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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 14, 2022

 

 

 

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38134   81-4777373

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

28 Liberty Street
New York, New York
  10005
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(347719-4312

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of Each Class   Trading Symbol   Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share   APRN   New York Stock Exchange LLC

 

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

 

Emerging growth company x

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On February 14, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with RJB Partners LLC (“RJB”), an affiliate of Joseph N. Sanberg, an existing holder of the Company’s Class A common stock, under which the Company agreed to issue and sell to RJB in a private placement (the “Private Placement”), for an aggregate purchase price of $5.0 million (or $14.00 per unit), 357,143 units each consisting of (a) 1 share of Class A common stock, (b) 1 warrant to purchase 0.8 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per share, (c) 1 warrant to purchase 0.4 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $18.00 per share, and (d) 1 warrant to purchase 0.2 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $20.00 per share. In the aggregate, RJB received (i) 357,143 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) warrants to purchase 285,714 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per share, (iii) warrants to purchase 142,857 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $18.00 per share, and (iv) warrants to purchase 71,429 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $20.00 per share (collectively, the “Private Placement Securities”). The Private Placement closed following the execution of the Purchase Agreement on the Effective Date.

 

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations from the Company, on the one hand, and RJB, on the other hand. In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, RJB has also agreed to a customary standstill for a period of three years, as well as provisions requiring RJB to vote all Company securities it beneficially owns, and to cause Company securities beneficially owned by Joseph N. Sanberg and certain of its or his respective affiliates to be voted, in each case in excess of 19.9% of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Company in the aggregate, in proportion to and in accordance with the vote of all stockholders of the Company.

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company and RJB entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with respect to the securities purchased in the Private Placement, pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to file a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on the earliest of (i) February 14, 2023, (ii) within thirty (30) days of the date requested by RJB and (iii) such other date as mutually agreed by the Company and RJB, covering the resale of the shares of Class A common stock and shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants issued to RJB under the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Registrable Securities”). Further, at any time the Shelf Registration Statement is not effective, subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required upon a demand by RJB to file and cause to be declared effective a shelf registration statement registering the resale of the Registrable Securities, provided that RJB and its affiliates are entitled to a total of four demands in the aggregate under the Registration Rights Agreement and previous rights granted to such parties by the Company pursuant to a separate registration rights agreement in November 2021. In addition, the Registration Rights Agreement provides certain piggyback registration rights to RJB; however, so long as a Shelf Registration Statement is effective, then, subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall have no obligation to allow RJB to exercise its piggyback registration rights and include Registrable Securities in another registration statement being filed by the Company.

 

 

 

 

 

The Registration Rights Agreement contains customary covenants and indemnification provisions that the parties made to, and solely for the benefit of, each other in the context of the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereunder. The provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including any representations, warranties and covenants contained therein, were made solely for the benefit of the parties thereto and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.

 

Each warrant issued in the Private Placement has a term of seven years from the date of issuance. Each such warrant may only be exercised for cash, except in connection with certain fundamental transactions, and no fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. The warrants will be non-transferable, except in limited circumstances, and will not be listed or otherwise trade on any stock exchange. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and the applicable exercise prices will be subject to adjustment in certain events, including (i) dividends or distributions of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, (ii) subdivisions, combinations and certain reclassifications of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, (iii) certain additional issuances of Class A common stock or securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of Class A common stock at a price per share less than the market price for the Company’s Class A common stock, (iv) distributions of assets other than Class A common stock, or (v) certain repurchases by the Company.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the form of warrants issuable to RJB in connection with the Private Placement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the documents, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 4.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above with regard to the Private Placement is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The issuance of the Private Placement Securities to RJB was made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering. RJB represented to the Company at issuance that it was an “accredited investor” and that it was acquiring the Private Placement Securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

 

The Company did not pay or give, directly or indirectly, any commission or other remuneration, including underwriting discounts and commissions, in connection with the issuance of the Private Placement Securities.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On February 14, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the Private Placement. The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit   Description
4.1   Form of Warrant to be issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
10.1   Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2022, by and among the Company and RJB Partners LLC
10.2   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2022, by and among the Company and RJB Partners LLC
99.1   Press Release dated February 14, 2022
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  BLUE APRON HOLDINGS, INC.
     
Date: February 15, 2022 By: /s/ Randy J. Greben
    Randy J. Greben
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

  

Exhibit 4.1

 

THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS.

 

CLASS A COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

BLUE APRON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Warrant No.:     
     
Warrant Shares:     
     
Issue Date:    , 2022

 

THIS CLASS A COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _____________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the Issue Date (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on ________, 20291 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Blue Apron Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to ______ shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Class A Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Class A Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1.      Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Class A Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Class A Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Class A Common Stock are then reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Class A Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the Fair Market Value of a share of Class A Common Stock.

 

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

 

Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

 

1 Insert the date that is the seven (7) year anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

 

 

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Class A Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Class A Common Stock.

 

Equity Interests” means any and all (a) shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or other voting securities of a corporation, any and all equivalent or analogous ownership (or profit) or voting interests in a Person (other than a corporation), (b) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or voting securities of (or other ownership or profit or voting interests in) such Person, and (c) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing, whether voting or nonvoting, and, in each case, whether or not such shares, interests, participations, equivalents, securities, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such security or other property as determined by the Board of Directors, acting in good faith. Such fair market value shall be evidenced by a written notice delivered promptly to the Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Fair Market Value of cash shall be the amount of such cash.

 

Financing Agreement” means that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2020, by and among Blue Apron, LLC, the Company, certain other subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as subsidiary guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and Blue Torch Finance, LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent for such lenders, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2020, by and among the parties thereto, and that certain Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2021, by and among the parties thereto, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

Permitted Transaction” shall include (a) issuances of shares of Class A Common Stock (including upon exercise of options) to directors, advisors, employees or consultants of the Company pursuant to a stock option plan, employee stock purchase plan, restricted stock plan, other employee benefit plan or other similar compensatory agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors, (b) issuances of shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with or pursuant to any existing Common Stock Equivalents, (c) issuances of warrants, and shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, pursuant to the Financing Agreement; provided, that such securities are not amended after the date hereof to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder or to lower the exercise price thereof, (d) issuances of any shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with or pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant, (e) issuances of shares of Class A Common Stock in a bona fide registered public offering financing transaction as approved by the Board of Directors and (f) issuances of shares of Class A Common Stock as consideration in connection with the acquisition of all or a controlling interest in another business (whether by merger, purchase of stock or assets or otherwise) if such issuance is approved by the Board of Directors.

 

Permitted Transfer” means a transfer of Warrants (a) upon death of a Holder by will or intestacy, (b) by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust in which the Warrants are to be passed to beneficiaries upon the death of the trustee, (c) pursuant to a court order, (d) by operation of law (including by consolidation or merger) or without consideration in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or termination of any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity, (e) to an Affiliate controlled by, or under common control with, the Holder or (f) pursuant to a pledge in connection with a bona fide financing transaction with a third party.

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

 

 

 

Purchase Agreement” means that certain Purchase Agreement dated as of February [●], 2022, by and between the Company and RJB Partners LLC.

 

Repurchases” means any transaction or series of related transactions to purchase Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for a purchase price greater than the VWAP pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer (whether or not subject to Section 13(e) or 14(e) of the Exchange Act or Regulation 14E promulgated thereunder), whether for cash, Equity Interests of the Company, other securities of the Company, evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any other Person or any other property (including Equity Interests, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a Subsidiary), or any combination thereof.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the Class A Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 118 Fernwood Ave, Edison, NJ 08837, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Class A Common Stock, or any other applicable security, is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Class A Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Class A Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Class A Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, are then reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Class A Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the Fair Market Value of a share of Class A Common Stock or such other security, as applicable.

 

Warrants” means this Warrant and other Class A Common Stock purchase warrants issued by the Company as of the Issue Date and pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

 

 

 

  Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time after 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Issue Date, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Termination Date, by delivery to the Company of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form attached hereto as Annex A, and delivered in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 5(h) (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank payable to the Company (to an account as designated by the Company by notice in writing to the Holders pursuant to Section 5(h)) unless the Cashless Exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is applicable and specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. With respect to book-entry Warrants, no ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any permitted assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Class A Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $[•],2 subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Cashless Exercise. Solely in connection with a Takeout Transaction as further described in Section 3(e) hereof, this Warrant will be automatically exercised, in full, at such time, by means of a “cashless exercise” (a “Cashless Exercise”) in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Class A Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
     
  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a Cashless Exercise;

 

provided, however, that if, upon the closing of the Takeout Transaction, the Exercise Price is equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of a share of Class A Common Stock, then the Warrant shall be cancelled and the Holder shall have no further rights hereunder.

 

 

2 To insert applicable exercise price (i.e., $15.00, $18.00 or $20.00).

 

 

 

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a Cashless Exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrant being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c), except to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation.

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the later of (i) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a Cashless Exercise), the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Class A Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. This Warrant may only be exercised for whole numbers of shares.

 

v. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Annex B properly completed and duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall, to the extent applicable, pay all Transfer Agent fees required for processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

 

 

 

vi. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that it may not exercise this Warrant, and this Warrant shall be deemed to not be exercisable, to the extent that if such Warrant were exercisable, then the Financing Agreement Threshold (defined below) would be met or exceeded; provided that, if the Holder and/or its affiliates hold multiple warrants subject to a substantially similar restriction based on the Financing Agreement Threshold, this restriction shall apply first to any warrants held by the Holder and/or its Affiliates, originally issued on or about the date hereof or on November 4, 2021 and on substantially similar terms, with an Exercise Price equal to $20.00 per share, and then, solely to the extent necessary, to any warrants held by the Holder and/or its Affiliates, originally issued on or about the date hereof or on November 4, 2021 and on substantially similar terms, with an Exercise Price equal to $18.00 per share, and then to any warrants held by the Holder and/or its Affiliates, originally issued on or about the date hereof or on November 4, 2021 and on substantially similar terms, with an Exercise Price equal to $15.00 per share. The limitation on exercisability set forth in this Section 2(e) shall apply until the date that is 61 days after the Financing Agreement is terminated and all amounts thereunder are fully paid and discharged or such earlier date as any required consent or waiver under the Financing Agreement is obtained. The Company may instruct its transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, to apply restrictive legends or similar restrictions to enforce this Section 2(e). For the purposes of this Warrant, “Financing Agreement Threshold” shall mean the acquisition of any securities of the Company by the Holder which would result in the Holder or any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of which the Holder is a member owning more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the Equity Interests (as defined in the Financing Agreement) of the Company.

 

  Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Class A Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Class A Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Class A Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of the Company’s outstanding and unexercised warrants), (ii) splits or subdivides outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Class A Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b) Certain Issuances of Class A Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, issues shares of Class A Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (other than in Permitted Transactions or a transaction to which the adjustments set forth in Section 3(a) are applicable), without consideration or at a purchase price per share (or having a conversion or exercise price per share) that is less than 100% of the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the date of the written, binding agreement on the pricing of such shares or of such Common Stock Equivalents (such date of agreement, the “Pricing Date”) then, in such event:

 

i. the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to the Pricing Date (the “Initial Number”) shall be increased to the number obtained by multiplying the Initial Number by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (x) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock immediately outstanding prior to the Pricing Date and (y) the number of additional shares of Class A Common Stock issued (or into which Common Stock Equivalents may be converted) and (B) the denominator of which shall be the sum of (x) the number of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Pricing Date and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) which the Aggregate Consideration in respect of such issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock (or Common Stock Equivalents) would purchase at the VWAP of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the Pricing Date; and

 

 

 

 

ii. the Exercise Price payable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Pricing Date by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in full immediately prior to the adjustment in subsection (i) above and (B) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in full immediately after adjustment pursuant to subsection (i) above.

 

For purposes of the foregoing, (1) the “Aggregate Consideration” in respect of such issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock (or Common Stock Equivalents) shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of the net offering price (after deduction of any related expenses payable to third parties, including discounts and commissions) of all such shares of Class A Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents, plus the aggregate amount, if any, payable upon conversion of any such Common Stock Equivalents (assuming conversion in accordance with their terms immediately following their issuance and further assuming for this purpose, that such Common Stock Equivalents are convertible at such time); (2) in the case of the issuance of such shares of Class A Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents for, in whole or in part, any non-cash property (or in the case of any non-cash property payable upon conversion of any such Common Stock Equivalents), the consideration represented by such non-cash property shall be deemed to be the applicable VWAP (in the case of applicable listed securities) and/or the Fair Market Value (in all other cases), as applicable, of such non-cash property as of immediately prior to the Pricing Date (before deduction of any related expenses payable to third parties, including discounts and commissions); and (3) if the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall have been adjusted upon the issuance of any Common Stock Equivalents in accordance with this Section 3, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made for the actual issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock upon the actual conversion of such Common Stock Equivalents in accordance with their terms. Any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall become effective immediately upon the date of such issuance; provided that the Company will not take any action that would result in an adjustment under this Section 3(b) and would require prior approval by its stockholders under any then applicable listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange without first obtaining such approval (a “NYSE Stockholder Required Approval Event”). Upon the occurrence of a NYSE Stockholder Required Approval Event, the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable use reasonable efforts to allow it to make any adjustment required under this Section 3(b). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the occurrence of a NYSE Stockholder Required Approval Event, the Company shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of the occurrence thereof, hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of the issuance of additional Warrant Shares in excess of any then current NYSE restrictions on any such issuance (“Excess Warrant Shares”). In connection with such meeting, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such issuance and the Board shall recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. In the event that (i) the Company has not obtained stockholder approval for the issuance of Excess Warrant Shares or there is an insufficient number of shares authorized and available for issuance and (ii) the Holder has exercised this Warrant and is entitled to receive Warrant Shares that would constitute Excess Warrant Shares or be in excess of the Company’s authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, then, in lieu of the Company issuing such Excess Warrant Shares or other shares in excess of the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock (“Unauthorized Excess Warrant Shares”), the Company shall pay the Holder an amount in cash equal to (Y) the Fair Market Value per share (with the date of determination being the date of exercise) multiplied by (Z) each Excess Warrant Share or Unauthorized Excess Warrant Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, no increase to the Exercise Price or decrease in the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to this Section 3(b).

 

 

 

 

c) Distributions. If, at any time this Warrant is outstanding, the Company fixes a record date for the making of a dividend or other distribution (by spin-off or otherwise) on shares of Class A Common Stock, whether in cash, Equity Interests of the Company, other securities of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any other Person or any other property (including Equity Interests, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a Subsidiary), or any combination thereof, excluding (i) dividends or distributions subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3(a) or (ii) dividends or distributions of rights in connection with the adoption of a stockholder rights plan in customary form (including with respect to the receipt of such rights in respect of shares of Class A Common Stock (including Warrant Shares) issued subsequent to the initial dividend or distribution of such rights), then in each such case, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in full shall be increased by multiplying such number of Warrant Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the VWAP per share of Class A Common Stock on such record date and the denominator of which is the VWAP per share of Class A Common Stock on such record date less the Fair Market Value of the cash and/or any other property, as applicable, to be so paid or distributed in such dividend or distribution in respect of one share of Class A Common Stock (in each case as of the record date of such dividend or distribution); such adjustment shall take effect on the record date for such dividend or distribution. In the event of such adjustment, the Exercise Price shall immediately be decreased or at such later date as the Board of Directors may determine for purposes of the determination of Fair Market Value (but in any event not later than 10 Business Days after the first date on which the Class A Common Stock trades regular way on the principal national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading without the right to receive such distribution) by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant in full immediately prior to such adjustment, and the denominator of which is the new number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Fair Market Value of the cash and/or any other property, as applicable, to be so paid or distributed in such dividend or distribution in respect of one share of Class A Common Stock (in each case as of the record date of such dividend or distribution) is equal to or greater than the VWAP per share of Class A Common Stock on such record date, then proper provision shall be made such that upon exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall receive, in addition to the applicable Warrant Shares, the amount and kind of such cash and/or any other property such Holder would have received had such Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date (disregarding whether or not this Warrant had been exercisable by its terms at such time). For purposes of the foregoing, in the event that such dividend or distribution in question is ultimately not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to make such dividend or distribution, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Warrant Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed. For the avoidance of doubt, no increase to the Exercise Price or decrease in the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to this Section 3(c).

 

d) Repurchases. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary effects Repurchases, then, following the completion of the Repurchase, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the date of first purchase of Equity Interests comprising such Repurchases by a fraction of which the numerator shall be (a) the product of (1) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the first purchase of Equity Interests comprising such Repurchases and (2) the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Company’s first public disclosure of the Company’s (or such Subsidiary’s) intent to effect such Repurchases, minus (b) the Assumed Payment Amount, and of which the denominator shall be the product of (X) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the first purchase of Equity Interests comprising such Repurchases minus the number of shares of Class A Common Stock so repurchased and (Y) the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Company’s first public disclosure of the Company’s (or such Subsidiary’s) intent to effect such Repurchases. In such event, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number obtained by multiplying such number of Warrant Shares by the quotient of (A) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the first purchase of Equity Interests comprising such Repurchases divided by (B) the new Exercise Price determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, no increase to the Exercise Price or decrease in the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to this Section 3(d). For purposes of the foregoing, the “Assumed Payment Amount” with respect to any Repurchases shall mean the aggregate VWAP (in the case of applicable listed securities) and/or Fair Market Value (in the case of cash and/or any other property), as applicable, as of such Repurchases, of the aggregate consideration paid to effect such Repurchases. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3(d)) shall only apply in the event that the Company effects Repurchases exceeding an annual average in excess of 1% of its outstanding shares as averaged in any immediately preceding rolling three full calendar year period, measured from January 1-December 31. In the event a Repurchase also constitutes a Fundamental Transaction under Section 3(e)(iii) hereof, then the Company shall apply the treatment set forth in Section 3(e).

 

 

 

 

e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Class A Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Class A Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Class A Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (not including any shares of Class A Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or other equity securities of the successor or acquiring corporation (or ultimate parent thereof) or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, as applicable, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Class A Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Class A Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for the Alternate Consideration, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such Alternate Consideration (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Notwithstanding anything else herein, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction in which the consideration payable to each holder of Class A Common Stock of the Company consists of more than 50% cash and/or equity securities of the acquiring entity or Successor Entity (a “Takeout Transaction”), then this Warrant shall be automatically deemed, without any further action by any party, Cashless Exercised pursuant to Section 2(c) above as of immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of the Takeout Transaction (provided that, for clarity, the Holder may exercise this Warrant prior to such Cashless Exercise in accordance with the terms of this Warrant). In the event a Repurchase under Section 3(d) also constitutes a Fundamental Transaction under Section 3(e)(iii) hereof, then the Company shall apply the treatment set forth in Section 3(e).

 

 

 

 

f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Class A Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption or repurchase of the Class A Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Class A Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Class A Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Class A Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record, closing or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, repurchase, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Class A Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Class A Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Class A Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

 

 

 

  Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or in any other manner transferred or disposed of, in whole or in part, other than (a) through a Permitted Transfer, and, in the case of a Permitted Transfer, which Permitted Transfer must be in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof and effected in compliance with applicable United States federal and state securities laws and the terms and conditions thereof and hereto or (b) to the extent permitted by Section 8(a) of the Purchase Agreement, including any pledge under Section 8(a)(2) thereunder. Any such sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance or disposal of this Warrant, in whole or in part, in violation of this Section 4(a) shall be null and void and of no effect.

 

b) Notice of Transfer. Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 4(a), every request made to transfer this Warrant must be in writing and accompanied by an instrument of assignment substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex B, duly executed by the Holder thereof, the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, the Holder’s personal representative or the Holder’s survivor, as applicable, and setting forth in reasonable detail the circumstances relating to the transfer accompanied by a signature guarantee from an eligible guarantor institution participating in a signature guarantee program approved by the Securities Transfer Association and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon receipt of such written notice and, if required, such payment, the Company shall, subject to Company’s reasonable determination that the transfer instrument is in proper form and the transfer otherwise complies with the other terms and conditions of this Warrant (including the provisions of Section 4(a)), register the transfer of the Warrant in the Warrant Register and the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company or its designated agent within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company or its designated agent assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued. All duly transferred Warrants registered in the Warrant Register shall be the valid obligations of the Company and shall entitle the transferee to the same benefits and rights under this Warrant as those held immediately prior to the transfer by the transferor. No transfer of a Warrant shall be valid unless and until registered in the Warrant Register.

 

c) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

d) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

  Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a Cashless Exercise pursuant to Section 2(c), in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

 

 

 

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Class A Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Class A Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

 

 

 

e) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize Cashless Exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies (notwithstanding the fact that the right to exercise this Warrant terminates on the Termination Date). Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to the Company hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail (upon confirmation of receipt by the Company), or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at Blue Apron Holdings, Inc., 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, Attention: General Counsel, email address: legalnotices@blueapron.com, or such other email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (ii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iii) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Class A Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by any other Person.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

 

 

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other hand.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

 

BLUE APRON HOLDINGS, INC.

 
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To: BLUE APRON HOLDINGS, INC.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price of $____ per share in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or

 

[ ] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the Cashless Exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

_______________________________

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity:   

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity :  

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:   

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:   

 

Date:   

 

 

 

 

ANNEX B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:

 
  (Please Print)

 

Address:

 

 

 

Phone Number:

 

Email Address:

(Please Print)

 

______________________________________

 

______________________________________

 

Dated: _______________ __, ______

 
   
Holder’s Signature:    
     
Holder’s Address:    

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1 

 

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of February 14, 2022, by and between Blue Apron Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and RJB Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company agrees to sell to Purchaser, and the Purchaser has agreed to so purchase, at the Closing (as defined below), for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000,000, (a) shares of Class A Common Stock (the “PIPE Shares”), (b) $15 PIPE Warrants (as defined below), (c) $18 PIPE Warrants (as defined below), and (d) $20 PIPE Warrants (as defined below) (such $15 PIPE Warrants, $18 PIPE Warrants, and $20 PIPE Warrants, the “PIPE Warrants” and, collectively with the PIPE Shares, the “PIPE Securities”), in each case as set forth on Annex C hereto, representing a per unit price of $14.00 for each (a) one (1) PIPE Share, (b) one (1) $15 PIPE Warrant, (c) one (1) $18 PIPE Warrant, and (d) one (1) $20 PIPE Warrant, purchased together (such transactions collectively, the “PIPE”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to grant the Purchaser (including any of its permitted assignees) certain registration rights with respect to the PIPE Shares purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and with respect to the PIPE Warrant Shares (as defined below) issued upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants, in each case purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, in each case pursuant to a registration rights agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex B (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Certain Other Definitions. The following terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

$15 PIPE Warrant” shall mean a $15 Warrant to be issued and sold to a Purchaser in a PIPE pursuant to this Agreement.

 

$15 Warrant” shall mean a seven-year warrant to purchase 0.8 shares of Class A Common Stock substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A with a strike price per share of $15.00.

 

$18 PIPE Warrant” shall mean an $18 Warrant to be issued and sold to a Purchaser in a PIPE pursuant to this Agreement.

 

$18 Warrant” shall mean a seven-year warrant to purchase 0.4 shares of Class A Common Stock substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A with a strike price per share of $18.00.

 

$20 PIPE Warrant” shall mean a $20 Warrant to be issued and sold to a Purchaser in a PIPE pursuant to this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

$20 Warrant” shall mean a seven-year warrant to purchase 0.2 shares of Class A Common Stock substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A with a strike price per share of $20.00.

 

Affiliate” of a Person shall mean any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such other Person; for the purposes of this Agreement, the Company or its subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Purchaser.

 

Affiliate Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(dd) hereof.

 

Blue Torch” shall mean Blue Torch Finance, LLC.

 

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

 

Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York.

 

Bylaws” shall mean the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws, as amended to date, as the same may be further amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

Capitalization Date” shall mean February 8, 2022.

 

Charter” shall mean the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, as the same may be further amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

Class A Common Stock” shall mean the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Class B Common Stock” shall mean the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Class C Capital Stock” shall mean the Class C capital stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Closing” shall mean the closing of the purchases described in Section 2(a) hereof, which shall be held at 10:00 a.m. on the Closing Date at the offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP located at 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007, or such other time and place as may be agreed to by the parties hereto.

 

Closing Date” shall mean the date of this Agreement.

 

Code” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(x) hereof.

 

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Commission” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor agency thereto.

 

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

Company Indemnified Persons” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b) hereof.

 

Company SEC Documents” shall mean all required reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated therein) required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and any required amendments to any of the foregoing, with the Commission.

 

Control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, 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.

 

Device and Activity Data” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(ff) hereof.

 

Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(y) hereof.

 

Equity Incentive Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c) hereof.

 

ERISA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(x) hereof.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

 

Financing Agreement” shall mean that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2020, by and among the LLC Subsidiary, the Company, certain other subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as subsidiary guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and Blue Torch, as administrative agent and collateral agent for such lenders, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2020, by and among the parties thereto, and that certain Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2021, by and among the parties thereto, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

Financing Agreement Threshold” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f) hereof.

 

Fraud” shall mean intentional fraud (with scienter) under Delaware common law by a Person with respect to the making of the representations and warranties in this Agreement.

 

GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(n) hereof.

 

Government Official” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(cc) hereof.

 

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Hazardous Substances” shall mean any material, chemical, substance, waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, and polychlorinated biphenyls, that is regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

 

Indemnified Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a) hereof.

 

Indemnified Persons” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b) hereof.

 

Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(t) hereof.

 

LLC Subsidiary” shall mean Blue Apron, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any change, development, circumstance, fact or effect that, individually or taken together with any other changes, developments, circumstances, facts or effects is, or would reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), business operations or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); provided, however, that no change, development, circumstance, fact or effect that resulted directly or indirectly from the following shall be deemed to constitute or be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (i) any change in the United States or foreign economies or securities or financial markets in general that does not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) relative to other participants in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their respective businesses; (ii) any change that generally affects the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate that does not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) relative to other participants in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their respective businesses; (iii) any change arising in connection with natural disasters, hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions that does not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) relative to other participants in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their respective businesses; (iv) the effect of any changes in applicable laws or accounting rules after the date of this Agreement that does not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) relative to other participants in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their respective businesses; (v) the effect of any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God and any national or global communicable disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic or other national or international disaster or calamity, or any governmental response to any of the foregoing that does not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) relative to other participants in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their respective businesses; (vi) any failure by the Company to meet any internal, third-party or public projections or forecasts, budgets or estimates of revenues, earnings or other financial measures or results of operations for any period; provided that the exception in this clause (vi) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that the facts underlying any such effect has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect; (vii) a change in the market price, or change in trading volume, of the shares of Class A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange; provided that the exception in this clause (vii) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that the facts underlying any such effect has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect; or (viii) the announcement, pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, governmental entity, unincorporated organization or other legal entity.

 

Personal Data” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(ff) hereof.

 

PIPE” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

PIPE Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

PIPE Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

PIPE Warrant Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

 

PIPE Warrants” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(x) hereof.

 

Prior Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2021, by and among the Company, the Purchaser and Matthew B. Salzberg.

 

Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e) hereof.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or migrating into or through the indoor or outdoor environment.

 

Representative” shall mean, for a party, such party’s and its affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, agents and legal, accounting and financial advisors.

 

Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

Sanctions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(ee) hereof.

 

Securities” shall mean the PIPE Securities that are purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

 

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Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e) hereof.

 

Purchaser Indemnified Persons” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a) hereof.

 

Standstill Period” shall mean the period from and after the date hereof until the occurrence of the earlier of the date that (i) is three (3) years from the date hereof; (ii) a complete liquidation or dilution of the Company is completed; or (iii) the Class A common stock (or any successor thereto) ceases to be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

Subsidiary” of a Person shall mean, with respect to such Person, any corporation, partnership or other legal entity of which such Person (either alone or through or together with any other Subsidiary), owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other equity interests, has the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body, or has Control.

 

Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.

 

Section 2. Closing.

 

(a)            PIPE Investment.

 

(i)            The Purchaser hereby agrees, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 7, to purchase from the Company, and the Company hereby agrees, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 7, to sell to the Purchaser at the Closing, the PIPE Securities listed on Annex C hereto for an aggregate purchase price equal to $5,000,000.

 

(ii)            Payment for the PIPE Securities shall be made in full, on the Closing Date, against delivery of certificates (including in book-entry format) and/or warrants evidencing the PIPE Securities, in United States dollars by means of wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company, to the account or accounts designated by the Company in writing prior to the Closing.

 

Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser (it being acknowledged and agreed that each representation and warranty (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(e), 3(g), 3(i) and 3(gg)) is qualified by and subject to the information set forth in any Company SEC Documents filed after January 1, 2021 and prior to the execution of this Agreement, but excluding any disclosures set forth in any risk factors section or in any other section, in each case to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date (in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of such date) as follows:

 

(a)            Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, except, in the case of Subsidiaries of the Company, to the extent that the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(b)            The Company has all corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the PIPE Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and at the applicable Closing, the PIPE Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, will be, duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitute binding obligations of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally; (ii) as to enforceability, general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity); and (iii) as to any indemnity or contribution provision, federal or state securities laws or considerations of public policy.

 

(c)            The authorized capital of the Company consists of (i) 1,500,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, of which (A) 32,182,704 shares were issued and outstanding as of the Capitalization Date, (B) 8,771,620 shares are reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants as of the Capitalization Date, (C) 1,923,462 shares are reserved for issuance upon exercise of options and other awards granted under the Company’s stock option and incentive plans as of the Capitalization Date, and (D) 3,092,317 shares available for future issuance under the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) as of the Capitalization Date; (ii) 175,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, none of which was issued and outstanding as of the Capitalization Date; (iii) 500,000,000 shares of Class C Capital Stock, none of which was issued and outstanding as of the Capitalization Date; and (iv) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, none of which was issued and outstanding as of the Capitalization Date. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence or as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no other shares of capital stock issued and outstanding or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company. Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and, in the case of shares of capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiaries, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company. The Company does not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of the Company on any matter.

 

(d)            [Reserved.]

 

(e)            All of the applicable PIPE Securities will have been duly authorized for issuance prior to the applicable Closing. All of the PIPE Shares, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. All of the PIPE Warrants, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms. All of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants (the “PIPE Warrant Shares”), when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor upon exercise of the applicable PIPE Warrants as provided therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. None of the Securities will have been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any security holders of the Company arising as a matter of law or under or pursuant to the Charter, the Bylaws, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

 

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(f)            [Reserved.]

 

(g)            No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, notice, filing, recording or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties is required for the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the PIPE Warrants or the Registration Rights Agreement, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except: (i) under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) as required to be made with the New York Stock Exchange, (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws, and (iv) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(h)            Since January 1, 2021, the Company has timely filed all Company SEC Documents required to be filed with the Commission. The Company SEC Documents, as of the time they were filed, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as applicable, and none of the Company SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact, or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(i)            The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the PIPE Warrants, and the Registration Rights Agreement and compliance by the Company with all of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby: (i) will not violate of the provisions of the Charter or Bylaws or comparable organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) assuming the compliance with the matters set forth in Section 3(g), will not violate any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties or (iii) will not result in any default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be bound, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(j)            No litigation or proceeding against the Company or its Subsidiaries is pending before any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental body, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, is any such proceeding threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(k)            Since December 31, 2020, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l)            The Company and its Subsidiaries do not own any real property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)            Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its Charter or Bylaws or similar organizational documents, (ii) in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties or (iii) in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(n)            The financial statements, including the notes thereto, and the supporting schedules included in the Company SEC Documents present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated therein, subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments. Such financial statements and supporting schedules have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved except as disclosed therein.

 

(o)            Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), other than liabilities or obligations (i) reflected on the most recent balance sheet of the Company included in the Company SEC Documents, (ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company included in the Company SEC Documents, (iii) incurred in connection with this Agreement, (iv) incurred pursuant to contracts binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than those resulting from a breach thereof), or (v) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(p)            There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, or of the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, in each case to the extent applicable to the Company.

 

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(q)            The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting (it being understood that this subsection shall not require the Company to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as of an earlier date than it would otherwise be required to so comply under applicable law).

 

(r)            Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Company SEC Documents, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(s)            The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective. The Company has conducted evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

 

(t)            Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries own, or otherwise have the right to use (including pursuant to license, sublicense, agreement or permission), the patents, trademarks, service marks, patent applications, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, information, know-how, proprietary rights and processes (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) reasonably necessary to conduct the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as described in the Company SEC Documents and as currently conducted (excluding commercially available off-the-shelf software programs that are licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to “shrink-wrap” licenses for a total cost of less than $30,000), without any known conflict with or infringement of the Intellectual Property of others, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there has not been any infringement by any third party of any Intellectual Property or other similar rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written communications alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has violated, infringed or conflicted with, or, by conducting its business as described in the Company SEC Documents, would violate, infringe or conflict with any of the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity.

 

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(u)            The Company and its Subsidiaries have (i) paid all material federal, state, local and foreign taxes required to be paid through the date hereof, except any such taxes being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) filed all material tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, in each case except for those returns for which a request for extension has been filed; and there is no tax deficiency that has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except where such deficiencies, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(v)            The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement, except where the failure to so possess or to have made such declarations or filings would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(w)            No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, contractors or customers, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party.

 

(x)            Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Code, except for noncompliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption, has occurred with respect to any Plan that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group have ever maintained or contributed to or participated in a Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) or a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA. There is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(y)            (i) The Company and its Subsidiaries (A) are, and at all times for the two years preceding the date of this Agreement have been, in compliance in all material respects with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable requirements relating to Hazardous Substances, the environment, natural resources or the protection of human or worker health or safety (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) have obtained and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, (C) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability (including such liability of a third party that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Substances, (D) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (E) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost, obligation or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(z)            There has been no storage, generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Substances by, due to or caused by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or would reasonably be expected to be liable) at, on, under or from any property or facility now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or at, on, under or from any other property, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or amount or to a location that would reasonably be expected to result in any liability under any Environmental Law, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(aa)      Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated (i) any federal, state or local law or foreign law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay of employees, or (ii) any applicable wage or hour laws.

 

(bb)      Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, ordinary and customary for comparable companies in the same or similar businesses and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

 

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(cc)      None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any director, officer, or employee thereof, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Affiliates, agent, or representative of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment, giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any government official (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) (“Government Official”) in order to influence official action, or to any person in violation in any material respect of any applicable anti-corruption laws. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, its Affiliates have conducted their respective businesses in compliance in all material respects with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.

 

(dd)      The operations of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and each of its Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(ee)      None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any director, officer, or employee thereof, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is Person that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are (A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (B) 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). The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions or (B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

 

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(ff)      Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have operated their business in a manner compliant with all applicable privacy, data security and data protection laws and regulations, all contractual obligations and all Company policies applicable to the collection, handling, usage, disclosure and storage of all personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”), along with all other data, including without limitation, IP addresses, mobile device identifiers and website usage activity data (“Device and Activity Data”), (ii) in collecting, handling, using, disclosing and/or storing Device and Activity Data, the Company and its Subsidiaries comply with all applicable industry guidelines and codes of conduct, (iii) the Company has implemented and maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure the integrity, security and confidentiality of Personal Data and all Device and Activity Data collected, handled used, disclosed and/or stored by the Company in connection with the Company’s operation of its business, (iv) the Company has policies and procedures in place reasonably designed to ensure privacy, data security and data protection laws are complied with and takes appropriate steps which are reasonably designed to assure compliance with such policies and procedures, (v) the Company requires third parties to which it provides any Personal Data or Device and Activity Data to maintain the privacy and security of such Personal Data or Device and Activity Data, as applicable, and (vi) the Company has not experienced any security incident that has compromised the privacy and/or security of any Personal Data.

 

(gg)      Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties, none of the Company, any of its Affiliates, and any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any securities or solicited any offers to buy any securities, under circumstances that would require registration of the issuance of the PIPE Securities, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise.

 

Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing as follows:

 

(a)            The Purchaser is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, except to the extent that the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(b)            The Purchaser has all corporate or similar power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been or, in the case of the Registration Rights Agreement, will be at the applicable Closing duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitute a binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally; (ii) as to enforceability, general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity); and (iii) as to any indemnity or contribution provision, federal or state securities laws or considerations of public policy.

 

(c)            The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in business and financial matters that are necessary to evaluate the risks and merits of an investment in the PIPE Securities. The Purchaser is acquiring the PIPE Securities for investment for its own account, with no present intention of dividing its participation with others or reselling or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws. The Purchaser does not presently have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell (excluding any pledge), transfer or grant participations to such Person or to any third person, with respect to any of the PIPE Securities.

 

(d)            The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that: (i) other than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and as set forth in this Agreement, the resale of any PIPE Securities, or PIPE Warrant Shares has not been and is not being registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, and the PIPE Securities and the PIPE Warrant Shares may not be sold or otherwise transferred unless (a) such securities are sold or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (b) at the Company’s request, the Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Company’s counsel) to the effect that such securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (c) such securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act; (ii) any sale of any PIPE Securities, or PIPE Warrant Shares made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be made only in accordance with the terms of such Rule; and (iii) except as may be set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement or this Agreement, neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register such PIPE Securities or PIPE Warrant Shares under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. The Purchaser acknowledges that an appropriate restrictive legend will be placed on the certificate or certificates (including in book-entry format) representing the PIPE Securities and the PIPE Warrant Shares.

 

(e)            The Purchaser acknowledges and affirms that the PIPE Securities will be issued in a private placement in reliance upon exemptions contained in the Securities Act, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or interpretations thereof and in the applicable state securities laws.

 

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(f)            At the Closing, the Purchaser will have liquid, legally available cash on hand sufficient to consummate such Closing in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Purchaser is able to bear the financial risk of its investment in the PIPE Securities, has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment therein, and has adequate means for providing for its current needs and contingencies.

 

(g)            The Purchaser has been given the opportunity to conduct a due diligence review of the Company and has been afforded access to information about the Company and its financial condition and business sufficient to enable the Purchaser to evaluate its investment in the PIPE Securities. Other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3, the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company is not making any other representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the PIPE Securities, or any other matter contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser hereby disclaims any other express or implied representations or warranties, and the Purchaser is not relying on, and will not assert any claim against, the Company, its Affiliates or any of their respective employees, directors, agents, stockholders or representatives or hold the Company or any such Persons liable with respect to any statements, information or representations or warranties, except with respect to the representations and warranties expressly contained in Section 3 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall limit the Purchaser’s remedies with respect to claims of Fraud.

 

(h)            As of the date hereof, the Purchaser and its Affiliates are the beneficial owners of only the securities of the Company set forth adjacent to such Person’s name on Annex D hereto.

 

Section 5. Deliveries at Closing.

 

(a)            Deliveries at Closing.

 

(i)            At the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser evidence of the issuance (including in electronic book-entry format) of the number of PIPE Shares and the number of PIPE Warrants issued to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

 

(ii)            At the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company payment in cash, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, of the aggregate purchase price of the PIPE Securities purchased by the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2 hereof.

 

Section 6. Covenants.

 

(a)            Financing Matters. The Company agrees with the Purchaser to provide notice of, and a summary of the material terms of, any proposed repayment, refinancing or restructuring of the Company’s existing indebtedness under the Financing Agreement, to the Purchaser a reasonable time in advance of the proposed consummation of such repayment, refinancing or restructuring, to consult with the Purchaser regarding such matters and to consider in good faith any reasonable comments provided on a reasonably timely basis by the Purchaser with respect thereto; provided that, subject to the limitation in Section 6(f), for the avoidance of doubt, any decision to repay, refinance or restructure the Company’s existing indebtedness as described above and any aspects of such decisions (including, but not limited to, the type and timing of such proposed transaction) shall be made in the Company’s sole discretion; an

 

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(b)            Listing. The Company shall cause the PIPE Shares and the PIPE Warrant Shares, as applicable, to be authorized for listing on the New York Stock Exchange at or prior to the Closing.

 

(c)            Registration Rights. At or prior to the Closing, the Company and the Purchaser shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached as Annex B.

 

(d)            Stabilization. In connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Purchaser will not take, and will not permit any of its respective Affiliates to take, in each case directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Class A Common Stock in violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

 

(e)            Registration Rights. On the earliest of (x) February 14, 2023, (y) within thirty (30) days of the date requested by the Purchaser and (z) such other date as mutually agreed by the Company and the Purchaser, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) relating to a “shelf” offering in accordance with Rule 415 of the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, which covers all of the PIPE Shares and PIPE Warrant Shares, including, without limitation, any other securities that may be acquired or issued upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants or any other common equity securities of the Company issued as a dividend or distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the PIPE Shares and the PIPE Warrant Shares, in each case, held by the Purchaser (the “Registrable Securities”), on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the prospectus contained therein and all exhibits thereto. Prior to filing the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendments thereto with the Commission, the Company shall provide drafts thereof to the Purchaser and its respective counsel and the Purchaser and its respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon such Shelf Registration Statement. The Shelf Registration Statement, in the form in which it becomes effective, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Purchaser agrees, severally but not jointly, to furnish to the Company all information with respect to the Purchaser required to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any other information necessary to make any such information previously furnished to the Company by the Purchaser not misleading. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than sixty (60) days after the Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to this Section 6(e), and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until, subject to the Registration Rights Agreement, the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (ii) may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect (and the Purchaser shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Company or its counsel in connection with such determination), addressed and reasonably acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the Purchaser (the “144 Determination”); provided that, for all purposes hereunder “Registrable Securities” shall be deemed to not include any PIPE Shares or PIPE Warrant Shares beneficially owned by a Purchaser for which there has been a 144 Determination with respect to such securities.

 

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(f)            Purchaser Covenants. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, following the applicable Closing Date and until such date that no indebtedness remains outstanding under the Financing Agreement, the Purchaser shall not acquire any securities of the Company which would result in it or any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of which it is a member owning more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the Equity Interests (as defined in the Financing Agreement) of the Company without the prior written consent of the Company (the “Financing Agreement Threshold”); provided, that, subject to the following sentence and the express provisions of the PIPE Warrants, in no event shall this Section 6(f) prevent any Purchaser from acquiring any PIPE Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any PIPE Warrant Shares pursuant to the exercise of the PIPE Warrants. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (i) it may not exercise PIPE Warrants, and such warrants shall be deemed to not be exercisable, to the extent that if such warrants were exercisable then the Financing Agreement Threshold would be met or exceeded, (ii) the PIPE Warrants to which the limitation set forth in the foregoing clause (i) apply shall be, first, any $20 PIPE Warrants held by the Purchaser and/or its Affiliates, and then, solely to the extent necessary, any $18 PIPE Warrants held by the Purchaser and/or its Affiliates, and then, solely to the extent necessary, any $15 PIPE Warrants held by the Purchaser and/or its Affiliates, (iii) the limitation on exercisability set forth in the foregoing clause (i) shall apply until the date that is 61 days after the Financing Agreement is terminated and all amounts thereunder are fully paid and discharged or such earlier date as any required consent or waiver under the Financing Agreement is obtained, and (iv) the Company may instruct its transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, to apply restrictive legends or similar restrictions to enforce this covenant.

 

(g)            The Company covenants that it shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to submit to Purchaser and the Internal Revenue Service within twenty (20) Business Days after the Purchaser’s written request therefor, such information (to the extent within the Company’s possession) as may be reasonably required under Section 1202(d)(1)(C) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(h)            The Company covenants to use proceeds from the issuance and sale of the PIPE Securities for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, marketing, new product development and potential environmental, social and corporate governance initiatives identified by the Company).

 

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Section 7. Conditions to Closing.

 

(a)            Conditions to Closing.

 

(i)            The obligation of the Purchaser to consummate the applicable transactions contemplated hereunder, including the PIPE, is subject to the fulfillment, prior to or on the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

 

1.            The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3(a) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as if made as of such date. The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3(b), Section 3(e), Section 3(k) and Section 3(gg) shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as if made as of such date. The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3(c) shall be true and correct, except for de minimis inaccuracies, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as if made as of such date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct, except for de minimis inaccuracies, as of such specified date). All other representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect contained therein) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as if made as of such date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect contained therein) would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

2.            The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Purchaser a duly executed copy of the Registration Rights Agreement; and

 

3.            The Company shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed by it, and complied with the covenants hereunder applicable to it in all material respects, at or prior to the Closing.

 

(ii)            The obligation of the Company to consummate the applicable transactions contemplated hereunder, including the PIPE, is subject to the fulfillment, prior to or on the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

 

1.            The representations and warranties of the Purchaser in Section 4 shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality contained therein) as of the date hereof and as of Closing Date as if made as of such date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality contained therein) would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and

 

2.            The Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed by it, and complied with the covenants hereunder applicable to it in all material respects, at or prior to the Closing.

 

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(iii)            The obligations of each of the Company and the Purchaser to consummate the applicable transactions contemplated hereunder are subject to the fulfillment, prior to or on the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

 

1.            No judgment, injunction, decree or other legal restraint issued by a governmental entity shall prohibit, or have the effect of rendering unachievable, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

2.            The PIPE Shares and the PIPE Warrant Shares shall have been authorized for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(iv)            Neither the Company nor the Purchaser may rely on the failure of any condition in this Section 7 to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such party’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 8. Restrictions on Transfer.

 

(a)            The Purchaser shall not, and shall ensure that its Affiliates under common control do not, sell, transfer, assign, convey, gift or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly (“Transfer”), any PIPE Securities or PIPE Warrant Shares; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict in any manner a Transfer of PIPE Shares or PIPE Warrant Shares (but, for clarity, the following clauses (i) through (iv) shall not apply to any PIPE Warrants), (i) to any other person in a private transaction if the Company first shall have been furnished with an opinion of legal counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such Transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, (ii) made in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided that the Company shall have the right to receive an opinion of legal counsel for the holder, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such Transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, prior to the removal of the legend subject to Rule 144, (iii) made pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the Commission, or (iv) pursuant to a tender offer, merger, consolidation, business combination, stock purchase or other similar transaction or series of related transactions approved by the Board and, if applicable, made to all holders of the Company’s capital stock, provided that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation, business combination, stock purchase or transaction or series of related transactions is not completed, the Purchaser’s PIPE Shares and PIPE Warrant Shares shall remain subject to the restrictions set forth herein; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not restrict in any manner a Transfer of any PIPE Securities or PIPE Warrant Shares by a Purchaser (1) solely to one or more of its Affiliates under common control, provided that the transferee in each case agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Section 8 and, in the case of the Purchaser, Section 9 hereof (such transferee, an “Affiliate Transferee”) or (2) pursuant to a pledge in connection with a bona fide financing transaction with a third party. Any purported Transfers of any PIPE Securities or PIPE Warrant Shares in violation of this Section 8 shall be null and void and no right, title or interest in or to such PIPE Securities or PIPE Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof, as applicable, shall be Transferred to the purported transferee, buyer, donee or assignee. The Company will not give, and will not permit the Company’s transfer agent to give, any effect to such void purported Transfer in its stock records. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Purchaser and Joseph N. Sanberg shall not be deemed to be under common control with any Person solely because Mr. Sanberg serves as an officer, director or manager of such Person unless Mr. Sanberg also beneficially owns a majority of the equity interests in such Person.

 

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(b)            Restrictive Legends. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and the PIPE Warrant Shares will bear a legend substantially similar to the legend set forth below in addition to any other legend that may be required by applicable law or by any agreement between the Company and the Purchaser. The legend may be removed pursuant to Section 8(a)(iii) and Section 8(a)(iv) as provided above.

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR REGISTERED AND/OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND REGISTRATION AND/OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (B) IN A TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND REGISTRATION AND/OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS PROVIDED THAT AT THE ISSUER’S REQUEST, THE TRANSFEROR THEREOF SHALL HAVE DELIVERED TO THE ISSUER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH OPINION SHALL BE IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER) TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION, OR (C) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.

 

Section 9. Certain Stockholder Matters.

 

(a)            The Purchaser shall cause all of the voting securities of the Company that are beneficially owned by it, by Joseph N. Sanberg or any of its or his respective Affiliates under common control or over which it or he or any of its or his respective Affiliates under common control have voting control to be voted with respect to any action, proposal or matter to be voted on by the stockholders of the Company (including through action by written consent), in proportion to and accordance with the vote of all stockholders of the Company; provided that this Section 9(a) will only apply to voting securities beneficially owned by the Purchaser, together with its Affiliates, in excess of 19.9% of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Company.

 

(b)            With respect to any matter that the Purchaser, Joseph N. Sanberg, and/or its or his respective Affiliates under common control are required to vote on in accordance with Section 9(a), the Purchaser shall (and shall cause Joseph N. Sanberg and any of its or his respective Affiliates under common control to) (i) cause each voting security owned by it or over which it has voting control to be voted at all meetings of stockholders of the Company, either by completing the proxy forms distributed by the Company or by having a designated proxy present at the meeting, (ii) deliver the completed proxy form to the Company no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such meeting, and (iii) take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the intent of this Section 9.

 

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(c)            In furtherance of this Section 9, the Purchaser shall be, and shall cause Joseph N. Sanberg and each of its or his Affiliates under common control to be, present in person or represented by proxy at all meetings of stockholders to the extent necessary so that all voting securities of the Company as to which it is entitled to vote shall be counted as present for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting.

 

(d)            During the Standstill Period, the Purchaser hereby agrees that neither the Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates under common control will directly or indirectly: (i) effect, offer or publicly propose to effect, or cause or participate in or in any way knowingly advise, assist or encourage any other person to effect, offer or publicly propose to effect or participate in, (A) any acquisition in excess of five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding Class A Common Stock (or beneficial ownership thereof) of the Company, or any rights to acquire any such securities (including derivative securities representing the right to vote or economic benefit of any such securities) (but disregarding any securities acquired by the Purchaser under this Agreement and/or upon exercise of any PIPE Warrants); (B) any tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination involving the Company; (C) any liquidation or dissolution with respect to the Company; or (D) any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the Commission) or consents to vote any voting securities of the Company (other than in accordance with Section 9 hereof); (ii) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (as defined under the Exchange Act) with respect to any securities of the Company; (iii) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control the management, Board or policies of the Company, provided that the Purchaser is not precluded from engaging in direct, non-public conversations with the Board or management of the Company; (iv) take any action which would be reasonably expected to force the Company to make a public announcement regarding any of the types of matters set forth in (i) above; or (v) enter into any discussions or arrangements with any third party with respect to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if, at any time during the Standstill Period, a third party (1) enters into an agreement with the Company contemplating the acquisition (by way of merger, tender offer or otherwise) of at least 50% of the outstanding capital stock of the Company or all or substantially all of its assets, then the restrictions set forth in this paragraph shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect or (2) commences a tender offer, which was approved by the Board and is made to all holders of the Company’s capital stock, for at least 50% of the outstanding capital stock of the Company or all or substantially all of its assets, then the restrictions set forth in this paragraph shall be suspended and cease to be of any further force or effect until the expiration or termination of such tender offer or until the public announcement of its withdrawal or abandonment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 9(d) shall be construed to (i) prevent the Purchaser from purchasing PIPE Securities pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) exercising any warrants acquired by the Purchaser pursuant to the Prior Purchase Agreement, (iii) exercising any PIPE Warrants in accordance with their respective terms and conditions, (iv) subject to Section 9(a), voting in favor of any stockholder proposal, (v) tendering any securities or receiving any consideration in connection with a bona fide tender offer, merger, consolidation, business combination, stock purchase or other similar transaction or series of related transactions that does not otherwise involve the Purchaser, (vi) subject to Section 9(a), announcing how Purchaser intends to vote on any matter presented for a vote by the Company’s stockholders at an annual or special meeting of the Company, provided such announcement does not include any non-public, confidential or competitively sensitive information of the Company or (vii) making any private proposals to the Board or management of the Company or privately requesting any amendments of waivers to this Section 9(d) to the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser’s purchase of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Agreement and/or Purchaser’s exercise of any PIPE Warrants in accordance with their respective terms and conditions shall not be deemed an acquisition of Class A Common Stock for purposes of Section 9(d) of the Prior Purchase Agreement.

 

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Section 10. Termination.

 

(a)            This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date:

 

(i)            By the Purchaser by written notice to the Company, if there is a material breach of this Agreement by the Company that is not cured by thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice by the Company (provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10(a)(i) shall not be available to the Purchaser if it has failed to perform in any material respect any of its obligations under this Agreement or is in breach of any representation or warranty such that the condition set forth in Section 7(b)(ii)(1) or Section 7(b)(ii)(2) would not be satisfied (assuming that the date of such determination is the Closing Date)); or

 

(ii)            By the Company by written notice to the Purchaser, if there is a material breach of this Agreement by the Purchaser that is not cured by thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice by the Purchaser (provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10(a)(ii) shall not be available to the Company if it has failed to perform in any material respect any of its obligations under this Agreement or is in breach of any representation or warranty such that the condition set forth in Section 7(b)(i)(1) or Section 7(b)(i)(3) would not be satisfied (assuming that the date of such determination is the Closing Date)).

 

(b)            This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date, by the mutual written consent of the Company and the Purchaser.

 

(c)            If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 10, this Agreement (other than Sections 11 through 22, which shall remain in full force and effect) shall forthwith become wholly void and of no further force and effect. Nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability for Fraud or willful breach of this Agreement.

 

Section 11. Indemnification.

 

(a)            The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and its respective directors, officers, members, employees, agents, Affiliates and Representatives (all such Persons being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “Purchaser Indemnified Persons”), against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (“Indemnified Losses”), joint or several, to which any of the Purchaser Indemnified Persons may become subject as a direct result of any (x) breach or inaccuracy by the Company of any of its representations or warranties contained herein or (y) breach or failure to comply with any of its covenants or agreements contained herein; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to any Purchaser Indemnified Person to the extent that any such Indemnified Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) (x) any breach or inaccuracy of the applicable Purchaser’s representations or warranties contained herein or (y) any breach or failure to comply with any of the applicable Purchaser’s covenants or agreements contained herein or (ii) any violations by the Purchaser Indemnified Person of state or federal securities laws or any other conduct by the Purchaser Indemnified Person which constitutes gross negligence, willful misconduct, or Fraud.

 

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(b)            The Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, members, employees, agents, Affiliates and Representatives (all such Persons being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “Company Indemnified Persons,” and together with the Purchaser Indemnified Persons, the “Indemnified Persons”) against any Indemnified Losses to which any of the Company Indemnified Persons may become subject as a direct result of any (x) breach or inaccuracy by the Purchaser of any of its representations or warranties contained herein or (y) breach or failure to comply with any of its covenants or agreements contained herein; provided, however, that the Purchaser shall not be liable in any such case to any Company Indemnified Person to the extent that any such Indemnified Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) (x) any breach or inaccuracy of the Company’s representations or warranties contained herein or (y) any breach or failure to comply with any of the Company’s covenants or agreements contained herein or (ii) any violations by such Company Indemnified Person of state or federal securities laws or any other conduct by such Company Indemnified Person which constitutes gross negligence, willful misconduct, or Fraud.

 

(c)            Any Indemnified Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (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 such notice shall not limit the rights of such Indemnified Person, except to the extent the indemnifying party is actually and materially prejudiced thereby) and (ii) unless in such Indemnified Person’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such Indemnified Person and the indemnifying party 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; provided, however, that any Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (A) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses or (B) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person. If such defense is not assumed by the indemnifying party as permitted hereunder, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the Indemnified Person without the indemnifying party’s consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If such defense is assumed by the indemnifying party pursuant to the provisions hereof, such indemnifying party shall not settle or otherwise compromise the applicable claim unless (i) such settlement or compromise contains a full and unconditional release of the Indemnified Person or (ii) the Indemnified Person otherwise consents in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will 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 Person, a conflict of interest may exist between such Indemnified Person and any other of such Indemnified Persons with respect to such claim, in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such additional counsel or counsels.

 

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(d)            Absent Fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence by the party against whom a remedy is sought, from and after the date hereof, the sole and exclusive remedies with respect to any and all claims relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be (i) monetary damages in accordance with this Section 11, (ii) the remedies set forth in Section 20, and (iii) under the PIPE Warrants or the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the liability for indemnification of any indemnifying party under this Agreement shall not include punitive or exemplary damages except to the extent actually awarded pursuant to a third-party claim.

 

Section 12. Survival. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing until the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing. All agreements and covenants in this Agreement to be performed prior to the Closing shall survive the Closing until the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing; each other agreement and covenant shall survive the Closing until the earlier of its fulfilment and the expiration of the statute of limitations applicable thereto (except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement).

 

Section 13. Notices. All notices, communications and deliveries required or permitted by this Agreement shall be made in writing signed by the party making the same, shall specify the Section of this Agreement pursuant to which it is given or being made and shall be deemed given or made (i) on the date delivered if delivered in person, (ii) on the third (3rd) Business Day after it is mailed if mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) (with postage and other fees prepaid); (iii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or the first Business Day following such receipt if the date of such receipt is not a Business Day) of transmission by email; or (iv) on the day after it is delivered, prepaid, to an overnight express delivery service that confirms to the sender delivery on such day, as follows:

 

(a)if to the Purchaser, at:

 

RJB Partners LLC

[***]

 

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

 

Sullivan and Cromwell LLP

1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Alison S. Ressler

Email: resslera@sullcrom.com

 

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(b)if to the Company, at:

 

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Email: legalnotices@blueapron.com

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005
Attention: General Counsel
Email: meredith.deutsch@blueapron.com

 

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Attention: David A. Westenberg, Esq.
Email: David.Westenberg@wilmerhale.com

 

and

 

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

 

7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
Attention: Christopher D. Barnstable-Brown, Esq.
Email: Chris.Barnstable-Brown@wilmerhale.com

 

or to such other representative or at such other address of a party as such party hereto may furnish to the other parties in writing in accordance with this Section 13. If notice is given pursuant to this Section 13 of any assignment to a permitted successor or assign of a party hereto, the notice shall be given as set forth above to such successor or permitted assign of such party.

 

Section 14. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned without the prior written consent of each of the parties hereto; provided, that, in the case of the Purchaser, this Agreement may be assigned with only the prior written consent of the Company. This Agreement will be binding upon, and will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and the PIPE Warrants, embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties, or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein, with respect to the standby purchase commitments or the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the PIPE Securities, and the PIPE Warrant Shares. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

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Section 16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (other than its rules of conflict of laws to the extent the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby).

 

Section 17. Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

Section 18. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

 

Section 19. [Reserved.].

 

Section 20. Specific Performance. Each party acknowledges and agrees that each party hereto will be irreparably damaged in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed by the parties in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached. Accordingly, it is agreed that each of the Company and the Purchaser, to the extent entitled to the benefit of the provisions hereof, shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement, and to enforce specifically this Agreement and its terms and provisions in any action instituted in any court of the United States or any state having subject matter jurisdiction. Each party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of such injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that the other party has an adequate remedy at law.

 

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Section 21. Fees and Expenses. The Company shall, contingent upon and reasonably promptly following the Closing, pay the professional fees, costs and expenses of outside counsel incurred by the Purchaser and its Affiliates in connection with the negotiation, preparation and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder, in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate, $50,000.

 

Section 22. Miscellaneous.

 

(a)            The Company shall not after the date of this Agreement take any action or enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to holders of the PIPE Securities in this Agreement.

 

(b)            The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of this Agreement.

 

(c)            Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

(d)            The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

(e)            This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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

 

  BLUE APRON HOLDINGS, INC.
  By: /s/ Linda Findley Kozlowski
  Name: Linda Findley Kozlowski
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
   
  RJB PARTNERS LLC
  By: /s/ Joseph Sanberg
  Name: Joseph Sanberg
  Title: Managing Member

 

  

 

 

Annex A

 

FORM OF WARRANT

 

 Annex A-1 

 

 

Annex B

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

 Annex B-1 

 

 

Annex C

 

PIPE Securities

 

Security Number
Class A Common Stock (referred to herein as the “PIPE Shares”) 357,143
$15 Warrants (referred to herein as the “$15 PIPE Warrants”) Warrants representing the right to purchase a total of 285,714 shares of Class A Common Stock
$18 Warrants (referred to herein as the “$18 PIPE Warrants”) Warrants representing the right to purchase a total of 142,857 shares of Class A Common Stock
$20 Warrants (referred to herein as the “$20 PIPE Warrants”) Warrants representing the right to purchase a total of 71,429 shares of Class A Common Stock

 

 Annex C-1 

 

 

Annex D

 

PURCHASER AND AFFILIATE OWNERSHIP

 

Person Company securities beneficially owned as of the date of this Agreement
RJB Partners LLC

6,362,783 shares of Class A Common Stock

20,645,731 warrants to purchase 0.8 shares of Class A Common Stock

20,645,731 warrants to purchase 0.4 shares of Class A Common Stock

20,645,731 warrants to purchase 0.2 shares of Class A Common Stock

Joe Sanberg 214,293 shares of Class A Common Stock
Aspiration Growth Opportunities II GP, LLC 1,250 shares of Class A Common Stock

 

 Annex D-1 

 

Exhibit 10.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 14, 2022, by and between Blue Apron Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and RJB Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, by and among the Company, the Purchaser, and Matthew B. Salzberg, dated as of November 4, 2021 (the “Prior Registration Rights Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser entered into that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2022 (the “Purchase Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Purchaser the PIPE Shares and the PIPE Warrants; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to grant certain registration rights to the Purchaser (including any of its Permitted Transferees) with respect to the PIPE Shares and the PIPE Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the parties desire to enter into this Agreement in order to establish certain registration rights for the Purchaser as set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valid consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Certain Definitions.

In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate” of a Person shall mean any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such other Person; for the purposes of this Agreement, the Company or its subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Purchaser.

Agreement” means this Registration Rights Agreement, including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to this Registration Rights Agreement as the same may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

Financing Agreement” shall mean that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2020, by and among the LLC Subsidiary, the Company, certain other subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as subsidiary guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and Blue Torch, as administrative agent and collateral agent for such lenders, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2020, by and among the parties thereto, and that certain Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2021, by and among the parties thereto, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

Holders” means the Purchaser and its Permitted Transferees.

Lender Registration” means a Registration Statement filed by the Company to register securities issued or issuable by the Company in connection with the Financing Agreement.

Permitted Transfer” means with respect to any Registrable Securities any transfer of Registrable Securities in the manner permitted for such Registrable Securities under clause (i), clause (1) or clause (2) of Section 8(a) of the Purchase Agreement.

Permitted Transferee” means any Person who receives Registrable Securities pursuant to a Permitted Transfer and executes a joinder to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, governmental entity, unincorporated organization or other legal entity.

Prior Registration Rights Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals of this Agreement.

Prospectus” means the prospectus or prospectuses (whether preliminary or final) included in any Registration Statement and relating to Registrable Securities, as amended or supplemented and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus or prospectuses.

Purchaser” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

Registrable Securities” means the PIPE Shares, the PIPE Warrant Shares, and any other securities that may be acquired or issued upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants or any other common equity securities of the Company issued as a dividend or distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the PIPE Shares and the PIPE Warrant Shares, in each case held by the Holders. Equity securities will cease being Registrable Securities when they are (i) sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144, (ii) eligible to be sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 and such sale can be made without restriction as to volume or manner of sale under Rule 144 unless the applicable Holder has determined in good faith that the inclusion of such securities as “Registrable Securities” is reasonably necessary or advisable to implement the Holders’ strategy with respect to selling such securities (for the avoidance of doubt, including the price, quantum and time at which such securities may be sold) or (iii) sold pursuant to any offering registered under the Securities Act (including, for the avoidance of doubt, under the Shelf Registration Statement).

Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company which covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all documents incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

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

Shares” means any shares of Class A Common Stock and any other securities that may be issued after the date hereof in respect of, or in exchange for such Class A Common Stock.

Shelf Registration Statement” means a “shelf” registration statement of the Company relating to a “shelf” offering in accordance with Rule 415 of the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(a) hereof which covers all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders, on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

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Termination Date” means the first date on which there are no Registrable Securities or there are no Holders.

underwritten offering” means a registered offering in which securities of the Company are sold to one or more underwriters pursuant to an underwriting agreement.

Section 2. Shelf Registration.

  

(a)           Required Registration. The Company shall (i) cause a Shelf Registration Statement to be filed with the SEC on the earliest of (x) February 14, 2023, (y) within thirty (30) days of the date that Holder requests the Company to make such filing and (z) such other date as mutually agreed by the Company and the Holder, and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as promptly as possible but in any event no later than sixty (60) days after the Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to clause (i) (the “Shelf Registration”). Each Holder agrees, severally but not jointly, to furnish to the Company (i) in writing, all information with respect to such Holder that the Company reasonably deems required or advisable to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any other information necessary to make any such information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not misleading and (ii) completed and executed selling shareholder questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities and other documents reasonably required by the Company at least five (5) days prior to the anticipated filing date. Prior to filing the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendments thereto with the SEC, the Company shall provide drafts thereof to the Purchaser and its counsel, and the Purchaser and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon such Shelf Registration Statement. The Shelf Registration Statement, in the form in which it becomes effective, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for as long as the Holders hold any Registrable Securities. The Company further agrees, if necessary, to promptly supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registrations, and the Company agrees to furnish to the Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

(b)           Right to Request Registration. Subject to the provisions hereof, at any time the Shelf Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities is not effective, other than as permitted in accordance with Section 4 hereof, and until the Termination Date, a Holder may at any time request registration under the Securities Act for resale of all, but not less than all, of the Registrable Securities then-held by the applicable Holder(s) (a “Demand Registration” and each Holder who properly initiates such request shall be referred to individually as an “Initiating Holder” and collectively as the “Initiating Holders”). Subject to Section 2(f) and Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company shall (i) file a Registration Statement registering for resale such number of Registrable Securities as requested to be so registered pursuant to this Section 2(b) (a “Demand Registration Statement”) within forty-five (45) days after the Initiating Holders’ request therefor and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practical thereafter. To the extent requested by the Initiating Holders, the Demand Registration Statement shall allow the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, unless the Company is not eligible to use a form which allows such offer and sale in which case the Demand Registration Statement shall allow such offer and resale for so long a period as permitted by the Securities Act and the rules thereunder.

(c)           Number of and Restrictions on Demand Registrations. Subject to the limitations of Sections 2(b) and 4(a), the Holders collectively shall be entitled to effect one (1) Demand Registration hereunder, provided that the total number of Demand Registrations effected hereunder plus the total number of Demand Registrations effected under the Prior Registration Rights Agreement by RJB Holders (as such terms are defined therein) shall not exceed either (i) four (4) Demand Registrations in the aggregate or (ii) two (2) Demand Registrations in any 12-month period. A Registration Statement shall not count as a permitted Demand Registration unless and until it has become effective. Subject to Section 2(e), no Holder shall be entitled to request a Demand Registration (i) if the Shelf Registration Statement is effective and not subject to suspension permitted under Section 4 hereof or (ii) if there is an effective Demand Registration Statement which permits the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities on a continuous basis under Rule 415. Further, no Holder shall be entitled to request a Demand Registration at any time when the Company is diligently pursuing a primary or secondary underwritten offering.

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(d)           Priority on Demand Registrations. The Company may include securities other than Registrable Securities in a Demand Registration for any accounts (including for the account of the Company) on the terms provided below; and if such Demand Registration is an underwritten offering, such securities may be included only with the consent of the managing underwriters of such offering. If the managing underwriters of the requested Demand Registration advise the Company and the Initiating Holder that in their opinion the number of securities proposed to be included in the Demand Registration exceeds the number of securities which can be sold in such underwritten offering without materially delaying or jeopardizing the success of the offering (including the price per share of any Shares proposed to be sold in such underwritten offering), the Company shall include in such Demand Registration (i) first, the number of Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holder proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the number of securities proposed to be included therein by any other Persons (including securities to be sold for the account of the Company) allocated among such Persons in such manner as the Company may determine. If the number of securities which can be sold is less than the number of securities proposed to be registered pursuant to clause (i) above by the Initiating Holder, the number of securities to be sold shall be allocated to the Initiating Holder in their entirety.

(e)           Underwritten Offerings. The Holders shall be entitled to request an underwritten offering or a block trade (i) in connection with a Demand Registration, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2 or (ii) at any time that a Shelf Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities is effective (a “Shelf Underwritten Offering”). The Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within twenty (20) days) amend or supplement any Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Shelf Underwritten Offering and otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Shelf Underwritten Offering, provided that, in the case of any Shelf Underwritten Offering, the Holders agree to consult in good faith with the chief executive officer and/or chief financial officer of the Company regarding the Company’s involvement in such Shelf Underwritten Offering and agree to consider in good faith any reasonable suggestions or comments provided on a timely basis by such officer(s) with regard to the Company’s involvement in such Shelf Underwritten Offering to such Holders, the managing underwriters, or their respective counsel. For the avoidance of doubt, a Shelf Underwritten Offering constitutes a Demand Registration with respect to the applicable Holder. If any of the Registrable Securities are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Holders of a majority of the securities to be included in such offering shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters (which shall be reasonably acceptable to the board of directors of the Company) to administer any such offering.

(f)            Effective Period of Demand Registration. Upon the date of effectiveness of the Demand Registration (if the offering thereunder is an underwritten offering) and if such offering is priced promptly on or after such date, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Demand Registration Statement effective for sale on a continuous basis under Rule 415, or if such rule is unavailable to the Company, for a period equal to one hundred eighty (180) days from such date (or such longer period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters a Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sale of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer) or such shorter period which shall terminate when all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Demand Registration have been sold by the Initiating Holder. If the Company shall withdraw the Demand Registration pursuant to Section 5 before the end of such period, the Initiating Holder shall be entitled to a replacement Demand Registration which shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement. A Demand Registration shall not count as the one permitted Demand Registration hereunder if (i) after the Registration Statement has become effective, such Registration Statement or the related offer, sale or distribution of Registrable Securities thereunder becomes the subject of any stop order, injunction or other order or restriction imposed by the SEC or any other governmental agency or court for any reason not attributable to the Initiating Holder or its Affiliates and such interference is not thereafter eliminated so as to permit the completion of the contemplated distribution of Registrable Securities or (ii) if the Demand Registration is for an underwritten offering, the conditions specified in the related underwriting agreement, if any, are not satisfied or waived for any reason not attributable to the Initiating Holder or its Affiliates, and as a result of any such circumstances described in clause (i) or (ii), less than seventy five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement are sold by the Initiating Holder pursuant to such Registration Statement.

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Section 3. Piggyback Registrations.

(a)           Right to Piggyback. Prior to the Termination Date, in the event the Shelf Registration Statement is not effective, whenever the Company proposes to register any Shares under the Securities Act (other than on a registration statement on Form S-8, F-8, S-4 or F-4 or pursuant to a Lender Registration), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more holders of securities, and the form of registration statement to be used may be used for any registration of Registrable Securities (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company shall give written notice to the Holders of its intention to effect such a registration and, subject to Sections 3(b) and 3(c), shall include in such registration statement and in any offering of Shares to be made pursuant to that registration statement all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein from a Holder within ten (10) days after such Holder’s receipt of the Company’s notice or, in the case of a primary offering, such shorter time as is reasonably specified by the Company in light of the circumstances. The Company shall have no obligation to proceed with any Piggyback Registration and may abandon, terminate and/or withdraw such registration for any reason at any time prior to the pricing thereof. Any Holder may elect to withdraw its request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw at least five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or prior to the pricing of the applicable offering. No registration effected under this Section 3 shall relieve the Company of its obligations to effect any registration of the sale of Registrable Securities under Section 2(a) and no registration effected pursuant to this Section 3 shall be deemed to have been effected pursuant to Section 2(b).

(b)           Priority on Primary Piggyback Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is initiated as a primary underwritten offering on behalf of the Company and the managing underwriters advise the Company and the Holders (if any Holders have elected to include Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Registration) that in their good faith opinion the number of securities proposed to be included in such offering exceeds the number of securities which can be sold in such offering without materially delaying or jeopardizing the success of the offering (including the price per security proposed to be sold in such offering), the Company shall include in such registration and offering (i) first, the number of Shares that the Company proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the number of securities requested to be included therein by holders of securities, including the Holders (if any Holders have elected to include Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Registration), pro rata (as nearly as practicable) among all participating holders on the basis of the number of securities requested to be included therein by all such holders or as such holders and the Company may otherwise agree.

(c)           Priority on Secondary Piggyback Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is initiated as an underwritten registration on behalf of a holder of securities other than a Holder and the managing underwriters advise the Company that in their good faith opinion the number of securities proposed to be included in such registration exceeds the number of securities which can be sold in such offering without materially delaying or jeopardizing the success of the offering (including the price per security proposed to be sold in such offering), then the Company shall include in such registration (i) first, the number of securities requested to be included therein by the holder(s) requesting such registration (including any Initiating Holders), (ii) second, the number of securities requested to be included therein by other holders of securities including any other Holders (if any other Holders have elected to include Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Registration), pro rata (as nearly as practicable) among participating holders on the basis of the number of securities requested to be included therein by such holders or as such holders and the Company may otherwise agree and (iii) third, the number of securities that the Company proposes to sell. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Piggyback Registration is effected pursuant to this Section 3 by certain Holders with regard to a Demand Registration Statement resulting from a Demand Registration initiated by one or more other Holders that are parties hereto, the underlying Demand Registration would still be deemed to have been effected for the Initiating Holders.

(d)           Selection of Underwriters. If any Piggyback Registration is a primary or secondary underwritten offering, subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2 hereof, the Company shall have the sole right to select the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer any such offering.

(e)           Basis of Participation. The Holders may not sell Registrable Securities in any offering pursuant to a Piggyback Registration unless it (i) agrees to sell such Registrable Securities on the same basis provided in the underwriting or other distribution arrangements approved by the Company and that apply to the Company and/or any other holders involved in such Piggyback Registration and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lockups and other documents required under the terms of such arrangements.

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Section 4. Suspension Periods.

(a)           Suspension Periods. The Company may (i) delay the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement in conjunction with a Shelf Registration or Demand Registration or (ii) prior to the pricing of any underwritten offering or other offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration or Demand Registration, delay such underwritten or other offering (and, if it so chooses, withdraw any registration statement that has been filed), but in each case described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, only if (A) the Company, by decision of either its chief executive officer or its board of directors or similar governing body, determines in her or its reasonable and good faith judgement (x) that proceeding with such an offering would require the Company to disclose material non-public information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and that the Company has, in the reasonable business judgment of its chief executive officer, a valid business purpose to continue to retain as confidential or (y) that the registration or offering to be delayed could, if not delayed, materially adversely affect any bona fide pending or proposed transaction that would be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, including any debt or equity financing, any acquisition or disposition, any recapitalization or reorganization or any other material transaction, whether due to commercial reasons, a desire to avoid premature disclosure of information or any other reason or (B) the registration or offering to be delayed would, if not delayed, render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, the rules and regulations of the SEC, FINRA, or state securities authority, or other applicable laws or the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed. Any period during which the Company has delayed a filing, an effective date or an offering pursuant to this Section 4 is herein called a “Suspension Period.” If pursuant to this Section 4 the Company delays or withdraws a Demand Registration requested by the Holders, the Initiating Holders making the request shall be entitled to withdraw such request and, if they do so, such request shall not count against the limitation on the number of such registrations set forth in Section 2. The Company shall provide prompt written notice to participating Holders of the commencement and termination of any Suspension Period (and any withdrawal of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 4), but shall not be obligated under this Agreement to disclose the reasons therefor. Holders shall keep the existence of each Suspension Period confidential and refrain from making offers and sales of Registrable Securities (and direct any other Persons making such offers and sales to refrain from doing so) during each Suspension Period under the applicable Registration Statement. The Company may not commence a Suspension Period more than two (2) times during any twelve (12) month-period. Each Suspension Period shall be in effect for no more than ninety (90) days and, in the aggregate, Suspension Periods may not be in effect for more than one hundred and twenty (120) days in any twelve (12)-month period.

(b)           Other Lockups. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to take any action hereunder that would violate any lockup or similar restriction binding on the Company in connection with a prior or pending registration or underwritten offering.

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Section 5. Holdback Agreements.

The restrictions in this Section 5 shall apply to a Holder for as long as such Holder is the beneficial owner of any Registrable Securities, as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act. If the Company proposes to sell Shares or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for (or otherwise representing a right to acquire) Shares in a primary underwritten offering pursuant to any registration statement under the Securities Act, or if any other Person proposes to sell securities in a secondary underwritten offering, in each case in which the Holders have been provided piggyback rights in accordance with Section 3 hereof, and if the managing underwriters for such offering advise the Company (in which case the Company promptly shall notify the Holders) that a public sale or distribution of securities outside such offering would materially adversely affect such offering, then, if requested by the Company, each Holder shall agree, severally and not jointly, as contemplated in this Section 5, not to (and to cause Affiliates controlled by such Holder or under common control with such Holder, not to) sell, transfer, pledge, issue, grant or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly (including by means of any short sale), or request the registration of, any Registrable Securities (or any securities of any Person that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise represent a right to acquire, any Registrable Securities) for a period (each such period, a “Holdback Period”) beginning on the tenth day before the pricing date for the underwritten offering and extending through the earlier of (i) the ninetieth day after such pricing date (subject to customary automatic extension in the event of the release of earnings results of or material news relating to the Company) and (ii) such earlier day (if any) as may be designated for this purpose by the managing underwriters for such offering (each such agreement of the Holders, a “Holdback Agreement”). Each Holdback Agreement shall be in writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and the managing underwriters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Holders shall not be obligated to enter a Holdback Agreement unless the Company and each selling shareholder in such offering, if any, also execute agreements substantially similar to such Holdback Agreement, (ii) the Holdback Period applicable to the Holders shall not be longer than that which is applicable to any other holder of Shares and (iii) any agreement with the underwriters with respect to a Holdback Period shall provide that the underwriters may not waive the holdback period for any other holder of Shares unless it is similarly waived for the Holders. A Holdback Agreement shall not apply to (i) the exercise of any warrants or options to purchase securities of the Company (provided that such restrictions shall apply with respect to the securities issuable upon such exercise), (ii) any securities included in the underwritten offering giving rise to the application of this Section 5 or (iii) any Permitted Transfer.

Section 6. Registration Procedures.

(a)            Whenever a Holder requests that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement or requests a Shelf Underwritten Offering, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practical as provided herein, the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of disposition thereof, and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall, as soon as practical as provided herein, use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

(i)             subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, in accordance with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and cause such Registration Statement to become effective (unless it is automatically effective upon filing); provided, that before filing a Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will furnish to counsel of the Holders in such offering copies of the registration statement, any prospectus, and prospectus supplement, and such other documents proposed to be filed with the SEC as such Holders may reasonably request, and the Company shall give the Holders and their counsel a reasonable opportunity to comment on such documents and keep such Holders reasonably informed as to the registration process (and the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall have the right to request that the Company modify any information contained in such Registration Statement pertaining to the Holders and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to address requests such Holders may reasonably propose);

(ii)            prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and keep such Registration Statement effective for the relevant period required hereunder, but no longer than is necessary to complete the distribution of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, and to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition set forth in such Registration Statement; provided, that before filing any amendments or supplements or any free writing prospectuses related thereto, the Company will furnish to counsel of the Holders in such offering copies of the registration statement, any prospectus, and prospectus supplement, and such other documents proposed to be filed with the SEC as such Holders may reasonably request, and the Company shall give the Holders and their counsel a reasonable opportunity to comment on such documents and keep such Holders reasonably informed as to the registration process (and the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall have the right to request that the Company modify any information contained in such Registration Statement, amendment or supplement thereto pertaining to the Holders and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to address requests such Holders may reasonably propose);

(iii)           if requested by the managing underwriters (if any) or the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, promptly include in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriters (if any) or such holders may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and to make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received such request;

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(iv)           obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction in the United States;

(v)            deliver, without charge, such number of copies of the Registration Statement, preliminary and final Prospectus and any supplement or exhibit thereto or documents incorporated therein as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities of Holders covered by such Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such Registration Statement, Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and the underwriters or agents, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered thereby;

(vi)           register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws as the Holders or underwriters reasonably request and continue such registration or qualification in effect in such jurisdictions for as long as the applicable Registration Statement may be required to be kept effective under this Agreement (provided that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph (v), (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);

(vii)          notify the Holders and each distributor of such Registrable Securities identified by the Holders, at any time when a Prospectus relating thereto would be required under the Securities Act to be delivered by such distributor, of the occurrence of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, at the reasonable request of the Holders, prepare, as soon as practical, a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to any prospective purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(viii)         in the case of an underwritten offering in which the Holders participate pursuant to a Demand Registration or a Piggyback Registration, enter into an underwriting agreement, containing customary provisions (including provisions for indemnification, lockups, opinions of counsel and comfort letters), and take all such other customary and reasonable actions as the managing underwriters of such offering may request in order to facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, making appropriate personnel of the Company available at reasonable times and places to assist in customary road-shows that the managing underwriters determine are necessary or advisable to effect the offering);

(ix)            in the case of an underwritten offering in which the Holders participate pursuant to a Demand Registration or a Piggyback Registration, and to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, (A) make reasonably available, for inspection by the managing underwriters of such offering and one attorney and accountant acting for such managing underwriters, pertinent corporate documents and financial and other records of the Company and its subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates (but excluding any documents incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, amendments or supplements that are available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (or any successor system)), (B) cause the Company’s officers and employees to supply information reasonably requested by such managing underwriters or attorney in connection with such offering, (C) make the Company’s independent accountants available for any such underwriters’ due diligence and have them provide customary comfort letters to such underwriters in connection therewith; and (D) cause the Company’s counsel to furnish customary legal opinions to such underwriters in connection therewith; provided, however, that such records and other information shall be subject to such confidential treatment as is customary for underwriters’ due diligence reviews;

(x)             cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national securities exchange (if any) on which securities of the same class issued by the Company are then listed;

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(xi)           provide a transfer agent, registrar and CUSIP number (if applicable) for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement and, at a reasonable time before any proposed sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, provide the transfer agent with printed certificates or book entry statements for, or other indicia acceptable to the transfer agent of, the Registrable Securities to be sold;

(xii)           make generally available to its shareholders, as soon as reasonably practicable, a consolidated earnings statement (which need not be audited) for a period of twelve (12) months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of such period, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of an earning statement under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

(xiii)         promptly notify each Holder and the managing underwriters of any underwritten offering, if any:

(A)          when the Registration Statement, any pre-effective amendment, the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed and, with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective;

(B)           of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information regarding the Holders;

(C)           of the notification to the Company by the SEC of its initiation of any proceeding with respect to the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement; and

(D)           of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction.

(xiv)         cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with FINRA;

(xv)          if the Shelf Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities has been outstanding for at least three years and any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, at the end of the third year, file a new Shelf Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities; and

(xvi)         take such other actions and deliver such other documents and instruments as may be reasonably requested and are necessary to facilitate the registration and disposition of Registrable Securities as contemplated hereby.

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of clauses (viii) and (ix) of this Section 6(a) shall apply only in respect of an underwritten offering.

(b)           No Registration Statement (including any amendments thereto) shall 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, and no Prospectus (including any supplements thereto) shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case, except for any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact made in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Holders or any underwriter or other distributor specifically for use therein.

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(c)            At all times after the Company has filed a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and until the Termination Date, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to continuously maintain in effect the Registration Statement of Class A Common Stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and to use commercially reasonable efforts to file all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, all to the extent required to enable the Holders to be eligible to sell Registrable Securities (if any) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

(d)            The Company may require each Holder and each distributor of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to, and each Holder severally and not jointly agrees to, and to cause any distributor to, furnish to the Company information regarding such Person and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in connection with such registration.

(e)            The Holders agree that, upon being advised in writing by the Company of the occurrence of an event pursuant to Section 6(a)(vii), such Holders will immediately discontinue (and direct any other Persons making offers and sales of Registrable Securities to immediately discontinue) offers and sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement (other than those pursuant to a plan that is in effect prior to such time and that complies with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act) until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed and is furnished with a supplemented or amended Prospectus as contemplated by Section 6(a)(vii), and, if so directed by the Company, each such Holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in the Holders’ possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(f)             The Company may prepare and deliver an issuer free-writing prospectus (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in lieu of any supplement to a prospectus, and references herein to any “supplement” to a Prospectus shall include any such issuer free-writing prospectus. Neither the Holders nor any other seller of Registrable Securities may use a free-writing prospectus to offer or sell any such shares without the Company’s prior written consent.

(g)            It is understood and agreed that any failure of the Company to file a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto or to cause any such document to become or remain effective or usable within or for any particular period of time as provided in Sections 2, 4 or 6 or otherwise in this Agreement, due to reasons that are not reasonably within its control (including, for the avoidance of doubt, bona fide delays related to the services to be provided by third parties including the Company’s auditors or advisors), or due to any refusal of the SEC to permit a registration statement or prospectus to become or remain effective or to be used because of unresolved SEC comments thereon (or on any documents incorporated therein by reference) despite the Company’s good faith and commercially reasonable efforts to resolve those comments, shall not be a breach of this Agreement.

(h)            It is further understood and agreed that the Company shall not have any obligations under this Section 6 at any time on or after the Termination Date, unless an underwritten offering in which the Holders have participated has been priced but not completed prior to the Termination Date, in which event the Company’s obligations under this Section 6 shall continue with respect to such offering until it is so completed (but not more than sixty (60) days after the commencement of the offering).

(i)             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to file a Registration Statement or include Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement unless it has received from participating Holders, at least five (5) days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement, requested information required to be provided by such Holders for inclusion therein.

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Section 7. Registration Expenses.

(a)            All fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, FINRA fees, listing application fees, printing expenses, transfer agent’s and registrar’s fees, cost of distributing Prospectuses in preliminary and final form as well as any supplements thereto, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants, custodians and other Persons retained by the Company, internal expenses of the Company (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties) and expenses in connection with participation in any road show, and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one (1) counsel for the Holders, collectively, shall be borne by the Company during the term of this Agreement, provided that legal fees and disbursements payable hereunder in connection with Holders’ counsel plus legal fees and disbursements payable under the Prior Registration Rights Agreement in connection with RJB Holders’ counsel shall not exceed $150,000 in the aggregate. Subject to the preceding sentence, the applicable Holder shall bear the cost of all underwriting discounts and commissions associated with any sale of Registrable Securities by such Holder and shall pay all fees and expenses of any selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals or any other advisers representing such Holder and any related stock transfer taxes.

(b)            The obligation of the Company to bear the expenses described in Section 7(a) shall apply irrespective of whether a registration, once properly demanded or requested becomes effective or is withdrawn or suspended.

Section 8. Indemnification.

(a)            The Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder, its respective officers, directors, members, employees, agents, Affiliates, and Representatives, and each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) (collectively, the “Holder Indemnified Persons”) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, costs (including reasonable costs of investigation) and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, free writing prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, in the information conveyed by the Company or its representatives to a purchaser at the time of sale to such purchaser or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any other similar foreign, federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in reliance and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the applicable Holder expressly for use therein; (ii) use by the applicable Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that such Prospectus is outdated or defective; (iii) an applicable Holder’s failure to send or give a copy of the Prospectus or supplement (as then amended or supplemented), if required (and not exempted) to the Persons asserting an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities (except to the extent caused by the Company’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement); (iv) the disposition of any Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement or Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities by an applicable Holder during a Suspension Period; (v) any breach or failure to comply with any of the Holder’s covenants or agreements contained herein or (vi) any violations by such Holder Indemnified Person of state or federal securities laws. In connection with an underwritten offering, in which any Holder participates, conducted pursuant to a registration effected hereunder, the Company shall indemnify each participating underwriter and each Person who controls such underwriter (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of any participating Holder.

(b)            In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus, or amendment or supplement thereto, and shall indemnify, severally and not jointly, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its officers, directors, members, employees, agents, Affiliates, and Representatives and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Persons”) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, costs (including reasonable costs of investigation) and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged 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 the same are made in reliance and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such participating Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that such Holder will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon (i) any breach or failure to comply with any of the Company’s covenants or agreements contained herein or (ii) any violations by such Company Indemnified Person of state or federal securities laws. No Holder of Registrable Securities shall be liable in respect of indemnity amounts for more than the net proceeds actually received by such Holder in connection with such Registrable Securities.

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(c)            Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying Person of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying Person to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified Person. Failure to notify the indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified Person except to the extent that the indemnifying Person is materially and adversely prejudiced thereby. An indemnifying Person who is entitled to, and elects to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified Person without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying Person who is entitled to, and elects to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to one local counsel) for all Persons indemnified (hereunder or otherwise) by such indemnifying Person with respect to such claim (and all other claims arising out of the same circumstances), unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified Person there may be one or more legal or equitable defenses available to such indemnified Person which are in addition to or may conflict with those available to another indemnified Person with respect to such claim). If an indemnifying Person is entitled to, and elects to, assume the defense of a claim, the indemnified Person shall continue to be entitled to participate in the defense thereof, with counsel of its own choice, but, except as set forth above, the indemnifying Person shall not be obligated to reimburse the indemnified Person for the costs thereof. The indemnifying Person shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into or agree to any settlement relating to a claim or action for which any indemnified Person would be entitled to indemnification by any indemnified Person hereunder unless such judgment or settlement imposes no ongoing obligations or imposition of equitable remedies on any such indemnified Person and includes as an unconditional term the giving, by all relevant claimants and plaintiffs to such indemnified Person, a release, satisfactory in form and substance to such indemnified Person, from all liabilities in respect of such claim or action for which such indemnified Person would be entitled to with regard to such indemnification. The indemnifying Person shall not be liable hereunder for any amount paid or payable or incurred pursuant to or in connection with any judgment entered or settlement effected with the consent of an indemnified Person unless the indemnifying Person has also consented to such judgment or settlement (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld).

(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 Person or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of securities and the Termination Date but only with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities made before the Termination Date or during the period following the Termination Date referred to in Section 6(h).

(e)            If the indemnification provided for in or pursuant to this Section 8 is due in accordance with the terms hereof, but is held by a court to be unavailable or unenforceable in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein, then each applicable indemnifying Person, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified Person, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying Person on the one hand and of the indemnified Person on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which result in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying Person on the one hand and of the indemnified Person on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying Person or by the indemnified Person, and by such Person’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. In no event shall the liability of the indemnifying Person be greater in amount than the amount for which such indemnifying Person would have been obligated to pay by way of indemnification if the indemnification provided for under Section 8(a) or 8(b) hereof had been available under the circumstances.

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Section 9. Securities Act Restrictions.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, to the extent the Registrable Securities are restricted securities under the Securities Act, they may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Accordingly, the Holders shall not, directly or through others, offer or sell any Registrable Securities except pursuant to a Registration Statement as contemplated herein or pursuant to Rule 144 or another exemption from registration under the Securities Act, if available. Prior to any transfer of Registrable Securities, other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Purchase Agreement, each Holder shall notify the Company of such transfer and the Company may require such Holder to provide, prior to such transfer, such evidence that the transfer will comply with the Securities Act (including written representations or an opinion of counsel) as the Company may reasonably request. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to any Registrable Securities that are to be transferred in contravention of this Agreement or, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement. Any certificates representing the Registrable Securities may bear a legend (and the Company’s share registry may bear a notation) referencing the restrictions on transfer contained in this Agreement (and the Purchase Agreement, if any), until such time as such securities have ceased to be (or are to be transferred in a manner that results in their ceasing to be) Registrable Securities. Subject to the provisions of this Section 9, the Company will replace any such legended certificates with unlegended certificates promptly upon surrender of the legended certificates to the Company or its designee and cause shares that cease to be Registrable Securities to bear a general unrestricted CUSIP number, in order to facilitate a lawful transfer or at any time after such shares cease to be Registrable Securities.

Section 10. Miscellaneous.

(a)            Notices. All notices, communications and deliveries required or permitted by this Agreement shall be made in writing signed by the party making the same, shall specify the Section of this Agreement pursuant to which it is given or being made and shall be deemed given or made (i) on the date delivered if delivered in person, (ii) on the third (3rd) Business Day after it is mailed if mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) (with postage and other fees prepaid); (iii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or the first Business Day following such receipt if the date of such receipt is not a Business Day) of transmission by email; or (iv) on the day after it is delivered, prepaid, to an overnight express delivery service that confirms to the sender delivery on such day, as follows:

(i)             if to the Purchaser, at:

RJB Partners LLC

[***]

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

Sullivan and Cromwell LLP

1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Alison S. Ressler

Email: resslera@sullcrom.com

(ii)            if to the Company, at:

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005
Attention: General Counsel
Email: legalnotices@blueapron.com

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With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Attention: David A. Westenberg, Esq.
Email: David.Westenberg@wilmerhale.com

and

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
Attention: Christopher Barnstable-Brown, Esq.
Email: Chris.Barnstable-Brown@wilmerhale.com

or to such other representative or at such other address of a party as such party hereto may furnish to the other parties in writing in accordance with this Section 10. If notice is given pursuant to this Section 10 of any assignment to a Permitted Transferee, permitted successor or assign of a party hereto, the notice shall be given as set forth above to such Permitted Transferee, successor or permitted assign of such party.

(b)            No Waivers. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be enforced. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

(c)            Assignment. Except in connection with any Permitted Transfer by a Holder, this Agreement may not be assigned by any Holder without the prior written consent of the Company and this Agreement may not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of the Holders. This Agreement will be binding upon, and will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

(d)            No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity other than the Company and the Holders, any benefits, rights, or remedies (except as specified in Section 9 hereof).

(e)            Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (other than its rules of conflict of laws to the extent the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby).

(f)             Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

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(g)            Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the PIPE Warrants, and the Prior Registration Rights Agreement embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties, or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein, with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the PIPE Securities and the PIPE Warrant Shares. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

(h)            Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

(i)             Restriction on Third-Party Registration Rights; Priority. The Company agrees that it shall not grant any registration rights to any third party (i) unless such rights are expressly made subject to the rights of the Holders in a manner consistent with this Agreement or (ii) if such registration rights are senior to, or take priority over, the registration rights granted to the Holders under this Agreement, and in the event such registration rights are granted to a third party, the Company will so notify the Holders. The registration rights granted in connection with this Agreement shall be junior and subordinate to all registration rights granted by the Company in connection with the Prior Registration Rights Agreement.

(j)             Amendment. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement will be effective unless made in writing and signed by an officer of a duly authorized representative of the Company and the Holder against whom such amendment is to be effective.

(k)            Specific Performance. Each party acknowledges and agrees that each party hereto will be irreparably damaged in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed by the parties in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached. Accordingly, it is agreed that each of the Company and each Holder, to the extent entitled to the benefit of the provisions hereof, shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement, and to enforce specifically this Agreement and its terms and provisions in any action instituted in any court of the United States or any state having subject matter jurisdiction. Each party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of such injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that the other party has an adequate remedy at law.

(l)             Miscellaneous.

(i)             The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of this Agreement.

(ii)            Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

(iii)           The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

(iv)           This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

[Signature page follows]

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

BLUE APRON HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Linda Findley Kozlowski
Name: Linda Findley Kozlowski
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
RJB PARTNERS LLC
By: /s/ Joseph Sanberg
Name: Joseph Sanberg
Title: Managing Member

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

Exhibit A

FORM OF JOINDER TO
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS JOINDER to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2022, by and between Blue Apron Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and RJB Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), is made and entered into as of [●], by and between the Company and [●] (“New Holder”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

WHEREAS, New Holder has acquired certain Registrable Securities from [●].

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Joinder hereby agree as follows:

1.             Agreement to be Bound. New Holder hereby agrees that upon execution of this Joinder, it shall become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement as though an original party thereto and shall be deemed a Holder for all purposes thereof.

2.             Successors and Assigns. This Joinder shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company, the Holders and their respective successors, heirs and assigns and Holder and its successors, heirs and assigns.

3.             Counterparts. This Joinder may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

4.             Notices. For purposes of Section 10(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement, all notices, demands or other communications to the New Holder shall be directed to:

[Name]

[Address]

[Email Address]

5.             Governing Law. This Joinder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (other than its rules of conflict of laws to the extent the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby).

Exhibit 99.1

 

Blue Apron Announces Additional Private Placement Investment

 

NEW YORK, February 14, 2022 - Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: APRN) announces today it has signed an agreement for an additional $5.0 million private placement investment by RJB Partners LLC, an affiliate of Joseph N. Sanberg, a longtime investor in the company. This investment is expected to close today and follows the private placement and backstop investment made by RJB Partners in November 2021 for aggregate gross proceeds of $62.7 million, as part of Blue Apron’s $78.0 million capital raise.

 

“We are pleased RJB Partners approached us to invest additional funds in our business, committing more of their resources to the long-term vision of Blue Apron,” commented Linda Findley, Blue Apron’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “These funds are in addition to the equity capital raise that we completed in November 2021. We expect these funds to add to what we are already building to accelerate the next phase of our growth strategy.”

 

Under the terms of the purchase agreement, RJB Partners LLC has agreed to purchase for an aggregate purchase price of $5.0 million (or $14 per share plus associated warrants): (i) 357,143 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) warrants to purchase 285,714 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per share, (iii) warrants to purchase 142,857 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $18.00 per share, and (iv) warrants to purchase 71,429 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $20.00 per share. Under the purchase agreement, the company has agreed to provide RJB Partners LLC with certain customary registration rights with respect to the securities purchased in the private placement. The private placement closed concurrently with signing the purchase agreement.

 

Blue Apron intends to use the net proceeds of the private placement for working capital and general corporate purposes, including to continue to accelerate its growth strategy.

 

The securities sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state or other applicable jurisdiction’s securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or other jurisdictions’ securities laws. The company has agreed to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registering the resale of the shares of common stock (and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants) issued in the private placement on the earliest of (i) February 14, 2023, (ii) within 30 days of the date requested by RJB Partners LLC and (iii) such other date as mutually agreed by Blue Apron and RJB Partners LLC.

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offering of the securities under the resale registration statement will only be made by means of a prospectus.

 

About Blue Apron

 

Blue Apron’s vision is Better Living Through Better FoodTM. Launched in 2012, Blue Apron offers fresh, chef-designed recipes that empower home cooks to embrace their culinary curiosity and challenge their abilities to see what a difference cooking quality food can make in their lives. Through its mission to spark discovery, connection and joy through cooking, Blue Apron continuously focuses on bringing incredible recipes to its customers, while minimizing its carbon footprint, reducing food waste, and promoting diversity and inclusion.

 

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release includes statements concerning Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. and its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "may," "should," "expects," "plans," “forecasts,” "anticipates," "could," "intends," "target," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue," or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Blue Apron has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, without limitation, the company’s ability to close the investment described in this press release on the expected time frame, if at all, the company’s ability, including the timing and extent, to successfully support the acceleration and execution of its growth strategy (including the ability to successfully increase marketing and technology improvements on the planned timeline to enable it to meet expected outlook for 2022), cost-effectively attract new customers and retain existing customers, including its ability to sustain any increase in demand resulting from both its growth strategy and the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, and its ability to continue to expand its direct-to-consumer product offerings, and to continue to execute operational efficiency practices; changes in consumer behaviors, tastes and preferences that could lead to changes in demand, including as a result of, among other things, long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer behavior and the impact of inflation or other macroeconomic factors on consumer spending habits; the company’s ability to attract and retain qualified employees and personnel in sufficient numbers, both generally and in light of ongoing nationwide labor shortages as a result of COVID-19 or otherwise; any material and adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company’s operations and results, such as the need to cancel or shift customer orders, whether as a result of challenges in employee recruiting and retention, any prolonged closures, or series of temporary closures, of one or both of its fulfillment centers, or supply chain or carrier interruptions or delays; the company’s expectations regarding its expenses and net revenue and its ability to grow adjusted EBITDA and to achieve or maintain profitability; the company’s expectations regarding, and the stability of, its supply chain, including potential shortages, interruptions and/or increased costs in the supply or delivery of ingredients, and parcel and freight carrier interruptions or delays and/or higher freight or fuel costs, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise; the company’s ability to effectively compete; the company’s ability to maintain and grow the value of its brand and reputation; the company’s ability to achieve its environmental, sustainability and corporate governance goals (including its goal to be carbon neutral by March 31, 2022, initially through carbon offsets) and to adopt its planned corporate governance reforms, in its anticipated timeframe or at all; the company’s ability to maintain food safety and prevent food-borne illness incidents and its susceptibility to supplier-initiated recalls; the company’s ability, including the timing and extent, to sufficiently manage costs and to fund investments in its operations in amounts necessary to maintain compliance with financial and other covenants under its indebtedness while continuing to support the execution and acceleration of its growth strategy; the company’s ability to comply with modified or new laws and regulations applying to its business, or the impact that such compliance may have on its business; the company’s vulnerability to adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, and public health crises, including pandemics; the company’s ability to protect the security and integrity of its data and protect against data security risks and breaches; the company’s ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection; and other risks more fully described in the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 filed with the SEC on November 9, 2021, the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 to be filed with the SEC, and in other filings that the company may make with the SEC in the future. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Media Contact

 

Muriel Lussier

Blue Apron

muriel.lussier@blueapron.com

 

Investor Contact

 

Tip Fleming

Blue Apron

investor.relations@blueapron.com