04           Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Company.

 

(a)                At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended and restated in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto, and as so amended, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Company, until thereafter supplemented or amended in accordance with its terms and the DGCL.

 

(b)                At the Effective Time, the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Company, until thereafter supplemented or amended in accordance with its terms, the Surviving Corporation’s certificate of incorporation and the DGCL.

 

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Section 2.05           Directors and Officers of the Surviving Company.

 

(a)                The Company shall take all necessary action prior to the Effective Time such that (a) each director of the Company in office immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to be a director immediately following the Effective Time (including by causing each such director to tender an irrevocable resignation as a director, effective as of the Effective Time) and (b) each person set forth on Schedule 2.05 shall be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Surviving Company, effective as of immediately following the Effective Time, and, as of such time, shall be the only directors of the Surviving Company (including by causing the Company Board to adopt resolutions prior to the Effective Time that expand or decrease the size of the Company Board, as necessary, and appoint such persons to the vacancies resulting from the incumbent directors’ respective resignations or, if applicable, the newly created directorships upon any expansion of the size of the Company Board). Each person appointed as a director of the Surviving Company pursuant to the preceding sentence shall remain in office as a director of the Surviving Company until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(b)                Persons constituting the officers of the Company prior to the Effective Time shall continue to be the officers of the Surviving Company until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly appointed.

 

Article III

EFFECTS OF THE MERGER

 

Section 3.01           Effect on Capital Stock. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement:

 

(a)                at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Acquiror Stockholder or any other Person, each share of Company Common Stock and each share of Company Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than the Dissenting Shares), shall thereupon be converted into the number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock set forth on Exhibit D (the “Merger Consideration”); provided, that, the aggregate Merger Consideration to be paid in respect of all Company Stock, together with all payments made in accordance with Section 3.05 with respect to all vested Company Equity Awards, shall not exceed 143,575,763 shares of Acquiror Common Stock. All of the shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Section 3.01(a) shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration into which such shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock shall have been converted in the Merger;

 

(b)                at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall thereupon be converted into and become one validly issued fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Company and all such shares shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Company as of immediately following the Effective Time; and

 

(c)                at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, each share of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock held in the treasury of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto.

 

Section 3.02           Equitable Adjustments. If, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or shares of Acquiror Common Stock shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event shall have occurred, then any number, value (including dollar value) or amount contained herein which is based upon the number of shares of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or shares of Acquiror Common Stock will be appropriately adjusted to provide to the holders of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock and the holders of Acquiror Common Stock the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that this Section 3.02 shall not be construed to permit Acquiror, the Company, or Merger Sub to take any action with respect to their respective securities that is prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.03           Delivery of Merger Consideration.

 

(a)                Concurrently with the mailing of the Consent Solicitation Statement, Acquiror shall cause to be mailed to each holder of record of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock a letter of transmittal in customary form to be approved by the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) prior to the Closing (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which shall (i) have customary representations and warranties as to title, authorization, execution and delivery and (ii) specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, as applicable, shall pass, only upon delivery of the shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, as applicable, to Acquiror (including all certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock (each, a “Company Certificate” and, collectively, the “Company Certificates”), to the extent such shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock are certificated), together with instructions thereto.

 

(b)               Upon the receipt of a Letter of Transmittal (accompanied with all Company Certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock and the holder of such shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, to the extent such shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock are certificated) duly, completely and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by Acquiror, the holder of such shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, the Merger Consideration into which such shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, as applicable, have been converted pursuant to Section 3.01(a). Until surrendered as contemplated by Section 3.03(b), each share of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock shall be deemed at any time from and after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration which the holders of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, as applicable, were entitled to receive in respect of such shares pursuant to this Section 3.03(b).

 

Section 3.04          Lost Certificate. In the event any Company Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Company Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Acquiror, the provision by such Person of a customary indemnity against any claim that may be made against Acquiror with respect to such Company Certificate, Acquiror shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Certificate the Merger Consideration, deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article III.

 

Section 3.05           Treatment of Equity Awards.

 

(a)                Effective as of the Effective Time, each Company RSU, to the extent then outstanding and unsettled, shall automatically, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be cancelled and converted into, and thereafter evidence, a restricted stock unit with respect to that number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock that is equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock issuable as Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01(a) in consideration for one share of Company Common Stock, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock (after such conversion, “Rollover RSUs”).

 

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(b)                Effective as of the Effective Time, each Company Option, to the extent then outstanding and unexercised, shall automatically, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be cancelled and converted into, and thereafter evidence, an option with respect to that number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock that is equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock issuable as Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01(a) in consideration for one share of Company Common Stock, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock (after such conversion, “Rollover Options”), with a strike price per share of Acquiror Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the per share strike price of such Company Option as of immediately prior to the Effective Time by (y) the number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock issuable as Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01(a) in consideration for one share of Company Common Stock, rounded down to the nearest whole cent.

 

(c)                Effective as of the Effective Time, each share of Company Restricted Stock, to the extent then unvested and outstanding, shall automatically, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be cancelled and converted into a number of shares of restricted Acquiror Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock issuable as Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01(a) in consideration for one share of Company Common Stock, rounded to the nearest whole share of Acquiror Common Stock (after such conversion, “Rollover Restricted Stock”).

 

(d)                The conversions described in this Section 3.05 will be subject to such modifications, if any, as are required to cause the conversion to be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D) and, as applicable, Section 424 of the Code. Following the Effective Time, each Rollover Equity Award shall be subject to the Acquiror’s Incentive Plan and to the same terms and conditions, including, without limitation, any vesting conditions, as had applied to the corresponding Company Equity Award as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to such adjustments as reasonably determined by the Acquiror Board to be necessary or appropriate to give effect to the conversion or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 3.06           Earnout.

 

(a)                If (i) on any date prior to the Closing, the closing trading price of Acquiror Common Stock quoted on the NYSE is greater than or equal to $15.00 or (ii) at any time from the date of this Agreement until the six (6)-month anniversary of the Closing, the closing trading price of Acquiror Common Stock quoted on the NYSE is greater than or equal to $15.00 for any twenty (20) Trading Days within any thirty (30) Trading Day period (“Earnout Period”), Acquiror shall promptly issue to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and Company Equity Awards outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by Current Service Providers (as defined in Exhibit E), up to 2,000,000 shares of Acquiror Common Stock (or Company Equity Award subject to Acquiror Common Stock) (“Earnout Shares”), to be allocated to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock and Company Equity Awards held by Current Service Providers (as defined in Exhibit E) in accordance with Exhibit E.

 

(b)                The Acquiror Common Stock price targets set forth in Section 3.06(a) and the number of shares to be issued pursuant to Exhibit E shall be equitably adjusted for any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event affecting the Acquiror Common Stock after the date of this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.07           Withholding. Each of Acquiror, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Company and their respective Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts otherwise deliverable or payable under this Agreement such amounts that any such Persons are required to deduct and withhold with respect to any of the deliveries and payments contemplated by this Agreement under the Code or any other applicable Law through the withholding of a number of such shares; provided that before making any deduction or withholding pursuant to this Section 3.07 other than with respect to compensatory payments made pursuant to Section 3.05 and Section 3.06, Acquiror shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give the Company at least five days prior written notice of any anticipated deduction or withholding (together with any legal basis therefor) to provide the Company with sufficient opportunity to provide any forms or other documentation from the applicable equity holders or take such other steps in order to avoid such deduction or withholding and shall reasonably consult and cooperate with the Company in good faith to attempt to reduce or eliminate any amounts that would otherwise be deducted or withheld pursuant to this Section 3.07. To the extent that Acquiror, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Company or any of their respective Affiliates withholds such amounts with respect to any Person and properly remits such withheld amounts to the applicable Governmental Authority, such withheld amounts shall be treated as having been paid to or on behalf of such Person for all purposes. In the case of any such payment payable to employees of the Company or its Affiliates in connection with the Merger treated as compensation, the parties shall cooperate to pay such amounts through the Company’s or its Affiliate’s payroll to facilitate applicable withholding.

 

Section 3.08           Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Acquiror Common Stock shall be issued upon the conversion of Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.01(a), and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a holder of Acquiror Common Stock. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Acquiror shall pay to each former holder of Company Common Stock who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash, without interest, rounded down to the nearest cent, equal to the product of (i) the amount of the fractional share interest in a share of Acquiror Common Stock to which such holder otherwise would have been entitled but for this Section 3.08) multiplied by (ii) an amount equal to the VWAP of shares of Acquiror Common Stock for the 20 Trading Days prior to the date that is three Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

Section 3.09           Payment of Expenses.

 

(a)                No sooner than five or later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall provide to Acquiror a written report setting forth a list of the following fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company or the Company Shareholders in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (together with written invoices, wire transfer instructions for the payment thereof, and any other document reasonably requested by Acquiror in connection with the Outstanding Company Expenses), solely to the extent such fees and expenses are incurred and expected to remain unpaid as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date: (i) the fees and disbursements of outside counsel to the Company or the Company Shareholders incurred in connection with the Transactions and (ii) the fees and expenses of any other agents, advisors, consultants, experts and financial advisors employed by the Company in connection with the Transactions (collectively, the “Outstanding Company Expenses”). On the Closing Date following the Closing, Acquiror shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds all such Outstanding Company Expenses. A good faith estimate of the Outstanding Company Expenses is set forth on Schedule 3.09(a). The Company shall promptly provide Acquiror with written notice of any expected changes to such estimate that exceeds $500,000.

 

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(b)                No sooner than five or later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Acquiror shall provide to the Company a written report setting forth a list of all fees and disbursements of Acquiror, Merger Sub or the Sponsors for outside counsel and fees and expenses of Acquiror, Merger Sub or the Sponsors or for any other agents, advisors, consultants, experts and financial advisors employed by or on behalf of Acquiror, Merger Sub or the Sponsors in connection with the Transactions (together with written invoices and wire transfer instructions for the payment thereof) (collectively, the “Outstanding Acquiror Expenses”). On the Closing Date following the Closing, Acquiror shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds all such Outstanding Acquiror Expenses. A good faith estimate of the Outstanding Acquiror Expenses is set forth on Schedule 3.09(b). Acquiror shall promptly provide the Company with written notice of any expected changes to such estimate that exceeds $500,000.

 

Section 3.10           Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and owned by a holder who is entitled to: (a) demand and has properly demanded appraisal for such shares in accordance with, and who complies in all respects with, Section 262 of the DGCL or (b) dissenters’ rights pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13 of the California General Corporate Law (the “CGCL”) by reason of Section 2115 of the CGCL (such shares, “Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, and shall instead represent the right to receive payment of the fair value of such Dissenting Shares in accordance with and to the extent provided by Section 262 of the DGCL or Chapter 13 of the CGCL. At the Effective Time, (i) all Dissenting Shares shall be cancelled, extinguished and cease to exist and (ii) the holders of Dissenting Shares shall be entitled only to such rights as may be granted to them under the DGCL or the CGCL. If any such holder fails to perfect or otherwise waives, withdraws or loses such holder’s right to appraisal under Section 262 of the DGCL, dissenters’ rights under Chapter 13 of the CGCL, or other applicable Law, then the right of such holder to be paid the fair value of such Dissenting Shares shall cease and such Dissenting Shares shall be deemed to have been converted, as of the Effective Time, into and shall be exchangeable solely for the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with this Article III. The Company shall give Acquiror prompt notice (and in any event within two Business Days) of any demands or notice of exercise received by the Company for appraisal of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock or dissenters’ rights, attempted withdrawals of such demands, notices, and any other instruments served pursuant to the DGCL or the CGCL and received by the Company relating to rights to be paid the fair value of Dissenting Shares, and Acquiror shall have the right to participate in and direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Acquiror, make any payment with respect to, or settle or compromise or offer to settle or compromise, any such demands or waive any failure to timely deliver a written demand for appraisal or dissenters’ rights or otherwise comply with the provisions under Section 262 of the DGCL or Chapter 13 of the CGCL, or agree or commit to do any of the foregoing.

 

Article IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

Except as set forth in the Schedules to this Agreement (each of which qualifies (a) the correspondingly numbered representation, warranty or covenant if specified therein and (b) such other representations, warranties or covenants where its relevance as an exception to (or disclosure for purposes of) such other representation, warranty or covenant is reasonably apparent), the Company represents and warrants to Acquiror and Merger Sub as follows:

 

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Section 4.01           Corporate Organization of the Company.

 

(a)            The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company previously made available by the Company to Acquiror are true, correct and complete and are in effect as of the date of this Agreement.

 

(b)            The Company is licensed or duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign company in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.02           Subsidiaries.

 

(a)            The Subsidiaries of the Company as of the date hereof, together with their jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, are set forth on Schedule 4.02, including, as of such date, a description of the capitalization of each such Subsidiary and the names of the record owners of all securities and other equity interests in each Subsidiary. Each Subsidiary of the Company has been duly formed or organized and is validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has the organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted, in each case, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation (or other entity, if applicable) in each jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing, as applicable, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Complete and correct copies of the principal organizational documents of each Company Subsidiary listed on Schedule 4.02, as amended and currently in effect, have been made available to Acquiror. No Company Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions pursuant to its organizational documents.

 

(b)            As of the date hereof, except for the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ownership interest in such Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries own any capital stock or any other equity interests in any other Person or has 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 shares of the capital stock or other equity interests, or any securities or obligations exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests, of such Person.

 

Section 4.03          Due Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each ancillary agreement to this Agreement to which it is a party and (subject to the approvals described in Section 4.05 and the adoption of this Agreement by holders of (i) a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Company Stock, (ii) a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, and (iii) a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of the Company Preferred Stock (the “Company Requisite Approval”) 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 ancillary agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized and approved by the Company Board and upon receipt of the Company Requisite Approval, no other company proceeding on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize this Agreement or such ancillary agreements or the Company’s performance hereunder or thereunder. This Agreement has been, and each such ancillary agreement will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization and execution by each other party hereto and thereto, constitutes, or will constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity. The Company Requisite Approval is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Company required to approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 4.04           No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 4.05 or on Schedule 4.05, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each ancillary agreement to this Agreement to which it is a party by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of, or result in the breach of, the certificate of formation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (b) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of any Law, Permit or Governmental Order applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or assets, (c) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would 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 set forth on Schedule 4.12(a), or any Leased Real Property Contract or Owned Real Property Contract, to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective assets or properties may be bound or affected or (d) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties, equity interests or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, except (in the case of clauses (b), (c) or (d) above) for such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults, terminations, accelerations, cancellations, modifications, amendments, payments, postings or Liens which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.05          Governmental Authorities; Consents. No consent, approval 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 the Company with respect to the Company’s execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Law, (b) any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions and (c) as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 4.05.

 

Section 4.06           Capitalization.

 

(a)            The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 67,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, 35,657,135 of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) 14,274,612 shares of the Company Preferred Stock, (A) 8,772,852 shares of which are designated Company Series A Preferred Stock, 8,772,852 of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, (B) 1,375,440 shares of which are designated Company Series B Preferred Stock, 1,375,440 of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and (C) 4,126,320 shares of which are designated Company Series B-1 Preferred Stock, 1,925,616 of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Securities Law, (iii) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract, and (iv) are fully vested. Set forth on Schedule 4.06(a) is a true, correct and complete list of each holder of shares of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or other equity interests of the Company and the number of shares of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or other equity interests held by each such holder as of the date hereof. Except as set forth in this Section 4.06 or Company Equity Awards, as of the date hereof there are no other shares of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or other equity interests of the Company authorized, reserved, issued or outstanding.

 

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(b)             With respect to each Company Equity Award, Schedule 4.06(b) sets forth, as of the date hereof, each Company Equity Award, along with the name of the holder of such Company Equity Award, the type of security or property that such Company Equity Award covers, the number of vested and unvested shares covered by such Company Equity Award, the date of grant and the cash exercise price, and strike price per share of such Company Equity Award, as applicable.

 

(c)             Except for the Company Preferred Stock and Company Equity Awards, as of the date hereof there are (x) no subscriptions, calls, options, warrants, rights or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Company Common Stock or the equity interests of the Company, or any other Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound obligating the Company to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, other equity interests in or debt securities of, the Company and (y) no equity equivalents, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock ownership interests or similar rights in the Company. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any securities or equity interests of the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(c), there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company 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. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(c), as of the date hereof the Company is not party to any shareholders agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to its equity interests.

 

(d)             As of the date hereof, the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law and (iii) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract. As of the date hereof, there are (A) no subscriptions, calls, rights or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for the equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries (including any convertible preferred equity certificates), or any other Contracts to which any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is bound obligating such Subsidiaries to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, other equity interests in or debt securities of, such Subsidiaries, and (B) no equity equivalents, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock ownership interests or similar rights in the Company’s Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company’s Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any securities or equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(d), there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company’s Subsidiaries having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which the such Subsidiaries’ stockholders may vote. Except as forth on Schedule 4.06(d), the Company’s Subsidiaries are not party to any stockholders agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to the equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

 

(e)             As of the date hereof, the Company is the direct or indirect owner of, and has good and marketable direct or indirect title to, all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or equity interests of its Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. there are no options or warrants convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for the equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

 

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(f)             The allocation among the Company’s stockholders of the Merger Consideration set forth in Exhibit D and of the Earnout Shares set forth in Exhibit E is in compliance with certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company, all agreements entered into by the Company and each of its stockholders and applicable Law.

 

(g)            The PPP Loan was obtained in accordance with all applicable Laws and complies with all eligibility requirements under applicable Laws. The application submitted by the Company to the PPP Loan complied with all applicable Laws. The full amount of the PPP Loan is eligible for forgiveness in accordance with the terms of the PPP and the PPP Loan, and the Company has not taken any action that could reduce the extent by which the PPP Loan will be forgiven. The Company has not received notice from any Governmental Authority asserting or threatening that the PPP Loan is not or may not be eligible for forgiveness in full or that the PPP Loan does not comply with applicable Laws and requirements.

 

(h)            To the Company’s knowledge, no more than an aggregate of thirty-five (35) Company Stockholders that are expected to receive shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement are not “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

Section 4.07         Financial Statements. Attached as Schedule 4.07 are (a) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017, as of December 31, 2018 and as of December 31, 2019 and the audited consolidated or combined income (loss) statements, statements of comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the same period, together with the auditor’s reports thereon (the “Audited Financial Statements”) and (b) the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2020 and the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, statements of comprehensive income (loss), cash flows and changes in equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2020 (the “Unaudited Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, results of operations, income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated in such Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP (except, in the case of the Unaudited Financial Statements, for the absence of footnotes and other presentation items and normal year-end adjustments) and were derived from, and accurately reflect in all material respects, the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Other than the Audited Financial Statements, there are no audited financial statements (including any audited consolidated balance sheets, income (loss) statements, statements of comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows) for the Company or any of its or the Company’s Subsidiaries with respect to calendar years 2017, 2018 and 2019.

 

Section 4.08          Undisclosed Liabilities. There is no liability, debt or obligation of any nature (including any unknown, undisclosed, unmatured, unaccrued, unasserted, contingent, indirect, conditional, implied, vicarious, derivative, joint, several or secondary liability) against the Company or its Subsidiaries, except for liabilities and obligations (a) reflected or reserved for on the Financial Statements or disclosed in the notes thereto, (b) that have arisen since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Unaudited Financial Statements in the ordinary course of the operation of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) disclosed on Schedule 4.08, (d) arising under this Agreement and/or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or (e) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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Section 4.09          Litigation and Proceedings. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, Actions and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no pending or threatened investigations, in each case, against the Company or its Subsidiaries, or otherwise affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries or their assets, including any condemnation or similar proceedings. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries or any property, asset or business of the Company or its Subsidiaries is subject to any Governmental Order, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority. There is no unsatisfied judgment or any open injunction binding upon the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.10           Compliance with Laws.

 

(a)            The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2018 have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws. Neither of the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority of a material violation of any applicable Law by the Company or its Subsidiaries at any time since January 1, 2018. Nothing in this Section 4.10(a) shall be construed as a representation or warranty regarding the absence of infringement, violation or misappropriation of third party Intellectual Property, which matters are solely addressed in Section 4.11(b).

 

(b)            Since the date that is five (5) years prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no action taken by the Company, its Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any officer, director, shareholder, manager, employee, agent, representative or sales intermediary of the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case, acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries, in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws, (ii) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has been convicted of violating any Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws or subjected to any investigation by a Governmental Authority for violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws, (iii) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental Authority regarding any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with any Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws and (iv) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or citation from a Governmental Authority for any actual or potential noncompliance with any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws.

 

(c)            None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any officer, director, shareholder, manager, employee, agent or representative of the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case, acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries, is a person that is the target of sanctions or any applicable Trade Control Laws.

 

Section 4.11           Intellectual Property.

 

(a)            Schedule 4.11(a) sets forth, as of the date hereof, a true and complete list, including owner, jurisdiction, and registration and application numbers, of all Patents, all registered Copyrights, all registered Trademarks, all domain name registrations and all pending registration applications for any of the foregoing, in each case, that are owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries (the “Registered Intellectual Property”), all of which (other than applications) is, valid, subsisting, and enforceable. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(a)(i), the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title, and interest in and to all Registered Intellectual Property required to set forth on Schedule 4.11(a)(i) and all other Owned Intellectual Property, in each case, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. All such patents and patent applications and all other material Registered Intellectual Property has been maintained effective by the filing of all necessary filings, maintenance and renewals and timely payment of requisite fees. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(a)(ii), no loss or expiration of any material Registered Intellectual Property is threatened, pending or reasonably foreseeable that the Company would reasonably consider to be materially adverse to its business as currently conducted (except for patents expiring at the end of their statutory terms and not as a result of any act or omission by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including failure thereby to pay any required maintenance fees).

 

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(b)            (i) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(b)(i), as of the date hereof, no Actions are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in writing (including unsolicited offers to license Patents) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any third party and no written claims have been received either (A) claiming infringement, misappropriation or other violation of Intellectual Property rights owned by such third party; or (B) challenging the ownership, use, patentability, validity, or enforceability of any Owned Intellectual Property. (ii) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(b)(ii), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any pending Action claiming infringement, misappropriation or other violation by any third party of any Owned Intellectual Property. (iii) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(b)(iii), within the six (6) years preceding the date of this Agreement, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor the conduct of the their businesses has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated the Intellectual Property rights of any third party. To the knowledge of the Company, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Owned Intellectual Property.

 

(c)             The Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, either own(s), has a valid license to use, or otherwise has the lawful right to use, all of the Company Intellectual Property, IT Systems, and Company Software, in each case in the manner in which they are currently used. Immediately subsequent to the Closing, the Company Intellectual Property shall be owned or available for use by the Company and its Subsidiaries on terms and conditions identical to those under which they own or use the Company Intellectual Property immediately prior to the Closing, without payment of additional fees.

 

(d)            The Company and the Subsidiaries have undertaken commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and protect all Owned Intellectual Property and to protect the confidentiality of any Trade Secrets and any confidential information that the Company and the Subsidiaries desire (and are not obligated) to keep confidential included in the Owned Intellectual Property that are material to their businesses. No such Trade Secrets or confidential information of any Person to whom the Company or any of the Subsidiaries owes a duty of confidentiality has been disclosed thereby to any Person other than pursuant to a written agreement sufficiently restricting the disclosure and use thereof by such Person.

 

(e)             No current or former director, officer, employee or other Representative of the Company or any Subsidiary has any right, title, or ownership interest in or to any of the Owned Intellectual Property. The Company has implemented policies whereby employees and contractors of the Company who create or develop any Intellectual Property in the course of their employment or provision of services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are required to assign to the Company all of such employee’s or contractor’s rights therein (to the extent permitted by applicable law), and all such employees and contractors have executed valid written agreements pursuant to which such Persons have assigned to the Company or its applicable Subsidiaries all of such employee’s or contractor’s rights in and to such Intellectual Property that did not vest automatically in the Company or its Subsidiary by operation of law (unless, in the case of contractors, such Intellectual Property was not intended by the Company to be proprietary to the Company or its Subsidiary).

 

(f)              Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11(f), or otherwise as would not materially adversely affect the Owned Intellectual Property or the businesses of the Company or its Subsidiaries, no funding and no personnel, facilities or other resources of any Governmental Authority, university, college, other similar institution, or research center were used in the development of any Owned Intellectual Property nor does any such Person have any rights, title or interest in or to any Company Intellectual Property. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a member of or party to any patent pool, industry standards body, trade association or other organization pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to grant any license, rights, or immunity in or to any Company Intellectual Property to any Person.

 

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(g)           The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in all material respects in compliance with the terms and conditions of all licenses for “free software,” “open source software” or under a similar licensing or distribution term (including the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Affero General Public License (AGPL), Mozilla Public License (MPL), BSD licenses, the Artistic License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL) and the Apache License) (“Open Source Materials”) used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any way.

 

(h)          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined Open Source Materials with, any material Owned Intellectual Property including Owned Company Software, (ii) distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction or connection with any Owned Intellectual Property including Owned Company Software or (iii) used Open Source Materials in or in connection with any Owned Intellectual Property including Owned Company Software, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in such a way that grants (or otherwise requires the Company or its Subsidiaries to license, grant rights or otherwise disclose, distribute, or provide) to any third party any material Owned Intellectual Property, including, but not limited to, the source code for any material Owned Company Software or the right to make derivative works thereof, or otherwise imposes any material limitation, restriction or condition on the right or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to use, distribute, charge for the use of, or enforce any Owned Intellectual Property in any manner (collectively, “Copyleft Terms”).

 

(i)            In the three (3) year period preceding the date hereof (i) there have been no unauthorized intrusions or breaches of the security of the IT Systems currently used to provide material products to customers in the conduct of their business as it is currently conducted and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable security, including disaster recovery plans and procedures, for the IT Systems and the data thereon.

 

(j)            The Company and its Subsidiaries’ collection, use, disclosure, storage and transfer of Personal Information in connection with their business complies in all material respects with, and for the three (3) years prior to the date of this Agreement has complied in all material respects with (i) any Contract to which any of them is a party, (ii) any of their then-current published privacy policies or (iii) any applicable Privacy Laws and any applicable mandatory laws in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operates that concern privacy, data protection, confidentiality or information security. In the three (3) years prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any written or oral notice of any claims, investigations, or alleged violations of law, regulation, or contract with respect to Personal Information or information security-related incidents, nor have the Company and its Subsidiaries notified in writing, or been required by applicable law, regulation, or Contract to notify in writing, any person or entity of any Personal Information or information security-related incident.

 

Section 4.12         Contracts; No Defaults.

 

(a)          Schedule 4.12(a) contains a listing of all Contracts described in clauses (i) through (ix) below to which, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective assets are bound. True, correct and complete copies of the Contracts listed on Schedule 4.12(a) have been delivered to or made available to Acquiror or its agents or representatives.

 

(i)                 each employee collective bargaining Contract;

 

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(ii)             any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) is granted a license, immunity, or other rights from a third party in or to any Intellectual Property that is material to the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than Standard Inbound Licenses and other than Contracts with employees and contractors assigning Intellectual Property to the Company or (B) grants a license, immunity, or other rights to a third party in or to Owned Intellectual Property, including Owned Company Software other than Standard Outbound Licenses;

 

(iii)            any Contract which restricts in any material respect or contains any material limitations on the ability of the Company or its Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or in any geographic territory where such restriction or limitation would have a material effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(iv)            any Contract that is still in effect under which the Company or its Subsidiaries has (A) created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) Indebtedness exceeding $100,000, (B) granted a Lien on its assets, whether tangible or intangible, to secure any material Indebtedness or (C) extended credit to any Person (other than (1) intercompany loans and advances and (2) customer payment terms in the ordinary course of business);

 

(v)             any principal transaction Contract entered into in connection with a completed acquisition or disposition by the Company or its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2017 involving consideration in excess of $2,000,000 of any Person or other business organization, division or business of any Person (including through merger or consolidation or the purchase of a controlling equity interest in or substantially all of the assets of such Person or by any other manner);

 

(vi)            any Contract with outstanding obligations for the sale or purchase of personal property (excluding Intellectual Property), fixed assets or real estate having a value individually, with respect to all sales or purchases thereunder, in excess of $1,000,000 or, together with all related Contracts, in excess of $1,000,000, in each case, other than sales or purchases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;

 

(vii)           any Contract not made in the ordinary course of business and not disclosed pursuant to any other clause under this Section 4.12 and expected to result in revenue or require expenditures in excess of $5,000,000 in the calendar year ended December 31, 2019 or any subsequent calendar year;

 

(viii)          except Contracts entered into in connection with employment, any Contract between the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of Company’s shareholders, on the other hand, that will not be terminated at or prior to the Closing;

 

(ix)             any Contract establishing any joint venture, or legal partnership, strategic alliance or other collaboration that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and expected to result in revenue or require expenditures in excess of $1,000,000 in the calendar year ended December 31, 2019 or any subsequent calendar year;

 

(x)              each Contract and agreement with consideration paid or payable to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of more than $5,000,000, in the aggregate, over the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019; and

 

(xi)             each Contract and agreement with suppliers to the Company or any Company Subsidiary for expenditures paid or payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of more than $5,000,000, in the aggregate, over the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019.

 

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(b)            Except for any Contract that has terminated or will terminate upon the expiration of the stated term thereof prior to the Closing Date, with respect to any Contract required to be set forth on Schedule 4.12(a), (i) such Contracts are in full force and effect and represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto, and, to the knowledge of the Company, are enforceable by the Company or its Subsidiaries in accordance with their terms, subject in all respects to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (ii) none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, any other party thereto is in material breach of or material default (or would be in material breach, violation or default but for the existence of a cure period) under any such Contract, (iii) since December 31, 2019, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received any written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral claim or notice of material breach of or material default under any such Contract, (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which, individually or together with other events, would reasonably be expected to result in a material breach of or a material default under any such Contract by the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, any other party thereto (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) and (v) since December 31, 2019 through the date hereof, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received written notice from any other party to any such Contract that such party intends to terminate or not renew any such Contract. The Company has made available to Acquiror true and complete copies, as amended and currently in effect, of all Contracts listed in Schedule 4.12(a).

 

Section 4.13           Company Benefit Plans.

 

(a)            Schedule 4.13(a) sets forth a complete list of each material Company Benefit Plan. “Company Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and any other written plan, policy, program, arrangement or agreement providing compensation or benefits to any current or former director, officer, employee, independent contractor or other service provider, in each case, that is maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Company or its Subsidiaries or under which the Company or its Subsidiaries has or could reasonably be expected to have any obligation or liability, including, without limitation, all pension, retirement, employment, consulting, change in control, severance, retention, incentive, bonus, deferred compensation, vacation, holiday, cafeteria, medical, disability, stock purchase, stock option, stock appreciation, phantom stock, restricted stock or other stock-based compensation plans, policies, programs, practices or arrangements.

 

(b)            With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, the Company has delivered or made available to Acquiror correct and complete copies (or to the extent no copy exists, an accurate summary) of, if applicable, (i) the current plan document and any trust agreement, (ii) the most recent summary plan description, (iii) the most recent annual report on Form 5500 filed with the Internal Revenue Service (or, with respect to non-U.S. plans, any comparable annual or periodic report), (iv) the most recent actuarial valuation and (v) the most recent determination or opinion letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service (or applicable comparable Governmental Authority).

 

(c)            Each Company Benefit Plan has been administered in compliance with its terms and all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code and all contributions required to be made under the terms of any Company Benefit Plan as of the date this representation is made have been timely made or, if not yet due, have been properly reflected in the Company’s financial statements.

 

(d)            Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code (i) has received a favorable determination or opinion letter as to its qualification, (ii) 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 or (iii) has time remaining under applicable Laws to apply for a determination or opinion letter or to make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination or opinion letter. To the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to result in the loss of the tax-qualified status of such plans.

 

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(e)             Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates sponsored, maintained, contributed to or was required to contribute to, or has or had any liability in respect of, at any point during the six (6) year period prior to the date hereof, a multiemployer pension plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) (a “Multiemployer Plan”) or other pension plan, in each case, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA. No circumstance or condition exists that would reasonably be expected to result in an actual obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay money to any Multiemployer Plan or other pension plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and that is maintained by an ERISA Affiliate of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “ERISA Affiliate” means any entity (whether or not incorporated) other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company that, together with the Company, is considered under common control and treated as one employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

(f)             With respect to the Company Benefit Plans, no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or other Governmental Authorities is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(g)             Except as required by applicable Law, no Company Benefit Plan provides retiree or post-employment medical, disability, life insurance or other welfare benefits to any Person, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to provide such benefits.

 

(h)             Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or in combination with another event) will (i) entitle any employee, director, officer or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any material increase in severance pay, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or materially increase the amount of compensation due to any such employee, director, officer or independent contractor, (iii) directly or indirectly cause the Company to transfer or set aside any assets to fund any material benefits under any Company Benefit Plan, (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Company Benefit Plan, (v) limit or restrict the right to merge, materially amend, terminate or transfer the assets of any Company Benefit Plan on or following the Effective Time, (vi) require a “gross-up,” indemnification for, or payment to any individual for any taxes imposed under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code or any other tax or (vii) result in the payment of any amount that could, individually or in combination with any other such payment, constitute an “excess parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code.

 

Section 4.14           Labor Matters.

 

(a)            (i) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is a party to, negotiating, required to negotiate, or bound by any labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement, or any other labor-related agreements or arrangements with any labor union, labor organization or works council, (ii) no labor union or organization, works council or group of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries has made a pending written demand for recognition or certification and (iii) there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing to be brought or filed with the National Labor Relations Board or any other applicable labor relations authority.

 

(b)            Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) is in compliance with all applicable Laws regarding employment and employment practices, including, without limitation, all laws respecting terms and conditions of employment, health and safety, employee classification, non-discrimination, wages and hours, immigration, disability rights or benefits, equal opportunity, plant closures and layoffs, affirmative action, workers’ compensation, labor relations, pay equity, overtime pay, employee leave issues, the proper classification of employees and independent contractors, the proper classification of exempt and non-exempt employees, and unemployment insurance, (ii) has not been adjudged to have committed any unfair labor practice as defined by the National Labor Relations Board or received written notice of any unfair labor practice complaint against it pending before the National Labor Relations Board that remains unresolved and (iii) since January 1, 2017, has not experienced any actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened arbitrations, grievances, labor disputes, strikes, lockouts, picketing, hand-billing, slowdowns or work stoppages against or affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

(c)            The Company and its Subsidiaries are not delinquent in payments to any employees or former employees for any services or amounts required to be reimbursed or otherwise paid.

 

(d)            To the knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries is in any material respect in violation of any term of any employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement, non-competition agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation: (i) to the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) to a former employer of any such employee relating (A) to the right of any such employee to be employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries or (B) to the knowledge or use of Trade Secrets or proprietary information.

 

Section 4.15           Taxes.

 

(a)             All material Tax Returns required by Law to be filed by the Company or its Subsidiaries have been duly and timely filed (after giving effect to any valid extensions of time in which to make such filings).

 

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(b)            All material amounts of Taxes shown due on any Tax Returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries and all other material amounts of Taxes owed by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been timely paid.

 

(c)            Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has (i) withheld all material amounts of Taxes required to have been withheld by it in connection with amounts paid to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or any other third party, and (ii) remitted such amounts required to have been remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority.

 

(d)            Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is currently engaged in any material audit, administrative or judicial proceeding with a taxing authority with respect to Taxes. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from a taxing authority of a proposed deficiency of a material amount of Taxes, other than any such deficiencies that have since been resolved. No written claim has been made by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file a Tax Return that such entity is or may be subject to Taxes by that jurisdiction in respect of Taxes that would be the subject of such Tax Return, which claim has not been resolved. There are no outstanding agreements extending or waiving the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim for, or the period for the collection or assessment or reassessment of, material Taxes of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and no written request for any such waiver or extension is currently pending.

 

(e)            Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor thereof) has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for 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) in the prior two years.

 

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(f)             Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has been a party to any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(g)            Except with respect to deferred revenue or prepaid subscription revenues collected by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries will be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (A) change in method of accounting for a taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date and made prior to the Closing; (B) ruling by, or written agreement with, a Governmental Authority (including any closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of Tax Law) issue or executed prior to the Closing; (C) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing; (D) prepaid amount received prior to the Closing; (E) intercompany transaction or excess loss accounts described in the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law) that existed prior to the Closing; or (F) Section 965 of the Code.

 

(h)            There are no Liens with respect to Taxes on any of the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than Permitted Liens.

 

(i)             Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company 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)             Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or bound by, or has any obligation to, any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnification agreements (except, in each case, for any such agreements that are commercial contracts not primarily relating to Taxes).

 

(k)            Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made an entity classification election pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3 to be classified as other than such entity’s default classification pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(l)             Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, and has not been at any time during the five (5) year period ending on the Closing Date, a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.

 

(m)           Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with applicable United States and foreign transfer pricing Laws and regulations in all material respects, including the execution and maintenance of contemporaneous documentation substantiating the transfer pricing practices and methodology of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(n)            To the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts, circumstances or plans that, either alone or in combination, could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(o)            The Company has not made an election under Section 965(h) of the Code.

 

(p)            Other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.07 and Section 4.13, this Section 4.15 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to Tax matters. Nothing in this Section 4.15 shall be construed as providing a representation or warranty with respect to (i) other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.15(g), Section 4.15(i) and Section 4.15(j), any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning following the Closing Date or (ii) the existence, amount, expiration date or limitations on (or availability of) any Tax attribute.

 

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Section 4.16        Brokers’ Fees. Except as described on Schedule 4.16, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation.

 

Section 4.17         Insurance. Schedule 4.17 contains a list of all material policies or programs of self-insurance of property, fire and casualty, product liability, workers’ compensation and other forms of insurance held by, or for the benefit of, the Company or its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement. True, correct and complete copies or comprehensive summaries of such insurance policies have been made available to Acquiror. With respect to each such insurance policy required to be listed on Schedule 4.17, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all premiums due have been paid, (ii) the policy is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms and, except for policies that have expired under their terms in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect, (iii) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in breach or default (including any such breach or default with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notice), and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or modification, under the policy, and to the knowledge of the Company, no such action has been threatened and (iv) as of the date hereof, no written notice of cancellation, non-renewal, disallowance or reduction in coverage or claim or termination has been received other than in connection with ordinary renewals.

 

Section 4.18         Real Property; Assets.

 

(a)          Schedule 4.18(a) sets forth the address and tax parcel number of each Owned Real Property as of the date of this Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.18(a), the Company or its Subsidiaries is not party to any agreement or option to (i) purchase any real property or interest therein, (ii) sell all, or a portion of, any Owned Real Property or interest therein or (iii) lease or otherwise grant any third party the right to use any Owned Real Property or portion thereof. In the past two (2) years, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries have received written notice: (A) of any material violation of a building, zoning, health, or safety Law with respect to such Owned Real Property that has not been cured to the satisfaction of the party issuing such notice; (B) of any material action or governmental proceeding for condemnation or for a material zoning change with respect to such Owned Real Property, or (C) from any owner of real property immediately contiguous to the Owned Real Property (an “Adjoining Landowner”) alleging: (A) material boundary disputes with such Adjoining Landowners respecting such Owned Real Property; (B) a material dispute relating to impairment of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, access to and from its respective Owned Real Property; or (C) a material default by Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, under any recorded agreement affecting such Owned Real Property.

 

(b)          Schedule 4.18(b) contains a true, correct and complete list of all Leased Real Property as of the date of this Agreement. The Company has made available to Acquiror true, correct and complete copies of the leases, subleases, licenses and occupancy agreements (including all modifications, amendments, supplements, guaranties, extensions, renewals, waivers, side letters and other agreements relating thereto) for the Leased Real Property to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party (the “Real Estate Documents”), and such deliverables comprise all Real Estate Documents relating to the Leased Real Property.

 

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(c)             Each Real Estate Document (i) is a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto, as applicable, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, and each such lease is in full force and effect, (ii) has not been amended or modified except as reflected in the Real Estate Documents made available to Acquiror and (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, covers the entire estate it purports to cover and, subject to securing the consents or approvals, if any, required under the Real Estate Documents to be obtained from any landlord, lender or any other third party (as applicable), in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby by the Company, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will entitle Acquiror or its Subsidiaries to the exclusive use (subject to the terms of the respective Real Estate Documents in effect with respect to the Leased Real Property), occupancy and possession of the premises specified in the Real Estate Documents for the purpose specified in the Real Estate Documents.

 

(d)            No material default or breach by (i) the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, any other parties thereto, as applicable, presently exists under any Real Estate Documents. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral notice of default or breach under any Real Estate Lease Document which has not been cured. To the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that, and no condition exists which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or breach under any Real Estate Lease Document by the Company or its Subsidiaries or by the other parties thereto. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has subleased or otherwise granted any Person the right to use or occupy any Leased Real Property which is still in effect. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has collaterally assigned or granted any other security interest in the Leased Real Property or any interest therein which is still in effect. The Company or its Subsidiaries has a good and valid leasehold title to each Leased Real Property subject only to Permitted Liens.

 

(e)             Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice that remains outstanding as of the date of this Agreement that the current use and occupancy of the Leased Real Property and the improvements thereon (i) are prohibited by any Lien or law other than Permitted Liens or (ii) are in material violation of any of the recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements or agreements applicable to such Leased Real Property.

 

(f)             Except for Permitted Liens, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and valid title to the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.19          Environmental Matters. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)             the Company, its Subsidiaries, and all real property owned, operated or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, are and, during the last three (3) years, have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws;

 

(b)             there has been no release of any Hazardous Materials (i) at, in, on, from or under any Leased Real Property or Owned Real Property, (ii) in connection with the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ operations off-site of the Leased Real Property or Owned Real Property or, (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, at, in, on, from or under any formerly owned, operated or leased real property during the time that the Company or any Subsidiary owned, operated or leased such property;

 

(c)             neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any real property owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Governmental Order relating to any Environmental Law or the investigation, sampling, monitoring, treatment, remediation, removal, handling, recycling or cleanup of Hazardous Materials;

 

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(d)             no Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened and, to the knowledge of the Company, no investigation is pending or threatened with respect to Environmental Law and the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any real property owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(e)            to the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has assumed, either contractually or by operation of Law, the liability of any other Person relating to any Environmental Law or Hazardous Material;

 

(f)             there are no facts, circumstances or conditions relating to the past or present business or operations of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors (including the release, threatened release, or disposal of any Hazardous Materials or other substances at any location), or to any real property at any time owned, leased, or operated by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective predecessors, that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Action, or to any liability, relating to any Environmental Law; and

 

(g)             the Company has made available to Acquiror all material environmental reports (including any Phase One or Phase Two environmental site assessments), audits, correspondence or other documents relating to the Leased Real Property, Owned Real Property, or any formerly owned or operated real property or any other location for which the Company may be liable in its possession, custody or control.

 

Section 4.20           Absence of Changes.

 

(a)            Since December 31, 2019 through the date of this Agreement, there has not been any change, development, condition, occurrence, event or effect relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)            From March 31, 2020 through the date of this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have, in all material respects, conducted their business and operated their properties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and (ii) have not taken any action that both (A) would require the consent of the Acquiror pursuant to Section 6.01 if such action had been taken after the date hereof and (B) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.21          Affiliate Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.21 and except for, in the case of any employee, officer or director, any employment Contract or Contract with respect to the issuance of equity in the Company, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to any transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding with any (i) present or former executive officer or director of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of the capital stock or equity interests of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (iii) Affiliate, “associate” or member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 of the Exchange Act) of any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing, a “Company Affiliate Agreement”).

 

Section 4.22          Internal Controls. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that: (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

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Section 4.23          Permits. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all material Permits (the “Material Permits”) that are required to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as currently conducted. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each Material Permit is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, (b) no outstanding written notice of revocation, cancellation or termination of any Material Permit has been received by the Company or its Subsidiaries, (c) to the knowledge of the Company, none of such Permits upon its termination or expiration in the ordinary due course will not be renewed or reissued in the ordinary course of business upon terms and conditions substantially similar to its existing terms and conditions, (d) there are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, that seek the revocation, cancellation, limitation, restriction or termination of any Material Permit and (e) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Material Permits applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.24          Proxy Statement. None of the information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries supplied by the Company, or by any other Person acting on behalf of the Company, in writing specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will, as of the time the Proxy Statement, as of the date it is first mailed to the Acquiror Stockholders, and at the time of the Special Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.24, no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to information or statements made or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement that were not supplied by or on behalf of the Company for use therein.

 

Section 4.25         No Additional Representations and Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article IV (as modified by the Schedules), the Company expressly disclaims any representations or warranties of any kind or nature, express or implied, as to the condition, value or quality of the Company or the Company’s assets, and Acquiror and Merger Sub shall rely on their own examination and investigation thereof. None of the Company’s Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever to Acquiror or its Affiliates, and no such party shall be liable in respect of the accuracy or completeness of any information provided to Acquiror or its Affiliates.

 

Article V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF ACQUIROR AND MERGER SUB

 

Except as set forth in (a) the Schedules to this Agreement (each of which qualifies (i) the correspondingly numbered representation, warranty or covenant if specified therein and (ii) such other representations, warranties or covenants where its relevance as an exception to (or disclosure for purposes of) such other representation, warranty or covenant is reasonably apparent) or (b) the registration statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed or furnished with the SEC by Acquiror (excluding any disclosures in such Acquiror SEC Reports under the headings “Risk Factors,” “Forward-Looking Statements” or “Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” and other disclosures that are predictive, cautionary or forward looking in nature), each of Acquiror and Merger Sub represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

Section 5.01           Corporate Organization.

 

(a)            Acquiror is duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Laws of Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The copies of the organizational documents of Acquiror previously delivered by Acquiror to the Company are true, correct and complete and are in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Acquiror is, and at all times has been, in compliance in all material respects with all restrictions, covenants, terms and provisions set forth in its respective organizational documents. Acquiror is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which its ownership of property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified, except where failure to be so licensed or qualified has not and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)            Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder. Other than Merger Sub, Acquiror has no other Subsidiaries or any equity or other interests in any other Person.

 

Section 5.02           Due Authorization.

 

(a)            Each of Acquiror and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate or entity power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each ancillary agreement to this Agreement to which it is a party and (subject to the approvals described in Section 5.06) (in the case of Acquiror), upon receipt of the Acquiror Stockholder Approval and the effectiveness of the Acquiror A&R Charter, to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and such ancillary agreements by each of Acquiror and Merger Sub and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all requisite action and, except for the Acquiror Stockholder Approval and the effectiveness of the Acquiror A&R Charter, no other corporate or equivalent proceeding on the part of Acquiror or Merger Sub is necessary to authorize this Agreement or such ancillary agreements or Acquiror’s or Merger Sub’s performance hereunder or thereunder. This Agreement has been, and each such ancillary agreement will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Acquiror and Merger Sub and, assuming due authorization and execution by each other party hereto and thereto, this Agreement constitutes, and each such ancillary agreement will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Acquiror and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Acquiror and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity.

 

(b)            The affirmative vote of (i) holders of a majority of the votes of Acquiror Common Stock cast at the Special Meeting shall be required to approve each of the Issuance Proposal and each of the Subscription Proposals, (ii) holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Acquiror Common Stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting shall be required to approve the Amendment Proposal, and (iii) holders of a majority of the Acquiror Common Stock voted at the Special Meeting shall be required to approve the Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal, in each case, assuming a quorum is present, to approve the Proposals are the only votes of any of Acquiror’s capital stock necessary in connection with the entry into this Agreement by Acquiror, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Closing (the approval by Acquiror Stockholders of all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Acquiror Stockholder Approval”).

 

(c)             At a meeting duly called and held, the Acquiror Board has: (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Acquiror and its stockholders; (ii) determined that the fair market value of the Company is equal to at least 80% of the amount held in the Trust Account (less any business combination marketing (in lieu of deferred underwriting) commissions and taxes payable on interest earned) as of the date hereof; (iii) approved the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as a Business Combination; and (iv) resolved to recommend to the stockholders of Acquiror approval of each of the matters requiring Acquiror Stockholder approval.

 

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Section 5.03           No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 4.05 or on Schedule 5.06, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each of Acquiror and Merger Sub, upon receipt of the Acquiror Stockholder Approval and the effectiveness of the Acquiror A&R Charter, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of, or result in the breach of, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, any organizational documents of any Subsidiaries of Acquiror or any of the organizational documents of Merger Sub, (b) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of any Law or Governmental Order applicable to each of Acquiror or Merger Sub or any of their respective properties or assets, (c) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would 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 each of Acquiror or Merger Sub or any their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective assets or properties may be bound or affected or (d) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Acquiror or Merger Sub, except (in the case of clauses (b), (c) or (d) above) for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.04          Litigation and Proceedings. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no pending litigation or material other Actions or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, threatened, material Actions and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, there are no pending or threatened material investigations, in each case, against Acquiror, or otherwise affecting Acquiror or its assets, including any condemnation or similar proceedings. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no unsatisfied judgment or any open injunction binding upon Acquiror.

 

Section 5.05           Compliance with Laws.

 

(a)            Except where the failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries are as of the date of this Agreement, and since October 18, 2018 through the date of this Agreement have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws. Neither of the Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority of a violation of any applicable Law by the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries at any time since October 18, 2018 through the date of this Agreement.

 

(b)            Since October 18, 2018, (i) there has been no action taken by the Acquiror, its Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Acquiror, any officer, director, shareholder, manager, employee, agent or representative of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, in each case, acting on behalf of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws, (ii) neither the Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has been convicted of violating any Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws or subjected to any investigation by a Governmental Authority for violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws, (iii) neither the Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental Authority regarding any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with any Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws and (iv) neither the Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or citation from a Governmental Authority for any actual or potential noncompliance with any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or Trade Control Laws.

 

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(c)            None of the Acquiror, its Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Acquiror, any officer, director, shareholder, manager, employee, agent or representative of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, in each case, acting on behalf of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, is a person that is the target of sanctions or any applicable Trade Control Laws

 

Section 5.06          Governmental Authorities; Consents. No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of Acquiror or Merger Sub with respect to Acquiror’s or Merger Sub’s execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Law, Securities Laws, the NYSE and the filing and effectiveness of the Certificate of Merger and the Acquiror A&R Charter.

 

Section 5.07           Financial Ability; Trust Account.

 

(a)            As of the date hereof, there is at least $117,000,000 invested in a trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (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 October 15, 2018, by and between Acquiror and the Trustee (the “Trust Agreement”). The Trust Agreement is in full force and effect and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Acquiror and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, the Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity. The Trust Agreement has not been terminated, repudiated, rescinded, amended or supplemented or modified, in any respect, and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, no such termination, repudiation, rescission, amendment, supplement or modification is contemplated. There are no side letters and there are no agreements, 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 any Acquiror Stockholder who is a Redeeming Stockholder) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account. 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 October 16, 2018. 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. 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 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. Since October 18, 2018, Acquiror has not released any money from the Trust Account (other than interest income earned on the principal held in the Trust Account as permitted by the Trust Agreement). As of the Effective Time, the obligations of Acquiror to dissolve or liquidate pursuant to the Acquiror Organizational Documents shall terminate, and, as of the 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 consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Following the Effective Time, no Acquiror Stockholder shall be entitled to receive any amount from the Trust Account except to the extent such Acquiror Stockholder is a Redeeming Stockholder.

 

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(b)            As of the date hereof, assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein and the compliance by the Company with its respective obligations hereunder, 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.

 

(c)            As of the date hereof, Acquiror does not have, or have any present intention, agreement, arrangement or understanding to enter into or incur, any obligations with respect to or under any Indebtedness.

 

Section 5.08           Taxes.

 

(a)             All material Tax Returns required by Law to be filed by Acquiror have been duly and timely filed (after giving effect to any valid extensions of time in which to make such filings).

 

(b)            All material amounts of Taxes shown due on any Tax Returns of Acquiror and all other material amounts of Taxes owed by Acquiror have been timely paid.

 

(c)             Acquiror has (i) withheld all material amounts of Taxes required to have been withheld by it in connection with amounts paid to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or any other third party, and (ii) remitted such amounts required to have been remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority.

 

(d)             Acquiror is not currently engaged in any material audit, administrative or judicial proceeding with a taxing authority with respect to Taxes. Acquiror has not received any written notice from a taxing authority of a proposed deficiency of a material amount of Taxes, other than any such deficiencies that have since been resolved. No written claim has been made by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where Acquiror does not file a Tax Return that such entity is or may be subject to Taxes by that jurisdiction in respect of Taxes that would be the subject of such Tax Return, which claim has not been resolved. There are no outstanding agreements extending or waiving the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim for, or the period for the collection or assessment or reassessment of, material Taxes of Acquiror, and no written request for any such waiver or extension is currently pending.

 

(e)             Acquiror has not constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for 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) in the prior two years.

 

(f)             Acquiror has not been a party to any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(g)            Acquiror will not be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (A) change in method of accounting for a taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date and made prior to the Closing; (B) ruling by, or written agreement with, a Governmental Authority (including any closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of Tax Law) issue or executed prior to the Closing; (C) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing; (D) prepaid amount received prior to the Closing; (E) intercompany transaction or excess loss accounts described in the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law) that existed prior to the Closing; or (F) Section 965 of the Code.

 

(h)            There are no Liens with respect to Taxes on any of the assets of the Acquiror, other than Permitted Liens.

 

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(i)                 Acquiror does not have any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company 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)                 Acquiror is not party to, or bound by, or have any obligation to, any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnification agreements (except, in each case, for any such agreements that are commercial contracts not primarily relating to Taxes).

 

(k)                To the knowledge of Acquiror, there are no facts, circumstances or plans that, either alone or in combination, could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(l)                 Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Acquiror nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or in combination with another event) will (i) entitle any employee, director, officer or independent contractor of Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any material increase in severance pay, (ii) result in the payment of any amount to any employee, director, officer or independent contractor of Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries that could, individually or in combination with any other such payment, constitute an “excess parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code, or (iii) require a “gross-up,” indemnification for, or payment to any employee, director, officer or independent contractor of Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries for any taxes imposed under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code or any other tax.

 

(m)               Other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.10, this Section 5.08 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of Acquiror with respect to Tax matters. Nothing in this Section 5.08 shall be construed as providing a representation or warranty with respect to (i) other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.08(g), (i) and (j) any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning following the Closing Date or (ii) the existence, amount, expiration date or limitations on (or availability of) any Tax attribute.

 

Section 5.09             Brokers’ Fees. Except for fees described on Schedule 5.09 (including the amounts owed with respect thereto), no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by Acquiror or Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates, including the Sponsors.

 

Section 5.10              Acquiror SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(a)                Acquiror has filed in a timely manner all required registration statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC since October 18, 2018 (collectively, as they have been amended since the time of their 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 or the Closing Date, then on the date of such filing), contained 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 except with respect to unaudited statements as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC), 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) 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.

 

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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 and other material information required to be disclosed by Acquiror in the reports and other documents that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to Acquiror’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. 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 periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.

 

(c)                Acquiror has established and maintained a system of internal controls. Such internal controls are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of Acquiror’s financial reporting and the preparation of Acquiror’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.

 

(d)                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. Acquiror has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(e)                Neither Acquiror (including any employee thereof) nor Acquiror’s independent auditors has identified or been made aware of (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by Acquiror, (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Acquiror’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by Acquiror or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

 

(f)                 To the knowledge of Acquiror, as of the date hereof, 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.

 

Section 5.11              Business Activities; Undisclosed Liabilities; Absence of Changes.

 

(a)                Since its incorporation, Acquiror has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of a Business Combination. 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 had 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 currently contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

 

(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, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity. Except for this Agreement and the Transactions, Acquiror has no interests, rights, obligations or liabilities with respect to, and is not 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.

 

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(c)                Except for (i) this Agreement and the agreements expressly contemplated hereby (including any agreements permitted by Section 7.03), (ii) as set forth on Schedule 5.11(c) and (iii) with respect to fees and expenses of Acquiror’s legal, financial and other advisors, Acquiror is not, and at no time has been, party to any Contract with any other Person that would require payments by Acquiror in excess of $150,000 monthly, $250,000 in the aggregate annually with respect to any individual Contract or more than $500,000 in the aggregate annually when taken together with all other Contracts (other than this Agreement and the agreements expressly contemplated hereby (including any agreements permitted by Section 7.03) and Contracts set forth on Schedule 5.11(c)).

 

(d)                There is no liability, debt or obligation against Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, except for liabilities and obligations (i) reflected or reserved for on Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020 or disclosed in the notes thereto (other than any such liabilities not reflected, reserved or disclosed as are not and would not be, in the aggregate, material to Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), (ii) that have arisen since the date of Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet for the quarterly period March 31, 2020 in the ordinary course of the operation of business of the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries (other than any such liabilities as are not and would not be, in the aggregate, material to Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), (iii) disclosed in Schedule 5.11(d), (iv) arising under this Agreement and/or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or (v) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(e)                Merger Sub does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity.

 

(f)                 Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effecting the Merger and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in connection with the Merger and has no, and at all times prior to the Effective Time except as contemplated by this Agreement or the ancillary agreements to this Agreement, will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever other than those incident to its formation.

 

(g)                (i) Since December 31, 2019 through the date of this Agreement, there has not been any change, development, condition, occurrence, event or effect relating to the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect and (ii) from March 31, 2020 through the date of this Agreement, Acquiror and its Subsidiaries have not taken any action that would require the consent of the Company pursuant to Section 7.03, if such action had been taken after the date hereof.

 

Section 5.12             Proxy Statement. As of the time the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Acquiror Stockholders, and at the time of the Special Meeting, the Proxy Statement (together with any amendments or supplements thereto) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that Acquiror makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Proxy Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Acquiror by or on behalf of the Company specifically for inclusion in the Proxy Statement.

 

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Section 5.13              No Outside Reliance. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article V or any other provision hereof, Acquiror and its Affiliates and any of its and their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives, acknowledge and agree that Acquiror has made its own investigation of the Company and that neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members, agents or representatives is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given by the Company in Article IV, 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 Company or its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that any cost estimates, financial or other projections or other predictions that may be contained or referred to in the Schedules or elsewhere, as well as any information, documents or other materials (including any such materials contained in any “data room” (whether or not accessed by Acquiror or its representatives) or reviewed by Acquiror pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement) or management presentations that have been or shall hereafter be provided to Acquiror or any of its Affiliates, agents or representatives are not and will not be deemed to be representations or warranties of the Company, and no representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the foregoing except as may be expressly set forth in Article IV of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.14              Capitalization.

 

(a)                The authorized capital stock of Acquiror consists of (i) 1,000,000 shares of Acquiror Preferred Stock and (ii) 400,000,000 shares of Acquiror Common Stock. As of the date of this Agreement, (A) no shares of Acquiror Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (B) 17,549,365 shares of Acquiror Common Stock are issued and outstanding, including a total of 6,094,128 Founder Shares, and (C) 38,527,117 Acquiror Warrants are issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Acquiror Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. All outstanding Acquiror Units, shares of Acquiror Common Stock and Acquiror Warrants (1) were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law and (2) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract.

 

(b)                Except for this Agreement, the Acquiror Warrants and the Subscription Agreements, as of the date hereof, there are (i) no subscriptions, calls, options, warrants, rights or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Acquiror Common Stock or the equity interests of Acquiror, or any other Contracts to which Acquiror is a party or by which Acquiror is bound obligating Acquiror to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, other equity interests in or debt securities of, Acquiror, and (ii) no equity equivalents, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock ownership interests or similar rights in Acquiror. Except as disclosed in the Acquiror SEC Reports or the Acquiror Organizational Documents, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Acquiror to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any securities or equity interests 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’s stockholders may vote. Except as disclosed in the Acquiror SEC Reports, Acquiror is not a party to any shareholders agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to Acquiror Common Stock or any other equity interests of Acquiror. Acquiror does not own any capital stock or any other equity interests in any other Person (other than Merger Sub) or 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 shares of the capital stock or other equity interests, or any securities or obligations exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests, of such Person. There are no securities or instruments issued by or to which the Acquiror is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements that have not been or will be waived on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(c)                As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of Merger Sub consists of 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 10 shares are issued and outstanding and beneficially held (and held of record) by Acquiror as of the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.15              NYSE Stock Market Quotation. The issued and outstanding shares of Acquiror Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “GRAF”. Acquiror is in compliance in all material respects with the rules of the NYSE and there is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Acquiror, threatened against Acquiror by the NYSE, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Acquiror Common Stock or terminate the listing of Acquiror Common Stock on the NYSE. None of Acquiror or its Affiliates has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of the Acquiror Common Stock or Acquiror Warrants under the Exchange Act except as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 5.16              Contracts; No Defaults.

 

(a)                Schedule 5.16(a) contains a listing of all Contracts including every “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) (other than confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements) to which, as of the date of this Agreement, Acquiror or one or more of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective assets are bound. True, correct and complete copies of the Contracts listed on Schedule 5.16(a) have been delivered to or made available to the Company or its agents or representatives.

 

(b)                Each Contract of a type required to be listed on Schedule 5.16(a), whether or not set forth on Schedule 5.16(a), was entered into at arm’s length in all material respects and in the ordinary course of business. Except for any Contract that has terminated or will terminate upon the expiration of the stated term thereof prior to the Closing Date, with respect to any Contract of the type described in Schedule 5.16(a), whether or not set forth on Schedule 5.16(a), (i) such Contracts are in full force and effect and represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Acquiror, represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto, and, to the knowledge of the Acquiror, are enforceable by the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries to the extent a party thereto in accordance with their terms, subject in all respects to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (ii) none of the Acquiror, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Acquiror, any other party thereto is in material breach of or material default (or would be in material breach, violation or default but for the existence of a cure period) under any such Contract, (iii) since December 31, 2019, neither the Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries have received any written or, to the knowledge of the Acquiror, oral claim or notice of material breach of or material default under any such Contract, (iv) to the knowledge of the Acquiror, no event has occurred which, individually or together with other events, would reasonably be expected to result in a material breach of or a material default under any such Contract by the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Acquiror, any other party thereto (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) and (v) since December 31, 2019 through the date hereof, neither the Acquiror nor its Subsidiaries have received written notice from any other party to any such Contract that such party intends to terminate or not renew any such Contract.

 

Section 5.17              Title to Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.17, neither the Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) owns or leases any real or personal property or (b) is a party to any agreement or option to purchase any real property, personal property or other material interest therein.

 

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Section 5.18              Investment Company Act. Neither the Acquiror nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Section 5.19             Affiliate Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19 and except for, in the case of any employee, officer or director, any employment Contract or Contract with respect to the issuance of equity in Acquiror, none of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries is a party to any transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding with any (i) present or former executive officer or director of any of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries, (ii) beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of the capital stock or equity interests of any of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries or (iii) Affiliate, “associate” or member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 of the Exchange Act) of any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing, an “Acquiror Affiliate Agreement”).

 

Section 5.20              Subscription Agreements. The Acquiror has delivered to the Company a true, correct and complete copy of each Subscription Agreement executed on or prior to the date hereof, pursuant to which certain Investors have committed, subject to the terms and conditions therein, to purchase 150,000,000 shares of Acquiror Common Stock. To the knowledge of Acquiror, each Subscription Agreement is in full force and effect and is legal, valid and binding upon the Acquiror and the applicable Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Each Subscription Agreement has not been withdrawn, terminated, amended or modified since the date of delivery hereunder and prior to the execution of this Agreement, and, to the knowledge of Acquiror, as of the date of this Agreement no such withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification is contemplated, and as of the date of this Agreement the commitments contained in each Subscription Agreement have not been withdrawn, terminated or rescinded by the applicable Investor in any respect. As of the date hereof, there are no side letters or Contracts to which Acquiror or Merger Sub is a party related to the provision or funding, as applicable, of the purchases contemplated by each Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement, each Subscription Agreement or any other agreement entered into (or to be entered into) in connection with the Transactions delivered to the Company. Acquiror has fully paid any and all commitment fees or other fees required in connection with each Subscription Agreement that are payable on or prior to the date hereof and will pay any and all such fees when and as the same become due and payable after the date hereof pursuant to each Subscription Agreement. Acquiror has, and to the knowledge of Acquiror, each Investor has, complied with all of its obligations under each Subscription Agreement. There are no conditions precedent or other contingencies related to the consummation of the purchases set forth in each Subscription Agreement, other than as expressly set forth in each Subscription Agreement. No event has occurred which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would or would reasonably be expected to (i) constitute a default or breach on the part of Acquiror or, to the knowledge of Acquiror as of the date hereof, any Investor, (ii) assuming the conditions set forth in Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 will be satisfied, constitute a failure to satisfy a condition on the part of Acquiror or, to the knowledge of Acquiror as of the date hereof, the applicable Investor or (iii) assuming the conditions set forth in Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 will be satisfied, to the knowledge of Acquiror as of the date hereof, result in any portion of the amounts to be paid by each Investor in accordance with each Subscription Agreement being unavailable on the Closing Date. As of the date hereof, assuming the conditions set forth in Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 will be satisfied, Acquiror has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the consummation of the purchases under each Subscription Agreement will not be satisfied, and, as of the date hereof, Acquiror is not aware of the existence of any fact or event that would or would reasonably be expected to cause such conditions not to be satisfied.

 

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Article VI

COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

Section 6.01              Conduct of Business. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Interim Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, except as set forth on Schedule 6.01, as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to by Acquiror in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), or as may be required by Law, (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to (A) conduct and operate its business in the ordinary course, (B) preserve intact the current business organization and ongoing businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (C) maintain the existing relations and goodwill of the Company and its Subsidiaries with customers, suppliers, joint venture partners, distributors and creditors of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain all insurance policies of the Company and its Subsidiaries or substitutes therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall provide advance written notice to the Acquiror of any material action that is not within the ordinary course and consistent with past practice and, except as set forth on Schedule 6.01, as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to by Acquiror in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), or as may be required by Law, the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, during the Interim Period, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:

 

(a)                change or amend the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(b)                (i) make, declare or pay any dividend or distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) to the stockholders of the Company in their capacities as stockholders, (ii) effect any recapitalization, reclassification, split or other change in its capitalization, (iii) authorize for issuance, issue, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber, dispose of or deliver any additional shares of its capital stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of its capital stock, or issue, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or grant any right, option, or other commitment for the issuance of shares of its capital stock, or split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock, or (iv) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests;

 

(c)                enter into, or amend or modify any material term of (in a manner adverse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), terminate (excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms), or waive or release any material rights, claims or benefits under, any Contract of a type required to be listed on Schedule 4.12(a) (or any Contract, that if existing on the date hereof, would have been required to be listed on Schedule 4.12(a)), any lease related to the Leased Real Property or any collective bargaining or similar agreement (including agreements with works councils and trade unions and side letters) to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound, other than entry into, amendments of, modifications of, terminations of, or waivers or releases under, such agreements in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(d)                (i) sell, transfer, license, sublicense, covenant not to assert, lease, pledge or otherwise encumber or subject to any Lien, abandon, cancel, let lapse or convey or dispose of any assets, properties or business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (including Owned Intellectual Property, including Owned Company Software), except for (x) dispositions of obsolete or worthless assets, (y) sales of tangible inventory or Standard Outbound Licenses, in each case, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (z) sales, abandonment, lapses of assets or items or materials in an amount not in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate, other than (A) as set forth on Schedule 6.01(d), (B) Permitted Liens or (C) pledges and encumbrances on property and assets in the ordinary course of business and that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) subject any material Owned Intellectual Property (including any material Owned Company Software) to Copyleft Terms; or (iii) disclose any material Trade Secret that is Owned Intellectual Property to any Person other than pursuant to a written agreement sufficiently restricting the disclosure and use thereof by such Person;

 

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(e)                except as required under applicable Law or the terms of any Company Benefit Plan existing as of the date hereof (A) increase in any manner the compensation, bonus, pension, welfare, fringe or other benefits, severance or termination pay of any of the current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than increases to any such individuals who are not directors or officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that do not exceed 10% individually or 5% in the aggregate, (B) become a party to, establish, amend, commence participation in, terminate or commit itself to the adoption of any stock option plan or other stock-based compensation plan, or any compensation, severance, pension, retirement, profit-sharing, welfare benefit for the benefit of any current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries (or newly hired employees), (C) accelerate the vesting of or lapsing of restrictions with respect to any stock-based compensation or other long-term incentive compensation under any Company Benefit Plan, (D) grant any new awards under any Company Benefit Plan, (E) amend or modify any outstanding award under any Company Benefit Plan, (F) cause the funding of any rabbi trust or similar arrangement or take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any Company Benefit Plan, (G) enter into, amend or terminate any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union, works council or similar organization, (H) materially change any actuarial or other assumptions used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any Company Benefit Plan that is required by applicable law to be funded or change the manner in which contributions to such plans are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined, except as may be required by GAAP or applicable Law, or (I) forgive any loans, or issue any loans (other than routine travel advances issued in the ordinary course of business) to any of its or its Subsidiaries’ directors, officers, contractors or employees;

 

(f)                 (i) fail to maintain its existence or acquire by merger or consolidation with, or merge or consolidate with, or purchase a material portion of the assets or equity of, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof; or (ii) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement);

 

(g)                make any capital expenditures (or commitment to make any capital expenditures) that in the aggregate exceed $2,000,000, other than any capital expenditure (or series of related capital expenditures) consistent in all material respects with the Companys annual capital expenditure budget for periods following the date hereof, made available to Acquiror or any capitalized Contract costs associated with new or existing customers;

 

(h)                make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (including to any of its officers, directors, agents or consultants), make any material change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such Persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of any other Person, except advances to employees or officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(i)                 make, revoke or change any material Tax election, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method or period, file any amendment to a material Tax Return, enter into any agreement with a Governmental Authority with respect to a material amount of Taxes, settle or compromise any examination, audit or other Action with a Governmental Authority of or relating to any material Taxes or settle or compromise any claim or assessment by a Governmental Authority in respect of material Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement (excluding any commercial contract not primarily related to Taxes);

 

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(j)                 take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment;

 

(k)                acquire any fee interest in real property;

 

(l)                 enter into, renew or amend in any material respect any Company Affiliate Agreement (or any Contract, that if existing on the date hereof, would have constitute an Acquiror Affiliate Agreement);

 

(m)               waive, release, compromise, settle or satisfy any pending or threatened material claim (which shall include, but not be limited to, any pending or threatened Action) or compromise or settle any liability, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or that otherwise do not exceed $50,000 in the aggregate;

 

(n)                incur, create, assume, refinance, guarantee or otherwise become liable for (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) any Indebtedness in excess of $100,000, other than in connection with borrowings, extensions of credit and other financial accommodations under the Company’s and Subsidiaries’ existing credit facilities, notes and other existing Indebtedness and, in each case, any refinancings thereof, provided, that, in no event shall any such borrowing, extension of credit or other financial accommodation be subject to any prepayment fee or penalty or similar arrangement or amend, restate or modify in a manner materially adverse to the Company any terms of or any agreement with respect to any such outstanding Indebtedness (when taken as a whole); provided, further, that any action permitted under this Section 6.01(n) shall be deemed not to violate Section 6.01(b) or Section 6.01(c);

 

(o)                enter into any material new line of business outside of the business currently conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(p)                make any material change in financial accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may have been required by a change in GAAP (including pursuant to standards, guidelines and interpretations of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any similar organization) or applicable Law;

 

(q)                voluntarily fail to maintain, cancel or materially change coverage under any insurance policy in form and amount equivalent in all material respects to the insurance coverage currently maintained with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and their assets and properties; and

 

(r)                 enter into any agreement to do any action prohibited under this Section 6.01.

 

Section 6.02              Inspection. Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to the Company or its Subsidiaries by third parties that may be in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ possession from time to time, and except for any information which (x) relates to interactions with prospective buyers of the Company or the negotiation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or (y) in the judgment of legal counsel of the Company would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure or would conflict with any applicable Law or confidentiality obligations to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, afford to Acquiror and its Representatives reasonable access during the Interim Period, during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice, in such manner as to not interfere with the normal operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to all of their respective properties, books, projections, plans, systems, Contracts, commitments, Tax Returns, records, commitments and analyses and, as reasonably requested by Acquiror or its Representatives, appropriate officers and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and shall furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are in the possession of the Company or its Subsidiaries as such Representatives may reasonably request, in each case, as necessary to facilitate Acquiror’s ongoing due diligence and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The parties shall use commercially reasonable 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 prior to the Effective Time.

 

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Section 6.03               HSR Act and Regulatory Approvals.

 

(a)                In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall comply promptly but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date hereof with the notification and reporting requirements of the HSR Act. The Company shall furnish to the Acquiror as promptly as reasonably practicable all information required for any application or other filing to be made by the Acquiror pursuant to any Antitrust Law. The Company shall (i) substantially comply with any Information or Document Requests and (ii) request early termination of any waiting period under the HSR Act. The Company shall promptly notify the Acquiror of any substantive communication with, and furnish to Acquiror copies of any notices or written communications received by, the Company or any of its Affiliates and any third party or any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company shall permit counsel to Acquiror an opportunity to review in advance, and the Company shall consider in good faith the views of such counsel in connection with, any proposed written communications by the Company and/or its Affiliates to any Governmental Authority concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that the Company shall not extend any waiting period or comparable period under the HSR Act or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Authority without the written consent of Acquiror. The Company agrees to provide, to the extent permitted by the applicable Governmental Authority, Acquiror and its counsel the opportunity, on reasonable advance notice, to participate in any substantive meetings or discussions, either in person or by telephone, between the Company and/or any of its Affiliates, agents or advisors, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority, on the other hand, concerning or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Any materials exchanged in connection with this Section 6.03 may be redacted or withheld as necessary to address reasonable privilege or confidentiality concerns, and to remove references concerning the valuation of the Company or other competitively sensitive material; provided, that the Company may, as it deems advisable and necessary, designate any materials provided to the Acquiror under this Section 6.03 as “outside counsel only.” Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Section 6.03 or any other provision of this Agreement shall require or obligate the Company or any of its Affiliates (including the Investors and any investment funds or investment vehicles affiliated with, or managed or advised by, the Investors or any portfolio company (as such term is commonly understood in the private equity industry) or investment of the Investors or of any such investment fund or investment vehicle) to, and the Acquiror shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, agree or otherwise be required to, take any action with respect to the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or such Affiliates, including selling, divesting, or otherwise disposing of, licensing, holding separate, or taking or committing to take any action that limits in any respect its freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, any business, products, rights, services, licenses, assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or such Affiliates, or any interest therein. The Company shall pay 50% of all filing fees payable to the Regulatory Consent Authorities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(b)                The Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, acquire or agree to acquire, by merging with or into or consolidating with, or by purchasing a portion of the assets of or equity in, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets, or take any other action, if the entering into of a definitive agreement relating to, or the consummation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, or the taking of any other action, would reasonably be expected to (i) impose any delay in the obtaining of, or increase the risk of not obtaining, any authorizations, consents, orders or declarations of any Regulatory Consent Authorities or the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period; (ii) increase the risk of any Governmental Authority entering an order prohibiting the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby; (iii) increase the risk of not being able to remove any such order on appeal or otherwise; or (iv) delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 6.04              No Acquiror Common Stock Transactions. From and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its stockholders shall engage in any transactions involving the securities of Acquiror without the prior written consent of Acquiror. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to require each of its Subsidiaries and stockholders to comply with the foregoing sentence.

 

Section 6.05              No Claim Against the Trust Account. The Company acknowledges that the Acquiror is a blank check company with the power and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses or assets, and the Company has read Acquiror’s final prospectus, dated October 16, 2018 and other Acquiror SEC Reports, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, and the Trust Agreement 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 therein. The Company further acknowledges and agrees that the Acquiror’s sole assets consist of the cash proceeds of the Acquiror’s initial public offering and private placements of its securities, and that substantially all of these proceeds have been deposited in the Trust Account for the benefit of its public shareholders. The Company further acknowledges that, if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated by July 31, 2020 or such later date as approved by the shareholders of Acquiror to complete a Business Combination, Acquiror will be obligated to return to its stockholders the amounts being held in the Trust Account. Accordingly, the Company (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) hereby waives any past, present or future claim of any kind against, and any right to access, the Trust Account, any trustee of the Trust Account and Acquiror to collect from the Trust Account any monies that may be owed to them by Acquiror or any of its Affiliates for any reason whatsoever, and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account at any time for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, for any Willful Breach of this Agreement. This Section 6.05 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

Section 6.06              Proxy Solicitation; Other Actions.

 

(a)                The Company agrees to use reasonable best efforts to provide Acquiror, no later than twenty (20) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, financial statements, including unaudited quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2020, in each case, as required and prepared in accordance with GAAP and Regulation S-X. The Company shall be available to, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use reasonable best efforts to make their officers and employees available to, in each case, during normal business hours and upon reasonable advanced notice, Acquiror and its counsel in connection with (i) the drafting of the Proxy Statement and (ii) responding in a timely manner to comments on the Proxy Statement from the SEC. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall reasonably cooperate with Acquiror in connection with Acquiror’s preparation for inclusion in the Proxy Statement of pro forma and other financial statements, as required by Regulation S-X under the rules and regulations of the SEC (as interpreted by the staff of the SEC).

 

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(b)                The Company will give Acquiror prompt written notice of any action taken or not taken by the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any development regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries, in any such case which is known by the Company, that would cause the Proxy Statement to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that, if any such action shall be taken or fail to be taken or such development shall otherwise occur, Acquiror and the Company shall cooperate fully to cause an amendment or supplement to be made promptly to the Proxy Statement, such that the Proxy Statement no longer contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, further, however, that no information received by Acquiror pursuant to this Section 6.06 shall operate as a waiver or otherwise affect any representation, warranty or agreement given or made by the party who disclosed such information, and no such information shall be deemed to change, supplement or amend the Schedules.

 

Section 6.07               Non-Solicitation; Acquisition Proposals.

 

(a)                Except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.07, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01, the Company shall not, shall cause its Subsidiaries not to and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or requests for information with respect to, or the making of, any inquiry regarding, or any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any negotiations or discussions concerning, or provide access to its properties, books and records or any confidential information or data to, any Person relating to any proposal, offer, inquiry or request for information that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (iii) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, endorse or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) execute or enter into, any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement executed in accordance with Section 6.07(b)(ii)), merger agreement, acquisition agreement, exchange agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement for or relating to any Acquisition Proposal or (v) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing; provided that it is understood and agreed that any determination or action by the Company Board made in accordance with Section 6.07(b) or Section 6.07(c) shall not be deemed to be a breach or violation of this Section 6.07(a). The Company also agrees that immediately following the execution of this Agreement it shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their Representatives to, cease any solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than the Parties and their respective Representatives) conducted heretofore in connection with an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry or request for information that could reasonably be expected to lead to, or result in, an Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall promptly (and in any event within one Business Day) notify, in writing, Acquiror of the receipt of any inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information received after the date hereof that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, which notice shall include a summary of the material terms of, and the identity of the Person or group of Persons making, such inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information (provided, that, solely with respect to the identity of the Person or group of Persons making, such inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information, such disclosure is not restricted by confidentiality obligations in existence as of the date of this Agreement) and an unredacted copy of any Acquisition Proposal or inquiry, proposal or offer made in writing or, if not in writing, a written description of the material terms and conditions of such inquiry, proposal or offer (and shall include any other documents evidencing or specifying the terms of such proposal, offer, inquiry or request). The Company shall promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) keep Acquiror reasonably informed of any material developments with respect to any such inquiry, proposal, offer, request for information or Acquisition Proposal (including any material changes thereto and copies of any additional written materials received by the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective Representatives). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company may grant a waiver, amendment or release under any confidentiality or standstill agreement to the extent necessary to allow for a confidential bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal was made after the date of this Agreement and did not result from a breach of this Section 6.07) to be made to the Company or the Company Board so long as the Company promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter) notifies Acquiror thereof (including the identity of such counterparty) after granting any such waiver, amendment or release and the Company Board determines prior to the grant of such waiver, amendment or release in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel to the Company, that the failure of the Company Board to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the restrictions contained in this Section 6.07 by any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective Representatives acting on the Company’s or one of its Subsidiaries’ behalf, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 6.07 by the Company.

 

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(b)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.07(a) or Section 8.02(e), this Agreement shall not prevent the Company or the Company Board from:

 

(i)                 taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any similar communication to stockholders required by applicable Law in connection with the making or amendment of a tender offer or exchange offer) or from making any legally required disclosure to stockholders with regard to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or an Acquisition Proposal; provided that this clause (i) shall not be deemed to permit the Company or the Company Board to effect a Company Change in Recommendation except in accordance with Sections 6.07(c) and 6.07(d);

 

(ii)                prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Approval, (A) contacting and engaging in any negotiations or discussions with any Person and its Representatives who has made a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal after the date hereof that did not result from a breach of Section 6.07(a) and (B) providing access to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ properties, books and records and providing information or data in response to a request therefor by a Person who has made a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of Section 6.07(a), in each case of clause “(A)” or “(B)”, if the Company Board (I) shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor(s), that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute, result in or lead to a Superior Proposal, (II) shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, and (III) has received from the Person so requesting such information an executed Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; provided that the Company shall provide to Acquiror and Merger Sub any information or data that is provided to any Person given such access that was not previously made available to Acquiror or Merger Sub prior to or substantially concurrently with the time it is provided to such Person (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours thereof);

 

(iii)               prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Approval, making a Company Change in Recommendation (only to the extent permitted by Section 6.07(c) or Section 6.07(d)); or

 

(iv)              resolving, authorizing, committing or agreeing to take any of the foregoing actions, only to the extent such actions would be permitted by the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii).

 

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(c)                Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.07 to the contrary, if, at any time prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Approval, the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor(s) and outside legal counsel, in response to a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of this Section 6.07, that (i) such proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and (ii) the failure to take the actions specified in clause (A) or (B) of this Section 6.07(c) would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, the Company or the Company Board may, prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Approval, (A) make a Company Change in Recommendation or (B) terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01(e) to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to such Superior Proposal; provided that the Company pays to Acquiror the Company Termination Payment required to be paid pursuant to Section 10.02(b) at or prior to the time of such termination (it being agreed that such termination shall not be effective unless such fee is so paid); provided further that the Company will not be entitled to make a Company Change in Recommendation or terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01(e) unless (x) the Company delivers to Acquiror a written notice (a “Company Notice”) advising Acquiror that the Company Board proposes to take such action and containing the material terms and conditions of the Superior Proposal that is the basis of the proposed action of the Company Board, and (y) at or after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the day on which the Company delivered the Company Notice (such period from the time the Company Notice is provided until 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the day on which the Company delivered the Company Notice (it being understood that any material revision, amendment, update or supplement to the terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal shall be deemed to constitute a new Superior Proposal and shall require a new notice with an additional five (5) Business Day period from the date of such notice), the “Notice Period”), the Company Board reaffirms in good faith (1) after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor(s) that such Acquisition Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal if the adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement proposed by Acquiror (if any) were to be given effect and (2) after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make a Company Change in Recommendation or so terminate would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. If requested by Acquiror, the Company will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause its or their Representatives to, during the Notice Period, engage in good faith negotiations with Acquiror and its Representatives to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal would cease to constitute a Superior Proposal.

 

(d)                Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.07 or Section 8.02(e) to the contrary, if, at any time prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Approval, the Company Board determines in good faith, in response to an Intervening Event, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make a Company Change in Recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, the Company or the Company Board may, prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Approval, make a Company Change in Recommendation; provided that the Company will not be entitled to make, or agree or resolve to make, a Company Change in Recommendation unless (i) the Company delivers to Acquiror a written notice (an “Intervening Event Notice”) advising Acquiror that the Company Board proposes to take such action and containing the material facts underlying the Company Board’s determination that an Intervening Event has occurred, and (ii) at or after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the day on which the Company delivered the Intervening Event Notice (such period from the time the Intervening Event Notice is provided until 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the day on which the Company delivered the Intervening Event Notice (it being understood that any material development with respect to an Intervening Event shall require a new notice with an additional five (5) Business Day period from the date of such notice), the “Intervening Event Notice Period”), the Company Board reaffirms in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that the failure to make a Company Change in Recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. If requested by Acquiror, the Company will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause its or their Representatives to, during the Intervening Event Notice Period, engage in good faith negotiations with Acquiror and its Representatives to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so as to obviate the need for a Company Change in Recommendation.

 

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(e)                For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned below:

 

(i)                 Acquisition Proposal” means any proposal or offer from any Person or “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act) (other than Acquiror, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates) relating to, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, (A) any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of a business that constitutes 20% or more of the net revenues, net income or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) any direct or indirect acquisition of 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (based on the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company Board), including through the acquisition of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company owning such assets, (C) acquisition of beneficial ownership, or the right to acquire beneficial ownership, of 20% or more of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company, any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person beneficially owning 20% or more of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company, or any merger, reorganization, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company (or any Subsidiary of the Company whose business constitutes 20% or more of the net revenues, net income or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) or (D) any issuance or sale or other disposition (including by way of merger, reorganization, division, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction) of 20% or more of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company.

 

(ii)               Superior Proposal” means a bona fide and written Acquisition Proposal made after the date hereof, that did not result from a breach of this Section 6.07, that the Company Board in good faith determines (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor(s)) is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms and would, if consummated, result in a transaction that is more favorable from a financial point of view to the stockholders of the Company (solely in their capacity as such) than the transactions contemplated hereby after taking into account all such factors and matters deemed relevant in good faith by the Company Board, including legal, financial (including the financing terms of any such proposal), regulatory, timing or other aspects of such proposal and this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including any offer by Acquiror to amend the terms of this Agreement, termination or break-up fee and conditions to consummation); provided that for purposes of the definition of “Superior Proposal,” the term “Acquisition Proposal” shall have the meaning assigned to such term herein, except that the references to “20%” in such definition shall be deemed to be references to “80%”.

 

(iii)             Intervening Event” means an event, fact, development, circumstance or occurrence (but specifically excluding any Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal) that materially affects the business, assets, operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that was not known and was not reasonably foreseeable to the Company or the Company Board as of the date hereof, and that occurs after the date of this Agreement; provided, that, the fact that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exceeds projections, forecasts or budgets, in and of itself, including without limitation any payments or expected payments from litigation or sale of real property, shall not be taken into account in determining whether an “Intervening Event” has occurred.

 

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Section 6.08              Section 280G. To the extent applicable, the Company shall, at least five (5) days prior to the Closing, take commercially reasonable actions to (a) solicit waivers of any excess parachute payment (as described below) from each Person who has or may have a right to any payments and/or benefits as a result of or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that would be deemed to constitute “excess parachute payments” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), and (b) solicit the approval of the Company’s shareholders in a manner intended to comply with Sections 280G(b)(5)(A)(ii) and 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code of all payments and/or benefits (including payments and benefits waived pursuant to the preceding clause) that would, as a result of, or in connection with, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, be deemed to constitute “excess parachute payments.” To the extent required to comply with the provisions of the preceding sentence, the Company shall deliver, among other items, to its equity holders entitled to vote in the shareholder approval process under Code Section 280G(b)(5)(B), a disclosure statement intended to satisfy the shareholder approval requirements of Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code. The form of waiver, solicitation of shareholder approval, and disclosure materials shall be provided to Acquiror for review at least ten (10) days prior to Closing and all such materials shall be subject to the approval of Acquiror, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

Section 6.09              Securities Matters.

 

(a)                The shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement have not been registered under the Securities Act, and have been acquired for investment and not with a view to, or in connection with, the sale of distribution thereof. No transfer of such shares may be effected without an effective registration statement related thereto or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Company shall take all actions necessary to ensure that delivery of the shares of the Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement (including the Earnout Shares) shall be made only pursuant to a valid exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act and shall provide documentation thereof reasonably acceptable to Acquiror.

 

(b)                The Company shall cause each holder of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock that is a party to that certain Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, by and among the Company and certain of its stockholders (the “IRA”) to be bound by a customary “lockup” restricting the transfer, sale and conveyance of the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in connection with this Agreement for a period of 6 months following the Closing, all in a form reasonably acceptable to Acquiror.

 

Article VII

COVENANTS OF ACQUIROR

 

Section 7.01              HSR Act and Regulatory Approvals.

 

(a)                In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Acquiror shall comply promptly but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date hereof with the notification and reporting requirements of the HSR Act. Acquiror shall furnish to the Company as promptly as reasonably practicable all information required for any application or other filing to be made by the Company pursuant to any Antitrust Law. Acquiror shall substantially comply with any Information or Document Requests.

 

(b)                Acquiror shall request early termination of any waiting period under the HSR Act and exercise its reasonable best efforts to (i) obtain termination or expiration of the waiting period under the HSR Act and consents or approvals pursuant to any other applicable Antitrust Laws, (ii) prevent the entry in any Action brought by a Regulatory Consent Authority or any other Person of any Governmental Order which would prohibit, make unlawful or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (iii) if any such Governmental Order is issued in any such Action, cause such Governmental Order to be lifted.

 

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(c)                Acquiror shall cooperate in good faith with the Regulatory Consent Authorities and exercise its reasonable best efforts to undertake promptly any and all action required to complete lawfully the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable (but in any event prior to the Termination Date) and any and all action necessary or advisable to avoid, prevent, eliminate or remove any impediment under Antitrust Law or the actual or threatened commencement of any proceeding in any forum by or on behalf of any Regulatory Consent Authority or the issuance of any Governmental Order that would delay, enjoin, prevent, restrain or otherwise prohibit the consummation of the Merger. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Section 7.01 or any other provision of this Agreement shall require or obligate Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsors, the Investors, their respective Affiliates and any investment funds or investment vehicles affiliated with, or managed or advised by, Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsors, the Investors or any portfolio company (as such term is commonly understood in the private equity industry) or investment of Acquiror’s Affiliates, Sponsors, the Investors or of any such investment fund or investment vehicle to take any action in connection with (A) obtaining termination or expiration of the waiting period under the HSR Act and consents or approvals pursuant to any other applicable Antitrust Laws or (B) avoiding, preventing, eliminating or removing any impediment under Antitrust Law with respect to the Transactions, including selling, divesting, or otherwise disposing of, licensing, holding separate, or taking or committing to take any action that limits in any respect such Person’s or entity’s freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, any business, products, rights, services, licenses, assets or properties of such Person or entity or any of such entity’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any interest therein.

 

(d)                Acquiror shall promptly notify the Company of any substantive communication with, and furnish to the Company copies of any notices or written communications received by, Acquiror or any of its Affiliates and any third party or Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and Acquiror shall permit counsel to the Company an opportunity to review in advance, and Acquiror shall consider in good faith the views of such counsel in connection with, any proposed communications by Acquiror and/or its Affiliates to any Governmental Authority concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that Acquiror shall not extend any waiting period or comparable period under the HSR Act or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Authority without the written consent of the Company. Acquiror agrees to provide the Company and its counsel the opportunity, on reasonable advance notice, to participate in any substantive meetings or discussions, either in person or by telephone, between Acquiror and/or any of its Affiliates, agents or advisors, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority, on the other hand, concerning or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Any materials exchanged in connection with this Section 7.01 may be redacted or withheld as necessary to address reasonable privilege or confidentiality concerns, and to remove references concerning the valuation of the Company or other competitively sensitive material; provided, that the Acquiror may, as it deems advisable and necessary, designate any materials provided to the Company under this Section 7.01 as “outside counsel only.”

 

(e)                Acquiror shall pay 50% of all filing fees payable to the Regulatory Consent Authorities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(f)                 Acquiror shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, acquire or agree to acquire, by merging with or into or consolidating with, or by purchasing a portion of the assets of or equity in, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets, or take any other action, if the entering into of a definitive agreement relating to, or the consummation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, or the taking of any other action, would reasonably be expected to (i) impose any delay in the obtaining of, or increase the risk of not obtaining, any authorizations, consents, orders or declarations of any Regulatory Consent Authorities or the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period; (ii) increase the risk of any Governmental Authority entering an order prohibiting the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby; (iii) increase the risk of not being able to remove any such order on appeal or otherwise; or (iv) delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the restrictions and obligations set forth in this Section 7.01(f) shall not apply to or be binding upon Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsor, the Investor, their respective Affiliates or any investment funds or investment vehicles affiliated with, or managed or advised by, Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsors, the Investor or any portfolio company (as such term is commonly understood in the private equity industry) or investment of Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsors, the Investor or of any such investment fund or investment vehicle.

 

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Section 7.02               Indemnification and Insurance.

 

(a)                From and after the Effective Time, Acquiror agrees to cause the Surviving Company to indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any Action, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, would have been permitted under applicable Law and its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents in effect on the date of this Agreement to indemnify such Person (including the advancing of expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law). Without limiting the foregoing, Acquiror shall, and shall cause the Surviving Company and its Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain for a period of not less than six years from the Effective Time provisions in its certificate of incorporation (if applicable), bylaws and other organizational documents concerning the indemnification and exoneration (including provisions relating to expense advancement) of officers and directors that are no less favorable to those Persons than the provisions of such certificates of incorporation (if applicable), 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. Acquiror shall assume, and be liable for, and shall cause the Surviving Company and their respective Subsidiaries to honor, each of the covenants in this Section 7.02.

 

(b)                For a period of six years from the Effective Time, Acquiror shall, or shall cause one or more of its Subsidiaries to, maintain in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering those Persons who are currently covered by the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies (true, correct and complete copies of which have been heretofore made available to Acquiror or its agents or representatives) on terms not less favorable than the terms of such current insurance coverage, except that in no event shall Acquiror or its Subsidiaries be required to pay an annual premium for such insurance in excess of 300% of the aggregate annual premium payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries for such insurance policy for the year ended December 31, 2018; provided, however, that (i) Acquiror may cause coverage to be extended under the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance by obtaining a six-year “tail” policy containing terms not materially less favorable than the terms of such current insurance coverage with respect to claims existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and (ii) if any claim is asserted or made within such six-year period, any insurance required to be maintained under this Section 7.02 shall be continued in respect of such claim until the final disposition thereof.

 

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(c)                Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 7.02 shall survive the consummation of the Merger indefinitely and shall be binding, jointly and severally, on Acquiror and the Surviving Company and all successors and assigns of Acquiror and the Surviving Company. In the event that Acquiror, the Surviving Company 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 or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, Acquiror and the Surviving Company shall ensure that proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Acquiror or the Surviving Company, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 7.02. The obligations of Acquiror and the Surviving Company under this Section 7.02 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to materially and adversely affect any present and former director and officer of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to whom this Section 7.02 applies without the consent of the affected Person.

 

Section 7.03              Conduct of Acquiror During the Interim Period.

 

(a)                During the Interim Period, except as set forth on Schedule 7.03 or as expressly contemplated by this Agreement (including, for the avoidance for doubt, the execution and delivery of the Subscription Agreements and the performance of the Acquiror’s obligations thereunder) or as consented to by the Company in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), Acquiror shall not and each shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:

 

(i)                 change, modify or amend the Trust Agreement, the Acquiror Organizational Documents or the organizational documents of Merger Sub, other than to the extent necessary to effect the Extension;

 

(ii)                (A) make, declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its outstanding capital stock or other equity interests; (B) split, combine, reclassify or otherwise change any of its capital stock or other equity interests; or (C) other than the redemption of any shares of Acquiror Common Stock required by the Offer or as otherwise required by Acquiror’s Organizational Documents in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any capital stock of, or other equity interests in, Acquiror;

 

(iii)               make, revoke or change any material Tax election, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method or period, file any amendment to a material Tax Return, enter into any agreement with a Governmental Authority with respect to a material amount of Taxes, settle or compromise any examination, audit or other Action with a Governmental Authority of or relating to any material Taxes or settle or compromise any claim or assessment by a Governmental Authority in respect of material Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement (excluding any commercial contract not primarily related to Taxes);

 

(iv)              take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment;

 

(v)                other than as set forth on Schedule 7.03(a)(v), enter into, renew or amend in any material respect, any Acquiror Affiliate Agreement (or any Contract, that if existing on the date hereof, would have constitute an Acquiror Affiliate Agreement);

 

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(vi)              enter into, or amend or modify any material term of (in a manner adverse to the Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries)), terminate (excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms), or waive or release any material rights, claims or benefits under, any Contract of a type required to be listed on Schedule 5.17(a) (or any Contract, that if existing on the date hereof, would have been required to be listed on Schedule 5.17(a)) or any collective bargaining or similar agreement (including agreements with works councils and trade unions and side letters) to which the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(vii)              waive, release, compromise, settle or satisfy any pending or threatened claim (which shall include, but not be limited to, any pending or threatened Action) or compromise or settle any liability;

 

(viii)             incur, create, assume, refinance, guarantee or otherwise become liable for (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) any Indebtedness;

 

(ix)               (A) offer, issue, deliver, grant or sell, or authorize or propose to offer, issue, deliver, grant or sell, any capital stock of, or other equity interests in, Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such capital stock or equity interests, other than (i) in connection with the exercise of any Acquiror Warrants outstanding on the date hereof or (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements) or (B) amend, modify or waive any of the terms or rights set forth in, any Acquiror Warrant or the Warrant Agreement, including any amendment, modification or reduction of the warrant price set forth therein, other than pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement;

 

(x)                (i) fail to maintain its existence or acquire by merger or consolidation with, or merge or consolidate with, or purchase a material portion of the assets or equity of, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof; or (ii) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Acquiror or its Subsidiaries (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement);

 

(xi)               make any capital expenditures;

 

(xii)              make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (including to any of its officers, directors, agents or consultants), make any change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such Persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of any other Person;

 

(xiii)             enter into any new line of business outside of the business currently conducted by the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(xiv)             make any change in financial accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may have been required by a change in GAAP, including pursuant to standards, guidelines and interpretations of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any similar organization, or applicable Law;

 

(xv)             voluntarily fail to maintain, cancel or materially change coverage under any insurance policy in form and amount equivalent in all material respects to the insurance coverage currently maintained with respect to the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries and their assets and properties; or

 

(xvi)             enter into any agreement to do any action prohibited under this Section 7.03.

 

(b)                During the Interim Period, Acquiror shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to comply with, and continue performing under, as applicable, the Acquiror Organizational Documents, the Trust Agreement and all other agreements or Contracts to which Acquiror or its Subsidiaries may be a party.

 

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Section 7.04           Trust Account. Prior to or at the Closing (subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX), Acquiror shall make appropriate arrangements to cause the funds in the Trust Account to be disbursed in accordance with the Trust Agreement for the following: (a) the redemption of any shares of Acquiror Common Stock in connection with the Offer; (b) the payment of the Outstanding Company Expenses and Outstanding Acquiror Expenses pursuant to Section 3.09; and (c) the balance of the assets in the Trust Account, if any, after payment of the amounts required under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), to be disbursed to Acquiror.

 

Section 7.05           Inspection. Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to Acquiror or its Subsidiaries by third parties that may be in Acquiror’s or its Subsidiaries’ possession from time to time, and except for any information which in the opinion of legal counsel of Acquiror would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure or would conflict with any applicable Law or confidentiality obligations to which Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, Acquiror shall afford to the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives reasonable access during the Interim Period, during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice, to all of their respective properties, books, projections, plans, systems, Contracts, commitments, Tax Returns, records, commitments, analyses and appropriate officers and employees of Acquiror, and shall furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of Acquiror that are in the possession of Acquiror as such Representatives may reasonably request. The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply. All information obtained by the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives under this Agreement shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement prior to the Effective Time.

 

Section 7.06           Acquiror NYSE Listing.

 

(a)                From the date hereof through the Closing, Acquiror shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure Acquiror remains listed as a public company on, and for shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be listed on, the NYSE.

 

(b)                Acquiror shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Transactions (including the Earnout Shares) to be approved for listing on the NYSE as promptly as practicable following the issuance thereof, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall cooperate with Acquiror, including by providing all information and materials necessary, to accomplish the requirements of Section 7.06.

 

Section 7.07           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 7.08           Financing. Acquiror and Merger Sub shall take, or cause to be taken, as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, on or prior to the Closing Date, to consummate the purchases contemplated by the Subscription Agreements on the terms and conditions described or contemplated therein.

 

Section 7.09          Additional Insurance Matters. Prior to the Closing, Acquiror shall obtain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that shall be effective as of Closing and will cover those Persons who will be the directors and officers of Acquiror and its Subsidiaries (including the directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries) at and after the Closing on terms not less favorable than the better of (a) the terms of the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in place for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ directors and officers and (b) the terms of a typical directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for a company whose equity is listed on NYSE which policy has a scope and amount of coverage that is reasonably appropriate for a company of similar characteristics (including the line of business and revenues) as Acquiror and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries).

 

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Section 7.10          Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Closing, the board of directors of Acquiror, or an appropriate committee of “non-employee directors” (as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) thereof, shall adopt a resolution consistent with the interpretive guidance of the SEC so that the acquisition of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement (including the Earnout Shares) and the other agreements contemplated hereby, by any person owning securities of the Company who is expected to become a director or officer (as defined under Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) of Acquiror following the Closing shall be an exempt transaction for purposes of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder.

 

Section 7.11          Exclusivity. During the Interim Period, but only to the extent not inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Acquiror Board, Acquiror shall not take, nor shall it permit any of its Affiliates or Representatives 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, respond, provide information to or commence due diligence with respect to, any Person (other than the Company, its shareholders and/or any of their Affiliates or Representatives), concerning, relating to or which is intended or is reasonably likely to give rise to or result in, any offer, inquiry, proposal or indication of interest, written or oral relating to any Business Combination (a “Business Combination Proposal”) other than with the Company, its shareholders and their respective Affiliates and Representatives. Acquiror shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and Representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted prior to the date hereof with respect to, or which is reasonably likely to give rise to or result in, a Business Combination Proposal.

 

Section 7.12          Extension. Acquiror shall 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 Acquiror’s stockholders to extend the deadline for Acquiror to consummate its initial Business Combination (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) beyond July 31, 2020 to a date to be determined by Acquiror (in its sole discretion) (such extension, the “Extension”) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such approval. In connection with obtaining the approval, Acquiror may prepare with the assistance of the Company and file with the SEC under the Exchange Act, and with all other regulatory bodies, materials in the form of a proxy statement to be used for the purpose of soliciting proxies from the Acquiror Stockholders to approve, at a Special Meeting, an amendment to the Acquiror Organizational Documents to provide for the Extension, and providing the Acquiror Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Acquiror Common Stock in connection therewith (the “Extension Proxy Statement”).

 

Section 7.13           Bylaws. Prior to the consummation of the Transactions, Acquiror shall adopt the Acquiror A&R Bylaws.

 

Section 7.14           Warrant Restructuring. Acquiror shall, at the request of the Company delivered at least three (3) Business Days prior to the initial filing of the preliminary Proxy Statement, include a proposal in the Proxy Statement for the vote of the holders of the Public Warrants on an amendment to the Warrant Agreement governing the Public Warrants (as defined in the Warrant Agreement)to provide for the (i) the repurchase of the Public Warrants for cash by Acquiror from the proceeds of the Transaction, (ii) the exchange of the Public Warrants for Acquiror Common Stock and/or (iii) such other terms as may be determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion (together with the cancellation of certain Warrants contemplated by the Sponsor Agreement, the “Warrant Restructuring”); provided, that the Warrant Restructuring and any and all impacts and consequences thereof shall be completely disregarded in determining whether any representation, warranty or covenant of Acquiror has been breached and whether the closing conditions have been satisfied.

 

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Section 7.15           Director Appointments. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Company and Acquiror prior to the Closing, and conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, subject to any limitation imposed under applicable Laws and NYSE listing requirements, Acquiror shall take all actions necessary or appropriate to cause (a) the number of directors constituting the Acquiror Board to be such number as is specified on Schedule 7.15 and (b) the individuals set forth on Schedule 7.15 to be elected as members of the Acquiror Board, effective as of the Closing. On the Closing Date, Acquiror shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Company with the individuals set forth on Schedule 7.15, which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective following the Closing.

 

Section 7.16           Registration Rights Following the Closing, the Acquiror shall comply with the terms of any registration rights agreements in favor of any holder of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock to which the Company is bound as of the Closing, treating shares of Acquiror Common Stock held by such holder as registrable securities thereunder.

  

Article VIII

 

JOINT COVENANTS

 

Section 8.01          Support of Transaction. Without limiting any covenant contained in Article VI or Article VII, including the obligations of the Company and Acquiror with respect to the notifications, filings, reaffirmations and applications described in Section 6.03 and Section 7.01, respectively, which obligations shall control to the extent of any conflict with the succeeding provisions of this Section 8.01, Acquiror and the Company shall each, and shall each cause their respective Subsidiaries to: (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to assemble, prepare and file any information (and, as needed, to supplement such information) as may be reasonably necessary to obtain as promptly as practicable all governmental and regulatory consents required to be obtained in connection with the Transactions, (b) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all material consents and approvals of third parties that any of Acquiror, the Company, or their respective Affiliates are required to obtain in order to consummate the Transactions, including any required approvals of parties to material Contracts with the Company or its Subsidiaries, and (c) take such other action as may reasonably be necessary or as another party may reasonably request to satisfy the conditions of Article IX or otherwise to comply with this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions as soon as practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Acquiror, Merger Sub, the Company or its Subsidiaries 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 the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.

 

Section 8.02           Preparation of Proxy Statement; Special Meeting; Solicitation of Company Requisite Approval.

 

(a)                As promptly as practicable following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Acquiror shall prepare, with the assistance of the Company, and cause to be filed with the SEC the Proxy Statement. Each of Acquiror and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. Each of Acquiror and the Company shall furnish all information concerning it as may reasonably be requested by the other Party in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement. Promptly after the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC, Acquiror will cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to stockholders of Acquiror.

 

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(b)                Each of Acquiror and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any response to comments of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement and any amendment to the Proxy Statement filed in response thereto. If Acquiror or the Company becomes aware that any information contained in the Proxy Statement shall have become false or misleading in any material respect or that the Proxy Statement is required to be amended in order to comply with applicable Law, then (i) such party shall promptly inform the other parties and (ii) Acquiror, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement. Acquiror and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement as so amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the holders of shares of Acquiror Common Stock, as applicable, in each case pursuant to applicable Law and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Acquiror Organizational Documents. Each of the Company and Acquiror shall provide the other parties with copies of any written comments, and shall inform such other parties of any oral comments, that Acquiror receives from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement promptly after the receipt of such comments and shall give the other parties a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any proposed written or oral responses to such comments prior to responding to the SEC or its staff.

 

(c)                Acquiror agrees to include provisions in the Proxy Statement and to take reasonable action related thereto, with respect to (i) approval of the Acquiror A&R Charter (the “Amendment Proposal”), (ii) approval of the issuance of Acquiror Common Stock as contemplated by this Agreement (the “Issuance Proposal”), (iii) approval of the issuance of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to each Subscription Agreement and any other issuance of Acquiror Common Stock in connection with the Transactions in accordance with this Agreement, in each case to the extent required by NYSE listing rules (the “Subscription Proposals”), (iv) the adoption of the Acquiror Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan Proposal”) and (v) approval of any other proposals reasonably agreed by Acquiror and the Company to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby (the “Additional Proposal” and, together with the Agreement Proposal, Merger Proposal, Amendment Proposal, Incentive Plan Proposal, the Subscription Proposals and Issuance Proposal, the “Proposals”). The Acquiror Incentive Plan Proposal shall provide that an aggregate number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock equal to the sum of (x) 10% of the outstanding shares of Acquiror Common Stock as of Closing, and (y) the aggregate number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock underlying the Specified Awards , shall be reserved for issuance pursuant to the Acquiror Incentive Plan, subject to annual increases as provided therein. Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Proposals shall be the only matters (other than procedural matters) which Acquiror shall propose to be acted on by Acquiror’s stockholders at the Special Meeting.

 

(d)                Acquiror and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as practicable, (i) establish the record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Special Meeting in accordance with the DGCL, (ii) cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to Acquiror’s stockholders in compliance with applicable Law and (iii) solicit proxies from the holders of Acquiror Common Stock to vote in favor of each of the Proposals. Acquiror shall, through the Acquiror Board, recommend to its stockholders that they approve the Proposals (the “Acquiror Board Recommendation”) and shall include the Acquiror Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, subject to the provisions of this Section 8.02(d). The Acquiror Board shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, the Acquiror Board Recommendation (an “Acquiror Change in Recommendation”); provided, that the Acquiror Board may make a Acquiror Change in Recommendation if it determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that a failure to make an Acquiror Change in Recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.02(d), if on a date for which the Special Meeting is scheduled, Acquiror has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock to obtain the Acquiror Stockholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, Acquiror shall have the right to make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Special Meeting.

 

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(e)                The Company shall solicit the Company Requisite Approval via written consent as soon as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, and in any event no later than five days after the date hereof. In connection therewith, Acquiror and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as practicable, (i) establish the record date for determining the Company Shareholders entitled to provide such written consent, (ii) cause the Consent Solicitation Statement to be disseminated to the Company Shareholders in compliance with applicable Law and (iii) unless a Company Change in Recommendation has been made, solicit written consents from the Company Shareholders to give the Company Requisite Approval. The Company shall, through the Company Board, recommend to the Company Shareholders that they adopt this Agreement (the “Company Board Recommendation”) and shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Consent Solicitation Statement, subject to the provisions of this Section 8.02(e). The Company Board shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) (i) change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, the Company Board Recommendation or (ii) approve, recommend or declare advisable, or propose publicly to approve, recommend or declare advisable, any Acquisition Proposal (any action described in clause (i) or (ii), a “Company Change in Recommendation”) except in accordance with Sections 6.07(c) and 6.07(d). The Company will provide Acquiror with copies of all stockholder consents it receives within one (1) Business Day of receipt. If the Company Requisite Approval is obtained, then promptly following the receipt of the required written consents, the Company will prepare and deliver to its stockholders who have not consented the notice required by Section 228(e) of the DGCL. Unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the Company’s obligation to solicit written consents from the Company Shareholders to give the Company Requisite Approval in accordance with this Section 8.02(e) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the making, commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal, or by any Company Change of Recommendation. The Company shall use its best efforts to deliver the Company Requisite Approval by July 23, 2020.

 

Section 8.03           Tax Matters.

 

(a)                Transfer Taxes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall pay all transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added or other similar Taxes incurred in connection with the Transactions. The Company shall, at its own expense, file all necessary Tax Returns with respect to all such Taxes, and, if required by applicable Law, Acquiror will join in the execution of any such Tax Returns.

 

(b)                Tax Treatment. Acquiror, Merger Sub and the Company intend that the Transactions shall qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. None of the parties or their respective Affiliates shall knowingly take or cause to be taken, or knowingly fail to take or knowingly cause to be failed to be taken, any action that would reasonably be expected to prevent qualification for such Intended Tax Treatment. Each party shall, unless otherwise required by a final determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any similar state, local or non-U.S. final determination) or a change in applicable Law, or based on a change in the facts and circumstances underlying the Transactions from the terms described in this Agreement, cause all Tax Returns to be filed on a basis of treating the Merger as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and the Transactions as a transaction that qualifies under Section 351 of the Code. Each of the parties agrees to use reasonable best efforts to promptly notify all other parties of any challenge to the Intended Tax Treatment by any Governmental Authority. Acquiror and the Company shall execute and deliver officer’s certificates containing customary representations at such time or times as may be reasonably requested by counsel to the Company in connection with the delivery of any opinion by such counsel to the Company with respect to the tax treatment of the Transactions.

 

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(c)                The Company, Acquiror, and Merger Sub hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a).

 

(d)                On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Acquiror a certification from the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c) dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date and signed by a responsible corporate officer of the Company.

 

Section 8.04           Confidentiality; Publicity.

 

(a)                Acquiror acknowledges that the information being provided to it in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. At the Effective Time, the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate with respect to information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(b)                Prior to the Effective Time, none of Acquiror, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall make any public announcement or issue any public communication regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or any matter related to the foregoing, without first obtaining the prior written 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 or legal process (including pursuant to the Securities Law or the rules of any national securities exchange), in which case Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate such announcement or communication with the other party, prior to announcement or issuance and allow the other party a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon (which shall be considered by Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, in good faith); provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each party and its Affiliates may make announcements and may provide information regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to their respective owners, their Affiliates, and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, managers, advisors, direct and indirect investors and prospective investors without the consent of any other party hereto; and provided, further, that subject to Section 6.02 and this Section 8.04, the foregoing shall not prohibit any party hereto from communicating with third parties to the extent necessary for the purpose of seeking any third party consent.

 

Section 8.05           Post-Closing Cooperation; Further Assurances.

 

(a)                Following the Closing, each party shall, on the request of any other party, execute such further documents, and perform such further acts, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to give full effect to the allocation of rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b)                Following the Closing, Acquiror and the Surviving Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the funds held by Acquiror as of the Closing (net of expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions) (including funds resulting from (i) the disbursements to Acquiror pursuant to Section 7.04 and (ii) the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements) shall be used to repay the Surviving Company’s outstanding Indebtedness.

 

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Article IX

 

CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS

 

Section 9.01           Conditions to Obligations of All Parties. The obligations of the parties hereto to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the Merger are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (if legally permitted) in writing by all of such parties:

 

(a)              HSR Act. The applicable waiting period(s) under the HSR Act and, if required, any other applicable Antitrust Law in respect of the Transactions shall have expired or been terminated.

 

(b)              No Prohibition. There shall not have been enacted or promulgated any Governmental Order, statute, rule or regulation enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(c)              Offer Completion. The Offer shall have been completed in accordance with the terms hereof and the Proxy Statement.

 

(d)             Acquiror Stockholder Approval. The Acquiror Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

 

(e)              Company Stockholder Approval. The Company Requisite Approval shall have been obtained.

 

(f)              Acquiror Stockholder Extension Approval. The Acquiror Stockholder Extension Approval shall have been obtained.

 

(g)             NYSE. The Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Transactions (including the Earnout Shares) shall have been approved for listing on NYSE, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof.

 

Section 9.02          Additional Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror. The obligations of Acquiror to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the Merger are subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing by Acquiror:

 

(a)              Representations and Warranties.

 

(i)                 Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the first sentence of Section 4.01(a) (Due Incorporation), Section 4.06(b) (Capitalization – Equity Awards) Section 4.03 (Due Authorization), Section 4.16 (Brokers’ Fees) and Section 4.21 (Affiliate Arrangements), in each case shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all material 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 Company contained in Section 4.20(a) (No Material Adverse Effect) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof.

 

(iii)             The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.06(a) (Capitalization) shall be true and correct other than de minimis inaccuracies as of 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).

 

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(iv)              Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (other than the representations and warranties of the Company described in Sections 9.02(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)), shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “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 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 result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)             Agreements and Covenants. Each of the covenants of the Company to be performed or complied with as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.

 

(c)              Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement that is continuing.

 

(d)             Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Acquiror a certificate signed by an officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying that, to the knowledge and belief of such officer, the conditions specified in Section 9.02(a), Section 9.02(b) and Section 9.02(c) have been fulfilled.

 

(e)             Subscription Agreements. The transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements have been consummated concurrently with the Closing.

 

(f)              Employment Agreements. The Company shall ensure the persons identified on Schedule 9.02(f) enter into employment agreements with Acquiror or the Company on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror (but no less favorable to such employees than their current employment arrangements).

 

(g)             Termination of Certain Contracts. The Contracts listed on Schedule 9.02(g) shall have been terminated.

 

(h)             Securities Law Exemption. The Company shall have provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror that a valid exemption from the registration requirement under the Securities Act is available for the delivery of the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to the Company Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement

 

(i)               Lockup. The Company shall have provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror that each holder of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock that is a party to the IRA is bound by a customary “lockup” restricting the transfer, sale and conveyance of the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in connection with this Agreement for a period of six (6) months following the Closing, all in a form reasonably acceptable to Acquiror.

 

Section 9.03          Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing by the Company:

 

(a)              Representations and Warranties.

 

(i)                 Each of the representations and warranties of Acquiror contained in this Agreement (other than the representations and warranties of Acquiror contained in Section 5.14(a) (Capitalization)) (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date, as if made anew at and as of that time (except with respect to representations and warranties which speak as to an earlier date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects at and as of such date), 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 result in, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(ii)               The representations and warranties of Acquiror contained in Section 5.14(a), shall be true and correct, other than de minimis inaccuracies as of the Closing Date (immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Acquiror A&R Charter), as if made anew at and as of that time.

 

(b)             Agreements and Covenants. Each of the covenants of Acquiror to be performed or complied with as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.

 

(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 9.03(a) and Section 9.03(b) have been fulfilled.

 

(d)             Acquiror A&R Charter. The Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended and restated substantially in the form of the Acquiror A&R Charter.

 

(e)             Acquiror Assets. Acquiror shall have delivered to the Company evidence that, immediately after the Closing (and for the avoidance of doubt, without deducting or taking into account any liabilities, expenses or other deductions, including the Company Redemption Amount, any transaction expenses of the Company or Acquiror the Warrant Restructuring or any other payable or deduction that is expected to occur at Closing or thereafter), the funds in the Trust Account, together with the funding of any amounts payable under the Subscription Agreements, will be no less than an aggregate amount of $200,000,000.

 

Article X

 

TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS

 

Section 10.01        Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned:

 

(a)                by written consent of the Company and Acquiror;

 

(b)                prior to the Closing, by written notice to the Company from Acquiror if (i) there is any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement (or any breach of Section 1 of the Support Agreement), such that the conditions specified in Section 9.02(a) or Section 9.02(b) would not be satisfied at the Closing (a “Terminating Company Breach”), except that, if such Terminating Company Breach is curable by the Company through the exercise of its commercially reasonable efforts, then, for a period of up to 30 days (or any shorter period of the time that remains between the date Acquiror provides written notice of such violation or breach and the Termination Date) after receipt by the Company of notice from Acquiror of such breach, but only as long as the Company continues to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cure such Terminating Company Breach (the “Company Cure Period”), such termination shall not be effective, and such termination shall become effective only if the Terminating Company Breach is not cured within the Company Cure Period, (ii) the Closing has not occurred on or before September 30, 2020 (such applicable date, the “Termination Date”), or (iii) the consummation of the Merger is permanently enjoined or prohibited by the terms of a final, non-appealable Governmental Order or a statute, rule or regulation; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement under Section 10.01(b)(ii) shall not be available if Acquiror’s failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the primary cause of, or primarily resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date; provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement under Section 10.01(b)(ii) shall not be available if Acquiror is in material breach of its obligations under Section 7.06 on such date;

 

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(c)                prior to the Closing, by written notice to Acquiror from the Company if (i) there is any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Acquiror set forth in this Agreement, such that the conditions specified in Section 9.03(a) or Section 9.03(b) would not be satisfied at the Closing (a “Terminating Acquiror Breach”), except that, if any such Terminating Acquiror Breach is curable by Acquiror through the exercise of its commercially reasonable efforts, then, for a period of up to 30 days (or any shorter period of the time that remains between the date the Company provides written notice of such violation or breach and the Termination Date) after receipt by Acquiror of notice from the Company of such breach, but only as long as Acquiror continues to exercise such commercially reasonable efforts to cure such Terminating Acquiror Breach (the “Acquiror Cure Period”), such termination shall not be effective, and such termination shall become effective only if the Terminating Acquiror Breach is not cured within the Acquiror Cure Period, (ii) the Closing has not occurred on or before the Termination Date, or (iii) the consummation of the Merger is permanently enjoined or prohibited by the terms of a final, non-appealable Governmental Order or a statute, rule or regulation; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement under Section 10.01(c)(ii) shall not be available if the Company’s failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the primary cause of, or primarily resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date;

 

(d)                by written notice from either the Company or Acquiror to the other if the Acquiror Stockholder Approval is not obtained at the Special Meeting (subject to any adjournment or recess of the meeting);

 

(e)                by written notice from the Company prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Approval, in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal, subject to the terms and conditions of Section 6.07(c);

 

(f)                 by written notice from Acquiror if the Company Board (A) shall have made, prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Approval, a Company Change in Recommendation or (B) the Company materially breaches Section 6.07; or

 

(g)                by written notice from Acquiror if the Company shall have failed to obtain the Company Requisite Approval by July 23, 2020.

 

Section 10.02         Effect of Termination.

 

(a)                Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 10.02, in the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability on the part of any party hereto or its respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or stockholders, other than liability of any party hereto for any Willful Breach of this Agreement by such party occurring prior to such termination subject to Section 6.05. The provisions of Sections 6.05, 8.04, 10.02 and Article XI (collectively, the “Surviving Provisions”) and the Confidentiality Agreement, and any other Section or Article of this Agreement referenced in the Surviving Provisions, which are required to survive in order to give appropriate effect to the Surviving Provisions, shall in each case survive any termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a failure by Acquiror and Merger Sub to close in accordance with this Agreement when they are obligated to do so shall be deemed to be a Willful Breach of this Agreement.

 

(b)                In the event that this Agreement is validly terminated by (A) the Company pursuant to Section 10.01(e) or (B) by Acquiror pursuant to Section 10.01(f)(A) or (B), then the Company shall pay the Company Termination Payment to Acquiror (or one or more of its designees), at or prior to the time of termination in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 10.01(e) or as promptly as reasonably practicable in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 10.01(f)(A) or (B) (and, in any event, within two Business Days following such termination), payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

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(c)                (A) In the event that this Agreement is validly terminated by Acquiror pursuant to Section 10.01(f)(C) and (B) within 12 months of such termination the Company consummates, or enters into an agreement providing for, a transaction contemplated by any Acquisition Proposal, then the Company shall pay the Company Termination Payment to Acquiror (or one or more of its designees) as promptly as reasonably practicable (and, in any event, within two Business Days) after the date of the event giving rise to the obligation to make such payment.

 

(d)                The Parties acknowledge and hereby agree that the Company Termination Payment, if, as and when required pursuant to this Section 10.02, shall not constitute a penalty but will be liquidated damages, in a reasonable amount that will compensate Acquiror in the circumstances in which it is payable for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Merger, which amount would otherwise be impossible to calculate with precision. The Parties acknowledge and hereby agree that in no event shall the Company be required to pay the Company Termination Payment on more than one occasion. Each of the Company, Acquiror and Merger Sub acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 10.02 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that, without these agreements, the Parties would not enter into this Agreement.

 

(e)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in any circumstance in which this Agreement is terminated and Acquiror is paid the Company Termination Payment pursuant to this Section 10.02, the Company Termination Payment shall be the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of Acquiror, Merger Sub or any of the Acquiror Related Parties against the Company or any other Company Related Party for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the failure of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated or for a breach (including any Willful Breach) of, or failure to perform under, this Agreement or any certificate or other document delivered in connection herewith or otherwise or in respect of any oral representation made or alleged to have been made in connection herewith or therewith, and upon payment of such amounts, none of the Company Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or in respect of representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, whether in equity or at law, in contract, in tort or otherwise.

 

Article XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01       Waiver. Any party to this Agreement may, at any time prior to the Closing, by action taken by its board of directors, or officers thereunto duly authorized, waive any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, or agree to an amendment or modification to this Agreement in the manner contemplated by Section 11.10 and by an agreement in writing executed in the same manner (but not necessarily by the same Persons) as this Agreement.

 

Section 11.02       Notices. All notices and other communications among the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (iv) 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 Merger Sub, to:

 

Graf Acquisition Corp.

118 Vintage Park Blvd., Suite W-222

Houston, Texas 77070

Attn:    James A. Graf

E-mail:  james@grafacq.com

 

with a copy to:

 

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020-1095

Attn:     Joel L. Rubinstein

E-mail:   joel.rubinstein@whitecase.com

 

and

 

White & Case LLP

3000 El Camino Real

2 Palo Alto Square, Suite 900

Palo Alto, California 94306-2109

Attn:     Tali Sealman

E-mail:   tali.sealman@whitecase.com

 

(b)           If to the Company to:

 

Velodyne LiDAR, Inc.

5521 Hellyer Ave

San Jose, California 95138

Attn:      Anand Gopalan

E-mail:    agopalan@velodyne.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

550 Allerton Street

Redwood City, CA 94063

Attn:     Trevor S. Knapp, Jeffrey Vetter and John H. Olson

E-mail:   tknapp@gunder.com, jvetter@gunder.com and jolson@gunder.com

 

or to such other address or addresses as the parties may from time to time designate in writing.

 

Section 11.03       Assignment. No party hereto 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 hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Any attempted assignment in violation of the terms of this Section 11.03 shall be null and void, ab initio.

 

Section 11.04       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 hereto, any right or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing (a) in the event the Closing occurs, the present and former officers and directors of the Company and Acquiror (and their successors, heirs and representatives) are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section 7.02 and (b) the past, present and future directors, officers, employees, incorporators, members, partners, stockholders, Affiliates, agents, attorneys, advisors and representatives of the parties, and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing (and their successors, heirs and representatives), are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Sections 11.14 and 11.16.

 

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Section 11.05       Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein (including Section 3.07, Section 7.01(e) and Section 8.04(a)), each party hereto shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions herein contemplated whether or not such transactions shall be consummated, including all fees of its legal counsel, financial advisers and accountants.

 

Section 11.06       Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, 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 11.07       Captions; Counterparts. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 11.08       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. Any disclosure made by a party in the Schedules with reference to any section or schedule of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a disclosure with respect to all other sections or schedules to which such disclosure may apply solely to the extent the relevance of such disclosure is reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure in such Schedule. Certain information set forth in the Schedules is included solely for informational purposes.

 

Section 11.09       Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement) and that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated May 11, 2020, between Acquiror and the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), constitute the entire agreement among the parties relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersede any other agreements, whether written or oral, that may have been made or entered into by or among any of the parties hereto or any of their respective Subsidiaries relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. No representations, warranties, covenants, understandings, agreements, oral or otherwise, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement exist between the parties except as expressly set forth or referenced in this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

Section 11.10       Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part, only by a duly authorized agreement in writing executed in the same manner as this Agreement and which makes reference 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 of any of the parties to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01 or to cause such party to enter into an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.10.

 

Section 11.11       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 and, to the extent necessary, shall amend or otherwise modify this Agreement to replace any provision contained herein that is held invalid or unenforceable with a valid and enforceable provision giving effect to the intent of the parties.

 

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Section 11.12      Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court declines to exercise jurisdiction, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California or any state court located in Santa Clara County, California, 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 contemplated hereby 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 11.12. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO 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 CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 11.13        Enforcement. (a) The parties agree that irreparable damage 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 an injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without proof of damages, prior to the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement, and (b) the right of specific enforcement is an integral 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 oppose the granting of specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that the other parties have an adequate remedy at Law or that an award of specific performance 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 this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 11.13(a) shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such injunction.

 

Section 11.14        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 contemplated hereby may only be brought against, the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto, and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party. Except to the extent named as a party to this Agreement (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such named party in this Agreement), (a) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative or Affiliate of any named party to this Agreement and (b) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, 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 Merger Sub under this Agreement of or for any claim based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 11.15       Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. None of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements in this Agreement or in any certificate, statement or instrument 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 shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Effective Time (and there shall be no liability after the Closing in respect thereof), except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms expressly apply in whole or in part after the Closing and then only with respect to any breaches occurring after the Closing and (b) this Section 11.15.

 

Section 11.16       Acknowledgements. 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: (i) 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 their respective Subsidiaries) 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; (ii) the Company Representations constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (iii) the Acquiror and Merger Sub Representations constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of Acquiror and Merger Sub; (iv) except for the Company Representations by the Company, the Acquiror and Merger Sub Representations by Acquiror and Merger Sub, none of the parties hereto or any other Person makes, or has made, any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to any party hereto (or any party’s Affiliates) or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other representations and warranties of any kind or nature expressed or implied (including (x) 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 hereto 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 hereto (or any party’s Subsidiaries), and (y) any relating to the future or historical business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, prospects, assets or liabilities of any party hereto (or its Subsidiaries), or the quality, quantity or condition of any party’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets) are specifically disclaimed by all parties hereto and their respective Subsidiaries and all other Persons (including the Representatives and Affiliates of any party hereto or its Subsidiaries); and (v) each party hereto and its respective Affiliates are not relying on any representations and warranties in connection with the Transactions except the Company Representations by the Company, the Acquiror and Merger Sub Representations by Acquiror and Merger Sub and the other representations expressly made by a Person in the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Agreement and the Support Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Merger Sub and the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

  

  GRAF INDUSTRIAL CORP.
   
  By: /s/ James A. Graf
    Name: James A. Graf
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer

  

  VL Merger Sub Inc.
   
  By: /s/ James A. Graf
    Name: James A. Graf
    Title:   President

  

  Velodyne LiDAR, Inc.
    
  By: /s/ Anand Gopalan
    Name: Anand Gopalan
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Acquiror

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Acquiror

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

Treatment of Company Stock

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

Earnout Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This Support Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 2, 2020, is entered into by and among Graf Industrial Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), VL Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger Sub”), and certain of the stockholders of Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), whose names appear on the signature pages of this Agreement (such stockholders, the “Stockholders”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, Acquiror, the Company and Merger Sub are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger (the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Stockholder is the record and “beneficial owner” (as such term is used herein, within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of, and is entitled to dispose of and vote, the number of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, with respect to each Stockholder, such Stockholder’s “Owned Shares”; and such Owned Shares, together with (1) any additional shares of Company Stock (or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Company Stock) in which such Stockholder acquires record and beneficial ownership after the date hereof, including by purchase, as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities and (2) any additional shares of Company Stock with respect to which such Stockholder has the right to vote through a proxy, the “Covered Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Acquiror and Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement, the Stockholders are entering into this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Acquiror, Merger Sub and each Stockholder hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                   Agreement to Vote. Each Stockholder, in its capacity as a stockholder of the Company, agrees that, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting, however called and including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and in connection with any written consent of stockholders of the Company, such Stockholder shall, and shall cause any other holder of record of any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares to:

 

(a)                when such meeting is held, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause such Stockholder’s Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum;

 

(b)                vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted at such meeting (or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to), all of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares owned as of the record date for such meeting (or the date that any written consent is executed by such Stockholder) in favor of the Merger and the adoption of the Merger Agreement and any other matters necessary or reasonably requested by the Company for consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and

 

 

 

(c)                vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted at such meeting (or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to), all of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares against (i) any Acquisition Proposal and (ii) any other action that would reasonably be expected to (x) materially impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (y) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or (z) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of such Stockholder contained in this Agreement.

 

The obligations of each Stockholder specified in this Section 1 shall apply whether or not the Merger or any action described above is recommended by the Company Board or the Company Board has effected a Company Change in Recommendation.

 

2.                   No Inconsistent Agreements. Each Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees that such Stockholder shall not (i) enter into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares that is inconsistent with such Stockholder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) grant a proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares that is inconsistent with such Stockholder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement or (iii) enter into any agreement or undertaking that is otherwise inconsistent with, or would interfere with, or prohibit or prevent it from satisfying, its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

 

3.                   Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the Effective Time and (ii) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the earlier of such date under clause (i) and (ii) being referred to herein as the “Termination Date”); provided that the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party hereto from any liability resulting from a breach of this Agreement prior to such termination.

 

4.                   Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders. Each Stockholder hereby represents and warrants (severally and not jointly as to itself only) to the Acquiror as follows:

 

(a)                Such Stockholder owns exclusively of record (and is the sole beneficial owner of), and has good, valid and marketable title to, such Stockholder’s Covered Shares, free and clear of any Liens (other than as created by this Agreement). As of the date hereof, other than the Owned Shares set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A, such Stockholder does own (of record or beneficially) any shares of Company Stock (or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company) or any interest therein.

 

(b)                Such Stockholder (i) except as provided in this Agreement, has full voting power, full power of disposition and full power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth herein, in each case, with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares, (ii) has not entered into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares that is inconsistent with such Stockholder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) has not granted a proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares that is inconsistent with such Stockholder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement and (iv) has not entered into any agreement or undertaking that is otherwise inconsistent with, or would interfere with, or prohibit or prevent it from satisfying, its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(c)                Such Stockholder (i) is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent such concept is applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and (ii) has all requisite corporate or other power and authority and has taken all corporate or other action necessary in order to, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Stockholder and constitutes a legally valid and binding agreement of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with the terms hereof (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy Laws other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies).

 

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(d)                Other than the filings, notices and reports pursuant to, in compliance with or required to be made under the Exchange Act, no filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits, waivers, expirations of waiting periods or authorizations are required to be obtained by such Stockholder from, or to be given by such Stockholder to, or be made by such Stockholder with, any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Stockholder of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

 

(e)                The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Stockholder does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement will not (i) constitute or result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, the governing documents of such Stockholder, (ii) with or without notice, lapse of time or both, constitute or result in a breach or violation of, a termination (or right of termination) of or a default under, the loss of any benefit under, or the creation, modification or acceleration of any obligations under, any Contract binding upon such Stockholder, in each case in a manner that could reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impair such Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and this Agreement, (iii) conflict with or violate any Law to which such Stockholder is subject, (iv) require any consent, approval or authorization of, declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, any Person, or (iv) constitute or result in the creation of any Lien on such Stockholder’s Covered Shares.

 

(f)                 There are no Actions pending against such Stockholder or, to the knowledge of such Stockholder, threatened against such Stockholder that, in any manner, question the beneficial or record ownership of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares or challenge or seek to prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by such Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(g)                Such Stockholder understands and acknowledges that Acquiror is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon such Stockholder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of such Stockholder contained herein.

 

(h)                No investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission for which Acquiror or the Company is or could be liable in connection with the Merger Agreement or this Agreement or any of the respective transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, in each case based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such Stockholder.

 

5.                   Certain Covenants of the Stockholders. Except in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, each Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(a)                No Solicitation. Such Stockholder shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and subsidiaries not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or requests for information with respect to, or the making of, any inquiry regarding, or any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any negotiations or discussions concerning, or provide access to its properties, books and records or any confidential information or data to, any Person relating to any proposal, offer, inquiry or request for information that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (iii) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, endorse or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) execute or enter into, any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, exchange agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement for or relating to any Acquisition Proposal or (v) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing. Such Stockholder also agrees that immediately following the execution of this Agreement it shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and subsidiaries to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their Representatives to, cease any solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than the Parties and their respective Representatives) conducted heretofore in connection with an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry or request for information that could reasonably be expected to lead to, or result in, an Acquisition Proposal. Such Stockholder shall promptly (and in any event within one Business Day) notify, in writing, Acquiror of the receipt of any inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information received after the date hereof that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, which notice shall include a summary of the material terms of, and the identity of the Person or group of Persons making, such inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information (provided, that, solely with respect to the identity of the Person or group of Persons making, such inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information, such disclosure is not restricted by confidentiality obligations in existence as of the date of this Agreement) and an unredacted copy of any Acquisition Proposal or inquiry, proposal or offer made in writing or, if not in writing, a written description of the material terms and conditions of such inquiry, proposal or offer (and shall include any other documents evidencing or specifying the terms of such proposal, offer, inquiry or request).

 

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Such Stockholder shall promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) keep Acquiror reasonably informed of any material developments with respect to any such inquiry, proposal, offer, request for information or Acquisition Proposal (including any material changes thereto and copies of any additional written materials received by such Stockholder, the Company, its subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates or Representatives).

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) such Stockholder shall not be responsible for the actions of the Company or the Company Board (or any Committee thereof), any Subsidiary of the Company, or any officers, directors (in their capacity as such), employees and professional advisors of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Company Related Parties”), (ii) such Stockholder makes no representations or warranties with respect to the actions of any of the Company Related Parties and (iii) any breach by the Company of its obligations under Section 6.07(a) of the Merger Agreement shall not be considered a breach of this Section 5(a) (it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, such Stockholder shall remain responsible for any breach by it or its Representatives of this Section 5(a)).

 

(b)                Each Stockholder agrees that it shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) Transfer any of it Covered Shares, except to an Affiliate of such Stockholder that executes this Agreement or (b) deposit any of its Covered Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement.

 

(c)                As used herein, the term “Transfer” shall mean the (x) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any security, (y) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (z) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (x) or (y).

 

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6.                   Further Assurances. From time to time, at Acquiror’s request and without further consideration, each Stockholder shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary or reasonably requested to effect the actions and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and this Agreement. Each Stockholder further agrees not to commence or participate in, and to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any action or claim, derivative or otherwise, against Acquiror, Acquiror’s Affiliates, the Sponsor, the Company or any of their respective successors and assigns relating to the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement (including the Merger Consideration) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

7.                   Disclosure. Such Stockholder hereby authorizes the Company and Acquiror to publish and disclose in any announcement or disclosure required by the SEC such Stockholder’s identity and ownership of the Covered Shares and the nature of such Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

8.                   Changes in Capital Stock. In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the Company’s capital stock by reason of any split-up, reverse stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange of shares or the like, the terms “Owned Shares” and “Covered Shares” shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares as well as all such stock dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of such shares may be changed or exchanged or which are received in such transaction.

 

9.                   Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing signed by Acquiror, Merger Sub and the applicable Stockholder.

 

10.               Waiver. No failure or delay by any party hereto exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have hereunder. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument executed and delivered by such party.

 

11.               Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, by email (with confirmation of receipt) or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, such as Federal Express, to the parties hereto at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice made pursuant to this Section 11):

 

If to Acquiror or Merger Sub, to:

 

Graf Acquisition Corp.

118 Vintage Park Blvd., Suite W-222

Houston, Texas 77070

Attn: James A. Graf

E-mail: james@grafacq.com

 

with a copy to:

 

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020-1095

Attn: Joel L. Rubinstein

E-mail: joel.rubinstein@whitecase.com

 

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and

 

White & Case LLP

3000 El Camino Real

2 Palo Alto Square, Suite 900

Palo Alto, California 94306-2109

Attn: Tali Sealman

E-mail: tali.sealman@whitecase.com

  

If to the Company to:

 

Velodyne Lidar, Inc.

5521 Hellyer Ave

San Jose, California 95138

Attn: Anand Gopalan

E-mail: agopalan@velodyne.com

  

with a copy to:

 

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

550 Allerton Street

Redwood City, CA 94063

Attn: Trevor S. Knapp, Jeffrey Vetter and John H. Olson

E-mail: tknapp@gunder.com, jvetter@gunder.com, jolson@gunder.com

 

If to a Stockholder, to the address or email address set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A.

 

12.               Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

13.               No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Such Stockholder hereby agrees that its representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of Acquiror in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement, and this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person, other than the parties hereto, any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein, and the parties hereto hereby further agree that this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any Action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement may only be made against, the Persons expressly named as parties hereto; provided that the Company shall be an express third party beneficiary with respect to Section 4 and Section 5(b).

 

14.               Governing Law and Venue; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a)                This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, 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..

 

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(b)                Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court declines to exercise jurisdiction, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California or any state court located in Santa Clara County, California, 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 contemplated hereby 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 14. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO 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 CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

15.               Assignment; Successors. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall (a) be assigned by any of the Stockholders in whole or in part (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Acquiror and the Company or (b) be assigned by the Acquiror or the Company in whole or in part (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of (i) the Company or the Acquiror, respectively, and (ii) the applicable Stockholder. Any such assignment without such consent shall be null and void. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

16.               Enforcement. The rights and remedies of the parties shall be cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur and that the parties would not have any adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including each Stockholder’s obligations to vote its Covered Shares as provided in this Agreement (and each party hereby waives any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy), this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

 

17.               Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void, unenforceable or against its regulatory policy, the remainder of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, so long as the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby, taken as a whole, are not affected in a manner materially adverse to any party hereto. Upon such a determination, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties hereto as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

18.               Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, it being understood that each party need not sign the same counterpart. This Agreement shall become effective when each party shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other parties. Signatures delivered electronically or by facsimile shall be deemed to be original signatures.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  GRAF INDUSTRIAL CORP.
   
  By:  /s/ James A. Graf
    Name: James A. Graf
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
  VL MERGER SUB INC. 
   
  By:   /s/ James A. Graf
    Name: James A. Graf
    Title: President
   
  STOCKHOLDERS:
   
  DAVID HALL
   
  /s/ David

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Support Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

July 2, 2020

 

Velodyne Lidar, Inc.    
5521 Hellyer Ave    
San Jose, California 95138    
     
Graf Industrial Corp.    
118 Vintage Park Blvd, Suite W-222    
Houston, Texas 77070    
     
  Re: Sponsor Agreement    

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter (this “Sponsor Agreement”) is being delivered by Graf Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), to Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Graf Industrial Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Acquiror”), in accordance with that Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Acquiror, the Company and the other parties thereto (the “Merger Agreement”), and hereby amends and restates in its entirety with respect to the Sponsor that certain letter, dated October 15, 2018, from, inter alia, Sponsor to the Acquiror (the “Prior Letter Agreement”) (provided that, as set forth in Section 17, this Sponsor Agreement shall automatically terminate and revert to the Prior Letter Agreement if the Merger Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with its terms). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 10 hereof. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement. As used herein, the term “Section” shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to the specified Section of this Sponsor Agreement.

 

The Sponsor is currently, and as of immediately prior to the Closing will be, the record owner of 6,026,128 Founder Shares (which may be referred to herein as the “Sponsor’s Founder Shares”), which do not include the 68,000 Founder Share owned by independent directors of the Acquiror who are not party to this Sponsor Agreement, and 14,150,605 Private Placement Warrants.

 

In order to induce the Company and Acquiror to enter into the Merger Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Sponsor hereby agrees with the Acquiror and the Company as follows:

 

1.                   Voting Agreements. The Sponsor, in its capacity as an Acquiror Stockholder, agrees that, at the Special Meeting, at any other meeting of the Acquiror Stockholders (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting, however called and including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and in connection with any written consent of the Acquiror Stockholders, the Sponsor shall, and shall cause any other holder of record of any of the Sponsor’s Founder Shares to:

 

a. when such meeting is held, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause the Sponsor’s Founder Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum;

 

b. vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted at such meeting (or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to), all of the Sponsor’s Founder Shares in favor of each of the Proposals and any other matters necessary or reasonably requested by the Company for consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and

 

 

 

 

c. vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted at such meeting (or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to), all of the Sponsor’s Founder Shares against (i) any Business Combination Proposal other than with the Company, its stockholders and their respective Affiliates and Representatives and (ii) any other action that would reasonably be expected to (x) materially impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (y) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of Acquiror under the Merger Agreement or (z) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Sponsor contained in this Sponsor Agreement.

 

2.                    No Redemption. The Sponsor agrees not to redeem any of its Founder Shares in the Offer.

 

3.                    No Responsibility for Acquiror Related Parties. Notwithstanding anything in this Sponsor Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Sponsor shall not be responsible for the actions of Acquiror or the Acquiror Board (or any committee thereof), any Subsidiary of Acquiror, or any officers, directors, employees or professional advisors of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Acquiror Related Parties”), (ii) the Sponsor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the actions of any of the Acquiror Related Parties, and (iii) any breach by Acquiror of its obligations under the Merger Agreement shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be considered a breach of this Sponsor Agreement.

 

4.                    Stop Transfers; Certificates. The Sponsor agrees that (a) it shall not request that the Acquiror register the Transfer (book entry or otherwise) of any of the Sponsor’s Founder Shares if such Transfer is not permitted by this Sponsor Agreement and (b) promptly following the date of this Sponsor Agreement, it shall advise the Acquiror’s transfer agent in writing that the Sponsor’s Founder Shares are subject to the restrictions set forth herein and, in connection therewith, provide such transfer agent with such information as is reasonable to ensure compliance with such restrictions.

 

5.                    Damages; Remedies. The Sponsor hereby agrees and acknowledges that (i) the Underwriters, the Acquiror and the Company would be irreparably injured in the event of a breach by the Sponsor of its obligations under Section 1 (Voting Agreement) or Section 7 (Transfer Restrictions) (with respect to the Underwriters, only to the extent such provisions as were contained in the Prior Letter Agreement), (ii) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (iii) the non-breaching party shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have in law or in equity, in the event of such breach. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything herein to the contrary, under no circumstances shall the Acquiror or the Sponsor be liable for any costs or damages, including any special, incidental, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, to any Person, including the Company, in respect of this Sponsor Agreement, including any breach hereof, and the Company hereby waives any claim it may have now or in the future for monetary costs or damages against the Acquiror or the Sponsor in respect of this Sponsor Agreement, including any breach hereof.

 

6.                    Forfeiture of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants. The Sponsor agrees that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, and conditioned and effective upon the Closing, 3,519,128 Founder Shares and all of the Private Placement Warrants, in each case held by the Sponsor immediately prior to the Closing, shall be automatically cancelled, for no consideration, and shall no longer be outstanding (the “Sponsor’s Equity Cancellation”). As a result of the Sponsor’s Equity Cancellation, the Sponsor shall, as of the Effective Time, be the record owner of 2,507,000 Founder Shares, of which 275,000 shares shall be deemed “Earnout Founder Shares” and shall be subject to Section 8 (Earnout Founder Shares).

 

7.                    Transfer Restrictions.

 

a. The Sponsor agrees that it shall not Transfer any of its Founder Shares until the earlier of (i) one (1) year after the Closing and (ii) subsequent to the Closing, either (x) the achievement of a $12.00 Stock Price Level (as defined below) (provided that the applicable thirty (30) Trading Day period commences at least 150 days after the Closing) or (y) the date on which the Acquiror completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Acquiror Stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Acquiror Common Stock for cash, securities or other property (such period, the “Lock-up Period”).

 

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b. The Sponsor agrees that it shall not Transfer any Private Placement Warrants (or any shares of Acquiror Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise thereof).

 

c. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Sections 7(a) and (b), Transfers of the Founder Shares and the Private Placement Warrants (and any shares of Acquiror Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise or conversion of the Private Placement Warrants) that are held by the Sponsor or any of its permitted transferees (that have complied with this Section 7(c)) are permitted: (i) to the Acquiror’s officers or directors, any Affiliates or family members of any of the Acquiror’s officers or directors, any members of the Sponsor, or any Affiliates of the Sponsor; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family, to a trust (the beneficiary of which is a member of such individual’s immediate family or an Affiliate of such person) or to a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by virtue of Laws of descent and distribution upon death of such individual; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) by virtue of the Laws of the State of Delaware or the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor; and/or (vi) in the event of the Acquiror’s liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of the Acquiror Stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Acquiror Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the Closing (including the entry into an agreement in connection with such liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction); provided, however, that in the case of clauses (i) through (iv), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement with the Acquiror agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions herein.

 

8. Earnout Founder Shares.

 

a. Unvested Earnout Founder Shares. The Sponsor agrees that, as of the Closing, all of the Earnout Founder Shares shall be unvested and shall be subject to the vesting and forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 8(b). The Sponsor agrees that it shall not Transfer any unvested Earnout Founder Shares prior to the date such Earnout Founder Shares become vested pursuant to Section 8(b), except to the extent permitted by Section 7(c).

 

b. Vesting; Forfeiture. 100% of the unvested Earnout Founder Shares owned by the Sponsor as of the Closing shall vest at such time as a $15.00 Stock Price Level is achieved on or before the date that is six (6) months after the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if a $15.00 Stock Price Level is not achieved on or prior to the date that is six (6) months after the Closing Date, the Earnout Founder Shares shall not vest and shall be automatically cancelled for no consideration. For clarity, the applicable Trading Day period for such Stock Price Level shall commence on the date hereof.

 

c. Stock Price Level. For purposes of this Sponsor Agreement, the applicable “Stock Price Level” will be considered achieved only when the closing price of Acquiror Common Stock on the NYSE is greater than or equal to the applicable threshold for any twenty (20) Trading Days within any thirty (30) Trading Day period. The Stock Price Levels will be equitably adjusted for any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event affecting the Acquiror Common Stock after the date of the Merger Agreement.

 

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9.                    Fees; Loan Repayments. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Sponsor nor any Affiliate of the Sponsor, nor any director or officer of the Acquiror, shall receive from the Acquiror any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee, non-cash payments, monies in respect of any repayment of a loan or other compensation prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of the Acquiror’s initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is, but including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Merger), other than the following, none of which will be made from the proceeds held in the Trust Account prior to the consummation of the Merger: (a) repayment of a loan and advances of up to an aggregate of $150,000 made to the Acquiror by the Sponsor; (b) reimbursement to an Affiliate of the Sponsor for certain office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support as may be reasonably required by the Company for a total of up to $5,000 per month; (c) reimbursement for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and consummating an initial Business Combination; and (d) repayment of loans, if any, and on such terms as to be determined by the Acquiror from time to time, made by the Sponsor or any of the Acquiror’s officers or directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination (including, for the avoidance of doubt, loans made by the Sponsor to the Acquiror to fund costs and expenses required in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement). Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible, at the option of the Sponsor or such other lender, into warrants at a price of $0.75 per warrant (such warrants, the “Working Capital Warrants”). The Working Capital Warrants (if any) would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants, including as to exercise price, exercisability and exercise period; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Working Capital Warrants (if any) shall not be forfeited or otherwise cancelled in connection with the Closing.

 

10.                 Certain Defined Terms: As used herein, (i) “Beneficially Own” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act; (ii) “Business Combination” shall mean a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Acquiror and one or more businesses; (iii) “Founder Shares” shall mean the 6,468,750 shares of Acquiror Common Stock initially issued to the Sponsor (up to 843,750 shares of which were subject to complete or partial forfeiture by the Sponsor if the over-allotment option was not exercised by the Underwriters) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or $0.004 per share, prior to the consummation of the Public Offering; (iv) “Private Placement Warrants” shall mean the 14,150,605 warrants to purchase 10,612,953.75 shares of Acquiror Common Stock underlying the Units that the Sponsor purchased simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering; (v) “Prospectus” shall mean the registration statement on Form S-1 and prospectus filed by Acquiror with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in connection with the Public Offering; (vi) “Public Offering” shall mean the underwritten initial public offering of 25,875,000 of Acquiror’s units (including up to 3,375,000 units that were available to be purchased to cover over-allotments, if any) (the “Units”), each comprised of one share of Acquiror Common Stock and one redeemable warrant; (vii) “Trust Account” shall mean the trust fund into which a portion of the net proceeds of the Public Offering was deposited; (viii) “Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b); and (ix) “Underwriter” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Prior Letter Agreement.

 

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11.                 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Sponsor Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby, including, with respect to the Sponsor, the Prior Letter Agreement. This Sponsor Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.

 

12.                 Assignment. No party hereto may, except as set forth herein, assign either this Sponsor Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Sponsor Agreement shall be binding on the Sponsor, the Acquiror and the Company and each of their respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns and permitted transferees.

 

13.                 Counterparts. This Sponsor Agreement may be executed in any number of original, electronic or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

14.                  Severability. This Sponsor Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Sponsor Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Sponsor Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

15.                  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver. This Sponsor Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Sponsor Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York, 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. Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Sponsor Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the federal or state courts located in New York City in the State of New York, 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 Sponsor Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby 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 15. The prevailing party in any such Action (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred with respect to such Action. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS SPONSOR AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

16.                  Notice. Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Sponsor Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent or given in accordance with the terms of Section 11.02 of the Merger Agreement to the applicable party at its principal place of business.

 

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17.                  Termination. This Sponsor Agreement shall terminate on the expiration of the Lock-up Period; provided, however, that if the Merger Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with the terms thereof, this Sponsor Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no force and effect and, with respect to the Sponsor, shall revert to the Prior Letter Agreement (it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have no rights, interests or obligations hereunder (or under the Prior Letter Agreement) following such reversion). No such termination or reversion shall relieve the Sponsor, the Acquiror or the Company from any liability resulting from a breach of this Sponsor Agreement occurring prior to such termination or reversion.

 

18.                  Sponsor Representations: The Sponsor represents and warrants to the Acquiror and the Company, as of the date hereof, that:

 

a. it has never been suspended or expelled from membership in any securities or commodities exchange or association or had a securities or commodities license or registration denied, suspended or revoked;

 

b. it has full right and power, without violating any agreement to which it is bound (including, without limitation, any non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or former employer), to enter into this Sponsor Agreement;

 

c. it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Sponsor Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within the Sponsor’s limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company actions on the part of the Sponsor;

 

d. this Sponsor Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Sponsor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties to this Sponsor Agreement, this Sponsor Agreement constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of the Sponsor, enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with the terms hereof (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy Laws, other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies);

 

e. the execution and delivery of this Sponsor Agreement by the Sponsor does not, and the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations hereunder will not, (i) conflict with or result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Sponsor, or (ii) require any consent or approval from any third party that has not been given or other action that has not been taken by any third party, in each case, to the extent such consent, approval or other action would prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations under this Sponsor Agreement;

 

f. there are no Actions pending against the Sponsor or, to the knowledge of the Sponsor, threatened against the Sponsor, before (or, in the case of threatened Actions, that would be before) any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations under this Sponsor Agreement;

 

g. except for fees described on Schedule 5.09 of the Merger Agreement, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the Merger Agreement or this Sponsor Agreement or any of the respective transactions contemplated thereby and hereby, in each case, based upon arrangements made by the Sponsor or, to the knowledge of the Sponsor, by the Acquiror or the Merger Sub;

 

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h. the Sponsor has had the opportunity to read the Merger Agreement and this Sponsor Agreement and has had the opportunity to consult with its tax and legal advisors;

 

i. the Sponsor has not entered into, and shall not enter into, any agreement that would prevent the Sponsor from performing any of its obligations hereunder;

 

j. the Sponsor has good title to the Sponsor’s Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants, free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens, and the Sponsor has the sole power to vote or cause to be voted such Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants; and

 

k. the Sponsor’s Founder Shares and the Private Placement Warrants identified in the 2nd paragraph of this Sponsor Agreement are the only Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants, respectively, owned of record or Beneficially Owned by the Sponsor as of the date hereof, and none of such Founder Shares or Private Placement Warrants are subject to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of such Founder Shares or Private Placement Warrants that is inconsistent with the Sponsor’s obligations pursuant to this Sponsor Agreement.

 

19.                  Adjustment for Stock Split. If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Acquiror, the Founder Shares (including any Earnout Founder Shares) or the Private Placement Warrants by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or business combination, or by any other means, equitable adjustment shall be made to the provisions of this Sponsor Agreement as may be required so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Sponsor, the Acquiror, the Company, the Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants, each as so changed. For avoidance of doubt, such equitable adjustment shall be made to the Stock Price Level targets set forth in Section 7(a) and Section 8(c).

 

20.                 No Claims Against the Trust Account. Section 6.05 of the Merger Agreement is hereby incorporated into this Sponsor Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

 

21.                 Further Actions. Each of the parties hereto agrees to execute and deliver hereafter any further document, agreement or instrument of assignment, transfer or conveyance as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes hereof and as may be reasonably requested in writing by another party hereto.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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    Sincerely,
     
    GRAF ACQUISITION LLC
       
    By: /s/ James A. Graf
      Name: James A. Graf
      Title: Managing Member
       
Acknowledged and Agreed:    
       
GRAF INDUSTRIAL CORP.    
       
By: /s/ James A. Graf    
  Name: James A. Graf    
  Title: Chief Executive Officer    
       
Acknowledged and Agreed:    
       
VELODYNE LIDAR, INC.    
       
By: /s/ Anand Gopalan    
  Name: Anand Gopalan    
  Title: Chief Executive Officer    

 

[Signature Page to Sponsor Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on July 2, 2020, by and between Graf Industrial Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned subscriber (“Subscriber”).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into a definitive agreement with Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“VL”), and the other parties thereto, providing for the combination of the Company and VL (the “Transaction Agreement” and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction, that number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Subscribed Shares”) for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Per Share Price” and the aggregate of such Per Share Price for all Subscribed Shares being referred to herein as the “Purchase Price”), and the Company desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Subscribed Shares in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements” and together with the Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Subscribers” and together with the Subscriber, the “Subscribers”), which are on substantially the same terms as the terms of this Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which such investors have agreed to purchase on the closing date of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”), inclusive of the Subscribed Shares, an aggregate amount of up to 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock, at the Per Share Price (the “Other Subscribed Shares” and together with the Subscribed Shares, the “Collective Subscribed Shares”).

 

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:

 

1.                   Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing (as defined below), Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price, the Subscribed Shares (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”)

 

2.                   Closing.

 

a.                   The consummation of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur on the Closing Date immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction.

 

b.                   At least ten (10) Business Days before the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall deliver written notice to Subscriber (the “Closing Notice”) specifying (i) the anticipated 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, Subscriber shall deliver to the Company such information as is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber. Subscriber shall deliver to the Company, on or prior to 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) (or as soon as practicable after the Company or its transfer agent delivers evidence of the issuance to Subscriber of the Subscribed Shares on and as of the Closing Date) on the Closing Date the Purchase Price in cash via wire transfer to the account specified in the Closing Notice against (and concurrently with) delivery by the Company to Subscriber of (i) the Subscribed Shares in book entry form, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under this Subscription Agreement or state or federal securities laws), in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) or to a custodian designated by Subscriber, as applicable, and (ii) written notice from the Company or its transfer agent evidencing the issuance to Subscriber of the Subscribed Shares on and as of the Closing Date. In the event that the consummation of the Transaction does not occur within one (1) Business Day after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice) return the funds so delivered by Subscriber to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber. 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.

 

 

 

 

c.                   The Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver (to the extent a valid waiver is capable of being issued) by the Company, on the one hand, or the Subscriber, on the other, of the conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i)                 no suspension of the qualification of the Subscribed Shares for offering or sale or trading in any jurisdiction, or initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes, shall have occurred;

 

(ii)               all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in the Transaction Agreement, including the approval of the Company’s stockholders, shall have been satisfied or waived, and the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur concurrently with or immediately following the Closing; and

 

(iii)             no governmental authority 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 restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (except in the case of a governmental authority located outside the United States where such judgment, order, law, rule or regulation would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below)); and no such governmental authority shall have instituted or threatened in writing a proceeding seeking to impose any such restraint or prohibition (except in the case of a governmental authority located outside the United States where such restraint or prohibition would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect).

 

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 Date; and

 

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(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 it at or prior to the Closing.

 

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 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 it at or prior to the Closing;

 

(iii)             there shall have been no amendment, waiver or modification to the Transaction Agreement that materially and adversely affects the Company;

 

(iv)              the Company shall not have entered into any Other Subscription Agreement with a lower purchase price per share of Common Stock or other terms (economic or otherwise) substantially more favorable to such other subscriber or investor than as set forth in this Subscription Agreement; and

 

(v)                at least $50,000,000 shall remain in the Trust Account (as defined below) on the Closing Date after any redemptions by the Company’s public stockholders in connection with the closing of the Transaction and before any other payments or distributions from the Trust Account.

 

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 and its subsidiaries, taken together as a whole (on a consolidated basis), that, individually or in the aggregate, has a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken together as a whole (on a consolidated basis).

 

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b.                   The Subscribed Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to Subscriber against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights created under the Company’s organizational documents or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

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 generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

d.                   The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein 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 Subscribed Shares.

 

e.                   Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the 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 (including the New York Stock Exchange or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Subscribed Shares), other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) the filing of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 5 below, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if applicable, (iv) those required by the New York Stock Exchange, including with respect to obtaining shareholder approval, (v) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, (vi) the filing of notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, and (vii) 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 Subscribed Shares.

 

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f.                    As of their respective dates, all reports required to be filed by the Company with the Commission (the “SEC Reports”) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained 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 therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments. The description of the business and financial information of VL set forth in the presentation dated June 2020 (the “Investor Presentation”) made available to the undersigned prior to the execution of this Subscription Agreement, and as amended through the Closing Date, shall be consistent in all material respects with the description of the business and financial information of VL described or included in the proxy statement of the Company filed in connection with the approval of the Transaction by the stockholders of the Company.

 

g.                   As of the date hereof and as of immediately prior to the Closing, the authorized share capital of the Company consists of 400,000,000 shares of Common stock and 1,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Shares”). As of the Closing Date (and immediately after the consummation of the Transaction), the authorized share capital of the Company will consist of [ ] shares of Common Stock and [ ] Preferred Shares. As of the date hereof and as of immediately prior to the Closing: (i) 11,455,237 shares of Common Stock (excluding Founder Shares), 6,094,128 Founder Shares and no Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding; (ii) 24,376,512 warrants, each exercisable to purchase ¾ (three-fourths) of a share of Common Stock at $11.50 per full share and 14,150,605 private placement warrants, each exercisable to purchase ¾ (three-fourths) of a share of Common Stock at $11.50 per full share (together “Warrants”), were issued and outstanding; and (iii) no Common Stock was subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding options. As of the date hereof, the Company had no outstanding long-term indebtedness (other than fees payable under the business combination marketing agreement entered into in connection with its initial public offering) and will not have any long-term indebtedness immediately prior to the Closing. Upon the Closing, an aggregate of 2,300,000 Founder Shares and zero private placement warrants will remain outstanding, with the balance to be forfeited by the Sponsor for no consideration, other than 275,000 Founder Shares which will be placed in escrow. The Founder shares held in escrow will only be released in the event the post-trading price of the Company’s Common Stock closes at or above $15.00 for 20 of 30 days within six (6) months from the date hereof.  If the share price does not close at or above $15.00 per share for 20 of 30 trading days within six (6) months from the signing of the definitive Transaction Agreement, the 275,000 Founder Shares in escrow will be forfeited by the Sponsor for no consideration. No Warrants are exercisable on or prior to the Closing. All (i) issued and outstanding Common Stock has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is not subject to preemptive rights and (ii) outstanding Warrants have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and are not subject to preemptive rights. As of the date hereof, except as set forth above and pursuant to (i) the Other Subscription Agreements, or (ii) the Transaction Agreement, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from the Company any Common Stock or other equity interests in the Company (collectively, “Equity Interests”) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Equity Interests. As of the date hereof, the Company has no subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated. There are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any Equity Interests, other than (A) the letter agreements entered into by the Company in connection with the Company’s initial public offering on October 18, 2018 pursuant to which the Company’s sponsor and the Company’s executive officers and independent directors agreed to vote in favor of any proposed Business Combination (as defined therein), which includes the Transaction, and (B) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. There are no securities or instruments issued by or to which the Company is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of (i) the Subscribed Shares or (ii) the shares to be issued pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreement.

 

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The expected capitalization of VL after giving effect to the Transaction is as follows (assumes no further redemptions by the Company’s public stockholders, and assumes 275,000 Founder Shares subject to an earnout to be held in escrow are forfeited):

 

 

 

h.                   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 Subscribed Shares, 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.

 

i.                    The issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GRAF.” There is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company by the New York Stock Exchange or the Commission with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the shares of Common Stock or prohibit or terminate the listing of the shares of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company has taken no action that is designed to terminate the registration of the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act.

 

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j.                    Upon consummation of the Transaction, the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and will be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

k.                   Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Subscribed Shares by the Company to Subscriber.

 

l.                    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 Subscribed Shares.

 

m.                 Except for the Placement Agent, no broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

n.                   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 Subscribed Shares, the Company is, and has been since its inception, in compliance with all laws applicable to the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

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, 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 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 generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

c.                   The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the purchase of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by Subscriber with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein 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 consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Subscribed Shares.

 

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d.                   Subscriber (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Annex A, (ii) is acquiring the Subscribed Shares only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if Subscriber is subscribing for the Subscribed Shares 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 Subscribed Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and has provided the Company with the requested information on Annex A following the signature page hereto). Subscriber is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subscribed Shares.

 

e.                   Subscriber understands that the Subscribed Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Subscribed Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act. Subscriber understands that the Subscribed Shares may not be 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 applicable states and other jurisdictions of the United States.

 

f.                    Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed Shares directly from the Company. Subscriber further acknowledges that there have not been, and Subscriber hereby agrees that it is not relying on, any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to Subscriber by the Company, any other party to the Transaction 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. 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.

 

g.                   In making its decision to purchase the Subscribed Shares, 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 Subscribed Shares, including with respect to the Company and the Transaction (including VL and their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Acquired Companies”)). Subscriber represents and agrees that Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as Subscriber and such undersigned’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Shares. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that neither Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., acting as placement agent to the Company (the “Placement Agent”), nor any affiliate of the Placement Agent has provided Subscriber with any information or advice with respect to the Subscribed Shares nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the Placement Agent nor any of its affiliates has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the Acquired Companies or the quality or value of the Subscribed Shares and the Placement Agent and any of its respective affiliates may have acquired non-public information with respect to the Company or the Acquired Companies which Subscriber agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with the issuance of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber, neither the Placement Agent nor any of its affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to Subscriber.

 

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h.                   Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares solely by means of direct contact between Subscriber and the Company or by means of contact from the Placement Agent and the Subscribed Shares were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber and the Company. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares, nor were the Subscribed Shares offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company represents and warrants that the Subscribed Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising 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.

 

i.                    Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Subscribed Shares. Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares, and 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.

 

j.                    Subscriber has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares and determined that the Subscribed Shares are a suitable investment for Subscriber and that 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.

 

k.                   Subscriber understands and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Subscribed Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

l.                    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 Subscribed Shares were legally derived.

 

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m.                 Subscriber does not have, as of the date hereof, and during the 30-day period immediately prior to the date hereof such Subscriber has not entered into, any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act or short sale positions with respect to the securities of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Subscriber that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Subscriber’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Subscriber’s assets, the representation 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 Subscribed Shares covered by this Agreement.

 

n.                   If Subscriber is an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of 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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 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 respective affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”) has acted as the Plan’s fiduciary, or has been relied on for advice, with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Subscribed Shares, and none of the Transaction Parties 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 Subscribed Shares. 

 

o.                   Subscriber at the Closing will have sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2(a).

 

p.                   Subscriber agrees that, notwithstanding Section 8(i), the Placement Agent may rely upon the representations and warranties made by Subscriber to the Company in this Subscription Agreement.

 

5.                   Registration of Subscribed Shares.

 

a.                   The Company agrees that, prior to the Closing Date, the Company will file with the SEC (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the Subscribed Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective upon the Closing, but no later than sixty (60) calendar days following the Closing Date (the “Effectiveness Deadline”), provided, that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and receives comments from, the SEC. The Company will provide a draft of the Registration Statement to the undersigned for review at least two (2) business days in advance of filing the Registration Statement. In no event shall the undersigned be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless requested by the SEC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the SEC prevents the Company from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Subscribed Shares by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Subscribed Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Subscribed Shares as is permitted by the SEC. In such event, the number of Subscribed Shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders. The Company agrees that the Company will cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until the earlier of (i) two years from the issuance of the Subscribed Shares, (ii) the date on which all of the Subscribed Shares shall have been sold, or (iii) on the first date on which the undersigned can sell all of its Subscribed Shares (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 of the Securities Act without limitation as to the manner of sale or the amount of such securities that may be sold. For as long as the Registration Statement shall remain effective pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Company will file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable the undersigned to resell the Subscribed Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as applicable, qualify the Subscribed Shares for listing on the applicable stock exchange, update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include the Subscribed Shares and provide customary notice to holders of Subscribed Shares. The undersigned agrees to disclose its beneficial ownership, as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”), of Subscribed Shares to the Company (or its successor) upon request to assist the Company in making the determination described above. The Company’s obligations to include the Subscribed Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon the undersigned furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding the undersigned, the securities of the Company held by the undersigned and the intended method of disposition of the Subscribed Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Subscribed Shares, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations. The Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of Subscribed Shares. The Company may delay filing or suspend the use of any such registration statement if it determines that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if such filing or use could materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would require premature disclosure of information that could materially adversely affect the Company (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that, (i) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than ninety (90) consecutive days or more than two (2) times in any three hundred sixty (360) day period and (ii) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by the undersigned of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter. Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company) of the happening of any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective 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, the undersigned agrees that (i) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Subscribed Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until the undersigned receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) 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 Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law or subpoena. If so directed by the Company, the undersigned will deliver to the Company or, in the undersigned’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Subscribed Shares in the undersigned’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Subscribed Shares shall not apply (i) to the extent the undersigned 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 (ii) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

 

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b.                   The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Subscription Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the undersigned (to the extent a seller under the Registration Statement), the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, affiliates, employees and investment advisers of the undersigned, each person who controls the undersigned (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents, affiliates, employees and investment advisers of each such controlling person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”) that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (or incorporated by reference) 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 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, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Section 6, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based upon information regarding the undersigned furnished in writing to the Company by the undersigned expressly for use therein. The Company shall notify the undersigned 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 the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Subscribed Shares by the undersigned. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Company’s indemnification obligations shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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c.                   The undersigned shall, severally and not jointly with any other subscriber in the Offering, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any 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 the undersigned furnished in writing to the Company by the undersigned expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of the undersigned be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by the undersigned upon the sale of the Subscribed Shares giving rise to such indemnification obligation. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the undersigned’s indemnification obligations shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the undersigned (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

6.                   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 earlier to occur of (a) such date and time as the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of the Company and the Subscriber to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) if, on the Closing Date of the Transaction, any of the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 2 of this Subscription Agreement have not been satisfied as of the time required hereunder to be so satisfied or waived (to the extent a valid waiver is capable of being issued) by the party entitled to grant such waiver and, as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are not consummated, or (d) September 30, 2020 (the “Outside Date”); provided, that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party 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 Transaction Agreement promptly after the termination thereof.

 

7.                   Trust Account Waiver. Subscriber hereby acknowledges that the 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 Company’s public stockholders and certain other parties (including the underwriters of the IPO). For and in consideration of the Company entering into this Subscription 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 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 Company, and (iii) will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever; provided however, that nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to limit any Subscriber’s right to distributions from the Trust Account in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation in respect of any redemptions by Subscriber of its shares of public Common Stock of the Company acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

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8.                   Miscellaneous.

 

a.                   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 (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 clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 8(a), (iii) one 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 8(a).

 

b.                   Subscriber acknowledges that the Company and others will 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. The Company acknowledges that Subscriber and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Company agrees to promptly notify Subscriber if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.

 

c.                   Each of the Company and Subscriber 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.

 

d.                   Subscriber shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

e.                   Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Subscriber hereunder (other than the Subscribed Shares 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 solely in connection with the consummation of the Transaction and exclusively to another entity under the control of, or under common control with, the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscriber may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates (including other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of the Subscriber) or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided that no such assignment shall relieve Subscriber of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations, unless the Company has given its prior written consent to such relief.

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f.                    All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 

g.                   The Company may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Company may deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Subscribed Shares, and Subscriber shall provide such information as may be reasonably requested, to the extent readily available and to the extent consistent with its internal policies and procedures.

 

h.                   This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified, waived or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement of such modification, waiver, or termination is sought; provided, that, this Subscription Agreement may be amended, modified, waived or terminated with the written consent of the Company and the Subscribers then holding a majority of the Collective Subscribed Shares then committed to be purchased at the Closing by (or, if after the Closing, then held by) all Subscribers (the “Required Subscribers”). Upon the effectuation of such waiver, modification, amendment or termination with the consent of the Required Subscribers in conformance with this Section 8(h), such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be binding on all Subscribers and effective as to all of the Subscription Agreements. The Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to Subscriber if Subscriber has not previously consented to such amendment, modification, waiver or termination in writing; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such amendment, modification, waiver or termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) no amendment, modification or waiver shall be effective against any Subscriber unless such amendment, modification or waiver applies to all Subscribers equally, (ii) any amendment, modification or waiver that has a disproportionate effect on a Subscriber (considered apart from any disproportionate effect owing to the number of Subscribed Shares held by such Subscriber), shall require the consent of such Subscriber, (iii) any amendment to Section 3(i), Section 5, or Section 6 (to extend the Outside Date beyond September 30, 2020) of this Subscription Agreement and (iv) any amendment, modification or other change that alters the Per Share Purchase Price, the Purchase Price, or the number of Subscribed Shares shall require the consent of the undersigned Subscriber.

 

i.                    This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

j.                    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, 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.

 

k.                    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.

 

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l.                    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. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

m.                 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 Placement Agent shall be an intended third party beneficiary of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 hereof and of the Subscribers in Section 4 hereof.

 

n.                   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 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.

 

o.                   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 state.

 

p.                   EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS 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 AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE 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.

 

q.                   The parties 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 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 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 also agrees that delivery of any process, summons, notice or document to a party hereof in compliance with Section 8(a) 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 have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above.

 

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r.                    This Subscription Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based upon, arising out of, or related to this Subscription Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Subscription Agreement, may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, manager, member, partner, stockholder, affiliate, agent, attorney or other representative of any party hereto or of any affiliate of any party hereto, or any of their successors or permitted assigns, shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of any party hereto under this Subscription Agreement or for any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based on, in respect of or by reason of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

s.                    The Company shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) business day immediately following the date of this Subscription Agreement, issue one or more press releases or file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing, to the extent not previously publicly disclosed, all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby (and by the Other Subscription Agreements), the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that the Company has provided to Subscriber at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. From and after the issuance of the Disclosure Document, Subscriber shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees or the Placement Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of Subscriber or any affiliate or investment adviser of Subscriber, or include the name of Subscriber or any affiliate or investment adviser of Subscriber in any press release or in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent (including by e-mail) of Subscriber, except as required by the federal securities laws, rules or regulations and to the extent such disclosure is required by other laws, rules or regulations, at the request of the staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under New York Stock Exchange regulations, in which case the Company shall provide Subscriber with prior written notice (including by e-mail) of such permitted disclosure, and shall reasonably consult with Subscriber regarding such disclosure.

 

t.                    The obligations of Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Subscriber or any other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements, and Subscriber shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement or any other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements. The decision of Subscriber to purchase Subscribed Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement has been made by Subscriber independently of any Other Subscriber or any other investor and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any Other Subscriber or investor or by any agent or employee of any Other Subscriber or investor, and neither Subscriber nor any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Other Subscriber or investor (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Subscriber or investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Subscriber and other investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Subscriber and other investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements. Subscriber acknowledges that no Other Subscriber has acted as agent for the Subscriber in connection with making its investment hereunder and no Other Subscriber will be acting as agent of the Subscriber in connection with monitoring its investment in the Subscribed Shares or enforcing its rights under this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Subscription Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Subscriber or investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company and Subscriber has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first set forth above.

 

  GRAF INDUSTRIAL CORP.
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     

 

  Address for Notices:
     
  118 Vintage Park Blvd., Suite W-222
  Houston, Texas 77070

 

 

[Signature Page to Graf Industrial Subscription Agreement]

 

 

  SUBSCRIBER:
   
  Print Name:  

 

 

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     

 

  Address for Notices:
   
   
   
   
  Name in which shares are to be registered:
   

  

Number of Subscribed Shares subscribed for:  
     
Price Per Subscribed Share: $10.00  
     
Aggregate Purchase Price: $______________  

 

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 Graf Industrial 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. ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS (Please check the box)

 

¨ Subscriber is an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of 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 “accredited investor.”

 

C. AFFILIATE STATUS
(Please check the applicable box)

 

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 “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 “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;

 

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Graf / Velodyne Lidar Business Combination Announcement Transcript

 

July 2, 2020

 

Jim Graf: Good morning, everyone. I'm James Graf, CEO and founder of Graf Industrial Corp. Joining me today is Anand Gopalan the CEO of Velodyne Lidar. Drew Hamer, the CFO of Velodyne Lidar, and my partner, Michael Dee. My box says Michael Dee. But I'm, in fact, James Graf. I want to thank you all for joining us today on this conference call. It's a very exciting day for us. Along with my partner, Michael Dee, we're extremely excited and honored to introduce you to Velodyne Lidar, who we announced this morning as the business combination partner for our SPAC Graf Industrial. We know a lot of you on the phone in connection with our IPO and my previous four SPACs. For Graf, as some of you know, we really wanted to focus on situations where there was a very clear catalyst for growth, where there was an obvious acquisition, as we had with William Scotsman, or there was some other kind of clear inflection point like where there are big contracts in-hand, that give you clear visibility on future growth. We wanted to find an opportunity that [you can use that] could use the cash from the SPAC and public markets access to take advantage of a big and exciting industry, and we believe we clearly found that with Velodyne Lidar.

 

Jim Graf: You can move- move forward to page five, please. One more.

 

Jim Graf: So this morning, we signed a definitive merger agreement with Velodyne Lidar, and thanks to the tireless efforts of the Company, we expect to be in a position to file our full proxy in the near term with an anticipated closing of the business combination in the current quarter. The combined business will be named Velodyne Lidar, it will be Delaware corporation and with an NYSE listing under the ticket, ticker VLDR. For valuation, our transaction equates to a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1.6 billion, roughly 2.3x projected 2024 revenue and a post money equity market cap of about $1.8 billion. At this valuation, current Velodyne shareholders will own more than 80% of the post-closing equity after accounting for $50 million of cash to certain selling shareholders. We are funding the business through a combination of cash, currently held in our trust account, newly-issued shares of Graf, and proceeds from a placement of $150 million PIPE subscribed and fully committed to by institutional investors, including existing Graf shareholders. Post-closing, we expect Velodyne will have about $200 million cash on its balance sheet to fund operations, continue its strategic business development efforts, and maintain and extend its dominance in the rapidly growing lidar market. We've looked at over 100 transactions over the past year and a half and it was certainly worth the wait to deliver Velodyne Lidar to you. Next page, please.

 

 

 

 

Jim Graf: So today is really all about the Company going through its presentation, but before handing off to Velodyne’s management team, I wanted to give you five quick highlights and why we are particularly excited about the situation, and the presentation will support each of these points. First is in the industry trends. We believe lidar is at an inflection point after years in the R&D labs, lidar is now going into commercial production. So we are at a very important inflection point for the widespread adoption of lidar, not just for automotive, but in many other industries and applications. Lidar is clearly here to stay. Second, Velodyne Lidar is very clearly the market leader in the space. It was the pioneer. Velodyne has over 70% market share, over 300 customers, and it's booked $570 million in revenues to date. This is the lidar player in an industry that is just taking off. Third, because of its established market position, Velodyne has been able to establish deep, defendable, competitive moats. It takes years to establish OEM relationships, and they have done that. They are the most-, they have the most comprehensive proprietary patent protected IP, have the broadest product offering for their customers, and this transaction will help support and deepen these moats. Fourth, because of these deep moats around Velodyne, it can grow and maintain its margins. As a result, the business has a clear path, positive EBITDA and cash flow. Fifth, what gives us confidence in this inflection point for Lidar adoption is that today the Company has over 800 million in contracted revenues in hand. The number of awarded and signed contracts have grown from three at the beginning of 2020 to 16 today. So as we look out to 2024 about 50% of the 2024 revenues is from contracts already in hand. This gives us conviction and confidence in pricing off the 2024 projections. The final point I'll make is that this will be a scarce investment opportunity as the only pure-play lidar company in the market. We expect to have about a billion eight post-money equity value and no debt. So this is a company that's going to have scale. We expect we'll have a solid following and we believe it is ready and attractive for the public markets. Michael and I are really excited about this and could not be happier or more proud to partner with David Hall, Anand, Drew and their team. With that, I'll pass off to Anand for his presentation. Thank you.

 

Anand Gopalan: Thank you, Jim. Thank you, everyone, for giving me this opportunity to tell this really exciting story about Velodyne. Again, my name is Anand Gopalan. I'm the CEO of the company. So let's start with page eight. Simply put, we are the eyes of the autonomous revolution. We are part of a big secular megatrend. And Velodyne effectively provides the critical technology that allows machines of all sorts to perceive the world as they move through it. And in this, we are the first mover and the market leader uniquely positioned to be able to take advantage of the inflection point that the industry is facing today. And this vision starts with our founder, David Hall, who invented this technology in 2005. But Lidar has come a long way since then. It's no longer this big thing that sits on the roof of your car. It's actually this tiny thing that I am holding in the palm of my hand. And this has created a vast array of applications that are scaling from the research and development labs of our customers to mass commercialization. And to address the question of why we will win in this space, we are the first mover and have been the dominant player for years. We have the most complete product portfolio in this space and we have a cumulative track record of actually being

 

 

 

 

Anand Gopalan: We have a broad based set of customers. Virtually every major OEM and tech company is a Velodyne customer. We have global sales presence and ability to actually deliver this technology with mass manufacturing capabilities across all of these different end markets beyond not just automotive. And finally, we are backed by industry leading strategic investors, including Ford, Baidu, Nikon and Hyundai Mobis. That really makes us uniquely positioned to be able to capture this inflection point. So on slide 9, looking at our history, you start to understand how we have become a category leader ever since the invention of the technology by the company's founder. We have 15+ years of experience in the space and have heavily invested in technology and R&D. We have the broadest portfolio out there. Recently we announced $100 lidar called Velabit, which is an industry first of its kind. Startups in the space simply cannot replicate this level of scale and success, and they cannot replicate this history of what we have accomplished and much less what they plan to do in the future. And of course, throughout this history, we have been supported by the strong base of strategic investors and partners, as this slide shows. And so all of this has led to not just a really exciting technology study, but a real business.

 

Anand Gopalan: We projected 2024 revenue to be over $680 million dollars, of which roughly half is contracted today through 16 signed and awarded multiyear agreements. We have more than 300 plus customers who are using our Lidar devices backed by 55 grant- granted and pending patents, including some of the most fundamental patents around Lidar. And to date, we have shipped over 40,000 units. So this is a real business that is the market leader and capable of scaling this technology. On the next slide, we give you a brief glimpse of our product roadmap. You know, you can start to understand when you look at the breadth of this roadmap, the- the strength that we bring to the table backed by multiple architectures and software, in addition to our hardware expertise. We are the only one in the marketplace with this level of breadth and sophistication in the in the Lidar space. And what sets us apart is our embedded signal processing software, our proprietary calibration manufacturing techniques, our Micro-Lidar Array technology, which I'll talk about a little bit more, our custom ASIC technology, and our deep and broad IP portfolio. All of this are brought to bear to create this complete product portfolio that we can deploy across all of these different end applications. On the next slide, our vision is further enhanced by this- by this piece of the puzzle, which we are already executing to, which is to add high margin software subscriptions to our extensive hardware installed base, and which we have as a result of our lead in the space.

 

Anand Gopalan: So this year we are coming to market with an entire suite of ADAS software solutions and we are working with several major OEMs to deploy these solutions into their systems. First and foremost, we are bringing to market a Lidar base collision warning system. There are a lot- there have been a lot of studies done recently that show that automatic emergency braking systems, which many of us have in our cars, work very poorly when it comes to detecting pedestrians and bicyclists. These systems, which are often camera based, seldom work well in the daytime, and they never work in the nighttime or have a very hard time working in the nighttime because again, they are using passive sensing technology. We are introducing a Lidar based system with very low ASPs that are far more accurate and at work anytime day or night across many different conditions. As you can see in the video, in the right, the system is able to track all sorts of dynamic objects, whether it's cars, vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists. And is actually able to predict collisions based on their velocities and provide warnings. The system could even take control of the brakes in the case of a, say, stopped-light functionality.

 

 

 

 

Anand Gopalan: So beyond the incredible level of safety and potential-life saving implications of technology like this, it also provides a path to margin expansion for our business. Ultimately, this resembles an Apple-like model where we utilize the breadth of the hardware installed base and add further value through our software offerings. Next slide. You know, there are a few key investments that have really given us clear line of sight and to be able to strategically drive down ASPs and drive up mass market adoption of this technology. The first is our own custom ASIC technology, where we started our custom ASIC development about four years ago. This is the classic electronics playbook of taking a lot of the functionality of the Lidar and collapsing it into a couple of pieces of silicon leads to significant reduction in bill of material cost and significant level of scalability and reliability. The second one is our own manufacturing IP and packaging IP that we call the Micro-Lidar Array. The best way to describe this is we can load lasers, detectors, pieces of silicon and micro optics into a fully automated machine. And on the other side would come out a fully align A-Channel array the size of a postage stamp. And this effectively has allowed us to take out all the critical parts of manufacturing a Lidar and make- make it look like a fully automated wafer-scale like process, driving out the dependence on manual labor and giving us clear line of sight into being able to scale the technology from hundreds of thousands to million units a year.

 

Anand Gopalan: And we are the only ones in the business who know how to do this. And that's a big moat around our business. The third one is our manufacturing partnerships that we have developed over a decade plus time of working in the space. We're able to take these technologies that we have developed and deploy them with our manufacturing partners, moving ourselves into an asset-light model. These partners are letting- often run their factories in low cost geographies such as Nikon in Japan and Thailand, as well as Fabrinet in Thailand. Oh, we continue this transition and we have executed this transition already with some of our products. We fully transitioned one of our high volume products to Fabrinet in Thailand, even in the midst of the challenging COVID pandemic, and we are in the process of doing further transitions later this year. It's important to realize that these are investments that we have already made, and we are starting to realize the benefits of these investments that prepared us incredibly well. to be able to be able to take advantage of this inflection point as the business continues to scale.

 

 

 

 

Anand Gopalan: The next slide. Oh, I think, there you go. So, as you can tell, we have really positioned ourselves well to meet the growing demand for the technology with our customers. We have a domestic mega factory located in San Jose, California, which serves as our headquarters, as well as a home for our R&D efforts and pilot lines. We have our factories with Nikon in Sendai, Japan, as well as Fabrinet in Thailand. This transition really allows us to avoid capacity constraints as the demand continues to grow exponentially for this technology and really avail ourselves of low cost labor in some of these geographies.

 

Anand Gopalan: Next slide. I think this is probably a good time to start to talk about really some of the myths about lidar. So this is a little bit of a myth busting slide when a lot of people think about lidar, their views about lidar are really three, four years old, you know, circa 2017, as is shown on the slide. And they often think of this big spending thing that's on the roof of your car and that's not very reliable, and that costs seventy five thousand dollars. As this slide shows, that's far from the truth as it as it is today. Today lidar is not just an autonomous vehicles or a robotic study. As you can see, autonomous vehicles are an important but as a fraction of our revenue. Today, we're talking about lidar across all of these different other applications for an advanced driver assist systems, delivery, robotics, smart cities and so on. And all of these applications are scaling. The other myth about lidar is that it's very expensive. Today, we have a vast array of products going from hundreds of dollars to a few thousand dollars in a variety of different form factors. So really, we are no longer limited by a single form factor of the spinning lidar either. And furthermore, there is another myth that lidars are not robust, reliable technologies. Today, we are developing and building lidars that effectively can last in 10 plus years in very harsh automotive environments.

 

Anand Gopalan: And obviously, this is what does opened the door to this incredible array of applications. And this slide really gives us a glimpse or a snapshot into that vast commercial opportunity that we are seeing. This chart shows you a hundred and sixty five different projects that we're tracking as a point in time for the usage of lidar amongst our customers who we talked to and interact with. All put together, this pipeline represents approximately a six billion dollar opportunity that we are tracking across these different applications. And we're seeing significant momentum in this pipeline. In February of this year, we were tracking about one hundred and thirty one projects. And today we are tracking one hundred and sixty five. And we have made serious progress in being able to convert these contracts into wins as well where with 16 signed and awarded contracts across various end markets, which we will get into a little bit later. But from this chart, we see that lidar is no longer just an AV story. More than 50 percent of our revenue comes from non-automotive applications. All of these different applications are scaling. And you can see significant momentum as many of these applications transition from research and development to mass production. Next slide.

 

 

 

 

Anand Gopalan: You know, talking a little bit more about our competitive moats, it's really important to understand what are the barriers to entry in this market. First, of course, is the technology differentiation. You know, we have the industry leading technology backed by a very healthy and deep global backing portfolio. The other aspect of this is the lengthy and rigorous validation process that our customers put this technology through before it shows up on an end system. It's very hard to design out the technology once you have through been through this rigorous validation process both on the hard- hardware and software front. Finally, after you've gone through this process, we engage in long term contracted volume arrangements. As I said before, we have 16 signed and awarded multiyear contracts and continue to get make progress and negotiate many more. Historically, once we get to an RFQ phase, we have very high win rate converting those- those into an awarded contract. All of this results in an incredibly deep moat around the business, very high switching costs and really, a customer has already spent many years and millions of dollars validating and designing their systems with our technologies. So this is the same chart that I showed you before, which was broken down across different applications and this one is just broken down across different contract stages.

 

Anand Gopalan: And this, again, just represents a snapshot in time off the active pipeline that we attract. In February of this year we were tracking 131 projects. But in the last three months, we've added 34 additional projects to the pipeline. We had only three signed and awarded contracts in the beginning of this year. Now we have 16. And so we really not really seeing tremendous momentum in the marketplace, but tremendous momentum in our ability to convert those opportunities into signed multi-year agreements with our customers. Furthermore, we are very well-positioned and have a clear strategy in order to be able to capture further opportunities that are not in this pipeline. This is- this- you know, this is we are pursuing several initiatives to allow us to do that, capitalizing on regulatory and end-customer demands for safety in transportation across the board. Our ability to win additional long-term commercial contracts, our ability to actually be able to serve high-value markets with low ASP, attractively priced technology, our ability to expand our manufacturing partnerships worldwide, developing licensing opportunities that will allow us to find other ways to monetize our technology, expanding our global customer base and channel relationships, expanding our software offerings, as I already spoke to you about and then finally, inorganic growth by pursuing acquisitions such as the Mapper.ai acquisition that we completed about a year ago.

 

 

 

 

Anand Gopalan: So to bring it back all together to describe the competitive moats that we have developed around this business. First and foremost, it's the deep, entrenched customer relationships. Our customers have often spent years and millions of dollars developing hardware and software around our technology. This has created very high switch-over costs and very sticky relationships that continue to develop over time. Our technology innovations are able to drive, strategically drive ASP reductions across the board. And by doing this we have enabled mass market adoption of lidar across all of these different segments. These reductions are driven by our own technology investments in manufacturing and ASICs, as I talked to you about. And so this creates an incredible moat around the business. Also because this is not an easy one to replicate across by other players. The third one is really a, a strong, defendable IP portfolio. We have the fundamental patents around some of the lidar architectures and we believe that we are very well protected by it, by a global patent portfolio. We have a, the fourth one is a breath of our product portfolio. Often our customers will have very different use cases in different applications for lidar. We have the broadest and most diverse portfolio that allows us to cater to all of these customers' needs across many different segments.

 

Anand Gopalan: Finally, the access to capital. This transaction in itself creates a well-capitalized balance sheet that will allow us to drive its selective industry consolidation and further our lead in this space. So all of these moats really make for a very strong, defendable position in the lidar space. You see here that all of this is made possible by Velodyne's exceptional management team with an incredible depth and breadth of experience. Again, you know, David Hall is the Company's visionary founder, serial inventor, who has pretty much created the industry of autonomy. He's transitioned to an executive chairman role, but will remain very involved in the engineering and technology vision of the Company. While he's handed over day to day operations to myself, to me and really his vision is to see lidar technology proliferate across the world in all of these different applications making autonomy safer. The combination with Graf Industrial and the addition of Jim Graf and Michael Dee really will add a depth of operational expertise by these really industry veterans, and that will ensure Velodyne will continue to execute on its vision, continue to innovate, and remain the industry leader that it is today. Thank you. With that, I will transition to Drew to talk about the financials.

 

 

 

 

Drew Hamer: Thank you very much Anand. Everybody, it's a pleasure to be here today. Thank you for joining. I'm Drew Hamer, I’m the CFO of Velodyne Lidar. I believe we have a very exciting story to share with you as Anand has already introduced you to much of the business, as has Jim. And what I'm about to start talking about here are the financials, which I'll walk you through this journey, which has just been a tremendous experience for me to be part of and I'm glad to be sharing it with you today. Our journey with our customers is probably the most important thing that we need to understand before I start jumping into the financials. So I get to spend a few minutes on this slide to just make sure to reiterate actually some of the stuff that Anand has already covered in his previous slides. So in our relationship with our customers and the contracts that we are ultimately awarded and signed with those customers, we spend about two years working with them, doing R&D projects Anand, David, our R&D team they get to know the customer, they help the customer understand what a lidar is, they get to understand how the different components work, they get to talk to them about the applications they may have and then a customer will finally decide which sensor they want to use in a particular product and at that stage, they start moving down an RFI, RFQ process with us, which will result in our being selected as the design win, if you will, with our customers. That's actually just the next stage in a very long journey. So we've already been working with these customers for two years. We've established a good working relationship and understanding of each other. And now the customer takes our product and they start a process where they have to design it into their solution that they will probably be launching a year or two out. And right before they launch that, as they go through the contract phase, they talk to us about what product they're going to launch it in, what sensor they're going to use, how many products they expect to sell in a particular year and then they start to tell us how they'll do each year after that and they negotiate with us on a volume and pricing basis for each of those years because they need to understand what they're going to be able to buy the solutions from us. What price are going to be able to buy the solutions from us at. And then we also need to know so we can set up our systems to anticipate that demand and be able to deliver on those volumes. Then a customer will take between a year and two years, as you can see down here at the bottom, and the green and the gold. And they'll actually spend time designing the product into a solution. If it's a car, they have to figure out where they're going to put the lidar device, the sensor, they're going have to get the engineering team to design the roof and figure out how they're going to match it up with the windshield, they have to figure out how the electrical system is going to be plugged in and connect that to their computer system it'll have software in it that they develop and then they have to have that connecting all the wheels for the brakes and they have to have it connected to the gas pedal and it all has to be tested. These cycles, can last from a year to two years. As they go along, as they get a deeper and deeper into that process, they're switching costs become extremely high because in almost all of these solutions we are a sole provider to these customers today. The benefit of that is, of course, that these contracts, as they approach each year than they give us a firm PO and they let us know this is the number of units we're going to need next year so that we can go out and negotiate with our contract manufacturers and our suppliers on the volumes that we need in order to meet the demand of the customers. This is a great process for us. We're very used to it and it's running very successfully for us. But as a result, we do have deep aligned relationships that have these high switching costs with our customers.

 

 

 

 

Drew Hamer: The impact of all this work and effort and getting these contracts has yielded what Anand was talking about earlier. And on this slide, you can see that we have approximately $837 million in signed and awarded contracts going out through 2024. And behind this, there's an additional $4 billion of pipeline as of June 1st. And I emphasize June 1st because it's really important to prepare a slide like this. I have to pick a date and time. And at that date and time, I can make all of this analysis and provide you with this information and as Anand alluded to earlier at the beginning of the year, our project tracking system only had 130 contracts in it. Now we're tracking 165. This is significant because we're expecting as we go forward that contract pipeline will only continue to grow and give us greater visibility, predictability and eventually stickiness with our customers in the revenues because we're going to seek additional contracts that will lead to signed and awarded deals. Now, another part that's really important about this slide is the evolution of the signed and awarded contracts. As you can see here on this slide at the beginning of January 2019 we had 1, the beginning of January 2020 we had 3 and as of June 1st of this year we had 16. Again, significant improvement. When we're looking at these numbers you start to see this ramp go, it's becomes reasonable to suggest that by the end of 2021, we should have as many as 50 signed and awarded contracts. So our pipeline will continue to grow from June 1st. The number of contracts that move to signed and awarded will continue to grow as we go past June 1st. And that will give us further visibility and confidence in these numbers as we go forward to hitting our projected revenue targets. Now, the other key thing for me when I'm looking at this, because people should be wondering, well, why should you be confident these numbers in the out years? First of all, coming from multiple contracts in each year. So even if a contract moves in or out, there will be other new contracts that are going to be coming out of that pipeline. For example, in 2024, we have approximately $1.7 billion as of June 1st that is just the pipeline. And I'm looking to fill the void between $326 million and $684 million. It's entirely reasonable to suggest we'd get $360 million dollars out of a $1.7 billion dollar pipeline that's as of June 1st, 2020. And then therefore our expectation is this pipeline grows and we go forward and we could anticipate that that will also gain momentum and get some more traction and we'll have lots of different contracts. So we have delevered the model or derisked it because of the very, very different customers are going be in there. So, again, this has $837 million dollars of contracts out through 2024 and what that does is it leads to us being able to take a look at our revenues and gain greater confidence. In the years past, a lot of our revenues were kind of what we would call preproduction spot buys or R&D buys.

 

Drew Hamer: As I mentioned a second ago, it was Anand and his team and the engineers and David working with our customers and they’d buy a few units. They might pay a very high price so we’d sell a few units and that resulted in us being able to generate revenues but they were they were not as predictable and reliable as having a multi-year contract. Now, as a result of the last three and a half to four years of work that Anand and David have done with the customers, they've listened to the customers, they've heard the customers tell them how lidar needs to be more affordable for the consumer and they've figured out ways to design products that can be sold at a lower price, both through the selection of the materials they're to use based upon the deep supply relationships they have. They can ask their suppliers about the pricing and then select the right materials so that are ready for good to go to the market. They also develop the proprietary technologies in our MLAs and our ASIC chips. They developed a proprietary manufacturing process to develop those ASIC chips and those MLAs. And then, of course, we've chosen locations where the labor costs are significantly less than what we're paying in the United States. The impact of all that has allowed them to launch a new series of products we call the Vela family, and it's given us great predictability in the revenues. And so this model as you're looking at it on this page reflects the signed and awarded contracts from the previous page as a bottoms up build to give us a sense of how our product mix will go, what we'll end up in the future. It also gives us a sense of how these commercial contracts are working for. So at the top, we can see that we're going to have about a 60% CAGR going out through 2024 to get to $684 million. And that $684 million will generate about $150 million of EBITDA and $100 million of free cash flow. And how we get there, as you can see in the bottom half of the screen here, it's because our new products will be coming out and being purchased and sold at mass volumes with our customers at lower ASPs that are affordable to their customers. And remember, the price has to be low enough from us to our customer so they can sell to their customer and their customers, the end user, who has to be able to buy it. So as Anand mentioned earlier, we have product as low as one hundred dollars up to a few thousand as we get out into 2024. This is a significant transition in the business. It's a major inflection point in the business. And at the same time, all the work that Anand and David have done of building these proprietary technologies and solutions and processes is a significant advantage over other businesses that are out there in the lidar space, it creates a tremendous moat for the business. Another thing we should be looking as we're looking at the bottom half of the screen, is the subscription revenue we anticipate will start to come into our model in 2023 and 2024.

 

 

 

 

Drew Hamer: Our subscription business will start to produce revenues in 2023 and 2024 as those products start to enter the market that Anand was demonstrating to you in a previous slide. The impact of all of this revenue growth and all of the work that they've done in bringing down the costs is giving us line of sight to profitability in 2024 of $150 million dollars approximately. As you can see, we're in a tremendous transition point. The inflection point is achieved with our contracts and it's giving us great confidence in our ability to start driving the company forward. In addition to that, we also have line of sight to being free cash flow positive. The reason we're free cash flow positive is not only because of the increase in revenues, but because of the improvements in our business. The transition to being a fabless operation of working with contract manufacturers is it's allowed us to further derisk the business model because we've transferred significant fixed overhead costs to the contract manufacturers that are associated with having a manufacturing facility in the United States. In addition to all the other items that we talked about. In addition, the contract manufacturers also picked up a substantial portion of any costs related to setting up any of the assembly processes. So as a result, when you're looking at this model, our capital requirements between 2021 and 2024 are only about $26 million. And that's mostly just for some minor retooling that needs to go on in the business. And the impact is that it's put us in a very unique position to be talking to you today about doing an equity raise that'll be the last time we really need to come to the markets because going forward, the business will start to generate cash flow positive and be very successful at that. Now, getting this leverage, of course, has been a result of a couple of significant activities in the business. For starters, it's the things that Anand has already talked about that will be driving gross margins up.

 

Drew Hamer: The first thing here that's driving gross margins up, of course, is the miniaturization of our technology through the MLAs and the ASICs that we'll be providing our customers. So we've taken the labor costs out of manufacturing and the MLA products by putting it into a proprietary manufacturing process, and our ASICs takes many of the costs of our traditional rotational lidars and it puts it on a small chip, which is significant because now we can use our proprietary manufacturing processes to produce at high yields, and it also makes it very predictable to be able to meet the demand of our customers as we move from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to a million units a year. We can now do that very predictably with our proprietary manufacturing processes, which will also require a smaller footprint because of the nature of how they work. We'll be able to do that in our contract manufacturer locations that Anand mentioned earlier at Nikon, we’ve brought up Fabrinet, which is very significant even during the COVID-19 era here. Our COO managed to get all of that transitioned over to Thailand, and his team, I should say. It wasn’t a one-man show and they managed to pull this off, which was really phenomenal. But it also shows the strength of our COO and the manufacturing operation that we have going on behind our company.

 

 

 

 

Drew Hamer: The other thing that's really important as we move to those low cost locations, we brought up Thailand, of course, is that we've got Thailand up and running now as of June 1st, and the impact is that it, it's generated a 50 percent cost reduction in the manufacturing in the units that were being manufactured in the United States. This is primarily driven by our being able to get labor in Thailand about one twentieth of an hour of what we're paying in the United States. That's a first step and significant step in bringing our costs down as we go forward. Of course, another step that's going to continue as we go forward is as more of our products use the MLA and ASICs chips, of course, the cost, the manufacturing of those products is significantly less expensive than our current rotational products. And then the last step that's a big step forward for us, of course, will be we get to use large volumes with the sensors, we'll be able to get additional savings through our supply chain. And then the last thing we see here in this slide is we get out to 2024 and 58 percent gross margin, is that’s where we'll start benefiting in 2023 and 2024 from sale of our soft-, our software products.

 

Drew Hamer: That is the first and most significant step in unlocking the leverage in this business and allowing us to drive towards profitability. Three other key areas that we should be focused on and thinking about how we're going to get to being cash flow positive and being a profitable business are really focused around these items on the screen. The first is R&D. We have made the investments over the last three and a half to four years in developing and designing the MLAs, the ASICs, the proprietary manufacturing processes, setting them up, testing them, making sure we can meet customer demand and getting these customer contracts that we now have that are going to be out. By the way, to get on that contract list I showed you earlier it had to be a minimum of a three year agreement with the customer. We have a three, five, seven years, but had to be a minimum of three, or we didn’t include it on that list. So now we have these multi-year contracts as a result of all the R&D work that's been done. As we go forward, however, David, Anand and I have had long conversations about how much are we going to be spending on R&D as we go forward, and the conclusion, we very consistently come to is that lidar is a nascent industry. We honestly believe that a lot this bit, this industry's going to be something where you're going to have lidar in everything in 20 or 30 years. It’s going to be like the cell phone. As a result, we're expecting that we're going to consistently be developing new products each year, some that we're already identified, so we have a three to four year, um, R&D roadmap for that for the team that's currently working for us. And then there are others we know are going to come as we continue to innovate and develop new lidar technologies, because our customers, who we talk to and work with are telling us these are the things that they need. So as we go further out into 2024, we'll continue to invest in R&D, but still, the contracts that have already been put in place because of the investment we already made, will be generating revenues at a level that will allow us to bring that R&D spend down to about 20 percent of revenues. Similar situation is going on with sales and marketing. In sales and marketing, our sales organization today has been very focused on that first purchase or maybe the spot buy, the R&D buy, for customer, which R&D, spot buys basically mean you have to go out and sell them over and over and over again.

 

 

 

 

Drew Hamer: Now that we have multi-year contracts with customers, the sales organization will split between these people who are doing that first buy, we’ll call them the hunters, and it'll be, it'll start to transition to where we have a separate group of people who will carry a much larger component of our revenue as a responsibility to ensure it gets delivered off of these multi-year contracts. As a result, the sales and marketing expense should naturally find its way down. We're expecting it to be about 10 percent in 2024. The last area where we are going to get leverage is, of course, the G&A organization, the G&A organization today is designed to be SEC-ready. We've hired all the people with the technical skills. We've put in place all the systems that we need. And we have the processes and procedures to be an SEC-ready company as we speak today. As the company goes forward, this group of people will naturally scale with the organization and we'll see the G&A expense come down to about 7 percent by 2024. When we're looking at this slide, when you look at 19 and you look at 2020, there are expenses in there related to the protections of patent and legal bills associated with protecting our patents, and based on what we're seeing now and the discussions we're having in the docket we have with the courts, we expected that those services will be done by the end of 2020. So what you really see here is you look at ‘21 and beyond is that organization that is the underlying team that makes up the R&D team. I'm sorry, the G&A team, excuse me. So the combination of improving revenues, improving gross margins, leveraging the R&D, sales and marketing, G&A organizations allows us to get to being a cash flow, positive and profitable company as we go out towards 2024.

 

With that, I'm going to pass off the presentation to Michael Dee from Graf Industrial.

 

 

 

 

Michael Dee: Thank you, Drew. I'll now discuss the key terms of today's transaction. It's been our objective that this transaction terms be clear and show investors that the focus is really on Velodyne Lidar as a public company in the future. And that the transaction terms are easily understood. This transaction values Velodyne at a $1.6 billion pre-money valuation with an implied pro forma market capitalization of $1.8 billion. We've secured $150 million in firm commitments for a PIPE, and that in combination with our cash in trust of $117 million, will allow us to deliver a minimum of $200 million dollars to Velodyne, and perhaps more, who will emerge as a newly public company with a robust balance sheet, virtually no debt, and approximately $200 million dollars of cash on the balance sheet.

 

Michael Dee: This transaction represents the first time investors will have an opportunity to invest in a pure-play lidar company, and also to invest with Velodyne’s visionary leadership and the blue chip strategic investors they are aligned with. As previously mentioned, this transaction is intended to get Velodyne to being free cash flow and EBITDA positive beginning in 2022. The existing owners of Velodyne, mostly company management and Velodyne strategic shareholders, will be rolling over all of their equity into this transaction. This will be subject to a six month lockup post-closing. The existing shareholders, led by Executive Chairman David Hall, will represent approximately 83% of the pro-ownership of the transaction, with the PIPE representing just under 9%, public shareholders just under 7%, and the sponsors just over 1%. This will be up to 50-, there will also be up to $50 million used to purchase secondary shares from existing investors who are neither part of Velodyne’s leadership nor their strategic investors. Further aligning the interests of the company's existing shareholders with the public shareholders, the current Velodyne owners and the SPAC sponsor of GRAF will be granted additional shares under an earn-out plan that will be triggered if and when Velodyne share price trades at or above $15 for 20 of 30 consecutive days at any time before six months following the completion of the business combination. The GRAF sponsor group has relinquished their founder warrants.

 

 

 

 

Michael Dee: On slide 30, we are valuing Velodyne at $1.6 billion pre-money for this transaction. We both consider the valuations achieved in Velodyne’s prior B and B-1 financing rounds of approximately $1.9 to $2 billion dollars. In addition to considering a number of public companies, although no direct comparables, we have looked at leaders in the computing and advanced hardware industries, machine vision solution pioneers and companies considered among the key disruptors blazing the path of the next generation automotive and mobility technology. As illustrated on slide 31, Velodyne’s year over year revenue growth, gross margin profile and EBITDA margin profile compares very favorably to the peer group that we have defined. We appreciate there's a lot of information in this and some of these slides, but these will be made available on the GRAF Web site and filed on an 8-K for your further review. On slide 32, you can see that this transaction values Velodyne at a meaningful discount to these peers on a multiple of revenue and EBITDA, and importantly in the middle set of figures, multiple of revenue when accounting for growth rates. I would note, as mentioned earlier, that this transaction represents a discount to the previous three B financing rounds, and this allows investors to realize, in our opinion, the full upside potential. On slide 33, we offer additional calculations showing the valuation range, according to a number of different peer metrics. We again, we believe this highlights the strength in the valuation.

 

Michael Dee: In conclusion, once again, we are excited and really pleased to present this transaction to the marketplace. We believe it's a compelling, on-trend and exciting business to bring to the public markets, and we're doing so at an attractive valuation. Thanks to a high concentration of contracted revenues, that Drew discussed, which is available in the coming years, a robust pipeline of new business opportunities across multiple large end markets, Velodyne will continue to occupy the dominant position and extend its market leadership. Jim Graf and I could not properly conclude today's presentation without a nod to the leadership of Velodyne, and in particular to its visionary founder, David Hall. David's technological and manufacturing genius is really reflected in the extremely high quality of management and engineering talent that he has and will continue to assemble. We are profoundly honored to be his partner in taking Velodyne to the next level as a public company.

 

Thank you, and this concludes today's call.