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

 

June 10, 2021

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-40024   n/a
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

477 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY   10022
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 917-267 4568

 

N/A

(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
   
x Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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. ¨ 

 

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 ordinary share, par value $0.001,
one redeemable warrant to purchase one-half ordinary share and one right to acquire 1/10 of an ordinary share
  VENAU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Ordinary Share   VENA   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable
for one-half ordinary share
  VENAW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share   VENAR   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

 

 

 

  

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

Participants in Solicitation

 

Venus Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Purchaser” or “Venus”) and VIYI Algorithm Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and their respective directors and officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Venus’ stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction described is this Report on Form 8-K. Information about Venus’ directors and executive officers and their ownership of Venus’ securities is set forth in Venus’ filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). To the extent that holdings of Venus’ securities have changed since the amounts printed in Venus’ Prospectus dated February 10, 2021, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of those persons and other persons who may be deemed participants in the proposed transaction may be obtained by reading the proxy statement regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the below paragraph.

 

Venus is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and incorporated for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar merger with one or more businesses or entities. Venus completed its initial public offering on February 11, 2021 with an offering of 4,600,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $46,000,000. Each unit consisted of one ordinary share, par value $0.001, one redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of one ordinary share, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of an ordinary share upon consummation of a business combination. The Units, Ordinary Shares, Rights and Warrants of Venus are currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols "VENAU," "VENA," "VENAR" and "VENAW," respectively. Venus has until February 11, 2022 to consummate a Business Combination. However, if Venus may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to nine times, each by an additional month (for a total of 21 months to complete a Business Combination.

 

VIYI Algorithm Inc. is a privately-held company dedicated to the development and application of bespoke central processing algorithms. Central processing algorithms refer to a range of computing algorithms, including analytical algorithms, recommendation algorithms, and acceleration algorithms. VIYI Algorithm Inc. provides comprehensive solutions to customers by integrating central processing algorithms with software or hardware, or both, thereby helping them to increase the number of customers, improve end-user satisfaction, achieve direct cost savings, reduce power consumption, and achieve technical goals. 

 

Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

This document relates to a proposed transaction between Venus and Viyi. This document does not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange, any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Venus intends to file a proxy statement, which will be sent to all Venus stockholders. Venus also will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF VENUS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT, AS MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND THE PARTIES THERETO.

 

Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by Venus through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by Venus may be obtained free of charge by written request to Venus at Venus Acquisition Corporation 477 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements Legend

 

This document contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, with respect to the proposed merger transaction between Viyi and Venus, including statements regarding the benefits of the transaction, the anticipated timing of the transaction, Viyi’s products under development and the markets in which it intends to operate, and Viyi’s projected future results. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this document, including but not limited to: (i) the risk that the transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of Venus’s securities, (ii) the risk that the transaction may not be completed by Venus’s business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by Venus, (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction, including the adoption of the agreement and plan of merger by the stockholders of Venus and Viyi, the satisfaction of the minimum trust account amount following redemptions by Venus’s public stockholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals, (iv) the lack of a third party valuation in determining whether or not to pursue the proposed transaction, (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the agreement and plan of merger, (vi) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Viyi’s business relationships, performance, and business generally, (vii) risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans of Viyi and potential difficulties in Viyi employee retention as a result of the proposed transaction, (viii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Viyi or against Venus related to the agreement and plan of merger or the proposed transaction, (ix) the ability to maintain the listing of Venus’s securities on the Nasdaq Stock Market Capital Market, (x) the price of Venus’s securities may be volatile due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which Viyi plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting Viyi’s business and changes in the combined capital structure, (xi) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the proposed transaction, and identify and realize additional opportunities, (xii) the risk of downturns in the economy across the world as a world of COVID 19, and (xiii) the impact of legislative, regulatory, competitive and technological changes to Viyi’s business or product candidates, including those in China where Viyi operates. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of Venus’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and proxy statement discussed above and other documents filed by Venus from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Viyi and Venus assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Neither Viyi nor Venus gives any assurance that either Viyi or Venus will achieve its expectations.

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

This section describes the material provisions of the Merger Agreement (as defined below) but does not purport to describe all of the terms thereof. The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1. Unless otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used below are defined in the Merger Agreement.

 

General Description of the Merger

 

On June 10, 2021, Venus Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Purchaser” or “Venus”), VIYI Algorithm Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Viyi” or the “Company”), Venus Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (the “Merger Sub”) and WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc., a Cayman Islands company and the legal and beneficial owner of a majority of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the Company (“Majority Shareholder”), entered into a Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement"). A copy of the Merger Agreement without exhibits or disclosure schedule is included in this Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1. WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI) holds approximately 73% of the share capital of Viyi.

 

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Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the Cayman Islands Companies Act (as revised) (the “Cayman Companies Act”), the parties intend to effect a business combination transaction whereby the Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity (the Company is hereinafter referred to for the periods from and after the Merger Effective Time as the “Surviving Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned Subsidiary of Venus (the “Merger”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and simultaneously with the Closing Purchaser will change its name to “MicroAlgo Inc.”

 

The Board of Directors of both Venus an Viyi and the stockholders of Viyi have approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by it.

 

The Merger is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021, following the receipt of the required approval by Venus’ stockholders and the fulfillment of other customary closing conditions.

 

Merger Consideration

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the merger is structured as s stock for stock transaction and is intended to be qualified as a tax-free reorganization. The terms of the merger provide for a valuation of VIYI Algo and its subsidiaries and businesses of $400,000,000. Based upon a per share value of $10.10 per share, the VIYI Algo stockholders will receive approximately 39,600,000 ordinary shares of Venus which will represent approximately 85% of the combined outstanding shares following the closing, assuming no redemptions by the Venus stockholders and assuming conversion of the Venus outstanding rights into 485,000 ordinary shares. As of June 9, 2021, there were 6,050,000 ordinary shares of Venus issued and outstanding (including 4,600,000 ordinary shares subject to possible redemption).

 

At the Effective Time all outstanding options and other convertible securities of Viyi will be cancelled or converted into ordinary shares of Viyi and exchanged for Venus’ ordinary shares as part of the consideration described above.

 

Post Closing Corporate Governance.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the parties agreed that the Board of Directors of Venus will be comprised of 5 members, four of whom will be nominated by VIYI. In order to continue to satisfy Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, at least 3 of the members of the Board of Directors will be independent in accordance with Nasdaq listing rules.

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Merger Agreement contains representations and warranties of each of the parties thereto that are customary for transactions of this type, including with respect to the operations and financial condition of Venus and Viyi.

 

In the Merger Agreement, Viyi and WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc., as its majority shareholder make certain representations and warranties (with certain exceptions set forth in the disclosure schedule to the Merger Agreement) to Purchaser Parties relating to the Company on the following aspects: (1) corporate existence and power, (2) authorization, (3) governmental authorization, (4) non-contravention, (5) capital structure, (6) organizational documents, (7) Subsidiaries, (8) financial statements, (9) books and records, (10) absence of certain changes, (11) properties, title to the Company’s assets, (12) litigation, (13) contracts, (14) licenses and permits, (15) compliance with laws, (16) compliance with anti-corruption laws, (17) intellectual property, (18) employees, (19) employment matters, (20) tax matters, (21) environmental laws, (22) finders’ fees, (23) status as not an investment company, (24) Affiliate transactions, (25) Proxy/Registration Statement.

 

In the Merger Agreement, Purchaser Parties make certain representations and warranties to the Company on the following aspects: (1) corporate existence and power, (2) authorization, (3) governmental authorization, (4) non-contravention, (5) finders’ fees, (6) issuance of shares, (7) capitalization, (8) information supplied, (9) trust account, (10) listing on Nasdaq, (11) board approval, (12) Purchaser SEC Documents and financial statements, (13) litigation, (14) compliance with laws, (15) compliance with anti-corruption and sanction laws, (16) not an investment company, (17) tax matters, (18) contracts, (19) business activities, (20) registration statement and proxy statement, (21) backstop investment, (22) no outside reliance. The Purchaser Parties make no representation or warranty on other aspect.

 

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Covenants of the Parties

 

Each of the parties to the Merger Agreement agrees to the following covenants:

 

· From the date of the Merger Agreement to the Closing Date, conduct their respective business only in ordinary course and not take certain acts without written consent from the other parties.

 

· From the date of the Merger Agreement to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of the Merger Agreement, the Company and the Purchaser Parties shall and shall cause each of their respective directors, officers, Affiliates, managers, consultants, employees, representatives and agents not to solicit or approve an Alternative Transaction and inform the others of any Alternative Proposal.

 

· From the date of the Merger Agreement to the Closing Date (inclusive), the Company on one hand and the Purchaser Parties on the other hand shall provide the other party access to information relating to such party’s business.

 

· Each of the Company on one hand and the Purchaser Parties on the other hand shall notify the other upon occurrence of certain events.

 

· As promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser Parties shall prepare and file a registration statement that includes the proxy statement with the SEC and each of the Purchaser Parties and the Company will furnish to the other all information concerning itself and its Subsidiaries, officers, directors, managers, shareholders and other equityholders that may be reasonably requested in connection with such Proxy/Registration Statement or other filing or application required by Authority in connection with the Transactions.

 

· Each of the parties will and cause its Subsidiaries to use reasonable best efforts to obtain material consents of third party required to consummate the Transactions.

 

· Each of the parties will use reasonable best efforts to take and cause to be done all things necessary or desirable and cooperate with the others to consummate the Transactions.

 

The Company agreed to the following additional covenants: (1) compliance with laws, (2) delivery of the requisite PCAOB Financials for the quarter ending June 30, 2021 no later than August 15, 2021, and (3) waive claims against Trust Account money.

 

The Purchaser Parties agree to the following additional covenants: (1) from the date of the Merger Agreement through the Effective Time, to ensure Purchaser’s listing on Nasdaq and to reserve new trading symbol prior to the Effective Time, (2) from the date of the Merger Agreement through the Closing, keep current and timely file all SEC filings and comply with its reporting obligations, (3) appropriate disbursement of Trust Account funds, (4) election of Purchaser’s directors and officers in accordance with the composition contemplated under the Merger Agreement, (5) indemnification and insurance coverage for director and officers of the Company and Purchaser, (6) execution and delivery of backstop investment agreement (as further described below in this Form 8-K), (7) adopting Section 16 board resolutions, (8) notifying the Company of any shareholder litigation and (9) delivery of the finalized consideration allocation statement.

 

In addition, Venus agreed to prepare and file a proxy/registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC to provide for (i) approval of the Merger and related transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (ii) approval by the Venus stockholders of an increase in the authorized share capital to 200,000,000 shares; (iii) approval of a name change to MicroAlgo Inc.; (iv) the election of new directors in accordance with the Merger Agreement. The proxy/registration statement will also provide for the registration for resale of the ordinary shares being issued to the Viyi shareholders as part of the merger consideration, subject to the lock-up restrictions described elsewhere in this Form 8-K.

 

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Conditions to Closing

 

Consummation of the Closing is conditioned on:

 

· with respect to all parties: (a) no injunction, (b) no action, (c) effectiveness of the Proxy/Registration statement and no stop order thereof, (d) Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval and

 

· with respect to the Purchaser Parties: (a) Company’s performance of its obligations, (b) Company’s representations and warranties being true and correct, (c) no Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

· with respect to the Company: (a) Purchaser Parties’ performance of their obligations, (b) Purchaser Parties’ representations and warranties being true and correct, (c) no Purchaser Material Adverse Effect, (d) Purchaser Parties’ compliance with reporting obligations, (e) listing approval by the Nasdaq Stock Market of the Consideration Shares, (f) election of directors to Purchaser’s board pursuant to Merger Agreement, (g) Purchaser’s name has changed to “MicroAlgo Inc.” and the authorized share capital being increased to 200,000,000 ordinary shares, (h) effectiveness of the Form S-4 proxy/registration statement .

 

Termination

 

The Merger Agreement may be terminated by either the Purchaser Parties or the Company if Closing has not occurred by September 30, 2021.

 

The Purchaser Parties may terminate the Merger Agreement by written notice to Company if Company has materially breached any covenant, agreement, representations and warranties and failed to cure such breach within 15 days after notification of breach.

 

The Company may terminate the Merger Agreement by written notice to the Purchaser Parties if any Purchaser Party has materially breached any covenant, agreement, representations and warranties and failed to cure such breach within 15 days after notification of breach.

 

The Merger Agreement shall become void forthwith upon termination.

 

OTHER AGREEMENTS

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, the Purchaser and the Company Shareholders and the Backstop Provider (as described elsewhere in this Form 8-K) are entering into a registration rights agreement to provide for the resale registration with respect to the Consideration Shares received by the Company Shareholders in the Merger.

 

The foregoing description of the registration Rights Agreement is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Lock-up Agreements

 

Concurrently with the closing of the merger, Purchaser will enter into a lock-up agreement with each of its IPO sponsor and the Company Shareholders with respect to the Consideration Shares received by the Company Shareholders in the Merger. The Lock-up Agreement provides that except for an aggregate of 2,000,000 ordinary shares received by the of the Company Shareholders, all shares held by the parties to the Lock-up agreements will be subject to restrictions of sale, transfer or assignment as follows: (A) 50% of the shares until the earlier of (i) six (6) months after the date of the consummation of the Merger or (ii) the date on which the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the Merger and (B) the remaining 50% of the shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until six (6) months after the date of the consummation of the Merger.

 

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Backstop Agreement/PIPE financing

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Venus has entered into a binding backstop agreement for (i) the backstop provider to purchase ordinary shares in open market transactions and (ii) purchase from Venus ordinary shares in a private placement transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Any purchases, either from Venus shareholders seeking to redeem ordinary shares, or from Venus are limited to up to $10 million in gross amount. The backstop provider has agreed that any ordinary shares acquired by it will not be subject to redemption under Venus corporate organizational documents and also waived any claims against Venus’ Trust Account.

 

The foregoing description of the Backstop Agreement is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Backstop Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Company Transaction Support Agreement From Company Shareholders

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Venus entered into a Company Transaction Support Agreement with all of the Company Shareholders pursuant to which the Company Shareholders agreed, among other things, (i) not to redeem any of Venus Ordinary Shares which may be owned by them which may be acquired prior to the Closing; (ii) to vote at any meeting of the stockholders of Venus and Viyi all such Venus Ordinary Shares or Viyi Ordinary Shares, as the case may be, in favour of the Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and in favour of the other proposals contained in the Venus Proxy/Registration Statement; (iii) to be bound by certain other covenants and agreements related to the Business Combination and (iv) to be bound by certain transfer restrictions with respect to such Viyi Ordinary Shares prior to the Closing, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Support Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Transaction Support Agreement is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of the Transaction Support Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Non-competition and non-solicitation agreement

 

In connection with the Closing, the Purchaser, the Company will enter into a non-compete and non-solicitation agreement with each of the Company Shareholders in favour of the Purchaser and the Company.

 

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 is incorporated by reference herein. The Venus Ordinary Shares which may be purchased by the Backstop Provider from Venus pursuant to the Backstop Agreement have not been and will not be registered prior to their issuance under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) thereof.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On June 10, 2021, Purchaser issued a press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement by the parties The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 pursuant to Item 7.01 and will not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor will it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
2.1   Merger Agreement dated as of June 10, 2021 by and among Viyi Algorithm Inc., Venus Acquisition Corporation, Venus Merger Sub Corp. and WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc.**
10.1   Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 10, 2021 by and among Venus Acquisition Corporation and the Holders named therein.
10.2   Backstop Agreement dated as of June 10, 2021 by and between Venus Acquisition Corporation and Ever Abundant Investments Limited.
10.3   Company Transaction Support Agreement dated as of June 10, 2021 by and among Venus Acquisition Corporation, Viyi Algorithm Inc. and the persons and entities named therein.
99.1   Press Release of Venus Acquisition Corporation dated June 10, 2021.

  

** Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf as of June 14, 2021 by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  Venus Acquisition Corporation
     
  By: /s/ Yanming Liu
    Yanming Liu
    Chief Executive Officer

  

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Exhibit 2.1

 

Execution Version 

 

MERGER AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of

 

June 10, 2021

 

by and among

 

VIYI Algorithm Inc.,

 

Venus Acquisition Corporation,

 

Venus Merger Sub Corp., and

 

WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
   
Article I. DEFINITIONS 3
   
Article II. MERGER 12
   
Section 2.1 Merger 12
Section 2.2 Closing; Effective Time 12
Section 2.3 Effect of the Merger 12
Section 2.4 Directors and Officers 12
Section 2.5 Organizational Documents 12
Section 2.6 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action 13
Section 2.7 Section 368 Reorganization 13
   
Article III. CONSIDERATION 13
   
Section 3.1 Allocation Statement 13
Section 3.2 Conversion of Capital 14
Section 3.3 Payment of Merger Consideration 14
   
Article IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY 15
   
Section 4.1 Corporate Existence and Power 15
Section 4.2 Authorization 16
Section 4.3 Governmental Authorization 16
Section 4.4 Non-Contravention 16
Section 4.5 Capital Structure 17
Section 4.6 Organizational Documents 17
Section 4.7 Subsidiaries 17
Section 4.8 Financial Statements 18
Section 4.9 Books and Records 19
Section 4.10 Absence of Certain Changes 19
Section 4.11 Properties; Title to the Company’s Assets 21
Section 4.12 Litigation 21
Section 4.13 Contracts 21
Section 4.14 Licenses and Permits 24
Section 4.15 Compliance with Laws 24
Section 4.16 Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws 24
Section 4.17 Intellectual Property 25
Section 4.18 Employees 26
Section 4.19 Employment Matters 26
Section 4.20 Tax Matters 27
Section 4.21 Environmental Laws 27
Section 4.22 Finders’ Fees 28
Section 4.23 Not an Investment Company 28
Section 4.24 Affiliate Transactions 28
Section 4.25 Proxy/Registration Statement 28

 

 

 

 

Section 4.26 No other Representations or Warranties 28
   
Article V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER PARTIES 29
   
Section 5.1 Corporate Existence and Power 29
Section 5.2 Authorization 29
Section 5.3 Governmental Authorization 29
Section 5.4 Non-Contravention 29
Section 5.5 Finders’ Fees 30
Section 5.6 Issuance of Shares 30
Section 5.7 Capitalization 30
Section 5.8 Information Supplied 31
Section 5.9 Trust Account 31
Section 5.10 Listing 32
Section 5.11 Board Approval 32
Section 5.12 Purchaser SEC Documents and Financial Statements 32
Section 5.13 Litigation 33
Section 5.14 Compliance with Laws 33
Section 5.15 Compliance with Anti-Corruption & Sanctions Laws 33
Section 5.16 Not an Investment Company 34
Section 5.17 Tax Matters 34
Section 5.18 Contracts 34
Section 5.19 Business Activities 34
Section 5.20 Registration Statement and Proxy Statement 35
Section 5.21 Backstop Investment 35
Section 5.22 Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties 35
Section 5.23 No Outside Reliance 36
   
Article VI. COVENANTS OF COMPANY AND PURCHASER PARTIES 36
   
Section 6.1 Conduct of the Business 36
Section 6.2 Alternative Proposal and Alternative Transaction 39
Section 6.3 Access to Information 39
Section 6.4 Notices of Certain Events 40
Section 6.5 Proxy/Registration Statement and Requisite Approval 40
Section 6.6 Support of Transactions 43
Section 6.7 Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances 43
Section 6.8 Confidentiality 43
   
Article VII. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY 44
   
Section 7.1 Reporting and Compliance with Laws 44
Section 7.2 PCAOB Financials 44
Section 7.3 No Claim Against the Trust Account 44
   
Article VIII. COVENANTS OF PURCHASER PARTIES 45
   
Section 8.1 Nasdaq Listing 45
Section 8.2 Public Filings 45

 

 

 

 

Section 8.3 Trust Account 45
Section 8.4 Post-Closing Directors and Officers of Purchaser 45
Section 8.5 D&O Indemnification and Insurance 46
Section 8.6 Backstop Investment 47
Section 8.7 Section 16 Matters 47
Section 8.8 Shareholder Litigation 47
Section 8.9 Final Allocation Statement 48
   
Article IX. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING 48
   
Section 9.1 Condition to the Obligations of the Parties 48
Section 9.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Purchaser Parties 48
Section 9.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company 49
   
Article X. DISPUTE RESOLUTION 50
     
Section 10.1 Arbitration 50
Section 10.2 Waiver of Jury Trial; Exemplary Damages 51
   
Article XI. TERMINATION 51
   
Section 11.1 Termination without Default 51
Section 11.2 Termination upon Default 52
Section 11.3 Effect of Termination 52
   
Article XII. Indemnification 52
   
Section 12.1 Indemnification of Purchaser 52
Section 12.2 Procedure 53
Section 12.3 Escrow Shares; Payment of Dividends; Voting 54
Section 12.4 Payment of Indemnification 55
Section 12.5 Survival of Indemnification Rights 55
Section 12.6 Sole and Exclusive Remedy 55
   
Article XIII. MISCELLANEOUS 55
   
Section 13.1 Notices 55
Section 13.2 Non-survival or Representations, Warranties and Covenants 56
Section 13.3 Amendments; No Waivers; Remedies 56
Section 13.4 Arm’s Length Bargaining; No Presumption Against Drafter 57
Section 13.5 Publicity 57
Section 13.6 Expenses 57
Section 13.7 No Assignment or Delegation 57
Section 13.8 Governing Law 58
Section 13.9 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures 58
Section 13.10 Entire Agreement 58
Section 13.11 Severability 58
Section 13.12 Construction of Certain Terms and References; Captions 58
Section 13.13 Further Assurances 59
Section 13.14 Third Party Beneficiaries 59

 

 

 

 

Section 13.15 Waiver of Conflicts 59
Section 13.16 Specific Performance 60

 

Annex 1 Allocation Statement

 

Annex 2 Plan of Merger

 

Exhibit A Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

Exhibit B Form of Lock-up Agreement

 

Exhibit C Form of Backstop Agreement

 

Exhibit D [Reserved]

 

Exhibit E Form of Non-competition and Non-solicitation Agreement

 

Exhibit F Form of Company Transaction Support Agreement

 

Exhibit G Form of Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

Company Disclosure Schedule

 

 

 

 

MERGER AGREEMENT

 

This MERGER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of June 10, 2021 (the “Signing Date”), by and among VIYI Algorithm Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), Venus Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Purchaser”), Venus Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (the “Merger Sub”) and WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc., a Cayman Islands company and the legal and beneficial owner of a majority of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the Company (“Majority Shareholder”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Purchaser is a blank check company under the United States’ federal securities laws and was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses;

 

WHEREAS, Merger Sub is a newly formed entity and was formed for the purpose of effectuating the Merger (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Cayman Islands Companies Act (as revised) (the “Cayman Companies Act”), the parties hereto desire and intend to effect a business combination transaction whereby the Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity (the Company is hereinafter referred to for the periods from and after the Merger Effective Time (as defined below) as the “Surviving Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned Subsidiary of Purchaser (the “Merger”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and simultaneously with the Closing Purchaser will change its name to “MicroAlgo Inc.”;

 

WHEREAS, for U.S. Federal income tax and applicable state income tax purposes, (a) the Merger is intended to constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”) and (b) this Agreement is intended to constitute and hereby is adopted as a “plan of reorganization” with respect to the Merger within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) for purposes of Sections 354, 361 and 368 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser and the Company Shareholders (as defined below) are entering into a registration rights agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Registration Rights Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Closing, each of the Purchaser, Yolanda Management Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “IPO Sponsor”) and the Company Shareholders will enter into a lock-up agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (collectively, the “Lock-up Agreements”);

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser has received a backstop agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Backstop Agreement”);

 

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WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Purchaser, the Company, and all of the Company Shareholders have entered into a voting and transaction support agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (“Company Transaction Support Agreement”) whereby the Company’s Shareholders holding all of the voting securities of the Company shall agree that in the event that any Company Shareholders or their respective Affiliates own or control any Purchaser Ordinary Shares prior to the vote at the Purchaser’s Shareholders’ Meeting (as defined below) to approve the Merger and the Transactions, they shall vote or cause to be voted all such Purchaser Ordinary Shares then held by them or their respective Affiliates in favour of the Merger and the Transactions and shall not redeem any such Purchaser Ordinary Shares;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Closing (as defined below), the Purchaser, the Majority Shareholder and certain escrow agent to be jointly selected by the parties (the “Escrow Agent”) will enter into an escrow agreement substantially in the customary form used by the Escrow Agent for similar transactions and consistent with the terms of this Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Closing, the Purchaser, the Company and each of the Company Shareholders will enter into a non-compete and non-solicitation agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (collectively, the “Non-Compete Agreements”).

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company has (i) determined that this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions are in the best interests of the Company, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions (as defined below), and (iii) resolved to recommend the adoption of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Company Shareholders have adopted a resolution by written consent approving this Agreement and the Transactions (“Company Shareholder Approval”) ;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Purchaser has unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement, the Merger and the Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Purchaser and constitute a “Business Combination” as such term is defined in the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents (as defined below), (b) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, (c) resolved to recommend the adoption of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Purchaser, and (d) directed that this Agreement be submitted to the shareholders of the Purchaser for their adoption;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Merger Sub has (i) determined that the Merger is fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Merger Sub, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions and (b) the sole shareholder of Merger Sub has adopted a resolution by written consent approving this Agreement and the Transactions; and

 

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Transactions, Purchaser shall provide an opportunity to the Purchaser Shareholders to have their Purchaser Ordinary Shares redeemed for consideration on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchaser Organizational Documents and the Trust Agreement in conjunction with obtaining the Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties accordingly agree as follows:

 

Article I.
DEFINITIONS
 

 

The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

 

Action” means any legal action, suit, claim, investigation, hearing or proceeding, including any audit, claim or assessment for Taxes or otherwise.

 

Additional Purchaser SEC Documents” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.12.

 

Adjournment Proposal” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.5(a).

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person.

 

Allocation Statement” has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.1.

 

Alternative Proposal” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.2.

 

Alternative Transaction” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.2.

 

Arbitrator” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.1.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” means, collectively, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the UK Bribery Act 2010, the anti-corruption and anti-bribery Laws of the PRC for the prevention of punishment of public or commercial corruption or bribery, including the PRC Criminal Law and the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law, OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the UN Convention against Corruption, United States Currency, Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption Laws related to combatting bribery, corruption and money laundering.

 

Authority” means any governmental, regulatory or administrative body, agency or authority, any court or judicial authority, any arbitrator, any relevant stock exchange, or any public, private or industry regulatory authority, whether international, national, federal, state, or local.

 

Backstop Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Balance Sheet Date” means December 31, 2020.

 

Books and Records” means all books and records, ledgers, employee records, customer lists, files, correspondence, and other records of every kind (whether written, electronic, or otherwise embodied) owned or used by a Person or in which a Person’s assets, the business or its transactions are otherwise reflected, other than stock books and minute books.

 

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Business Combination Proposal” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.5(a).

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York or the PRC are authorized to close for business.

 

Cayman Companies Act” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Change of Name Proposal” has the meaning given to such term Section 6.5(a).

 

Closing” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2.

 

Closing Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2.

 

Closing Payment Shares” means, with respect to a Company Shareholder other than the Majority Shareholder, such number of the Consideration Shares to be received by such Company Shareholder at Closing, and with respect to the Majority Shareholder, such number of the Consideration Shares equal to the result of the total number of Consideration Shares payable to the Majority Shareholder less the number of Escrow Shares, in each case as set forth opposite of each Company Shareholder’s name in the Allocation Statement and subject to any adjustments made pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company Balance Sheet” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.8(a).

 

Company Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning given to such term in Article IV.

 

Company Group” means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Company Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change or a material adverse effect upon on the assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, net worth, management, earnings, cash flows, business, operations or properties of the Company Group and its business, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the Ordinary Course of business, provided, however, that “Company Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company Group operates; (iii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (v) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of the Purchaser Parties; (vi) any changes in applicable Laws or accounting rules or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof; (vii) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with the Company; (viii) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God; or (ix) any failure by the Company Group to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (provided that the underlying causes of such failures, subject to the other provisions of this definition, shall not be excluded).

 

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Company Share Rights” means all options, warrants, rights, or other securities (including debt instruments) to purchase, convert or exchange into Company Shares.

 

Company Shares” means shares in the capital of the Company.

 

Company Shareholder” means the holders of the Company Shares.

 

Company Shareholder Approval” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company Transaction Expenses” means all fees, costs and expenses of the Company incurred prior to and through the Closing Date in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, the performance and compliance with all Transaction Documents and conditions contained herein to be performed or complied with at or prior to the Closing, the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel, accountants, advisors and consultants of the Company, whether paid or unpaid as of the Closing.

 

Consideration Shares” means such number of Purchaser Ordinary Shares equal to the Valuation divided by SPAC Per Share Redemption Price, rounded up to the nearest whole number.

 

Contracts” means all contracts, agreements, leases (including equipment leases, car leases and capital leases), licenses, commitments, client contracts, statements of work (SOWs), sales and purchase orders and similar instruments, oral or written, to which the Company and/or any of its Subsidiary is a party or by which any of its respective assets are bound, including any entered into by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiary in compliance with Section 6.1 after the date hereof and prior to the Closing.

 

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise; and the terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” shall have the meaning correlative to the foregoing.

 

"Director Appointment Proposal" has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.5(a).

 

D&O Indemnified Parties” has the meaning given to such term in Section 8.5.

 

Effective Time” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2.

 

Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable Laws that prohibit, regulate or control any Hazardous Material or any Hazardous Material Activity, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act of 1976, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and the Clean Water Act.

 

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Escrow Agent” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Escrow Shares” means such number of the Consideration Shares to be held in escrow after the Closing and released pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, being such number of Consideration Shares representing 2% of the total number of Consideration Shares payable to the Majority Shareholder as set forth opposite of the Majority Shareholder’s name in the Allocation Statement and subject to any adjustments made pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Financial Statements” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.8(a).

 

Fraud Claim” means any claim based in whole or in part upon fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time

 

Governmental Approval” means each and any of consent, approval, license or other action by or in respect of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Authority.

 

Government Official” means (a) an officer or employee of any national, regional, local or other component of government, (b) a director, officer or employee of any entity in which a government or any component of a government possesses a majority interest; (c) a political party or political party official; and (e) any individual who is acting in an official capacity for any government, component of a government, or political party.

 

Hazardous Material” shall mean any material, emission, chemical, substance or waste that has been designated by any governmental Authority to be radioactive, toxic, hazardous, a pollutant or a contaminant.

 

Hazardous Material Activity” shall mean the transportation, transfer, recycling, storage, use, treatment, manufacture, removal, remediation, release, exposure of others to, sale, labeling, or distribution of any Hazardous Material or any product or waste containing a Hazardous Material, or product manufactured with ozone depleting substances, including, any required labeling, payment of waste fees or charges (including so-called e-waste fees) and compliance with any recycling, product take-back or product content requirements.

 

IPO” means the initial public offering of Purchaser pursuant to the IPO Prospectus.

 

IPO Prospectus” means the prospectus of Purchaser’s offering of 4,600,000 units (including the exercised over-allotment option) dated February 8, 2021 and filed with the SEC (Registration No. 333-251507).

 

IPO Sponsor” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Indebtedness” with respect to any Person, without duplication, any obligations, contingent or otherwise, in respect of (a) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of all indebtedness for borrowed money, including accrued interest and any per diem interest accruals, (b) amounts drawn (including any accrued and unpaid interest) on letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances and other similar instruments (solely to the extent such amounts have actually been drawn), (c) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes and similar instruments, (d) the termination value of interest rate protection agreements and currency obligation swaps, hedges or similar arrangements (without duplication of other indebtedness supported or guaranteed thereby), (e) the principal component of all obligations to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property and equipment which have been delivered, including “earn outs” and “seller notes” but excluding payables arising in the Ordinary Course, (f) breakage costs, prepayment or early termination premiums, penalties, or other fees or expenses payable as a result of the consummation of the Transactions in respect of any of the items in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e), and (g) all Indebtedness of another Person referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above guaranteed directly or indirectly, jointly or severally.

 

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Indemnification Notice” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.2.

 

Indemnified Party” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.1.

 

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.1.

 

Intellectual Property Right” means any and all intellectual property, industrial property, and proprietary rights worldwide, whether registered or unregistered, including rights in and to the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (a) all patents and utility models and inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice) and invention disclosures and all improvements thereto (“Patents”), (b) all trademarks, service marks, certification marks, collective marks, trade dress, logos, slogans, trade names, corporate and business names, and other indicia of source, including all goodwill symbolized thereby or associated therewith (“Trademarks”), (c) Internet domain names and rights of publicity and in social media usernames, handles, and accounts; (d) all works of authorship, copyrightable works, all copyrights and related rights (“Copyrights”), (e) all designs, industrial designs and mask works (“Designs”), (f) all trade secrets, know-how, proprietary information (such as processes, techniques, formulae, compositions, data analytics, source code, models and methodologies), business or financial information (such as customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information and business and marketing plans and proposals), technical or engineering information (such as technical data, algorithms, designs, drawings and specifications) and other non-public or confidential information (“Trade Secrets”), (g) Technology, (h) Software, (i) any registrations or applications for registration for any of the foregoing, and any provisionals, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, renewals, reissuances, revisions, re-examinations and extensions of any of the foregoing (as applicable), each of which shall be deemed to be included in Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Designs or the foregoing clause (c), as applicable, and (j) analogous rights to those set forth above.

 

Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Law” means any domestic or foreign, federal, state, municipality or local law, statute, ordinance, code, principle of common law, act, treaty or order of general applicability of any applicable Authority, including rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.

 

Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, Indebtedness, claims, or obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether known or unknown, whether direct or indirect, whether matured or unmatured and whether due or to become due), including Tax Liabilities due or to become due.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, and any conditional sale or voting agreement or proxy, including any agreement to give any of the foregoing.

 

Lock-up Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Losses” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.1.

 

Material Contracts” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.13(a).

 

Merger” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Merger Sub Share” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.7(b).

 

Non-Compete Agreements” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

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Order” means any decree, order, judgment, writ, award, injunction, rule or consent of or by an Authority.

 

Ordinary Course” means, with respect to an action taken or refrained from being taken by a Person, that such action or omission is taken in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person, including any reasonable actions taken or refrained from being taken in good faith in response to COVID-19, any COVID-19 Measures or any change in such COVID-19 Measures or interpretations whether taken prior to or following the date of this Agreement.

 

Outside Closing Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 11.1.

 

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, memorandum and articles of association or similar organizational documents, in each case, as amended.

 

"Organizational Documents Proposal" has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.5(a).

 

PCAOB Financials” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.2.

 

Permitted Liens” means (i) all defects, exceptions, restrictions, easements, rights of way and encumbrances disclosed in policies of title insurance which have been made available to the Purchaser Parties; (ii) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’ and similar statutory Liens arising or incurred in the Ordinary Course of business for amounts (A) that are not delinquent, (B) that are not material to the business, operations and financial condition of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries so encumbered, either individually or in the aggregate, and (C) that not resulting from a breach, default or violation by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries of any Contract or Law; and (iii) liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established in accordance to the applicable accounting principles and standards).

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government, domestic or foreign, or political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

Per Share Merger Consideration” means the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate number of Consideration Shares, by (b) the aggregate number of Company Shares outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Permit” means any permit, license, approval, certificate, qualification, consent or authorization issued by an Authority.

 

Plan of Merger” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.2.

 

Proxy Statement” means the proxy statement forming part of the Proxy/Registration Statement filed with the SEC, with respect to the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting and the transactions contemplated hereby, to be used for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Purchaser Shareholders to approve the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Proxy/Registration Statement” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.5(a).

 

Purchaser Board Recommendation” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.5(b).

 

Purchaser Founder Shares” means the (a) 1,150,000 ordinary shares of Purchaser, par value $0.001 per share, issued to the IPO Sponsor prior to the IPO and (b) 225,000 ordinary shares of Purchaser, par value $0.001 per share, issued to the IPO Sponsor concurrently with the completion of the IPO .

 

Purchaser Financial Statements” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.12(b).

 

Purchaser Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change or a material adverse effect upon on the assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, net worth, management, earnings, cash flows, business, operations or properties of the Purchaser Parties and its business, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the Ordinary Course of business, or that would prevent or materially delay the Closing from happening, provided, however, that “Purchaser Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event , occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which each of the Purchaser Parties operates; (iii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (v) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of the Company; (vi) any matter of which Company is aware on the date hereof; (vii) any changes in applicable Laws or accounting rules or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof; (viii) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with the Purchaser Parties; (ix) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God; or (x) any failure by the Purchaser Parties to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (provided that the underlying causes of such failures, subject to the other provisions of this definition, shall not be excluded).

 

Purchaser Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of Purchaser, par value $0.001 per share.

 

Purchaser Parties” means, collectively, the Purchaser and the Merger Sub, and “Purchaser Party” means either of them.

 

Purchaser Post-Closing Officers” has the meaning given to such term in Section 8.4.

 

Purchaser Rights” means the right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Purchaser Ordinary Share upon consummation of a business combination of the Purchaser.

 

Purchaser SEC Documents” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.12.

 

Purchaser Securities” means the Purchaser Shares, Purchaser Rights, Purchaser Units, Purchaser Warrants, collectively.

 

Purchaser Share Redemption” means the right of the holders of Purchaser Shares to redeem all or a portion of their Purchaser Shares (in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise) as set forth in Organizational Documents of Purchaser and the Trust Agreement.

 

Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval” means the approval, at the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting where a quorum is present, of the Transaction Proposals comprising of (a) in the case of the Business Combination Proposal, an ordinary resolution in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Purchaser and applicable Law requiring the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Purchaser Shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter; (b) in the case of the Share Capital Proposal, an ordinary resolution in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Purchaser and applicable Law requiring the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Purchaser Shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter (c) in the case of the Change of Name Proposal, a special resolution in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Purchaser and applicable Law requiring the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Purchaser Shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter; (d) in the case of the Organizational Documents Proposal, a special resolution in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Purchaser and applicable Law requiring the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Purchaser Shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter (e) in the case of the Director Appointment Proposal, an ordinary resolution in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Purchaser and applicable Law requiring the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Purchaser Shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter ; and (f) in the case of the Adjournment Proposal, if required, an ordinary resolution in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Purchaser and applicable Law requiring the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Purchaser Shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Purchaser's Shareholders' Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter.

 

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Purchaser Shares” means the Purchaser Founder Shares and the Purchaser Ordinary Shares, as applicable.

 

Purchaser Shareholders” means the holders of the Purchaser Shares.

 

Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.5(b).

 

Purchaser Transaction Expenses” means all fees, costs and expenses of Purchaser and Merger Sub incurred prior to and through the Closing Date in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement, the performance and compliance with all Transaction Documents and conditions contained herein to be performed or complied with at or prior to the Closing, the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel, accountants, advisors and consultant of Purchaser and Merger Sub, whether paid or unpaid as of the Closing and the Transfer Taxes.

 

Purchaser Unit” means a unit of the Purchaser comprised of one Purchaser Ordinary Share, one Purchaser Warrant and one Purchaser Right.

 

Purchaser Warrants” means the warrants to purchase one-half of one Purchaser Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustments as described in the IPO Prospectus.

 

Real Property” means, collectively, all real properties and interests therein (including the right to use), together with all buildings, fixtures, trade fixtures, plant and other improvements located thereon or attached thereto; all rights arising out of use thereof (including air, water, oil and mineral rights); and all subleases, franchises, licenses, permits, easements and rights-of-way which are appurtenant thereto.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Release Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.3.

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.

 

Sanctions and Export Control Laws” means any applicable Law related to (a) import and export controls, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774), and the Export Controls Act of 2018, 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq., the Israeli Control of Products and Services Declaration (Engagement in Encryption), 1974, the Export Control Law of the PRC, (b) economic or financial sanctions imposed, administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the European Union, any European Union Member State, the United Nations, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or the PRC, or (c) anti-boycott measures.

 

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

"Share Capital Proposal" has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.5(a).

 

Software” means any (a) computer, mobile, or device programs, systems, applications and code, including any software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies and any source code, object code, firmware, middleware, APIs, development and design tools, applets, compilers and assemblers, (b) databases and compilations, including any and all libraries, data and collections of data whether machine readable, on paper or otherwise, (c) descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, (d) technology supporting, and the contents and audiovisual displays of, any internet site(s) and (e) documentation, other works of authorship and media, including user manuals and training materials, relating to or embodying any of the foregoing or on which any of the foregoing is recorded.

 

SPAC Per Share Redemption Price” means the lower of (i) per share redemption price paid to each holder of Purchaser Shares exercising such holder’s right to redeem such holder’s Purchaser Shares (in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) as set forth in the Organizational Documents of the Purchaser and the Trust Agreement, and (ii) $10.10 .

 

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Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means one or more entities of which at least fifty percent (50%) of the capital stock or share capital or other equity or voting securities are Controlled or owned, directly or indirectly, by the respective Person.

 

Survival Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.5.

 

Surviving Corporation” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals

 

Tangible Personal Property” means all tangible personal property and interests therein, including machinery, computers and accessories, furniture, office equipment, communications equipment, automobiles, trucks, forklifts and other vehicles owned or leased by the Company and other tangible property.

 

Tax(es)” means any federal, state, local or foreign tax, charge, fee, levy, custom, duty, deficiency, or other assessment of any kind or nature imposed by any Taxing Authority (including any income (net or gross), gross receipts, profits, windfall profit, sales, use, goods and services, ad valorem, franchise, license, withholding, employment, social security, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, employment, payroll, transfer, excise, import, real property, personal property, intangible property, occupancy, recording, minimum, alternative minimum, environmental or estimated tax), including any liability therefor as a transferee or successor, as a result of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or similar provision of applicable Law or as a result of any Tax sharing, indemnification or similar agreement, together with any interest, penalty, additions to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto.

 

Taxing Authority” means the United States Internal Revenue Service and any other Authority responsible for the collection, assessment or imposition of any Tax or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.

 

Tax Return” means any return, information return, declaration, claim for refund or credit, report or any similar statement, and any amendment thereto, including any attached schedule and supporting information, whether on a separate, consolidated, combined, unitary or other basis, that is filed or required to be filed with any Taxing Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of a Tax or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.

 

Third-Party Claim” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.2.

 

Threshold” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.1.

 

Transaction Documents” mean collectively, this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Backstop Agreement, the Lock-up Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Non-Compete Agreements, and the Company Transaction Support Agreement and any other agreements, documents or certificates entered into or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

 

Transaction Expenses” means collectively, the Purchaser Transaction Expenses and the Company Transaction Expenses.

 

Transaction Proposals” has the meaning given to such term Section 6.5(a).

 

Transactions” means, collectively, the Merger and each of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

Transfer Agent” means Vstock Transfer LLC.

 

Transfer Taxes” means all transfer, documentary, sales, use, real property, stamp, registration and other similar Taxes, fees and costs (including any associated penalties and interest) incurred in connection with this Agreement.

 

Trust Account” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.9.

 

Trust Agreement” means the trust agreement made as of February 8, 2021 by and between the Purchaser, the Trustee and the Transfer Agent.

 

Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

 

Valuation” means $400,000,000.

 

$” means U.S. dollars, the legal currency of the United States.

 

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Article II.
MERGER
 

 

Section 2.1            Merger. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Cayman Companies Act, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. Following the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the Surviving Corporation in the Merger.

 

Section 2.2            Closing; Effective Time. Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated in accordance with Article XI, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall be deemed to have taken place at the New York City office of DLA Piper on a date no later than five (5) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions set forth in Article X, or at such other place and time as the Company and the Purchaser Parties may mutually agree upon. The parties may participate in the Closing via electronic means. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date”. At the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute a plan of merger in the form attached hereto as Annex 2 (the “Plan of Merger”) and the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing the Plan of Merger (and other documents required by Cayman Companies Act) with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands on the same day as the Closing Date in accordance with the relevant provisions of Cayman Companies Act (the time of such filings being the “Effective Time”). At the Closing, the Purchaser shall file a copy of the Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands on the same day as the Closing Date and (i) apply for a change of name from “Venus Acquisition Corporation” to “MicroAlgo Inc.” (ii) file the increase of the authorized share capital of the Purchaser to US$200,000 divided into 200,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.001 par value per share (iii) file the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Purchaser amended in accordance with Section 2.5(b) and (iv) file the appointment and/ or removal of the directors and officers of the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.4.

 

Section 2.3            Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the applicable provisions of Cayman Companies Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Merger Sub shall become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving Corporation, which shall include the assumption by the Surviving Corporation of any and all agreements, covenants, duties and obligations of the Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement to be performed after the Effective Time.

 

Section 2.4            Directors and Officers.

 

(a)               From and after the Effective Time, the composition of the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be the same as the composition set forth in Section 8.4(a).

 

(b)               From and after the Effective Time, the directors and officers of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors and officers of each of the Purchaser and the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time, in each case, each to hold office in accordance with the respective Organizational Documents of the Purchaser and the Surviving Corporation.

 

Section 2.5            Organizational Documents.

 

(a)               The memorandum and articles of association of the Company in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time until thereafter amended in accordance with their terms and under the applicable Laws.

 

(b)               The memorandum and articles of association of the Purchaser from and after the Effective Time shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.

 

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Section 2.6            Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and interest in, to and under, and/or possession of, all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Merger Sub and the Company, the officers and directors of the Merger Sub and the Company are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

 

Section 2.7            Section 368 Reorganization. The parties to this Agreement hereby (i) adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 1.368-2(g) of the United States Treasury Regulations, (ii) agree to file and retain such information as shall be required under Section 1.368-3 of the United States Treasury Regulations, and (iii) agree to file all Tax and other informational returns on a basis consistent with such characterization. . Each party will use commercially reasonable efforts, and agrees to cooperate with the other parties and to provide to the other parties such information and documentation as may be necessary, proper or advisable, to cause the Merger to so qualify, and will not knowingly take an action that would cause the Merger to fail to qualify, as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that no party is making any representation or warranty as to the qualification of the Merger as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code or as to the effect, if any, that any transaction consummated on, after or prior to the Effective Time has or may have on any such reorganization status. Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that each (i) has had the opportunity to obtain independent legal and tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) is responsible for paying its own Taxes, including any adverse Tax consequences that may result if the Merger is determined not to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code.

 

Article III.
CONSIDERATION
 

 

Section 3.1            Allocation Statement. Annex 1 attached hereto sets forth preliminarily the number of Purchaser Ordinary Shares issuable to each Company Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Consideration Shares, subject to Purchaser’s updates prior to the Effective Time (the “Allocation Statement”). If, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, the outstanding Company Shares or Purchaser Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any share issuance, share dividend, subdivision, reclassification, reorganization, 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 Company Shares or Purchaser Shares, as applicable, will be appropriately adjusted to provide to the holders of Company Shares or the holders of Purchaser Shares, as applicable, the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event; provided, however, that this Section 3.1 shall not be construed to permit Purchaser or the Company 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 3.2            Conversion of Capital

 

(a)          Share Capital of Merger Sub. At the Effective Time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Plan of Merger, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Purchaser, the Merger Sub, or the holders of any securities of the Company or Merger Sub, each share of the share capital of Merger Sub that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable ordinary share of the Surviving Corporation. Such ordinary shares of the Surviving Corporation into which the ordinary shares of Merger Sub are so converted shall be the only shares of the Surviving Corporation that are issued and outstanding immediately after the Effective Time.

 

(b)         Share Capital of Company. At the Effective Time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Plan of Merger, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Purchaser, the Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any securities of the Company or Merger Sub, each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive, without interest, the Per Share Merger Consideration. For avoidance of any doubt, each Company Share to be converted into the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration as provided in this Section 3.2(b) shall be automatically cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each Company Shareholder holding such Company Shares will cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Shares, except the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration.

 

(c)          No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.2, none of Surviving Corporation or any party hereto shall be liable to any person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

 

Section 3.3            Payment of Merger Consideration

 

(a)          Exchange Procedures.

 

(i)              Closing Payment Shares. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan of Merger, at the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Closing Payment Shares, represented by book-entry, to each holder of Company Shares that have been converted into the right to receive the Consideration Shares, as set forth in the Allocation Statement.

 

(ii)           Escrow Shares. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan of Merger, at the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered the aggregate Escrow Shares, represented by book-entry, to the Escrow Agent to be held and released pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.

 

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(b)               No fraction shares. No certificates or scrip or book-entry credit representing fractional Purchaser Ordinary Shares will be issued pursuant to the Merger, and such fractional share interests will not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights of a shareholder of the Purchaser. In the event any holder of Company Share would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Purchaser Ordinary Shares (after aggregating all fractional shares of Purchaser Ordinary Shares issuable to such holder), such fractional share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share. The parties acknowledge that any such adjustment was not separately bargained-for consideration but merely represents a mechanical rounding off for purposes of avoiding the expense and inconvenience to Purchaser that would otherwise be caused by the issuance of fractional shares.

 

(c)               Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any certificates for any Company Share shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates and for each such share, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof; provided, however, that Purchaser may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Purchaser with respect to the certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

(d)               Company Register of Members. After the Effective Time, the register of members of the Company shall be closed, and thereafter there shall be no further registration on the register of members of the Surviving Corporation of transfers of Company Shares that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Article IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
 

 

The Company and the Majority Shareholder hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Purchaser Parties that each of the following representations and warranties is true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (or, if such representations and warranties are made with respect to a certain date, as of such date), except as set forth in the Company’s disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Purchaser Parties in connection with this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”) (each of which qualifies (a) the correspondingly numbered representation, warranty or covenant 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 on its face or cross-referenced):

 

Section 4.1            Corporate Existence and Power. The Company is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and its Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they were formed. The Company has all requisite power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, Permits, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary and required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted, other than as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.2            Authorization.

 

(a)               The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents (to which it is a party to) and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are within the corporate powers of the Company and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company to the extent required by their respective Organizational Documents, applicable Laws or any Contract to which it is a party or by which its securities are bound. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Company Shareholders and it constitutes, and upon their execution and delivery, the Transaction Documents (to which it is a party to) will constitute, a valid and legally binding agreement of the Purchaser Parties, enforceable against them in accordance with their representative terms. The Company Shareholder Approval is the only vote of any of Company Shares necessary in connection with the entry into this Agreement by the Company, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Closing.

 

(b)               The board of directors of the Company has, by duly adopted resolutions, (i) approved this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) determined that this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable and in the best interests of the Company and the Company Shareholders, (iii) directed that the adoption of this Agreement be submitted to approve by the Company Shareholders and (iv) resolved to recommend that the Company Shareholders approve this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 4.3            Governmental Authorization.. No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration to or filing with, notice to, or any other action by or in respect of, any governmental Authority or other Person is required on the part of the Company with respect to the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (a) the filing of the Plan of Merger in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act, (b) the SEC declaration of effectiveness of the Proxy/Registration Statement, and (c) any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, filings, notices or actions, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.4            Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or any Transaction Documents to which it is a party does not and will not (a) contravene or conflict with the organizational or constitutive documents of the Company, (b) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law or Order binding upon or applicable to the Company, (c) constitute a default under or breach of (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) or violate or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of any right or obligation of the Company or require any payment or reimbursement or to a loss of any material benefit relating to the business to which the Company is entitled under any provision of any Permit, Contract or other instrument or obligations binding upon the Company or by which any of the Company Shares, or any of the Company’s assets is or may be bound or any Permit, or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Company Shares, (e) cause a loss of any material benefit relating to the business to which the Company is entitled under any provision of any Permit or Contract binding upon the Company, or (f) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens) on any of the Company’s material assets, in the cases of (a) to (d), other than as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.5            Capital Structure. Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Company’s equity structure. The Company has an authorized capital of $100,000 consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share of which 300,000,000 are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. No Company Share is held in its treasury. All of the issued and outstanding Company Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are not subject to any preemptive rights or have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any Person. There are no: (a) outstanding Company Share Rights; (b) outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, rights (including phantom stock rights), calls, commitments, understandings, conversion rights, rights of exchange, plans or other agreements or contractual rights of any kind providing for the purchase, redemption, issuance or sale of any share of the Company, or (c) to the knowledge of the Company, agreements with respect to any of the Company Share, including any voting trust, other voting agreement or proxy with respect thereto. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which the equityholders of any Subsidiary of the Company may vote. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any equityholders agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to the equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. There are no declared but unpaid dividends or other distributions with regard to any issued and outstanding equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Section 4.6            Organizational Documents. The Company has not taken any action in violation or derogation of its Organizational Documents, other than as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. A true and complete copy of the certificate of formation, of the Company, and a true and correct copy of the articles and memorandum of association of the Company have been provided to the Purchaser Parties and each is in full force and effect and the Company is not in violation of any of the provisions thereof.

 

Section 4.7            Subsidiaries. Section 4.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the corporate details of each Subsidiary of the Company. All of the outstanding equity securities of each Subsidiary of the Company are duly authorized and validly issued, duly registered and non-assessable (if applicable), were offered, sold and delivered in material compliance with all applicable securities Laws, and are owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than those, if any, imposed by such Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents); and (ii) there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements, subscriptions, convertible securities or commitments to which any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or which are binding upon any Subsidiary of the Company providing for the issuance or redemption of any shares or other equity interests in or of any Subsidiary of the Company. The Subsidiaries have been duly incorporated, formed or organized and are validly existing and in good standing, where applicable, under the Laws of their respective jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization and have the power and authority to own or lease their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as they are now being conducted. 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 or lease 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 or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to be have a Material Adverse Effect. True and complete copies of the organizational documents of the Subsidiaries of the Company have been made available to the Purchaser Parties, and are in full force and effect and such Subsidiaries are not in violation of any of the provisions thereof.

 

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Section 4.8            Financial Statements

 

(a)               Section 4.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule includes the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, consisting of the audited balance sheets as of such dates (the “Company Balance Sheet”), the audited income statements for the twelve (12) month periods ended on such dates, and the audited cash flow statements for the twelve (12) month periods ended on such dates (collectively, the “Financial Statements”).

 

(b)               The Financial Statements are complete and accurate and fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with its applicable accounting standards applied on a consistent basis in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations of the Company for the periods reflected therein.

 

(c)               The systems of internal accounting controls maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; and (iii) material information is communicated to management as appropriate.

 

(d)               Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or is subject to any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar Contract (including any Contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, on the other hand), including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, or any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act), in each case, where the result, purpose or effect of such Contract is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Financial Statements.

 

(e)               Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received from any employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries any written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral complaint, allegation, assertion or claim with respect to unlawful or potentially unlawful activity regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have not independently identified or received any written notice from their independent accountants regarding any of the foregoing.

 

(f)                The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X and reviewed by the Company’s independent auditor in accordance with PCAOB Auditing Standard 4105. The Financial Statements have been audited in accordance with PCAOB auditing standards by a PCAOB-qualified auditor that was independent under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

(g)               As of the date hereof, other than as set forth in the Financial Statements and as described in the notes thereto, that have arisen in the Ordinary Course of the Company’s business as currently conducted or incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any (i)Indebtedness, whether or not contingent, for borrowed money, or (ii) Indebtedness evidenced by any note, bond, debenture, mortgage or other debt instrument or debt security or similar instrument.

 

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Section 4.9            Books and Records. All Contracts, documents, and other papers or copies thereof delivered to the Purchaser Parties by or on behalf of the Company are true and authentic. The Books and Records reflect fairly in all material respects the transactions and dispositions of assets of and the providing of services by the Company. All accounts, books and ledgers of the Company have been properly and accurately kept and completed in all material respects, and there are no material inaccuracies or discrepancies of any kind contained or reflected therein.

 

Section 4.10        Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has conducted the business in the Ordinary Course consistent with past practices. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, since the Balance Sheet Date, there has not been:

 

(a)               any Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b)             any transaction, Contract or other instrument entered into, or commitment made, by the Company relating to its business, or any of the Company’s assets (including the acquisition or disposition of any assets) or any relinquishment by the Company of any Contract or other right, in either case other than transactions and commitments in the Ordinary Course of business consistent in all material respects, including kind and amount, with past practices and those contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c)               (i) any redemption of, declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to any capital stock or share capital or other equity interests in the Company; (ii) any issuance by the Company of shares or of shares of capital stock or other equity interests in the Company (other than pursuant to any effective employee equity incentive plan), or (iii) any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition, or any amendment of any term, by the Company of any outstanding shares or shares of capital stock or other equity interests (other than pursuant to any effective employee equity incentive plan);

 

(d)               (i) any creation or other incurrence of any Lien other than Permitted Liens on the Company Shares or any of the Company’s assets, and (ii) any making of any loan, advance or capital contributions to or investment in any Person by the Company, in each case other than in the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past practice of the Company;

 

(e)               any material personal property damage, destruction or casualty loss or personal injury loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting the business or assets of the Company;

 

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(f)             any material labor dispute, other than routine individual grievances, or any material activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of the Company, which employees were not subject to a collective bargaining agreement at the Balance Sheet Date, or any lockouts, strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages or threats thereof by or with respect to any employees of the Company;

 

(g)               any sale, transfer, lease to others or otherwise disposition of any of its material assets by the Company except for inventory, licenses or services sold in the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past practices or immaterial amounts of other Tangible Personal Property not required by its business;

 

(h)               (i) any amendment to or termination of any Material Contract, (ii) any amendment to any material license or material permit from any Authority held by the Company, (iii) any receipt of any notice of termination of any of the items referenced in (i) and (ii); and (iv) a material default by the Company under any Material Contract, or any material license or material permit from any Authority held by the Company, other than in the cases of each of clauses (i) through (iv), as provided for in this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder or as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(i)                 other than in the Ordinary Course of business, any capital expenditure by the Company in excess in any fiscal month of $1,000,000 per one transaction or entering into any lease of capital equipment or property under which the annual lease charges exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate by the Company;

 

(j)              any institution of litigation, settlement or agreement to settle any litigation, action, proceeding or investigation before any court or governmental body relating to the Company or its property or suffering of any actual litigation, action, proceeding or investigation before any court or governmental body relating to the Company or its property, other than as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(k)               any loan of any monies to any Person or guarantee of any obligations of any Person by the Company, in excess of $5,000,000, other than accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past business;

 

(l)              except as required by the appliable accounting principles and standards, any change in the accounting methods or practices (including, any change in depreciation or amortization policies or rates) of the Company or any revaluation of any of the assets of the Company;

 

(m)             any material amendment to the Company’s Organizational Documents, or any engagement by the Company in any merger, consolidation, reorganization, reclassification, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction, other than as provided for in this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder;

 

(n)               any acquisition of assets (other than acquisitions of inventory in the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past practice) or business of any Person, other than as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(o)               any material Tax election made by the Company outside of the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past practice, or any material Tax election changed or revoked by the Company; any material claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes settled or compromised by the Company; any annual Tax accounting period changed by the Company; any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement relating to any Tax (other than an ordinary commercial agreement the principal purpose of which does not relate to Taxes) entered into by the Company; or any right to claim a material Tax refund surrendered by the Company; or

 

(p)               any undertaking of any legally binding obligation to do any of the foregoing.

 

Section 4.11        Properties; Title to the Company’s Assets

 

(a)               The material items of Tangible Personal Property have no material defects, are in good operating condition, function in accordance with their intended uses (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and have been properly maintained, and are suitable for their present uses and meet all specifications and warranty requirements with respect thereto.

 

(b)               Section 4.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Company’s list of leased properties, The Company has good, valid and marketable title in and to, or in the case of the Leases and the assets which are leased or licensed pursuant to Contracts, a valid leasehold interest or license in or a right to use, all of their assets reflected on the Company Balance Sheet or acquired after Balance Sheet Date, other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company’s assets constitute all of the assets of any kind or description whatsoever, including goodwill, for the Company to operate its business immediately after the Closing in the same manner as the Business is currently being conducted.

 

Section 4.12        Litigation. There is no Action (or any basis therefore) pending against, or to the knowledge of the Company or the Majority Shareholder threatened against or affecting, the Company, any of its officers or directors, its business, or any Company Shares, or any of the Company’s assets or any Contract before any court, Authority or official or which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Transaction Documents, other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding judgments against the Company that would reasonably to be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect on the ability of the Company to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Company is not, and has not been in the past two (2) years, subject to any proceeding with any Authority, other than as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.13        Contracts

 

(a)               Section 4.13(a) of Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material Contracts, oral or written (collectively, the “Material Contracts”) to which the Company is a party and which are currently in effect and constitute the following:

 

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(i)               all Contracts that require annual payments or expenses by, or annual payments or income to, the Company of $3,000,000 or more (other than standard purchase and sale orders entered into in the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past practice);

 

(ii)              all sales, advertising, agency, lobbying, broker, sales promotion, market research, marketing or similar contracts and agreements, in each case requiring the payment of any commissions by the Company in excess of $3,000,000 annually;

 

(iii)           all employment Contracts, employee leasing Contracts, and consultant and sales representatives Contracts with any current or former officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or other Person, under which the Company (A) has continuing obligations for payment of annual compensation of at least $500,000 (other than oral arrangements for at-will employment), (B) has material severance or post termination obligations to such Person (other than COBRA obligations), or (C) has an obligation to make a payment upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or as a result of a change of control of the Company;

 

(iv)            all Contracts creating a material joint venture, strategic alliance, management or similar agreement with an Affiliate, limited liability company and partnership agreements to which the Company is a party;

 

(v)               all Contracts relating to any material acquisitions or dispositions of assets by the Company in excess of $3,000,000;

 

(vi)            all Contracts for material licensing agreements, including Contracts licensing Intellectual Property Rights, other than (i) “shrink wrap” licenses, and (ii) non-exclusive licenses granted in the Ordinary Course of business;

 

(vii)           all Contracts relating to material secrecy, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements restricting the conduct of the Company or substantially limiting the freedom of the Company to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area;

 

(viii)        all Contracts relating to material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, brands, copyrights, trade secrets and other material Intellectual Property Rights of the Company;

 

(ix)            all Contracts providing for material guarantees, indemnification arrangements and other hold harmless arrangements made or provided by the Company, including all ongoing agreements for repair, warranty, maintenance, service, indemnification or similar obligations;

 

(x)               all Contracts with or pertaining to the Company to which any 5% Shareholder is a party;

 

(xi)            all Contracts relating to property or assets (whether real or personal, tangible or intangible) in which the Company holds a leasehold interest and which involve (A) payments to the lessor thereunder in excess of $3,000,000 per month or (B) an Affiliate of the Company;

 

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(xii)          any Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has (A) created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness for money borrowed (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any intercompany arrangements solely between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), (B) granted a Lien on its assets or group of assets, whether tangible or intangible, to secure any indebtedness for money borrowed, (C) extended credit to any Person (other than Contracts involving immaterial advances made to an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of business as currently conducted) or (D) relating to outstanding Indebtedness, including financial instruments of indenture or security instruments (typically interest-bearing) such as notes, mortgages, loans and lines of credit, except any such Contract with a non-Affiliate with an aggregate outstanding principal amount not exceeding $3,000,000;

 

(xiii)        any Contract relating to the voting or control of the equity interests of the Company or the election of directors of the Company (other than the Organizational Documents of the Company);

 

(xiv)        any Contract that can be terminated, or the provisions of which are altered, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party; and

 

(xv)          any Contract for which any of the benefits, compensation or payments (or the vesting thereof) with respect to a director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company will be increased or accelerated by the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or the amount or value thereof will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)         Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Material Contract is a valid and binding agreement, and is in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto, is in breach or default (whether with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice or both) under the terms of any such Material Contract, (ii) the Company has not assigned, delegated, or otherwise transferred any of its rights or obligations with respect to any Material Contracts, or granted any power of attorney with respect thereto or to any of the Company’s assets, (iii) no Contract (A) requires the Company to post a bond or deliver any other form of security or payment to secure its obligations thereunder or (B) imposes any non-competition covenants that may be binding on, or restrict its business or require any payments by or with respect to Purchaser or any of its Affiliates.

 

(c)          Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, none of the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby constitutes a default under or gives rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation of the Company or to a loss of any material benefit to which the Company is entitled under any provision of any Material Contract.

 

(d)         Except would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company is in compliance with all covenants, including all financial covenants, in all notes, indentures, bonds and other instruments or agreements evidencing any Indebtedness.

 

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Section 4.14        Licenses and Permits. Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule correctly lists each material Permits affecting, or relating in any way to, the Company’s business as currently conducted. Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, such Permits are valid and in full force and effect, and none of the Permits will, be terminated or impaired or become terminable as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby. Other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company has all Permits necessary to operate its business. There is no outstanding notice of revocation, cancellation or termination of any Company Permit has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; there are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that seek the revocation, suspension, withdrawal, adverse modification, cancellation or termination of any Company Permit. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not cause the revocation, modification or cancellation of any Company Permits, except for any such revocation, modification or cancellation that would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.15        Compliance with Laws. Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not in violation of, has not violated, and to the Company’s knowledge, is neither under investigation with respect to nor has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation or alleged violation of, any Law, or judgment, order or decree entered by any court, arbitrator or Authority, domestic or foreign, nor is there any basis for any such charge and within the last 36 months the Company has not received any subpoenas by any Authority. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has implemented, maintains, and complies in all material respects with internal compliance programs designed to detect and prevent violations of any applicable Laws.

 

Section 4.16        Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(a)        The Company and its Subsidiaries, and each of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives or other persons acting on its behalf have complied with and are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws. Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor its directors or officers, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their employees, agents, or any other Persons acting for or on behalf of any of the Company has, directly or knowingly indirectly (i) made, offered, promised, authorized, paid or received any unlawful bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments to or from any Person, (ii) made, offered, promised, authorized or paid any unlawful contributions to a domestic or foreign political party or candidate or (iii) otherwise made, offered, promised, authorized, paid or received any improper payment in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(b)        The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has maintained and currently maintains (i) books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that all transactions and access to assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries were, have been and are executed only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization.

 

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(c)         The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has in place policies, procedures and controls that are reasonably designed to promote and ensure compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(d)         None of the Company’s nor any of its Subsidiaries’ respective officers, directors, and to the Company’s knowledge, their respective employees is or was a Governmental Official or a close family member of a Government Official.

 

(e)         To the Company’s knowledge, no governmental Authority is investigating or has in the past five (5) years conducted, initiated or threatened any investigation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective officers or directors for alleged violation of Anti-Corruption Laws in connection with activities relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(f)         Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Affiliates, nor any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives, is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are: (i) the subject of any sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) or the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria) or has conducted business with any Person or entity or any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives or other Persons acting on its behalf that is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria).

 

Section 4.17        Intellectual Property

 

(a)         Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all material Intellectual Properties owned by the Company.

 

(b)        Within the past two (2) years, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company has not been sued or charged in writing with or been a defendant in any Action that involves a claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company has no knowledge of any other claim of infringement by the Company, and no knowledge of any continuing infringement by any other Person of any Intellectual Property Rights of the Company.

 

(c)         The Company and its Subsidiaries own or have a valid and enforceable right to use any and all material Intellectual Property used or held for use in, or otherwise necessary for, the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect and to the knowledge of the Company, the current use by the Company of the Intellectual Property Rights does not infringe, and will not infringe, the rights of any other Person in any material respect.

 

(d)         All employees, agents, consultants or contractors who have contributed to or participated in the creation or development of any material copyrights, patents or trade secrets on behalf of the Company or any predecessor in interest thereto, to the knowledge of the Company, either: (i) is a party to a “work-for-hire” agreement under which the Company is deemed to be the original owner/author of all property rights therein; or (ii) has executed an assignment or an agreement to assign in favor of the Company (or such predecessor in interest, as applicable) all right, title and interest in such material.

 

(e)         Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will cause any material item of Intellectual Property Rights owned, licensed, used or held for use by the Company immediately prior to the Closing to not be owned, licensed or available for use by the Company on substantially the same terms and conditions immediately following the Closing in any material respect.

 

(f)         The Company has taken reasonable measures to safeguard and maintain the confidentiality and value of all trade secrets and other items of Company Intellectual Property that are confidential and all other confidential information, data and materials licensed by the Company or otherwise used in the operation of its business. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not disclosed, delivered, licensed or otherwise made available (other than to current and former employees, independent contractors and consultants who contributed to the development of Software for the Company and who are bound by written confidentiality agreements), and do not have a duty or obligation (whether present, contingent, or otherwise) to disclose, deliver, license, or otherwise make available, any source code that embodies any owned Intellectual Property to any Person.

 

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Section 4.18        Employees Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not a party to or subject to any employment contract, consulting agreement, collective bargaining agreement, confidentiality agreement restricting the activities of the Company, non-competition agreement restricting the activities of the Company, or any similar agreement, and there has been no activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of the Company.

 

Section 4.19        Employment Matters.

 

(a)        Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company, no current employee of the Company, in the Ordinary Course of his or her duties, has breached any obligation to a former employer in respect of any covenant against competition or soliciting clients or employees or servicing clients or confidentiality or any proprietary right of such former employer; and the Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement, does not have any material labor relations disputes, and there is no pending representation question or union organizing activity respecting employees of the Company.

 

(b)        Section 4.19 (b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all current employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, which includes the following information with respect to each such employee: (i) the employee’s name, (ii) the department of the employee, (iii) the employee’s principal location of employment and (iv) the name of the applicable employer entity.

 

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Section 4.20        Tax Matters.  

 

(a)        All material Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to the Company have been filed within the requisite period (taking into account any extensions) and such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects. All material Taxes due and payable by the Company have been or will be paid in a timely fashion or have been accrued for on the Financial Statements. No material deficiencies for any Taxes that are currently outstanding with respect to any Tax Returns of the Company have been asserted in writing by, and no written notice of any action, audit, assessment or other proceeding, in each case that is currently pending, with respect to such Tax Returns or any Taxes of the Company has been received from, any Taxing Authority, and no dispute or assessment relating to such Tax Returns or such Taxes with any such Taxing authority is currently outstanding. No claim that is currently outstanding has been made by the Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. The Company has not taken any action (nor permitted any action to be taken), and is not aware of any fact or circumstance, that would reasonably be expected to prevent, impair or impede the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(b)        Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Tax sharing, indemnification or allocation agreement or other similar Contract, other than (A) any such agreement solely among the Company and its Subsidiaries, or (B) entered into in the Ordinary Course of business and not primarily related to Taxes.

 

(c)         Neither the Company nor any of 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 Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of: (i) any change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing; (ii) any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing; (iii) any installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing; (iv) any prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business; or (v) Section 965(a) of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law).

 

Section 4.21        Environmental Laws.

 

(a)        The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and at all times since January 1, 2017 have been, in compliance with all Environmental Laws in all material respects, and there are no existing facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to prevent such compliance in the future and all Permits held by the Company pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws are in full force and effect and no appeal or any other Action is pending to revoke or modify any such Permit;

 

(b)        no notice of violation, demand, request for information, citation, summons or order has been received by the Company relating to or arising out of any Environmental Laws, other than those relating to matters that have been fully resolved or that remain pending and, if adversely determined, would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(c)        neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to indemnify any other Person against liability under Environmental Laws, or to assume or undertake any liability of another Person under Environmental Laws;

 

(d)        copies of all material written reports (in the case of reports with multiple drafts or versions, the final draft or version), notices of violation, orders, audits, assessments and all other material environmental reports, in the possession, custody or control of the Company or its Subsidiaries, relating to environmental conditions in, on or about the leased Real Property or to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ compliance with Environmental Laws have been made available to the Purchaser Parties.

 

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Section 4.22        Finders’ Fees. With respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any of Affiliates who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the Purchaser upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 4.23        Not an Investment Company. The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Section 4.24       Affiliate Transactions. No (a) Company Shareholder, (b) former or current director, officer, manager, indirect or direct equityholder, optionholder or member of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) any Affiliate or “associate” or any member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), of any Person described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b), in each case, other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each a “Related Party”), is (i) a party to any Contract or business arrangement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) provides any services to, or is owed any money by or owes any money to, or has any claim or right against, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than, in each case, compensation for services performed by a Person as director, officer, service provider or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and amounts reimbursable for routine travel and other business expenses in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (iii) directly or indirectly owns, or otherwise has any right, title or interest in, to or under, any tangible or intangible property, asset, or right that is, has been, or is currently planned to be used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the Contracts, relationships, or transactions described in clauses (i) through (iii), the “Affiliate Transactions”).

 

Section 4.25       Proxy/Registration Statement. On the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Purchaser Shareholders, and at the time of the meeting for the Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval, none of the information furnished by or on behalf of the Company or the Majority Shareholder in writing specifically for inclusion in the Proxy/Registration Statement will include any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

Section 4.26       No other Representations or Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article IV (as may be modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule), Company hereby expressly disclaims and negates, any other express or implied representation or warranty whatsoever (whether at Law or in equity) with respect to Company and its Affiliates, and any matter relating to any of them, including their affairs, the condition, value or quality of the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations, or with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any other information made available to the Purchaser Parties, their Affiliates or any of their respective representatives by, or on behalf of, Purchaser Parties, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (as may be modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule), neither the Company nor any other Person on behalf thereof has made or makes, any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates or budgets made available to the Purchaser Parties, or their Affiliates or any of their respective representatives of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Company (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing), whether or not included in any presentation or in any other information made available to the Purchaser Parties, or their Affiliates or any of their representatives or any other Person, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed.

 

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Article V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER PARTIES
 

 

The Purchaser Parties hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company that, each of the following representations and warranties is true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (or, if such representations and warranties are made with respect to a certain date, as of such date):

 

Section 5.1          Corporate Existence and Power. Each of Purchaser and Merger Sub is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Each of the Purchaser Parties has all power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, Permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

 

Section 5.2          Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser Parties of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents (to which it is a party to) and the consummation by the Purchaser Parties of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are within the corporate powers of the Purchaser Parties and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Purchaser Parties to the extent required by their respective Organizational Documents, applicable Laws or any Contract to which it is a party or by which its securities are bound other than the Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser Parties and it constitutes, and upon their execution and delivery, the Transaction Documents (to which it is a party to) will constitute, a valid and legally binding agreement of the Purchaser Parties, enforceable against them in accordance with their representative terms.

 

Section 5.3          Governmental Authorization. Other than as required under applicable Laws, neither the execution, delivery nor performance by the Purchaser Parties of this Agreement or any Transaction Documents requires any consent, approval, license or other action by or in respect of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Authority.

 

Section 5.4          Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery or performance by the Purchaser Parties of this Agreement or any Transaction Documents to which it is a party does not and will not (a) contravene or conflict with the organizational or constitutive documents of the Purchaser Parties, (b) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law or Order binding upon or applicable to the Purchaser Parties, (c) constitute a default under or breach of (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) or violate or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of any right or obligation of the Purchaser Parties or require any payment or reimbursement or to a loss of any material benefit relating to the business to which the Company is entitled under any provision of any Permit, Contract or other instrument or obligations binding upon the Purchaser Parties or by which any of the Purchaser Shares, or any of the assets of the Purchaser Parties is or may be bound or any Permit, or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Purchaser Shares, (e) cause a loss of any material benefit relating to its business to which the Purchaser Parties is entitled under any provision of any Permit or Contract binding upon the Purchaser Parties, or (f) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens) on any of the Purchaser Parties’ material assets, in the cases of (a) to (d), other than as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect

 

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Section 5.5          Finders’ Fees. Other than Ladenburg Thalmann & Co Inc.. there is no investment banker, broker, funder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Purchaser or their Affiliates who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the Company, or any of its Affiliates upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 5.6          Issuance of Shares. The Consideration Shares, when issued in accordance with this Agreement and the Plan of Merger, will be duly authorized and validly issued, and will be fully paid and nonassessable.

 

Section 5.7          Capitalization

 

(a)         At the date of this Agreement, the authorized share capital of Purchaser is US$50,000 divided into 50,000,000 Purchaser Ordinary Shares of which 6,050,000 Purchaser Ordinary Shares have been issued and are outstanding as of the date hereof including 1,375,000 of which are Purchaser Founder Shares. Except for the Purchaser Securities as described in the IPO prospectus, no other shares or other voting securities of Purchaser are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All issued and outstanding Purchaser Ordinary Shares are, and all Consideration Shares, when issued, will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of Cayman Islands Law, the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents or any contract to which Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser is bound. Other than as described in the IPO Prospectus, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Purchaser to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Purchaser Ordinary Shares or any capital equity of Purchaser. Other than as described in the IPO Prospectus, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Purchaser to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.

 

(b)        The authorized share capital of Merger Sub is $50,000 divided into 500,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Merger Sub Share”) of which 10,000 shares of Merger Sub Share are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. No other shares or other voting securities of Merger Sub are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All issued and outstanding of Merger Sub Share(s) are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of Cayman Islands Law, the Merger Sub’s Organizational Documents or any contract to which Merger Sub is a party or by which Merger Sub is bound. Except as set forth in the Merger Sub’s Organizational Documents, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Merger Sub to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Merger Sub Share(s) or any share capital or equity of Merger Sub. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of Merger Sub to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.

 

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Section 5.8         Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the any Purchaser Party expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the filings with the SEC and mailings to Purchaser’s stockholders with respect to the solicitation of proxies to approve the transactions contemplated hereby will, at the date of filing and/ or mailing, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth in the materials provided by Purchaser or that is included in the Purchaser SEC Documents).

 

Section 5.9          Trust Account. As of the date of this Agreement, the Purchaser has at least $46,460,000 in the trust fund established by the Purchaser for the benefit of its public stockholders in a United States-based account at Wilmington Trust Company(the “Trust Account”), which is established by the Transfer Agent and maintained by the Trustee, and such monies are invested in “government securities” (as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and held in trust by the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement. There are no separate Contracts, side letters or other arrangements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the Purchaser SEC Documents to be inaccurate or that would entitle any Person (other than Purchaser Shareholders holding Purchaser Shares sold in Purchaser’s IPO who shall have elected to redeem their Purchaser Shares pursuant to Purchaser’s Organizational Documents and the underwriters of Purchaser’s IPO with respect to deferred underwriting commissions) 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 other than to pay Taxes and payments with respect to all Purchaser Share Redemptions. There are no claims or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Purchaser Parties, threatened with respect to the Trust Account. Purchaser has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under, and is not in 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. As of the Effective Time, the obligations of Purchaser to dissolve or liquidate pursuant to Purchaser’s Organizational Documents shall terminate, and as of the Effective Time, Purchaser shall have no obligation whatsoever pursuant to Purchaser’s Organizational Documents to dissolve and liquidate the assets of Purchaser by reason of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. As of the date hereof, following the Effective Time, no Purchaser Shareholder shall be entitled to receive any amount from the Trust Account except to the extent such Purchaser Shareholder is exercising an Purchaser Share Redemption. 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, Purchaser 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 Purchaser at the Effective Time.

 

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Section 5.10        Listing. As of the date hereof, the Purchaser Units, Purchaser Ordinary Shares, Purchaser Warrants and Purchaser Rights are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, with trading symbols “VENAU,” “VENA,” “VENAW,” and “VENAR.” Purchaser is in compliance with the rules of Nasdaq and there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser by Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister Purchaser Units, Purchaser Ordinary Shares, Purchaser Warrants or Purchaser Rights. No Purchaser Party has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of Purchaser Units, Purchaser Ordinary Shares, Purchaser Warrants or Purchaser Rights.

 

Section 5.11        Board Approval. Each of the board of directors of the Purchaser and of the Merger Sub have, as of the date of this Agreement, unanimously (i) declared the advisability of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, (ii) determined that the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are in the best interests of the stockholders or shareholders of the Purchaser Parties, as applicable, and (iii) solely with respect to the Purchaser Board, determined that the transactions contemplated hereby constitutes a “Business Combination” as such term is defined in Purchaser’s Organizational Documents. 

 

Section 5.12        Purchaser SEC Documents and Financial Statements 

 

(a)        Each of the (i) Purchaser’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for each fiscal year of Purchaser, beginning with the first year Purchaser was required to file such a form, (ii) Purchaser’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each fiscal quarter of Purchaser beginning with the first quarter Purchaser was required to file such a form, (iii) all proxy statements relating to Purchaser’s meetings of shareholders (whether annual or special) held, and all information statements relating to shareholder consents, since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above, (iv) its Form 8-Ks filed since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above, and (v) all other forms, reports, registration statements and other documents filed by Purchaser with the SEC since Purchaser’s formation (the forms, reports, registration statements and other documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto, are available in full without redaction on the SEC’s website through EDGAR. Purchaser has timely filed or furnished all statements, prospectuses, registration statements, forms, reports, schedules, and other documents, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto, required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC since its formation, pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and all regulations and rules promulgated thereunder (collectively and as they have been amended since the time of their filing or furnishing, the “Purchaser SEC Documents”). Purchaser will timely file all of the foregoing documents with the SEC to the extent they are required by applicable Laws or rules subsequent to the date of this Agreement (the “Additional Purchaser SEC Documents”). Except with respect to the accounting treatment for warrants as described in the SEC pronouncement on April 12,2021, each of the Purchaser SEC Documents, as of the respective date of its filing, and as of the date of any amendment, complied, and each of the Additional Purchaser SEC Documents will be prepared for and comply, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applicable to such documents. As of the respective date of its filing (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), the Purchaser SEC Documents and the Additional Purchaser SEC Documents did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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 or to be made, not misleading. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC with respect to any Purchaser SEC Documents. None of the Purchaser SEC Documents filed on or prior to the date of this Agreement is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date of this Agreement.

 

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(b)        The financial statements and notes contained or incorporated by reference in the Purchaser SEC Documents (the “Purchaser Financial Statements”) are complete and accurate and fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis in all material respects and Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable, the financial position of the Purchaser as of the dates thereof and the results of operations of the Purchaser for the periods reflected therein. The Purchaser Financial Statements (i) were prepared from the Books and Records of the Purchaser; (ii) were prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP consistently applied; (iii) contain and reflect all necessary adjustments and accruals for a fair presentation of the Purchaser’s financial condition as of their dates; and (iv) contain and reflect adequate provisions for all material Liabilities for all material Taxes applicable to the Purchaser with respect to the periods then ended.

 

(c)         Except as specifically disclosed, reflected or fully reserved against in the Purchaser Financial Statements, and for Liabilities and obligations of a similar nature and in similar amounts incurred in the Ordinary Course of business since the Purchaser’s formation, there are no material Liabilities, debts or obligations (whether accrued, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, asserted or unasserted or otherwise) relating to the Purchaser. All debts and Liabilities, fixed or contingent, which should be included under U.S. GAAP on a balance sheet are included in the Purchaser Financial Statements.

 

Section 5.13        Litigation. There is no Action (or any basis therefore) pending against any Purchaser Party, any of its officers or directors or any of its securities or any of its assets or Contracts before any court, Authority or official or which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Transaction Documents. There are no outstanding judgments against the Purchaser Parties. No Purchaser Party is, and has previously been, subject to any legal proceeding with any Authority.

 

Section 5.14        Compliance with Laws. No Purchaser Party is in violation of, has violated, under investigation with respect to any violation or alleged violation of, any Law, or judgment, order or decree entered by any court, arbitrator or Authority, domestic or foreign, nor is there any basis for any such charge and the Purchaser has not previously received any subpoenas by any Authority.

 

Section 5.15        Compliance with Anti-Corruption & Sanctions Laws .

 

(a)         Neither the Purchaser Parties, their directors or officers, nor, any of their employees, agents, or any other Persons acting for or on behalf of any of the Purchaser Parties has, directly or knowingly indirectly (i) made, offered, promised, authorized, paid or received any unlawful bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments to or from any Person, (ii) made, offered, promised, authorized or paid any unlawful contributions to a domestic or foreign political party or candidate or (iii) otherwise made, offered, promised, authorized, paid or received any improper payment in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

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(b)               Neither the Purchaser Parties, their directors or officers, nor, any of their employees, agents, or any other Persons acting for or on behalf of any of the Purchaser Parties is or has been (i) a Person named on any Sanctions and Export Control Laws-related list of designated Persons maintained by an Authority; (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory which is itself the subject of or target of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws; (iii) an entity 50-percent or more owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more Persons described in clause (i) or (ii); or (iv) otherwise engaging in dealings with or for the benefit of any Person described in clauses (i) through (iii). Neither the Purchaser Parties, their directors or officers, nor, any of their employees, agents, or any other Persons in their capacity as such, is in violation of, or has been, in violation of, has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, or is under investigation with respect to and has not been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, applicable Sanctions and Export Control Laws.

 

Section 5.16        Not an Investment Company. Each of the Purchaser Parties is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Section 5.17        Tax Matters All material Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to each Purchaser Party have been filed within the requisite period (taking into account any extensions) and such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects. All material Taxes due and payable by the Company have been or will be paid in a timely fashion or have been accrued for on the Financial Statements. No material deficiencies for any Taxes that are currently outstanding with respect to any Tax Returns of the Purchaser Parties have been asserted in writing by, and no written notice of any action, audit, assessment or other proceeding, in each case that is currently pending, with respect to such Tax Returns or any Taxes of the Purchaser Parties has been received from, any Taxing Authority, and no dispute or assessment relating to such Tax Returns or such Taxes with any such Taxing Authority is currently outstanding. No material claim that is currently outstanding has been made by the Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the Purchaser Parties do not file Tax Returns that any of the Purchaser Parties is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. Each of the Purchaser Parties has not taken any action (nor permitted any action to be taken), and is not aware of any fact or circumstance, that would reasonably be expected to prevent, impair or impede the Intended Tax Treatment. The Purchaser Parties have no current plan to dispose any asset of the Company Group after the Merger.

 

Section 5.18        Contracts. All material Contracts to which any of the Purchaser Parties is a party are available in full without redaction on the SEC’s website through EDGAR.

 

Section 5.19        Business Activities

 

(a)               Since its incorporation, each of the Purchaser Parties has not conducted any business activities other than activities related to Purchaser’s IPO or directed toward the accomplishment of a business combination. Except as set forth in the Organizational Documents of each of the Purchaser Parties or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, there is no Contract to which any Purchaser Party is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing in any material respect any business practice of any Purchaser Party or any acquisition of property by any Purchaser Party or the conduct of business by each of the Purchaser Parties as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing. Except for the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Purchaser Parties 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 Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, each of the Purchaser Parties has no material 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 would reasonably be interpreted as constituting, a business combination under Purchaser’s IPO Prospectus and the Organizational Documents of each of the Purchaser Parties .

 

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(b)               Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effecting the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents and has no, and at all times prior to the Closing except as expressly contemplated by the Transaction Documents, will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever other than those incident to its formation.

 

Section 5.20        Registration Statement and Proxy Statement. On the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Purchaser’s Shareholders, and at the time of the meeting for the Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval, none of the information furnished by or on behalf of the Purchaser Parties in writing specifically for inclusion in the Proxy/Registration Statement will include any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

Section 5.21        Backstop Investment. Purchaser has delivered to the Company true, correct and complete duly executed Backstop Agreement(s) providing for the acquisition or purchase by the named backstop provider(s) for up to an aggregate amount of USS$10,000,000 upon the terms and conditions therein, and each such Backstop Agreement is in full force and effect and has not been withdrawn or terminated, or otherwise amended or modified in any respect and no withdrawal or termination, amendment or modification in any material respect is contemplated by Purchaser. Each such Backstop Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser and the backstop investor(s) thereunder, and neither the execution or delivery by any party thereto nor the performance of any party’s obligations thereunder violates any Laws. There is no other agreement, side letter, or arrangement between any of the Purchaser Parties and any investor relating to any Backstop Agreement that could affect in any material respect the obligation of the backstop investors thereunder. No Purchaser Party knows, as of the date of this Agreement, any facts or circumstances that may reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions set forth in any Backstop Agreement not being satisfied. No event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of any of the Purchaser Parties under any material term or condition of any Backstop Agreement.

 

Section 5.22        Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article V , Purchaser hereby expressly disclaims and negates, any other express or implied representation or warranty whatsoever (whether at Law or in equity) with respect to Purchaser and its Affiliates, and any matter relating to any of them, including their affairs, the condition, value or quality of the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations, or with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any other information made available to the Company, its Affiliates or any of their respective representatives by, or on behalf of, Purchaser, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither Purchaser nor any other Person on behalf thereof has made or makes, any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates or budgets made available to the Company, its Affiliates or any of their respective representatives of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of Purchaser (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing), whether or not included in any presentation or in any other information made available to the Company or any of its representatives or any other Person, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed.

 

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Section 5.23       No Outside Reliance Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, each of the Purchaser Parties and its respective equityholders, partners, investors, members and representatives, has made their own investigation of the Company and its Subsidiaries and that neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, agents, advisors 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 any of 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 Company Disclosure Schedule 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 the Purchaser Parties or its representatives) or reviewed by the Purchaser Parties otherwise) or management presentations that have been or shall hereafter be provided to Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, agents, advisors or representatives are not and will not be deemed to be representations or warranties of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or Company Shareholders, and no representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the foregoing. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, each of the Purchaser Parties understands and agrees that any assets, properties and business of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are furnished “as is”, “where is” and subject to and except as otherwise provided in the representations and warranties contained in Article IV, with all faults and without any other representation or warranty of any nature whatsoever.

 

Article VI.
COVENANTS OF COMPANY AND PURCHASER PARTIES

 

Section 6.1           Conduct of the Business

 

(a)               From the date hereof through the Closing Date, each party shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, conduct their respective business only in the Ordinary Course, (including the payment of accounts payable and the collection of accounts receivable), consistent with past practices, and shall not enter into any material transactions without the prior written consent of the other party, and shall use its best efforts to preserve intact its business relationships with employees, clients, suppliers and other third parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until and including the Closing Date, without the other party’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Company and the Purchaser Parties shall not:

 

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(i)               materially amend, modify or supplement its Organizational Documents other than pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(ii)              amend, waive any provision of, terminate prior to its scheduled expiration date, or otherwise compromise in any way, any Contract or any other right or asset of the Company or the Purchaser Parties, which involve payments in excess of $5,000,000;

 

(iii)             modify, amend or enter into any contract, agreement, license or, commitment, which obligates the payment of more than $5,000,000 (individually or in the aggregate);

 

(iv)             make any capital expenditures in excess of $5,000,000 (individually or in the aggregate);

 

(v)              sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any of the Company’s or the Purchaser Parties’ assets or assets covered by any Contract except (i) pursuant to existing contracts or commitments disclosed herein, (ii) sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course consistent with past practice, and (iii) not exceeding $5,000,000;

 

(vi)             accept returns of products sold from inventory except in the Ordinary Course, consistent with past practice;

 

(vii)            pay, declare or promise to pay any dividends or other distributions with respect to its capital stock or share capital, or pay, declare or promise to pay any other payments to any stockholder or shareholder (other than, in the case of any stockholder or shareholder that is an employee, payments of salary accrued in said period at the current salary rate);

 

(viii)          authorize any salary increase of more than 10% for any employee making an annual salary equal to or greater than $100,000 or in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate on an annual basis or change the bonus or profit sharing policies of the Company or the Purchaser Parties;

 

(ix)             obtain or incur any loan or other Indebtedness in excess of $5,000,000, including drawings under the Company’s or the Purchaser Parties’ existing lines of credit;

 

(x)               suffer or incur any Lien on the Company’s or the Purchaser Parties’ assets, except for Permitted Liens or the Liens incurred in the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(xi)             suffer any damage, destruction or loss of property related to any of the Company’s or the Purchaser Parties’ assets, whether or not covered by insurance, the aggregate value of which, following any available insurance reimbursement, exceed $5,000,000;

 

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(xii)            merge or consolidate with or acquire any other Person or be acquired by any other Person;

 

(xiii)           suffer any insurance policy protecting any of the Company’s or the Purchaser Parties’ assets with an aggregate coverage amount in excess of $5,000,000 to lapse;

 

(xiv)           make any change in its accounting principles other than in accordance with the applicable accounting policies or methods or write down the value of any inventory or assets other than in the Ordinary Course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(xv)            change the principal place of business or jurisdiction of organization;

 

(xvi)           extend any loans other than travel or other expense advances to employees in the Ordinary Course of business or with the principal amount not exceeding $10,000;

 

(xvii)         issue, redeem or repurchase any capital stock or share, membership interests or other securities, or issue any securities exchangeable for or convertible into any share or any shares of its capital stock;

 

(xviii)         make or change any material Tax election or change any annual Tax accounting periods; or

 

(xix)           undertake any legally binding obligation to do any of the foregoing.

 

(b)               From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall remain a “blank check company” as defined under the Securities Act, shall not conduct any business operations other than in connection with this Agreement and Ordinary Course operations to maintain its status as a Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company pending the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, through the Closing Date, other than in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, without the Company’s prior written consent, the Purchaser Parties shall not amend, waive or otherwise change the Trust Agreement in any manner adverse to the Purchaser Parties.

 

(c)               Neither party shall (i) take or agree to take any action that might make any representation or warranty of such party inaccurate or misleading in any material respect at, or as of any time prior to, the Closing Date or (ii) omit to take, or agree to omit to take, any action necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being inaccurate or misleading in any material respect at any such time.

 

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Section 6.2         Alternative Proposal and Alternative Transaction. From the date hereof through the earlier of (x) termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article XI and (y) the Closing, other than in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the Company, on the one hand, nor the Purchaser Parties, on the other hand, shall, and such Persons shall cause each of their respective officers, directors, Affiliates, managers, consultants, employees, representatives (including investment bankers, attorneys and accountants) and agents not to, directly or indirectly, (i) encourage, solicit, initiate, engage or participate in negotiations with any Person concerning, or make any offers or proposals related to, any Alternative Transaction, (ii) take any other action intended or designed to facilitate the efforts of any Person relating to a possible Alternative Transaction, (iii) enter into, engage in or continue any discussions or negotiations with respect to an Alternative Transaction with, or provide any non-public information, data or access to employees to, any Person that has made, or that is considering making, a proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction or (iv) approve, recommend or enter into any Alternative Transaction or any Contract related to any Alternative Transaction. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Alternative Transaction” shall mean any of the following transactions involving the Company or the Purchaser Parties (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents): (1) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, amalgamation, recapitalization, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution or other similar transaction, or (2) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of a material portion of the assets of such Person (other than the sale, the lease, transfer or other disposition of assets in the Ordinary Course of business) or any class or series of the share capital or capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or the Purchaser Parties in a single transaction or series of transactions. In the event that there is an unsolicited proposal for, or an indication of a serious interest in entering into, an Alternative Transaction, communicated in writing to the Company or the Purchaser Parties or any of their respective representatives or agents (each, an “Alternative Proposal”), such party shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event within two (2) Business Days after receipt) advise the other parties to this Agreement in writing of such Alternative Proposal and the material terms and conditions of any such Alternative Proposal (including any changes thereto) and the identity of the person making any such Alternative Proposal. The Company on one hand and the Purchaser Parties one the other hand shall keep the other party informed on a reasonably current basis of material developments with respect to any such Alternative Proposal.

 

Section 6.3         Access to Information. From the date hereof until and including the Closing Date, each of the Company on one hand and the Purchaser Parties on the other hand shall, to the best of their abilities, (a) continue to give the other party, its legal counsel and other representatives full access to the offices, properties, and Books and Records, (b) furnish to the other party, its legal counsel and other representatives such information relating to the business of the Company or the Purchaser Parties as such Persons may request and (c) cause its respective employees, legal counsel, accountants and representatives to cooperate with the other party in such other party’s investigation of its business; provided that no investigation pursuant to this Section (or any investigation prior to the date hereof) shall affect any representation or warranty given by the Company or the Purchaser Parties and, provided further, that any investigation pursuant to this Section shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company or the Purchaser Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no party shall be required to provide the access described above or disclose any information if doing so is reasonably likely to (i) result in a waiver of attorney client privilege, work product doctrine or similar privilege or (ii) violate any contract to which it is a party or to which it is subject or applicable Law, provided that the non-disclosing party must advise the other party that it is withholding such access and/or information and (to the extent reasonably practicable) and provide a description of the access not granted and/or information not disclosed.

 

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Section 6.4          Notices of Certain Events. Each of the Company on one hand and the Purchaser Parties on the other hand shall promptly notify the other party of:

 

(a)               any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement might give rise to any Action by or on behalf of such Person or result in the creation of any Lien on any Company Share or share capital or capital stock of the Purchaser Parties or any of the Company’s or the Purchaser Parties’ assets;

 

(b)               any notice or other communication from any Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents;

 

(c)               any Actions commenced or, to such party’s knowledge, threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents;

 

(d)               with respect to the Company, the occurrence of any fact or circumstance which constitutes or results, or might reasonably be expected to constitute or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect; and with respect to the Purchaser Parties, the occurrence of any fact or circumstance which constitutes or results, or might reasonably be expected to constitute or result in a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(e)               the occurrence of any fact or circumstance which results, or might reasonably be expected to result, in any representation made hereunder by such party to be false or misleading in any material respect or to omit or fail to state a material fact.

 

Section 6.5           Proxy/Registration Statement and Requisite Approval

 

(a)               Proxy/Registration Statement

 

(i)              As promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, the Purchaser Parties shall prepare, and Purchaser shall file with the SEC, a registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, and including the Proxy Statement, the “Proxy/Registration Statement”) relating to (1) the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting to approve and adopt: (A) the Business Combination (as defined in Purchaser’s Organizational Documents), this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Merger and the other Transactions, (the "Business Combination Proposal"), (B) the increase of the authorised share capital of the Purchaser from US$50,000 divided into 50,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.001 par value per share to US$200,000 divided into 200,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.001 par value per share (the "Share Capital Proposal") (C) the change of name of the Purchaser to “MicroAlgo Inc.” (the "Change of Name Proposal") (D) the amendment and restatement of the memorandum and articles of association of the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.5(b) hereof (the "Organizational Documents Proposal") (E) the appointment and/ or removal of the directors of the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.4 (the "Director Appointment Proposal") and (F) adjournment of the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the foregoing (the “Adjournment Proposal”) (such proposals in (A), (B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) collectively, the “Transaction Proposals”), and (2) the registration under the Securities Act of the Consideration Shares to be issued to the Company Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement. The Purchaser Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to (1) cause the Proxy/Registration Statement when filed with the SEC to comply in all material respects with all Laws applicable thereto and rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, (2) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the SEC concerning the Proxy/Registration Statement, (3) cause the Proxy/Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable and (4) keep the Proxy/Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. Prior to the effective date of the Proxy/Registration Statement, the Purchaser Parties shall take all or any action required under any applicable federal or state securities Laws in connection with the issuance of Purchaser Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement. As promptly as practicable after finalization and effectiveness of the Proxy/Registration Statement, Purchaser shall use reasonable best efforts to within five Business Days thereof, mail the Proxy/Registration Statement to the Purchaser Shareholders.

 

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(ii)              Each of the Purchaser Parties and the Company shall furnish to the other parties all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, officers, directors, managers, shareholders, and other equityholders and information regarding such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable or as may be reasonably requested in connection with the Proxy/Registration Statement, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of the Purchaser Parties, the Company or their respective Affiliates to any regulatory Authority (including Nasdaq) in connection with the Transactions.

 

(iii)            Any filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Proxy/Registration Statement will be mutually agreed upon by the Purchaser Parties and the Company. The Purchaser Parties will advise the Company, promptly after receiving notice thereof, of the time when the Proxy/Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, of the suspension of the qualification of Purchaser Ordinary Shares to be issued or issuable in connection with this Agreement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy/Registration Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information and responses thereto, and shall provide the Company a reasonable opportunity to provide comments and amendments to any such filing. The Purchaser Parties and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon any response to comments of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy/Registration Statement and any amendment to the Proxy/Registration Statement filed in response thereto.

 

(iv)             If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any information, event or circumstance relating to any Purchaser Party or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by a Purchaser Party, which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy/Registration Statement, so that neither of such documents would include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, with respect to the Proxy Statement, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Purchaser shall promptly inform the Company. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any information, event or circumstance relating to the Company or its officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company, which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy/Registration Statement, so that neither of such documents would include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, with respect to the Proxy Statement, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company shall promptly inform the Purchaser. Thereafter, the Purchaser Parties and the Company shall promptly cooperate in the preparation and filing of an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy/Registration Statement describing or correcting such information, and the Purchaser Parties shall promptly file such amendment or supplement with the SEC and, to the extent required by Law, disseminate such amendment or supplement to the Purchaser Shareholders.

 

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(b)               Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval.

 

(i)               Prior to or as promptly as practicable after the Proxy/Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, Purchaser shall establish a depositary interest record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold an extraordinary general meeting of the Purchaser Shareholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting”) to be held as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date that the Proxy/Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act for the purpose of voting on the Transaction Proposals and obtaining the Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval (including any adjournment or postponement of such meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement), providing Purchaser Shareholders with the opportunity to elect to effect a Purchaser Share Redemption and such other matter as may be mutually agreed by Purchaser and the Company. Purchaser will use its reasonable best efforts to (A) solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of the adoption of the Transaction Proposals, including the Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval, and will take all other action necessary or advisable to obtain such proxies and Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval and (B) to obtain the vote or consent of its shareholders required by and in compliance with all applicable Law, Nasdaq rules and the Organizational Documents of Purchaser. Purchaser (X) shall consult with the Company regarding the depositary interest record date and the date of the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting and (Y) shall not adjourn or postpone the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of Company; provided, however, that Purchaser shall adjourn or postpone the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting (1) if, as of the time that the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting is originally scheduled, there are insufficient shares of Purchaser represented at such meeting (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting, or (2) if, as of the time that the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting is originally scheduled, adjournment or postponement of the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting is necessary to enable Purchaser to solicit additional proxies required to obtain Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval; provided further, however, that Purchaser shall adjourn or postpone on not more than three occasions and so long as the date of the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting is not adjourned or postponed more than an aggregate of 45 consecutive days in connection with such adjournment or postponement.

 

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(ii)              The Proxy/Registration Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of the Purchaser Board has unanimously recommended that the Purchaser Shareholders vote in favor of the Transaction Proposals at the Purchaser Shareholders’ Meeting (such statement, the “Purchaser Board Recommendation”) and neither the Purchaser Board nor any committee thereof shall withhold, withdraw, qualify, amend or modify, or publicly propose or resolve to withhold, withdraw, qualify, amend or modify, the Purchaser Board Recommendation unless in strict observance of their common law or fiduciary duties.

 

Section 6.6           Support of Transactions. Without limiting any covenant contained in Article VI, Article VII and Article VIII, the Purchaser Parties and the Company and the Majority Shareholder shall each, and each shall cause its Subsidiaries to (a) use reasonable best efforts to obtain all material consents and approvals of third parties that any of the Purchaser Parties, or the Company or their respective Affiliates are required to obtain in order to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions, including cooperating, by adopting appropriate corporate resolutions and otherwise, to cause the name of the Purchaser to be changed immediately prior to the Closing to “MicroAlgo Inc.” and (b) take such other action as may be reasonably necessary or as another party hereto may reasonably request to satisfy the conditions of Article IX or otherwise to comply with this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no action taken by the Company under this Section 6.6 will constitute a breach of Section 6.1.

 

Section 6.7        Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under applicable Laws, and cooperate as reasonably requested by the other parties, to consummate and implement expeditiously each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. The parties hereto shall execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements, financial statements and other writings and take such other actions as may be necessary or reasonably desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 6.8          Confidentiality. Except as necessary to complete the Proxy/Registration Statement, the Company, on the one hand, and the Purchaser Parties, on the other hand, shall hold and shall cause their respective representatives to hold in strict confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law, all documents and information concerning the other party furnished to it by such other party or its representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (a) previously known by the party to which it was furnished, (b) in the public domain through no fault of such party or (c) later lawfully acquired from other sources, which source is not the agent of the other party, by the party to which it was furnished), and each party shall not release or disclose such information to any other person, except its representatives in connection with this Agreement. In the event that any party believes that it is required to disclose any such confidential information pursuant to applicable Laws, such party shall give timely written notice to the other parties so that such parties may have an opportunity to obtain a protective order or other appropriate relief. Each party shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations to hold confidential information concerning or supplied by the other parties if it exercises the same care as it takes to preserve confidentiality for its own similar information. The parties acknowledge that some previously confidential information will be required to be disclosed in the Proxy/Registration Statement.

 

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Article VII.
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company agrees that:

 

Section 7.1            Reporting and Compliance with Laws. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company shall duly and timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed with the applicable Taxing Authorities, pay any and all Taxes that are due and payable, as required by any Taxing Authority, and duly observe and conform in all material respects, to all applicable Laws and Orders.

 

Section 7.2            PCAOB Financials. By no later than August 15, 2021 the Company will deliver to the Purchaser Parties reviewed financial statements of the Company as of and for the six (6) month period ended June 30, 2021, all prepared in conformity with GAAP under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB Financials”). The PCAOB Financials shall be (i) prepared from the Books and Records of the Company; (ii) prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with GAAP; (iii) contain and reflect all necessary adjustments and accruals for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial condition as of their dates including for all warranty, maintenance, service and indemnification obligations; and (iv) contain and reflect adequate provisions for all Liabilities for all material Taxes applicable to the Company with respect to the periods then ended. The PCAOBs will be complete and accurate and fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations of the Company for the periods reflected therein. The Company and the Majority Shareholder will provide additional financial information as reasonably requested by the Purchaser Parties for inclusion in any filings to be made by the Purchaser Parties with the SEC.

 

Section 7.3            No Claim Against the Trust Account. The Company acknowledges that it has read the IPO Prospectus and other Purchaser SEC Documents as filed under the Exchange Act, the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, and the Trust Agreement and understands that Purchaser has established the Trust Account described therein for the benefit of Purchaser’s public shareholders and that disbursements from the Trust Account are available only in the limited circumstances set forth in the Trust Agreement. The Company further acknowledges that, if the Transactions, or, in the event of a termination of this Agreement, another Business Combination (as defined in the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents), are not consummated by February 11, 2022 or such later date as approved by the Purchaser Shareholders to complete a Business Combination (as defined in the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents), Purchaser will be obligated to return to its shareholders the amounts being held in the Trust Account. Accordingly, for and in consideration of Purchaser and Merger Sub entering into this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby irrevocably waives any past, present or future Action of any kind against, and any right to access, the Trust Account or to collect from the Trust Account any monies that may be owed to them for any reason whatsoever, and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account at any time for any reason whatsoever save for the reasons set forth Section 13.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 7.3 shall not serve to limit or prohibit the Company’s rights to pursue a claim against Purchaser for legal relief against assets held outside the Trust Account (including from and after the consummation of a Business Combination other than the one contemplated by this Agreement) or pursuant to Section 13.16 for specific performance or other injunctive relief. This Section 7.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any and every reason.

 

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Article VIII.
COVENANTS OF PURCHASER PARTIES
 

 

Section 8.1            Nasdaq Listing. From the date hereof through the Effective Time, Purchaser shall ensure Purchaser remains listed as a public company on the Nasdaq, and shall prepare and submit to Nasdaq a listing application, if required under Nasdaq rules, covering the Consideration Shares issuable in the transactions contemplated hereby and shall obtain approval for the listing of such shares. After the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time, Purchaser shall procure the reservation of ticker symbol “ALGO” on Nasdaq.

 

Section 8.2            Public Filings. From the date hereof through the Closing, Purchaser shall 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 Laws.

 

Section 8.3            Trust Account. Prior to or at the Closing (subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX and provision of notice thereof to Trustee (which notice Purchaser shall provide to Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement)), Purchaser shall make appropriate arrangements to cause the funds in the Trust Account to be disbursed in accordance with the Trust Agreement, including causing the documents, opinions and notices required to be delivered to Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement to be so delivered, for the following: (a) the redemption of any Purchaser Ordinary Shares in connection with the Purchaser Share Redemption; (b) the payment of the amounts due to the underwriters and professional service providers of the IPO for their deferred underwriting commissions as set forth in the Trust Agreement; (c) the payment of the Transaction Expenses, and (d) the balance of the assets in the Trust Account, if any, after payment of the amounts required under the foregoing clauses (a) and (c), to be disbursed to Purchaser in accordance with the Trust Agreement, all of which shall subsequently be contributed to the Surviving Corporation for its working capital and general corporate purpose.

 

Section 8.4            Post-Closing Directors and Officers of Purchaser. Subject to the terms of the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, Purchaser shall take all such action within its power as may be necessary or appropriate such that:

 

(a)               immediately before the Closing, the Purchaser’s board of directors shall consist of five (5) directors:

 

(i)                 four (4) directors shall be designated by the Company, at least two of whom shall be considered “independent” for purposes of under Nasdaq rules requirement, and

 

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(ii)              one (1) director shall be designated by the Purchaser, who shall be “independent” for purposes of under Nasdaq rules requirement and shall be the “financial expert’ as determined under SEC rules and regulations and who shall be Ms. Shan Cui initially;

 

(b)               from and after the Effective Time, the officers of Purchaser shall be the same as the officers of the Surviving Corporation (the “Purchaser Post-Closing Officers”), who shall serve in such capacity in accordance with the terms of Purchaser’s Organizational Documents following the Effective Time.

 

Section 8.5            D&O Indemnification and Insurance.

 

(a)               From and after the Effective Time, Purchaser agrees that it shall indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of the (x) Company and each of its Subsidiaries (in each case, solely to the extent acting in their capacity as such and to the extent such activities are related to their business) and (y) Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries (the Persons in the foregoing (x) and (y) are collectively referred to as, the “D&O Indemnified Parties”) 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, Purchaser or their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, would have been permitted under applicable Law and its respective certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents in effect on the date of this Agreement to indemnify such D&O Indemnified Parties (including the advancing of expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law). Without limiting the foregoing, Purchaser shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to (i) maintain for a period of not less than six (6) years from the Effective Time provisions in its Organizational Documents concerning the indemnification and exoneration (including provisions relating to expense advancement) of Purchaser’s and its Subsidiaries’ former and current officers, directors, employees, and agents that are no less favorable to those Persons than the provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company, Purchaser or their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, in each case, 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. Purchaser shall assume, and be liable for, each of the covenants in this Section 8.5.

 

(b)               For a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time, Purchaser shall maintain in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering those Persons who are currently covered by Purchaser’s, the Company’s or their respective 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 Purchaser be required to pay an annual premium for such insurance in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the aggregate annual premium payable by Purchaser or the Company, as applicable, for such insurance policy for the year ended December 31, 2020; providedhowever, that (i) Purchaser may cause coverage to be extended under the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance by obtaining a six (6) 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 (6) year period, any insurance required to be maintained under this Section 8.5 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 8.5 shall survive the Closing indefinitely and shall be binding, jointly and severally, on Purchaser and all successors and assigns of Purchaser. In the event that Purchaser or any of its 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, Purchaser shall ensure that proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Purchaser shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 8.5.

 

(d)               On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to each of the Company and Purchaser with the post-Closing directors and officers of Purchaser, which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective following the Closing.

 

Section 8.6            Backstop Investment. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Purchaser shall not permit any amendment or modification to be made to, any waiver (in whole or in part) of, or provide consent to modify (including consent to terminate), any provision or remedy under, or any replacements of, any of the Backstop Agreements. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, Purchaser shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or to cause to be taken, all actions required, necessary or that it otherwise deems to be proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Backstop Agreements on the terms described therein, including using its reasonable best efforts to enforce its rights under the Backstop Agreements to cause the Backstop Investors to pay to (or as directed by) Purchaser the applicable purchase price under each Backstop Investor’s applicable Backstop Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

Section 8.7            Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Closing, the board of directors of Purchaser, 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 Purchaser Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereunder, 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 Purchaser following the Closing shall be exempt transaction for purposes of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder.

 

Section 8.8            Shareholder Litigation. In the event that any litigation related to this Agreement, any Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby is brought, or, to the knowledge of Purchaser Parties, threatened in writing, against Purchaser or the board of directors of Purchaser by any of Purchaser’s shareholders prior to the Closing, Purchaser shall promptly notify the Company of any such litigation and keep the Company reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof. Purchaser shall provide the Company the opportunity to participate in (subject to a customary joint defense agreement), the defense of any such litigation, shall give due consideration to the Company’s advice with respect to such litigation and shall not settle or agree to settle any such litigation without the prior written consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

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Section 8.9            Final Allocation Statement. The Purchaser Parties shall deliver to the Company at least two Business Days prior to the Closing the final version of the Allocation Statement, setting forth the number of Consideration Shares issuable to each Company Shareholders, comprising the Closing Payment Shares and with respect to the Majority Shareholder, the Escrow Shares; such Allocation Statement shall not be subject to further updates.

 

Article IX.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
 

 

Section 9.1            Condition to the Obligations of the Parties. The obligations of all of the parties hereto to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction of all the following conditions:

 

(a)               No provisions of any applicable Law, and no Order shall prohibit or prevent the consummation of the Closing.

 

(b)              There shall not be any Action brought by a third party that is not an Affiliate of the parties hereto to enjoin or otherwise restrict the consummation of the Closing.

 

(c)              The SEC shall have declared the Proxy/Registration Statement effective. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Proxy/Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued.

 

(d)              The Purchaser Shareholders’ Approval have been duly obtained.

 

(e)              Purchaser shall have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) immediately after the Closing.

 

Section 9.2            Conditions to Obligations of the Purchaser Parties. The obligation of the Purchaser Parties to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or the waiver at the Purchaser Parties’ sole and absolute discretion, of all the following further conditions:

 

(a)               The Company shall have duly performed all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date in all material respects, unless the applicable obligation has a materiality qualifier in which case it shall be duly performed in all respects.

 

(b)               All of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article IV in this Agreement, disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained herein relating to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect, regardless of whether it involved a known risk, shall: (i) be true and correct at and as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except for the representation and warranties that speak as of a specific date prior to the Closing Date, in which case such representations and warranties need only to be true and correct as of such earlier date), in the case of (i) and (ii), other than as would not in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)               There shall have been no event, change or occurrence which has a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)               The Purchaser Parties shall have received a certificate signed by the chief executive officer of the Company to the effect set forth in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section 9.2.

 

Section 9.3            Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or the waiver at the Company’s discretion, of all of the following further conditions:

 

(a)               The Purchaser Parties shall have duly performed all of their obligations hereunder required to be performed by them at or prior to the Closing Date in all material respects, unless the applicable obligation has a materiality qualifier in which case it shall be duly performed in all respects.

 

(b)               All of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser Parties contained in Article V of this Agreement, disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained herein relating to materiality or Purchaser Material Adverse Effect, regardless of whether it involved a known risk, shall: (i) be true and correct at and as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except for representation and warranties that speak as of a specific date prior to the Closing Date, in which case such representations and warranties need only to be true and correct as of such earlier date), in the case of (i) and (ii), other than as would not in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)               There shall have been no event, change or occurrence which has Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)               From the date hereof until the Closing, the Purchaser Parties shall have been in material compliance with the reporting requirements under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to the Purchaser Parties.

 

(e)               Purchaser Ordinary Shares shall remain listed for trading on Nasdaq and the additional listing application for the Consideration Shares shall have been approved by Nasdaq. As of the Closing Date, Purchaser shall not have received any written notice from Nasdaq that it has failed, or would reasonably be expected to fail to meet the Nasdaq listing requirements as of the Closing Date for any reason, where such notice has not been subsequently withdrawn by Nasdaq or the underlying failure appropriately remedied or satisfied.

 

(f)                The Persons identified in Section 8.4(a) shall have been elected to the board of directors of the Purchaser immediately before the Closing.

 

(g)               The Purchaser’s name shall have been changed to “MicroAlgo Inc.” immediately before the Closing.

 

(h)               The Company shall have received a certificate signed by the chief executive officer of the Purchaser to the effect set forth in clauses (a) through (g) of this Section 9.3.

 

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Article X.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

 

Section 10.1        Arbitration

 

(a)               The parties shall promptly submit any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including with respect to the meaning, effect, validity, termination, interpretation, performance, or enforcement of this Agreement) or any alleged breach thereof (including any action in tort, contract, equity, or otherwise), to binding arbitration before one arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”). Binding arbitration shall be the sole means of resolving any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including with respect to the meaning, effect, validity, termination, interpretation, performance or enforcement of this Agreement) or any alleged breach thereof (including any claim in tort, contract, equity, or otherwise).

 

(b)               If the parties cannot agree upon the Arbitrator, the Arbitrator shall be selected by the New York, New York chapter head of the American Arbitration Association upon the written request of either side. The Arbitrator shall be selected within thirty (30) days of such written request.

 

(c)               The laws of the State of New York shall apply to any arbitration hereunder. In any arbitration hereunder, this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to a contract negotiated, signed, and wholly to be performed in the State of New York, which laws the Arbitrator shall apply in rendering his decision. The Arbitrator shall issue a written decision, setting forth findings of fact and conclusions of law, within sixty (60) days after he shall have been selected. The Arbitrator shall have no authority to award punitive or other exemplary damages.

 

(d)               The arbitration shall be held in New York, New York in accordance with and under the then-current provisions of the rules of the American Arbitration Association, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

(e)               On application to the Arbitrator, any party shall have rights to discovery to the same extent as would be provided under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Federal Rules of Evidence shall apply to any arbitration under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Arbitrator shall limit any discovery or evidence such that his decision shall be rendered within the period referred to in Section 10.1(c).

 

(f)                The Arbitrator may, at his discretion and at the expense of the party who will bear the cost of the arbitration, employ experts to assist him in his determinations.

 

(g)               The costs of the arbitration proceeding and any proceeding in court to confirm any arbitration award (including actual attorneys’ fees and costs), shall be borne by the unsuccessful party and shall be awarded as part of the Arbitrator’s decision, unless the Arbitrator shall otherwise allocate such costs in such decision. The determination of the Arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties and not subject to appeal.

 

(h)               Any judgment upon any award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in and enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties expressly consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts (Federal and state) in New York, New York to enforce any award of the Arbitrator or to render any provisional, temporary, or injunctive relief in connection with or in aid of the arbitration. The parties expressly consent to the personal and subject matter jurisdiction of the Arbitrator to arbitrate any and all matters to be submitted to arbitration hereunder. None of the parties hereto shall challenge any arbitration hereunder on the grounds that any party necessary to such arbitration (including the parties hereto) shall have been absent from such arbitration for any reason, including that such party shall have been the subject of any bankruptcy, reorganization, or insolvency proceeding.

 

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(i)                 The parties shall indemnify the Arbitrator and any experts employed by the Arbitrator and hold them harmless from and against any claim or demand arising out of any arbitration under this Agreement, unless resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the person indemnified.

 

(j)                 This arbitration section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 10.2        Waiver of Jury Trial; Exemplary Damages

 

(a)               THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT EACH SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, IN ANY COURT IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER CAUSE OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT OF ANY KIND OR NATURE. NO PARTY SHALL BE AWARDED PUNITIVE OR OTHER EXEMPLARY DAMAGES RESPECTING ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS.

 

(b)               Each of the parties to this Agreement acknowledges that each has been represented in connection with the signing of this waiver by independent legal counsel selected by the respective party and that such party has discussed the legal consequences and import of this waiver with legal counsel. Each of the parties to this Agreement further acknowledges that each has read and understands the meaning of this waiver and grants this waiver knowingly, voluntarily, without duress and only after consideration of the consequences of this waiver with legal counsel.

 

Article XI.
TERMINATION
 

 

Section 11.1        Termination without Default In the event that the Closing of the transactions contemplated hereunder has not occurred by September 30, 2021 (the “Outside Closing Date”) and no material breach of this Agreement by the party seeking to terminate this Agreement shall have occurred or have been made (as provided in Section 11.2 hereof), the Purchaser Parties or the Company, as the case may be, shall have the right, at its sole option, to terminate this Agreement without liability to the other side. Such right may be exercised by Purchaser Parties or the Company, as the case may be, by giving written notice to the other at any time after the Outside Closing Date.

 

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Section 11.2        Termination upon Default.

 

(a)               The Purchaser Parties may terminate this Agreement by giving notice to the Company, without prejudice to any rights or obligations the Purchaser Parties may have, if the Company shall have materially breached any of its covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties contained herein or in any Transaction Documents to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date and such breach shall not be cured within fifteen (15) days following receipt by the Company of a notice describing in reasonable detail the nature of such breach.

 

(b)               The Company may terminate this Agreement by giving notice to any Purchaser Party, without prejudice to any rights or obligations the Company may have, if any Purchaser Party shall have materially breached any of its covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties contained herein or in any Transaction Documents to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date and such breach shall not be cured within fifteen (15) days following receipt by such Purchaser Party of a notice describing in reasonable detail the nature of such breach.

 

Section 11.3        Effect of Termination. In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11.2 hereof, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no liability under this Agreement on the part of any party hereto, except (i) as set forth in Article X, this Section 11.2, and Article XII.

 

Article XII.
Indemnification

 

Section 12.1        Indemnification of Purchaser. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article XII and from and after the Closing Date, the Majority Shareholder (the “Indemnifying Party”)agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser (the “Indemnified Party”), against and in respect of any and all out-of-pocket loss, cost, payment, demand, penalty, forfeiture, expense, liability, judgment, deficiency or damage, and diminution in value or claim (including actual costs of investigation and attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses) (all of the foregoing collectively, “Losses”) incurred or sustained by the Indemnified Party as a result of or in connection with any breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations or warranties of the Company contained in Article IV herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnified Party shall not assert any claim, and shall not be entitled to indemnification, unless and until the aggregate amount of all Losses indemnifiable hereunder exceeds $1,000,000 (the “Threshold”), in which event the Indemnifying Party shall be responsible for the aggregate amount of Losses from the first dollar, and any liability incurred pursuant to the terms of this Article XII shall be paid exclusively from the Escrow Shares valued at the then market value per share and in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement. For purposes of this Article XII, “then market value” of the Escrow Shares shall mean (i) in the event that Purchaser has made public disclosure of the facts or circumstances or Third-Party Claims which may provide the basis for indemnification for Losses under this Article XII, the average closing price of the Purchaser Ordinary Shares on the principal trading market or exchange for the 10 trading days following the initial trading day after any such disclosure or (ii) in the event that Purchaser has not made public disclosure of any facts or circumstances or Third-Party Claims which may provide the basis for indemnification for Losses under this Article XII, then $10.00 per Purchaser Ordinary Share

 

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Section 12.2        Procedure. The following shall apply with respect to all claims by the Indemnified Party for indemnification:

 

(a)               The Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party prompt notice (an “Indemnification Notice”) of any third-party action with respect to which the Indemnified Party seeks indemnification pursuant to Section 12.1 (a “Third-Party Claim”), which shall describe in reasonable detail the Loss that has been or may be suffered by the Indemnified Party. The failure to give the Indemnification Notice shall not impair any of the rights or benefits of the Indemnified Party under Section 12.1, except to the extent such failure adversely affects the ability of the Indemnifying Party to defend such claim or increases the amount of such liability;

 

(b)               In the case of any Third-Party Claims as to which indemnification is sought by the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to exercise full control of the defense, compromise or settlement of any Third-Party Claim unless the Indemnifying Party, within a reasonable time after the giving of an Indemnification Notice by the Indemnified Party (but in any event within thirty (30) days thereafter), shall (i) deliver a written confirmation to the Indemnified Party that the indemnification provisions of Section 12.1 are applicable to such action and the Indemnifying Party will indemnify the Indemnified Party in respect of such action pursuant to the terms of Section 12.1, (ii) notify such Indemnified Party in writing of the intention of the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense thereof, and (iii) retain legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to conduct the defense of such Third-Party Claim;

 

(c)               If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any such Third-Party Claim pursuant to Section 12.2(b), then the Indemnified Party shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in any manner reasonably requested in connection with the defense. If the Indemnifying Party so assumes the defense of any such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, and the fees and expenses of such counsel employed by the Indemnified Party shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party has agreed to pay such fees and expenses, or (ii) the named parties to any such Third-Party Claim (including any impleaded parties) include the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have been advised by its counsel that there may be a conflict of interest between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party in the conduct of the defense thereof, and in any such case the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party;

 

(d)               If the Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of any Third-Party Claim pursuant to Section 12.2(b), the Indemnified Party shall not pay, or permit to be paid, any part of any claim or demand arising from such asserted liability unless the Indemnifying Party withdraws from or fail to adequately prosecute the defense of such asserted liability, or unless a judgment is entered against the Indemnified Party for such liability. If the Indemnifying Party does not elect to defend, or if, after commencing or undertaking any such defense, the Indemnifying Party fails to adequately prosecute or withdraw such defense, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to undertake the defense or settlement thereof, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to control over, but may participate in, and the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to have sole control over, the defense or settlement of (x) that part of any Third-Party Claim (i) that seeks a temporary restraining order, a preliminary or permanent injunction or specific performance against the Indemnified Party, or (ii) to the extent such Third-Party Claim involves criminal allegations against the Indemnified Party or (y) the entire Third-Party Claim if such Third-Party Claim would impose liability on the part of the Indemnified Party in an amount which is greater than the amount as to which the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. In the event the Indemnified Party retains control of the Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will not settle the subject claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party;

 

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(e)               If the Indemnified Party undertakes the defense of any such Third-Party Claim pursuant to Section 12.2(b) and proposes to settle the same prior to a final judgment thereon or to forgo appeal with respect thereto, then the Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party prompt written notice thereof and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in the settlement, assume or reassume the defense thereof or prosecute such appeal, in each case at the Indemnifying Party’s expense. The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party settle or compromise or consent to entry of any judgment with respect to any such Third-Party Claim (i) in which any relief other than the payment of money damages is or may be sought against the Indemnified Party, (ii) in which such Third-Party Claim could be reasonably expected to impose or create a monetary liability on the part of the Indemnified Party (such as an increase in the Indemnified Party’s income Tax) other than the monetary claim of the third party in such Third-Party Claim being paid pursuant to such settlement or judgment, or (iii) which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant, person conducting such investigation or initiating such hearing, plaintiff or petitioner to the Indemnified Party of a release from all liability with respect to such Third-Party Claim and all other actions (known or unknown) arising or which might arise out of the same facts;

 

(f)                Following the Closing, the disinterested independent directors of the Purchaser shall have the authority to institute and prosecute any claims for indemnification hereunder in good faith on behalf of the Purchaser to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 12.3        Escrow Shares; Payment of Dividends; Voting. Any dividends, interest payments, or other distributions of any kind made in respect of the Escrow Shares will be delivered promptly to the Escrow Agent to be held in escrow. The Majority Shareholder shall be entitled to vote the Escrow Shares on any matters to come before the Purchaser Shareholders.

 

(a)               Distribution of Escrow Shares. At the times provided for in Section 12.3(b), the Escrow Shares shall be released and transferred by the Escrow Agent to the Majority Shareholder. The Purchaser will take such action as may be necessary to cause such securities to be issued in the names of the appropriate Persons;

 

(b)               Release from Escrow. Within five (5) Business Days following expiration of the Survival Period (the “Release Date”), the Escrow Shares will be released from escrow to the Majority Shareholder, less the number of Escrow Shares, the amount of which, valued at the then market value per share, is equal to the amount of any potential Losses set forth in any Indemnification Notice from the Purchaser with respect to any pending but unresolved claim for indemnification. Prior to the Release Date, the Majority Shareholder shall issue to the Escrow Agent a certificate executed by the Majority Shareholder instructing the Escrow Agent to release such number of Escrow Shares determined in accordance with this Section 12.3(b). Any Escrow Shares retained in escrow as a result of the immediately preceding sentence shall be released and transferred to the Majority Shareholder promptly upon resolution of the related claim for indemnification in accordance with the provisions of this Article XII. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any indemnification payments will be made to Purchaser or its successors. Any Escrow Shares received by Purchaser as an indemnification payment shall be promptly cancelled by Purchaser after its receipt thereof.

 

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Section 12.4        Payment of Indemnification. In the event that the Purchaser is entitled to any indemnification pursuant to this Article XII, the Purchaser shall be paid exclusively from the Escrow Shares. Any indemnification payments hereunder shall take into account any insurance proceeds or other third party reimbursement that the Indemnified Party is entitled to.

 

Section 12.5        Survival of Indemnification Rights. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits hereto and all certificates, documents, instruments and undertakings furnished pursuant to this Agreement) shall survive until 12 months following the Closing Date (the “Survival Period”); provided that the representations and warranties on Taxes in Section 4.20 shall survive until the expiry of the applicable statute of limitations. After the expiration of the Survival Period, the Indemnifying Party shall have no further liability for indemnification pursuant to this Article XII other than with respect to the claims already made pursuant to this Article XII.

 

Section 12.6        Sole and Exclusive Remedy. The remedies provided in this Article XII shall be deemed the sole and exclusive remedies of the Indemnified Party, from and after the Closing Date, with respect to any and all claims arising out of or related to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Article XIII.
MISCELLANEOUS
 

 

Section 13.1        Notices. Any notice hereunder shall be sent in writing, addressed as specified below, and shall be deemed given: (a) if by hand or recognized courier service, by 4:00PM on a business day, addressee’s day and time, on the date of delivery, and otherwise on the first business day after such delivery; (b) if by fax or email, on the date that transmission is confirmed electronically, if by 4:00PM on a business day, addressee’s day and time, and otherwise on the first business day after the date of such confirmation; or (c) five days after mailing by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notices shall be addressed to the respective parties as follows (excluding telephone numbers, which are for convenience only), or to such other address as a party shall specify to the others in accordance with these notice provisions:

 

if to the Company (or the Surviving Corporation following the Closing), to:

 

VIYI Algorithm Inc.

Unit 507, Building C, Taoyuan Street

Long Jing High and New Technology Jingu Pioneer Park

Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518052

People’s Republic of China

 

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Attn: Lance He/Audrey Yang

Email: lance@wimiar.com; audrey@wimiar.com

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

DLA Piper UK LLP Beijing Representative Office

20th Floor, South Tower, Beijing Kerry Center, 1 Guang Hua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020

Attn: James Chang/Yang Ge

Email: James.Chang@dlapiper.com; Yang.Ge@dlapiper.com

 

if to Purchaser and Merger Sub

 

Venus Acquisition Corporation

477 Madison Avenue, Floor, New York, NY 10022

Attn: Yanming Liu

Email: ceo@venusacq.com

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Becker & Poliakoff LLP
45 Broadway, 17th Floor ,New York, NY 10006
Attn: Bill Huo/Brian C. Daughney
Email: BHuo@beckerlawyers.com; BDaughney@beckerlawyers.com

 

Section 13.2        Non-survival or 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 all such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Closing (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, (b) the indemnification of Purchaser set forth in Article XII, and (c) this Article XII and any corresponding definitions set forth in Article I.

 

Section 13.3        Amendments; No Waivers; Remedies

 

(a)               This Agreement cannot be amended, except by a writing signed by each of the Purchaser Parties and the Company, and cannot be terminated orally or by course of conduct. No provision hereof can be waived, except by a writing signed by the party against whom such waiver is to be enforced, and any such waiver shall apply only in the particular instance in which such waiver shall have been given.

 

(b)               Neither any failure or delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder or in requiring satisfaction of any condition herein nor any course of dealing shall constitute a waiver of or prevent any party from enforcing any right or remedy or from requiring satisfaction of any condition. No notice to or demand on a party waives or otherwise affects any obligation of that party or impairs any right of the party giving such notice or making such demand, including any right to take any action without notice or demand not otherwise required by this Agreement. No exercise of any right or remedy with respect to a breach of this Agreement shall preclude exercise of any other right or remedy, as appropriate to make the aggrieved party whole with respect to such breach, or subsequent exercise of any right or remedy with respect to any other breach.

 

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(c)               Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no statement herein of any right or remedy shall impair any other right or remedy stated herein or that otherwise may be available.

 

(d)               Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, neither shall any party seek, nor shall any party be liable for, punitive or exemplary damages, under any tort, contract, equity, or other legal theory, with respect to any breach (or alleged breach) of this Agreement or any provision hereof or any matter otherwise relating hereto or arising in connection herewith.

 

Section 13.4        Arm’s Length Bargaining; No Presumption Against Drafter. This Agreement has been negotiated at arm’s-length by parties of equal bargaining strength, each represented by counsel or having had but declined the opportunity to be represented by counsel and having participated in the drafting of this Agreement. This Agreement creates no fiduciary or other special relationship between the parties, and no such relationship otherwise exists. No presumption in favor of or against any party in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement or any provision hereof shall be made based upon which Person might have drafted this Agreement or such provision.

 

Section 13.5        Publicity.

 

(a)               All press releases or other public communications relating to the Transactions, and the method of the release for publication thereof, shall prior to the Acquisition Closing be subject to the prior mutual approval of Purchaser and the Company; provided, that no such party shall be required to obtain consent pursuant to this Section 12.5(a) to the extent any proposed release or statement is substantially equivalent to the information that has previously been made public without breach of the obligation under this Section 12.5(a).

 

(b)               The restriction in Section 12.5(a) shall not apply to the extent the public announcement is required by applicable securities Law, any Governmental Authority or stock exchange rule; provided, however, that in such an event, the party making the announcement shall, to the extent practicable, use its commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the other party in advance as to its form, content and timing

 

Section 13.6        Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, each party shall bear its own costs and expenses in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that, if the Closing shall occur, Purchaser shall pay or cause to be paid the unpaid Company Transaction Expenses by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the designated account. For the avoidance of doubt, any payments to be made (or to cause to be made) by Purchaser pursuant to this Section 12.6 shall promptly and immediately be paid upon consummation of the Closing and release of proceeds from the Trust Account.

 

Section 13.7        No Assignment or Delegation. No party may assign any right or delegate any obligation hereunder, including by merger, consolidation, operation of law, or otherwise,without the written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment or delegation without such consent shall be void, in addition to constituting a material breach of this Agreement.

 

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Section 13.8        Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

Section 13.9        Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which shall constitute one agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon delivery to each party of an executed counterpart or the earlier delivery to each party of original, photocopied, or electronically transmitted signature pages that together (but need not individually) bear the signatures of all other parties.

 

Section 13.10    Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the other Transaction Documents, including any exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements related thereto (whether written or oral), all of which are merged herein. No provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Documents, including any exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, may be explained or qualified by any agreement, negotiations, understanding, discussion, conduct or course of conduct or by any trade usage. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein or any Transaction Documents, there is no condition precedent to the effectiveness of any provision hereof or thereof. No party has relied on any representation from, or warranty or agreement of, any person in entering into this Agreement, prior hereto or contemporaneous herewith or any Transaction Documents, except those expressly stated herein or therein.

 

Section 13.11    Severability. A determination by a court or other legal authority that any provision that is not of the essence of this Agreement is legally invalid shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. The parties shall cooperate in good faith to substitute (or cause such court or other legal authority to substitute) for any provision so held to be invalid a valid provision, as alike in substance to such invalid provision as is lawful.

 

Section 13.12    Construction of Certain Terms and References; Captions. In this Agreement:

 

(a)               References to particular sections and subsections, schedules, and exhibits not otherwise specified are cross-references to sections and subsections, schedules, and exhibits of this Agreement.

 

(b)               All monetary figures used herein shall be in United States dollars unless otherwise specified.

 

(c)               The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and, unless the context requires otherwise, “party” means a party signatory hereto.

 

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(d)               The phrase “directly or indirectly” means directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediate persons or through contractual or other legal arrangements, and "direct or indirect" has the correlative meaning

 

(e)               Any use of the singular or plural, or the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, includes the others, unless the context otherwise requires; “including” means “including without limitation;” “or” means “and/or;” “any” means “any one, more than one, or all” .

 

(f)                Unless otherwise specified, any reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), instrument, or other document includes all schedules, exhibits, or other attachments referred to therein, and any reference to a statute or other law includes any rule, regulation, ordinance, or the like promulgated thereunder, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time. Any reference to a numbered schedule means the same-numbered section of the disclosure schedule.

 

(g)               If any action is required to be taken or notice is required to be given within a specified number of days following a specific date or event, the day of such date or event is not counted in determining the last day for such action or notice. If any action is required to be taken or notice is required to be given on or before a particular day which is not a Business Day, such action or notice shall be considered timely if it is taken or given on or before the next Business Day.

 

(h)               Captions/headings are not a part of this Agreement, but are included for convenience, only.

 

(i)                 A reference to a statute or statutory provision includes, to the extent applicable at any relevant time:

 

(i)               that statute or statutory provision as from time to time consolidated, modified, re-enacted or replaced by any other statute or statutory provision;

 

(ii)              any repealed statute or statutory provision which it re-enacts (with or without modification); and

 

(iii)            any subordinate legislation or regulation made under the relevant statute or statutory provision.

 

Section 13.13    Further Assurances. Each party shall execute and deliver such documents and take such action, as may reasonably be considered within the scope of such party’s obligations hereunder, necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 13.14    Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof confers any benefit or right upon or may be enforced by any Person not a signatory hereto.

 

Section 13.15    Waiver of Conflicts.  

 

(a)               Recognizing that DLA Piper (“DLA”) acted as legal counsel to the Company and certain of their respective affiliates prior to the Closing, and that DLA may act as legal counsel to the Surviving Corporation and one or more of its Subsidiaries after the Closing, each of the Company and the Surviving Corporation (including on behalf of the Surviving Corporation’s Subsidiaries) hereby waives, on its own behalf and agrees to cause its Affiliates to waive, any conflicts that may arise in connection with DLA representing any of the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and any of their respective affiliates after the Closing.

 

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(b)               Recognizing that Becker & Poliakoff LLP (“Becker”) acted as legal counsel to the Purchaser and certain of their respective affiliates prior to the Closing, and that Becker may act as legal counsel to the Purchaser and one or more of its Subsidiaries after the Closing, the Purchaser hereby waives, on its own behalf and agrees to cause its Affiliates to waive, any conflicts that may arise in connection with Becker representing the Purchaser and any of its Affiliates after the Closing.

 

Section 13.16    Specific Performance

 

(a)               The Parties hereby agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any provision of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of it hereunder to consummate the Merger or the other Transactions) is not performed in accordance with its specific terms or is otherwise breached. Accordingly, the Parties agree that each Party shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, or any other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with this Agreement this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under the terms of this Agreement at Law or in equity (and each Party hereby waives any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy);

 

(b)               Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at Law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at Law or equity. Any Party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with this Agreement when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties have hereunto caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

Purchaser Venus Acquisition Corporation
   
  By:  
     
  Name: Yanming Liu
  Title: CEO

 

Merger Sub Venus Merger Sub Corp.
   
  By:  
     
  Name: Yanming Liu
  Title: CEO

 

Company VIYI Algorithm Inc.
   
  By:  
     
  Name: Chengwei Yi
  Title: CEO

 

Majority Shareholder WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc.
   
  By:  
     
  Name: Shuo Shi
  Title: CEO

 

Signature Page

 

 

Annex 1

 

Allocation Statement

 

Shareholder Closing Payment Shares Escrow Shares Consideration Shares
Guosheng Holdings Limited 3,960,396  0 3,960,396
MIDI Capital Markets, LLC 3,960,396  0 3,960,396
WiMi Hololgram Cloud Inc. 28,118,813 792,079 28,910,892
Universal Winnings Holdings Limited 1,386,139  0 1,386,139
Milestone Investments Limited 1,386,139

0

 

1,386,139
Total 38,811,882 792,079 39,603,961

 

Annex 1

 

 

Annex 2

 

Plan of Merger

 

Annex 2

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 10, 2021, is made and entered into by and among Venus Acquisition Corporation), a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and each of the undersigned parties listed on the signature pages hereto under “Holders” (each, an “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company, Venus Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and VIYI Algorithm Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“VIYI”) have entered into a merger agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”) dated as of the date of June 10, 2021, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into VIYI, with VIYI being the surviving entity and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Company

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the Holders will receive ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.001 (the “Ordinary Shares”) upon Closing therein in respect of their equity holdings in VIYI.

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Closing under the Merger Agreement, each of the Holders will deliver to the Company a lock-up letter agreement providing that the Holders shall be prohibited from the sale, assignment or transfer of certain of the Ordinary Shares (each a “Lock-Up Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Holders and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to provide the Holders with certain rights relating to the registration for resale under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of the securities held by them upon the Closing under the Merger Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1     Definitions. The terms defined in this ARTICLE I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or principal financial officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

 

 

 

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Combination” shall mean any merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses, involving the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or required by law or regulation to close in the City of New York, New York.

 

Closing” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Merger Agreement.

 

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Company Underwritten Demand Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Form S-1 Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(a).

 

Form S-3” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(a).

 

Form S-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(a).

 

Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Lock-Up Period” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Lock-Up Agreement.

 

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(e).

 

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Merger Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals. .

 

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

 

Permitted Transferees” shall mean any person or entity to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the relevant Lock-up Period, as the case may be and any other applicable agreement between such Holder and the Company, in each case for so long as such agreements remain in effect, and to any transferee thereafter.

 

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2(a).

 

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) with respect to any Holder, the Ordinary Shares issued to such Holder in the Company or any successor to the Company pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and (b) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such Ordinary Shares by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, distribution, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization or other similar event; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (A) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (B) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates or book entry positions for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (D) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (together with any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission, “Rule 144”) (without limitation on the amount of securities sold or the manner of sale requirements); or (E) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

 

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Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

 

(a) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares is then listed;

 

(b) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

(c) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

 

(d) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

 

(e) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration; and

 

(f) reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Offering to be registered for offer and sale in the applicable Registration.

 

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Restricted Securities” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.6(a).

 

Rule 144” shall have the meaning given in the definition of “Registrable Security.”

 

Rule 415” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(a).

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

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Underwritten Demand” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Underwritten Demand Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public; including an offering and/or sale of Registrable Securities by any Holder in a block trade or on an underwritten basis (whether firm commitment or otherwise) without substantial marketing efforts prior to pricing, including, without limitation, a same day trade, overnight trade or similar transaction, but excluding a variable price reoffer.

 

ARTICLE II
REGISTRATION rights

 

Section 2.1 Selling Shareholder Registration and Demand Registration.

 

(a) Initial Registration. The Company shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission, as promptly as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days following the date that the Company becomes eligible to use Form S-3 or its successor form (“Form S-3”), use its reasonable best efforts to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act to permit the public resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders (and certain other outstanding equity securities of the Company) from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) (“Rule 415”) on the terms and conditions specified in this Section 2.1(a) and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as reasonably practicable after the initial filing thereof. The Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) shall be a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (a “Form S-3 Shelf”) or, if Form S-3 is not then available to the Company, on Form S-1 (a “Form S-1 Registration Statement”) or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of such Registrable Securities, covering such Registrable Securities, and shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement. A Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) shall provide for the resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested prior to effectiveness by, the Holders. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities. When effective, a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) (including the documents incorporated therein by reference) will comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which such statement is made). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and the Holders understand and agree that it is the intention of the Company that it become eligible as soon as practical following completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement to file reports with the SEC and under the Exchange Act as a foreign private issuer, and to utilize the forms applicable to foreign private issuers, including Form F-3 and F-1 to register securities for resale under the Securities Act.

 

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(b) Form S-3 Shelf. If the Company files a Form S-3 Shelf and thereafter the Company becomes ineligible to use Form S-3 for secondary sales, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file a Form S-1 Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable to replace the shelf registration statement that is a Form S-3 Shelf and have the Form S-1 Registration Statement declared effective as promptly as reasonably practicable and to cause such Form S-1 Registration Statement to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

 

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(c) Underwritten Offering. At any time and from time to time after the expiration of any lock-up to which such securities are subject pursuant to any Lock-Up Agreement, any Holder holding at least 25% of the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities may request to sell all or a portion of their Registrable Securities (a “Demanding Holder”) in an Underwritten Offering that is registered pursuant to such Registration Statement (an “Underwritten Demand”). All requests for an Underwritten Offering shall be made by giving written notice to the Company (the “Underwritten Demand Notice”). Each Underwritten Demand Notice shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Offering and the expected price range (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of such Underwritten Offering. Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of any Underwritten Demand Notice, the Company shall give written notice of such requested Underwritten Offering (the “Company Underwritten Demand Notice”) to all other Holders of Registrable Securities (the “Requesting Holders”) and, subject to reductions consistent with the pro rata calculations in Section 2.1(e), shall include in such Underwritten Offering all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein, within five (5) days after sending the Company Underwritten Demand Notice. The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement in a form as is customary in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Company with the managing Underwriter or Underwriters selected by the initiating Demanding Holders with the written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and shall take all such other reasonable actions as are requested by the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. In connection with any Underwritten Offering contemplated by this Section 2.1(c), subject to Section 3.3 and ARTICLE IV, the underwriting agreement into which each Holder and the Company shall enter shall contain such representations, covenants, indemnities and other rights and obligations of the Company and such Holders as are customary in underwritten offerings of securities. Under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to effect (x) more than an aggregate of three (3) Underwritten Offerings pursuant to an Underwritten Demand by the Holders under this Section 2.1(c) with respect to any or all Registrable Securities held by such Holders and (y) more than two (2) Underwritten Offerings per year pursuant to this Section 2.1(c); provided, however, that an Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Demand shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Registration Statement that may be available at such time has become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Requesting Holders and the Demanding Holders to be registered on behalf of the Requesting Holders and the Demanding Holders in such Registration Statement have been sold, in accordance with Section 3.1 of this Agreement.

 

(d) Holder Information Required for Participation in Underwritten Offering. At least ten (10) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement pursuant to this ARTICLE II, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to notify each Holder in writing (which may be by email) of the information reasonably necessary about the Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities to the extent the Company has not received such information, and received any other reasonably requested agreements or certificates, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement pursuant to this ARTICLE II. In addition, the holders of Registrable Securities shall comply with all prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act and applicable SEC regulations.

 

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(e) Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) holds prior to such Underwritten Registration) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each such stockholder holds prior to such Underwritten Registration); and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any reduction of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.1(e) shall not exceed 20% of all Registrable Securities originally included for sale.

 

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(f) Underwritten Offering Withdrawal. A majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Demand or a majority-in-interest of the Requesting Holders (if any), pursuant to a Registration under Section 2.1(a) shall have the right to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Underwritten Offering for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration at least five (5) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Underwritten Offering (or in the case of an Underwritten Registration pursuant to Rule 415, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the time of pricing of the applicable Underwritten Offering). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to an Underwritten Offering prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.1(e).

 

Section 2.2 Piggyback Registration.

 

(a) Piggyback Rights. If, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for a rights offering or an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than three (3) Business Days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this Section 2.2(a) shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.

 

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(b) Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of Ordinary Shares that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (iii) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

(i) If the Registration is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2(a) hereof and Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each such stockholder holds prior to such Underwritten Registration), which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

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(ii) If the Registration is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, Ordinary Shares or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2(a) and Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities (in each case, pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each such stockholder holds prior to such Underwritten Registration), which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any reduction of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) shall not exceed 20% of all Registrable Securities originally included for sale.

(c) Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration (or in the case of an Underwritten Registration, pursuant to Rule 415, prior to the pricing of the applicable offering). The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.2(c).

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(d) Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to an Underwritten Offering effected under Section 2.1 hereof.

Section 2.3     Restrictions on Registration Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not be obligated to (but may, at its sole option) (A) effect an Underwritten Offering (i) within sixty (60) days after the closing of an Underwritten Offering or (ii) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company initiated Registration and provided that the Company has delivered written notice to the Holders prior to receipt of an Underwritten Demand pursuant to Section 2.1(c) and it continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable best efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective or (B) file a Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or effect an Underwritten Offering (or, if the Company has filed a shelf Registration Statement and has included Registrable Securities therein, the Company shall be entitled to suspend the offer and sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement) for a period of up to forty-five (45) days (i) if the Holders have requested an Underwritten Demand and the Company and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of Underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; or (ii) in the good faith judgment of the Board such Underwritten Offering would be materially detrimental to the Company and the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement at such time, provided that in each case of (i) and (ii) the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be materially detrimental to the Company for such Registration Statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any 12-month period.

Section 2.4     Waiver. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless the Company is notified in writing to the contrary by the Anchor Investors, (A) each Anchor Investor hereby waives any and all rights (i) to receive notice of an Underwritten Offering as provided for in this ARTICLE II or (ii) to participate in any such Underwritten Offering, and (B) the Company hereby agrees not to notify any Anchor Investor of any Underwritten Offering or provide any Anchor Investor with any information relating thereto.

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ARTICLE III
COMPANY PROCEDURES

Section 3.1    General Procedures. If the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

(a)        prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold;

(b)        prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by the Holders or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

(c)        prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;

(d)        prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, but in any case no later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such Registration Statement remains in effect and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

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(e)       cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(f)        provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(g)       advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

(h)       at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel including, without limitation, providing copies promptly upon receipt of any comment letters received with respect to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus;

(i)         notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;

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(j)          permit a representative of the Holders (such representative to be selected by a majority of the participating Holders), the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that any such representative or Underwriter enters into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

(k)        obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

(l)         on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the participating Holders;

(m)       in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;

(n)       make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(g) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission);

(o)        if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, use its reasonable best efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter(s) in any Underwritten Offering; and

(p)       otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration, including, without limitation, making available senior executives of the Company to participate in any due diligence sessions that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter(s) in any Underwritten Offering.

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Section 3.2     Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses;” all reasonable legal fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders, which legal fees shall not exceed the sum of $75,000, shall be borne by the Company.

Section 3.3     Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No person or entity may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person or entity (i) agrees to sell such person’s or entity’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

Section 3.4     Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until he, she or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time, but in no event more than thirty (30) days, determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 3.4.

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Section 3.5     Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Ordinary Shares held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144, including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

Section 3.6     Lock-Up Restrictions.

(a) During the applicable Lock-Up Periods, none of the Holders shall offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of or distribute any Ordinary Shares that are subject to an applicable Lock-Up Period or any securities convertible into, exercisable for, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Ordinary Shares that are subject to an applicable Lock-Up Period, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, that is owned directly by such Holder (including securities held as a custodian) or with respect to which such Holder has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Commission (such securities that are subject to an applicable Lock-Up Period, the “Restricted Securities”), other than any transfer to an affiliate of an Holder or to a Permitted Transferee, as applicable. The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude each Holder, as applicable, from engaging in any hedging or other transaction with respect to Restricted Securities which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Restricted Securities even if such Restricted Securities would be disposed of by someone other than such Holder. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions include any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including any put or call option) with respect to any of the Restricted Securities of the applicable Holder, or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Restricted Securities.

  

(b) Each Holder hereby represents and warrants that it now has and, except as contemplated by this Section 3.6(b) for the duration of the applicable Lock-Up Period, will have good and marketable title to its Restricted Securities, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims that could impact the ability of such Existing Holder to comply with the foregoing restrictions. Each Holder agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of any Restricted Securities during the applicable Lock-Up Period.

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ARTICLE IV
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

Section 4.1     Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and it being understood and agreed that the only information furnished by such Holder consists of the information with respect to such Holder under the caption “Principal and Selling Shareholders” in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

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(c) Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

  

(d)        The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agree to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

(e)        If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this Section 4.1(e) shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4.1(a), Section 4.1(b) and Section 4.1(c) above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1(e) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 4.1(e). No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1(e) from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

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ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.1     Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, electronic mail, telecopy, telegram or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third (3rd) Business Day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic mail, telecopy, telegram or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to: Unit 507, Building C, Taoyuan Street Long Jing High and New Technology Jingu Pioneer Park Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518052, People’s Republic of China, and, if to any Holder, at such Holder’s address or facsimile number as set forth in the Company’s books and records. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 5.1.

 

Section 5.2       Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

(a)        This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company, and a Holder of Registrable Securities, as the case may be, hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company or the applicable Holder, in whole or in part, except in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to a Permitted Transferee but only if such Permitted Transferee agrees to become bound by the transfer restrictions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(b)        Prior to the expiration of the applicable Lock-Up Period, no Holder subject to any such Lock-Up Period may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, in violation of the applicable Lock-Up Period, except in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to a Permitted Transferee but only if such Permitted Transferee agrees to become bound by the transfer restrictions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(c)        This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees.

 

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(d)       This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

(e)        No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 5.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 5.2 shall be null and void.

 

Section 5.3      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

 

Section 5.4      Governing Law; Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION AND (II) THE VENUE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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Section 5.5       Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected and (b) any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects the rights of any Anchor Investor shall require the consent of such entity. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

 

Section 5.6       Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. Further, the Company represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

Section 5.7       Term. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of the date as of which (A) all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission))or (B) the Holders of all Registrable Securities are permitted to sell the Registrable Securities under Rule 144 (or any similar provision) under the Securities Act without limitation on the amount of securities sold or the manner of sale requirements. The provisions of Section 3.5 and Article IV shall survive any termination.

 

Section 5.8      Foreign Private Issuer Status. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and the Holders understand and agree that it is the intention of the Company that it become eligible as soon as practical following completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement to file reports with the SEC and under the Exchange Act as a foreign private issuer, and to utilize the forms applicable to foreign private issuers, including Form F-3 and F-1 to register securities for resale under the Securities Act. If the Company is not qualified or ceases to be a foreign private issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) eligible to use a registration statement on Form F-1 or Form F-3, or eligible to file periodic reports on Form 20-F or 6-K, as the case may be, then all references in this Agreement to any such form shall be deemed to be references to Form S-1, Form S-3, Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K, as applicable, or such similar or successor form as may be appropriate.

 

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Section 5.9     Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties as to the matters covered herein and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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Execution Version

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  Venus Acquisition Corporation
   
  By:         
    Name:
    Title:

  

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

 

 

Execution Version

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDERS:
   
  Guosheng Holdings Limited
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  MIDI Capital Markets, LLC
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc.
   
  By:  
    Name: Shuo Shi
    Title: CEO
   
  Universal Winnings Holdings Limited
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  Milestone Investments Limited
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

 

 

Execution Version

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDERS:
   
  EVER ABUNDANT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
   
  By:               
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

BACKSTOP AGREEMENT

 

This BACKSTOP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of this 10th day of June, 2021 by and between (i) Venus Acquisition Corporation (“SPAC” or “Issuer”), a Cayman Islands exempted company, and (ii) EVER ABUNDANT INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“Buyer”).

 

WHEREAS, Issuer was organized for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination, an operating business;

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is being entered into concurrently and in connection with that certain business combination agreement (the “Acquisition Agreement”) , pursuant to which Issuer will consummate an acquisition of Viyi Algorithm Inc., a Cayman islands company (“Target”) in a reverse merger in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof; capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to such terms in the Acquisition Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Acquisition Agreement (“Business Combination”) and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Buyer has agreed to backstop SPAC Share Redemptions (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), together with any Purchase Amount (as defined below), for an amount up to US$10 million (“Backstop Amount”), and to the extent such backstop is required, desires to subscribe for and purchase that number of ordinary shares1, par value US$0.001 per share (the “Issuer Shares”) to be determined in accordance with the terms hereof, and in such event, the Issuer desires to issue and sell to Buyer such number of Issuer Shares in consideration of the Subscription Amount (as defined below), all on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

PURCHASE AND CLOSING

 

Section 1.01            Purchase from Third Parties. The Buyer agrees that after SPAC files a proxy statement and/or registration statement relating to the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement (collectively, the “Registration Statement”), the Buyer will have the right but not the obligation to acquire shares of SPAC in open market or private transactions at prices of no greater than the redemption price per Share disclosed in the most recently filed Registration Statement plus $0.05 (the “Price Per Share”). In order to effectuate the foregoing, to the extent legally permitted to do so, the Buyer shall enter bids at the Price Per Share (or at a lower price not less than $0.01 below the posted market offer price if and only if the posted market offer price is below the Price Per Share) on the business day after SPAC files the Registration Statement until the business day prior to the shareholder’s meeting relating to the Business Combination. The aggregate purchase amount of the Buyer hereof shall be referred to as “Purchase Amount.” The Buyer hereby agrees and undertakes that it will not exercise any right of redemption with respect to any shares of SPAC it so acquired under Section 1.01 (Purchase from Third Parties) hereof.

 

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Section 1.02            Subscription from Issuer. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in the event that any holder of ordinary shares of SPAC, contemporaneously with or prior to the SPAC Shareholders’ Approval (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), elects to have such holder’s ordinary shares redeemed by SPAC, Buyer hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase, and the Issuer hereby agrees to issue and sell to Buyer at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement (the “Acquisition Closing”), upon the payment of the Subscription Amount (as defined below), the number of Issuer Shares (the “Subscribed Shares”) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Subscription Amount by the Price Per Share (the “Subscription”). The “Subscription Amount” shall mean an amount equal to the lesser of (i) any excess of Backstop Amount over the Purchase Amount, and (ii) the aggregate amount payable by SPAC in respect of any SPAC Share Redemptions (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement).

 

Section 1.03            Subscription Closing. The closing of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Subscription Closing”, together with the Acquisition Closing, the “Closings” and “Closing” shall mean either of them) shall occur on the same day, and substantially concurrent with, consummation of the Acquisition Closing (the date of the Closings, “Closing Date”) subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Not less than ten (10) business days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, the Issuer shall provide written notice to Buyer of such anticipated Closing Date (the “Closing Notice”) of such anticipated Closing Date. Not less than five (5) business days prior to the anticipated Closing Date (as specified in the Closing Notice), SPAC shall provide written notice to Buyer of the aggregate amount payable in respect of the SPAC Share Redemptions (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), together with a certificate duly executed by an officer or director of SPAC certifying such aggregate amount (the “Redemption Notice”). Buyer shall deliver to the Issuer on or before two (2) business days prior to the anticipated Closing Date the Subscription for the Subscribed Shares by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the escrow account specified by the Issuer in the Closing Notice, to be held by the escrow agent until the Acquisition Closing. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing Date, but not later than [one (1)] business day after the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deliver to Buyer (1) the Subscribed Shares in book entry form, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under applicable securities laws), in the name of Buyer (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) or to a custodian designated by Buyer, as applicable; and (2) a copy of the records of the Issuer’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) or other evidence showing Buyer as the owner of the Subscribed Shares on and as of the Closing Date. In the event the Closing Date does not occur within two (2) business days after the anticipated Closing Date identified in the Closing Notice, the Issuer shall cause the escrow agent to promptly (but not later than five (5) business days thereafter) return the Subscription Amount to Buyer by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by Buyer, and any book entries shall be deemed cancelled; provided that unless this Backstop Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 5.01 (Termination), such return of funds shall not terminate this Backstop Agreement or relieve Buyer of its obligation to purchase the Subscribed Shares at the Subscription Closing upon delivery of a new Closing Notice in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 1.04            Conditions Precedent to Subscription.

 

(A) Issuer’s obligations to sell and issue the Subscribed Shares at the Subscription Closing are subject to the fulfillment or (to the extent permitted by applicable law) written waiver, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

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(i) Buyer Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by Buyer in Article III shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except with respect to such representations and warranties which speak as to an earlier date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct at and as of such date).

 

(ii) Acquisition Closing. All conditions precedent to the Acquisition Closing as set forth in the Acquisition Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that, by their nature, may only be satisfied at the consummation of the Acquisition Closing but subject to satisfaction or waiver thereof), and the Subscription Closing will be consummated on the same day, and substantially concurrent with, the Acquisition Closing.

 

(iii) No Injunction. There shall not be in force any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any governmental authority, law, statute, rule or regulation enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Subscription.

 

(iv) Performance. Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Subscription Closing, except where the failure of such performance or compliance would not or would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay, or materially impair the ability of the Buyer to consummate the Subscription Closing.

 

(B) Buyer’s obligations to sell and issue the Subscribed Shares at the Subscription Closing are subject to the fulfillment or (to the extent permitted by applicable law) written waiver, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

(i) Issuer Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by Issuer in Article II shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except with respect to such representations and warranties which speak as to an earlier date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct at and as of such date).

 

(ii) Acquisition Closing. All conditions precedent to the Acquisition Closing as set forth in the Acquisition Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that, by their nature, may only be satisfied at the consummation of the Acquisition Closing but subject to satisfaction or waiver thereof), and the Subscription Closing will be consummated on the same day, and substantially concurrent with, the Acquisition Closing.

 

(iii) No Injunction. There shall not be in force any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any governmental authority, law, statute, rule or regulation enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Subscription.

 

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(iv) Performance. Issuer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Subscription Closing, except where the failure of such performance or compliance would not or would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay, or materially impair the ability of the Issuer to consummate the Subscription Closing.

 

(v) Redemptions by Issuer IPO Shareholders Stockholders of Issuer entitled to redeem their ordinary shares in accordance with the Issuer’s organizational documents have duly and properly elected to redeem ordinary shares.

 

Section 1.05            No Short Sales. Buyer hereby agrees that neither it, its affiliates, nor any person or entity acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with the Buyer, shall, directly or indirectly, engage in any hedging activities or execute any Short Sales (as defined below) with respect to the securities of SPAC prior to the Closing or the earlier termination of this Backstop Agreement in accordance with its terms. “Short Sales” shall include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Buyer that is a multi-managed investment bank or vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Buyer’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Buyer’s assets, this Section 1.05 (No Short Sales) shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the relevant securities covered by this Backstop Agreement..

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ISSUER

 

Issuer hereby represents and warrants to Buyer on the date hereof and as of the Subscription Closing that:

 

Section 2.01            Organization. Issuer is duly formed in the jurisdiction of its organization and has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 2.02            Authority; Non-Contravention. This Agreement has been validly authorized, executed and delivered by Issuer and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto, is a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the general principles of equity and to bankruptcy or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Issuer does not and will not conflict with, violate or cause a breach of, constitute a default under, or result in a violation of (i) any agreement, contract or instrument to which Issuer is a party which would prevent Issuer from performing its obligations hereunder or (ii) any law, statute, rule or regulation to which Issuer is subject.

 

Section 2.03            Governmental Approvals. All consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any governmental or other authority on the part of Issuer required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement have been or shall have been obtained prior to and be effective as of the Subscription Closing.

 

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Section 2.04            No Brokers. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor, finder or other person has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Issuer that will be entitled to any fee or commission for which Buyer will be liable in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 2.05            No Litigation. There is no civil, criminal or administrative suit, action, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, review or inquiry pending or threatened against or affecting the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s properties or rights that affects or would reasonably be expected to affect the Issuer’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor is there any decree, injunction, rule or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s properties or rights that affects or would reasonably be expected to affect the Issuer’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 2.06            Securities Law Compliance. In connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Subscribed Shares in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Subscribed Shares by the Issuer to Buyer. The Subscribed Shares (i) were not offered to Buyer by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including methods described in section 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER

 

Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Issuer on the date hereof and as of the Subscription Closing that:

 

Section 3.01            Organization. Buyer is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Buyer has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 3.02            Authority; Non-Contravention. This Agreement has been validly authorized, executed and delivered by Buyer and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto, is a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the general principles of equity and to bankruptcy or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Buyer does not and will not conflict with, violate or cause a breach of, constitute a default under, or result in a violation of (i) any agreement, contract or instrument to which Buyer is a party which would prevent Buyer from performing its obligations hereunder or (ii) any law, statute, rule or regulation to which Buyer is subject.

 

Section 3.03            Governmental Approvals. All consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any governmental or other authority on the part of Buyer required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement have been or shall have been obtained prior to and be effective as of the Subscription Closing.

 

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Section 3.04            Sophisticated Buyer. Buyer is sophisticated in financial matters and is able to evaluate the risks and benefits attendant to the purchase of Issuer Shares.

 

Section 3.05            No Brokers. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor, finder or other person has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Buyer that will be entitled to any fee or commission for which Issuer will be liable in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 3.06            Securities Law Compliance. The Buyer has been advised that the offer and sale of the Shares by Venus has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any other securities laws and, therefore, none of the Shares purchased at the Closing can be resold unless they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration requirements is available. The Buyer understands that the Subscribed Shares will be considered to be “restricted securities” under the Securities Act, and that, therefore, the Buyer will not be eligible to use Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act for at least one year after “Form 10” information relating to the Business Combination has been filed with the SEC. The Buyer is acquiring the Shares for Buyer’s own account for investment, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof. The Buyer represents that it is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D, promulgated under the Securities Act, and that the Buyer is not subject to the “Bad Actor” disqualification, as such terms is defined in Rule 506 of Regulation D, promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

ARTICLE IV

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; CLEANSING STATEMENT

 

Section 4.01            Acknowledgement. Buyer acknowledges that may possess or have access to material non-public information which has not been and will not be communicated to Buyer.

 

Section 4.02            Cleaning Statement. SPAC shall, by no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) business day immediately following the date of this Agreement, issue one (1) or more press releases or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and the Business Combination and any other material, nonpublic information that the Issuer or its representatives has provided to the Buyer at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. From and after the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to the Issuer’s knowledge, Buyer shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Issuer or the Target or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Backstop Agreement, and the Buyer shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any current agreement, whether written or oral with Issuer, the Target or any of their affiliates, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.01            Termination. This Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the mutual written agreement of each parties hereto, (ii) the date the Acquisition Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, and (iii) September 30, 2021 if the Acquisition Closing has not occurred on or prior to such date; provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful and material 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..

 

Section 5.02            Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement or any counterpart may be executed via facsimile transmission, and any such executed facsimile copy shall be treated as an original.

 

Section 5.03            Governing Law. This Agreement shall for all purposes be deemed to be made under and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of New York. Each of the parties hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall, to the fullest extent applicable, be brought and enforced first in the Southern District of New York, then to such other court in the State of New York as appropriate and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Each of the parties hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

Section 5.04            Remedies Cumulative. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that, in the event of any breach of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement by the other party, money damages may be inadequate with respect to any such breach and the non-breaching party may have no adequate remedy at law. It is accordingly agreed that each of the parties hereto shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, to seek injunctive relief and/or to compel specific performance to prevent breaches by the other party hereto of any covenant or agreement of such other party contained in this Agreement. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees to waive (i) any requirement for the posting of any bond in connection with such request for an injunction, (ii) its right to assert any counterclaims and (iii) its right to assert set-off as a defense. The prevailing party agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' and experts' fees that such prevailing party may incur in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.05            Severability. If any term, provision or covenant of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

 

Section 5.06            Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 5.07            Headings. The descriptive headings of the Sections hereof are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.08            Entire Agreement; Changes in Writing. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersedes and cancels any prior agreements, representations and warranties, whether oral or written, among the parties hereto relating to the transaction contemplated hereby. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be changed or amended orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the other party hereto.

 

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Section 5.09            Further Assurances. If at any time any of the parties hereto shall consider or be advised that any further documents or actions are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise the rights, title or interest in or to the Subscribed Shares or under or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver such further documents or take such actions and provide all assurances and to take and do all such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in or to the Subscribed Shares or under or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 5.10            Waiver of Claims Against Trust. Reference is made to the final prospectus of SPAC, filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on February 3, 2021 (the “Prospectus”). Buyer warrants and represents that it has read the Prospectus and understands that SPAC has established a trust account containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (“IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (collectively, with interest accrued from time to time thereon, the “Trust Fund”) for the benefit of SPAC’s public shareholders (“Public Shareholders”) and certain parties (including the underwriters of the IPO) and that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Fund, SPAC may disburse monies from the Trust Fund only under limited circumstances as set forth in the Prospectus.

 

For and in consideration of Issuer’s execution of this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Buyer hereby 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 monies in the Trust Fund or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against, the Trust Fund, regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, any proposed or actual business relationship between SPAC and Buyer, this 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 “Claims”). Buyer hereby irrevocably waives any Claims it may have against the Trust Fund (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with SPAC and will not seek recourse against the Trust Fund (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, for an alleged breach of this Agreement). Buyer agrees and acknowledges that such irrevocable waiver is material to this Agreement and specifically relied upon by SPAC to induce it to enter in this Agreement, and Buyer further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding and enforceable under applicable law. This Section 5.10 (Waiver of Claims against Trust) shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth on the first page of this Agreement.

 

  Venus Acquisition Corporation
   
  By:             
  Name:       
  Title:
   
   
  EVER ABUNDANT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
   
  By:  
  Name:       
  Title:

 

Signature Page to Backstop Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

Execution Version

 

COMPANY TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This COMPANY TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the 10th day of June, 2021 by and among Venus Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Venus”), the Persons and entities set forth on Schedule I hereto (each, a “Stockholder” and, collectively, the “Stockholders”), and VIYI Algorithm Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company” or “Viyi”), Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, Venus is a blank check company under the United States’ federal securities laws and was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, and has formed Venus Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company as a wholly-owned subsidiary to merger with Viyi (the “Merger Sub”);

 

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of that certain Merger Agreement of even date hereof (“Merger Agreement”) by and among Venus, Viyi, Merger Sub and WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc., a Cayman Islands company and the legal and beneficial owner of a majority of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the Company (“Majority Shareholder”). and in accordance with the Cayman Islands Companies Act (as revised) (the “Cayman Companies Act”), the parties to the Merger Agreement desire and intend to effect a business combination transaction whereby the Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity (the Company is hereinafter referred to for the periods from and after the Merger Effective Time as the “Surviving Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Venus (the “Merger”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, as an inducement to Venus and Merger Sub entering into the Merger Agreement and as a condition to the Merger Agreement that the undersigned Stockholders enter into this Agreement to support the completion of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement through the voting of any and all voting securities of Venus which may be owned or held or controlled by the undersigned Stockholder in favour of the Merger and refrain from redeeming any such securities of Venus;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.       Approval of Merger Agreement. Each Stockholder hereby acknowledges that it has read the Merger Agreement and this Agreement and has had the opportunity to consult with its tax and legal and other advisors with respect to the subject matter therein and herein and has voted all voting securities of Viyi (“Subject Shares”) held of record and beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act) by it in favor of the Merger and the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement.

 

2.       Transfer of Subject Shares. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the Effective Time, and (b) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with Article XI of the Merger Agreement (the “Expiration Time”), each Stockholder, severally and not jointly, agrees that it shall not (i) sell, assign, offer, exchange, transfer (including by operation of law), pledge, dispose of, permit to exist any material lien with respect to, or otherwise encumber any of the Subject Shares or otherwise agree or commit to do any of the foregoing, except for a sale, assignment or transfer pursuant to the Merger Agreement or to another stockholder of the Company that is a party to this Agreement and bound by the terms and obligations hereof, (ii) deposit any Subject 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, (iii) enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or undertaking with respect to the direct or indirect acquisition or sale, assignment, transfer (including by operation of law) or other disposition of any Subject Shares, or (iv) grant any proxy or otherwise transfer or assign any voting rights with respect to the Subject Shares unless such transferees or assigns consenting to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

 

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3.       Agreement to Vote Venus Ordinary Shares. During the period commencing on the date hereof until the Expiration Time, each Stockholder, with respect to any and all Purchaser Ordinary Shares which may be beneficially owned by it or to which it has the right to vote, as of the date hereof and at any time after the date hereof, severally and not jointly, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, at any meeting of the stockholders of Venus (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), and in any action by written consent of the stockholders of Venus requested by Venus’ Board of Directors (which written consent shall be delivered promptly, and in any event within one Business Day, Venus requests such delivery), such Stockholder shall, if a meeting is held, appear at the meeting, in person or by proxy, or otherwise cause its, his or her Subject Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum, and such Stockholder shall vote or provide consent (or cause to be voted or consented), in person or by proxy, all of its, his or her Subject Shares:

 

(a)       to approve and adopt the Merger Agreement and the Transactions;

 

(b)       to approve an increase in the authorized Ordinary Shares capitalization of Venus to up to 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares;

 

(c)        to approve a change in the name of Venus to “MicroAlgo Inc.”;

 

(d)       against any competing transaction or any proposal, action or agreement that would impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify any provision of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the Merger.

 

4.       No Redemption or Purchaser Ordinary Shares. During the period commencing on the date hereof until the Expiration Time, each Stockholder, with respect to any and all Purchaser Ordinary Shares, severally and not jointly, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it, he or she shall not elect or take any action to redeem any Purchaser Ordinary Shares.

 

5.       No Challenges to Merger. Each Stockholder agrees not to commence, join in, facilitate, assist or encourage, and agrees to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against Venus, Merger Sub, or Viyi or any of their respective successors or directors (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement, (b) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of any person in connection with the evaluation, negotiation or entry into the Merger Agreement or (c) otherwise relating to the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

6.       Consent to Disclosure. To the extent required by law or regulation, each Stockholder hereby consents to the publication and disclosure in the Registration Statement (and, as and to the extent otherwise required by applicable securities Laws or the SEC or any other securities authorities, any other documents or communications provided by Venus, Merger Sub or Viyi to any Governmental Entity or to securityholders of Venus) of such Stockholder’s identity and beneficial ownership of its Subject Shares and the nature of such Stockholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under and relating to this Agreement and, if deemed appropriate by Venus, a copy of this Agreement. Each Stockholder will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by the Venus or Viyi in connection with the first sentence of this Section 6 or as required by the SEC or any regulatory authority for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transactions (including filings with the SEC).

 

7.       Miscellaneous.

 

(i)       Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements executed and performed entirely within such State, in each case without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

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(ii)       Termination. This Agreement and all of its provisions shall automatically terminate upon the earliest of (a) the Expiration Time and (b) as to each Stockholder, the written agreement of Venus, Viyi and such Stockholder. Upon such termination of this Agreement, all obligations of the parties under this Agreement will terminate, without any liability or other obligation on the part of any party hereto to any Person in respect hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby, and no party hereto shall have any claim against another (and no person shall have any rights against such party), whether under contract, tort or otherwise, with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party hereto from liability arising in respect of any breach of this Agreement prior to such termination. This Section 6 (ii) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

(iii)       Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns; provided that neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned or delegated by any party (including by operation of Law) without the prior written consent of the other parties. Any assignment in violation of this Section 6(iii) and Section 2 above shall be void.

 

(iv)       Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur 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 (i) the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions or other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the Stockholder’s obligations to vote its Subject Shares as provided in this Agreement, without proof of damages, in the chancery court or any other state or federal court within the State of New York, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled under this Agreement or otherwise at law or in equity, and (ii) the right of specific performance 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 6(iv) shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such injunction or to prove the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy.

 

(v)       Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or terminated, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement executed by Venus, Viyi and the Stockholders.

 

(vi)       Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

(vii)       Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to be given or delivered under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when personally delivered (or, if delivery is refused, upon presentment) or received by email prior to 6:00 p.m. eastern time on a Business Day and, if otherwise, on the next Business Day, (b) one (1) Business Day following sending by reputable overnight express courier (charges prepaid) or (c) three (3) days following mailing by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested. Unless another address is specified in writing pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, notices, demands and other communications to the parties shall be sent to the addresses indicated on Schedule I.

 

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(viii)       Further Assurances. Each Stockholder shall execute and deliver, or cause to be delivered, such additional documents, and take, or cause to be taken, all such further actions and do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary (including under applicable Laws), or reasonably requested by Venus or Viyi, to effect the actions and consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Merger Agreement (including the Transactions), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and herein, as applicable.

 

(ix)       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (any of which may be delivered by electronic transmission), each of which shall constitute an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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

 

VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION   VIYI ALGORITHM INC.
     
     
By:                           By:          
Name:   Name:     Chengwei Yi
Title:   Title: CEO

 

 

VIYI STOCKHOLDER:  
     
WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc.  
     
By:                                        
  Name: Shuo Shi  
  Title: CEO  
     
Universal Winnings Holdings Limited  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
MIDI Capital Markets, LLC  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
Guosheng Holdings Limited  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
Milestone Investments Limited  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Signature Page to Support Agreement

 

 

 

 

VENUS/VIYI

COMPANY TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

SCHEDULE I

 

NAME OF STOCKHOLDER NUMBER OF VIYI VOTING SHARES ADDRESS FOR NOTICES
WiMi Hololgram Cloud Inc. 219,000,000

No. 6, Xiaozhuang, #101A,

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Yadong Sun

Email: neikong@wimiar.com

 

Universal Winnings Holdings Limited 10,500,000

Room 5508, 55th Floor, Central Plaza,

18 Harbour Road,

Wanchai District, Hong Kong, 999077

Attn: Lincoln

Email: 849646@qq.com

 

MIDI Capital Markets, LLC 30,000,000

#1001, building 12, lanxiyuan District 3,

Shunxing Road,

Shunyi District, Beijing, 101399

People’s Republic of China

Attn: MS TIAN

Email: tian15646592966@163.com

 

Guosheng Holdings Limited 30,000,000

No.4012, 4 / F, ZhongRen Building,

A 10 Chaowai Street,

Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100020

People’s Republic of China

Attn:XIN HUANG

Email: huang15611942655@163.com

 

Milestone Investments Limited 10,500,000

#2001, 20th Floor, Design Building,

No. 8 Zhenhua Road,

Futian District, Shenzhen,518000

Attn:Andy Lau

 

 

Schedule I to Support Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Venus Acquisition Corporation Announces Proposed Business Combination with VIYI Algorithm Inc.

 

NEW YORK, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Venus Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: VENA) ("Venus"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, and VIYI Algorithm Inc. ("VIYI Algo"), a Cayman Islands exempted company operating in China and controlled by WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI), announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. A newly created merger subsidiary of Venus will be merged with and into VIYI Algo with VIYI Algo being the surviving entity and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Venus. Upon closing of the transaction, Venus will change its name to MicroAlgo Inc.

 

The merger is structured as s stock for stock transaction and is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization. The terms of the merger provide for a valuation of VIYI Algo and its subsidiaries and businesses of $400,000,000. Based upon a per share value of $10.10 per share, the VIYI Algo stockholders will receive approximately 39,600,000 ordinary shares of Venus which will represent approximately 85% of the combined outstanding shares following the closing, assuming no redemptions by the Venus stockholders and assuming conversion of the Venus outstanding rights into 485,000 ordinary shares.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the proposed merger, the post-closing Board of Directors will consist of 5 members, four of whom will be nominated by VIYI Algo. In order to continue to satisfy Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, at least 3 of the members will be independent in accordance with Nasdaq Listing rules.

 

In connection with the execution of the merger agreement, and as condition to closing, Venus has entered into a definitive and binding backstop and subscription agreement with Ever Abundant Investments Limited who has committed to backstop up to $10,000,000 of redemption of ordinary shares by Venus stockholders or to purchase new shares from Venus at closing of the merger.

 

VIYI Algo is dedicated to the development and application of bespoke central processing algorithms. Central processing algorithms refer to a range of computing algorithms, including analytical algorithms, recommendation algorithms, and acceleration algorithms. VIYI Algo provides comprehensive solutions to customers by integrating central processing algorithms with software or hardware, or both, thereby helping them to increase the number of customers, improve end-user satisfaction, achieve direct cost savings, reduce power consumption, and achieve technical goals. The range of VIYI Algo's services include algorithm optimization, accelerating computing power without the need for hardware upgrades, lightweight data processing, and data intelligence services. VIYI Algo's ability to efficiently deliver software and hardware optimization to customers through bespoke central processing algorithms serves as a driving force for VIYI Algo's long-term development. VIYI Algo is ideally positioned to grow its revenue quickly as a leading central processing algorithm service provider in China.

 

Currently, VIYI Algo is focused on developing and delivering central processing algorithm solutions to customers engaged in internet advertisement and gaming, and intelligent chips. VIYI Algo's customer base is rapidly growing due to a general demand for more efficient data processing in various industries driven by the growing internet population and prevalence of AI. In the mid-to-long term, VIYI Algo will continue to adhere to its strategic mindset. By improving upon each iteration of VIYI Algo's one-stop intelligent data management solutions made possible by its proprietary central processing algorithm services, VIYI Algo can help customers to enhance their service efficiency and make model innovations in business, and actively enhance the industry value of the central processing algorithm services in the general field of data intelligent processing industry.

 

     

 

 

VIYI Algo is controlled by WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI), whose commercial operations began in 2015. Wimi Hologram Cloud, Inc. is a holographic cloud comprehensive technical solution provider that focuses on professional areas including holographic AR automotive HUD software, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR, head-mounted light field holographic equipment, holographic semiconductor, holographic cloud software, holographic car navigation and others. Its services and holographic AR technologies include holographic AR automotive application, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR technology, holographic vision semiconductor technology, holographic software development, holographic AR advertising technology, holographic AR entertainment technology, holographic ARSDK payment, interactive holographic communication and other holographic AR technologies.

 

The boards of directors for both Venus and VIYI Algo have approved the proposed merger, which is expected to be completed by the end of third quarter of 2021, subject to, among other things, the approval by Venus' shareholders of the merger, the proposed change of name, an increase in the authorized share capital of Venus and satisfaction of the other conditions stated in the definitive agreement and other customary closing conditions, including among other things that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") completes its review of the registration/proxy statement and Nasdaq approves the listing application.

 

ADVISORS

 

Becker & Poliakoff is acting as U.S. legal advisor to Venus and Ogier is acting as its Cayman Islands legal advisor.

 

DLA Piper is acting as U.S. legal advisor to WiMi Hologram Could Inc. and VIYI Algorithm Inc. Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP is acting as Cayman Islands legal advisor to VIYI Algorithm Inc. and Zhuo Ne Law Firm is acting as its PRC advisor.

 

ABOUT VIYI ALGO

 

VIYI Algo is dedicated to the development and application of bespoke central processing algorithms. VIYI Algo provides comprehensive solutions to customers by integrating central processing algorithms with software or hardware, or both, thereby helping them to increase the number of customers, improve end-user satisfaction, achieve direct cost savings, reduce power consumption, and achieve technical goals. The range of VIYI Algo's services includes algorithm optimization, accelerating computing power without the need for hardware upgrades, lightweight data processing, and data intelligence services. VIYI Algo's ability to efficiently deliver software and hardware optimization to customers through bespoke central processing algorithms serves as a driving force for VIYI Algo's long-term development.

 

     

 

 

ABOUT Venus

 

Venus is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and incorporated for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar merger with one or more businesses or entities. Venus completed its initial public offering on February 11, 2021 with an offering of 4,600,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $46,000,000. Each unit consisted of one ordinary share, par value $0.001, one redeemable warrant to purchase half of one ordinary share, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of an ordinary share upon consummation of a business combination. The Units, Ordinary Shares, Rights and Warrants of Venus are currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols "VENAU," "VENA," "VENAR" and "VENAW," respectively. An aggregate amount of $46,460,000 ($10.10 per Public Unit) is held in a trust account (the "Trust account") with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee.

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This press release contains, and certain oral statements made by representatives of Venus, VIYI Algo, and their respective affiliates, from time to time may contain, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Venus' and VIYI Algo'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," "might" and "continues," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Venus' and VIYI Algo's expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the merger, the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the merger and the timing of the completion of the merger. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results. Most of these factors are outside the control of Venus or VIYI Algo 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 relating to the proposed merger; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Venus or VIYI Algo following the announcement of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein; (3) the inability to complete the merger, including due to failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of Venus or other conditions to closing in the Merger Agreement; (4) delays in obtaining or the inability to obtain necessary consents required to complete the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (5) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement or could otherwise cause the transaction to fail to close; (6) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of the post-acquisition company's ordinary shares on NASDAQ following the merger; (7) the risk that the merger disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the merger; (8) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the merger, 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; (9) costs related to the merger; (10) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (11) the possibility that Venus or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and (12) other risks and uncertainties to be identified in the Form S-4 filed by Venus (when available) relating to the merger, including those under "Risk Factors" therein, and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") made by Venus and VIYI Algo. Venus and VIYI Algo caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Venus and VIYI Algo caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Neither Venus nor VIYI Algo undertakes or accepts 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, subject to applicable law. The information contained in any website referenced herein is not, and shall not be deemed to be, part of or incorporated into this press release.

 

     

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

In connection with the transaction described herein, Venus will file relevant materials with the SEC, including the registration statement on Form S-4 and a proxy statement. The proxy statement and a proxy card will be mailed to shareholders as of a record date to be established for voting at the shareholders' meeting relating to the proposed transactions. Shareholders will also be able to obtain a copy of the registration statement on Form S-4 and proxy statement without charge from Venus. The registration statement on Form S-4 and proxy statement, once available, may also be obtained without charge at the SEC's website at https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/NbC5CXDM9BSOppWlH6cWiD?domain=sec.report or by writing to 477 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10022. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF VENUS ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS THAT VENUS WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT VENUS, VIYI ALGO AND THE TRANSACTIONS.

 

NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION

 

This press release is for informational purposes only and does 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 jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the 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 of 1933, as amended.

 

NO ASSURANCES

 

There can be no assurance that the proposed merger will be completed, nor can there be any assurance, if the merger is completed, that the potential benefits of combining the companies will be realized. The description of the merger contained herein is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the definitive agreements relating to the Merger, copies of which will be filed by Venus with the SEC as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION

 

Venus, VIYI Algo, certain shareholders of VIYI Algo, and their respective directors, executive officers and employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of Venus ordinary shares in respect of the proposed transaction. Information about Venus's directors and executive officers and their ownership of Venus' common stock is set forth in Venus's prospectus filed with the SEC on February 10, 2021. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.

 

Contact:

 

Mr. Yanming Liu
Email: ceo@venusacq.com
917 267 4568
VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
6th Floor, 477 Madison Avenue,
New York, New York