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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): July 29, 2022

 

Galata Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-40588
(Commission
File Number)
N/A
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

2001 S Street NW, Suite 320
Washington, DC 20009

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (202) 866-0901

 

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

 

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

 

x 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(s)
  Name of each exchange
on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one Warrant   GLTA.U   NYSE American
         
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share   GLTA   NYSE American
         
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50   GLTA WS   NYSE American

 

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 July 29, 2022, Galata Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) by and among SPAC, Galata Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (“Merger Sub”), and Marti Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the parties thereto will enter into a business combination transaction (the “Business Combination”) by which, among other things, (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger” and, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Transactions”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (the Company, in its capacity as the surviving corporation of the Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Corporation”), and (ii) as of the end of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (as defined below), SPAC will, for U.S. tax purposes, become a U.S. corporation by reason of Section 7874(b) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), in a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, pursuant to United States Treasury Regulations issued pursuant to the Code (the “Domestication”).

 

The proposed Transactions are expected to be consummated after the required approval by the shareholders of SPAC and the satisfaction of certain other conditions summarized below.

 

Business Combination Agreement

 

Conversion of Company Securities

 

On the day prior to the Closing Date (i) each warrant (“Company Warrant”) to purchase shares of Company Preferred Stock (as defined below) that is issued and outstanding and unexercised as of such date shall be exchanged in accordance with its terms for shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.000001 per share (“Company Preferred Stock”), designated as Series A-1 Preferred Stock, Series A-2 Preferred Stock, Series A-3 Preferred Stock, Series B-1 Preferred Stock, Series B-2 Preferred Stock or Series B-3 Preferred Stock, in each case, in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated June 16, 2021 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Company Certificate of Corporation”), and (ii) each share of Company Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding as of such date (including the Company Preferred Stock issued upon exercise of the Company Warrants) will automatically convert into a number of shares of common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock” and, together with Company Preferred Stock, “Company Stock”), at the then-effective conversion rate as calculated pursuant to Article 4.1.1 of the Company Certificate of Incorporation (the “Conversion”). After the Conversion, all of the shares of Company Preferred Stock and all of the Company Warrants shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Preferred Stock or Company Warrants shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities and shall be a holder of Company Common Stock.

 

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of the following securities:

 

(i)each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the Conversion, but excluding unvested restricted shares of Company Common Stock (such shares, “Company Restricted Stock”)) will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive (a) a number of Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.000001 per share, of SPAC (the “SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares”) equal to (x) the quotient (the “Exchange Ratio”) obtained by dividing 45,000,000 by (y) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, including any shares of unvested Company Restricted Stock, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion of Company Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of all Company Options (and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any unvested Company Options), and shares of Company Common Stock underlying all Company Warrants (after giving effect to the Conversion), and (b) the contingent right to receive Earnout Shares (as defined below) as additional consideration;

 

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(ii)all shares of Company Stock held in the treasury of the Company shall be canceled without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto;

 

(iii)each share of Merger Sub common stock, par value $0.0001, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation (“Surviving Corporation Common Stock”);

 

(iv)each then outstanding and unexercised option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (each, a “Company Option”), whether or not vested, will be assumed and converted into (a) an option to purchase a number of shares of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option and (y) the Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price per share equal to (i) the exercise price per share of such Company Option divided by (ii) the Exchange Ratio (which option will remain subject to the same vesting terms as such Company Option) and (b) the contingent right to receive Earnout Shares as additional consideration; and

 

(v)each then outstanding award of Company Restricted Stock will be assumed and converted into (a) an award covering a number of restricted SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock subject to such award and (y) the Exchange Ratio (which award will remain subject to the same vesting and repurchase terms as such Company Restricted Stock) and (b) the contingent right to receive Earnout Shares as additional consideration.

 

On the Closing Date of the Merger immediately before the Effective Time, in accordance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the SPAC, dated July 8, 2021, each Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (“Founder Shares”), of SPAC that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted, on a one-for-one basis, into a SPAC Class A Ordinary Share.

 

Earnout

 

During the five-year period following the Closing Date (the “Earnout Period”), as additional consideration for the Company interests acquired in connection with the Merger, SPAC may issue to eligible holders of securities of the Company 9,000,000 additional SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares in the aggregate (the “Earnout Shares”), upon the achievement of a $20.00 per share price target, which will be based upon the (i) daily volume-weighted average sale price of one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (or the exchange on which the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares are then listed) for any ten trading days (which may or may not be consecutive) within any 20 consecutive trading day period within the Earnout Period or (ii) the per share consideration received in connection with a “Change of Control” (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement). Earnout Shares issuable with respect to Company Options and Company Restricted Stock will be issued in the form of restricted SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares, which will vest and the restrictions thereon will lapse based on the achievement of the same price target.

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Business Combination Agreement contains representations and warranties of (i) the Company and (ii) SPAC and Merger Sub that are customary for transactions of this nature. The representations and warranties of the Company, SPAC and Merger Sub will not survive the Closing (as defined below).

 

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Covenants

 

The Business Combination Agreement contains customary covenants of the parties, including, among others, covenants requiring that (i) the parties will conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course through the consummation of the Merger, (ii) SPAC will use its reasonable best efforts to keep the SPAC Units, SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares and SPAC warrants exercisable for one Class A ordinary share (“SPAC Warrants”) listed for trading on the NYSE until the Effective Time and each of SPAC and the Company will use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to be issued in connection with the Transactions to be approved for listing on the NYSE at the Closing, (iii) SPAC, Merger Sub and the Company will (x) not solicit or negotiate with third parties regarding alternative transactions and will comply with certain related restrictions and (y) cease discussions for alternative transactions, (iv) SPAC and the Company will jointly prepare (and SPAC will file) a registration statement on Form F-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”), including a proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from SPAC’s shareholders to vote in favor of certain matters, including the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement, approval of the Transactions, amendment and restatement of SPAC’s second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, approval and adoption of SPAC’s 2022 incentive award plan, and certain other matters as described in the Business Combination Agreement (the “Required SPAC Proposals”) at a shareholders’ meeting called therefor (the “SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting”), (v) SPAC, Merger Sub, the Company and the Company’s subsidiaries report the Domestication and (vi) the parties will cooperate in obtaining necessary approvals from governmental agencies.

 

Closing

 

No later than three business days after the date of the satisfaction or, if permissible, waiver of the conditions to closing of the Merger set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (such date, the “Closing Date”), immediately prior to filing a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger, the closing (the “Closing”) will occur.

 

Conditions to Closing

 

Mutual

 

The obligations of the Company, SPAC and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

 

(i)the written consent of the requisite stockholders of the Company in favor of the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions (the “Written Consent”) having been delivered to SPAC;

 

(ii)the Required SPAC Proposals having each been approved and adopted by the requisite affirmative vote of the SPAC shareholders at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting in accordance with the Proxy Statement, the Cayman Islands Companies Act (as revised), SPAC’s organizational documents and the rules and regulations of the NYSE;

 

(iii)no governmental authority having enacted, issued, enforced or entered any law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, executive order or award which is then in effect and has the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions;

 

(iv)all required filings, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), having been completed and any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Transactions under the HSR Act having expired or been terminated;

 

(v)the Registration Statement having been declared effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement being in effect, and no proceedings for purposes of suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement having been initiated or threatened by the SEC;

 

(vi)the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (including the Earnout Shares) and the Subscription Agreements (as defined below) having been approved for listing on the NYSE, or another national securities exchange mutually agreed to by the parties to the Business Combination Agreement, as of the Closing Date, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof; and

 

(vii)either SPAC having at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets after giving effect to the redemption of public shares by SPAC’s public shareholders, in accordance with SPAC’s organizational documents and after giving effect to the Subscription, or the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares not constituting “penny stock” as such term is defined in Rule 3a51-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

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SPAC and Merger Sub

 

The obligations of SPAC and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

 

(i)the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as determined in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement;

 

(ii)the Company having performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Effective Time;

 

(iii)the Company having delivered to SPAC a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by an officer of the Company, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Business Combination Agreement; and

 

(iv)certain employees having not been terminated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than for cause, prior to the Closing.

 

The Company

 

The obligations of the Company to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

 

(i)the accuracy of the representations and warranties of SPAC and Merger Sub as determined in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement;

 

(ii)each of SPAC and Merger Sub having performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time;

 

(iii)SPAC having delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the date of the Closing Date, signed by the chief executive officer of SPAC, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

(iv)SPAC having made all necessary and appropriate arrangements with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee, to have all of the funds in SPAC’s trust account (the “Trust Account”) disbursed to SPAC prior to the Effective Time, and all such funds released from the Trust Account being available to SPAC in respect of all or a portion of the payment obligations set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and the payment of SPAC’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions;

 

(v)SPAC having provided the holders of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares with the opportunity to redeem their shares thereof in connection with the Transactions; and

 

(vi)as of the Closing, after consummation of the Subscription and after distribution of the funds in the Trust Account and deducting all amounts to be paid pursuant to the exercise of redemption rights of public shareholders, SPAC having cash on hand equal to or in excess of $50,000,000 (without, for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account any transaction fees, costs and expenses paid or required to be paid in connection with the Transactions and the Subscription).

 

Termination

 

The Business Combination Agreement may be terminated at any time, but not later than the Closing, as follows:

 

(i)by mutual written consent of SPAC and the Company;

 

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(ii)by either SPAC or the Company if the Effective Time shall not have occurred prior to the date that is nine months after the signing of the Business Combination Agreement (the “Outside Date”); provided, however, that the Business Combination Agreement may not be terminated by or on behalf of any party that either directly or indirectly through its affiliates is in breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation under the Business Combination Agreement and such breach or violation is the principal cause of the failure of a condition set forth under the Business Combination Agreement on or prior to the Outside Date;

 

(iii)by either SPAC or the Company if any governmental order has become final and nonappealable and has the effect of making consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger;

 

(iv)by either SPAC or the Company if any of the Required SPAC Proposals shall fail to receive the requisite vote for approval at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting (subject to any adjournment, postponement or recess of such meeting);

 

(v)by SPAC, in the event the Company fails to deliver the Written Consent within five business days of the Registration Statement becoming effective (“Written Consent Failure”); provided, that SPAC may not terminate the Business Combination Agreement for so long as the Company continues to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such Written Consent Failure, unless such Written Consent Failure is not cured within five business days after notice of such Written Consent Failure is provided by SPAC to the Company;

 

(vi)by SPAC upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue (“Terminating Company Breach”); provided, that SPAC has not waived such Terminating Company Breach and SPAC and Merger Sub are not then in material breach of their representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Business Combination Agreement; provided, further, that, if such Terminating Company Breach is curable by the Company, SPAC may not terminate the Business Combination Agreement for so long as the Company continues to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty days after notice of such breach is provided by SPAC to the Company;

 

(vii)by the Company upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of SPAC or Merger Sub set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of SPAC or Merger Sub shall have become untrue (“Terminating SPAC Breach”); provided, that the Company has not waived such Terminating SPAC Breach and the Company is not then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Business Combination Agreement; provided, further, that, if such Terminating SPAC Breach is curable by SPAC and Merger Sub, the Company may not terminate the Business Combination Agreement for so long as SPAC and Merger Sub continue to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty days after notice of such breach is provided by the Company to SPAC; or

 

(viii)by SPAC if the Company shall have failed to deliver to SPAC the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year then ended (collectively, the “Audited Financial Statements”) within 15 calendar days from the date of the Business Combination Agreement (such date, as it may be extended, the “Financial Statement Delivery Date”); provided, that if the Company has not delivered the Audited Financial Statements by the Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Financial Statement Delivery Date shall be extended by 15 calendar days if the Company continues to use its reasonable best efforts to deliver the Audited Financial Statements as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

Effect of Termination

 

If the Business Combination Agreement is terminated, the agreement will become void, and there will be no liability under the Business Combination Agreement on the part of any party thereto, except as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement or in the case of termination subsequent to fraud or a willful material breach of the Business Combination Agreement by a party thereto.

 

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A copy of the Business Combination Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Business Combination Agreement filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Business Combination Agreement is included to provide security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, SPAC or Merger Sub. In particular, the assertions embodied in representations and warranties by the Company, SPAC and Merger Sub contained in the Business Combination Agreement are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating such agreement, including being qualified by confidential information in the disclosure schedules provided by the parties in connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, and are subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contractive parties that may differ from those applicable to security holders. The confidential disclosures contain information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. Moreover, certain representations and warranties in the Business Combination Agreement were used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties, rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, security holders should not rely on the representations and warranties in the Business Combination Agreement as characterizations of the actual state of facts about the Company, SPAC or Merger Sub. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Business Combination Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in SPAC’s public disclosures.

 

Related Agreements

 

Company Stockholder Support Agreement

 

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company delivered to SPAC a stockholder support agreement (the “Support Agreement”), pursuant to which certain stockholders of the Company with ownership interests sufficient to approve the Transactions on behalf of the Company (the “Written Consent Parties”), have agreed to, among other things, support the approval and adoption of the Transactions, including agreeing to execute and deliver the Written Consent within 3 business days of the Registration Statement becoming effective. The Support Agreement will terminate upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time, (b) the date of the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms and (c) the effective date of a written agreement of SPAC, the Company and the Written Consent Parties terminating the Support Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Support Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Support Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Investor Rights Agreement

 

In connection with the Closing, SPAC, Galata Acquisition Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Alper Oktem and Cankut Durgun (the “Founders”), and the other parties named therein (the “Holders”) will execute and deliver an Investor Rights Agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”).

 

Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, each of Callaway Capital Management, LLC (“Callaway”) (on behalf of the Sponsor) and the Founders, severally and not jointly, agrees with SPAC and the Holders to take all necessary action to cause (x) the board of directors of SPAC (the “Board”) to initially be composed of seven directors, (a) six of whom have been or will be nominated by the Company and (b) one of whom has been or will be nominated by Callaway (on behalf of the Sponsor). Each of Callaway and the Founders, severally and not jointly, agrees with SPAC and the Holders to take all necessary action to cause the foregoing directors to be divided into three classes of directors, with each class serving for staggered three-year terms.

 

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For so long as each of the Founders and Callaway (and their permitted transferees) meet their applicable ownership thresholds, SPAC will take all necessary action to include in the slate nominees recommended by the Board for election as directors at each applicable annual or special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, one individual designated by each of the two Founders as two of the six Company-nominated directors, and one individual designated by Callaway (on behalf of the Sponsor). Each Founder and Callaway (on behalf of the Sponsor) shall have the exclusive right to (a) remove its respective nominee from the Board, and SPAC will take all necessary action to cause the removal of any such nominee at the request of the applicable Founder or Callaway, as applicable, and (b) designate a director for election to the Board to fill any vacancy existing or created by reason of death, removal or resignation of its respective nominee to the Board. SPAC will take, and the Sponsor, the Founders and Callaway (on behalf of the Sponsor) agree, severally and not jointly, with SPAC to take, all necessary action to cause any such vacancies created pursuant to clause (a) above to be filled by replacement directors designated by Callaway or the applicable Founder, as applicable, as promptly as practicable after such designation (and in any event prior to the next meeting or action of the Board or applicable committee).

 

In addition, for so long as the Founders meet certain ownership thresholds and meet certain requirements regarding continued service as a director or officer of SPAC, in addition to any other required approvals, SPAC may not take certain corporate actions without the prior written consent of each Founder.

 

Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Founders, the Sponsor, and certain holders of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares will be entitled to certain registration rights, including, among other things, customary demand, shelf and piggy-back rights, subject to customary cut-back provisions.

 

The foregoing description of the Investor Rights Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Investor Rights Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Founders Stock Letter

 

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor and Gala Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with Sponsor, the “Founder Shareholders”), entered into a letter agreement (the “Founders Stock Letter”) with SPAC and the Company pursuant to which, among other things, the Founder Shareholders agreed to (a) effective upon the Closing, waive the anti-dilution rights set forth in SPAC’s organizational documents, (b) vote all Founder Shares held by them in favor of the adoption and approval of the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions and (c) not to redeem, elect to redeem or tender or submit any of their SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares for redemption in connection with the Business Combination Agreement or the Transactions.

 

The foregoing description of the Founders Stock Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of the Founders Stock Letter, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Subscription Agreements

 

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, SPAC entered into convertible note subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (“PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which SPAC has agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors, and the PIPE Investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase from SPAC, convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”) which are convertible into SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares, in an aggregate principal amount of $47,500,000 (the “Subscription”) and having the terms set forth in the indenture in respect of the Convertible Notes (the “Indenture”). Pursuant to the Indenture, the Convertible Notes bear an interest at a rate of 12.00% per annum, payable semi-annually (a) at a rate per annum equal to 8% with respect to interest paid in cash and (b) a rate per annum equal to 4% with respect to payment-in-kind interest, plus any additional interest or special interest that may accrue pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. The Convertible Notes are convertible into SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Underlying Shares”) at an initial conversion rate equal to approximately 87 SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares per $1,000 of principal amount of the Convertible Notes (subject to customary adjustment provisions set forth in the Indenture), and shall mature on the fifth year anniversary of the date of issuance.

 

The closing of the Subscription (the “Subscription Closing”) is conditioned on all conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement having been satisfied or waived, a $150,000,000 minimum cash condition which includes (i) the post-redemption Trust Account balance and (ii) Convertible Note proceeds, and other customary closing conditions. If the conditions are met, the Transactions will be consummated immediately following the Subscription Closing. The Subscription Agreements will terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, (ii) the mutual written agreement of the parties thereto, and (iii) 5:00 p.m. New York City time on April 29, 2023, if the Subscription Closing has not occurred by such date other than as a breach of such PIPE Investor’s obligations.

 

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The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Subscription Agreements, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report, and the indenture, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Association

 

At the Effective Time, SPAC shall adopt and file a Seconded Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Articles of Association”) with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands. The Articles of Association will govern SPAC following the Closing and, among other things, prohibit (a) any holder of equity securities of the Company immediately prior to the Merger and (b) any holder of Founder Shares or SPAC Warrants, in each case, immediately prior to the Merger, from transferring any (i) SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares issued to pre-Closing shareholders of the Company as consideration pursuant to the Merger; (ii) SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares converted from Founders Shares in connection with the Merger; (iii) SPAC Warrants; (iv) SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares underlying such SPAC Warrants; (v) Company Options or other equity awards in respect of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares; or (vi) SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares underlying any stock options or other equity awards in respect of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares, in each case, during the period commencing on the Closing and ending on the earlier of (x) 13 months following the Closing and (y) the date on which the last reported sale price of the shares surpasses a certain threshold to be agreed upon by the parties prior to the Closing.

 

The foregoing description of the Articles of Association is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Articles of Association, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Pre-Fund Subscription Agreement

 

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into a convertible note subscription agreement (the “Pre-Fund Subscription Agreement”) with Farragut Square Global Master Fund, LP (“Subscriber”), pursuant to which the Subscriber shall subscribe for and agree to purchase from the Company a minimum of $10,000,000 in unsecured convertible promissory notes (“Pre-Fund Notes”), which will convert into Convertible Notes at Closing. The Subscriber may fund at its option prior to Closing. The counterparties to certain of the Pre-Fund Subscription Agreements are directors, officers or affiliates of SPAC and such Pre-Fund Subscription Agreements have been approved by SPAC’s audit committee and board of directors in accordance with SPAC’s related persons transaction policy.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated by reference herein. The Pre-Fund Notes, the Convertible Notes and the Underlying Shares to be issued in connection with the Subscription Agreements will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On August 1, 2022, SPAC and the Company issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Business Combination Agreement and announcing that SPAC and the Company will hold a conference call on August 1, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (the “Conference Call”). A copy of the press release, which includes information regarding participation in the Conference Call, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Conference Call script is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

 

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Attached as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated by reference herein is an investor presentation dated July 2022, that will be used by SPAC with respect to the Transactions.

 

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of SPAC under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information of the information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, Exhibit 99.2 and Exhibit 99.3.

 

Important Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

In connection with the proposed business combination, SPAC and the Company intend to file the Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which will include a proxy statement/prospectus and certain other related documents.

 

INVESTORS and security holders are urged to read the registration statement, proxy statement/prospectus, any amendments or supplements Thereto and any other relevant documents to be filed with the sec in connection with the proposed business combination CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY, when they become available, because they will contain important information about SPAC, THE COMPANY and the proposed BUSINESS COMBINATION.

 

When available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials for the proposed business combination will be mailed to stockholders of SPAC as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination. Security holders and investors will also be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement, proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference therein, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Documents filed with the SEC by SPAC will also be available free of charge by accessing SPAC’s website at https://www.galatacorp.net, or, alternatively, by directing a request by mail to SPAC at 2001 S Street NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC 20009.

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

SPAC and the Company and certain of their respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposed business combination under the rules of the SEC. Information about SPAC’s directors and executive officers is contained in SPAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on March 31, 2022, which is available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to SPAC at 2001 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20009. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the proposed business combination when they become available. Investors should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to or an offer to buy any securities in respect of the proposed business combination, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

 

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

 

This communication contains statements that are not based on historical fact and are “forward-looking statements’’ within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For example, statements about the expected timing of the completion of the proposed business combination, the benefits of the proposed business combination, the competitive environment, and the expected future performance and market opportunities of Marti are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward looking statements by terminology such as, or which contain the words “will,” “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “possible,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and variations of these words or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements as a result of known and unknown risks and uncertainties.

 

These forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by SPAC and its management and the Company and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain and are subject to a number of risks and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond SPAC’s and the Company’s control, are difficult to predict, and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. Known risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against SPAC, the Company, the combined company or others following the announcement of the proposed business combination; (3) the inability to complete the proposed business combination in a timely manner or at all (including due to the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of SPAC or to satisfy other conditions to closing); (4) changes to the proposed structure of the proposed business combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations; (5) the ability to meet applicable stock exchange listing standards at or following the consummation of the proposed business combination; (6) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations of the Company as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination; (7) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (8) costs related to the proposed business combination, including the amount of cash available following any redemptions by SPAC stockholders; (9) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (10) the possibility that the Company or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; (11) risks relating to the Company’s operating history and the mobile transportation industry; (12) risks associated with doing business in an emerging market; (13) risks relating to the Company’s dependence on and use of certain intellectual property and technology; and (14) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the Registration Statement to be filed by SPAC with the SEC in connection with the proposed business combination. The foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive and you should carefully consider the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of SPAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents filed by SPAC from time to time with the SEC.

 

Nothing herein should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Except as may be required by applicable law, neither SPAC nor the Company undertakes any duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, new events, future events or circumstances, or otherwise.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

The Exhibit Index is incorporated by reference herein.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No
Description
   
2.1* Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2022, by and among by and among Galata Acquisition Corp., Galata Merger Sub, Inc. and Marti Technologies Inc.
   
4.1 Form of Indenture
   
10.1 Support Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2022, by and among Galata Acquisition Corp., Marti Technologies Inc. and the other parties named therein.
   
10.2 Form of Investor Rights Agreement.
   
10.3 Founders Stock Letter, dated as of July 29, 2022, by and among Galata Acquisition Corp., Galata Acquisition Sponsor, LLC, and the other parties named therein.
   
10.4 Form of Subscription Agreement.
   
10.5 Form of Articles of Association.
   
99.1 Joint Press Release of Galata Acquisition Corp. and Marti Technologies, Inc., dated August 1, 2022.
   
99.2 Transcript from Conference Call
   
99.3 Investor Presentation of Galata Acquisition Corp. dated July 2022.
   
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

* Schedules omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Galata Acquisition Corp. agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

  Galata Acquisition Corp.
Dated: August 1, 2022  
     
  By:  /s/ Kemal Kaya
    Name: Kemal Kaya
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

Execution Version

 

BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

GALATA ACQUISITION CORP.,

 

GALATA MERGER SUB INC.,

 

and

 

MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

Dated as of July 29, 2022

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I DEFINITIONS 3
   
1.01   Certain Definitions 3
1.02   Further Definitions 15
1.03   Construction 18
   
Article II AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER 18
   
2.01   The Merger 18
2.02   Effective Time; Closing 19
2.03   Effect of the Merger 19
2.05   Tax Consequences 20
   
Article III EFFECTS OF THE MERGER 20
   
3.01   Conversion of Securities 20
3.02   Exchange of Certificates 22
3.03   Earnout 25
3.04   Company Closing Statement 26
3.05   Stock Transfer Books 27
3.06   Appraisal and Dissenters’ Rights 27
   
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY 28
   
4.01   Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries 28
4.02   Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws 28
4.03   Capitalization; Solvency 28
4.04   Authority Relative to this Agreement 30
4.05   No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents 31
4.06   Permits; Compliance 32
4.07   Financial Statements 32
4.08   Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events 34
4.09   Absence of Litigation 34
4.10   Employee Benefit Plans 35
4.11   Labor and Employment Matters 36
4.12   Real Property; Title to Assets 37
4.13   Intellectual Property 38
4.14   Taxes 42
4.15   Environmental Matters 45
4.16   Material Contracts 45
4.17   Material Suppliers 47
4.18   Insurance 48
4.19   Board Approval; Vote Required 48
4.20   Certain Business Practices 49
4.21   Interested Party Transactions; Side Letter Agreements 49
4.22   Exchange Act 50

 

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4.23   Brokers 50
4.24   Subsidies 50
4.25   COVID-19 Relief 50
4.26   Product Warranty; Product Liability 51
4.27   Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties 51
   
Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPAC AND MERGER SUB 52
   
5.01   Corporate Organization 52
5.02   Organizational Documents 53
5.03   Capitalization 53
5.04   Authority Relative to This Agreement 54
5.05   No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents 54
5.06   Compliance 55
5.07   SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley 55
5.08   Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events 57
5.09   Absence of Litigation 58
5.10   Board Approval; Vote Required 58
5.11   No Prior Operations of Merger Sub 58
5.12   Brokers 58
5.13   SPAC Trust Fund 59
5.14   Employees; Benefit Plans 60
5.15   Taxes 60
5.16   Registration and Listing 62
5.17   Insurance 63
5.18   Intellectual Property 63
5.19   Agreements; Contracts and Commitments 63
5.20   Title to Property 63
5.21   Investment Company Act 63
5.22   Private Placements 63
5.23   Fairness Opinion 64
5.24   SPAC’s and Merger Sub’s Investigation and Reliance 64
5.25   SPAC Founders Stock Letter 65
   
Article VI CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER 65
   
6.01   Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger 65
6.02   Conduct of Business by SPAC and Merger Sub Pending the Merger 69
6.03   Claims Against Trust Account 71
   
Article VII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 72
   
7.01   No Solicitation 72
7.02   Registration Statement; Proxy Statement 74
7.03   Company Stockholder Approval 75
7.04   SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting; Merger Sub Stockholder’s Approval 76
7.05   Access to Information; Confidentiality 77

 

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7.06   Incentive Plan 77
7.07   Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification 78
7.08   Notification of Certain Matters 80
7.09   Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts; Subscription Agreements 80
7.10   Public Announcements 81
7.11   Stock Exchange Listing 82
7.12   Antitrust 82
7.13   Trust Account 83
7.14   Tax Matters 83
7.15   Directors 85
7.16   SPAC Public Filings 85
7.17   Audited Financial Statements 85
7.18   Litigation 85
7.19   Termination of Affiliate Agreements 86
   
Article VIII CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER 86
   
8.01   Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party for the Closing 86
8.02   Conditions to the Obligations of SPAC and Merger Sub 87
8.03   Conditions to the Obligations of the Company 88
   
Article IX TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER 89
   
9.01   Termination 89
9.02   Effect of Termination 91
9.03   Expenses 91
9.04   Amendment 91
9.05   Waiver 91
   
Article X GENERAL PROVISIONS 91
   
10.01   Notices 91
10.02   Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants 92
10.03   Severability 92
10.04   Entire Agreement; Assignment 93
10.05   Parties in Interest 93
10.06   Governing Law 93
10.07   Waiver of Jury Trial 93
10.08   Headings 94
10.09   Counterparts 94
10.10   Specific Performance 94
10.11   No Recourse 94

 

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Exhibit AForm of Investor Rights Agreement
Exhibit BForm of Amended and Restated Articles of Association
Exhibit CForm of Written Consent
Exhibit DIncentive Plan
Schedule ACompany Knowledge Parties
Schedule BKey Company Stockholders
Schedule CDirector Nominees

 

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BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

 

This Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2022 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Galata Acquisition Corp. a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), Galata Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned direct subsidiary of SPAC (“Merger Sub”), and Marti Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), SPAC and the Company will enter into a business combination transaction pursuant to which on the Closing Date, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (the Company, in its capacity as the surviving corporation of the Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Subsidiary Corporation”);

 

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Domestication (as defined below) is intended to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code as to which SPAC is a party within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) are in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (b) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger), and (c) recommended that the stockholders of the Company approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger) and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) be submitted for consideration by the Company’s stockholders (the “Company Recommendation”);

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of SPAC (the “SPAC Board”) has unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger and the Private Placements) are fair to, and in the best interests of, SPAC, (b) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger and the Private Placements) and declared their advisability, and (c) recommended that the shareholders of SPAC approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger and the Private Placements), and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger and the Private Placements) be submitted for consideration by the shareholders of SPAC at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Board”) has unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair to, and in the best interests of, Merger Sub and its sole stockholder, (b) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) and declared their advisability, and (c) recommended that the sole stockholder of Merger Sub approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger) and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) be submitted for consideration by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub;

 

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WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, SPAC, the Company and the Key Company Stockholders, as Company stockholders holding shares of Company Stock sufficient to constitute the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, are entering into the Stockholder Support Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Stockholder Support Agreement”), providing that, among other things, the Key Company Stockholders will vote their shares of Company Stock in favor of this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Closing, certain shareholders of SPAC and certain stockholders of the Company shall enter into an Investor Rights Agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;

 

WHEREAS, (i) concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (a) SPAC is entering into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (“PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which the PIPE Investors, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, have agreed to purchase senior convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”) which are convertible into SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares in a private placement or placements to be consummated on the Closing Date prior to the Effective Time and (b) the Company is entering into a subscription agreement with a PIPE Investor pursuant to which such PIPE Investor, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, have agreed to purchase senior unsecured convertible promissory notes in a private placement and which convertible promissory notes will convert into Convertible Notes on the Closing Date prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) following the date hereof, and prior to the Closing Date, SPAC may enter into one or more additional Subscription Agreements (the “Additional Subscription Agreements”) with certain additional PIPE Investors (the “Additional PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which such Additional PIPE Investors, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, will purchase Convertible Notes which are convertible into SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares in a private placement or placements to be consummated on the Closing Date prior to the Effective Time (the private placements described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Private Placements”); and

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Galata Acquisition Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Gala Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “SPAC Founder Shareholders”), have entered into a letter agreement with the Company and SPAC (the “SPAC Founders Stock Letter”), pursuant to which the SPAC Founder Shareholders have agreed to, among other things, (i) vote all SPAC Founder Shares held by such SPAC Founder Shareholder in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger), (ii) effective upon the Closing, waive any and all rights the holder of SPAC Founder Shares has or will have with respect to the adjustment to the initial conversion ratio provided by Section 17.3 of the SPAC Articles of Association that may be triggered from the Private Placements, the Merger and/or the other transactions contemplated hereunder and (iii) be bound by the provisions set forth in Section 7.01.

 

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

 

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Article I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1.01            Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

 

Adjusted Company Outstanding Shares” means, with respect to the Triggering Event (or the date on which a Change of Control occurs as described in Section 3.03(c) the sum of (i) the Company Outstanding Shares as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (which include, for the avoidance of doubt, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of all Company Options (assuming a cash exercise of such Company Options) that are outstanding, whether vested or unvested, immediately prior to the Effective Time), minus (ii) to the extent any portion of an award of Exchanged Restricted Stock is forfeited, after the Effective Time and prior to the Triggering Event (or the date on which such Change of Control occurs) and, at the time of forfeiture, such portion of such Exchanged Restricted Stock is unvested, any shares of Company Restricted Stock that relate to such portion of the Exchanged Restricted Stock, minus (iii) to the extent any portion of an Exchanged Option is forfeited, after the Effective Time and prior to the Triggering Event (or the date on which such Change of Control occurs) and, at the time of forfeiture, such portion of such Exchanged Option is unvested, any shares of Company Common Stock underlying the Company Option that relates to such portion of the Exchanged Option. For purposes of clarity, (A) the Company Outstanding Shares will be calculated as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (and will not be calculated as of the Triggering Event or the Change of Control) and (B) to the extent a vested Exchanged Option is forfeited after the Effective Time and prior to the Triggering Event (or the date on which such Change of Control occurs), any shares of Company Common Stock underlying the Company Option that relates to such forfeited and vested portion of the Exchanged Option shall be included in the Adjusted Company Outstanding Shares pursuant to subclause (i) above.

 

affiliate” of a specified person means a person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person.

 

Ancillary Agreements” means the Investor Rights Agreement, the SPAC Founders Stock Letter, the Stockholder Support Agreement and all other agreements, certificates and instruments executed and delivered by SPAC, Merger Sub or the Company in connection with the Transactions and specifically contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” means (i) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, (ii) the UK Bribery Act 2010, (iii) anti-bribery legislation promulgated by the European Union and implemented by its member states, (iv) legislation adopted in furtherance of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, and (v) similar legislation applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary from time to time.

 

Article 376 Implementation Communiqué” means the Communiqué on the Implementation of Article 376 of the Turkish Commercial Code published in the official gazette dated September 15, 2018 and numbered 30536.

 

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Business Combination” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the SPAC Articles of Association.

 

Business Data” means all business information and data that is accessed, collected, used, stored, shared, distributed, transferred, disclosed, destroyed, disposed of or otherwise processed by any of the Business Systems or otherwise in the course of the conduct of the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries.

 

Business Day” means any day on which the principal offices of the SEC in Washington, D.C. are open to accept filings, or, in the case of determining a date when any payment is due, any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in New York, NY; provided, that banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or obligated to be closed due to a “shelter in place,” “non-essential employee” or similar closure of physical branch locations at the direction of any Governmental Authority if such banks’ electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) are open for use by customers on such day.

 

Business Systems” means all Software, computer hardware (whether general or special purpose), communications and telecommunications networks, servers, peripherals, and computer systems, including any outsourced systems and processes, and any Software and systems provided via the cloud or “as a service” or installed on premises, that are owned or used in the conduct of the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries.

 

Change of Control” means any transaction or series of transactions (a) following which a person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of persons (other than SPAC or the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation), has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of securities (or rights convertible or exchangeable into securities) representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of or economic rights or interests in SPAC or the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation; (b) constituting a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination, however effected, following which either (i) the members of the board of directors of SPAC immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination do not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the combination or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof or (ii) the voting securities of SPAC or the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination do not continue to represent or are not converted into fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the person resulting from such combination or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or (c) the result of which is a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of SPAC or the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation to any person.

 

Company Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated June 16, 2021, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

Company Common Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share.

 

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Company Equity Incentive Plan” means, the Company’s Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Plan as may have been amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

Company IP” means, collectively, all Company-Owned IP and Company-Licensed IP.

 

Company-Licensed IP” means all Intellectual Property rights owned or purported to be owned by a third party and licensed to the Company or any Company Subsidiary and used in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Company Subsidiaries.

 

Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with all other events, circumstances, changes and effects, (x) would have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities or operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (y) would prevent, materially delay or materially impede the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions; provided, however, that none of the following shall be deemed to constitute, alone or in combination, or be taken into account in the determination of whether, there has been or will be a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) any change or proposed change in or change in the interpretation of any Law or GAAP or IFRS; (b) events or conditions generally affecting the industries or geographic areas in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate; (c) any downturn in general economic conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, securities, financial or capital markets (including changes in interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or commodity or any disruption of such markets); (d) any geopolitical conditions, outbreak of hostilities, acts of war, sabotage, cyberterrorism, terrorism or military actions (including any escalation or general worsening thereof), or any earthquakes, volcanic activity, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wild fires or other natural disasters, weather conditions, or other force majeure events, or any epidemic, disease, outbreak or pandemic (including COVID-19 or any COVID-19 Measures or any change in such COVID-19 Measures or interpretations following the date of this Agreement, and including any impact of such pandemics on the health of any officer, employee or consultant of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries); (e) any actions taken or not taken by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries as required by this Agreement or at the request of, or with the written consent of, SPAC; (f) any Effect attributable to the announcement or execution, pendency, negotiation or consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions (including the impact thereof on relationships with customers, suppliers, employees or Governmental Authorities) (provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to any representation or warranty to the extent the purpose of such representation or warranty is to address the consequences resulting from this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions); or (g) any failure to meet any projections, forecasts, guidance, estimates, milestones, budgets or financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position, provided that this clause (g) shall not prevent a determination that any Effect underlying such failure has resulted in a Company Material Adverse Effect (to the extent such Effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Company Material Adverse Effect), except in the cases of clauses (a) through (d), to the extent that the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are disproportionately affected thereby as compared with other similarly situated participants in the industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate.

 

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Company Merger Shares” means a number of shares equal to (i) the Company Valuation divided by (ii) $10.00.

 

Company Option” means an outstanding option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock, whether or not then vested and exercisable, granted under the Company Equity Incentive Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, “Company Options” shall not include any “Company Warrants.”

 

Company Outstanding Shares” means, without duplication, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, the sum of: (i) the number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (including any shares of unvested Company Restricted Stock); (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion of Company Preferred Stock; (iii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of all Company Options (and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any unvested Company Options); and (iv) the shares of Company Common Stock underlying all Company Warrants (after giving effect to the Conversion), in each case of clauses (iii) and (iv), determined on a net exercise basis. For purposes of determining the number of shares of Company Common Stock on a net exercise basis under clauses (iii) and (iv), the per-share value of the Company Common Stock shall be equal to (a) the sum of (1) the Company Valuation plus (2) the aggregate exercise price of all Company Options and Company Warrants divided by (b) the Company Outstanding Shares determined as if the words “net exercise basis” were replaced with the words “cash exercise basis”.

 

Company-Owned IP” means all Intellectual Property rights owned or purported to be owned by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.

 

Company Preferred Stock” means the Company Series A Preferred Stock and the Company Series B Preferred Stock.

 

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

 

Company Series A Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.000001 per share, designated as Series A-1 Preferred Stock, Series A-2 Preferred Stock or Series A-3 Preferred Stock, in each case, in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Series B Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.000001 per share, designated as Series B-1 Preferred Stock, Series B-2 Preferred Stock or Series B-3 Preferred Stock, in each case, in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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

 

Company Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Company Valuation” means $450,000,000.

 

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Company Voting Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2021, by and among the Company and the parties named therein.

 

Confidential Information” means any information, knowledge or data concerning the businesses or affairs of (a) the Company or the Company Subsidiaries that is not already generally available to the public, or (b) any Suppliers or customers of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, in each case that either (x) the Company or the Company Subsidiaries are bound to keep confidential or (y) with respect to clause (a), the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary purport to maintain as a trade secret under applicable Laws.

 

control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise.

 

COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions or mutations thereof.

 

COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “work from home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester, safety or any other Law, Governmental Order, Action, directive, guidelines or recommendations by any Governmental Authority, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, in each case, in connection with or in response to COVID-19, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) or any changes thereto.

 

Disabling Devices” means Software viruses, time bombs, logic bombs, trojan horses, trap doors, back doors, or other computer instructions, intentional devices or techniques that are designed to threaten, infect, assault, vandalize, defraud, disrupt, damage, disable, maliciously encumber, hack into, incapacitate, infiltrate or slow or shut down a computer system or any component of such computer system, including any such device affecting system security or compromising or disclosing user data in an unauthorized manner, other than those incorporated by the Company or the applicable third party intentionally to protect Company IP from misuse or otherwise protect the Business Systems.

 

Earnout Period” means the time period between the Closing Date and the five-year anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

Eligible Company Equityholders” means, with respect to the Triggering Event or a Change of Control, each holder, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, of (a) a share of Company Common Stock (after taking into account the Conversion), or (b) a Company Option or shares of Company Restricted Stock. The Eligible Company Equityholders with respect to the Triggering Event or a Change of Control shall include the holder of a Company Option or shares of Company Restricted Stock to the extent (i) the Exchanged Option or Exchanged Restricted Stock, as applicable, related to such Company Option or shares of Company Restricted Stock, as applicable, became vested after the Effective Time but prior to the Triggering Event or Change of Control or (ii) the Exchanged Option or Exchanged Restricted Stock, as applicable, related to such Company Option or shares of Company Restricted Stock, as applicable, remained outstanding but unvested as of the Triggering Event or Change of Control. The Eligible Company Equityholders with respect to the Triggering Event or a Change of Control shall not include the holder of a Company Option or shares of Company Restricted Stock, as applicable, to the extent the Exchanged Option or Exchanged Restricted Stock, as applicable, related to such Company Option or shares of Company Restricted Stock, as applicable, was forfeited after the Effective Time but prior to the Triggering Event or Change of Control and, at the time of such forfeiture, the Exchanged Option or Exchanged Restricted Stock, as applicable, was unvested. For purposes of clarity, the Eligible Company Equityholders with respect to the Triggering Event or a Change of Control will include the holder of a Company Option to the extent the Exchanged Option related to such Company Option was forfeited after the Effective Time but prior to the Triggering Event or Change of Control and, at the time of such forfeiture, the Exchanged Option was vested.

 

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Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA) and any bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, other equity-based compensation, performance award, incentive, deferred compensation, health, welfare, retiree medical or life insurance, death or disability benefit, supplemental retirement, severance, retention, change in control, employment, consulting, fringe benefit, sick pay, vacation, or other employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, whether written or unwritten, other than, in any case, any statutory plan, program or arrangement that is required under applicable Laws and maintained by any Governmental Authority.

 

Environmental Laws” means any Laws relating to: (i) releases or threatened releases of, or exposure of any person to, Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances; (ii) the manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances; (iii) pollution or protection of the environment, natural resources or human health and safety; (iv) land use; or (v) the characterization of products or services as renewable, green, sustainable, or similar such claims.

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Ex-Im Laws” means all applicable Laws relating to export, re-export, transfer, and import controls.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Exchange Ratio” means the following ratio (rounded to ten decimal places): (i) the Company Merger Shares divided by (ii) the Company Outstanding Shares.

 

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

 

Governmental Order” means any ruling, order, judgment, injunction, edict, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority.

 

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Hazardous Substance(s)” means (i) petroleum and petroleum products, including crude oil and any fractions thereof, (ii) polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, asbestos and radon, and (iii) any substance, material or waste regulated by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

 

Independent Director” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

Intellectual Property” means (i) patents, patent applications and patent disclosures, together with all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, revisions, extensions or reexaminations thereof, (ii) trademarks and service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, brands, slogans, and other source identifiers together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, combinations and other variants of the foregoing, and all applications, registrations, and renewals in connection therewith, together with all of the goodwill associated with the foregoing, (iii) copyrights, and other works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable), and moral rights, and registrations and applications for registration, renewals and extensions thereof, (iv) trade secrets, know-how (including ideas, formulas, compositions and inventions (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice)), and database rights, Internet domain names and social media accounts, (v) all other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any kind or description, and (vi) copies and tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in whatever form or medium.

 

Investors’ Rights Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 2021, by and among the Company and the parties named therein.

 

Key Company Stockholders” means the persons and entities listed on Schedule B.

 

knowledge” or “to the knowledge” of a person means in the case of the Company, the actual knowledge of each persons listed on Schedule A after reasonable inquiry of the individuals with operational responsibility in the functional area of such person, and in the case of SPAC, the actual knowledge of Daniel Freifeld and Michael Tanzer after reasonable inquiry.

 

Law” means any federal, national, state, county, municipal, provincial, local, foreign or multinational, statute, constitution, common law, ordinance, code, decree, order, judgment, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

 

Leased Real Property” means the real property leased by the Company or Company Subsidiaries as tenant, together with, to the extent leased by the Company or Company Subsidiaries, all buildings and other structures, facilities or improvements located thereon and all easements, licenses, rights and appurtenances of the Company or Company Subsidiaries relating to the foregoing.

 

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Letter Agreement” means that certain Letter Agreement, dated July 8, 2021, among SPAC, its officers and directors, and the Sponsor.

 

Lien” means any lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge, adverse claim or other encumbrance of any kind that secures the payment or performance of an obligation (other than those created under applicable securities laws).

 

Merger Sub Organizational Documents” means the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Open Source Software” means any Software that is licensed pursuant to (i) any license that is a license approved by the open source initiative and listed at http://www.opensource.org/licenses, which licenses include all versions of the GNU General Public License (GPL), the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), the GNU Affero GPL, the MIT license, the Eclipse Public License, the Common Public License, the CDDL, the Mozilla Public License (MPL), the Artistic License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), and the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL), (ii) any license to Software that is considered “free” or “open source software” by the Open Source Initiative or the Free Software Foundation, or (iii) any Reciprocal License, in each case whether or not source code is available or included in such license.

 

PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and any division or subdivision thereof.

 

PCI DSS” means the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, issued by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.

 

Per Share Consideration” means the Per Share Merger Consideration and the Per Share Earnout Consideration.

 

Per Share Earnout Consideration” means, with respect to the Triggering Event (or the date on which a Change of Control occurs as described in Section 3.03(c), with respect to each Eligible Company Equityholder, a number of shares of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares equal to (i) the number of Earnout Shares, if any, applicable to the Triggering Event or Change of Control, divided by (ii) the Adjusted Company Outstanding Shares.

 

Per Share Merger Consideration” means, with respect to any Person who holds Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, for each share of Company Common Stock so held a number of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio.

 

Permitted Liens” means (i) such imperfections of title, easements, encumbrances, Liens or restrictions that do not materially impair the current use of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s assets that are subject thereto, (ii) materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, or deposits to obtain the release of such Liens, (iii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and delinquent or, if delinquent, which are being contested in good faith through appropriate actions and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with IFRS, (iv) zoning, entitlement, conservation restriction and other land use and environmental regulations promulgated by Governmental Authorities, (v) non-exclusive licenses (or sublicenses) of Company-Owned IP granted in the ordinary course of business, (vi) non-monetary Liens, encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) that do not materially interfere with the present uses of such real property, and (vii) Liens on leases, subleases, easements, licenses, rights of use, rights to access and rights of way arising from the provisions of such agreements or benefiting or created by any superior estate, right or interest.

 

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person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.

 

Personal Information” means information related to an identified individual, household or device (e.g., name, address, telephone number, IP address, email address, financial account number, government-issued identifier).

 

PIPE Investment Amount” means $47,500,000.

 

Plan” means each Employee Benefit Plan that is maintained, contributed to, required to be contributed to, or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any liability (contingent or otherwise).

 

Privacy/Data Security Laws” means all Laws governing the receipt, collection, use, storage, processing, sharing, security, disclosure, or transfer of Personal Information, including, the following Laws and their implementing regulations: the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Turkish Data Protection Law.

 

Private Placement SPAC Warrants” means whole warrants to purchase SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares as contemplated under the SPAC Warrant Agreement, with each whole warrant exercisable for one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50.

 

Products” mean any products or services, developed, manufactured, performed, out-licensed, sold, distributed or otherwise made available by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, from which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has derived previously, is currently deriving or is scheduled to derive, revenue from the sale or provision thereof.

 

Public SPAC Warrants” means whole warrants to purchase SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares as issued by SPAC in connection with its initial public offering, with each whole warrant exercisable for one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Private Placement SPAC Warrants.

 

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Reciprocal License” means a license of an item of Software that requires or that conditions any rights granted in such license upon (i) the disclosure, distribution or licensing of any other Software (other than such item of Software as provided by a third party in its unmodified form), (ii) a requirement that any disclosure, distribution or licensing of any other Software (other than such item of Software in its unmodified form) be at no charge, (iii) a requirement that any other licensee of the Software be permitted to access the source code of, modify, make derivative works of, or reverse-engineer any such other Software, (iv) a requirement that such other Software be redistributable by other licensees, or (v) the grant of any patent rights (other than patent rights in such item of Software), including non-assertion or patent license obligations (other than patent obligations relating to the use of such item of Software).

 

Redemption Rights” means the redemption rights provided for in Sections 8 and 49 of the SPAC Articles of Association.

 

Registered Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property that is the subject of a registration (or an application for registration) with a Governmental Authority or domain name registrar, including domain names.

 

Requisite Company Stockholder Approval” means the requisite consent of the Company’s stockholders under the DGCL and the Company Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws (or any equivalent organizational documents) of the Company to approve this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger), which shall require the affirmative vote of (a) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Stock, voting together as a single class on an as-converted basis, and (b) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, which majority must include the holders of fifty-six percent (56%) of the outstanding shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.

 

Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated June 16, 2021, by and among the Company and the parties named therein.

 

Sanctioned Person” means at any time any person (i) listed on any Sanctions-related list of designated or blocked persons, (ii) the government of, resident in, or organized under the laws of a country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive restrictive Sanctions from time to time (which includes, as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea region), or (iii) majority-owned or controlled by any of the foregoing.

 

Sanctions” means those trade, economic and financial sanctions Laws, regulations, embargoes, and restrictive measures administered or enforced by (i) the United States (including the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control), (ii) the European Union and enforced by its member states, (iii) the United Nations, (iv) Her Majesty’s Treasury, or (v) any other similar governmental authority with jurisdiction over the Company or any Company Subsidiary from time to time.

 

Service Provider” means any employee, officer, director, individual independent contractor or individual consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

Software” means all computer programs applications, middleware, firmware, or other computer software (in object code, bytecode or source code format) and related documentation and materials.

 

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SPAC Articles of Association” means the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of SPAC, dated July 8, 2021.

 

SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares” means SPAC’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

SPAC Founder Shares” means SPAC’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

SPAC Material Adverse Effect” means any event, circumstance, change or effect (collectively “Effect”) that, individually or in the aggregate with all other events, circumstances, changes and effects, (i) would have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities or operations of SPAC or (ii) would prevent, materially delay or materially impede the performance by SPAC or Merger Sub of their respective obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions; provided, however, that none of the following shall be deemed to constitute, alone or in combination, or be taken into account in the determination of whether, there has been or will be a SPAC Material Adverse Effect: (a) any change or proposed change in or change in the interpretation of any Law or GAAP; (b) events or conditions generally affecting the industries or geographic areas in which SPAC operates; (c) any downturn in general economic conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, securities, financial or capital markets (including changes in interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or commodity or any disruption of such markets); (d) any geopolitical conditions, outbreak of hostilities, acts of war, sabotage, cyberterrorism, terrorism or military actions (including any escalation or general worsening thereof), or any earthquakes, volcanic activity, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wild fires or other natural disasters, weather conditions or other force majeure events, or any epidemic, disease, outbreak or pandemic (including COVID-19 or any COVID-19 Measures or any change in such COVID-19 Measures or interpretations following the date of this Agreement, and including any impact of such pandemics on the health of any officer, employee or consultant of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries); (e) any actions taken or not taken by the SPAC or Merger Sub as required by this Agreement or at the request of, or with the written consent of, the Company; (f) any Effect attributable to the announcement or execution, pendency, negotiation or consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions (including the impact thereof on relationships with customers, suppliers, employees or Governmental Authorities) (provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to any representation or warranty to the extent the purpose of such representation or warranty is to address the consequences resulting from this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions); or (g) the accounting treatment of the SPAC Warrants (except in the cases of clauses (a) through (d) and clause (g), to the extent that SPAC is disproportionately affected thereby as compared with other similarly situated participants in the industry in which SPAC operates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of redemptions from the Trust Fund pursuant to the exercise of Redemption Rights shall not be deemed to be a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

SPAC Organizational Documents” means the SPAC Articles of Association, the Trust Agreement and the SPAC Warrant Agreement, in each case as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

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SPAC Unit” means one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one SPAC Warrant.

 

SPAC Warrant Agreement” means that certain warrant agreement dated July 8, 2021, by and between SPAC and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

SPAC Warrants” means the Public SPAC Warrants and the Private Placement SPAC Warrants.

 

Special Resolution” has the meaning given to such term in the Companies Act.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to a person, any corporation or other organization (including a limited liability company or a partnership), whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which such person directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization or any organization of which such person or any of its Subsidiaries is, directly or indirectly, a general partner or managing member.

 

Supplier” means any person that supplies inventory or other materials or personal property, Software, components, or other goods or services (including, design, development and manufacturing services) that comprise or are utilized in, including in connection with the design, development, manufacture or sale of, the Products of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all taxes, duties, levies or other similar governmental assessments, charges and fees in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including, but not limited to, income, estimated, business, occupation, corporate, capital, gross receipts, transfer, stamp, registration, employment, payroll, unemployment, withholding, occupancy, license, severance, capital, production, ad valorem, excise, windfall profits, customs duties, real property, personal property, sales, use, turnover, value added and franchise taxes, whether disputed or not, together with all interest, penalties, and additions to tax imposed with respect thereto by a Governmental Authority.

 

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and any amendment thereof, in each case provided or required to be provided to a Governmental Authority.

 

Trading Day” means any day on which SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares are actually traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares are then traded.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, including all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, the Company Disclosure Schedule and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

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Treasury Regulations” means the United States Treasury Regulations issued pursuant to the Code.

 

Triggering Event” means the date on which the daily volume-weighted average sale price of one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (or the exchange on which the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares are then listed) is greater than or equal to $20.00 for any ten (10) Trading Days (which may or may not be consecutive) within any twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period within the Earnout Period.

 

Turkish Commercial Code” means the Turkish Commercial Code, numbered 6102.

 

Turkish Consumer Law” means the Act on the Protection of the Consumers, numbered 6502, and any subordinated legislation, including without limitation; the Warranty Certificate Regulation, the After-Sales Services Regulation and the Regulation on the Liability for Losses from Defective Products.

 

Turkish Data Protection Law” means the Act on the Protection of Personal Data Protection, numbered 6698, and any subordinated legislation, as well as all formal guidance issued by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority, each to the extent in force, implemented, and applicable, and each as amended, consolidated or replaced from time to time.

 

Turkish Enforcement and Insolvency Act” means the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act, numbered 2004.

 

Turkish Product Liability Act” means the Product Safety and Technical Specifications Act, numbered 7223.

 

Turkish Labor Act” means the Labor Act, numbered 4857.

 

Virtual Data Room” means the virtual data room established by the Company, access to which was given to SPAC in connection with its due diligence investigation of the Company relating to the Transactions.

 

1.02            Further Definitions. The following terms have the meaning set forth in the Sections set forth below:

 

Defined Term Location of
Definition
3/31 Balance Sheet § 4.07(b)
Action § 4.09
Additional PIPE Investors Recitals
Additional Subscription Agreements Recitals
Agreement Preamble
Alternative Transaction § 7.01(a)
Amended and Restated Articles of Association § 2.04(a)
Antitrust Laws § 7.12(a)
Audited Annual Financial Statements § 4.07(a)

 

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Defined Term Location of
Definition
Blue Sky Laws § 4.05(b)
Certificates § 3.02(b)
Claims § 6.03
Closing § 2.02(b)
Closing Date § 2.02(b)
Code § 3.02(g)
Companies Act 2.04(a)
Company Preamble
Company Awards § 4.03(b)
Company Board Recitals
Company Closing Statement § 3.04
Company Disclosure Schedule Article IV
Company D&O Insurance § 7.07(c)
Company Interested Party Transaction § 4.21(a)
Company Permit § 4.06
Company Recommendation Recitals
Company Warrants § 4.03(b)
Confidentiality Agreement § 7.05(b)
Contracting Parties § 10.11
Conversion § 3.01(a)
Convertible Notes Recitals
COVID-19 Relief § 4.25
D&O Insurance § 7.07(c)
Data Security Requirements § 4.13(h)
Domestication § 2.05
Earnout Shares § 3.03(a)
Effective Time § 2.02(a)
Environmental Permits § 4.15
Exchange Agent § 3.02(a)
Exchange Fund § 3.02(a)
Exchanged Option § 3.01(c)
Exchanged Restricted Stock § 3.01(d)
Governmental Authority § 4.05(b)
IFRS § 4.07(a)
Incentive Plan § 7.06
Incentive Plan Proposal § 7.02(a)
Investor Rights Agreement Recitals
IRS § 4.14(j)
Lease § 4.12(b)
Lease Documents § 4.12(b)
Letter of Transmittal § 3.02(b)
Material Contracts § 4.16(a)

 

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Defined Term Location of
Definition
Material Suppliers § 4.17
Maximum Annual Premium § 7.07(c)
Merger Recitals
Merger Materials § 7.02(a)
Merger Sub Recitals
Merger Sub Board Recitals
Merger Sub Common Stock § 5.03(b)
Nonparty Affiliates § 10.11
Outside Date § 9.01(b)
Overall Share Limit 7.06
PIPE Investors Recitals
Plan § 4.10(a)
Private Placements Recitals
Proxy Statement § 7.02(a)
Public Subsidies § 4.24
Registration Statement § 7.02(a)
Remedies Exceptions § 4.04
Representatives § 7.05(a)
Required SPAC Proposals § 7.02(a)
SEC § 5.07(a)
Securities Act § 4.05(b)
Side Letter Agreements § 4.21(b)
SPAC Preamble
SPAC Alternative Transaction § 7.01(d)
SPAC Board Recitals
SPAC D&O Insurance § 7.07(d)
SPAC Disclosure Schedule Article V
SPAC Founder Shareholders Recitals
SPAC Founders Stock Letter Recitals
SPAC Material Contracts § 5.19(a)
SPAC Preference Shares § 5.03(a)
SPAC SEC Reports § 5.07(a)
SPAC Shareholder Approval § 5.04
SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting § 7.02(a)
SPAC Tail Policy § 7.07(d)
Sponsor Recitals
Subscription Agreements Recitals
SPAC Recitals
Surviving Subsidiary Corporation Recitals

Terminating Company Breach § 9.01(f)
Terminating SPAC Breach § 9.01(g)
Trust Account § 5.13
Trust Agreement § 5.13

 

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Defined Term Location of
Definition
Trust Fund § 5.13
Trustee § 5.13
Written Consent § 7.03
Written Consent Failure § 7.03

 

1.03            Construction.

 

(a)            Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the other grammatical forms of such terms, (iv) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, (v) the terms “Article,” “Section,” “Schedule” and “Exhibit” refer to the specified Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit of or to this Agreement, (vi) the word “including” means “including without limitation,” (vii) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive, (viii) references to agreements and other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto (ix) references to any Law shall include all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and references to any Law shall be construed as including all statutory, legal, and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing such Law and (x) the phrase “made available” when used in this Agreement with respect to the Company means that the information or materials referred to have been posted to the Virtual Data Room in each case, on or prior to July 28, 2022.

 

(b)           The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

 

(c)            Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified, and when counting days, the date of commencement will not be included as a full day for purposes of computing any applicable time periods (except as otherwise may be required under any applicable Law). If any action is to be taken or given on or by a particular calendar day, and such calendar day is not a Business Day, then such action may be deferred until the next Business Day.

 

(d)            All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP or IFRS, as applicable.

 

Article II

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

2.01            The Merger.

 

(a)            Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in set forth in this Article II and Article VIII in accordance with the DGCL, on the Closing Date at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger (provided that references to the Company for periods after the Effective Time shall include the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation) as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC.

 

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2.02            Effective Time; Closing.

 

(a)            At the Closing, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as is required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL and mutually agreed by the parties (the date and time of the filing of such certificate of merger (or such later time as may be agreed by each of the parties hereto and specified in the certificate of merger) being the “Effective Time”).

 

(b)            No later than three (3) Business Days after the date of the satisfaction or, if permissible, waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, it being understood that the occurrence of the Closing shall remain subject to the satisfaction or, if permissible, waiver of such conditions at the Closing) (the date the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”), immediately prior to such filing of a certificate of merger in accordance with Section 2.02(a) with respect to the Merger, the closing (the “Closing”) shall be held by electronic exchange of deliverables and release of signatures for the purpose of confirming the satisfaction or waiver, as the case may be, of the conditions set forth in Article VIII.

 

(c)            For the avoidance of doubt, on the Closing Date, the Private Placements shall be consummated prior to the Merger and the Effective Time.

 

2.03            Effect of the Merger.

 

(a)            At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, licenses and authority of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation.

 

2.04            Amended and Restated SPAC Organizational Documents; Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Surviving Subsidiary Corporation; Directors and Officers of Surviving Subsidiary Corporation; Investor Rights Agreement.

 

(a)            At the Effective Time, SPAC shall, subject to obtaining the approval of a Special Resolution at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting, file a Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Amended and Restated Articles of Association”) with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, and the Amended and Restated Articles of Association shall be adopted as the articles of association of SPAC until thereafter amended as provided by the Cayman Islands Companies Act (As Revised) (the “Companies Act”).

 

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(b)            At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with their terms and as provided by the DGCL (subject to Section 7.07).

 

(c)            The parties will take all requisite action such that the initial directors of the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall be the individuals designated by the Company prior to the Closing, each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation and until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.

 

(d)            At the Closing, SPAC shall deliver to the Company a copy of the Investor Rights Agreement duly executed by SPAC and the shareholders of SPAC party thereto.

 

2.05            Tax Consequences.

 

(a)            The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is intended that (i) SPAC will convert to a U.S. tax resident corporation by reason of Section 7874(b) of the Code as of the end of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date in a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.7874-2(j)(1) (the “Domestication”), (ii) this Agreement is intended to constitute, and is hereby adopted as, a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) with respect to the Domestication, and (iii) SPAC will be a party to the Domestication within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.

 

Article III

 

EFFECTS OF THE MERGER

 

3.01            Conversion of Securities.

 

(a)            On the date one day prior to the Closing Date, (i) each Company Warrant that is issued and outstanding and unexercised one day prior to the Closing Date shall be exchanged on a cashless basis for shares of Company Preferred Stock in accordance with the applicable provisions of such Company Warrant and immediately thereafter (ii) each share of Company Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding one day prior to the Closing Date (including the Company Warrants converted to Company Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (i)) shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Company Common Stock at the then-effective conversion rate as calculated pursuant to Article 4.1.1 of the Company Certificate of Incorporation (clauses (i) and (ii) together, the “Conversion”). After the Conversion, all of the shares of Company Preferred Stock and all of the Company Warrants shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Preferred Stock or Company Warrants shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities and shall be a holder of Company Common Stock.

 

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(b)            At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of the following securities:

 

(i)            each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the Conversion but excluding shares of Company Restricted Stock) shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive (A) the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration and (B) upon the Triggering Event (or the date on which a Change of Control occurs as described in Section 3.03(c), the Per Share Earnout Consideration (with any fractional share to which any holder of Company Common Stock would otherwise be entitled rounded down to the nearest whole share) in accordance with Section 3.03, in each case, without interest;

 

(ii)            all shares of Company Stock held in the treasury of the Company shall be canceled without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto; and

 

(iii)            each share of Merger Sub Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, of the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation.

 

(c)            At the Effective Time, each Company Option that is outstanding and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not vested, shall, automatically and without any required action on the part of the holder thereof be assumed and converted into (i) an option to purchase a number of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (such option, an “Exchanged Option”) equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio (such product rounded down to the nearest whole share), at an exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to (1) the exercise price per share of such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (2) the Exchange Ratio, and (ii) the contingent right to receive a number of Earnout Shares (with respect to each holder, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Earnout Shares) in accordance with Section 3.03 equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time (but excluding any share of Company Common Stock described in clause (iii) of the definition of “Adjusted Company Outstanding Shares”) multiplied by (B) the Per Share Earnout Consideration. Except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each Exchanged Option shall continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions (including vesting and exercisability terms) as were applicable to the corresponding former Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, except (x) to the extent such terms or conditions are rendered inoperative by the Merger or any related transactions and (y) any repurchase rights applicable to the corresponding Company Option (or the shares underlying such Company Option) will lapse and will not apply to such Exchanged Option.

 

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(d)            At the Effective Time, each award of Company Restricted Stock that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, automatically and without any required action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed and converted into (i) an award covering a number of restricted SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (such award of restricted shares, “Exchanged Restricted Stock”) equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock subject to such award immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio (such product rounded down to the nearest whole share), and (ii) the contingent right to receive a number of Earnout Shares (with respect to each holder, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Earnout Shares) in accordance with Section 3.03 equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock subject to such award immediately prior to the Effective Time (but excluding any share of Company Restricted Stock described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Adjusted Company Outstanding Shares”) multiplied by (B) the Per Share Earnout Consideration applicable to the holder of such award. Except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each award of Exchanged Restricted Stock shall continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions (including vesting and repurchase terms) as were applicable to the corresponding award of Company Restricted Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, except (x) to the extent such terms or conditions are rendered inoperative by the Merger and any related transactions and (y) any repurchase rights applicable to the corresponding Company Restricted Stock will lapse and will not apply to such Exchanged Restricted Stock.

 

(e)            On the Closing Date immediately before the Effective Time, in accordance with the SPAC Articles of Association, each SPAC Founder Share that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted, on a one-for-one basis, into a SPAC Class A Ordinary Share, subject to subsequent application of the SPAC Founders Stock Letter.

 

(f)            At or prior to the Effective Time (as applicable), the parties hereto and their respective boards, as applicable, shall adopt any resolutions and take any actions that are necessary to effectuate the treatment of the Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.01(b), the treatment of the Company Warrants pursuant to Section 3.01(a), the treatment of the Company Options pursuant to Section 3.01(c), the treatment of the Company Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 3.01(d), the treatment of SPAC Founder Shares pursuant to Section 3.01(e) and/or to cause any disposition or acquisition of equity securities of SPAC pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby or pursuant to the Private Placements, as applicable, by each individual who is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, with respect to SPAC who will (or is reasonably expected to) become subject to such reporting requirements with respect to SPAC to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

3.02            Exchange of Certificates.

 

(a)            Exchange Agent. Prior to the Closing Date, SPAC shall cause to be transferred or deposited into a balance account (or the applicable equivalent), with an exchange agent designated by the Company and reasonably satisfactory to SPAC (the “Exchange Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of the Company Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Article III, the number of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares sufficient to deliver the aggregate Per Share Consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement (such shares being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”). SPAC shall cause the Exchange Agent, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, to pay the Per Share Consideration out of the Exchange Fund in accordance with this Agreement. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.

 

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(b)            Exchange Procedures for Company Stock.

 

(i)            As promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, if required by the Exchange Agent, SPAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of Company Stock evidenced by certificates (the “Certificates”) entitled to receive the applicable Per Share Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01, a letter of transmittal, which shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to SPAC and the Company (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and shall specify (A) that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent, and (B) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal. Prior to the Effective Time, SPAC shall enter into an agreement with the Exchange Agent providing that, following the surrender to the Exchange Agent of all Certificates held by such holder for cancellation (but in no event prior to the Effective Time), together with a Letter of Transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefore, and the Exchange Agent shall deliver the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.02, each Certificate entitled to receive the applicable Per Share Consideration in accordance with Section 3.01 shall be deemed at all times after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the applicable Per Share Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01.

 

(ii)            SPAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Agent to issue to each holder of Company Stock represented by book entry the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01, without such holder being required to deliver a Certificate or Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent.

 

(c)            No Further Rights in Company Stock. The Per Share Consideration payable upon conversion of the Company Stock (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the conversion of Company Preferred Stock described in Section 3.01(a)) or pursuant to Section 3.03 in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be deemed to have been paid and issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company Stock.

 

(d)            Adjustments to Per Share Consideration. The Per Share Consideration shall be adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to the Company Stock occurring on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that this Section 3.02(d) shall not be construed to permit SPAC or the Company to take any actions with respect to its securities that is prohibited by this Agreement.

 

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(e)            Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Company Stock for one year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to SPAC, upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock, who have not theretofore complied with this Section 3.02 shall thereafter look only to SPAC for the applicable Per Share Consideration, other than as provided in Section 3.03. Any portion of the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Company Stock as of a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any government entity shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of SPAC free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.

 

(f)            No Liability. None of the Exchange Agent, SPAC or the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Company Stock (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the conversion of Company Preferred Stock or Company Warrants described in Section 3.01(a)) for any SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law in accordance with this Section 3.02.

 

(g)            Withholding Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each of the Company, SPAC, Merger Sub and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from amounts (including shares, warrants, options or other property) otherwise payable, issuable or transferable pursuant to this Agreement, such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment, issuance or transfer under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) or any provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law. If the applicable withholding agent intends to withhold any Taxes from any amounts payable to holders of equity interests in the Company (other than with respect to any withholding (i) on amounts treated as compensation for applicable tax purposes or (ii) relating to a failure by the Company to deliver, at or prior to the Closing, the deliverable contemplated in Section 7.14(e)), the applicable withholding agent shall use reasonable best efforts to provide prior notice of such withholding to the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after it determines withholding is required and shall reasonably cooperate to reduce or eliminate such withholding to the extent permissible under applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are deducted or withheld consistent with this Section 3.02(g) and timely paid to the applicable Governmental Authority, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid, issued or transferred to the person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

 

(h)            Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent or, solely in respect of Earnout Shares issuable pursuant to Section 3.03, SPAC, will issue or cause to be issued in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the applicable Per Share Consideration that such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of Section 3.01 or Section 3.03, as applicable.

 

(i)            Fractional Shares. No fractional SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares shall be issued upon the exchange of Company Common Stock and such fractional share interests will not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to have any rights of a shareholder of the SPAC or a holder of shares of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares. In lieu of any fractional SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to which any holder of Company Common Stock would otherwise be entitled in connection with the payment of the Per Share Merger Consideration, the Exchange Agent shall round up or down to the nearest whole SPAC Class A Ordinary Share. No cash settlements shall be made with respect to fractional shares eliminated by rounding.

 

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3.03            Earnout.

 

(a)            Following the Closing, as additional consideration for the Company interests acquired in connection with the Merger, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the Triggering Event, SPAC shall issue or cause to be issued to the Eligible Company Equityholders 9,000,000 SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (which shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares occurring after the Closing) (the “Earnout Shares”) constituting the Per Share Earnout Consideration (which Earnout Shares, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be issued as SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to all Eligible Company Equityholders), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

(b)            For the avoidance of doubt, the Eligible Company Equityholders with respect to the Triggering Event shall be entitled to receive Earnout Shares upon the occurrence of the Triggering Event; provided, however, that in no event shall the Eligible Company Equityholders be entitled to receive more than an aggregate of 9,000,000 Earnout Shares pursuant to this Section 3.03 (which shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares occurring after the Closing).

 

(c)            If, during the Earnout Period, there is a Change of Control pursuant to which SPAC or its stockholders have the right to receive consideration implying a value per SPAC Class A Ordinary Share (as agreed in good faith by the Sponsor and the board of directors of SPAC) of greater than or equal to $20.00, then, (i) immediately prior to such Change of Control, SPAC shall issue 9,000,000 SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (which shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares occurring after the Closing) to the Eligible Company Equityholders with respect to the Change of Control, and (ii) thereafter, this Section 3.03 shall terminate and no further Earnout Shares shall be issuable hereunder.

 

(d)            The SPAC Class A Ordinary Share price target set forth in the definition of Triggering Event, and in Section 3.03(c) shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares occurring after the Closing.

 

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(e)            At all times during the Earnout Period, SPAC shall keep available for issuance a sufficient number of unissued SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to permit SPAC to satisfy in full its issuance obligations set forth in this Section 3.03 and shall take all actions reasonably required (including by convening any stockholder meeting) to increase the authorized number of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares if at any time there shall be insufficient unissued SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to permit such reservation. In no event will any right to receive Earnout Shares be represented by any negotiable certificates of any kind, and in no event will any holder of a contingent right to receive Earnout Shares take any steps that would render such rights readily marketable.

 

(f)            SPAC shall take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Eligible Company Equityholders to evidence the issuances pursuant to this Section 3.03, including through the provision of an updated stock ledger showing such issuances (as certified by an officer of SPAC responsible for maintaining such ledger or the applicable registrar or transfer agent of SPAC).

 

(g)            During the Earnout Period, SPAC shall use reasonable best efforts for SPAC to remain listed as a public company on, and for the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (including, when issued, the Earnout Shares) to be tradable over the national securities exchange (as defined under Section 6 of the Exchange Act) on which the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares are then listed; provided, however, that subject to Section 3.03(c), the foregoing shall not limit SPAC from consummating a Change of Control or entering into a Contract that contemplates a Change of Control.

 

(h)            Any payment of Earnout Shares in respect of Company Common Stock (taking into account the Conversion) to an Eligible Company Equityholder hereunder shall be treated as comprised of two components, respectively, a principal component and an interest component, the amounts of which shall be determined as provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.483-4(b) example (2) using the 3-month test rate of interest provided for in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1274-4(a)(1)(ii) employing the semi-annual compounding period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, as to the payment of Earnout Shares to each Eligible Company Equityholder (taking into account the Conversion) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, Earnout Shares representing the principal component (with a value equal to the principal component) and Earnout Shares representing the interest component (with a value equal to the interest component) shall be represented by separate share certificates.

 

3.04            Company Closing Statement. Three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and deliver to SPAC a statement (the “Company Closing Statement”) setting forth in good faith (x) a capitalization table containing the information set forth in Section 4.03(a) and, with respect to each holder of Company Options, Company Restricted Stock or Company Warrants, the information set forth on Section 4.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, in each case, as of the date the Company Closing Statement is delivered to SPAC. From and after delivery of the Company Closing Statement until the Closing, the Company shall (i) use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with and provide SPAC and its Representatives all information reasonably requested by SPAC or any of its Representatives and within the Company’s or its Representatives’ possession or control in connection with SPAC’s review of the Company Closing Statement and (ii) consider in good faith any comments to the Company Closing Statement provided by SPAC, which comments SPAC shall deliver to the Company no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, and the Company shall revise such Company Closing Statement to incorporate any changes the Company determines are reasonably necessary or appropriate given such comments.

 

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3.05            Stock Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates representing Company Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Stock, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by Law. On or after the Effective Time, any Certificates presented to the Exchange Agent or SPAC for any reason shall be converted into the applicable Per Share Consideration in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 and Section 3.03, as applicable.

 

3.06            Appraisal and Dissenters’ Rights.

 

(a)            Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary and to the extent available under the DGCL, shares of Company Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by stockholders of the Company who shall have neither voted in favor of the Merger nor consented thereto in writing and who shall have demanded properly in writing appraisal or dissenters’ rights for such Company Common Stock in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL, and otherwise complied with all of the provisions of the DGCL relevant to the exercise and perfection of appraisal rights, shall not be converted into, and such stockholders shall have no right to receive, the applicable Per Share Consideration unless and until such stockholder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its right to appraisal and payment under the DGCL. Any stockholder of the Company who fails to perfect or who effectively withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its rights to appraisal of such shares of Company Common Stock under Section 262 of the DGCL, shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the applicable Per Share Consideration, without any interest thereon, upon surrender, if applicable, in the manner provided in Section 3.02(b), of the Certificate or Certificates that formerly evidenced such shares of Company Common Stock.

 

(b)            Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall give SPAC (i) prompt notice of any demands for appraisal received by the Company and any withdrawals of such demands, and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under the DGCL. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of SPAC, make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such demands.

 

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Article IV

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

Except as set forth in the Company’s disclosure schedule delivered by the Company in connection with this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”) (provided that any matter required to be disclosed shall only be disclosed by specific disclosure in the corresponding section of the Company Disclosure Schedule (unless such disclosure has sufficient detail on its face that it is reasonably apparent that it relates to another section of this Article IV) or by cross-reference to another section of the Company Disclosure Schedule), the Company hereby represents and warrants to SPAC and Merger Sub as follows:

 

4.01            Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.

 

(a)            The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each Company Subsidiary is a corporation or other organization duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has the requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to be in good standing would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation or other organization to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)            A true and complete list of all the Company Subsidiaries, together with the jurisdiction of incorporation of each Company Subsidiary and the percentage of the outstanding capital stock of each Company Subsidiary owned by the Company and each other Company Subsidiary, is set forth in Section 4.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. The Company does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any other corporation, partnership, joint venture or business association or other entity.

 

4.02            Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company has, prior to the date of this Agreement, made available to SPAC a complete and correct copy of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, trade registry certificate (ticaret sicil tasdiknamesi), articles of association or equivalent organizational documents, each as amended to date, of the Company and each Company Subsidiary. Such certificates of incorporation, bylaws, trade registry certificates, articles of association or equivalent organizational documents are in full force and effect. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws. No Company Subsidiary is in material violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, trade registry certificates, articles of association or equivalent organizational documents.

 

4.03            Capitalization; Solvency.

 

(a)            The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 36,610,000 shares of Company Common Stock, and 22,220,893 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.000001 per share. As of July 28, 2022, (i) 12,452,057 shares of Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding, (ii) 4,018,918 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (iii) 3,864,517 shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (iv) 2,193,438 shares of Series A-3 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (v) 8,221,262 shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (vi) 40,115 shares of Series B-2 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding and (vii) 3,723,905 shares of Series B-3 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.

 

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(b)            Other than (i) the Company Options and Company Restricted Stock (collectively, the “Company Awards”) set forth on Section 4.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) the Company Preferred Stock, (iii) the rights provided in the Investors’ Rights Agreement and (iv) the outstanding warrants to purchase shares of Preferred Stock set forth on Section 4.03(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Company Warrants”), there are no options, warrants, preemptive rights, calls, convertible securities, conversion rights or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of capital stock, or other equity or other voting interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Except as set forth on Section 4.03(c) or (d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise bound by, any equity appreciation rights, participations, phantom equity, restricted shares, restricted share units, performance shares, contingent value rights or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock of, or other securities or ownership interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Except as set forth in the Company Voting Agreement, there are no voting trusts, voting agreements, proxies, shareholder agreements or other agreements to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, or to the Company’s knowledge, among any holder of Company Stock or any other equity interests or other securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is not a party, with respect to the voting of the Company Stock or any of the equity interests or other securities of the Company.

 

(c)            Section 4.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, the following information with respect to each Company Award outstanding as of July 25, 2022, as applicable: (i) the name of the Company Award recipient; (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Award; (iii) the exercise or purchase price of such Company Award, as applicable; (iv) the date on which such Company Award was granted; (v) the vesting schedule applicable to such Company Option; and (vi) the date on which such Company Option expires. The Company has made available to SPAC an accurate and complete copy of the Company Equity Incentive Plan pursuant to which the Company has granted the Company Awards that are currently outstanding and the form of all stock and stock-based award agreements evidencing the Company Awards. Upon any issuance of any shares of Company Common Stock subject to Company Options in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, such shares of Company Common Stock will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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(d)            Section 4.03(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, the following information with respect to each Company Warrant outstanding as of July 25, 2022, as applicable: (i) the name of the holder of the Company Warrant; (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Warrant; (iii) the purchase price of such Company Warrant; (iv) the date on which such Company Warrant was granted or issued; and (v) the date on which such Company Warrant expires.

 

(e)            There are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of the Company or any capital stock of any Company Subsidiary or to provide funds to or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any person other than a Company Subsidiary.

 

(f)            (i) There are no commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company is bound obligating the Company to accelerate the vesting of any Company Option as a result of the proposed transactions herein and (ii) all outstanding Company Stock, all outstanding Company Options, all outstanding Company Restricted Stock, all outstanding Company Warrants and all outstanding shares of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary have been issued and granted in compliance in all material respects with (A) all applicable securities laws and other applicable Laws and (B) all preemptive rights and other requirements set forth in applicable contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party and the organizational documents of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.

 

(g)            Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and each such share is owned 100% by the Company or another Company Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens, options, rights of first refusal and limitations on the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s voting rights, other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws and their respective organizational documents.

 

(h)            Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each share of Company Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into Company Common Stock at the then effective conversion rate as calculated pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation. Section 4.03(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the currently effective conversion rate for each series of Company Preferred Stock as calculated pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation. After the Conversion, all of the shares of Company Preferred Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each previous holder of Company Preferred Stock shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities (other than the right to receive the shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Conversion with respect thereto). Subject to and upon receipt of the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, the Conversion will have been duly and validly authorized by all corporate action and all required approvals and consents will have been obtained by the Company.

 

4.04            Authority Relative to this Agreement. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and, subject to receiving the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions (other than, with respect to the Merger, the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by SPAC and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, by general equitable principles (the “Remedies Exceptions”). The Company Board has approved this Agreement and the Transactions, and such approvals are sufficient so that the restrictions on business combinations set forth in Section 203 of the DGCL shall not apply to the Merger, this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any of the other Transactions. To the knowledge of the Company, no other state takeover statute is applicable to the Merger or the other Transactions.

 

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4.05          No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

 

(a)            The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and subject to receipt of the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL and of the consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, filings and notifications, expiration or termination of waiting periods after filings and other actions contemplated by Section 4.05(b) and assuming all other required filings, waivers, approvals, consents, authorizations and notices disclosed in Section 4.05(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, including the Written Consent, have been made, obtained or given, the performance of this Agreement by the Company will not (i) conflict with or violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any equivalent organizational documents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations, expiration or termination of waiting periods and other actions described in Section 4.05(b) have been obtained and all filings and obligations described in Section 4.05(b) have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their property or assets is bound of affected, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)            The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, or expiration or termination of any waiting period by, any United States federal, state, county, municipal or other local or non-United States government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, instrumentality or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body (a “Governmental Authority”), except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), state securities or “blue sky” laws (“Blue Sky Laws”) and state takeover laws, and filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL, and (ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)            No class-vote requirements or dissenters’ rights, rights of appraisal or other similar rights under Section 2115 of the Corporations Code of the State of California apply in connection with the Transactions.

 

4.06         Permits; Compliance. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to own, lease and operate its properties in all material respects and to carry on its business in all material respects as it is now being conducted (each, a “Company Permit”). All Company Permits are valid and in force and no suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing and no event has occurred which would result in the suspension or cancellation of the Company Permits. All Company Subsidiaries regularly pay all necessary municipality fees (işgaliye bedeli) and there have been no decisions of any local municipalities (including, without limitation, the confiscation of any Company Subsidiary’s e-scooters or any monetary or non-monetary fines) against any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in conflict with, or in default, breach or violation of, (a) any Law applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound or affected, (b) any Company Permit or (c) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their property or assets is bound or affected, except, in each case, for any such conflicts, defaults, breaches or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, (x) in the case of clause (a) and (c), have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (y) in the case of clause (b), have not been, and would not reasonably be expected to be, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as whole.

 

4.07         Financial Statements.

 

(a)            Attached as Section 4.07(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule are true and complete copies of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for the years then ended (collectively, the “Audited Annual Financial Statements”). The Audited Annual Financial Statements (including the notes thereto) (i) were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and for the period indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein.

 

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(b)            Attached as Section 4.07(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule are true and complete copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022 (such March 31, 2022 balance sheet, the “3/31 Balance Sheet”), and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for the twelve months and three months, respectively, then ended (collectively, the “Unaudited Annual Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Annual Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”). The Unaudited Annual Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and for the period indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein.

 

(c)            Except as and to the extent set forth on the 3/31 Balance Sheet, none of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for: (i) liabilities that were incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of such 3/31 Balance Sheet, (ii) obligations for future performance under any contract to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, (iii) liabilities for transaction expenses in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions or (iv) such other liabilities and obligations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)            Since January 1, 2019, (i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or Representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or their respective internal accounting controls (including any significant deficiency relating thereto), including any such complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices and (ii) there have been no internal investigations regarding accounting or revenue recognition discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel, the Company Board or any committee thereof.

 

(e)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is insolvent under the insolvency laws of any jurisdiction applicable to it or is unable to pay, or has stopped paying for any material duration, its debts as they fall due, and the assets of the Company and each Company Subsidiary exceeds its liabilities and no circumstances have arisen for technical insolvency (as defined under Paragraph 3 Article 376 of the Turkish Commercial Code and the Article 376 Implementation Communiqué), declaration of bankruptcy or opening of composition proceedings in respect of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

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(f)            No resolution has been adopted in relation to and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been involved in any proceedings for (i) concordatum (konkordato) in accordance with Article 286 et seq, Article 309 or Article 309/a et seq of the Turkish Enforcement and Insolvency Act, (ii) voluntary liquidation (tasfiye) in accordance with Article 536 et seq of the Turkish Commercial Code, (iii) dissolution (fesih) under either Article 530 or Article 531 of the Turkish Commercial Code or (iv) insolvency (iflas) and no events have occurred which would justify any (other) similar insolvency proceedings within the respective jurisdiction of organization of the Company or the relevant Company Subsidiary.

 

4.08         Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since September 30, 2021 and on and prior to the date of this Agreement, except as otherwise reflected in the Unaudited Annual Financial Statements or as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course, other than due to any actions taken due to COVID-19 Measures, (b) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not sold, assigned, transferred, licensed, permitted to lapse, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of any right, title, or interest in or to any of their respective material assets (including material Company-Owned IP) other than non-exclusive licenses (or sublicenses) of Company-Owned IP granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (c) there has not been a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (d) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has taken any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would constitute a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 6.01(b)(ii), Section 6.01(b)(v), Section 6.01(b)(vii), Section 6.01(b)(viii), Section 6.01(b)(xii), Section 6.01(b)(xiii), Section 6.01(b)(xvii), Section 6.01(b)(xviii), Section 6.01(b)(xix) and, only with respect to the covenants in each of the foregoing subsections of Section 6.01(b), Section 6.01(b)(xxi).

 

4.09         Absence of Litigation. (a) There is no litigation, suit, claim, charge, grievance, action, proceeding, audit or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority (an “Action”) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, claims asserted against any of the Company Subsidiaries for the relevant Company Subsidiary to be held liable for direct or indirect damages suffered by third parties as a result of physical harm or injuries caused by or suffered as a result of accidents involving an e-scooter or moped and fines imposed on any of the Company Subsidiaries for unauthorized parking of e-scooters or mopeds are not of a systematic nature), in each case, that (i) as of the date of this Agreement, would reasonably be expected to involve an amount in controversy (not counting insurance deductibles) in excess of $125,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate or (ii) as of the Closing, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (b) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is, subject to any continuing order of, consent decree, settlement agreement or other similar written agreement with, or, to the knowledge of the Company, continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority.

 

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4.10         Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(a)            Section 4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, each material Plan; provided that Section 4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall not include any employment agreement, offer letter, individual consulting agreement or individual equity incentive award agreement that is, in each case, consistent in all material respects with the form(s) set forth on Section 4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.

 

(b)            Other than the Company Equity Incentive Plan and individual award agreements thereunder, no Plan has ever (i) had a participant (or a dependent or beneficiary thereof) who, at the time such participant was a participant in such Plan, resided in the United States or (ii) been subject to the Laws of the United States, including ERISA and the Code.

 

(c)            With respect to each material Plan, the Company has made available to SPAC, if applicable (i) a true and complete copy of the current plan document and all amendments thereto and each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) copies of the most recent summary plan description and any summaries of material modifications, (iii) a copy of the most recent annual reports, and (iv) any material correspondence from any Governmental Authority with respect to any Plan within the past three (3) years. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has, as of the date hereof, any express commitment to modify, change or terminate a Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by applicable Law.

 

(d)            Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions will (either alone or in combination with another event), (i) entitle any Service Provider to separation pay, severance, termination or similar benefits, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or material increase in the amount of compensation due to any such Service Provider or (iii) result in any payment or benefit (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property) to any “disqualified individual” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) that could, individually or in combination with any other such payment, constitute an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code).

 

(e)            None of the Plans provides, nor does the Company nor any Company Subsidiary have any obligation to provide, retiree medical benefits to any current or former Service Provider after termination of employment or service, except as (i) may be required by applicable Law, (ii) coverage through the end of the calendar month in which a termination of employment occurs, or (iii) with respect to reimbursement of health benefit continuation premiums.

 

(f)            Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan is and has been within the past six (6) years in compliance in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, (ii) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have performed all obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in default under or in violation of, and have no knowledge of any default or violation by any party to, any Plan, and (iii) no Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Action.

 

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(g)            All contributions, premiums or other payments required to be made with respect to any Plan have been timely made to the extent due or properly accrued on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)            The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have timely made all contributions and satisfied all obligations with respect to any statutory plan, program or arrangement that is required under applicable Laws and maintained by any Governmental Authority covering current or former Service Providers, except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)             Each Plan (i) that is intended to qualify for special tax treatment has met all requirements for such tax treatment; (ii) if required to be fully funded and/or book-reserved is fully funded and/or book-reserved, as appropriate, based on reasonable actuarial assumptions and do not have unfunded liabilities that could reasonably be expected to be imposed upon the assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary by reason of such Plan; (iii) is in compliance in all material respects with its terms and all applicable Laws; and (iv) if intended or required to be qualified, approved or registered with a Governmental Authority, is and has been so qualified, approved or registered and, to the Company’s knowledge, nothing has occurred that could reasonably be expected to result in the loss of such qualification, approval or registration, as applicable.

 

(j)            No Company Option was granted to a U.S. taxpayer with an exercise price per share that was less than the fair market value of the underlying Company Common Stock as of the date such Company Option was granted.

 

4.11         Labor and Employment Matters.

 

(a)            The Company has made available to SPAC a true, correct and complete list of all employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as of the date hereof and sets forth for each such individual the following: (i) name and employing entity; (ii) title or position and location of employment; (iii) current annualized base salary or (if paid on an hourly basis) hourly rate of pay; and (iv) commission, bonus or other incentive-based compensation eligibility.

 

(b)            No Service Provider has resided in the United States at the time such individual was a Service Provider.

 

(c)            No employee or other Service Provider of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is represented by a labor union, works council, trade union, or similar representative of employees with respect to their employment with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to, subject to, or bound by a collective bargaining agreement, collective agreement, or any other contract or agreement with a labor union, works council, trade union, or similar representative of employees. There are no, and since January 1, 2019 there have not been any, strikes, lockouts or work stoppages existing or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, with respect to any employees or other Service Providers or the Company or any Company Subsidiaries and there have been no union certification or representation petitions or demands with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiaries or any of their employees or other Service Providers and, to the Company’s knowledge, no union organizing campaign or similar effort is pending or threatened with respect to the Company, any Company Subsidiaries, or any of their employees or other Service Providers.

 

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(d)            There are no material Actions pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary by or on behalf of any of their respective current or former employees or other Service Providers.

 

(e)            The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are and have been since January 1, 2019 in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to labor and employment, including all such Laws regarding employment practices, employment discrimination, terms and conditions of employment, collective redundancy (including Article 26 of the Turkish Labor Act and any subordinated legislation), work visas and work permits, statutory remuneration rights, overtime pay, weekend and rest breaks, minimum wage, annual paid leave and sick leave and all other employee leaves, recordkeeping, data privacy, classification of employees and independent contractors, wages and hours, anti-harassment (including all such Laws relating to the prompt and thorough investigation and remediation of any complaints) and occupational safety and health requirements. Each employee of the Company and each Company Subsidiary and each other Service Provider has been paid (and as of the Closing will have been paid) all material wages, bonuses, remuneration (including severance payments, notice payments and annual leave payments) and other sums owed and due to such individual as of such date. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary currently employs or, to the knowledge of the Company, has ever employed, any person who was not permitted to work in the jurisdiction in which such person was employed.

 

(f)            To the Company’s knowledge, since January 1, 2019, no allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct have been made to the Company or any Company Subsidiary against an individual in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company.

 

(g)            None of the sub-employer (alt işverenlik) agreements between the Company Subsidiaries and the Service Providers may be deemed “collusive” as per Article 2/8 of the Turkish Labor Act. Each of the Company Subsidiaries monitors that the Service Providers, which are sub-employers, (i) meet their requirements for occupational health and safety at the premises of the relevant Company Subsidiary, (ii) duly and timely makes the payments of the employees’ receivables, compensations and social security contributions.

 

4.12         Real Property; Title to Assets.

 

(a)            The Company does not own any real property.

 

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(b)            Section 4.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists as of the date of this Agreement the street address of each parcel of Leased Real Property in respect of which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is required to make payments in excess of $5,000 per month, and sets forth a list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each lease, sublease, and license pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary leases, subleases or licenses any real property and pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is required to make payments in excess of $5,000 per month (each, a “Lease”), with the name of the lessor and the date of the Lease in connection therewith and each material amendment to any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Lease Documents”). True, correct and complete copies of all Lease Documents have been made available to SPAC. There are no leases, subleases, sublicenses, concessions or other contracts granting to any person other than the Company or Company Subsidiaries the right to use or occupy any Leased Real Property, and (i) all such Leases are in full force and effect, are valid and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Remedies Exceptions, and there is not, under any of such Leases, any existing default or event of default (or event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or, to the Company’s knowledge, by the other party to such Leases, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)            Other than due to any actions taken due to any COVID-19 Measures, there are no contractual or legal restrictions that preclude or restrict the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to use any Leased Real Property by such party for the purposes for which it is currently being used, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There are no latent defects or adverse physical conditions affecting the Leased Real Property, and improvements thereon, other than those that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)            Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has legal and valid title to, or, in the case of Leased Real Property and assets, valid leasehold or subleasehold interests in, all of its properties and assets, tangible and intangible, real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in its business, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.13          Intellectual Property.

 

(a)            Section 4.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains, as of the date of this Agreement, a true, correct and complete list of all: (i) Registered Intellectual Property constituting Company-Owned IP (showing in each, as applicable, the filing date, date of issuance, expiration date and registration or application number, and registrar), (ii) all contracts or agreements to use any Company-Licensed IP, including for the Software or Business Systems of any other person (other than (A) agreements for unmodified, commercially available, “off-the-shelf” Software, (B) commercially available service agreements to Business Systems, (C) agreements with employees or contractors of the Company that contain customary licenses related to use “background IP” or “pre-existing IP” incorporated by such employees or contractors into work product developed for the Company, (D) non-exclusive licenses granted to the Company by customers or distributors in the ordinary course of business, or (E) feedback and similar licenses that are not material to the business), and (iii) any Software or Business Systems constituting Company-Owned IP that are material to the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the date hereof. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company IP is sufficient in all material respects for the conduct of the business, of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as currently conducted.

 

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(b)            Except as would not be material to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries solely owns and possesses, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), all right, title and interest in and to the Company-Owned IP (where the Intellectual Property is owned by the employees of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries such Intellectual Property has been transferred to the Company or the relevant Company Subsidiary, as the case maybe, either by operation of Law or by a written agreement thereto) and has the right to use pursuant to a valid and enforceable written contract or license, all Company-Licensed IP (provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be interpreted to be a representation regarding non-infringement). All Registered Intellectual Property constituting Company-Owned IP is subsisting and, to the knowledge of the Company, valid and enforceable.

 

(c)            The Company and each of its applicable Company Subsidiaries have taken and take reasonable actions to maintain, protect and enforce Company-Owned IP rights, including the secrecy, confidentiality and value of its trade secrets and other Confidential Information of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. To the knowledge of the Company neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has disclosed any trade secrets or other material Confidential Information that relates to the Products or is otherwise material to the business of the Company and any applicable Company Subsidiaries to any other person other than (i) pursuant to a written confidentiality agreement under which such other person agrees to maintain the confidentiality and protect such Confidential Information or (ii) intentionally in the ordinary course of business, through marketing materials made available by the Company or a Company Subsidiary, which such marketing materials do not contain trade secrets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any other sensitive or proprietary information of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

(d)            Except as set forth on Section 4.13(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) Since January 1, 2019, there have been no claims filed and served, against the Company or any Company Subsidiary in any forum, by any person (A) contesting the validity, use, ownership, enforceability, patentability or registrability of any of the Company-Owned IP (other than office actions received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and its foreign counterparts in the course of registering any Company-Owned IP), or (B) alleging any infringement, misappropriation of, or other violation by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of, any Intellectual Property rights of other persons (including any unsolicited demands or offers to license any Intellectual Property rights from any other person); (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, the operation of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (including the Products) has not and does not infringe, misappropriate or violate such Intellectual Property of other persons; (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, no other person has infringed, misappropriated or violated any of the Company-Owned IP; and (iv) since January 1, 2019, neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received written notice of any of the foregoing or received any formal written opinion of counsel regarding the foregoing.

 

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(e)            Except as would not be material to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, all persons who have contributed, developed or conceived any material Company-Owned IP have executed valid and enforceable written agreements with the Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries substantially in the form(s) made available to Merger Sub or SPAC and pursuant to which such persons assigned to the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary all of their entire right, title, and interest in and to any Intellectual Property created, conceived or otherwise developed by such person in the course of and related to his, her or its relationship with the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, without further consideration or any restrictions or obligations whatsoever, including on the use or other disposition or ownership of such Intellectual Property.

 

(f)            The Company and Company Subsidiaries do not use and have not used any Open Source Software in a manner that would obligate the Company to license or provide the source code to any of the Software constituting Company-Owned IP for the purpose of making derivative works, or to make available for redistribution to any person the source code to any of the Software constituting Company-Owned IP at no or minimum charge.

 

(g)            Except as would not be material to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries maintain commercially reasonable disaster recovery, business continuity and risk assessment plans, procedures and facilities, including by implementing systems and procedures designed to (i) provide continuous monitoring and alerting of any problems or issues with the Business Systems owned by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, and (ii) monitor network traffic for threats and scan and assess vulnerabilities in the Business Systems owned by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. There has not been any material failure with respect to any of the Business Systems that has materially disrupted the business of the Company or has caused a widespread outage of the Products for any period of time.

 

(h)            Neither Company nor any Company Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any person acting on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, has disclosed or delivered to any person, or permitted the disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or other person, of any source code for any Software. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time) will, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the disclosure or delivery by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any person acting on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, of any such source code, including the execution of this Agreement or any Transaction Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. No third party owns any right, title or interest in or to any such source code. The Company and all Company Subsidiaries possesses all source code for the Software that is necessary to compile, link, build and otherwise create fully functioning executable Software, except as would not be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(i)             There have been no material failures, crashes, known security breaches, known unauthorized access or other adverse events affecting the Business Systems. The Business Systems are free from any malicious computer code or any other mechanisms, including “back door,” trojan horse or similar devices that could allow circumvention of security controls, disrupt, disable, erase, or harm in any way, which have caused any disruption or damage to the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as would not be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. All Software currently complies with all applicable warranties and contractual commitments relating to the use, functionality, and performance of thereof, and there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claims alleging any such failure.

 

(j)            The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries since January 1, 2019, have complied in all material respects with: (i) all Privacy/Data Security Laws applicable to the Company or a Company Subsidiary, (ii) any applicable external privacy policies of the Company and/or the Company Subsidiary, respectively, concerning the collection, dissemination, storage or use of Personal Information, including any privacy policies or disclosures posted to websites or other media maintained or published by the Company or a Company Subsidiary, (iii) all contractual commitments that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has entered into with respect to privacy and/or data security, and (iv) PCI DSS (collectively, the “Data Security Requirements”). The Company does not sell Personal Information. The Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’ employees receive reasonable training on information security issues to the extent required by Privacy/Data Security Laws. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no Disabling Devices in any of the Business Systems or Product components. Since January 1, 2019 to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has (x) to the Company’s knowledge, experienced any material data security breaches, material unauthorized access or use of any of the Business Systems, or unauthorized acquisition, destruction, damage, disclosure, loss, corruption or alteration of any Business Data or Personal Information or (y) received written notice of any audits, proceedings or investigations by any Governmental Authority, or received any written claims or complaints regarding the collection, dissemination, storage, use, or other processing of Personal Information, or the violation of any applicable Data Security Requirements. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has provided or, to the Company’s knowledge, been legally required to provide any notice to data owners in connection with any unauthorized access, use or disclosure or other processing of Personal Information. No Company Subsidiary has been subject of any material fines, reprimands or stop orders as a result of any decision of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board or the General Directorate of Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance.

 

(k)            The Company and/or one of the Company Subsidiaries (i) exclusively owns and possesses all right, title and interest in and to the Business Data constituting Company-Owned IP free and clear of any restrictions other than those imposed by applicable Privacy/Data Security Laws, and (ii) with respect to Business Data that does not constitute Company-Owned IP, has the right to use, exploit, publish, reproduce, distribute, license, sell, and create derivative works of such Business Data, in whole or in part, in the manner in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries receive and use such Business Data prior to the Closing Date. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are not subject to any contractual requirements, privacy policies, or other legal obligations, including based on the Transactions, that would prohibit SPAC, the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, from receiving or using Personal Information or other Business Data after the Closing Date, in the same manner in which the Company or such Company Subsidiaries receive and use such Personal Information and other Business Data prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(l)             Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, nor has it ever been, a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or similar standard setting organization that could require or obligate the Company or any Company Subsidiary to grant or offer to any other person any license or right to any Company-Owned IP.

 

4.14          Taxes.

 

(a)            The Company and the Company Subsidiaries: (i) have duly filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all material Tax Returns they are required to file as of the date hereof and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects; (ii) have paid all Taxes that are shown as due on such filed Tax Returns and any other material Taxes that they are otherwise obligated to pay, except with respect to current period Taxes that are not yet due and payable or otherwise being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or the respective non-U.S. equivalent thereof, including Turkish tax-oriented GAAP, which is regulated under Turkish Tax Procedural Law No. 213 (as applicable to the subsidiaries established in Turkey), have been established in the Financial Statements, and no material penalties or charges are due with respect to the late filing of any Tax Return required to be filed by or with respect to them; (iii) have not waived any statute of limitations with respect to the assessment of any material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a material Tax assessment or deficiency which such waiver or extension remains in effect; and (iv) do not have any deficiency, assessment, claim, audit, examination, investigation, litigation or other proceeding in respect of a material amount of Taxes or material Tax matters pending, asserted or proposed or threatened in writing.

 

(b)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to, is bound by or has any obligation under any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangement (including any agreement, contract or arrangement providing for the sharing or ceding of credits or losses) or has a potential liability or obligation to any person as a result of or pursuant to any such agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment, in each case, other than (i) an agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment entered into in the ordinary course of business and the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes or (ii) an agreement among only the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.

 

(c)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) adjustment under Section 481(a) or Section 482 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax law) by reason of a change in method of accounting or otherwise prior to the Closing; (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax law) executed prior to the Closing; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing; (iv) intercompany transaction or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax law) entered into or created prior to the Closing; or (v) prepaid amount received or deferred revenue accrued prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business. Neither the Company nor any of Company Subsidiary will be required to make any payment after the Closing Date as a result of an election under Section 965 of the Code.

 

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(d)            Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax authority all material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any current or former employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party and has complied in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, treaties and regulations relating to the reporting, payment, and withholding of Taxes.

 

(e)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated, combined or unitary U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Return (other than a group of which the Company is the common parent or of which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are the only members).

 

(f)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any material liability for the Taxes of any person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise (other than, in each case, liabilities for Taxes pursuant to an agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment entered into in the ordinary course of business and the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes).

 

(g)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has (i) any request for a material ruling in respect of Taxes pending between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Tax authority, on the other hand or (ii) entered into any closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements with a Taxing authority in respect of material Taxes, in each case, that will be in effect after the Closing.

 

(h)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock qualifying or intended to qualify for tax-free treatment, in whole or in part, under Section 355 of the Code in the two years prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(i)             Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has engaged in or entered into a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(j)             Neither the Internal Revenue Services (“IRS”) nor any other U.S. or non-U.S. taxing authority or agency has asserted in writing or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, has threatened to assert against the Company or any Company Subsidiary any deficiency or claim for material Taxes.

 

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(k)            There are no Tax liens upon any assets of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries except for Permitted Liens.

 

(l)             Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.

 

(m)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received written notice from a non-U.S. Tax authority that it has a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise has an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.

 

(n)            Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received written notice of any claim from a Tax authority in a jurisdiction in which the Company or such Company Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns stating that the Company or such Company Subsidiary is or may be subject to material Taxation in such jurisdiction.

 

(o)            Section 4.14(o) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth with respect to the Company and each Company Subsidiary, (A) the country in which it is organized and (B) for the Company and each Company Subsidiary that was formed in the United States or which has filed an IRS Form 8832 at any time prior to Closing, its tax classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(p)            To the knowledge of the Company, there are no current facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent SPAC from being treated as a U.S. tax resident corporation by reason of Section 7874(b) of the Code immediately after the Closing. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has taken any action, or has any current plan, intention or obligation to take any action, that could reasonably be expected to prevent SPAC from being treated as a U.S. tax resident corporation by reason of Section 7874(b) of the Code immediately after the Closing.

 

(q)            To the knowledge of the Company, at the Closing and immediately following the Closing, the authorized and outstanding share capital of SPAC will solely consist of (a) SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares issued to the holders of Company Stock immediately prior to the Closing (including, for the avoidance of doubt, holders of Company Preferred Stock whose shares of Company Preferred Stock were converted to Company Common Stock in the Conversion), and the SPAC Founder Shareholders, (b) SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing, (c) Private Placement SPAC Warrants, (d) Public SPAC Warrants, (e) Exchanged Options issued to the holders of Company Options immediately prior to the Closing in the conversion of their Company Options pursuant to Section 3.01(c), (f) Exchanged Restricted Stock issued to the holders of Company Restricted Stock immediately prior to the Closing in the conversion of their Company Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 3.01(d), and (g) Convertible Notes issued to the PIPE Investors.

 

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4.15         Environmental Matters. (a) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has violated since January 1, 2019, nor is it in violation of, applicable Environmental Law; (b) to the Company’s knowledge, none of the properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (including soils and surface and ground waters) is contaminated with any Hazardous Substance which requires reporting, investigation, remediation, monitoring or other response action by the Company or any Company Subsidiary pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws, or which could give rise to a liability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under Environmental Laws; (c) to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is actually, potentially or allegedly liable pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws for any off-site contamination by Hazardous Substances; (d) each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has all material permits, licenses and other authorizations required of the Company and under applicable Environmental Law (“Environmental Permits”); (e) each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary, and their Products, are in compliance with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; and (f) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is the subject of any pending or threatened Action alleging any violation or, or liability under, Environmental Laws, except in each case of the foregoing as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has provided all environmental site assessments, reports, studies or other evaluations in its possession or reasonable control relating to any properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

4.16         Material Contracts.

 

(a)            Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each of the following types of contracts and agreements (whether written or oral) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or bound (such contracts and agreements as are required to be set forth Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, excluding any Plan listed on Section 4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, being the “Material Contracts”):

 

(i)             all contracts and agreements (other than Plans) with consideration paid or payable to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of more than $300,000, in the aggregate, over any 12-month period;

 

(ii)            all contracts and agreements with Suppliers to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including those relating to the design, development, manufacture or sale of Products of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, for expenditures paid or payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of more than $300,000, in the aggregate, over any 12-month period;

 

(iii)           all management contracts (excluding contracts for employment) and contracts with other consultants, in each case, with compensation paid or payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of more than $35,000, in the aggregate, over any 12-month period;

 

(iv)          all broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, franchise, agency, sales promotion, market research, marketing consulting and advertising contracts and agreements to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party that provide for payments by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in excess of $350,000, in the aggregate, over any 12-month period;

 

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(v)           all contracts or agreements involving the payment of royalties or other amounts calculated based upon the revenues or income of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or income or revenues related to any Product of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party;

 

(vi)          all contracts and agreements evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money and any pledge agreements, security agreements or other collateral agreements in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary granted to any person a security interest in or lien on any of the property or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and all agreements or instruments guarantying the debts or other obligations of any person, in each case, in an amount greater than $250,000;

 

(vii)         all partnership, joint venture or similar agreements (excluding any partnership agreement or similar agreement of any wholly-owned Company Subsidiary);

 

(viii)        all contracts and agreements with any Governmental Authority to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party that involve payments by the Company or any Company Subsidiaries in excess of $200,000, in the aggregate, over any 12-month period;

 

(ix)           all contracts and agreements that materially limit, or purport to materially limit, the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or with any person or entity or in any geographic area or during any period of time, excluding customary confidentiality agreements and agreements that contain customary confidentiality clauses;

 

(x)            all contracts or arrangements that result in any person or entity holding a power of attorney from the Company or any Company Subsidiary that relates to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or their respective business;

 

(xi)           all contracts and agreements relating to the purchase of engineering or design services that involve more than $350,000 other than those contracts and agreements under which no further services are due;

 

(xii)          all leases or master leases of personal property reasonably likely to result in annual payments of $350,000 or more in a 12-month period;

 

(xiii)         all contracts involving use of any Company-Licensed IP required to be listed in Section 4.13(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule;

 

(xiv)        all contracts which involve the license or grant of rights by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to a third party of material Company-Owned IP other than (A) agreements with contractors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to use Company-Owned IP to the extent necessary for such contractor’s performance of services for the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (B) non-exclusive licenses granted to Company’s customers in the ordinary course, (C) non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course or (D) non-exclusive licenses that are merely incidental to the transaction contemplated in such license, including contracts that include an incidental license to use the trademarks of the Company for marketing or advertising purposes;

 

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(xv)         all contracts or agreements under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has agreed to purchase goods or services from a vendor, Supplier or other person on a preferred supplier or “most favored supplier” basis;

 

(xvi)        all agreements for the development of material Company-Owned IP for the benefit of the Company (other than employee invention assignment and confidentiality agreements and consulting agreements entered into on the Company’s standard forms of such agreements made available to SPAC);

 

(xvii)       all contracts and agreements that relate to the direct or indirect acquisition or the disposition of any securities or business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) in each case, involving payments of $350,000 or more, other than contracts and agreements in which the applicable acquisition or disposition has been consummated and there are no material obligations ongoing;

 

(xviii)      all contracts and agreements relating to a Company Interested Party Transaction; and

 

(xix)         all contracts and agreements involving any resolution or settlement of any actual or threatened Action or other dispute which require payment in excess of $350,000 or impose continuing obligations on the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including injunctive or other non-monetary relief.

 

(b)            (i) each Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries (as applicable) and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto, subject to the Remedies Exceptions, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Contract nor has any Material Contract been canceled by the other party; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no other party is in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Contract; and (iii) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any notice or claim of any such breach, violation or default under any such Material Contract, in each case of the foregoing except for any such conflicts, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which would not be expected to be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company has made available to SPAC true and complete copies of all Material Contracts, including any amendments thereto that are material in nature.

 

4.17         Material Suppliers. Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the top ten (10) suppliers of the Company for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021 (based upon the aggregate consideration paid by the Company for goods or services rendered for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021) (collectively, the “Material Suppliers”). To the knowledge of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, there is no present intent, and the Company has not received written notice that, any Material Supplier will discontinue or materially alter its relationship with the Company.

 

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4.18         Insurance.

 

(a)            Section 4.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth with respect to each material insurance policy under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is an insured, a named insured or otherwise the principal beneficiary of coverage as of the date of this Agreement (i) the names of the insurer and the principal insured, (ii) the policy number and the policy type, (iii) the period and limits of coverage and (iv) the premium most recently charged.

 

(b)            Except as would not be material to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, with respect to each material insurance policy: (i) the policy is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to the Remedies Exceptions) and, except for policies that have expired under their terms in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect; (ii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in material breach or default (including any such breach or default with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notice), and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or modification, under the policy, nor has there been any failure to give notice of or present any claim under such policies in a due and timely fashion; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, no insurer on the policy has been declared insolvent or placed in receivership, conservatorship or liquidation; (iv) all deductible or self-insured retention amounts, as applicable, are commercially reasonable and (v) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received any disclaimer of coverage, other than reservation rights notices received in the ordinary course of business.

 

(c)            The Company maintains, and has maintained, since January 1, 2019, insurance policies and coverage in such amounts and against such risk (i) as is reasonable and customary, (ii) as is sufficient for compliance with all contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound, (iii) as is sufficient for compliance with all applicable Laws, and (iv) as is sufficient to cover the expected liabilities of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.

 

4.19         Board Approval; Vote Required.

 

(a)            The Company Board, by resolutions duly adopted by unanimous vote of those voting at a meeting duly called and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, or by unanimous written consent, has duly (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders, (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) and declared their advisability, and (iii) recommended that the stockholders of the Company approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger) and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) be submitted for consideration by the Company’s stockholders. The Requisite Company Stockholder Approval is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock or other securities of the Company necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions. The Written Consent, if executed and delivered, would qualify as the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval and no additional approval or vote from any holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Company would then be necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions.

 

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4.20         Certain Business Practices.

 

(a)            Since January 1, 2017, none of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, any of their respective directors or officers, or to the Company’s knowledge, employees, agents, or representatives acting on behalf of the Company has: (i) directly or indirectly offered, authorized, or made, any payments, or given anything of value, to any government official, in order to secure any improper advantage to obtain business or retain business; (ii) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to political activity; (iii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials, including of any government-owned or control entity, family members of government officials, or to foreign or domestic political parties, campaigns, or candidates for political office; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of any applicable Anti-Corruption Law; or (v) made, offered, agreed or requested any unlawful bribe.

 

(b)            Since January 1, 2017, none of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, any of their respective directors or officers, or to the Company’s knowledge, employees, agents, or representatives acting on behalf of the Company: (i) is or has been a Sanctioned Person; (ii) has transacted business with or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Person or has otherwise violated applicable Sanctions; or (iii) has violated any Ex-Im Laws.

 

(c)            Since January 1, 2017, there have not been, nor are there currently, any internal or external investigations, audits, actions or proceedings pending, or any voluntary or involuntary disclosures made to a Governmental Authority, with respect to any apparent or suspected violation by the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, or agents with respect to any Anti-Corruption Laws, Sanctions, or Ex-Im Laws.

 

4.21         Interested Party Transactions; Side Letter Agreements.

 

(a)            Except for employment relationships and the payment of compensation, benefits and expense reimbursements and advances in the ordinary course of business, no director, officer or other affiliate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, to the Company’s knowledge, has or has had, directly or indirectly: (i) an economic interest in any Material Supplier; (ii) a beneficial interest in any contract or agreement disclosed in Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule; or (iii) any contractual or other arrangement with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than customary indemnity arrangements (each, a “Company Interested Party Transaction”); provided, however, that for clarity, no disclosure shall be required under this Section 4.21 with respect to any matter set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) involving any portfolio company of any venture capital, private equity, angel or strategic investor in the Company (except to the extent such disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not, since January 1, 2018, (x) extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit or renewed an extension of credit in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Company, or (y) materially modified any term of any such extension or maintenance of credit. There are no contracts or arrangements between the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries and any family member of any director, officer or other affiliate of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries. All contracts and agreements relating to a Company Interested Party Transaction are on an arms-length terms.

 

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(b)            Section 4.21(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all transactions, contracts, side letters, arrangements or understandings between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any other person, on the other hand, which grant or purport to grant any board observer or management rights (collectively, the “Side Letter Agreements”).

 

(c)            Effective as of the Closing, the Company Voting Agreement, the Investors’ Rights Agreement, the Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement and, except as set forth on Section 4.21(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Side Letter Agreement shall each terminate pursuant to their terms and shall be of no further force or effect.

 

4.22         Exchange Act. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is currently (nor has it previously been) subject to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

4.23         Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company.

 

4.24         Subsidies. Section 4.24 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all public grants, allowances, aids and other subsidies in whatever form (the “Public Subsidies”) received by the Company or any Company Subsidiary since January 1, 2019, and such Company Disclosure Schedule indicates the nature of the Public Subsidy and the amounts received. No material proceedings regarding a revocation or withdrawal of a Public Subsidy have been initiated or threatened in writing, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no circumstances, which would justify the initiation of such proceedings. The Company is in compliance with its material obligations under or in connection with the Public Subsidies, including the material obligations under any ancillary provisions in the respective orders or agreements thereto. The Company is not in violation of any material obligation under the Public Subsidies to maintain a certain level of employees or to make any investments. No Public Subsidy will have to be repaid in whole or in part due to the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions.

 

4.25          COVID-19 Relief. Section 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all loans, subsidies, deferrals, short-term working allowance or other similar relief with respect to COVID-19 outstanding at the Company or any Company Subsidiary (“COVID-19 Relief”). At the time it submitted all documentation with respect to and availed itself of the benefits of each COVID-19 Relief, the Company or applicable Company Subsidiary satisfied all applicable material eligibility requirements related to the receipt of such COVID-19 Relief, and all information submitted with respect thereto (including to Turkish Employment Agency) was complete and accurate in all material respects. The Company and each Company Subsidiary have continued to comply with the applicable requirements of all COVID-19 Relief, and used any proceeds therefrom for permissible purposes as required by such COVID-19 Relief, in each case in all material respects.

 

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4.26         Product Warranty; Product Liability.

 

(a)            To the knowledge of the Company, all of the Products conform with all applicable contractual commitments and express and implied warranties in all material respects. To the knowledge of the Company, all Products comply with all industry and trade association standards, legal requirements, technical specifications and general safety requirements applicable to such Products, including consumer product, manufacturing, labeling, quality and safety Laws of Turkey, the United States and each other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary makes the Products available and each other jurisdiction (including foreign jurisdictions) in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary makes the Products available, in each case directly or indirectly through any reseller or distributor, in each case other than those that, individually or in the aggregate, have not and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Products currently offered by the Company or in use has been subject to a recall and, to the knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances exist which, given the passage of time, would reasonably be expected to result in a recall, in each case, except as would not be material to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(b)            There are no existing or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened product liability claims (whether initiated by any Governmental Authority or any person) against the Company for Products which are unsuitable (uygunsuz) in accordance with the Turkish Product Liability Act or defective in accordance with the Turkish Consumer Law and, to the Company’s knowledge, no facts or circumstances exist which, given the passage of time, would reasonably be expected to result in a product liability claim against the Company for Products currently offered by the Company or in use which are unsuitable or defective, in each case, except as would not be material to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The preceding sentence shall also include circumstances in which the producer (imalatçı) or the importer (ithalatçı) of the Products is a person other than the Company. The Company has not received any Governmental Order stating that any Product is defective or unsafe or fails to meet any standards promulgated by any such Governmental Authority, except as would not be material to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

4.27         Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in the corresponding representations and warranties contained in the certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 8.02(c), the Company hereby expressly disclaims and negates, any other express or implied representation or warranty whatsoever (whether at Law or in equity) with respect to the Company, its affiliates, and any matter relating to any of them, including their affairs, the condition, value or quality of the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations, or with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any other information made available to SPAC, its affiliates or any of their respective Representatives by, or on behalf of, the Company, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Company nor any other person on behalf of the Company has made or makes, any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates or budgets made available to SPAC, its affiliates or any of their respective Representatives of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Company (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing), whether or not included in any management presentation or in any other information made available to SPAC, its affiliates or any of their respective Representatives or any other person, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed.

 

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Article V

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPAC AND MERGER SUB

 

Except as set forth in the SPAC SEC Reports or SPAC’s disclosure schedule delivered by SPAC in connection with this Agreement (the “SPAC Disclosure Schedule”) (to the extent the qualifying nature of such disclosure is readily apparent from the content of such SPAC SEC Reports, but excluding disclosures referred to in “Forward-Looking Statements,” “Risk Factors” and any other disclosures therein to the extent they are of a predictive or cautionary nature or related to forward-looking statements) (it being acknowledged that nothing disclosed in such a SPAC SEC Report will be deemed to modify or qualify the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.01 (Corporate Organization), Section 5.03 (Capitalization) and Section 5.04 (Authority Relative to This Agreement)), SPAC hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

5.01          Corporate Organization.

 

(a)            Except to the extent expressly contemplated by the Transactions each of SPAC and Merger Sub is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Except to the extent expressly contemplated by the Transactions, each of SPAC and Merger Sub is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation or other organization to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)            Merger Sub is the only subsidiary of SPAC. Except for Merger Sub, SPAC does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or business association or other person.

 

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5.02         Organizational Documents. As of the date hereof, each of SPAC and Merger Sub has furnished to the Company complete and correct copies of the SPAC Organizational Documents and the Merger Sub Organizational Documents. Except to the extent expressly contemplated by the Transactions, the SPAC Organizational Documents and the Merger Sub Organizational Documents are in full force and effect. Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub is in violation of any of the provisions of the SPAC Organizational Documents and the Merger Sub Organizational Documents.

 

5.03         Capitalization.

 

(a)            As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized share capital of SPAC consists of (i) 200,000,000 SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares, (ii) 20,000,000 SPAC Founder Shares and (iii) 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“SPAC Preference Shares”). As of the date of this Agreement (A) 14,375,000 SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive rights, (B) 3,593,750 SPAC Founder Shares are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive rights, (C) no SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares or SPAC Founder Shares are held in the treasury of SPAC, (D) 7,250,000 Private Placement SPAC Warrants are issued and outstanding, (E) 7,187,500 Public SPAC Warrants are issued and outstanding, and (F) 14,437,500 SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares are reserved for future issuance pursuant to the SPAC Warrants. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no SPAC Preference Shares issued and outstanding. Each SPAC Warrant is exercisable for one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50, subject to the terms of such SPAC Warrant and, with respect to the Private Placement SPAC Warrants, the SPAC Warrant Agreement.

 

(b)            As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Merger Sub Common Stock”). As of the date hereof, 100 shares of Merger Sub Common Stock are issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of Merger Sub Common Stock have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and are non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive rights, and are held by SPAC free and clear of all Liens, other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws and the Merger Sub Organizational Documents.

 

(c)            All outstanding SPAC Units, SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares, SPAC Founder Shares and SPAC Warrants have been issued and granted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable securities laws and other applicable Laws.

 

(d)            Except for the Subscription Agreements, this Agreement, the SPAC Warrants (including any SPAC Warrants issued as repayment for any loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of SPAC’s officers and directors to finance SPAC’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions) and the SPAC Founder Shares, SPAC has not issued any options, warrants, preemptive rights, calls, convertible securities or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of SPAC or obligating SPAC to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, SPAC. All SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Neither SPAC nor any subsidiary of SPAC is a party to, or otherwise bound by, and neither SPAC nor any subsidiary of SPAC has granted, any equity appreciation rights, participations, phantom equity or similar rights. Except for the Letter Agreement and the SPAC Founders Stock Letter, SPAC is not a party to any voting trusts, voting agreements, proxies, shareholder agreements or other agreements with respect to the voting or transfer of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares or any of the equity interests or other securities of SPAC or any of its Subsidiaries. Except with respect to the Redemption Rights and the SPAC Warrants and pursuant to the SPAC Founders Stock Letter, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of SPAC to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of SPAC to make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any person.

 

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5.04         Authority Relative to This Agreement. Each of SPAC and Merger Sub have all necessary corporate or company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of SPAC and Merger Sub and the consummation by each of SPAC and Merger Sub of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of SPAC or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions (other than with respect to (i) the Transactions, which require the approval of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares who, being entitled to so do, vote in person or by proxy at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting, (ii) the adoption of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association, which requires the approval of the holders of a majority of not less than two-thirds of the then-outstanding SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares who, being entitled to so do, vote in person or by proxy at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting, and (iii) the adoption of the Incentive Plan, which requires the approval of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares who, being entitled to so do, vote in person or by proxy at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting) (together the “SPAC Shareholder Approval”). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by SPAC and Merger Sub and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of SPAC or Merger Sub, enforceable against SPAC or Merger Sub in accordance with its terms subject to the Remedies Exceptions. The SPAC Board has approved this Agreement and the Transactions, and, subject to obtaining the SPAC Shareholder Approval, such approvals are sufficient so that the restrictions on business combinations set forth in the SPAC Organizational Documents shall not apply to the Merger, this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any of the other Transactions.

 

5.05         No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

 

(a)            The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of SPAC and Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement by each of SPAC and Merger Sub will not, (i) conflict with or violate the SPAC Organizational Documents or the Merger Sub Organizational Documents, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations, expiration or termination of waiting periods and other actions described in Section 5.05(b) have been obtained and all filings and obligations described in Section 5.05(b) have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to each of SPAC or Merger Sub or by which any of their properties or assets are bound or affected, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any property or asset of each of SPAC or Merger Sub pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which each of SPAC or Merger Sub is a party or by which each of SPAC or Merger Sub or any of their properties or assets are bound or affected, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)            The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of SPAC and Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement by each of SPAC and Merger Sub will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, or expiration or termination of any waiting period by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, Blue Sky Laws and state takeover laws, and filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL and (ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay consummation of any of the Transactions or otherwise prevent SPAC or Merger Sub from performing its material obligations under this Agreement.

 

5.06         Compliance. Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub is or has been in conflict with, or in default, breach or violation of, (a) any Law applicable to SPAC or Merger Sub or by which any property or asset of SPAC or Merger Sub is bound or affected, or (b) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which SPAC or Merger Sub is a party or by which SPAC or Merger Sub or any property or asset of SPAC or Merger Sub is bound, except, in each case, for any such conflicts, defaults, breaches or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect. Each of SPAC and Merger Sub is in possession of all material franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for SPAC or Merger Sub to own, lease and operate its properties or to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.

 

5.07         SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley.

 

(a)            SPAC has filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents, including any exhibits thereto, required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) since July 8, 2021, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto (collectively, the “SPAC SEC Reports”). SPAC has hereto furnished to the Company true and correct copies of all amendments and modifications that have not been filed by SPAC with the SEC to all agreements, documents and other instruments that previously had been filed by SPAC with the SEC and are currently in effect. As of their respective dates, the SPAC SEC Reports (i) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) did not, at the time they were filed, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of any SPAC SEC Report that is a registration statement, or include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of any other SPAC SEC Report.

 

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(b)            Each of the financial statements (including, in each case, any notes thereto) contained in the SPAC SEC Reports was prepared in accordance with GAAP (applied on a consistent basis) and Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K, as applicable, throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) and each fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations, changes in stockholders equity and cash flows of SPAC as at the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein, (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which, individually or in the aggregate, have not been, and would not reasonably be expected to be, material). SPAC has no off-balance sheet arrangements that are not disclosed in the SPAC SEC Reports.

 

(c)            Except as and to the extent set forth in the SPAC SEC Reports, neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has any material liability or obligation of a nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for liabilities and obligations arising in the ordinary course of SPAC’s and Merger Sub’s business.

 

(d)            SPAC is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(e)            There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by SPAC to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of SPAC, and SPAC has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(f)             Neither SPAC (including, to the knowledge of SPAC, any employee thereof) nor SPAC’s independent auditors has identified or been made aware of (i) any fraud that involves SPAC’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by SPAC or (ii) as of the date hereof, any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

 

(g)            As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding comments from the SEC with respect to the SPAC SEC Reports. To the knowledge of SPAC, none of the SPAC SEC Reports filed on or prior to the date hereof is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date hereof.

 

(h)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.07, no representation or warranty is made in this Agreement as to the accounting treatment of the SPAC Warrants.

 

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5.08          Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events.

 

(a)            Since its incorporation, SPAC has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of a Business Combination. Except as set forth in the SPAC Organizational Documents, there is no agreement, commitment or Governmental Order binding upon SPAC or to which SPAC is a party which has had or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of SPAC or any acquisition of property by SPAC or the conduct of business by SPAC as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)            Except for this Agreement and the Transactions, SPAC does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity. Except for this Agreement and the Transactions, SPAC has no interests, rights, obligations or liabilities with respect to, and is not party to, bound by or have its assets or property subject to, in each case whether directly or indirectly, any contract or transaction which is, or could reasonably be interpreted as constituting, a Business Combination.

 

(c)            Since its organization, Merger Sub has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of the Merger. Except as set forth in the Merger Sub Organizational Documents, there is no agreement, commitment, or Governmental Order binding upon the Merger Sub or to which the Merger Sub is a party which has had or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of Merger Sub or any acquisition of property by Merger Sub or the conduct of business by Merger Sub as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

 

(e)            Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effecting the Merger and has no, and at all times prior to the Effective Time except as contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever other than those incident to its formation and the Transactions.

 

(f)            Since July 8, 2021 and on and prior to the date of this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, (i) SPAC has conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary course, other than due to any actions taken due to any COVID-19 Measures, (ii) SPAC has not sold, assigned, transferred, permitted to lapse, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of any right, title, or interest in or to any of its material assets, (iii) there has not been a SPAC Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) SPAC has not taken any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would constitute a material breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 6.02.

 

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5.09         Absence of Litigation. (a) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened against SPAC, or any property or asset of SPAC, before any Governmental Authority, and (b) as of the Closing, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened against SPAC, or any property or asset of SPAC, before any Governmental Authority that would reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect. Neither SPAC nor any material property or asset of SPAC is subject to any continuing order of, consent decree, settlement agreement or other similar written agreement with, or, to the knowledge of SPAC, continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority.

 

5.10         Board Approval; Vote Required.

 

(a)            The SPAC Board, by resolutions duly adopted by a unanimous vote of those voting at a meeting duly called quorate and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has duly (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) are in the best interests of SPAC, (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger and the Private Placements), (iii) recommended that the shareholders of SPAC approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger, the Private Placements and the adoption of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association, and the Incentive Plan), and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger, the Private Placements and the Amended and Restated Articles of Association), be submitted for consideration by the shareholders of SPAC at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

(b)            The Merger Sub Board, by resolutions duly adopted by unanimous written consent and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has duly (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair to, and in the best interests of, Merger Sub and its sole stockholder, (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) and declared their advisability, and (iii) recommended that the sole stockholder of Merger Sub approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger) and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) be submitted for consideration by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub.

 

(c)            The only votes of the holders of any class or series of capital stock or membership interests of Merger Sub that are necessary to approve this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions are the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Merger Sub Common Stock.

 

5.11            No Prior Operations of Merger Sub. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in Transactions and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations or incurred any obligation or liability, other than as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

5.12            Brokers. Except for B. Riley Securities, Inc., no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of SPAC or Merger Sub. SPAC has provided the Company with a true and complete copy of all contracts, agreements and arrangements, including its engagement letters, with B. Riley Securities, Inc., other than those that have expired or terminated and as to which no further services are contemplated thereunder to be provided in the future.

 

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5.13         SPAC Trust Fund. As of the date of this Agreement, SPAC has no less than $146,625,000 in the trust fund established by SPAC for the benefit of its public shareholders (the “Trust Fund”) (including, if applicable, an aggregate of approximately $5,031,250 of deferred underwriting discounts and commissions being held in the Trust Fund) maintained in a trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Trust Account”). The monies of such Trust Account are invested in United States Government securities or money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and held in trust by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”) pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2021, between SPAC and the Trustee (the “Trust Agreement”). The Trust Agreement has not been amended or modified and is valid and in full force and effect and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Remedies Exceptions. SPAC has complied in all material respects with the terms of the Trust Agreement and is not in breach thereof or default thereunder and there does not exist any event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default by SPAC or the Trustee. There are no separate contracts, agreements, side letters or other agreements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied): (i) between SPAC and the Trustee that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the SPAC SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect; or (ii) that would entitle any person (other than shareholders of SPAC who shall have elected to redeem their SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to the SPAC Organizational Documents) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be released except: (A) to pay income and franchise Taxes from any interest income earned in the Trust Account; and (B) upon the exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the provisions of the SPAC Organizational Documents. To SPAC’s knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement, following the Effective Time, no shareholder of SPAC shall be entitled to receive any amount from the Trust Account except to the extent such shareholder is exercising its Redemption Rights. There are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened in writing with respect to the Trust Account. Upon consummation of the Merger and notice thereof to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement, SPAC shall cause the Trustee to, and the Trustee shall thereupon be obligated to, release to SPAC as promptly as practicable, the Trust Funds in accordance with the Trust Agreement at which point the Trust Account shall terminate; provided, however, that the liabilities and obligations of SPAC due and owing or incurred at or prior to the Effective Time shall be paid as and when due, including all amounts payable (i) to shareholders of SPAC who shall have exercised their Redemption Rights, (ii) with respect to filings, applications and/or other actions taken pursuant to this Agreement required under Law, (iii) to the Trustee for fees and costs incurred in accordance with the Trust Agreement, and (iv) to third parties (e.g., professionals, printers, etc.) who have rendered services to SPAC in connection with its efforts to effect the Merger. As of the date hereof, SPAC has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the use of funds in the Trust Account will not be satisfied or funds available in the Trust Account will not be available to SPAC at the Effective Time.

 

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5.14         Employees; Benefit Plans. SPAC and Merger Sub each have no (and have not at any point had any) employees on their payroll, and have not engaged any contractors, other than consultants and advisors in the ordinary course of business. Other than reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by SPAC’s officers and directors in connection with activities on SPAC’s behalf in an aggregate amount not in excess of the amount of cash held by SPAC outside of the Trust Account, SPAC has no unsatisfied material liability with respect to any officer or director. SPAC and Merger Sub have never and do not currently maintain, sponsor, or contribute to any Employee Benefit Plan. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereunder (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events or the passage of time) will (i) cause any compensatory payment or benefit, including any retention, bonus, fee, distribution, remuneration, or other compensation payable to any Person who is or has been an employee of or independent contractor to SPAC (other than fees paid to consultants, advisors, placement agents or underwriters engaged by SPAC in connection with its initial public offering or this Agreement and the Transactions) to increase or become due to any such Person or (ii) result in forgiveness of indebtedness with respect to any employee of SPAC.

 

5.15         Taxes.

 

(a)            SPAC and Merger Sub: (i) have duly filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all material Tax Returns they are required to file as of the date hereof and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects; (ii) have paid all Taxes that are shown as due on such filed Tax Returns and any other material Taxes that they are otherwise obligated to pay, except with respect to current period Taxes that are not yet due and payable or otherwise being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established in the financial statements contained in the SPAC SEC Reports, and no material penalties or charges are due with respect to the late filing of any Tax Return required to be filed by or with respect to them; (iii) have not waived any statute of limitations with respect to the assessment of any material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a material Tax assessment or deficiency which such waiver or extension remains in effect; and (iv) do not have any deficiency, assessment, claim, audit, examination, investigation, litigation or other proceeding in respect of a material amount of Taxes or material Tax matters pending, asserted or proposed or threatened in writing.

 

(b)            Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub is a party to, is bound by or has any obligation under any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangement (including any agreement, contract or arrangement providing for the sharing or ceding of credits or losses) or has a potential liability or obligation to any person as a result of or pursuant to any such agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment, in each case, other than an agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment entered into in the ordinary course of business and the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes.

 

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(c)            Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub will be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) adjustment under Section 481(a) or Section 482 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax law) by reason of a change in method of accounting or otherwise prior to the Closing; (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax law) executed prior to the Closing; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing; (iv) intercompany transaction or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax law) entered into or created prior to the Closing; or (v) prepaid amount received or deferred revenue accrued prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business. Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub will be required to make any payment after the Closing Date as a result of an election under Section 965 of the Code.

 

(d)            Each of SPAC and Merger Sub has withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax authority all material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any current or former employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party and has complied in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the reporting, payment, and withholding of Taxes.

 

(e)            Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated, combined or unitary U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Return (other than a group of which SPAC is the common parent).

 

(f)             Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has any material liability for the Taxes of any person (other than SPAC or Merger Sub) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise (other than, in each case, liabilities for Taxes pursuant to an agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment entered into in the ordinary course of business and the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes).

 

(g)            Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has (i) any request for a material ruling in respect of Taxes pending between SPAC or Merger Sub, on the one hand, and any Tax authority, on the other hand or (ii) entered into any closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements with a Taxing authority in respect of material Taxes, in each case, that will be in effect after the Closing.

 

(h)            Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has been either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock qualifying or intended to qualify for tax-free treatment, in whole or in part, under Section 355 of the Code in the two years prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(i)             Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has engaged in or entered into a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(j)             Neither the IRS nor any other U.S. or non-U.S. taxing authority or agency has asserted in writing or, to the knowledge of SPAC, has threatened to assert against SPAC or Merger Sub any deficiency or claim for material Taxes.

 

(k)            There are no Tax liens upon any assets of SPAC or Merger Sub except for Permitted Liens.

 

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(l)             Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.

 

(m)           Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has received written notice from a non-U.S. Tax authority that it has a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise has an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.

 

(n)            Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub has received written notice of any claim from a Tax authority in a jurisdiction in which SPAC or Merger Sub does not file Tax Returns stating that SPAC or Merger Sub (as applicable) is or may be subject to material Taxation in such jurisdiction.

 

(o)            SPAC has no Subsidiaries (and has not had any Subsidiary) other than Merger Sub.

 

(p)            To the knowledge of SPAC, there are no current facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent SPAC from being treated as a U.S. tax resident corporation by reason of Section 7874(b) of the Code immediately after the Closing. SPAC has not taken any action, and has no current plan, intention or obligation to take any action, that could reasonably be expected to prevent SPAC from being treated as a U.S. tax resident corporation by reason of Section 7874(b) of the Code immediately after the Closing.

 

(q)            To the knowledge of SPAC, at the Closing and immediately following the Closing, the authorized and outstanding share capital of SPAC will solely consist of (a) SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares issued to the holders of Company Stock immediately prior to the Closing (including, for the avoidance of doubt, holders of Company Preferred Stock whose shares of Company Preferred Stock were converted to Company Common Stock in the Conversion), and the SPAC Founder Shareholders, (b) SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing, (c) Private Placement SPAC Warrants, (d) Public SPAC Warrants, (e) Exchanged Options issued to the holders of Company Options immediately prior to the Closing in the conversion of their Company Options pursuant to Section 3.01(c), (f) Exchanged Restricted Stock issued to the holders of Company Restricted Stock immediately prior to the Closing in the conversion of their Company Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 3.01(d), and (g) Convertible Notes issued to the PIPE Investors.

 

5.16         Registration and Listing. As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding SPAC Units are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GLTA.U”, the issued and outstanding SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GLTA”, and the issued and outstanding Public SPAC Warrants are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GLTA WS” SPAC has complied in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange. As of the date hereof, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened in writing against SPAC by the New York Stock Exchange or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the SPAC Units, the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares or Public SPAC Warrants or terminate the listing of SPAC on the New York Stock Exchange. As of the date hereof, none of SPAC or any of its affiliates has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of the SPAC Units, the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares or the Public SPAC Warrants under the Exchange Act.

 

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5.17         Insurance. Except for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, SPAC does not maintain any insurance policies.

 

5.18         Intellectual Property. Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub owns, licenses or otherwise has any right, title or interest in any material Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of SPAC, neither SPAC nor Merger Sub infringes, misappropriates or violates any Intellectual Property of any other Person.

 

5.19         Agreements; Contracts and Commitments.

 

(a)            Section 5.19 of the SPAC Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of each “material contract” (as such term is defined in Regulation S-K of the SEC) to which SPAC or Merger Sub is party, including contracts by and among SPAC or Merger Sub, on the one hand, and any director, officer, stockholder or Affiliate of such parties (the “SPAC Material Contracts”), on the other hand, other than any such SPAC Material Contract that is listed as an exhibit to any SPAC SEC Report.

 

(b)            Neither SPAC nor, to the knowledge of SPAC, any other party thereto, is in breach of or in default under, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach of or default under, any SPAC Material Contract.

 

5.20         Title to Property. Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub owns or leases any real property or personal property. There are no options or other contracts under which SPAC or Merger Sub has a right or obligation to acquire or lease any interest in real property or personal property.

 

5.21         Investment Company Act. Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

5.22         Private Placements.

 

(a)            As of the date hereof, (i) SPAC has delivered to the Company true, correct and complete copies of each of the Subscription Agreements entered into by SPAC with the applicable PIPE Investors named therein, pursuant to which the PIPE Investors have committed to provide the PIPE Investment Amount; (ii) to the knowledge of SPAC, with respect to each PIPE Investor, the Subscription Agreement with such PIPE Investor is in full force and effect and has not been withdrawn or terminated, or otherwise amended, modified or waived, in any material respect (it being understood that a change of or to one or more entities or individuals with respect to a PIPE Investor shall not be deemed a violation of the foregoing), and no withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification is contemplated by SPAC; (iii) each Subscription Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of SPAC and, to the knowledge of SPAC, each PIPE Investor, and neither the execution or delivery by SPAC thereto nor the performance of SPAC’s obligations under any such Subscription Agreement violates any Laws; (iv) there are no other agreements, side letters, or arrangements between SPAC and any PIPE Investor relating to any Subscription Agreement that would affect the obligation of such PIPE Investor to contribute to SPAC the applicable portion of the PIPE Investment Amount set forth in the Subscription Agreement of such PIPE Investor, and SPAC does not know of any facts or circumstances that would result in any of the conditions set forth in any Subscription Agreement not being satisfied, or the PIPE Investment Amount not being available to SPAC, on the Closing Date; and (v) no event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or breach on the part of SPAC under any term or condition of any Subscription Agreement and SPAC has no reason to believe that it will be unable to satisfy in all material respects on a timely basis any term or condition of closing to be satisfied by it contained in any Subscription Agreement.

 

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(b)            No fees, consideration (other than the Convertible Notes and SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares issued or issuable with respect thereto, as applicable, in connection with the PIPE Investment Amount) or other discounts are payable or have been agreed by SPAC (including, from and after the Closing, the Company and Merger Sub) to any PIPE Investor in respect of its portion of the PIPE Investment Amount.

 

5.23         Fairness Opinion. The SPAC Board has received the opinion of Scura Partners LLC, dated the date of this Agreement, that, as of such date and subject to certain assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other matters set forth therein, that the [__] is fair from a financial point of view to the SPAC.

 

5.24         SPAC’s and Merger Sub’s Investigation and Reliance. Each of SPAC and Merger Sub is a sophisticated purchaser and has made its own independent investigation, review and analysis regarding the Company and any Company Subsidiary and the Transactions, which investigation, review and analysis were conducted by SPAC and Merger Sub together with expert advisors, including legal counsel, that they have engaged for such purpose. SPAC, Merger Sub and their Representatives have been provided with full and complete access to the Representatives, properties, offices, plants and other facilities, books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary and other information that they have requested in connection with their investigation of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and the Transactions. Neither SPAC nor Merger Sub is relying on any statement, representation or warranty, oral or written, express or implied, made by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective Representatives, except as expressly set forth in Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in the corresponding representations and warranties contained in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 8.02(c). Neither the Company nor any of its respective stockholders, affiliates or Representatives shall have any liability to SPAC, Merger Sub or any of their respective stockholders, affiliates or Representatives resulting from the use of any information, documents or materials made available to SPAC or Merger Sub or any of their Representatives, whether orally or in writing, in any confidential information memoranda, “data rooms,” management presentations, due diligence discussions or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. SPAC and Merger Sub acknowledge that, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its stockholders, affiliates or Representatives is making, directly or indirectly, any representation or warranty with respect to any estimates, projections or forecasts involving the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary.

 

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5.25         SPAC Founders Stock Letter. SPAC has delivered to the Company a true, correct and complete copy of the SPAC Founders Stock Letter. No withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification of the SPAC Founders Stock Letter is contemplated by SPAC and, to the knowledge of SPAC, the SPAC Founders Stock Letter is in full force and effect and has not been withdrawn or terminated, or otherwise amended or modified, in any material respect. The SPAC Founders Stock Letter is a legal, valid and binding obligation of SPAC and, to the knowledge of SPAC, the other SPAC Founder Shareholders. To the knowledge of SPAC, neither the execution nor delivery by the SPAC Founder Shareholders of, nor the performance of any of the SPAC Founder Shareholders’ obligations under, the SPAC Founders Stock Letter violates any provision of, or results in the breach of or default under, or requires any filing, registration or qualification under, any applicable Law (other than as required under applicable securities laws and as otherwise contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents). No event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of SPAC under any material term or condition of the SPAC Founders Stock Letter.

 

Article VI

 

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER

 

6.01         Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger.

 

(a)            The Company agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time or the earlier termination of this Agreement, except as (i) expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, (ii) set forth in Section 6.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (iii) required by applicable Law, unless SPAC shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i)             the Company shall use reasonable best efforts, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to use reasonable best efforts to, conduct their business in the ordinary course of business (taking into account recent past practice in light of COVID-19, including COVID-19 Measures by the Company taken prior to the date hereof); provided that any action taken, or omitted to be taken, that is required by applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures) shall be deemed to be in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(ii)            the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to preserve substantially intact the business organization of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, to keep available the services of the current officers, key employees and consultants of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and to preserve the current relationships of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries with suppliers and other persons with which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has significant business relations in all material respects.

 

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(b)            By way of amplification and not limitation, except as (i) expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement, including any subclause of this Section 6.01(b), or any Ancillary Agreement, (ii) set forth in Section 6.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (iii) required by applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures), the Company shall not, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary not to, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time or the earlier termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, do any of the following without the prior written consent of SPAC (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i)            amend or otherwise change the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company;

 

(ii)           adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company (other than the Merger);

 

(iii)           issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of, (A) any shares of any class of capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership interest (including any phantom interest), of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, provided that (1) the exercise or settlement of any Company Options or Company Warrants in effect on the date of this Agreement and (2) the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock (or other class of equity security of the Company, as applicable) pursuant to the terms of the Company Preferred Stock and the Company Warrants, in each case, in effect on the date of this Agreement, in each case, shall not require the consent of SPAC; or (B) any material assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except for (1) dispositions of obsolete or worthless equipment and (2) transactions among the Company and the Company Subsidiaries or among the Company Subsidiaries and (3) the sale or provision of good or services to customers in the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv)          acquire any equity interest in, or enter into a joint venture with, any other entity (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any wholly owned Company Subsidiary);

 

(v)           declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock, other than any dividends or other distributions from any wholly owned Company Subsidiary to the Company or any other wholly owned Company Subsidiary;

 

(vi)          reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock, other than acquisitions of any such capital stock or other Company securities in connection with the exercise of Company Options or the forfeiture or repurchase (as applicable) of Company Restricted Stock upon the termination of service of any Service Provider pursuant to the terms of the Company Equity Incentive Plan and applicable underlying award agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement;

 

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(vii)         (A) acquire (including by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or substantially all of the assets or any other business combination) any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof for consideration in excess of $125,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate; or (B) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money having a principal or stated amount in excess of $250,000 or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible for, the obligations of any person, or intentionally grant any security interest in any of its assets, except for (i) advances, loans or other incurrence of indebtedness of any kind under any credit facilities or other debt instrument (including under any applicable credit line) of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries not to exceed $250,000 and (ii) any such indebtedness among the Company and any wholly-owned Company Subsidiary or among wholly-owned Company Subsidiaries;

 

(viii)        make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person (including to any of its officers, directors, agents or consultants), in each case, in excess of $250,000, individually or in the aggregate, make any material change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of any other person, except (A) advances to employees or officers of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepayments and deposits paid to suppliers of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or (C) trade credit extended to customers of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix)           make any material capital expenditures (or commit to making any capital expenditures) in excess of $500,000, individually or in the aggregate, other than any capital expenditure (or series of related capital expenditures) consistent in all material respects with the Company’s annual capital expenditure budget for periods following the date of this Agreement, made available to SPAC;

 

(x)            acquire any fee interest in real property;

 

(xi)           except as required by applicable Law or the terms of any existing Plans or Contracts as in effect on the date hereof, (A) grant any material increase in the compensation, incentives or benefits paid, payable, or to become payable to any current or former Service Provider, except for increases in salary or hourly wage rates to non-executive officers made in the ordinary course of business to any such Service Provider(and any corresponding bonus opportunity increases); (B) enter into any new, or materially amend any existing retention, employment, employee incentive, severance or termination agreement with any current or former Service Provider (other than employment offer letters entered into in the ordinary course of business with new hires permitted pursuant to subsection (E) below); (C) accelerate or commit to accelerate the funding, payment, or vesting of any compensation or benefits payable to any current or former Service Provider or under any Plan; (D) establish or become obligated under any collective bargaining agreement, collective agreement, or other contract or agreement with a labor union, trade union, works council, or other representative of Company employees; (E) hire any new employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary unless (1) necessary to replace an employee whose employment has ended, as permitted hereunder (and in which case such hiring shall be on terms substantially similar to the terms applicable to the employment of the employee being replaced) or (2) such employee is hired with an annual base salary below $150,000; or (F) terminate the employment of any employee with an annual base salary at or above $150,000, other than any such termination for cause or due to death or disability; except that, in each case and without limiting the generality of the foregoing subclauses (A)(F), the Company may make annual or quarterly bonus or commission payments in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(xii)          make any material change in any method of financial accounting or financial accounting principles, policies, procedures or practices, except as (A) contemplated by this Agreement or the Transactions or (B) required by a concurrent amendment in GAAP, IFRS or applicable Law made subsequent to the date hereof, as agreed to by its independent accountants;

 

(xiii)         (A) amend any material Tax Return, (B) change any material method of Tax accounting, (C) make, change or rescind any material election relating to Taxes, or (D) settle or compromise any material U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. Tax audit, assessment, Tax claim or other controversy relating to Taxes, in each case, that is reasonably likely to result in an increase to a Tax liability, which increase is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(xiv)         (A) materially amend or modify, or consent to the termination (excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms) of, any Material Contract or amend, waive, modify or consent to the termination (excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms) of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s material rights thereunder, in each case in a manner that is adverse to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, taken as a whole, or (B) enter into any contract or agreement that would have been a Material Contract had it been entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, in each case of the foregoing, except in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xv)         fail to use reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of any material trade secrets constituting Company-Owned IP;

 

(xvi)        enter into any contract, agreement or arrangement that obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to develop any Intellectual Property related to the business of the Company or the Products, in which such Intellectual Property would be owned by a third party;

 

(xvii)       permit any material item of Company-Owned IP to lapse or to be abandoned, invalidated, dedicated to the public, or disclaimed or otherwise become unenforceable or fail to perform or make any applicable filings, recordings or other similar actions or filings, or fail to pay all required fees and Taxes required or advisable to maintain and protect its interest in material items of Company-Owned IP;

 

(xviii)      waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any Action, other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that are solely monetary in nature and do not exceed $250,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate, in each case in excess of insurance proceeds;

 

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

 

(xx)          voluntarily fail to maintain or cancel without replacing any coverage under any insurance policy in form and amount equivalent in all material respects to the insurance coverage currently maintained with respect to the Company and any Company Subsidiaries and their assets and properties or change coverage in a manner materially detrimental to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, any material insurance policy insuring the business of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries;

 

(xxi)         fail to use reasonable best efforts to keep current and in full force and effect, or to comply in all material respects with the requirements of, any Company Permit that is material to the conduct of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(xxii)        amend or modify, or consent to the termination of, that certain Warrant Termination Agreement among the Company and the holders of the Company Warrants, dated as of the date hereof, or amend, waive, modify or consent to the termination of the Company’s rights thereunder; or

 

(xxiii)       enter into any binding agreement or otherwise make a binding commitment to do any of the foregoing.

 

Nothing herein shall require the Company to obtain consent from SPAC to do any of the foregoing if obtaining such consent might reasonably be expected to violate applicable Law (including any COVID-19 Measures), and nothing contained in this Section 6.01 shall give to SPAC, directly or indirectly, the right to control the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing Date, each of SPAC and the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, complete control and supervision of its respective operations, as required by Law.

 

6.02         Conduct of Business by SPAC and Merger Sub Pending the Merger. Except as expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (including entering into various Subscription Agreements and consummating the Private Placements) and except as required by applicable Law, SPAC agrees that from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective Time, unless the Company shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), SPAC shall use reasonable best efforts to, and shall cause Merger Sub to use reasonable best efforts to, conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course of business. By way of amplification and not limitation, except as expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (including entering into various Subscription Agreements and consummating the Private Placements) and as required by applicable Law, neither SPAC nor Merger Sub shall, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time or the earlier termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, do any of the following without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

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(a)            amend or otherwise change the SPAC Organizational Documents, the Merger Sub Organizational Documents or form any subsidiary of SPAC other than Merger Sub;

 

(b)           declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock, other than redemptions from the Trust Fund that are required pursuant to the SPAC Organizational Documents;

 

(c)            reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares or SPAC Warrants except for redemptions from the Trust Fund and conversion of the SPAC Founder Shares that are required pursuant to the SPAC Organizational Documents;

 

(d)            issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of, any shares of any class of capital stock or other securities of SPAC or Merger Sub, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership interest (including any phantom interest), of SPAC or Merger Sub, except in connection with conversion of the SPAC Founder Shares pursuant to the SPAC Organizational Documents, except in connection with a loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of SPAC’s officers and directors to finance SPAC’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions;

 

(e)            (i) acquire (including by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets or any other business combination) any corporation, partnership, other business organization or otherwise acquire any securities or material assets from any third party, (ii) enter into any strategic joint ventures, partnerships or alliances with any other person or (iii) make any loan or advance or investment in any third party or initiate the start-up of any new business, non-wholly owned Subsidiary or joint venture;

 

(f)            incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another person or persons, issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of SPAC, as applicable, enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, in each case, except in the ordinary course of business or except a loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of SPAC’s officers and directors to finance SPAC’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions;

 

(g)            make any change in any method of financial accounting or financial accounting principles, policies, procedures or practices, except as required by a concurrent amendment in GAAP or applicable Law made subsequent to the date hereof, as agreed to by its independent accountants;

 

(h)            (A) amend any material Tax Return, (B) change any material method of Tax accounting, (C) make, change or rescind any material election relating to Taxes, or (D) settle or compromise any material U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. Tax audit, assessment, Tax claim or other controversy relating to Taxes, in each case that is reasonably likely to result in an increase to a Tax liability, which increase is material to SPAC and Merger Sub taken as a whole;

 

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(i)             liquidate, dissolve, reorganize or otherwise wind up the business and operations of SPAC or Merger Sub;

 

(j)            amend or modify the Trust Agreement or any other agreement related to the Trust Account;

 

(k)            (i) hire any employee or (ii) except as contemplated by the Incentive Plan Proposal, adopt or enter into any Employee Benefit Plan (including grant or establish any form of compensation or benefits to any current or former employee, officer, director or other individual service provider of SPAC (for the avoidance of doubt, other than consultants, advisors, including legal counsel, or institutional service providers engaged by SPAC)); or

 

(l)            enter into any formal or informal agreement or otherwise make a binding commitment to do any of the foregoing.

 

Nothing herein shall require SPAC to obtain consent from the Company to do any of the foregoing if obtaining such consent might reasonably be expected to violate applicable Law. Prior to the Closing Date, each of the Company and SPAC shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, complete control and supervision of its respective operations, as required by Law.

 

6.03         Claims Against Trust Account. The Company agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, the Company does not now have, and shall not at any time prior to the Effective Time have, any claim to, or make any claim against, the Trust Fund, regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, the business relationship between the Company on the one hand, and SPAC on the other hand, this Agreement, or any other agreement or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to in this Section 6.03 as the “Claims”). Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably waives any Claim it may have, now or in the future and will not seek recourse against the Trust Fund for any reason whatsoever in respect thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing waiver will not limit or prohibit the Company from pursuing a claim against SPAC, Merger Sub or any other person (a) for legal relief against monies or other assets of SPAC or Merger Sub held outside of the Trust Account or for specific performance or other equitable relief in connection with the Transactions (including a claim for SPAC to specifically perform its obligations under this Agreement and cause the disbursement of the balance of the cash remaining in the Trust Account (after giving effect to the Redemption Rights)) or (b) for damages for breach of this Agreement against SPAC (or any successor entity) or Merger Sub in the event this Agreement is terminated for any reason and SPAC consummates a business combination transaction with another party. In the event that the Company commences any action or proceeding against or involving the Trust Fund in violation of the foregoing, SPAC shall be entitled to recover from the Company the associated reasonable legal fees and costs in connection with any such action, in the event SPAC prevails in such action or proceeding.

 

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Article VII

 

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

7.01         No Solicitation.

 

(a)           From the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, the Company shall not, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries not to and shall direct its and their respective Representatives acting on its or their behalf not to, directly or indirectly, (i) enter into, solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate, knowingly encourage or continue any discussions or negotiations with, or knowingly encourage any inquiries or proposals by, or participate in any negotiations with, or provide any information to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, any person or other entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, concerning any (x) sale of 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (y) sale of 15% or more of the outstanding capital stock of the Company or one or more Company Subsidiaries holding assets constituting, individually or in the aggregate, 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (z) merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or one or more of the Company Subsidiaries holding assets constituting, individually or in the aggregate, 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, other than with SPAC and its Representatives (an “Alternative Transaction”), (ii) amend or grant any waiver or release under any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in connection with any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction, (iii) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, endorse or recommend, any Alternative Transaction, (iv) approve, endorse, recommend, execute or enter into any agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other written arrangement relating to any Alternative Transaction or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction, (v) commence, continue or renew any due diligence investigation regarding any Alternative Transaction, or (vi) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing or otherwise authorize or permit any of its Representatives acting on its behalf to take any such action. The Company shall, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to and shall direct its and their respective affiliates and Representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any Alternative Transaction. The Company also agrees that it will promptly request each special purpose acquisition corporation that has prior to the date hereof executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with its consideration of an Alternative Transaction to return or destroy all confidential information furnished to such person by or on behalf of the Company prior to the date hereof.

 

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(b)           From the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, the Company shall notify SPAC promptly after receipt by the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives of any inquiry or proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction, any inquiry that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction or any request for non-public information relating to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or for access to the business, properties, assets, personnel, books or records of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries by any third party, in each case that is related to or that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction. In such notice, the Company shall identify the third party making any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to an Alternative Transaction and provide the details of the material terms and conditions of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request. The Company shall keep SPAC informed, on a reasonably current and prompt basis, of the status and material terms of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to an Alternative Transaction, including the material terms and conditions thereof any material amendments or proposed amendments.

 

(c)            If the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective Representatives receives any inquiry or proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction at any time from the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, then the Company shall promptly notify such person in writing that the Company is subject to an exclusivity agreement with respect to the Alternative Transaction that prohibits them from considering such inquiry or proposal. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties agree that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 7.01 by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or its or their respective affiliates or Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 7.01 by the Company.

 

(d)            From the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, each of SPAC and Merger Sub shall not, and shall direct their respective Representatives acting on their behalf not to, directly or indirectly, (i) enter into, solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate, knowingly encourage or respond to or continue any discussions or negotiations with, or knowingly encourage any inquiries or proposals by, or participate in any negotiations with, or provide any information to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, any person or other entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, concerning any merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets or any other business combination involving SPAC and any other corporation, partnership or other business organization other than the Company and Company Subsidiaries (a “SPAC Alternative Transaction”), (ii) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, endorse or recommend, any SPAC Alternative Transaction, (iii) approve, endorse, recommend, execute or enter into any agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other written arrangement relating to any SPAC Alternative Transaction or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to a SPAC Alternative Transaction, (iv) commence, continue or renew any due diligence investigation regarding any SPAC Alternative Transaction, or (v) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing or otherwise authorize or permit any of its Representatives acting on its behalf to take any such action. Each of SPAC and Merger Sub shall, and shall direct their respective affiliates and Representatives acting on their behalf to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any SPAC Alternative Transaction; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 7.01 shall limit the rights of any affiliate of SPAC, including Sponsor, or any of its Representatives with respect to any transaction involving any person (other than SPAC) and any corporation, partnership or other business organization (other than the Company). The parties agree that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 7.01 by SPAC or Merger Sub or their respective affiliates or Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 7.01 by SPAC and Merger Sub.

 

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(e)            From the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, SPAC shall notify the Company promptly after receipt by SPAC or any of its Representatives of any inquiry or proposal with respect to a SPAC Alternative Transaction, any inquiry that would reasonably be expected to lead to a SPAC Alternative Transaction or any request for non-public information relating to SPAC or for access to the business, properties, assets, personnel, books or records of SPAC by any third party, in each case that is related to an inquiry or proposal with respect to a SPAC Alternative Transaction. In such notice, SPAC shall identify the third party making any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to a SPAC Alternative Transaction and provide the details of the material terms and conditions of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request. SPAC shall keep the Company informed, on a reasonably current and prompt basis, of the status and material terms of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to a SPAC Alternative Transaction, including the material terms and conditions thereof any material amendments or proposed amendments.

 

(f)            If SPAC or any of its Representatives receives any inquiry or proposal with respect to a SPAC Alternative Transaction at any time from the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, then SPAC shall promptly notify such person in writing that SPAC is subject to an exclusivity agreement with respect to the Alternative Transaction that prohibits them from considering such inquiry or proposal.

 

7.02         Registration Statement; Proxy Statement.

 

(a)            As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 7.02, (i) SPAC and the Company shall prepare, and SPAC shall file with the SEC, mutually acceptable materials which shall include a proxy statement / prospectus containing a proxy statement in preliminary form (as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”) to be filed with the SEC as part of the Registration Statement and sent to SPAC’s shareholders relating to the meeting of SPAC’s shareholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting”) to be held to consider (A) approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger and the other Transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the adoption of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association, in the form attached as Exhibit B to this Agreement (with such changes as may be agreed in writing by SPAC and the Company) effective as of the Effective Time and any separate or unbundled proposals as are required to implement the foregoing, (B) approval of the issuance of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements, (C) approval and adoption of the Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan Proposal”), (D) adoption and approval of any other proposals as the SEC (or staff member thereof) may indicate are necessary in its comments to the Registration Statement or correspondence related thereto, and (E) any other proposals the parties deem necessary to effectuate the Merger (clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) collectively, the “Required SPAC Proposals”), and (ii) the Company and SPAC shall jointly prepare and SPAC shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to be issued or issuable to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to this Agreement (other than any SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares that are not eligible to be registered in the Registration Statement). Each of the Company and SPAC shall furnish all information concerning such party as the other party may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Merger Materials. SPAC and the Company each shall use their reasonable best efforts to (w) cause the Registration Statement, when filed with the SEC, to comply in all material respects with all legal requirements applicable thereto, (x) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the SEC concerning the Merger Materials, (y) cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable and (z) keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. SPAC shall take all actions necessary to cause the Merger Materials to be mailed to its shareholders as of the applicable record date as promptly as practicable (and in any event within three (3) Business Days) following the date upon which the Registration Statement becomes effective. Each of the Company and SPAC shall otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other party in the preparation of the Merger Materials and the resolution of any comments received from the SEC. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company (i) agrees to promptly provide SPAC with all information concerning the business, management, operations and financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case, reasonably requested by SPAC for inclusion in the Merger Materials and (ii) shall cause the officers and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to be reasonably available to SPAC and its counsel in connection with the drafting of the Merger Materials and to respond in a timely manner to comments on the Merger Materials from the SEC. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Merger Materials” means the Registration Statement, including the prospectus forming a part thereof, the Proxy Statement, and any amendments thereto. In the event of any conflict or overlap between this Section 7.02(a) and the provisions of Section 7.14 relating to Tax, the provisions of Section 7.14 shall control.

 

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(b)            No filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Merger Materials will be made by the Company or SPAC without the approval of SPAC or the Company, respectively (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). SPAC will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, or of the suspension of the qualification of the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to be issued or issuable in the Merger to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to this Agreement. SPAC will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Merger Materials or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information and shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, supply the Company with copies of all written correspondence between it or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC, on the other hand, or, if not in writing, a description of such communication, with respect to the Merger Materials or the Merger. No response to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC relating to the Merger Materials will be made by the Company or SPAC without the prior consent of SPAC or the Company, respectively (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and without providing SPAC or the Company, as applicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon unless pursuant to a telephone call initiated by the SEC.

 

(c)            SPAC represents that the information supplied by SPAC for inclusion in the Merger Materials shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Merger Materials are mailed to its shareholders and (iii) the time of the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to SPAC or Merger Sub, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by SPAC which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Merger Materials, SPAC shall promptly inform the Company.

 

(d)            The Company represents that the information supplied by it for inclusion in the Merger Materials shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the time of the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or its officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Merger Materials, the Company shall promptly inform SPAC.

 

(e)            Prior to distributing materials to be provided to the stockholders of the Company in connection with soliciting consent from such persons to the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall provide a draft copy of such materials to SPAC and shall consider in good faith any comments or suggested changes that SPAC proposes with respect to such materials.

 

7.03         Company Stockholder Approval. The Company shall (i) obtain and deliver to SPAC, the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, (A) in the form of a written consent attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Written Consent”) executed by each of the Key Company Stockholders (pursuant to the Stockholder Support Agreement), as soon as reasonably practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act and delivered or otherwise made available to stockholders, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the Registration Statement is declared effective, and (B) in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and other organizational documents, and (ii) take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval and, if applicable, any additional consents or approvals of its stockholders related thereto. If the Company fails to deliver the Written Consent to SPAC within five (5) Business Days of the Registration Statement becoming effective (a “Written Consent Failure”), SPAC shall have the right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Section 9.01(e).

 

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7.04         SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting; Merger Sub Stockholder’s Approval.

 

(a)            SPAC shall call and hold the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting as promptly as practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective for the purpose of voting solely upon the Required SPAC Proposals, and SPAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to hold the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting as soon as practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective; provided, that SPAC may (or, upon the receipt of a request to do so from the Company, shall) postpone or adjourn the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting on one or more occasions for up to thirty (30) days in the aggregate (or, if earlier, until the Outside Date) upon the good faith determination by the SPAC Board that such postponement or adjournment is reasonably necessary to solicit additional proxies to obtain approval of the Required SPAC Proposals or otherwise take actions consistent with SPAC’s obligations pursuant to Section 7.09. SPAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the approval of the Required SPAC Proposals at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting, including by soliciting from its shareholders proxies as promptly as possible in favor of the Required SPAC Proposals, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the required vote or consent of its shareholders. The SPAC Board shall recommend to its shareholders that they approve the Required SPAC Proposals (the “SPAC Recommendation”) and shall include the SPAC Recommendation in the Proxy Statement. Neither the SPAC Board nor any committee thereof shall: (i) withdraw, modify, amend or qualify (or propose to withdraw, modify, amend or qualify publicly) the SPAC Recommendation, or fail to include the SPAC Recommendation in the Proxy Statement; or (ii) approve, recommend or declare advisable (or publicly propose to do so) any SPAC Alternative Transaction.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding (i) the making of any inquiry or proposal with respect to a SPAC Alternative Transaction or (ii) anything to the contrary contained herein, unless this Agreement has been earlier validly terminated in accordance with Section 9.01, (A) in no event shall SPAC or Merger Sub execute or enter into any agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other written arrangement relating to any SPAC Alternative Transaction or terminate this Agreement in connection therewith and (B) SPAC and Merger Sub shall otherwise remain subject to the terms of this Agreement, including SPAC’s obligation to use reasonable best efforts to obtain the approval of the Required SPAC Proposals at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 7.04(a).

 

(c)            Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, SPAC shall approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger and the other Transactions as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub.

 

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7.05         Access to Information; Confidentiality.

 

(a)            From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company and SPAC shall (and shall cause their respective subsidiaries to): (i) provide to the other party (and the other party’s officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, legal counsel, agents and other representatives, collectively, “Representatives”) reasonable access at reasonable times upon prior notice to the officers, employees, agents, properties, offices and other facilities of such party and its Subsidiaries and to the books and records thereof; and (ii) furnish promptly to the other party such information concerning the business, properties, contracts, assets, liabilities, personnel and other aspects of such party and its Subsidiaries as the other party or its Representatives may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor SPAC shall be required to provide access to or disclose information where the access or disclosure would eliminate the protection of attorney-client privilege or contravene applicable Law (it being agreed that the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause such information to be provided in a manner that would not result in such elimination or contravention), any such access shall be conducted in a manner not to materially interfere with the businesses or operations of the Company or SPAC, as applicable, and in compliance with all measures implemented by Governmental Authorities in response to COVID-19.

 

(b)           All information obtained by the parties pursuant to this Section 7.05 shall be kept confidential in accordance with the confidentiality agreement, dated August 23, 2021 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), between SPAC and the Company.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each party (and its respective Representatives) may consult any Tax advisor as is reasonably necessary regarding the Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Transactions and may disclose to such advisor as if reasonably necessary, the intended Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Transactions and all materials (including any Tax analysis) that are provided relating to such treatment or structure, in each case in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

7.06         Incentive Plan. Subject to approval of the shareholders of SPAC in the Proxy Statement and conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, prior to the Effective Time, SPAC shall approve and adopt the 2022 Incentive Award Plan in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Incentive Plan”), to be effective in connection with the Closing. As soon as practicable following the Closing Date, SPAC shall file an effective registration statement on Form S-8 (or other applicable form) with respect to the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares issuable under the Incentive Plan, and SPAC shall maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement (and maintain the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses contained therein) for so long as any Exchanged Options, Exchanged Restricted Stock, Earnout Shares, and any awards granted pursuant to the Incentive Plan remain outstanding.

 

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7.07         Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification.

 

(a)            The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Subsidiary Corporation shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, exculpation, advancement or expense reimbursement than are set forth in the charter or bylaws of the Company, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of the Company (the “D&O Indemnitees”), unless such modification shall be required by applicable Law. The parties hereto further agree that with respect to the provisions of the charter, bylaws or limited liability company agreements of the Company Subsidiaries relating to indemnification, exculpation, advancement or expense reimbursement, such provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of the D&O Indemnitees, unless such modification shall be required by applicable Law. For a period of six years from the Effective Time, SPAC shall indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that the Company would have been permitted under applicable Law, the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Company, the charter, bylaws or limited liability company agreements of the Company Subsidiary, or any indemnification agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement to indemnify or exculpate such person (including the advancing of expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law).

 

(b)           The Amended and Restated Articles of Association shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, exculpation, advancement or expense reimbursement than are set forth as of the date hereof in the charter or bylaws of SPAC and Merger Sub, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of SPAC (the “SPAC D&O Indemnitees”), unless such modification shall be required by applicable Law. The parties hereto further agree that with respect to the provisions of the charter or bylaws of SPAC as of the date hereof relating to indemnification, exculpation, advancement or expense reimbursement, such provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of the SPAC D&O Indemnitees, unless such modification shall be required by applicable Law. For a period of six years from the Effective Time, SPAC shall indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of SPAC against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that SPAC would have been permitted under applicable Law, the SPAC Articles of Association, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Merger Sub, or any indemnification agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement to indemnify or exculpate such person (including the advancing of expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law).

 

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(c)            For a period of six years from the Effective Time, SPAC shall maintain in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”) covering those persons who are currently covered by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (true, correct and complete copies of which have been heretofore made available to SPAC or its agents or Representatives) (the “Company D&O Insurance”) on terms not less favorable than the terms of such current insurance coverage, except that in no event shall SPAC be required to pay an annual premium for such insurance in excess of 300% of the aggregate annual premium payable by the Company for such insurance policy for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Maximum Annual Premium”). If the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed the Maximum Annual Premium, then SPAC will be obligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding the Maximum Annual Premium from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance carrier. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company may purchase a prepaid “tail” policy with respect to the Company D&O Insurance from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance carrier so long as the aggregate cost for such “tail” policy does not exceed the Maximum Annual Premium. If the Company elects to purchase such a “tail” policy prior to the Effective Time, SPAC will maintain such “tail” policy in full force and effect for a period of no less than six years after the Effective Time and continue to honor its obligations thereunder. If the Company is unable to obtain the “tail” policy and SPAC is unable to obtain the insurance described in this Section 7.07(c) for an amount less than or equal to the Maximum Annual Premium, SPAC will instead obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for an annual premium equal to the Maximum Annual Premium.

 

(d)            Prior to the Effective Time, SPAC may purchase a prepaid “tail” policy (a “SPAC Tail Policy”) with respect to the D&O Insurance covering those persons who are currently covered by SPAC’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies (the “SPAC D&O Insurance”). If SPAC elects to purchase such SPAC Tail Policy prior to the Effective Time, SPAC will maintain such SPAC Tail Policy in full force and effect for a period of no less than six years after the Effective Time and continue to honor SPAC’s obligations thereunder.

 

(e)            With respect to any claims that may be made under the Company D&O Insurance or the SPAC D&O Insurance or any applicable “tail” policies, (i) prior to the Effective Time, SPAC and the Company shall cooperate with the other party as reasonably requested by such other party, and (ii) after the Effective Time, SPAC shall cooperate with any person insured by such policies as reasonably requested by such person. For the avoidance of doubt, any D&O Insurance intended to cover claims arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring after the Effective Time shall be an expense of SPAC following the Closing.

 

(f)            The provisions of this Section 7.07 (i) are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnitee and each SPAC D&O Indemnitee, in each case, who is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section 7.07; and (ii) are in addition to any rights such D&O Indemnitees or SPAC D&O Indemnitees may have under the organizational documents of SPAC or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws and not intended to, nor shall be construed or shall release or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to SPAC, SPAC or their respective Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees (it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 7.07 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies).

 

(g)            Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 7.07 shall survive the consummation of the Merger indefinitely and shall be binding, jointly and severally, on SPAC and all successors and assigns of SPAC. In the event SPAC or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity in such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in either such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of SPAC shall assume, at and as of the closing of the applicable transaction referred to in this Section 7.07(g) all of the obligations set forth in this Section 7.07.

 

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(h)            On the Closing Date, SPAC shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to each of the Company and SPAC with the directors and officers of SPAC following the Closing, which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective following the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification agreements with the directors and officers of SPAC prior to the Closing in effect as of the date hereof and listed on Section 7.07(h) of the SPAC Disclosure Schedule shall continue to be effective following the Closing, and SPAC shall continue to honor its obligations thereunder.

 

7.08         Notification of Certain Matters. The Company shall give prompt notice to SPAC, and SPAC shall give prompt notice to the Company, of any event which a party becomes aware of between the date of this Agreement and the Closing (or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article 8.03(e)), the occurrence, or non-occurrence of which causes or would reasonably be expected to cause any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII to fail.

 

7.09         Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts; Subscription Agreements.

 

(a)            Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, appropriate action, and to do, or cause to be done, such things as are necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws or otherwise, and each shall cooperate with the other, to consummate and make effective the Transactions, including using its reasonable best efforts to obtain all permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of, and the expiration or termination of waiting periods by, Governmental Authorities and parties to contracts with the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as set forth in Section 4.05 necessary for the consummation of the Transactions and to fulfill the conditions to the Merger. In case, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, the proper officers and directors of each party shall use their reasonable best efforts to take all such action.

 

(b)            Each of the parties shall keep each other apprised of the status of matters relating to the Transactions, including promptly notifying the other parties of any communication it or any of its affiliates receives from any Governmental Authority relating to the matters that are the subject of this Agreement and permitting the other parties to review in advance, and to the extent practicable consult about, any proposed communication by such party to any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions. No party to this Agreement shall agree to participate in any meeting, or video or telephone conference, with any Governmental Authority in respect of any filings, investigation or other inquiry unless it consults with the other parties in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, gives the other parties the opportunity to attend and participate at such meeting or conference. Subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the parties will coordinate and cooperate fully with each other in exchanging such information and providing such assistance as the other parties may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing. Subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the parties will provide each other with copies of all material correspondence, filings or communications, including any documents, information and data contained therewith, between them or any of their Representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement and the Transactions. No party shall take or cause to be taken any action before any Governmental Authority that is inconsistent with or intended to delay its action on requests for a consent or the consummation of the Transactions.

 

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(c)            Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, SPAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to consummate the Private Placements in accordance with the Subscription Agreements (including any Additional Subscription Agreement), including using its reasonable best efforts to enforce its rights under the Subscription Agreements (including any Additional Subscription Agreement) to cause the PIPE Investors (including any Additional PIPE Investor) to pay to (or as directed by) SPAC the applicable purchase price under each PIPE Investor’s (including Additional PIPE Investor’s) applicable Subscription Agreement (including any Additional Subscription Agreement) in accordance with its terms, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with SPAC in such efforts. SPAC shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), permit or consent to any amendment, supplement or modification to or any waiver (in whole or in part) of any provision or remedy under, or any replacements of, any Subscription Agreement (including any Additional Subscription Agreement).

 

(d)            Each of SPAC and the Company shall reasonably cooperate and provide reasonable assistance and information (subject to the terms, conditions and limitations in Section 7.05 herein) as reasonably requested by the other party in connection with the entry into any Additional Subscription Agreements. None of SPAC, Merger Sub, Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries shall enter into any Additional Subscription Agreements without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

7.10         Public Announcements. The initial press release relating to this Agreement shall be a joint press release the text of which has been agreed to by each of SPAC and the Company. Thereafter, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date (or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article 8.03(e)) unless otherwise prohibited by applicable Law or the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, each of SPAC and the Company shall each use its reasonable best efforts to consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statements (including through social media platforms) with respect to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other Transactions, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement (including through social media platforms) without the prior written consent of the other party; provided that no party shall be required to obtain consent pursuant to this Section 7.10 to the extent any proposed release or statement is substantially equivalent to the information that has previously been made public without breach of the obligation under this Section 7.10. Furthermore, nothing contained in this Section 7.10 shall prevent SPAC or the Company and/or its respective affiliates from furnishing customary or other reasonable information concerning the Transactions to their investors and prospective investors that is substantively consistent with public statements previously consented to by the other party in accordance with this Section 7.10.

 

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7.11         Stock Exchange Listing. Each of SPAC and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to be issued in connection with the Transactions (including the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and the Earnout Shares) to be approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange at the Closing. During the period from the date hereof until the Effective Time, SPAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the SPAC Units, SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares and Public SPAC Warrants listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

7.12         Antitrust.

 

(a)            To the extent required under any Laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade (“Antitrust Laws”), each party hereto agrees to promptly make any required filing or application under Antitrust Laws, as applicable. The parties hereto agree to supply as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to Antitrust Laws and to take all other actions necessary, proper or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods or obtain required approvals, as applicable under Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable.

 

(b)            SPAC and the Company each shall, in connection with its efforts to obtain all requisite approvals and expiration or termination of waiting periods for the Transactions under any applicable Antitrust Law, if any, use its reasonable best efforts to: (i) cooperate in all respects with each other party or its affiliates in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private person; (ii) keep the other reasonably informed of any communication received by such party from, or given by such party to, any Governmental Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private person, in each case regarding any of the Transactions, and promptly furnish the other with copies of all such written communications (with the exception of the filings, if any, submitted under the HSR Act); (iii) permit the other to review in advance any written communication to be given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or video or telephonic conference with, any Governmental Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private person, with any other person, and to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority or other person, give the other the opportunity to attend and participate in such in person, video or telephonic meetings and conferences; (iv) in the event a party is prohibited from participating in or attending any in person, video or telephonic meetings or conferences, the other shall keep such party promptly and reasonably apprised with respect thereto; and (v) use reasonable best efforts to cooperate in the filing of any memoranda, white papers, filings, correspondence or other written communications explaining or defending the Transactions, articulating any regulatory or competitive argument, and/or responding to requests or objections made by any Governmental Authority; provided, that materials required to be provided pursuant to this Section 7.12(b) may be restricted to outside counsel and may be redacted (vi) to remove references concerning the valuation of the Company, and (vii) as necessary to comply with contractual arrangements.

 

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(c)            No party hereto shall take any action that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect or materially delay the approval of any Governmental Authority, or the expiration or termination of any waiting period under applicable Antitrust Laws, if any, including by agreeing to merge with or acquire any other person or acquire a substantial portion of the assets of or equity in any other person. The parties hereto further covenant and agree, with respect to a threatened or pending preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling or statute, rule, regulation or executive order that would adversely affect the ability of the parties to consummate the Transactions, to use reasonable best efforts to prevent or lift the entry, enactment or promulgation thereof, as the case may be.

 

7.13         Trust Account. As of the Effective Time, the obligations of SPAC to dissolve or liquidate within a specified time period as contained in the SPAC Articles of Association will be terminated and SPAC shall have no obligation whatsoever to dissolve and liquidate the assets of SPAC by reason of the consummation of the Merger or otherwise, and no shareholder of SPAC shall be entitled to receive any amount from the Trust Account. At least 72 hours prior to the Effective Time, SPAC shall provide notice to the Trustee in accordance with the Trust Agreement and shall deliver any other documents, opinions or notices required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement and cause the Trustee prior to the Effective Time to, and the Trustee shall thereupon be obligated to, transfer all funds held in the Trust Account to SPAC (to be held as available cash for immediate use on the balance sheet of SPAC, and to be used (a) to pay the Company’s and SPAC’s unpaid transaction expenses in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions and (b) thereafter, for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the business following the Closing) and thereafter shall cause the Trust Account and the Trust Agreement to terminate.

 

7.14         Tax Matters.

 

(a)            If the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that the Merger (and, if determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion, together with the Private Placements and/or any other Transaction) qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, then this Agreement is adopted as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3 with respect to the Merger (and, if applicable, the Private Placements and/or any other Transaction) and the Company, SPAC and Merger Sub will be parties to the Merger within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.

 

(b)            Each of SPAC, Merger Sub, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall report the Domestication in accordance with Section 2.05(a), unless otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prevent the parties from reasonably settling with any Governmental Authority, and the parties shall not be required to litigate before any court any proposed deficiency or adjustment by any Governmental Authority challenging such proposed deficiency or adjustment by any Governmental Authority. To the extent the Company reasonably determines that the Merger (and, if reasonably determined by the Company, together with the Private Placements and/or any other Transaction) qualifies as a transaction described in Section 351 of the Code and/or as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and notifies SPAC of such determination, each of SPAC, Merger Sub, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall report such Transactions in accordance with the Company’s determination for U.S. federal and applicable state and local Tax purposes, in each case unless otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prevent the parties from reasonably settling with any Governmental Authority, and the parties shall not be required to litigate before any court any proposed deficiency or adjustment by any Governmental Authority challenging such proposed deficiency or adjustment by any Governmental Authority. Each of the parties hereto agrees to promptly notify the other parties of any challenge to the qualification of any Transaction consistent with this Section 7.14(b) by any Governmental Authority.

 

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(c)            If, in connection with the Transactions, the SEC requests or requires that Tax opinions be prepared and submitted with respect to the Tax treatment of the Transactions, and if such a Tax opinion is being provided by Tax counsel, each of the Company and SPAC agree to deliver to such Tax counsel customary Tax representation letters satisfactory to such counsel, dated and executed as of such date(s) as determined reasonably necessary by such counsel in connection with the preparation of such Tax opinions, provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if and to the extent a Tax opinion with respect to the treatment of the SPAC or the SPAC shareholders is being requested or required by the SEC, Tax counsel to SPAC (or its Tax advisors) shall (upon receipt of customary Tax representation letters reasonably satisfactory to such counsel) provide such Tax opinion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither this provision nor any other provision in this Agreement shall require (i) Tax counsel to the Company (or its Tax advisors) to provide any opinion regarding the treatment of the Domestication or any redemption by the holders of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares of the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares in connection with the Transactions for U.S. federal income tax purposes or the tax consequences of the Transactions to SPAC or the SPAC shareholders (including SPAC shareholders as a result of the Private Placements) or (ii) Tax counsel to the SPAC (or its Tax advisors) or Tax counsel to the Company (or its Tax advisors) to provide any opinion regarding the tax consequences of the Transactions to the Company or the holders of Company stock.

 

(d)            Each party shall pay its own transfer, documentary, sales, use, real property transfer, stamp, registration and other similar Taxes, fees and costs incurred in connection with this Agreement.

 

(e)            At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered to SPAC, in a form reasonably acceptable to SPAC, a properly executed certification that shares of Company Common Stock are not “United States real property interests” in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3), together with a notice to the IRS (which shall be filed by SPAC with the IRS at or following the Closing) in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.897-2(h)(2) of the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, SPAC’s only recourse for the Company’s failure to deliver such a form shall be to make any withholding pursuant to Section 3.02(g) that is required as a result of such failure.

 

(f)            Each of the parties shall, and shall cause their respective affiliates to, cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by another party, in connection with the filing of relevant Tax Returns and any audit or Tax proceeding or to determine the Tax treatment of any aspect of the Transactions. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other party’s request) the provision (with the right to make copies) of records and information reasonably relevant to any Tax proceeding or audit, making employees reasonably available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder (to the extent such information or explanation is not publicly or otherwise reasonably available).

 

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7.15         Directors. The Company and SPAC shall take all necessary action so that immediately after the Effective Time, the board of directors of SPAC is comprised of up to seven directors, which shall initially include (a) the SPAC director nominee set forth on Schedule C, who shall be an Independent Director, and (b) director nominees (including the chairperson of the board of directors of SPAC) to be designated by the Company pursuant to written notice to SPAC following the date of this Agreement, at least three of which shall be Independent Directors.

 

7.16         SPAC Public Filings. From the date hereof through the Closing, SPAC will keep current and timely file all reports required to be filed or furnished with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with its reporting obligations under applicable Laws.

 

7.17         Audited Financial Statements. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to deliver true and complete copies of (a) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for the year then ended, each audited in accordance with the auditing standards of the PCAOB (collectively, the “Audited Financial Statements”) not later than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of this Agreement (such date, as it may be extended, the “Financial Statement Delivery Date”) and (b) any other financial statements of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries required to be delivered by applicable Law in connection with the Registration Statement, as promptly as practicable; provided, that if the Company has not delivered the Audited Financial Statements by the Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Financial Statement Delivery Date shall be extended by fifteen (15) calendar days if the Company continues to use its reasonable best efforts to deliver the Audited Financial Statements as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

7.18         Litigation.

 

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

 

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(b)            With respect to any Action brought after the date of this Agreement that would have been required to be disclosed on Section 4.11(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule had such Action been brought prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company shall, (x) promptly notify SPAC of any such Action and (y) keep SPAC reasonably informed with respect to the status of any such Action and provide SPAC with all material correspondence, pleadings and updates regarding such Action. The Company shall consult with SPAC regarding the defense of any such Action (including regarding the choice of any counsel to defend such Action to the extent counsel has not already been engaged with respect to such Action prior to the date of this Agreement), shall give due consideration to SPAC’s advice with respect to such litigation and shall not settle or agree to settle any such Action without the prior written consent of SPAC, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

7.19         Termination of Affiliate Agreements. Except for employment relationships, the payment of compensation, benefits and expense reimbursements and advances in the ordinary course of business, customary indemnity arrangements with officers and directors, and those contracts set forth on Section 7.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall terminate or cause to be terminated, effective as of the Effective Time, any agreement between the Company and any Company Subsidiary on the one hand, and any affiliate, stockholder, officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary on the other hand (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Side Letter Agreements, the Company Voting Agreement, the Investors’ Rights Agreement and the Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement), in each case, without any further liability or obligation to the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or SPAC.

 

Article VIII

 

CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER

 

8.01         Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party for the Closing. The obligations of the Company, SPAC and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

 

(a)            Written Consent. The Written Consent, constituting the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, shall have been delivered to SPAC.

 

(b)            SPAC Shareholders’ Approval. The Required SPAC Proposals shall have been approved and adopted by the requisite affirmative vote of the shareholders of SPAC in accordance with the Proxy Statement, the Companies Act, the SPAC Articles of Association and the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(c)            No Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, enforced or entered any Law or Governmental Order which is then in effect and has the effect of making the Transactions, including the Merger, illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger.

 

(d)            Antitrust Filings. All required filings, if any, under the HSR Act and the non-U.S. Antitrust Laws set forth on Section 8.01(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall have been completed and any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Transactions under the HSR Act and the non-U.S. Antitrust Laws set forth on Section 8.01(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (and any extension thereof, or any timing agreements, understandings or commitments obtained by request or other action of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission or other non-U.S. Governmental Authority with respect to the non-U.S. Antitrust Laws set forth on Section 8.01(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as applicable) shall have expired or been terminated.

 

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(e)            Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for purposes of suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been initiated or be threatened by the SEC.

 

(f)            Stock Exchange Listing. The SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement (including the Earnout Shares) and the Subscription Agreements shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, or another national securities exchange mutually agreed to by the parties, as of the Closing Date, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof.

 

(g)            SPAC Net Tangible Assets. Either SPAC shall have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following the exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the SPAC Organizational Documents and after giving effect to the Private Placements or SPAC’s Class A Ordinary Shares shall not constitute “penny stock” as such term is defined in Rule 3a51-1 of the Exchange Act.

 

8.02         Conditions to the Obligations of SPAC and Merger Sub. The obligations of SPAC and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

 

(a)            Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in (i) Section 4.01, Section 4.03 (other than clauses (a), (b), (c) and (g) thereof, which are subject to clause (iii) below), Section 4.04 and Section 4.23 shall each be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such specified date), (ii) Section 4.08(c) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time, (iii) Section 4.03(a), Section 4.03(b), Section 4.03(c) and Section 4.03(g) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent of any changes that reflect actions permitted in accordance with Section 6.01 and except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such specified date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in more than an immaterial additional cost, expense or liability to the Company, SPAC, Merger Sub or their affiliates and (iv) the other provisions of Article IV shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any “materiality,” “Company Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualifiers contained in any such representations and warranties) as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the failures of any such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)            Agreements and Covenants. The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time; provided, that for purposes of this Section 8.02(b), a covenant or agreement of the Company shall only be deemed to have not been performed if the Company has materially breached such covenant or agreement and failed to cure within five (5) days after written notice of such breach has been delivered to SPAC (or if earlier, the Outside Date).

 

(c)            Officer Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to SPAC a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by an officer of the Company, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 8.02(a) and Section 8.02(b).

 

(d)            Key Employees. The individuals set forth on Schedule 8.02(d) shall not have been terminated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than for cause, prior to the Closing.

 

8.03         Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

 

(a)            Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of SPAC and Merger Sub contained in (i) Section 5.01, Section 5.03(b), Section 5.03(c), Section 5.04 and Section 5.12 shall each be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such specified date), (ii) Section 5.08(f)(iii) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time, (iii) Section 5.03(a) and Section 5.03(d) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent of any changes that reflect actions permitted in accordance with Section 6.02 and except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such specified date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in more than an immaterial additional cost, expense or liability to the Company, SPAC, Merger Sub or their affiliates and (iv) the other provisions of Article V shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any “materiality,” “SPAC Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualifiers contained in any such representations and warranties) as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the failures of any such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)            Agreements and Covenants. SPAC and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all other agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time; provided, that for purposes of this Section 8.03(b), a covenant or agreement of SPAC or Merger Sub shall only be deemed to have not been performed if SPAC or Merger Sub, as applicable, has materially breached such covenant or agreement and failed to cure within five (5) days after written notice of such breach has been delivered to SPAC (or if earlier, the Outside Date).

 

(c)            Officer Certificate. SPAC shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of SPAC, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 8.03(a) and Section 8.03(b).

 

(d)            Trust Fund. SPAC shall have made all necessary and appropriate arrangements with the Trustee to have all of the Trust Funds disbursed to SPAC prior to the Effective Time, and all such funds released from the Trust Account shall be available to SPAC in respect of all or a portion of the payment obligations set forth in Section 7.13 and the payment of SPAC’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions.

 

(e)            Redemption. SPAC shall have provided the holders of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares with the opportunity to redeem their SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares in connection with the Transactions.

 

(f)            Minimum Cash. As of the Closing, after consummation of the Private Placements and after distribution of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 7.13 and deducting all amounts to be paid pursuant to the exercise of Redemption Rights, SPAC shall have cash on hand equal to or in excess of $50,000,000 (without, for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account any transaction fees, costs and expenses paid or required to be paid in connection with the Transactions and the Private Placements, but including, for the avoidance of doubt, any portion of the Private Placements funded directly to the Company at or prior to the Closing).

 

Article IX

 

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

 

9.01         Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and the other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding any requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Transactions by the stockholders of the Company or SPAC, as follows:

 

(a)            by mutual written consent of SPAC and the Company;

 

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(b)            by either SPAC or the Company if the Effective Time shall not have occurred prior to the date that is nine months after the date hereof (the “Outside Date”); provided, however, that this Agreement may not be terminated under this Section 9.01(b) by or on behalf of any party that either directly or indirectly through its affiliates is in breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation contained herein and such breach or violation is the principal cause of the failure of a condition set forth in Article VIII on or prior to the Outside Date;

 

(c)            by either SPAC or the Company if any Governmental Order has become final and nonappealable and has the effect of making consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger;

 

(d)            by either SPAC or the Company if any of the Required SPAC Proposals shall fail to receive the requisite vote for approval at the SPAC Shareholders’ Meeting (subject to any adjournment, postponement or recess of such meeting);

 

(e)            by SPAC, in the event of a Written Consent Failure; provided, that SPAC may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(e) for so long as the Company continues to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such Written Consent Failure, unless such Written Consent Failure is not cured within five (5) Business Days after notice of such Written Consent Failure is provided by SPAC to the Company;

 

(f)            by SPAC upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.02(a) and 8.02(b) would not be satisfied (“Terminating Company Breach”); provided, that SPAC has not waived such Terminating Company Breach and SPAC and Merger Sub are not then in material breach of their representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in this Agreement; provided, further, that, if such Terminating Company Breach is curable by the Company, SPAC may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(f) for so long as the Company continues to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after notice of such breach is provided by SPAC to the Company;

 

(g)            by the Company upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of SPAC or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of SPAC or Merger Sub shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.03(a) and 8.03(b) would not be satisfied (“Terminating SPAC Breach”); provided, that the Company has not waived such Terminating SPAC Breach and the Company is not then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in this Agreement; provided, further, that, if such Terminating SPAC Breach is curable by SPAC and Merger Sub, the Company may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(g) for so long as SPAC and Merger Sub continue to exercise their reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after notice of such breach is provided by the Company to SPAC; or

 

(h)            by SPAC if the Company shall have failed to deliver the Audited Financial Statements to SPAC by the then applicable Financial Statement Delivery Date.

 

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9.02         Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no liability under this Agreement on the part of any party hereto, except as set forth in Section 7.05(b) (Continued Effect of Confidentiality Agreement), this Section 9.02 (Effect of Termination) and Article X (General Provisions) and any corresponding definitions set forth in Article I, or in the case of termination subsequent to fraud or a willful material breach of this Agreement by a party hereto occurring prior to such termination.

 

9.03         Expenses. Except as set forth in this Section 9.03 or elsewhere in this Agreement, all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Merger or any other Transaction is consummated; provided that SPAC and the Company shall each pay one half of the filing fee for the Notification and Report Forms filed under the HSR Act, if any.

 

9.04        Amendment. This Agreement may be amended in writing by the parties hereto at any time prior to the Effective Time. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

9.05         Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, (a) SPAC may (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of the Company, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in any document delivered by the Company pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any agreement of the Company or any condition to its own obligations contained herein and (b) the Company may (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of SPAC or Merger Sub, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of SPAC or Merger Sub contained herein or in any document delivered by SPAC and/or Merger Sub pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any agreement of SPAC or Merger Sub or any condition to its own obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.

 

Article X

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

10.01       Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by email or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 10.01):

 

if to SPAC or Merger Sub:

 

Galata Acquisition Corp.
2001 S Street NW, Suite 320 

Washington, DC 20009 

Attention: Kemal Kaya, Chief Executive Officer 

Email: kemal@galatacorp.net

 

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with a copy to:

 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 

787 Seventh Avenue 

New York, NY 10019 

Attention: William H. Gump; Michael E. Brandt; Danielle Scalzo 

Email: wgump@willkie.com; mbrandt@willkie.com; dscalzo@willkie.com

 

if to the Company prior to the Effective Time, or to SPAC after the Effective Time, to:

 

Marti Technologies, Inc.
Beyaz Gelincik Sk. No:2,
34699 Üsküdar/Istanbul, Turkey
Attention: Alper Öktern, CEO; Cankut Durgun, President
Email: Alper@marti.tech; Cankut@marti.tech

 

with copies to:

 

Latham & Watkins LLP
811 Main Street, Suite 3700
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Ryan Maierson; Daniel Breslin 

Email: ryan.maierson@lw.com; daniel.breslin@lw.com

 

10.02       Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. None of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements in this Agreement or in any certificate, statement or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and other provisions, shall survive the Closing and all such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Closing (and there shall be no liability after the Closing in respect thereof), except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms expressly apply in whole or in part after the Closing and then only with respect to any breaches occurring after the Closing and (b) this Article X and any corresponding definitions set forth in Article I.

 

10.03       Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the Transactions be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

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10.04       Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede, except as set forth in Section 7.05(b), all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof, except for the Confidentiality Agreement. This Agreement shall not be assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of Law or otherwise) by any party without the prior express written consent of the other parties hereto.

 

10.05       Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement, other than Section 7.07, Section 10.11 and Section 3.03(c) (each of which is intended to be for the benefit of the persons covered thereby and may be enforced by such persons).

 

10.06       Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that state. All legal actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any Delaware Chancery Court; provided, that if jurisdiction is not then available in the Delaware Chancery Court, then any such legal Action may be brought in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any other Delaware state court. The parties hereto hereby (a) irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for themselves and with respect to their respective properties for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and (b) agree not to commence any Action relating thereto except in the courts described above in Delaware, other than Actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Delaware as described herein. Each of the parties further agrees that notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient service of process and the parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions, (c) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Delaware as described herein for any reason, (d) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (e) that (i) the Action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such Action is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

 

10.07       Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions. Each of the parties hereto (a) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the Transactions, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 10.07.

 

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10.08       Headings. The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

10.09       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or portable document format (pdf) transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

10.10       Specific Performance.

 

(a)            The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and, accordingly, that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof (including the parties’ obligation to consummate the Merger) in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, County of Newcastle, or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, any court of the United States located in the State of Delaware without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Each of the parties hereby further waives (i) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at Law would be adequate and (ii) any requirement under any Law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if prior to the Outside Date any party initiates an Action to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, then the Outside Date will be automatically extended by: (A) the amount of time during which such Action is pending plus 20 Business Days; or (B) such other time period established by the court presiding over such Action.

 

10.11       No Recourse. All claims, obligations, liabilities, or causes of action (whether in contract or in tort, in Law or in equity or otherwise, or granted by statute or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company veil or any other theory or doctrine, including alter ego or otherwise) that may be based upon, in respect of, arise under, out or by reason of, be connected with, or relate in any manner to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or the negotiation, execution, or performance or non-performance of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (including any representation or warranty made in, in connection with, or as an inducement to, this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents), may be made only against (and such representations and warranties are those solely of) the persons that are expressly identified as parties to this Agreement or the applicable Transaction Document (the “Contracting Parties”) except as set forth in this Section 10.11. In no event shall any Contracting Party have any shared or vicarious liability for the actions or omissions of any other person. No person who is not a Contracting Party, including any current, former or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, manager, stockholder, affiliate, agent, financing source, attorney or Representative or assignee of any Contracting Party, or any current, former or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, manager, stockholder, affiliate, agent, financing source, attorney or Representative or assignee of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Nonparty Affiliates”), shall have any liability (whether in contract or in tort, in Law or in equity or otherwise, or granted by statute or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company veil or any other theory or doctrine, including alter ego or otherwise) for any obligations or liabilities arising under, out of, in connection with, or related in any manner to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or their negotiation, execution, performance, or breach, except with respect to willful misconduct or common law fraud against the person who committed such willful misconduct or common law fraud, and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law; and each party hereto waives and releases all such liabilities, claims, causes of action and obligations against any such Nonparty Affiliates. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Nonparty Affiliates are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 10.11. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, none of the Contracting Parties or any Nonparty Affiliate shall be responsible or liable for any multiple, consequential, indirect, special, statutory, exemplary or punitive damages which may be alleged as a result of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other agreement referenced herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, or the termination or abandonment of any of the foregoing.

 

[Signature Page Follows.]

 

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

 

  GALATA ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  By: /s/ Kemal Kaya
  Name: Kemal Kaya
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
  GALATA MERGER SUB INC.
   
  By: /s/ Daniel Freifeld
  Name: Daniel Freifeld
  Title: President
   
  MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
   
  By: /s/ Alper Oktem
  Name: Alper Oktem
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Investor Rights Agreement

 

96

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Association

 

97

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Written Consent

 

98

 

EXHIBIT D

 

Incentive Plan

 

99

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Company Knowledge Parties

 

Cankut Durgun

 

Oguz Alper Oktem

 

Irem Bilgic Oktem

 

Eyal Enriquez

 

Erdem Selim

 

Ufuk Levan Yakut

 

Sena Oktem

 

Irem Aydin

 

100

 

SCHEDULE B

 

Key Company Stockholders

 

Sumed Equity Ltd.

 

Esra Unlauaslan Durgun

 

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

 

Perpetual Motion S.à r.l.

 

Autotech Fund II, L.P.

 

Oguz Alper Oktem

 

Sena Oktem

 

Umur Gencoglu

 

CE Ventures Limited

 

Aslanoba Gida Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S

 

101

 

SCHEDULE C

 

Director Nominees

 

Daniel Freifeld

 

102

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.]

 

and

 

[TRUSTEE]

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

INDENTURE*

 

Dated as of [closing date]

 

 

 

12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year]

 

 

 

 

* NTD: Subject to review by Trustee.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

Article 1.        Definitions; Rules of Construction 5
     
Section 1.01. Definitions 5
Section 1.02. Other Definitions 25
Section 1.03. Rules of Construction 26
     
Article 2.        The Notes 26
     
Section 2.01. Form, Dating and Denominations 26
Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery 27
Section 2.03. Initial Notes and Additional Notes 28
Section 2.04. Method of Payment 28
Section 2.05. Accrual of Interest; Defaulted Amounts; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day 29
Section 2.06. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent 30
Section 2.07. Paying Agent and Conversion Agent to Hold Property in Trust 31
Section 2.08. Holder Lists 32
Section 2.09. Legends 32
Section 2.10. Transfers and Exchanges; Certain Transfer Restrictions 33
Section 2.11. Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Converted or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption 39
Section 2.12. [Reserved.] 39
Section 2.13. Replacement Notes 40
Section 2.14. Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Notes 40
Section 2.15. Cancellation 40
Section 2.16. Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates 40
Section 2.17. Temporary Notes 41
Section 2.18. Outstanding Notes 41
Section 2.19. Repurchases by the Company 42
Section 2.20. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers 42
     
Article 3.        Covenants 42
     
Section 3.01. Payment on Notes 42
Section 3.02. Exchange Act Reports 43
Section 3.03. Rule 144A Information 43
Section 3.04. Additional Interest 43
Section 3.05. Compliance and Default Certificates 44
Section 3.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws 44
Section 3.07. Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates 45
Section 3.08. Existence 45
Section 3.09. Incurrence of Senior Indebtedness 45

 

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Section 3.10. Limitation on Liens 45
Section 3.11. Collateral and Security 45
Section 3.12. [Reserved] 48
Section 3.13. Limitation on Restricted Payments 48
Section 3.14. Asset Sales 49
     
Article 4.        Repurchase and Redemption 50
     
Section 4.01. No Sinking Fund 50
Section 4.02. Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change 50
Section 4.03. Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes 55
     
Article 5.        Conversion 57
     
Section 5.01. Right to Convert 57
Section 5.02. Conversion Procedures 58
Section 5.03. Settlement Upon Conversion 59
Section 5.04. Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion 60
Section 5.05. Adjustments to the Conversion Rate 61
Section 5.06. Voluntary Adjustments 71
Section 5.07. Adjustments to the Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change 71
Section 5.08. Exchange in Lieu of Conversion 73
Section 5.09. Effect of Common Stock Change Event 73
     
Article 6.        Successors 75
     
Section 6.01. When the Company May Merge, Etc. 75
Section 6.02. Successor Corporation Substituted 76
Section 6.03. Exclusion for Certain Asset Transfers 76
     
Article 7.        Defaults and Remedies 76
     
Section 7.01. Events of Default 76
Section 7.02. Acceleration 78
Section 7.03. Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report 79
Section 7.04. Other Remedies 80
Section 7.05. Waiver of Past Defaults 80
Section 7.06. Control by Majority 80
Section 7.07. Limitation on Suits 80
Section 7.08. Absolute Right of Holders to Institute Suit for the Enforcement of the Right to Receive Payment and Conversion Consideration 81
Section 7.09. Collection Suit by Trustee 81
Section 7.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 82
Section 7.11. Priorities 82
Section 7.12. Undertaking for Costs 82

 

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Article 8.        Amendments, Supplements and Waivers 83
     
Section 8.01. Without the Consent of Holders 83
Section 8.02. With the Consent of Holders 84
Section 8.03. Notice of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers 85
Section 8.04. Revocation, Effect and Solicitation of Consents; Special Record Dates; Etc. 85
Section 8.05. Notations and Exchanges 86
Section 8.06. Trustee to Execute Supplemental Indentures 86
Section 8.07. Determinations by Affiliates of the Company 86
   
Article 9.        Satisfaction and Discharge 86
     
Section 9.01. Termination of Company’s Obligations 86
Section 9.02. Repayment to Company 87
Section 9.03. Reinstatement 87
     
Article 10.        Trustee 88
     
Section 10.01. Duties of the Trustee 88
Section 10.02. Rights of the Trustee 89
Section 10.03. Individual Rights of the Trustee 90
Section 10.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer 90
Section 10.05. Notice of Defaults 90
Section 10.06. Compensation and Indemnity 90
Section 10.07. Replacement of the Trustee 91
Section 10.08. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. 92
Section 10.09. Eligibility; Disqualification 92
     
Article 11.        Miscellaneous 93
     
Section 11.01. Notices. 93
Section 11.02. Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent 94
Section 11.03. Statements Required in Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel 94
Section 11.04. Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent 95
Section 11.05. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders 95
Section 11.06. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial 95
Section 11.07. Submission to Jurisdiction 95
Section 11.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements 96
Section 11.09. Successors 96
Section 11.10. Force Majeure 96
Section 11.11. U.S.A. PATRIOT Act 96
Section 11.12. Calculations 96

 

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Section 11.13. Severability 96
Section 11.14. Counterparts 97
Section 11.15. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. 97
Section 11.16. Withholding Taxes 97

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit A: Form of Note A-2
Exhibit B-1: Form of Restricted Note Legend B1-1
Exhibit B-2: Form of Global Note Legend B2-1
Exhibit C: Form of Transfer Certificate from Transferor C-1
Exhibit D: Form of Transfer Certificate from Transferee D-1
Exhibit E: Form of Issue Date Security Agreement E-1
Exhibit F: Form of Springing Lien Security Agreement F-1
Exhibit G: Form of Issue Date Guarantee G-1

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of [closing date], between [Marti Technologies Inc.], a Cayman Islands exempted company, as issuer (the “Company”), and [Trustee], as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

Each party to this Indenture (as defined below) agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year].

 

Article 1.         Definitions; Rules of Construction

 

Section 1.01.       Definitions.

 

Additional Interest” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section 3.04.

 

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144 as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

Authorized Denomination” means, with respect to a Note, a principal amount thereof equal to a minimum of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. law for the relief of debtors, as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

 

Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, participations in, or other equivalents of, in each case however designated, the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for such equity, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with such equity.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligation” means any obligation under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which, under GAAP, is or will be required to be capitalized on the books of the lessee, and, for purposes of this Indenture, the amount of any such obligation at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Equivalents” means: (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case, maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof; (b) commercial paper maturing not more than 270 days after the date of issue rated P 1 by Moody’s or A 1 by Standard & Poor’s; (c) certificates of deposit, maturing not more than 270 days after the date of issue, issued by commercial banking institutions and money market or demand deposit accounts maintained at commercial banking institutions, each of which is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (d) repurchase agreements having maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of acquisition which are entered into with major money center banks included in the commercial banking institutions described in clause (c) above and which are secured by readily marketable direct obligations of the United States Government or any agency thereof; (e) money market accounts maintained with mutual funds having assets in excess of $2,500,000,000, which assets are primarily comprised of Cash Equivalents described in another clause of this definition; (f) marketable tax exempt securities rated A or higher by Moody’s or A+ or higher by Standard & Poor’s, in each case, maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof; and (g) in the case of any Subsidiary organized under Turkish law, instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above denominated in Turkish lira and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in Turkey to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by such Subsidiary in Turkey.

 

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Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

 

Collateral” means the Issue Date Collateral, the Turkish Post-Closing Collateral and, to the extent applicable, the Springing Lien Collateral, in each case other than Excluded Assets.

 

Collateral Agreements” means the Security Agreements and the other security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, deposit account control agreements, securities account control agreements, deeds of trust and similar and related agreements, including, without limitation, the Turkish Security Instruments, creating the security interest in the applicable Collateral, in each case, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, modified or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms.

 

Committed Equity Facility” means an equity facility pursuant to which a financial institution with an Investment Grade Rating commits, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to purchase Common Stock of the Company at the Company’s request from time to time after the closing of the business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July [29], 2022, between Marti Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Galata Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company.

 

Common Equity” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (i) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (ii) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.

 

Common Stock” means the Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company, subject to Section 5.09.

 

Company” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture and, subject to Article 6, its successors and assigns.

 

Company Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Consolidated Total Assets” means the total assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company.

 

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Conversion Date” means, with respect to a Note, the first Business Day on which the requirements set forth in Section 5.02(A) to convert such Note are satisfied.

 

Conversion Premium Threshold” means, initially, one hundred and seventy percent (170%) of the Conversion Price; provided that the Conversion Premium Threshold will decrease by five (5) percentage points per each six (6)-month period following the Issue Date.

 

Conversion Price” means, as of any time, an amount per share of Common Stock equal to (A) one thousand dollars ($1,000) divided by (B) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time.

 

Conversion Rate” initially means 86.9565 (the “Initial Conversion Rate”) shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided, however, that the Conversion Rate is subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 5; provided, further, that whenever this Indenture refers to the Conversion Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date, such reference will be deemed to be to the Conversion Rate immediately after the Close of Business on such date.

 

Conversion Share” means any share of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any Note.

 

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.

 

Daily VWAP” means, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “[ticker symbol] <EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or, if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average price method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.

 

Default” means any event that is (or, after notice, passage of time or both, would be) an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate” means, at any time, the rate borne by the Notes at such time plus 2.00% per annum.

 

Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor.

 

Depositary Participant” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.

 

Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any conversion, transfer, exchange or other transaction involving a Global Note or any beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary applicable to such conversion, transfer, exchange or transaction.

 

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Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with an asset sale permitted by Section 3.14 that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration in an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration to cash or Cash Equivalents).

 

Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a plan of division, an issuance of Capital Stock, or otherwise) of any property by any Person (including any sale and leaseback transaction), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

 

Effective date”, in relation to a stock split or stock combination, means the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the relevant stock exchange, regular way, reflecting the relevant stock split or stock combination, as applicable.

 

Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution on the Common Stock, the first date on which shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due bills or similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of the Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this purpose.

 

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

 

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Excluded Assets” means (a) any “intent to use” trademark applications prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto and acceptance thereof by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, to the extent that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such “intent to use” trademark applications or any registration that may issue therefrom under applicable federal law, (b) any document, contract, license, franchise, agreement, instrument or chattel paper to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder (including, without limitation, rights of an obligor in any asset leased, licensed or otherwise acquired thereunder), if and for so long as the grant of such security interest or the assignment thereof shall either (1) constitute or result in a breach or right of termination in favor of any party pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, or is otherwise prohibited by the terms of any such document, contract, license, franchise, agreement, instrument or chattel paper due to an enforceable provision containing a restriction on assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or the grant of a security interest thereunder or any other applicable law (including Bankruptcy Law or principles of equity) or (2) require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization, in each case other than to the extent (x) such restriction is incurred in contemplation of this Indenture or (y) such prohibition or limitation on possessing a security interest therein is rendered ineffective under the UCC or other applicable requirements of law notwithstanding such prohibition or limitation; provided that the foregoing exclusion shall not apply if such prohibition has been waived by the other party to such document, contract, license, franchise, agreement, instrument or chattel paper or the other party to such document, contract, license, franchise, agreement, instrument or chattel paper has otherwise consented to the creation hereunder of a security interest in such document, contract, license, franchise, agreement, instrument or chattel paper; provided, further, that immediately upon the ineffectiveness or lapse or termination of any such provision, the Collateral shall include, and the Company shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all its rights, title and interests in and to such document, contract, license, franchise, agreement, instrument or chattel paper as if such provision had never been in effect; and provided, further, that the foregoing exclusion shall in no way be construed so as to limit, impair or otherwise affect Trustee’s unconditional continuing security interest in and to all rights, title and interests of the Company in or to any accounts, payment obligations or other rights to receive monies due or to become due under any such document, contract, license, franchise, agreement, instrument or chattel paper and in any such monies and other proceeds of such document, contract, license, franchise, agreement, instrument or chattel paper; (c) equipment and other assets that are subject to a Lien securing a Capitalized Lease Obligation, Purchase Money Obligation or Qualified Asset Financing Facilities but only if the underlying contract or other agreement prohibits or restricts the creation of any other Lien on such equipment or other assets (including any requirement to obtain the consent of a third party) (unless such consent has been obtained) or the granting of a Lien on such assets to secure the Notes would trigger the termination (or a right of termination) of any such Capitalized Lease Obligation, Purchase Money Obligation or Qualified Asset Financing Facilities, except to the extent such prohibition or restriction is ineffective under applicable law or was entered into in contemplation of this Indenture; (d) any fee owned real property and any leasehold rights and interest in real property; (e) commercial tort claims where the amount of damages claimed is less than $5,000,000, except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement (or equivalent filing in any jurisdiction); (f) any property or assets to the extent the creation or perfection of pledges thereof, or security interests therein, could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences or material adverse regulatory consequences to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Company with the consent of the Lead Investor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); (g) any other property of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Turkish Post-Closing Collateral) located in Turkey to the extent agreed in writing (including by email), on or prior to the date that is 120 days after the Issue Date (or such later date as the Lead Investor may agree in its sole discretion), by the Lead Investor and the Company acting reasonably and in good faith and (h) any property or assets securing the PFG Debt as of the date hereof; provided, however, that Excluded Assets shall not include any proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (h) (unless such proceeds, substitutions or replacements would independently constitute Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (h)).

 

Exempted Fundamental Change” means any Fundamental Change with respect to which, in accordance with Section 4.02(I), the Company does not offer to repurchase any Notes.

 

Freely Tradable” means, with respect to any security of the Company, that such security would be eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 if held by a person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, and that has not been an Affiliate of the Company during the immediately preceding three (3) months, without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice under the Securities Act (except that any such requirement as to the availability of current public information will be disregarded if the same is satisfied at that time).

 

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Fundamental Change” means any of the following events:

 

(A)          a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, or their respective employee benefit plans, files any report with the SEC indicating that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of shares of the Common Stock representing more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the voting power of all of the Common Stock.

 

(B)           the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person, other than solely to one or more of the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that has provided a guarantee of the Company’s obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property; provided, however, that any merger, consolidation, share exchange or combination of the Company pursuant to which the Persons that directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined below) all classes of the Company’s Common Equity immediately before such transaction directly or indirectly “beneficially own,” immediately after such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%) of all classes of Common Equity of the surviving, continuing or acquiring company or other transferee, as applicable, or the parent thereof, in substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately before such transaction will be deemed not to be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (B);

 

(C)           the Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

(D)           the Common Stock (or other successor common stock underlying the Notes) ceases to be listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors);

 

provided, however, that a transaction or event described in clause (A) or (B) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least ninety percent (90%) of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters rights), in connection with such transaction or event, consists of shares of common stock listed (or depositary receipts representing shares of common stock, which depositary receipts are listed) on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors), or that will be so listed when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or event, and such transaction or event constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists of such consideration.

 

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If any transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another entity occurs, following completion of any related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period (or, in the case of a transaction that would have been a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change but for the proviso to the immediately preceding paragraph, following the effective date of such transaction), references to the Company for purposes of this definition of “Fundamental Change” shall instead be references to such other entity.

 

For the purposes of this definition, (x) any transaction or event described in both clause (A) and in clause (B)(i) or (ii) above (without regard to the proviso in clause (B)) will be deemed to occur solely pursuant to clause (B) above (subject to such proviso); and (y) whether a Person is a “beneficial owner,” whether shares are “beneficially owned,” and percentage beneficial ownership, will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” means the date fixed for the repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

 

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” means a notice (including a notice substantially in the form of the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” set forth in Exhibit A) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 4.02(F)(i) and Section 4.02(F)(ii).

 

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to repurchase any Note upon its Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, calculated pursuant to Section 4.02(D).

 

Global Note” means a Note that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, and deposited with the Custodian.

 

Global Note Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-2.

 

Guarantees” means, collectively, the Issue Date Guarantees and the Turkish Guarantees.

 

Guarantor” means each Person that is or becomes party to a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and its respective successors and assigns.

 

Holder” means a person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

Indebtedness” of any Person, means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments or upon which interest payments are customarily made, (c) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services already received, (d) all guarantee obligations by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (e) all obligations of the type referred to in this definition of another Person secured by a Lien on any property or asset owned by such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (i) the fair market value of such property or asset at the applicable date of determination and (ii) the amount of such obligation so secured, (f) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (g) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) as an account party in respect of letters of credit and (ii) in respect of bankers’ acceptances, surety bonds or similar facilities to the extent drawn and (h) obligations under hedging arrangements of such Person. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such Person in respect thereof (or provides for reimbursement to such Person).

 

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Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to a Note, each [Interest Payment Date #1] and [Interest Payment Date #2] of each year, commencing on [the 15th of the month 6 months following the Issue Date] (or commencing on such other date specified in the certificate representing such Note). For the avoidance of doubt, the Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date.

 

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

 

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than (x) in the case of Moody’s, Baa3 (or the equivalent), (y) in the case of S&P, BBB- (or the equivalent) and (z) in the case of any other Rating Agency, the equivalent rating by such Rating Agency to the ratings described in clause (x) and (y).

 

Issue Date” means [closing date].

 

Issue Date Collateral” means all of the following property, in each case, wherever located (other than Turkey) and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest:

 

(A)          all Documents (as defined in the Issue Date Security Agreement);

 

(B)           all General Intangibles (as defined in the Issue Date Security Agreement);

 

(C)           all Intellectual Property (as defined in the Issue Date Security Agreement);

 

(D)          all Investment Property (as defined in the Issue Date Security Agreement); and

 

(E)           all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon; in each case other than any Excluded Assets.

 

Issue Date Guarantees” means, collectively, the guarantees provided by any Subsidiary of the Company on the Issue Date.

 

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Last Original Issue Date” means (A) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture, and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, the Issue Date; and (B) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.03(B), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, either (i) the date such Notes are originally issued; or (ii) such other date as is specified in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee before the original issuance of such Notes.

 

Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will have any duty to determine the Last Reported Sale Price.

 

Lead Investor” means the Holder identified by the Issuer to the Trustee in writing prior to the Issue Date.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset or right, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, collateral assignment, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset or right and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset or right.

 

Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, (x) the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries who have provided a guarantee of the Company’s obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes at such date and (b) the aggregate amount of any available unused commitments under any Committed Equity Facility less (y) the aggregate amount of principal and interest payments required to be made within 12 months of such date in respect of any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

The “Liquidity Conditions” with respect to the Redemption of any Notes will be satisfied if each of the following has been satisfied as of the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption and is reasonably expected to continue to be satisfied through at least the thirtieth (30th) calendar day after the Redemption Date for such Redemption: (A) the Company has satisfied the reporting conditions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the requirement for current Form 10 information) set forth in Rule 144(c) and (i)(2) under the Securities Act; and (B) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Notes are Freely Tradable.

 

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Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means (A) a Fundamental Change (determined after giving effect to the proviso immediately after clause (D) of the definition thereof, but without regard to the proviso to clause (B)(ii) of such definition); or (B) the sending of a Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 4.03(G); provided, however, that, subject to Section 4.03(J), the sending of a Redemption Notice will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change only with respect to the Notes called for Provisional Redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and not with respect to any other Notes.

 

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period” has the following meaning:

 

(A)          in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, the period from, and including, the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including, the thirty fifth (35th) Trading Day after such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change (other than an Exempted Fundamental Change), to, but excluding, the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date); and

 

(B)           in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof, the period from, and including, the Redemption Notice Date for the related Redemption to, and including, the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date;

 

provided, however, that if the Conversion Date for the conversion of a Note that has been called (or deemed, pursuant to Section 4.03(J), to be called) for Redemption occurs during the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period for both a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (A) of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” and a Make-Whole Fundamental Change resulting from such Redemption pursuant to clause (B) of such definition, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.07, solely for purposes of such conversion, (x) such Conversion Date will be deemed to occur solely during the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period for the Make-Whole Fundamental Change with the earlier Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date; and (y) the Make-Whole Fundamental Change with the later Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date will be deemed not to have occurred.

 

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date” means (A) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, the date on which such Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective; and (B) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof, the applicable Redemption Notice Date.

 

Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

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Maturity Date” means [maturity date]1.

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Non-Recourse Debt” means (i) any non-recourse indebtedness for borrowed money (it being understood and agreed that limited recourse provisions in respect of the applicable financing assets, transaction structure or that otherwise are customary in transactions in which the primary recourse is to financing assets shall not cause indebtedness that is otherwise non-recourse indebtedness to constitute recourse indebtedness) or (ii) indebtedness of the Company’s Subsidiaries if such Subsidiaries are special purpose entities that serve as a vehicle to obtain financing that is otherwise non-recourse to the Company and the Company’s other non-special purpose entity Subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that limited recourse provisions in respect of the applicable financing assets, transaction structure or that otherwise are customary in transactions in which the primary recourse is to financing assets shall not cause indebtedness that is otherwise non-recourse indebtedness to constitute recourse indebtedness).

 

Note Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

 

Notes” means the 12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year] issued by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the General Counsel, the Secretary, any assistant Secretary or any Vice President of the Company.

 

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate that is signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and that meets the requirements of Section 11.03.

 

Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion, from legal counsel (including an employee of, or counsel to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 11.03, subject to customary qualifications and exclusions.

 

Optional Redemption Trigger” means the lesser of (A) the Stock Price Threshold and (B) the Conversion Premium Threshold; provided that in no event will the Optional Redemption Trigger be less than the Optional Redemption Trigger Floor.

 

Optional Redemption Trigger Floor” means the greater of (a) $15.25 and (b) one hundred and fifty-five percent (155%) of the Conversion Price.

 

Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof. Any division or series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will constitute a separate “person” under this Indenture.

 

 

1 NTD: 5 years from Issue Date.

 

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Permitted Liens” means the following types of Liens:

 

(A)          Liens on, and pledges of, the equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Company or any joint venture owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, in each case, to the extent securing Non-Recourse Debt of such Subsidiary or joint venture that is expressly permitted pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Indenture;

 

(B)           Liens securing Capitalized Lease Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations and Qualified Asset Financing Facilities of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, in each case, to the extent expressly permitted pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Indenture; provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) other than in the case of Qualified Asset Financing Facilities, the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed, at any time, the lesser of the cost or fair market value of the property secured by such Lien;

 

(C)           Liens securing the obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes;

 

(D)           Liens in existence on the Issue Date and listed on Schedule 3.09, and any Lien granted as a replacement or substitute therefor; provided that any such replacement or substitute Lien (i) does not secure an aggregate amount of Indebtedness or other obligations, if any, greater than that secured on the Issue Date (minus the aggregate amount of any permanent repayments and prepayments thereof since the Issue Date but only to the extent that such repayments and prepayments by their terms cannot be reborrowed or redrawn and do not occur in connection with a refinancing of all or a portion of such Indebtedness) and (ii) does not encumber any property other than the property subject thereto on the Issue Date (plus improvements and accessions to such property);

 

(E)           Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary, in conformity with GAAP;

 

(F)           statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 30 days (or, if more than 30 days overdue, that are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien) or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary, in conformity with GAAP;

 

(G)           pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(H)          deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and other similar contracts (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), leases (other than capital leases), subleases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, judgment and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(I)            Liens arising by law or contract on insurance policies and proceeds thereof securing premiums thereunder;

 

(J)            any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary and covering only the assets so leased or licensed;

 

(K)           Liens on equipment arising from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding operating leases of equipment;

 

(L)           Liens (i) in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure the payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business and (ii) on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds thereof of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;

 

(M)         Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Indenture;

 

(N)          (i) Liens that are contractual or common law rights of set-off relating to (A) the establishment of depository relations in the ordinary course of business with banks not given in connection with the issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness or (B) pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company and any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) other Liens securing cash management obligations (that do not constitute Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business;

 

(O)          Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 or Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection;

 

(P)            judgment Liens in respect of judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 7.01(A)(ix) so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been initiated for the review of such judgments, decrees or orders shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired; and

 

(Q)          Liens securing PFG Debt.

 

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PFG Debt” means Indebtedness incurred pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2021, by and among the Marti Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, Mobilite İsletme LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Martı İleri Teknoloji A.Ş and Partners for Growth VI, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms from time to time.

 

Physical Note” means a Note (other than a Global Note) that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Holder of such Note and duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee.

 

PIK Interest” means payment of interest through the issuance of PIK Notes (rounded up to the nearest $1.00).2

 

Provisional Redemption” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.03(B).

 

Purchase Money Obligation” shall mean, for any Person, the obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of any fixed or capital assets or the cost of installation, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, in each case, within 180 days of such acquisition, installation, construction or improvement.

 

Qualified Assets” means scooters, ebikes, mopeds, ecars or other vehicles and proceeds thereof.

 

Qualified Asset Financing Facility” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any Qualified Asset Financing Subsidiary pursuant to which the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, grants a Lien in such Qualified Assets and which finances the acquisition of such Qualified Assets that complies with the following criteria:

 

(i)such Qualified Asset Financing Facility (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate fair and reasonable to the Company and the related Qualified Asset Financing Subsidiary;

 

(ii)the principal amount of Indebtedness at any time outstanding under such Qualified Asset Financing Facility shall not exceed 104% of the depreciated cost of the Qualified Assets subject to such Qualified Asset Financing Facility; and

 

(iii)the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions shall be market terms.

 

 

2 NTD: Subject to review by Trustee.

 

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Qualified Asset Financing Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company that (i) engages in no other activities other than the purchase or acquisition of Qualified Assets for the limited purpose of effecting one or more Qualified Asset Financing Facility and related activities, (ii) does not have any Indebtedness that is guaranteed by or otherwise recourse to the Company or any other Subsidiary or any of their respective assets or properties, (iii) is not party to any contracts, agreements, arrangements or understanding with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained by the Company or such Subsidiary from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, and (iv) with respect to which none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to maintain such Person’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve any specified level of operating results.

 

Rating Agency” means Moody’s, S&P or any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act.

 

Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, statute, contract or otherwise).

 

Redemption” means a Provisional Redemption.

 

Redemption Date” means the date fixed, pursuant to Section 4.03(E), for the settlement of the repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Redemption.

 

Redemption Notice Date” means, with respect to a Redemption, the date on which the Company sends the Redemption Notice for such Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(G).

 

Redemption Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to redeem any Note upon its Redemption, calculated pursuant to Section 4.03(F).

 

Reset Date” means the one-year anniversary of the Issue Date.

 

Reset Conversion Rate” means 1,000 divided by the product of (A) Reset Price and (B) 1.15.

 

Reset Price” means, as of the Reset Date, the greater of (x) $5.00 and (y) the average of the Daily VWAPs over the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the first Trading Day following the Reset Date; provided, however, that in no event will the Reset Price be more than $10.00.

 

Regular Record Date” has the following meaning with respect to an Interest Payment Date: (A) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on [Interest Payment Date #1], the immediately preceding [the 1st of the same month as Interest Payment Date #1] (whether or not a Business Day); and (B) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on [Interest Payment Date #2], the immediately preceding [the 1st of the same month as Interest Payment Date #2] (whether or not a Business Day).

 

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[“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act or any successor to such regulation, as the same may be amended from time to time.]3

 

Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note that is a Regulation S Note.

 

Regulation S Note” means (A) each Note that, on the original issue date thereof, was issued and sold in reliance on Regulation S, and each Note issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof; and (B) each Regulation S Note issued pursuant to Section 2.10(F) in exchange for, or upon the transfer of, another Note, and each Note issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof; provided, however, that a Note will cease to be a Regulation S Note when such Note is transferred to, or exchanged for, a Note that does not bear the Restricted Note Legend or that is a Rule 144A Note.

 

Regulation S Physical Note” means a Physical Note that is a Regulation S Note.

 

Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02.

 

Responsible Officer” means (A) any officer within the corporate trust group of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of such officers; and (B) with respect to a particular corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular subject.

 

Restricted Note Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1.

 

Restricted Stock Legend” means, with respect to any Conversion Share, a legend substantially to the effect that the offer and sale of such Conversion Share have not been registered under the Securities Act and that such Conversion Share cannot be sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to a transaction that is registered under the Securities Act or that is exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Rule 144A Global Note” means a Global Note that is a Rule 144A Note.

 

Rule 144A Note” means (A) each Note that, on the original issue date thereof, was issued and sold in reliance upon Rule 144A and not Regulation S, and each Note issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof; and (B) each Rule 144A Note issued pursuant to Section 2.10(F) in exchange for, or upon the transfer of, another Note, and each Note issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof; provided, however, that a Note will cease to be a Rule 144A Note when such Note is transferred to, or exchanged for, a Note that does not bear the Restricted Note Legend or that is a Regulation S Note.

 

 

3 NTD: Assumes Reg S Category 2 is available.

 

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Rule 144A Physical Note” means a Physical Note that is a Rule 144A Note.

 

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Scheduled Trading Day” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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

 

Security” means any Note or Conversion Share.

 

Security Agreements” means (a) that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, by and among the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto from time to time and the Trustee in the form of Exhibit E hereto (the “Issue Date Security Agreement”) and (b) that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Springing Lien Trigger Date, by and among the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto from time to time and the Trustee in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto with such changes as may be agreed by the Company and the Lead Investor acting reasonably and in good faith (the “Springing Lien Security Agreement”), in each case as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, modified or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms.

 

Significant Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of that Person that constitutes a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of that Person.

 

Special Interest” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section 7.03.

 

Springing Lien Collateral” means all property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than the Issue Date Collateral, the Turkish Post-Closing Collateral and the Excluded Assets.

 

Springing Lien Trigger Date” means the earliest date on which a Springing Lien Trigger Event has occurred.

 

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Springing Lien Trigger Event” means (a) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and has not been waived by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding or cured, to the extent that the Event of Default may, by its terms, be cured, (b) Liquidity at any time is less than $25,000,000, provided that, in the event that any Notes are redeemed or repurchased by the Company prior to the Maturity Date, the threshold set forth in this clause (b) shall be reduced on a pro rata basis, (c) on each Trading Day for 180 consecutive Trading Days, the product of (i) the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock (or other successor common stock underlying the Notes) multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock (or other successor common stock underlying the Notes) outstanding is less than $75,000,000.00, (d) either (i) the Company’s Common Stock (or other successor common stock underlying the Notes) have been delisted from trading on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors) or (ii) the Company has received notice that its Common Stock (or other successor common stock underlying the Notes) will be delisted from trading on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors) within 90 days of its receipt of such notice, (e) the Company has not filed any report that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within ninety (90) calendar days after the date that the Company is required to file the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act); and (f) consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding any accumulated other comprehensive income and loss and, without duplication, any non-cash effects resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification 715), at any time is less than $10,000,000 at any time that Liquidity at any time is less than $50,000,000.

 

Stock Price” has the following meaning for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (A) if the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in consideration for their shares of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is pursuant to clause (B) of the definition of “Fundamental Change,” then the Stock Price is the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (B) in all other cases, the Stock Price is the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 

Stock Price Threshold” means, initially, $17.50, subject to the same adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Article 5; provided that the Stock Price Threshold will decrease by $0.75 per each six (6)-month period following the Issue Date.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations with respect to the Indenture and the Notes; provided that such Indebtedness shall (a) not provide for any scheduled amortization or mandatory prepayment of principal prior to the Stated Maturity thereof, (b) contain usual and customary subordination terms, and (c) specifically designate this Indenture and all obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes as “designated senior indebtedness” or similar term so that the subordination terms referred to in clause (b) of this definition specifically refer to such Indebtedness as being subordinated to the obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to such subordination terms.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (A) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (B) any partnership or limited liability company where (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company interests or otherwise; and (ii) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability company.

 

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Trading Day” means any day on which (A) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded; and (B) there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

Transfer-Restricted Security” means any Security that constitutes a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); provided, however, that such Security will cease to be a Transfer-Restricted Security upon the earliest to occur of the following events:

 

(A)          such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to a registration statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such sale or transfer;

 

(B)           such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to an available exemption (including Rule 144) from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and, immediately after such sale or transfer, such Security ceases to constitute a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); and

 

(C)           such Security is eligible for resale, by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company and that has not been an Affiliate of the Company during the immediately preceding three (3) months, pursuant to Rule 144 without any limitations thereunder as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice.

 

The Trustee is under no obligation to determine whether any Security is a Transfer-Restricted Security and may conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto.

 

Trust Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

Turkish Guarantees” means, collectively, the guaranties provided by any Subsidiary of the Company organized in the country of Turkey.

 

Turkish Post-Closing Collateral” means all of the following property, in each case, located in Turkey and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest:

 

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(A)           all Documents (as defined in the Issue Date Security Agreement or the equivalent thereof under Turkish law);

 

(B)           all General Intangibles (as defined in the Issue Date Security Agreement or the equivalent thereof under Turkish law);

 

(C)          all Intellectual Property (as defined in the Issue Date Security Agreement or the equivalent thereof under Turkish law);

 

(D)          all Investment Property (as defined in the Issue Date Security Agreement or the equivalent thereof under Turkish law); and

 

(E)           all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon; in each case other than (i) any Excluded Assets and (ii) any books, records, ledger cards, files and correspondence that, pursuant to applicable laws, are required to be maintained by any Subsidiary of the Company in Turkey.

 

Turkish Security Instruments” means those documents, instruments, filings, registrations and other means necessary under Turkish law to create and/or perfect a valid and perfected first priority Lien, subject only to Permitted Liens, in respect of the Turkish Post-Closing Collateral (and, if applicable, any Springing Lien Collateral located in Turkey) and any other Turkish law document entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries creating a Lien over all or any part of its assets that constitute Turkish Post-Closing Collateral (and, if applicable, any Springing Lien Collateral located in Turkey) to secure the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

Trustee” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor.

 

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

United States Government” means the federal government of the United States of America.

 

VWAP Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, (A) the failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or (B) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half hour period in the aggregate, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date.

 

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VWAP Trading Day” means a day on which (A) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event; and (B) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Section 1.02.         Other Definitions.

 

Term  Defined in
Section
“Additional Shares”  5.07(A)
“Business Combination Event”  6.01(A)
“Cash Interest”  2.05(A)
“Common Stock Change Event”  5.09(A)
“Conversion Agent”  2.06(A)
“Conversion Consideration”  5.03(A)
“Default Interest”  2.05(B)
“Defaulted Amount”  2.05(B)
“Event of Default”  7.01(A)
“Expiration Date”  5.05(B)(v)
“Expiration Time”  5.05(B)(v)
“Fundamental Change Notice”  4.02(E)
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”  4.02(A)
“Initial Notes”  2.03(A)
“Partial Redemption Limitation”  4.03(C)
“Paying Agent”  2.06(A)
“PIK Notes”  2.05(B)
“PIK Payment”  2.05(B)
“Redemption Notice”  4.03(G)
“Reference Property”  5.09(A)
“Reference Property Unit”  5.09(A)
“Register”  2.06(B)
“Registrar”  2.06(A)
“Registration Statement”  3.04
“Reporting Event of Default”  7.03(A)
“Specified Courts”  11.07
“Spin-Off”  5.05(B)(iii)(2)
“Spin-Off Valuation Period”  5.05(B)(iii)(2)
“Stated Interest”  2.05(A)
“Successor Corporation”  6.01(A)
“Successor Person”  5.09(A)
“Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”  5.05(B)(v)

 

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Section 1.03.       Rules of Construction.

 

For purposes of this Indenture:

 

(A)           “or” is not exclusive;

 

(B)           “including” means “including without limitation”;

 

(C)           “will” expresses a command;

 

(D)           the “average” of a set of numerical values refers to the arithmetic average of such numerical values;

 

(E)           a merger involving, or a transfer of assets by, a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will be deemed to include any division of or by, or an allocation of assets to a series of, such limited liability company, limited partnership or trust, or any unwinding of any such division or allocation;

 

(F)           words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise;

 

(G)           “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of this Indenture, unless the context requires otherwise;

 

(H)           references to currency mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise;

 

(I)            the exhibits, schedules and other attachments to this Indenture are deemed to form part of this Indenture; and

 

(J)            the term “interest,” when used with respect to a Note, includes any Default Interest, Cash Interest, PIK Interest, Additional Interest and Special Interest, unless the context requires otherwise.

 

Article 2.       The Notes

 

Section 2.01.        Form, Dating and Denominations.

 

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A. The Notes will bear the legends required by Section 2.09 and may bear notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage or the Depositary. Each Note will be dated as of the date of its authentication.

 

Except to the extent otherwise provided in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee in connection with the issuance and authentication thereof, the Notes will be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes. Global Notes may be exchanged for Physical Notes, and Physical Notes may be exchanged for Global Notes, only as provided in Section 2.10.

 

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The Notes will be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in Authorized Denominations.

 

Each certificate representing a Note will bear a unique registration number that is not affixed to any other certificate representing another outstanding Note.

 

The terms contained in the Notes constitute part of this Indenture, and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, agree to such terms and to be bound thereby; provided, however, that, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts with the provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will control for purposes of this Indenture and such Note.

 

Section 2.02.       Execution, Authentication and Delivery.1

 

(A)            Due Execution by the Company. At least one (1) duly authorized Officer will sign the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual, electronic or facsimile signature. A Note’s validity will not be affected by the failure of any Officer whose signature is on any Note to hold, at the time such Note is authenticated, the same or any other office at the Company.

 

(B)            Authentication by the Trustee and Delivery.

 

(i)            At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes, without any further action by the Company hereunder. Each Company Order will specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, whether the securities are to be PIK Notes and the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding on the date of authentication, and will further specify the amount of such Notes to be issued as Global Notes. Such Notes will initially be the form of one or more Global Notes, which (i) will represent, and will be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Notes to be issued, (ii) will be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and (iii) will be held by the Custodian.

 

(ii)            No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.

 

(iii)            The Trustee will cause an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) to manually sign the certificate of authentication of a Note only if (1) the Company delivers such Note to the Trustee; (2) such Note is executed by the Company in accordance with Section 2.02(A); and (3) the Company delivers a Company Order to the Trustee that (a) requests the Trustee to authenticate such Note; and (b) sets forth the name of the Holder of such Note and the date as of which such Note is to be authenticated. If such Company Order also requests the Trustee to deliver such Note to any Holder or to the Depositary, then the Trustee will promptly deliver such Note in accordance with such Company Order.

 

 

1 NTD: Subject to review by Trustee.

 

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(iv)           The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. A duly appointed authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so under this Indenture, and a Note authenticated as provided in this Indenture by such an agent will be deemed, for purposes of this Indenture, to be authenticated by the Trustee. Each duly appointed authenticating agent will have the same rights to deal with the Company as the Trustee would have if it were performing the duties that the authenticating agent was validly appointed to undertake.

 

Section 2.03.         Initial Notes and Additional Notes.

 

(A)          Initial Notes. On the Issue Date, there will be originally issued [aggregate principal amount to be issued on Issue Date] dollars ($[aggregate principal amount to be issued on Issue Date]) aggregate principal amount of Notes, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 2.02). Notes issued pursuant to this Section 2.03(A), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, are referred to in this Indenture as the “Initial Notes.”

 

(B)           Additional Notes. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company may, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 2.02), originally issue additional Notes with the same terms as the Initial Notes (except, to the extent applicable, with respect to the date as of which interest begins to accrue on such additional Notes and the first Interest Payment Date and the Last Original Issue Date of such additional Notes), which additional Notes will, subject to the foregoing, be considered to be part of the same series of, and rank equally and ratably with all other, Notes issued under this Indenture; provided, however, that any such additional Notes (and any Notes that are resold after such Notes have been purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries) that are not fungible with other Notes issued under this Indenture for purposes of federal income tax or federal securities laws or, if applicable, the Depositary Procedures, will be identified by a separate CUSIP number or by no CUSIP number.

 

Section 2.04.       Method of Payment.

 

(A)           Global Notes. The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, Cash Interest on, and any cash Conversion Consideration for, any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture.

 

(B)           Physical Notes. The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, Cash Interest on, and any cash Conversion Consideration for, any Physical Note no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture as follows: (i) if the principal amount of such Physical Note is at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or such lower amount as the Company may choose in its sole and absolute discretion) and the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment has delivered to the Paying Agent or the Trustee, no later than the time set forth in the immediately following sentence, a written request that the Company make such payment by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account; and (ii) in all other cases, by check mailed to the address of the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment as set forth in the Register. To be timely, such written request must be so delivered no later than the Close of Business on the following date: (x) with respect to the payment of any interest due on an Interest Payment Date, the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; (y) with respect to any cash Conversion Consideration, the relevant Conversion Date; and (z) with respect to any other payment, the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days immediately before the date such payment is due.

 

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Section 2.05.        Accrual of Interest; Defaulted Amounts; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day.

 

(A)           Accrual of Interest. Each Note will accrue interest at the rate of twelve percent (12.00%) per annum (“Stated Interest”); provided that interest shall be payable (a) at a rate per annum equal to eight percent (8.00%) with respect to interest paid in cash (“Cash Interest”) and (b) at a rate per annum equal to four percent (4.00%) with respect to PIK Interest, plus any Additional Interest and Special Interest that may accrue pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 7.03, respectively. Stated Interest on each Note will (i) accrue from, and including, the most recent date to which Stated Interest has been paid or duly provided for (or, if no Stated Interest has theretofore been paid or duly provided for, the date set forth in the certificate representing such Note as the date from, and including, which Stated Interest will begin to accrue in such circumstance) to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Stated Interest; and (ii) be, subject to Sections 4.02(D), 4.03(F) and 5.02(D) (but without duplication of any payment of interest), payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on the first Interest Payment Date set forth in the certificate representing such Note, to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date. Stated Interest, and, if applicable, Additional Interest and Special Interest, on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 

(B)           The Company will pay PIK Interest by issuing Notes (“PIK Notes”) (rounded up to the nearest $1.00) under this Indenture, having the same terms and conditions as the Notes (in each case, a “PIK Payment”).

 

(C)           2PIK Interest on the Notes will be payable (x) with respect to Notes represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Custodian or its nominee on the relevant Record Date, by issuing PIK Notes in the form of Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable period (rounded up to the nearest $1.00) and (y) with respect to Notes represented by Physical Notes, by issuing PIK Notes in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable period (rounded up to the nearest $1.00), and the Trustee will, at the written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver on the applicable Interest Payment Date such PIK Notes for original issuance to the Holders of record on the relevant Record Date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. Any PIK Notes issued will be distributed to Holders, will be dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and will bear interest from and after such date. All Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on the Maturity Date and will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture and the applicable Notes and will have the same rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the Issue Date. Any PIK Notes will be issued with the description “PIK” on the face of such PIK Note, and references to the “principal” or “principal amount” of the PIK Notes will include any increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of any PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes will be considered to be part of the same series of, and rank equally and ratably with all other, Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

 

2 NTD: Subject to confirmation by the Trustee whether this can be accommodated with the DTC procedures.

 

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(D)           PIK Interest will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. The calculation of PIK Interest will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company will designate, and such calculation and the correctness thereof will not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee. PIK Interest on the Notes will be paid in the denominations specified in Section 2.01.

 

(E)           Defaulted Amounts. If the Company fails to pay any amount (a “Defaulted Amount”) payable on a Note on or before the due date therefor as provided in this Indenture, then, regardless of whether such failure constitutes an Event of Default, (i) such Defaulted Amount will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder of such Note otherwise entitled to such payment; (ii) to the extent lawful, interest (“Default Interest”) will accrue on such Defaulted Amount at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate, from, and including, such due date to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest; (iii) such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest will be paid in cash on a payment date selected by the Company to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on a special record date selected by the Company, provided that such special record date must be no more than fifteen (15), nor less than ten (10), calendar days before such payment date; and (iv) at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such special record date, the Company will send notice to the Trustee and the Holders that states such special record date, such payment date and the amount of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest to be paid on such payment date.

 

(F)            Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day. If the due date for a payment on a Note as provided in this Indenture is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, such payment may be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest will accrue on such payment as a result of the related delay. Solely for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a day on which the applicable place of payment is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed will be deemed not to be a “Business Day.”

 

Section 2.06.         Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

 

(A)          Generally. The Company will maintain (i) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”); (ii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”); and (iii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for conversion (the “Conversion Agent”). If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then the Trustee will act as such. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

 

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(B)           Duties of the Registrar. The Registrar will keep a record (the “Register”) of the names and addresses of the Holders, the Notes held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, repurchase, Redemption and conversion of Notes. Absent manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive and the Company and the Trustee may treat each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder in the Register as a Holder for all purposes. The Register will be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form reasonably promptly.

 

(C)           Co-Agents; Company’s Right to Appoint Successor Registrars, Paying Agents and Conversion Agents. The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars, co-Paying Agents and co-Conversion Agents, each of whom will be deemed to be a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, under this Indenture. Subject to Section 2.06(A), the Company may change any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (including appointing itself or any of its Subsidiaries to act in such capacity) without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee (and, upon request, any Holder) of the name and address of each Note Agent, if any, not a party to this Indenture and will enter into an appropriate agency agreement with each such Note Agent, which agreement will implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Note Agent.

 

(D)           Initial Appointments. The Company appoints the Trustee as the initial Paying Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial Conversion Agent.

 

Section 2.07.       Paying Agent and Conversion Agent to Hold Property in Trust.

 

The Company will require each Paying Agent or Conversion Agent that is not the Trustee to agree in writing that such Note Agent will (A) hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by such Note Agent for payment or delivery due on the Notes; and (B) notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment or delivery. The Company, at any time, may, and the Trustee, while any Default continues, may, require a Paying Agent or Conversion Agent to pay or deliver, as applicable, all money and other property held by it to the Trustee, after which payment or delivery, as applicable, such Note Agent (if not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) will have no further liability for such money or property. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then (A) it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by it as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent; and (B) references in this Indenture or the Notes to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent holding cash or other property, or to the delivery of cash or other property to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, in each case for payment or delivery to any Holders or the Trustee or with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to refer to cash or other property so segregated and held separately, or to the segregation and separate holding of such cash or other property, respectively. Upon the occurrence of any event pursuant to clause (viii) or (ix) of Section 7.01(A) with respect to the Company (or with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company acting as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent), the Trustee will serve as the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, for the Notes.

 

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Section 2.08.       Holder Lists.

 

If the Trustee is not the Registrar, then the Company will furnish to the Trustee, no later than seven (7) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request, a list, in such form and as of such date or time as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders.

 

Section 2.09.       Legends.

 

(A)            Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear the Global Note Legend (or any similar legend, not inconsistent with this Indenture, required by the Depositary for such Global Note).

 

(B)           Restricted Note Legend. Subject to the other provisions of this Indenture,

 

(i)            Each Note that is a Transfer-Restricted Security will bear the Restricted Note Legend; and

 

(ii)            If a Note is issued in exchange for, in substitution of, or to effect a partial conversion of, another Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.09(B)(ii)), including pursuant to Section 2.10(B), 2.10(C), 2.11 or 2.13, then such Note will bear the Restricted Note Legend if such old Note bore the Restricted Note Legend at the time of such exchange or substitution, or on the related Conversion Date with respect to such conversion, as applicable; provided, however, that such Note need not bear the Restricted Note Legend if such Note does not constitute a Transfer-Restricted Security immediately after such exchange or substitution, or as of such Conversion Date, as applicable.

 

(C)           Other Legends. A Note may bear any other legend or text, not inconsistent with this Indenture, as may be required by applicable law or by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Note is traded or quoted.

 

(D)           Acknowledgment and Agreement by the Holders. A Holder’s acceptance of any Note bearing any legend required by this Section 2.09 will constitute such Holder’s acknowledgment of, and agreement to comply with, the restrictions set forth in such legend.

 

(E)           Restricted Stock Legend.

 

(i)            Each Conversion Share will bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the Note upon the conversion of which such Conversion Share was issued was (or would have been had it not been converted) a Transfer-Restricted Security at the time such Conversion Share was issued; provided, however, that such Conversion Share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Conversion Share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend.

 

(ii)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.09(E), a Conversion Share need not bear a Restricted Stock Legend if such Conversion Share is issued in an uncertificated form that does not permit affixing legends thereto, provided the Company takes measures (including the assignment thereto of a “restricted” CUSIP number) that it reasonably deems appropriate to enforce the transfer restrictions referred to in the Restricted Stock Legend.

 

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Section 2.10.       Transfers and Exchanges; Certain Transfer Restrictions.

 

(A)            Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i)            Generally. Subject to this Section 2.10, Physical Notes and beneficial interests in Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged from time to time and the Registrar will record each such transfer or exchange in the Register.

 

(ii)            Transferred and Exchanged Notes Remain Valid Obligations of the Company. Each Note issued upon transfer or exchange of any other Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(A)(ii)) or portion thereof in accordance with this Indenture will be the valid obligation of the Company, evidencing the same indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as such old Note or portion thereof, as applicable.

 

(iii)            No Services Charge; Transfer Taxes. The Company, the Trustee and the Note Agents will not impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, but the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Conversion Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 2.17 or 8.05 not involving any transfer.

 

(iv)            Transfers and Exchanges Must Be in Authorized Denominations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, a Note may not be transferred or exchanged in part unless the portion to be so transferred or exchanged is in an Authorized Denomination.

 

(v)            Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee will have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any transfer restrictions imposed under this Indenture or applicable law with respect to any Security, other than to require the delivery of such certificates or other documentation or evidence as expressly required by this Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(vi)            Legends. Each Note issued upon transfer of, or in exchange for, another Note will bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.

 

(vii)            Settlement of Transfers and Exchanges. Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Note, the Company will cause such transfer or exchange to be effected as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the date of such satisfaction.

 

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(viii)            Interpretation. For the avoidance of doubt, and subject to the terms of this Indenture, as used in this Section 2.10, an “exchange” of a Global Note or a Physical Note includes (x) an exchange effected for the sole purpose of removing any Restricted Note Legend affixed to such Global Note or Physical Note; and (y) if such Global Note or Physical Note is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number, an exchange effected for the sole purpose of causing such Global Note or Physical Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number.

 

(B)            Transfers and Exchanges of Global Notes.

 

(i)            Certain Restrictions. Subject to the immediately following sentence, no Global Note may be transferred or exchanged in whole except (x) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary; (y) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary; or (z) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. No Global Note (or any portion thereof) may be transferred to, or exchanged for, a Physical Note; provided, however, that a Global Note will be exchanged, pursuant to customary procedures, for one or more Physical Notes if:

 

(1)            (x) the Depositary notifies the Company or the Trustee that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Note or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and, in each case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within ninety (90) days of such notice or cessation;

 

(2)            an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar has received a written request from the Depositary, or from a holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, to exchange such Global Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, for one or more Physical Notes; or

 

(3)            the Company, in its sole discretion, permits the exchange of any beneficial interest in such Global Note for one or more Physical Notes at the request of the owner of such beneficial interest.

 

(ii)            Effecting Transfers and Exchanges. Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Global Note (or any portion thereof):

 

(1)            the Trustee will reflect any resulting decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if such notation results in such Global Note having a principal amount of zero, then the Company may (but is not required to) instruct the Trustee to cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15);

 

(2)            if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Trustee will reflect any resulting increase of the principal amount of any other Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such other Global Note;

 

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(3)            if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a new Global Note bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and

 

(4)            if such Global Note (or such portion thereof), or any beneficial interest therein, is to be exchanged for one or more Physical Notes, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in such name(s) as the Depositary specifies (or as otherwise determined pursuant to customary procedures); and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.

 

(iii)           Compliance with Depositary Procedures. Each transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest in any Global Note will be made in accordance with the Depositary Procedures.

 

(C)            Transfers and Exchanges of Physical Notes.

 

(i)            Requirements for Transfers and Exchanges. Subject to this Section 2.10, a Holder of a Physical Note may (x) transfer such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) to one or more other Person(s); (y) exchange such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for one or more other Physical Notes in Authorized Denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Physical Note (or portion thereof) to be so exchanged; and (z) if then permitted by the Depositary Procedures, transfer such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) in exchange for a beneficial interest in one or more Global Notes; provided, however, that, to effect any such transfer or exchange, such Holder must:

 

(1)            surrender such Physical Note to be transferred or exchanged to the office of the Registrar, together with any endorsements or transfer instruments reasonably required by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar; and

 

(2)            deliver such certificates, documentation or evidence as may be required pursuant to Section 2.10(D).

 

(ii)            Effecting Transfers and Exchanges. Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Physical Note (such Physical Note being referred to as the “old Physical Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(C)(ii)) of a Holder (or any portion of such old Physical Note in an Authorized Denomination):

 

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(1)            such old Physical Note will be promptly cancelled pursuant to Section 2.15;

 

(2)            if such old Physical Note is to be so transferred or exchanged only in part, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such old Physical Note not to be so transferred or exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09;

 

(3)            in the case of a transfer:

 

(a)            to the Depositary or a nominee thereof that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Global Notes, the Trustee will reflect an increase of the principal amount of one or more existing Global Notes by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note(s), which increase(s) are in Authorized Denominations and aggregate to the principal amount to be so transferred, and which Global Note(s) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; provided, however, that if such transfer cannot be so effected by notation on one or more existing Global Notes (whether because no Global Notes bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09 then exist, because any such increase will result in any Global Note having an aggregate principal amount exceeding the maximum aggregate principal amount permitted by the Depositary or otherwise), then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Global Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount that is to be so transferred but that is not effected by notation as provided above; and (y) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and

 

(b)            to a transferee that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Physical Notes, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so transferred; (y) are registered in the name of such transferee; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and

 

(4)            in the case of an exchange, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of the Person to whom such old Physical Note was registered; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.

 

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(D)           Requirement to Deliver Documentation and Other Evidence. If a Holder of any Note that is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number or that bears a Restricted Note Legend or is a Transfer-Restricted Security requests to:

 

(i)            cause such Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number;

 

(ii)            remove such Restricted Note Legend; or

 

(iii)           register the transfer of such Note to the name of another Person,

 

then the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar may refuse to effect such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, unless there is delivered to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar such certificates or other documentation or evidence as the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar may reasonably require to determine that such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, complies with the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.

 

(E)           Certain De-Legending Procedures. If a Holder of any Note or share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Note, or an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note, or in a global certificate representing any share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Note, transfers such Note or share in compliance with Rule 144 and delivers to the Company a written request, certifying that it is not, and has not been at any time during the preceding three (3) months, an Affiliate of the Company, to reissue such Note or share without a Restricted Note Legend or Restricted Stock Legend, as applicable, then the Company will cause the same to occur (and, if applicable, cause such Note or share to thereafter be represented by an “unrestricted” CUSIP or ISIN number in the facilities of the related depositary), and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such occurrence within two (2) Trading Days of such request.

 

(F)           Restrictions Applicable to Transfers Between Rule 144A Notes and Regulation S Notes.

 

(i)            Transfers to Which Restrictions Apply. None of the following transfers will be effected unless the requirements set forth in Section 2.10(F)(ii) are satisfied with respect to such transfer:

 

(1)            the transfer of a Rule 144A Physical Note, or a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note, to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Physical Note, or a beneficial interest in a Global Note, which, in each case, is a Regulation S Note; and

 

(2)            a transfer of a Regulation S Physical Note, or a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Physical Note, or a beneficial interest in a Global Note, which, in each case, is a Rule 144A Note (such Note of which such Person referred to in preceding clause (1) or (2), as applicable, is to take delivery being referred to as the “transferee Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(F)).

 

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(ii)            Requirements Applicable to Transfers. A transfer described in Section 2.10(F)(i) will not be effected unless:

 

(1)            in the case the transferee Person referred to in Section 2.10(F)(i) is to take delivery of the transferee Note in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the transferor delivers to the Registrar (1) a written order from a Depositary Participant or an indirect Depositary Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Depositary Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in such Global Note in an amount equal to the interest to be transferred; and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary Procedures containing information regarding the Depositary Participant account to be so credited, or, in lieu of the foregoing, such other instructions or documentation as the Registrar may reasonably require in order to comply with the Depositary Procedures in connection with such transfer;

 

(2)            without limiting the generality of Section 2.10(D), such transferor delivers to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the certification set forth in Item 3 thereof (if the transferee Note is a Rule 144A Note) or Item 4 thereof (if the transferee Note is a Regulation S Note), or, in lieu thereof, such other certifications or documentation substantially to the same effect (or, with respect to any Global Note, such other electronic or other documentation or instructions as may be permitted or required by the Depositary Procedures) as may be reasonably acceptable to the Company; and

 

(G)          without limiting the generality of Section 2.10(D), such transferee Person delivers to the Registrar, if reasonably requested by the Company, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the certification set forth in Item 1(a) thereof (if the transferee Note is a Rule 144A Note) or Item 1(b) thereof (if the transferee Note is a Regulation S Note), or, in lieu thereof, such other certifications or documentation substantially to the same effect (or, with respect to any Global Note, such other electronic or other documentation or instructions as may be permitted or required by the Depositary Procedures) as may be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

(H)          Transfers of Notes Subject to Redemption, Repurchase or Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note that (i) has been surrendered for conversion, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to conversion; (ii) is subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice validly delivered, and not withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.02(F), except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to such notice or the Company fails to pay the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price when due; or (iii) has been selected for Redemption pursuant to a Redemption Notice, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to Redemption or the Company fails to pay the applicable Redemption Price when due.

 

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Section 2.11.         Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Converted or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption.

 

(A)           Partial Conversions of Physical Notes and Partial Repurchases of Physical Notes Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption. If only a portion of a Physical Note of a Holder is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Physical Note is surrendered for such conversion or repurchase, as applicable, the Company will cause such Physical Note to be exchanged, pursuant and subject to Section 2.10(C), for (i) one or more Physical Notes that are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable, and deliver such Physical Note(s) to such Holder; and (ii) a Physical Note having a principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable, which Physical Note will be converted or repurchased, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Physical Note referred to in this clause (ii) need not be issued at any time after which such principal amount subject to such conversion or repurchase, as applicable, is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18.

 

(B)           Cancellation of Notes that Are Converted and Notes that Are Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption.

 

(i)            Physical Notes. If a Physical Note (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore been exchanged pursuant to Section 2.11(A)) of a Holder is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, promptly after the later of the time such Physical Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18 and the time such Physical Note is surrendered for such conversion or repurchase, as applicable, (1) such Physical Note will be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.15; and (2) in the case of a partial conversion or repurchase, as applicable, the Company will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.

 

(ii)           Global Notes. If a Global Note (or any portion thereof) is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, promptly after the time such Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18, the Trustee will reflect a decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable, by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if the principal amount of such Global Note is zero following such notation, cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15).

 

Section 2.12.       [Reserved.]

 

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Section 2.13.        Replacement Notes.

 

If a Holder of any Note claims that such Note has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a replacement Note upon surrender to the Trustee of such mutilated Note, or upon delivery to the Trustee of evidence of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note, the Company and the Trustee may require the Holder thereof to provide such security or indemnity that is satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company and the Trustee from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced.

 

Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.13 will be an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Notes issued under this Indenture, whether or not the lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note will at any time be enforceable by anyone.

 

Section 2.14.        Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Notes.

 

Only the Holder of a Note will have rights under this Indenture as the owner of such Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Depositary Participants will have no rights as such under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or its nominee, or by the Trustee as its custodian, and the Company, the Trustee and the Note Agents, and their respective agents, may treat the Depositary as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever; provided, however, that (A) the Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Depositary Participants and Persons that hold interests in Notes through Depositary Participants, to take any action that such Holder is entitled to take with respect to such Global Note under this Indenture or the Notes; and (B) the Company and the Trustee, and their respective agents, may give effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary.

 

Section 2.15.        Cancellation.

 

The Company may at any time deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will forward to the Trustee each Note duly surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee will promptly cancel all Notes so surrendered to it in accordance with its customary procedures. Without limiting the generality of Section 2.03(B), the Company may not originally issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been cancelled upon transfer, exchange, payment or conversion.

 

Section 2.16.        Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates.

 

Without limiting the generality of Section 2.18, in determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or other action under this Indenture, Notes owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates will be deemed not to be outstanding; provided, however, that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee is protected in relying on any such direction, waiver, consent or other action, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.

 

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Section 2.17.        Temporary Notes.

 

Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. The Company will promptly prepare, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until so exchanged, each temporary Note will in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

 

Section 2.18.        Outstanding Notes.

 

(A)          Generally. The Notes that are outstanding at any time will be deemed to be those Notes that, at such time, have been duly executed and authenticated (giving effect to, and as increased by, any payment of PIK Interest made thereon by issuing additional Notes by an amount equal to the PIK Interest payable, rounded up to the nearest $1.00), excluding those Notes (or portions thereof) that have theretofore been (i) cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.15; (ii) assigned a principal amount of zero by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of any a Global Note representing such Note; (iii) paid in full (including upon conversion) in accordance with this Indenture; or (iv) deemed to cease to be outstanding to the extent provided in, and subject to, clause (B), (C) or (D) of this Section 2.18.

 

(B)           Replaced Notes. If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.13, then such Note will cease to be outstanding at the time of its replacement, unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a “bona fide purchaser” under applicable law.

 

(C)           Maturing Notes and Notes Called for Redemption or Subject to Repurchase. If, on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date, the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the aggregate Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, respectively, together, in each case, with the aggregate interest, in each case due on such date, then (unless there occurs a Default in the payment of any such amount) (i) the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or repurchased, or that mature, on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Section 4.02(D), 4.03(F) or 5.02(D); and (ii) the rights of the Holders of such Notes (or such portions thereof), as such, will terminate with respect to such Notes (or such portions thereof), other than the right to receive the Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, as applicable, of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Notes (or such portions thereof), in each case as provided in this Indenture.

 

(D)          Notes to Be Converted. At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for any Note (or any portion thereof) to be converted, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(A) or Section 5.02(D), upon such conversion) be deemed to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.08.

 

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(E)           Cessation of Accrual of Interest. Except as provided in Section 4.02(D), 4.03(F) or 5.02(D), interest will cease to accrue on each Note from, and including, the date that such Note is deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.18, to cease to be outstanding, unless there occurs a default in the payment or delivery of any cash or other property due on such Note.

 

Section 2.19.         Repurchases by the Company.

 

Without limiting the generality of Section 2.15, the Company may, from time to time, repurchase Notes in open market purchases or in negotiated transactions without delivering prior notice to Holders.

 

Section 2.20.        CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.

 

The Company may use one or more CUSIP or ISIN numbers to identify any of the Notes, and, if so, the Company and the Trustee will use such CUSIP or ISIN number(s) in notices to Holders; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee makes no representation as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP or ISIN number; and (ii) the effectiveness of any such notice will not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, any such CUSIP or ISIN number. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN number(s) identifying any Notes.

 

Article 3.       Covenants

 

Section 3.01.        Payment on Notes.

 

(A)          Generally. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and Redemption Price for, interest on, and other amounts due with respect to, the Notes on the dates and in the manner set forth in this Indenture.

 

(B)           Deposit of Funds. Before 12:00 P.M., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Interest Payment Date, and on the Maturity Date or any other date on which any cash amount is due on the Notes, the Company will deposit, or will cause there to be deposited, with the Paying Agent cash, in funds immediately available on such date, sufficient to pay the cash amount due on the applicable Notes on such date, and issue PIK Notes in the form of Global Notes or certificated form, as applicable, to pay any PIK Interest pursuant to a certificate of authentication with respect to the PIK Interest to be issued on the applicable Interest Payment Date, when so becoming due and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action. The Paying Agent will return to the Company, as soon as practicable, any money not required for such purpose.

 

(C)           PIK Interest. PIK Interest will be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee has received a written request to authenticate and deliver PIK Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of such PIK Interest for original issuance to the Holders of record on the relevant Record Date.

 

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Section 3.02.         Exchange Act Reports.

 

(A)          Generally. The Company will send to the Trustee copies of all reports that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date that the Company is required to file the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that the Company need not send to the Trustee any material for which the Company has received, or is seeking in good faith and has not been denied, confidential treatment by the SEC. Any report that the Company files with the SEC through the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be sent to the Trustee at the time such report is so filed via the EDGAR system (or such successor). Upon the request of any Holder, the Trustee will provide to such Holder a copy of any report that the Company has sent the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.02(A), other than a report that is deemed to be sent to the Trustee pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

(B)            Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee need not determine whether the Company has filed any material via the EDGAR system (or such successor). The sending or filing of reports pursuant to Section 3.02(A) will not be deemed to constitute constructive notice to the Trustee of any information contained, or determinable from information contained, therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture.

 

Section 3.03.        Rule 144A Information.

 

If the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act at any time when any Notes or Conversion Shares are outstanding and constitute “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144), then the Company (or its successor) will promptly provide, to the Trustee and, upon written request, to any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or shares, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or shares pursuant to Rule 144A. The Company (or its successor) will take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such Notes or shares may reasonably request to enable such Holder or beneficial owner to sell such Notes or shares pursuant to Rule 144A.

 

Section 3.04.        Additional Interest.

 

(A)          If (i) on any day occurring on or after the date that is eighteen (18) weeks after the Last Original Issue Date of any Note, either (1) the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or (2) the Company (or its successor) does not promptly provide, to the Trustee and, upon written request, to any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or shares, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or shares pursuant to Rule 144A or (ii) the registration statement registering the resale of the Conversion Shares (if any) (the “Registration Statement”) is not declared effective by the date that is eighteen (18) weeks after the Last Original Issue Date of any Note, then Additional Interest will accrue on such Note for each day during such period which such failure is continuing or until such time the Registration Statement is declared effective, as applicable.

 

(B)           Amount and Payment of Additional Interest. Any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to Section 3.04(A) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the PIK Interest on such Note and will accrue at a rate per quarter equal to one percent (1.00%) of the principal amount thereof; provided, however, that in no event will Additional Interest that may accrue as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (other than reports on Form 8-K) pursuant to Section 3.04(A), together with any Special Interest that accrues as a result of the Company’s failure to comply with its reporting obligations as set forth in Section 7.03, accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per quarter that exceeds one percent (1.00%). For the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, in addition to any Special Interest that accrues on such Note.

 

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(C)           Notice of Accrual of Additional Interest; Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Company will send notice to the Holder of each Note, and to the Trustee, of the commencement and termination of any period in which Additional Interest accrues on such Note. In addition, if Additional Interest accrues on any Note, then, no later than five (5) Business Days before each date on which such Additional Interest is to be paid, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Additional Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Additional Interest is payable or the amount thereof.

 

(D)           Exclusive Remedy. The accrual of Additional Interest will be the exclusive remedy available to Holders for the failure of their Notes to become Freely Tradable.

 

Section 3.05.        Compliance and Default Certificates.

 

(A)          Annual Compliance Certificate. Within ninety (90) days after [ l ]3 and each fiscal year of the Company ending thereafter, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating (i) that the signatory thereto has supervised a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year with a view towards determining whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred; and (ii) whether, to such signatory’s knowledge, a Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing (and, if so, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).

 

(B)           Default Certificate. If a Default or Event of Default occurs, then the Company will as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days after its first occurrence, deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee describing the same and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 3.06.        Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the Company (A) agrees that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law (wherever or whenever enacted or in force) that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (B) expressly waives all benefits or advantages of any such law and agrees that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to the Trustee by this Indenture, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

 

3 NTD: Insert the last day of the current fiscal year of the Company as of the Issue Date. However, if the insertion of such date will result in the first compliance certificate being delivered more than 365 days after the Issue Date, then insert an earlier date (typically, the last day of the prior fiscal year).

 

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Section 3.07.       Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates.

 

Without limiting the generality of Section 2.18, Notes that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have purchased or otherwise acquired will be deemed to remain outstanding (except to the extent provided in Section 2.16) until such time as such Notes are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 3.08.        Existence.

 

Subject to Article 6, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

 

Section 3.09.         Incurrence of Senior Indebtedness.

 

The Company and each of its Subsidiaries will not incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness that is or purports to be by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) senior in right of payment or security to the Notes, other than (A) Non-Recourse Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding, (B) Capitalized Lease Obligations and/or Purchase Money Obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding, (C) Qualified Asset Financing Facilities and (D) PFG Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $18,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that, in each case of clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D), such Indebtedness is provided by a non-Affiliate of the Company.

 

Section 3.10.         Limitation on Liens.

 

The Company will not, nor will the Company permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except (other than in the case of any books, records, ledger cards, files and correspondence that, pursuant to applicable laws, are required to be maintained by any Subsidiary of the Company in Turkey) for Permitted Liens.

 

Section 3.11.         Collateral and Security.

 

(A)          Security Documents. The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable shall be secured (in the case of the Turkish Post-Closing Collateral, subject to the post-closing time period specified in clause (B) below) by a valid and perfected first priority security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, in the Collateral as provided in the Collateral Agreements.

 

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(B)           Turkish Guarantees and Collateral. No later than the date that is 120 days after the Issue Date (or such later date as the Lead Investor may agree in its sole discretion), the Trustee shall have received (i) Turkish Guarantees and the Notes from each Subsidiary of the Company organized under Turkish law and (ii) all Turkish Security Instruments in respect of the Turkish Post-Closing Collateral, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lead Investor.

 

(C)            Springing Lien. Immediately upon the occurrence of the Springing Lien Trigger Date, (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries hereby agrees that it will automatically be deemed to have granted to the Trustee, on the date of such occurrence and without further action of any party or other Person, as security for the Notes, a lien on and security interest in (the “Springing Lien”) the Springing Lien Collateral and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver the Springing Lien Security Agreement and such other Collateral Agreements, each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lead Investor, and take or cause to be taken such other actions, in each case, as shall be reasonably requested by the Lead Investor and necessary or desirable to vest in the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders a valid and perfected first priority security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, in the Springing Lien Collateral covered thereby to secure the Notes.

 

(D)           Future Guarantees and Collateral. If, after the Issue Date, the Company forms or acquires any new Subsidiary, or any Subsidiary that is not then a Guarantor guarantees or incurs any other Indebtedness, then, in each case, no later than thirty (30) days thereafter the Company shall cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Trustee (i) a joinder to the applicable Guarantee pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor on the same terms and conditions as the other Guarantors and (ii) any and all Collateral Agreements as may be necessary to cause its Issue Date Collateral or Springing Lien Collateral, as applicable, to be added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such properties and assets to the same extent and with the same force and effect. A Guarantee’s validity will not be affected by the failure of any officer of a Guarantor executing any such joinder on such Guarantor’s behalf to hold, at the time any Note is authenticated, the same or any other office at such Guarantor, and each Guarantee will be valid and enforceable even if no notation, certificate or other instrument is set upon or attached to, or otherwise executed and delivered to the Holder of, any Note.

 

(E)           Further Assurances. Promptly following written request by the Trustee which is received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company and any its Subsidiaries will (1) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Collateral Agreement or Guarantee or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (2) subject to any post-closing periods provided herein or therein, do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Trustee may reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Agreements and the Guarantees, (ii) maintain the validity and effectiveness of the Collateral Agreements, the Guarantees and the Liens, including the perfection thereof, intended to be created thereunder and (iii) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, the principle rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, under any Collateral Agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or is to be a party, in each case, with respect to such actions that the Trustee determines are reasonable in order to achieve or maintain the benefit intended to be conferred by such Collateral in relation to the costs and other resources reasonably associated with such actions.

 

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(F)           Release of Collateral. Subject to the foregoing, Collateral may be released from the Liens created by the Collateral Agreements at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Agreements or as provided herein. No certificate shall be required in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of Collateral if such sale, transfer or other disposition is otherwise expressly permitted by the terms of any Collateral Agreement and such Collateral Agreement does not require delivery of such certificate and no instrument of release or other action of the Trustee is required in connection with such release.

 

(G)           Release upon Satisfaction or Defeasance of all Secured Obligations. The Liens on all Collateral that secure the Notes shall be automatically terminated and released without the need for further action by any Person:

 

(i)            upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as described under Section 9.01; or

 

(ii)           upon payment in full in immediately available funds of the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes (other than inchoate or contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted).

 

Upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel confirming that all conditions precedent hereunder and under the Collateral Agreements have been satisfied and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Trustee, without the consent of any Holder and at the expense of the Company, shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release from the Liens created by the Collateral Agreements of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture and the Collateral Agreements.

 

(H)           Purchaser Protected. No purchaser or grantee of any property or rights purported to have been released from the Lien of the Collateral Agreements shall be bound to ascertain the authority of the Trustee to execute the release or to inquire as to the existence of any conditions herein prescribed for the exercise of such authority; nor shall any purchaser or grantee of any property or rights permitted by this Indenture to be sold or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any Subsidiary be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Company or such Subsidiary to make such sale or other disposition.

 

(I)            Authorization of Actions to be Taken by Trustee under the Collateral Agreements. Each Holder, by its acceptance of the Notes, consents to the terms of, directs and agrees that the Trustee shall execute and deliver the Collateral Agreements to which it is a party, and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

(J)            Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee under the Collateral Agreements. The Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of itself and the Holders distributed under the Collateral Agreements and, to the extent distributed in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Agreements, to make further distributions of such funds (to which the Holders are entitled under the Collateral Agreements) to the Holders in accordance with the Indenture. Such funds may be held on deposit by the Trustee without investment prior to such distribution and the Trustee will have no liability for interest or other compensation thereon. Without any limitation to any other rights or remedies of whatever kind or nature the Trustee may have (whether under the Collateral Agreements, at law, in equity or otherwise), and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee may foreclose or otherwise enforce the Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof).

 

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Section 3.12.         [Reserved].

 

Section 3.13.         Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 

(A)          Without the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(i)            declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment, distribution or return of capital on account of the Company’s or such Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or to the holders of the Company’s or such Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Capital Stock of the Company); or

 

(ii)            purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or such Subsidiaries) any Subordinated Indebtedness (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled principal and interest shall be permitted) or Capital Stock of the Company or such Subsidiaries.

 

The payments and other actions set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) are collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”.

 

(B)           The preceding provisions shall not prohibit:

 

(i)            so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Capital Stock of the Company held by any present or former employee, director, officer or consultant  (or the estate, heirs, family members, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner or former domestic partner of any of the foregoing) of the Company pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement (and any successor plans and arrangements thereto) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Company in connection with any such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; provided that (1) Restricted Payments made to any present employee and any present or former director, officer or consultant (or the estate, heirs, family members, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner or former domestic partner of any of the foregoing) of the Company shall be permitted solely to the extent (A) such Restricted Payment is offered to all shareholders of the Company on a pro rata basis and (B) there shall be a corresponding adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 5.05; and (2) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made under this clause (i) shall not exceed in any calendar year $3,000,000 in the aggregate and, with respect to Restricted Payments made to any one of the foregoing persons in any calendar year, $500,000 individually; provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year shall be increased by an amount not to exceed (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock of the Company to current or former employees, directors or consultants of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the Issue Date less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments made in any prior calendar year pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (i);

 

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(ii)            payments to holders of Capital Stock (or to the holders of Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock upon such conversion or exchange) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares;

 

(iii)           repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur in connection with the exercise (including by cashless exercise) or vesting of stock options or similar instruments, including to the extent necessary to pay withholding or similar taxes related to such exercise or vesting of stock options or similar instruments;

 

(iv)          Restricted Payments paid solely in Capital Stock of the Company;

 

(v)           the acquisition, redemption or retirement of Capital Stock in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent issuance of, Capital Stock of the Company; or

 

(vi)          the redemption of any warrants of the Company pursuant to Article 6 of the Warrant Agreement, dated July 8, 2021, by and between Galata Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value (determined, for purposes of this Section 3.13, by the Company in good faith or, in the case of any asset(s) valued in excess of $5.0 million with respect to Restricted Payments, by the Board of Directors of the Company) on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment (including payment of dividends, distributions or other payments) with respect to preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.14.        Asset Sales.

 

The Company and each of its Subsidiaries will not Dispose of any asset, including any Capital Stock owned by it (other than to the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary), unless (i) the Company and/or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such asset sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets and property subject to such asset sale (such fair market value to be determined on the date of contractually agreeing to effect such asset sale) and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration paid to the Company and/or such Subsidiary from such asset sale is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company and/or such Subsidiary in such asset sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 3.14 that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) seven million and five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000) and (y) an amount equal to 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash for this purpose.

 

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Article 4.       Repurchase and Redemption

 

Section 4.01.        No Sinking Fund.

 

No sinking fund is required to be provided for the Notes.

 

Section 4.02.        Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change.

 

(A)          Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change. Subject to the other terms of this Section 4.02, if a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”) to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change for a cash purchase price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

 

(B)           Repurchase Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including as a result of the payment of the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.02(D), on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), then (i) the Company may not repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).

 

(C)           Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than thirty five (35), nor less than twenty (20), Business Days after the date the Company sends the related Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E).

 

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(D)           Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change following a Fundamental Change is an amount in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Note, plus 101% of the accrued and unpaid PIK Interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change, plus accrued and unpaid Cash Interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change; provided, however, that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid Cash Interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will not include accrued and unpaid Cash Interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(F) and such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid Cash Interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(F), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will include Cash Interest on Notes to be repurchased from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.

 

(E)           Fundamental Change Notice. On or before the twentieth (20th) calendar day after the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company will send to each Holder, the Trustee and the Paying Agent a notice of such Fundamental Change (a “Fundamental Change Notice”).

 

Such Fundamental Change Notice must state:

 

(i)            briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;

 

(ii)           the effective date of such Fundamental Change;

 

(iii)          the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase its Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02, including the deadline for exercising the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right and the procedures for submitting and withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;

 

(iv)          the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;

 

(v)           the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Fundamental Change (and, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.02(D));

 

(vi)          the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

 

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(vii)         the Conversion Rate in effect on the date of such Fundamental Change Notice and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that may result from such Fundamental Change (including pursuant to Section 5.07);

 

(viii)        that Notes for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly tendered and not duly withdrawn must be delivered to the Paying Agent for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

 

(ix)           that Notes (or any portion thereof) that are subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered may be converted only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture; and

 

(x)            the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.

 

Neither the failure to deliver a Fundamental Change Notice nor any defect in a Fundamental Change Notice will limit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right of any Holder or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

 

(F)           Procedures to Exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right.

 

(i)            Delivery of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and Notes to Be Repurchased. To exercise its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right for a Note following a Fundamental Change, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Paying Agent:

 

(1)            before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by law), a duly completed, written Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to such Note; and

 

(2)            such Note, duly endorsed for transfer (if such Note is a Physical Note) or by book-entry transfer (if such Note is a Global Note).

 

The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that it receives.

 

(ii)            Contents of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notices. Each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note must state:

 

(1)            if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;

 

(2)            the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and

 

(3)            that such Holder is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to such principal amount of such Note;

 

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provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F)).

 

(iii)          Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Holder that has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note may withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by law). Such withdrawal notice must state:

 

(1)            if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;

 

(2)            the principal amount of such Note to be withdrawn, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and

 

(3)            the principal amount of such Note, if any, that remains subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which must be an Authorized Denomination;

 

provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such withdrawal notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such withdrawal notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F)).

 

Upon receipt of any such withdrawal notice with respect to a Note (or any portion thereof), the Paying Agent will (x) promptly deliver a copy of such withdrawal notice to the Company; and (y) if such Note is surrendered to the Paying Agent, cause such Note (or such portion thereof in accordance with Section 2.11, treating such Note as having been then surrendered for partial repurchase in the amount set forth in such withdrawal notice as remaining subject to repurchase) to be returned to the Holder thereof (or, if applicable with respect to any Global Note, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Note in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).

 

(G)           Payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price within the time proscribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for a Note (or portion thereof) to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the later of (i) the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and (ii) the date (x) such Note is delivered to the Paying Agent (in the case of a Physical Note) or (y) the Depositary Procedures relating to the repurchase, and the delivery to the Paying Agent, of such Holder’s beneficial interest in such Note to be repurchased are complied with (in the case of a Global Note). For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.02(D) on any Note to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change must be paid pursuant to such proviso regardless of whether such Note is delivered or such Depositary Procedures are complied with pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.02(G).

 

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(H)           Third Party May Conduct Repurchase Offer In Lieu of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, the Company will be deemed to satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.02 if one or more third parties conduct any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change and related offer to repurchase Notes otherwise required by this Section 4.02 in a manner that would have satisfied the requirements of this Section 4.02 if conducted directly by the Company, including with respect to price.

 

(I)            No Requirement to Conduct an Offer to Repurchase Notes if the Fundamental Change Results in the Notes Becoming Convertible into an Amount of Cash Exceeding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, the Company will not be required to send a Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E), or offer to repurchase or repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02, in connection with a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B)(ii) (or pursuant to clause (A) that also constitutes a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B)(ii)) of the definition thereof, if (i) such Fundamental Change constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists entirely of cash in U.S. dollars; (ii) immediately after such Fundamental Change, the Notes become convertible, pursuant to Section 5.09(A) and, if applicable, Section 5.07, into consideration that consists solely of U.S. dollars in an amount per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes that equals or exceeds the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (calculated assuming that the same includes the maximum amount of accrued interest payable as part of the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price); and (iii) the Company timely sends the notice relating to such Common Stock Change Event required pursuant to Section 5.09(B) and includes, in such notice, the information set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (vi), (vii) and (x) of Section 4.02(E) and a statement that the Company is relying on this Section 4.02(I).

 

(J)            Compliance with Applicable Securities Laws. To the extent applicable, the Company will comply, in all material respects, with all federal and state securities laws in connection with a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including complying with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and filing any required Schedule TO, to the extent applicable) so as to permit effecting such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in the manner set forth in this Indenture; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 4.02 conflict with any law or regulation that is applicable to the Company and enacted after the Issue Date, the Company’s compliance with such law or regulation will not be considered to be a Default of such obligations.

 

(K)           Repurchase in Part. Subject to the terms of this Section 4.02, Notes may be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Section 4.02 applying to the repurchase of a Note in whole will equally apply to the repurchase of a permitted portion of a Note.

 

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Section 4.03.        Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes.

 

(A)          No Right to Redeem Before [Redemption trigger date]4. The Company may not redeem the Notes at its option at any time before [Redemption trigger date].

 

(B)           Right to Redeem the Notes on or After [Redemption trigger date]. Subject to the terms of this Section 4.03, the Company has the right, at its election, to redeem all, or any portion (subject to the Partial Redemption Limitation described in Section 4.03(C)) in an Authorized Denomination, of the Notes, at any time, and from time to time, on a Redemption Date on or after [Redemption trigger date], for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price, but only if (1) the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock exceeds the Optional Redemption Trigger, in each case, on (x) each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption; and (y) the Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Notice Date and (2) the Liquidity Conditions have been satisfied. For the avoidance of doubt, the calling of any Notes for Redemption will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change with respect to such Notes pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof.

 

(C)           Partial Redemption Limitation. If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all of the outstanding Notes, at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) aggregate principal amount of Notes must be outstanding and not subject to Redemption as of the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption (such requirement, the “Partial Redemption Limitation”).

 

(D)           Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Redemption Date (including as a result of the payment of the related Redemption Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.03(F), on such Redemption Date), then (i) the Company may not call for Redemption or otherwise redeem any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Redemption to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interests in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).

 

(E)           Redemption Date. The Redemption Date for any Redemption will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more sixty (60), nor less than thirty (30), calendar days, Scheduled Trading Days after the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption.

 

(F)           Redemption Price. The Redemption Price for any Note called for Redemption is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Redemption, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Redemption Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Redemption Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(F) and such Redemption Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(F), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Redemption Price will include interest on Notes to be redeemed from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.

 

 

4 NTD: To be 3 years + 20 Business Days from the Issue Date.

 

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(G)           Redemption Notice. To call any Notes for Redemption, the Company must send to each Holder of such Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent a written notice of such Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”).

 

Such Redemption Notice must state:

 

(i)            that such Notes have been called for Redemption, briefly describing the Company’s Redemption right under this Indenture;

 

(ii)           the Redemption Date for such Redemption;

 

(iii)          the Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Redemption (and, if the Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.03(F));

 

(iv)          the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

 

(v)           that Notes called for Redemption may be converted at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full);

 

(vi)          the Conversion Rate in effect on the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that may result from such Redemption (including pursuant to Section 5.07); and

 

(vii)         the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.

 

On or before the Redemption Notice Date, the Company will send a copy of such Redemption Notice to the Trustee and the Paying Agent.

 

(H)          Selection and Conversion of Notes to Be Redeemed in Part.

 

(i)            If less than all Notes then outstanding are called for Redemption, then the Notes to be redeemed will be selected as follows: (1) in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Depositary Procedures; and (2) in the case of Physical Notes, pro rata, by lot or by such other method the Company considers fair and appropriate.

 

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(ii)            If only a portion of a Note is subject to Redemption and such Note is converted in part, then the converted portion of such Note will be deemed to be from the portion of such Note that was subject to Redemption.

 

(I)            Payment of the Redemption Price. Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Redemption Price by the time proscribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Redemption Price for a Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the applicable Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.03(F) on any Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption must be paid pursuant to such proviso.

 

(J)            Special Provisions for Partial Calls. If the Company elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03, and the Holder of any Note, or any owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note, is reasonably not able to determine, before the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) calendar day immediately before the Redemption Date for such Redemption, whether such Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, is to be redeemed pursuant to such Redemption, then any conversion of such Note with a Conversion Date occurring on or before Business Day immediately before such Redemption Date will be deemed to be of a Note called for Provisional Redemption for purposes of this Section 4.03 and Section 5.07, and the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change.”

 

Article 5.       Conversion

 

Section 5.01.        Right to Convert.

 

(A)          Generally. Subject to the provisions of this Article 5, each Holder may, at its option, convert such Holder’s Notes into Conversion Consideration.

 

(B)           Conversions in Part. Subject to the terms of this Indenture, Notes may be converted in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Article 5 applying to the conversion of a Note in whole will equally apply to conversions of a permitted portion of a Note.

 

(C)           When Notes May Be Converted.

 

(i)            Generally. A Holder may convert its Notes at any time until the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date[; provided that if a Holder elects to convert its Notes in an aggregate principal amount of less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), then the Conversion Date for such Notes shall be the last Business Day of the calendar month in which the requirements set forth in Section 5.02(A) to convert such Notes are satisfied]5.

 

(ii)            Limitations and Closed Periods. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes:

 

 

5 NTD: Conversion timing limitation subject to confirmation by Trustee.

 

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(1)            Notes may be surrendered for conversion only after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a Business Day;

 

(2)            in no event may any Note be converted after the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date;

 

(3)            if the Company calls any Note for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03, then the Holder of such Note may not convert such Note after the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the applicable Redemption Date, except to the extent the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture; and

 

(4)            if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is validly delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(F) with respect to any Note, then such Note may not be converted, except to the extent (a) such Note is not subject to such notice; (b) such notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.02(F); or (c) the Company fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture (or a third party fails to make such payment in lieu of the Company in accordance with the provisions described in Section 4.02(H)).

 

Section 5.02.        Conversion Procedures.

 

(A)          Generally.

 

(i)            Global Notes. To convert a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the owner of such beneficial interest must (1) comply with the Depositary Procedures for converting such beneficial interest (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable); and (2) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E).

 

(ii)           Physical Notes. To convert all or a portion of a Physical Note, the Holder of such Note must (1) complete, manually sign and deliver to the Conversion Agent the conversion notice attached to such Physical Note or a facsimile of such conversion notice; (2) deliver such Physical Note to the Conversion Agent (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable); (3) furnish any endorsements and transfer documents that the Company or the Conversion Agent may require; and (4) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E).

 

(B)           Effect of Converting a Note. At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for a Note (or any portion thereof) to be converted, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(A) or 5.02(D), upon such conversion) be deemed to cease to be outstanding (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Person will be deemed to be a Holder of such Note (or such portion thereof) as of the Close of Business on such Conversion Date), except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D).

 

(C)           Holder of Record of Conversion Shares. The Person in whose name any share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion of any Note will be deemed to become the holder of record of such share as of the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion.

 

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(D)           Interest Payable Upon Conversion in Certain Circumstances. If the Conversion Date of a Note is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such conversion (and, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything set forth in the proviso to this sentence), to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Holder surrendering such Note for conversion must deliver to the Conversion Agent, at the time of such surrender, an amount of cash equal to the amount of such interest referred to in clause (i) above; provided, however, that the Holder surrendering such Note for conversion need not deliver such cash (v) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; (w) if such Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date; (x) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; or (y) to the extent of any overdue interest or interest that has accrued on any overdue interest. For the avoidance of doubt, as a result of, and without limiting the generality of, the foregoing, if a Note is converted with a Conversion Date that is after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date, then the Company will pay, as provided above, the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, the Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Conversion Date of a Note to be converted is on an Interest Payment Date, then the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately before such Interest Payment Date will be entitled to receive, on such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that has accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, and such Note, when surrendered for conversion, need not be accompanied by any cash amount pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5.02(D).

 

(E)            Taxes and Duties. If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue or delivery of any shares of Common Stock upon such conversion; provided, however, that if any tax or duty is due because such Holder requested such shares to be registered in a name other than such Holder’s name, then such Holder will pay such tax or duty and, until having received a sum sufficient to pay such tax or duty, the Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver any such shares to be issued in a name other than that of such Holder.

 

(F)            Conversion Agent to Notify Company of Conversions. If any Note is submitted for conversion to the Conversion Agent or the Conversion Agent receives any notice of conversion with respect to a Note, then the Conversion Agent will promptly (and, in any event, no later than the date the Conversion Agent receives such Note or notice) notify the Company and the Trustee of such occurrence, together with any other information reasonably requested by the Company, and will cooperate with the Company to determine the Conversion Date for such Note.

 

Section 5.03.        Settlement Upon Conversion.

 

(A)          Conversion Consideration.

 

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(i)            Generally. Subject to Sections 5.03(A)(ii) and 5.03(A)(iii), the type and amount of consideration (the “Conversion Consideration”) due in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of a Note to be converted will be a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such conversion:

 

(ii)           Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares. If the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable pursuant to Section 5.03(A)(i) upon conversion of any Note is not a whole number, then such number will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and the Company will deliver, in addition to the other consideration due upon such conversion, cash in lieu of the related fractional share in an amount equal to the product of (1) such fraction and (2) the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Conversion Date for such conversion (or, if such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day).

 

(iii)           Conversion of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder. If a Holder converts more than one (1) Note on a single Conversion Date, then the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will (in the case of any Global Note, to the extent permitted by, and practicable under, the Depositary Procedures) be computed based on the total principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date by such Holder.

 

(B)           Delivery of the Conversion Consideration. Except as set forth in Sections 5.05(E) and 5.09, the Company will pay or deliver, as applicable, the Conversion Consideration due upon the conversion of any Note to the Holder on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the Conversion Date for such conversion.

 

(C)           Deemed Payment of Principal and Interest; Settlement of Accrued Interest Notwithstanding Conversion. If a Holder converts a Note, then the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, and, except as provided in Section 5.02(D), the Company’s delivery of the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will be deemed to fully satisfy and discharge the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note to, but excluding the Conversion Date. As a result, except as provided in Section 5.02(D), any accrued and unpaid interest on a converted Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.

 

Section 5.04.        Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion.

 

(A)          Stock Reserve. At all times when any Notes are outstanding, the Company will reserve (out of its authorized and not outstanding shares of Common Stock that are not reserved for other purposes) 120% of a number of shares of Common Stock as may from time to time be issuable upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with its terms and conditions, assuming the Conversion Rate is increased by the maximum amount pursuant to which the Conversion Rate may be increased pursuant to Section 5.07. To the extent the Company delivers shares of Common Stock held in its treasury in settlement of the conversion of any Notes, each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection therewith will be deemed to include such delivery, mutatis mutandis.

 

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(B)           Status of Conversion Shares; Listing. Each Conversion Share delivered upon conversion of any Note will be a newly issued or treasury share (except that any Conversion Share delivered by a designated financial institution pursuant to Section 5.08 need not be a newly issued or treasury share) and will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of the Holder of such Note or the Person to whom such Conversion Share will be delivered). If the Common Stock is then listed on any securities exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Conversion Share, when delivered upon conversion of any Note, to be admitted for listing on such exchange or quotation on such system.

 

Section 5.05.        Adjustments to the Conversion Rate.

 

(A)          On the Reset Date, the Conversion Price will be reset to the Reset Conversion Rate.

 

(B)           Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate will be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(i)            Stock Dividends, Splits and Combinations. If the Company issues solely shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of the Common Stock, or if the Company effects a stock split or a stock combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding an issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0=   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately before the Open of Business on the effective date of such stock split or stock combination, as applicable;

 

CR1=   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or the Open of Business on such effective date, as applicable;

 

OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, without giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination; and

 

OS1= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination.

 

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If any dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination of the type described in this Section 5.05(B)(i) is declared or announced, but not so paid or made, then the Conversion Rate will be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such stock split or stock combination, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination not been declared or announced.

 

(ii)            Rights, Options and Warrants. If the Company distributes, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, as to which Sections 5.05(B)(iii)(1) and 5.05(G) will apply) entitling such holders, for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the date such distribution is announced, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0=  the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

CR1=  the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

OS= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

X=  the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and

 

Y=  a number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants by (y) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced.

 

To the extent such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to the Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of only the rights, options or warrants, if any, actually distributed. In addition, to the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants (including as a result of such rights, options or warrants not being exercised), the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to the Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered upon exercise of such rights, option or warrants.

 

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For purposes of this Section 5.05(B)(ii), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date the distribution of such rights, options or warrants is announced, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there will be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if not cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

(iii)          Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property.

 

(1)            Distributions Other than Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company, or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock of the Company or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:

 

(u)            dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(D)) pursuant to Section 5.05(B)(i) or 5.05(B)(ii);

 

(v)            dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(D)) pursuant to Section 5.05(B)(iv);

 

(w)            rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in Section 5.05(G);

 

(x)            Spin-Offs for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(D)) pursuant to Section 5.05(B)(iii)(2);

 

(y)            a distribution solely pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which Section 5.05(B)(v) will apply; and

 

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(z)            a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply,

 

then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where:

 

CR0=  the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

CR1=   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

SP= the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date; and

 

FMV=  the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors), as of such Ex-Dividend Date, of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed per share of Common Stock pursuant to such distribution;

 

provided, however, that if FMV is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the Record Date for such distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and without having to convert its Notes, the amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such Record Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such Record Date.

 

To the extent such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

For purposes of this Section 5.05(B)(iii)(1) (and subject to Section 5.05(G)), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of the Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”): (x) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Stock; (y) are not exercisable; and (z) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, will be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 5.05(B)(iii)(1) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 5.05(B)(iii)(1) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants will be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate will be made pursuant to this Section 5.05(B)(iii)(1). If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed before the Issue Date, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event will be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case, the existing rights, options or warrants will be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(B)(iii)(1) was made, (x) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (I) the Conversion Rate will be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued; and (II) the Conversion Rate will then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase; and (y) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued.

 

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(2)            Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes or dividends shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to an Affiliate, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to (x) a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply; or (y) a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which Section 5.05(B)(v) will apply), and such Capital Stock or equity interests are listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0=  the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off;

 

CR1=   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period;

 

FMV= the product of (x) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share or unit of the Capital Stock or equity interests distributed in such Spin-Off over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Spin-Off Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off (such average to be determined as if references to Common Stock in the definitions of Last Reported Sale Price, Trading Day and Market Disruption Event were instead references to such Capital Stock or equity interests); and (y) the number of shares or units of such Capital Stock or equity interests distributed per share of Common Stock in such Spin-Off; and

 

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SP=  the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for each Trading Day in the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(B)(iii)(2), if the Conversion Date for a Note to be converted occurs during the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Consideration for such conversion, such Spin-Off Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such Conversion Date.

 

To the extent any dividend or distribution of the type set forth in this Section 5.05(B)(iii)(2) is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

(iv)            Cash Dividends or Distributions. If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0=  the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

CR1= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

SP= the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date; and

 

D= the cash amount distributed per share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution;

 

provided, however, that if D is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and without having to convert its Notes, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such Record Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such Record Date.

 

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To the extent such dividend or distribution is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

(v)            Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to an odd-lot tender offer pursuant to Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Exchange Act), and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Board of Directors) of the cash and other consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “Expiration Date”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where:

 

CR0=  the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer;

 

CR1= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period;

 

AC =the aggregate value (determined as of the time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires by the Board of Directors) of all cash and other consideration paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer;

 

OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (including all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

 

OS1=   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

SP=  the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date;

 

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provided, however, that the Conversion Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to this Section 5.05(B)(v), except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(B)(v), if the Conversion Date for a Note to be converted occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Consideration for such conversion, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date to, and including, such Conversion Date.

 

To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of the Company being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.

 

(C)            No Adjustments in Certain Cases.

 

(i)            Where Holders Participate in the Transaction or Event Without Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.05(A), the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of a transaction or other event otherwise requiring an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.05(A) (other than a stock split or combination of the type set forth in Section 5.05(B)(i) or a tender or exchange offer of the type set forth in Section 5.05(B)(v)) if each Holder participates, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and solely by virtue of being a Holder of Notes, in such transaction or event without having to convert such Holder’s Notes and as if such Holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the related Record Date; and (ii) the aggregate principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder on such date.

 

(ii)            Certain Events. The Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate except as provided in Section 5.05 or Section 5.07. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of:

 

(1)            except as otherwise provided in Section 5.05, the sale of shares of Common Stock for a purchase price that is less than the market price per share of Common Stock or less than the Conversion Price;

 

(2)            the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any such plan;

 

(3)            the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of, or assumed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(4)            the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security of the Company outstanding as of the Issue Date;

 

(5)            solely a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

 

(6)            accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.

 

(D)           If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate otherwise required by this Article 5 would result in a change of less than one percent (1%) to the Conversion Rate, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5, the Company may, at its election, defer such adjustment, except that all such deferred adjustments must be given effect immediately upon the earliest of the following: (i) when all such deferred adjustments would result in an aggregate change of at least one percent (1%) to the Conversion Rate; (ii) the Conversion Date of any Note; (iii) the effective date of a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date and (iv) the date the Company calls any Notes for Redemption.

 

(E)           Adjustments Not Yet Effective. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:

 

(i)            a Note is to be converted;

 

(ii)           the Record Date, effective date or Expiration Time for any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) has occurred on or before the Conversion Date for such conversion, but an adjustment to the Conversion Rate for such event has not yet become effective as of such Conversion Date;

 

(iii)          the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Common Stock; and

 

(iv)          such shares are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related Record Date or otherwise),

 

then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such adjustment on such Conversion Date. In such case, if the date on which the Company is otherwise required to deliver the consideration due upon such conversion is before the first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined, then the Company will delay the settlement of such conversion until the second (2nd) Business Day after such first date.

 

(F)            Conversion Rate Adjustments where Converting Holders Participate in the Relevant Transaction or Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:

 

(i)            a Conversion Rate adjustment for any dividend or distribution becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date pursuant to Section 5.05(A);

 

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(ii)            a Note is to be converted;

 

(iii)          the Conversion Date for such conversion occurs on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or before the related Record Date;

 

(iv)          the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Common Stock based on a Conversion Rate that is adjusted for such dividend or distribution; and

 

(v)           such shares would be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution (including pursuant to Section 5.02(C)),

 

then (x) such Conversion Rate adjustment will not be given effect for such conversion; (y) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion based on such unadjusted Conversion Rate will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution; and (z) there will be added, to the Conversion Consideration otherwise due upon such conversion, the same kind and amount of consideration that would have been delivered in such dividend or distribution with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares been entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution.

 

(G)           Stockholder Rights Plans. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon conversion of any Note and, at the time of such conversion, the Company has in effect any stockholder rights plan, then the Holder of such Note will be entitled to receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the Conversion Consideration otherwise payable under this Indenture upon such conversion, the rights set forth in such stockholder rights plan, unless such rights have separated from the Common Stock at such time, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(B)(iii)(1) on account of such separation as if, at the time of such separation, the Company had made a distribution of the type referred to in such Section to all holders of the Common Stock, subject to potential readjustment in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 5.05(B)(iii)(1).

 

(H)           Limitation on Effecting Transactions Resulting in Certain Adjustments. The Company will not engage in or be a party to any transaction or event that would require the Conversion Rate to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A) or Section 5.07 to an amount that would result in the Conversion Price per share of Common Stock being less than the par value per share of Common Stock.

 

(I)            Equitable Adjustments to Prices. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices or the Daily VWAPs, over a span of multiple days (including to calculate the Stock Price or an adjustment to the Conversion Rate), the Company will make appropriate adjustments to such calculations to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, effective date or Expiration Date, as applicable, of such event occurs, at any time during the period when the Last Reported Sale Prices or the Daily VWAPs are to be calculated.

 

(J)            Calculation of Number of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock. For purposes of Section 5.05(A), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time will (i) include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock; and (ii) exclude shares of Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury (unless the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in its treasury).

 

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(K)          Calculations. All calculations with respect to the Conversion Rate and adjustments thereto will be made to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward).

 

(L)           Notice of Conversion Rate Adjustments. Upon the effectiveness of any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A), the Company will promptly send notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent containing (i) a brief description of the transaction or other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment; and (iii) the effective time of such adjustment.

 

Section 5.06.        Voluntary Adjustments.

 

(A)          Generally. To the extent permitted by law and applicable stock exchange rules, the Company, from time to time, may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate by any amount if (i) the Board of Directors determines that such increase is either (x) in the best interest of the Company; or (y) advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax imposed on holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock as a result of any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) of Common Stock or any similar event; (ii) such increase is in effect for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days; and (iii) such increase is irrevocable during such period.

 

(B)           Notice of Voluntary Increases. If the Board of Directors determines to increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.06(A), then, at least fifteen (15) Business Days before such increase, the Company will send notice to each Holder, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of such increase, the amount thereof and the period during which such increase will be in effect.

 

Section 5.07.        Adjustments to the Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 

(A)          Generally. If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and the Conversion Date for the conversion of a Note occurs during the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period, then, subject to this Section 5.07, the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion will be increased by a number of shares (the “Additional Shares”) set forth in the table below corresponding (after interpolation as provided in, and subject to, the provisions below) to the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Stock Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:

 

   Stock Price 
Make-Whole
Fundamental
Change Effective
Date
  $10.00                               
[closing date]                                     
l ]                                     
l ]                                     
l ]                                     
l ]                                     
[maturity date]                                     

 

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If such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date or Stock Price is not set forth in the table above, then:

 

(i)            if such Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two dates in the table above, then the number of Additional Shares will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the numbers of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices in the table above or the earlier and later dates in the table above, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable; and

 

(ii)            if the Stock Price is greater than $[maximum Stock Price in make-whole table] (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above are adjusted pursuant to Section 5.07(B)), or less than $10.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner), per share, then no Additional Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, in no event will the Conversion Rate be increased to an amount that exceeds [initial maximum Conversion Rate] shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which amount is subject to adjustment in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A).

 

For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to Section 4.03(J), (x) the sending of a Redemption Notice will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change only with respect to the Notes called for Provisional Redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice, and not with respect to any other Notes; and (y) the Conversion Rate applicable to the Notes not so called for Provisional Redemption will not be subject to increase pursuant to this Section 5.07 on account of such Redemption Notice.

 

(B)            Adjustment of Stock Prices and Number of Additional Shares. The Stock Prices in the first row (i.e., the column headers) of the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Price is adjusted as a result of the operation of Section 5.05(A). The numbers of Additional Shares in the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A).

 

(C)            Notice of the Occurrence of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change. If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, then, promptly and in no event later than the Business Day immediately after the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will notify the Holders of the occurrence of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date, briefly stating the circumstances under which the Conversion Rate will be increased pursuant to this Section 5.07 in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. The Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of each Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof in accordance with Section 4.03(G).

 

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Section 5.08.       Exchange in Lieu of Conversion.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5, and subject to the terms of this Section 5.08, if a Note is submitted for conversion, the Company may elect to arrange to have such Note exchanged in lieu of conversion by a financial institution designated by the Company. To make such election, the Company must send notice of such election to the Holder of such Note, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such Note. If the Company has made such election, then:

 

(A)          no later than the Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date, the Company must deliver (or cause the Conversion Agent to deliver) such Note, together with delivery instructions for the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion (including wire instructions, if applicable), to a financial institution designated by the Company that has agreed to deliver such Conversion Consideration in the manner and at the time the Company would have had to deliver the same pursuant to this Article 5;

 

(B)           if such Note is a Global Note, then (i) such designated institution will send written confirmation to the Conversion Agent promptly after wiring the cash Conversion Consideration, if any, and delivering any other Conversion Consideration, due upon such conversion to the Holder of such Note; and (ii) the Conversion Agent will as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter contact such Holder’s custodian with the Depositary to confirm receipt of the same; and

 

(C)           such Note will not cease to be outstanding by reason of such exchange in lieu of conversion;

 

provided, however, that if such financial institution does not accept such Note or fails to timely deliver such Conversion Consideration, then the Company will be responsible for delivering such Conversion Consideration in the manner and at the time provided in this Article 5 as if the Company had not elected to make an exchange in lieu of conversion.

 

Section 5.09.         Effect of Common Stock Change Event.

 

(A)          Generally. If there occurs any:

 

(i)            recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value and (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities);

 

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(ii)            consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving the Company;

 

(iii)            sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person, other than transfers to, from, between or among the Company and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that has provided a guarantee of the Company’s obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes; or

 

(iv)          other similar event,

 

and, as a result of which, the Common Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing (such an event, a “Common Stock Change Event,” and such other securities, cash or property, the “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one (1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Common Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “Reference Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes,

 

(1)            from and after the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, (I) the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any Note, will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Article 5 (or in any related definitions) were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; (II) for purposes of Section 4.03(B), each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in such Section (or in any related definitions) will instead be deemed to be a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; (III) for purposes of the definition of “Record Date,” the term “Common Stock” will be deemed to refer to any class of securities forming part of such Reference Property; and (IV) for purposes of the definitions of “Fundamental Change” and “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” references to “Common Stock” and the Company’s “Common Equity” will be deemed to refer to the Common Equity (including depositary receipts representing Common Equity), if any, forming part of such Reference Property;

 

(2)            if such Reference Property Unit consists entirely of cash, then the Company will pay the cash due in respect of all conversions whose Conversion Date occurs on or after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event no later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the relevant Conversion Date; and

 

(3)            for these purposes, the Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner by the Board of Directors of the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).

 

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If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration to be determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per share of Common Stock, by the holders of Common Stock. The Company will notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

At or before the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, the Company and the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) of such Common Stock Change Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(F), which supplemental indenture will (x) provide for subsequent conversions of Notes in the manner set forth in this Section 5.09; (y) provide for subsequent adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) in a manner consistent with this Section 5.09; and (z) contain such other provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders and to give effect to the provisions of this Section 5.09(A). If the Reference Property includes shares of stock or other securities or assets (other than cash) of a Person other than the Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture will contain such additional provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to protect the interests of the Holders.

 

(B)           Notice of Common Stock Change Events. The Company will provide notice of each Common Stock Change Event to Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent no later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event.

 

(C)           Compliance Covenant. The Company will not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 5.09.

 

Article 6.       Successors

 

Section 6.01.        When the Company May Merge, Etc.

 

(A)          Generally. The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or (directly, or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (a “Business Combination Event”), unless:

 

(i)            the resulting, surviving or transferee Person either (x) is the Company or (y) if not the Company, is a corporation (the “Successor Corporation”) duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that expressly assumes (by executing and delivering to the Trustee, at or before the effective time of such Business Combination Event, a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(E)) all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

(ii)            immediately after giving effect to such Business Combination Event, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing.

 

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(B)            Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee. Before the effective time of any Business Combination Event, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (i) such Business Combination Event (and, if applicable, the related supplemental indenture) complies with Section 6.01(A); and (ii) all conditions precedent to such Business Combination Event provided in this Indenture have been satisfied.

 

Section 6.02.        Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

At the effective time of any Business Combination Event that complies with Section 6.01, the Successor Corporation will succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such Successor Corporation had been named as the Company in this Indenture and the Notes, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

Section 6.03.         Exclusion for Certain Asset Transfers.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 6, this Article 6 will not apply to any transfer of assets between or among the Company and any one or more of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that has provided a guarantee of the Company’s obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes and that is not effected by merger or consolidation.

 

Article 7.       Defaults and Remedies

 

Section 7.01.        Events of Default.

 

(A)           Definition of Events of Default. “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)            a default in the payment when due (whether at maturity, upon Redemption or upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or otherwise) of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, any Note;

 

(ii)           a default for thirty (30) consecutive days in (x) the payment of interest and/or (y) the issuance of PIK Notes when due on any Note;

 

(iii)          the Company’s failure to deliver, when required by this Indenture, a Fundamental Change Notice, or a notice pursuant to Section 5.07(C), if such failure is not cured within three (3) Business Days after its occurrence;

 

(iv)          a default in the Company’s obligation to convert a Note in accordance with Article 5 upon the exercise of the conversion right with respect thereto, if such default is not cured within three (3) Business Days after its occurrence;

 

(v)           a default in the Company’s obligations under Article 6;

 

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(vi)          a default in any of the Company’s obligations or agreements under this Indenture or the Notes (other than a default set forth in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section 7.01(A)) where such default is not cured or waived within sixty (60) days after notice to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, which notice must specify such default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”;

 

(vii)         a default by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries with respect to any one or more mortgages, agreements or other instruments under which there is outstanding, or by which there is secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed (other than Non-Recourse Debt) of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness exists as of the Issue Date or is thereafter created, where such default:

 

(1)            constitutes a failure to pay the principal of or interest on such indebtedness when due and payable at its stated maturity or payment date, as applicable, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, in each case after the expiration of any applicable grace period; or

 

(2)            results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable before its stated maturity,

 

(3)            in each case where such default is not cured or waived within thirty (30) days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding;

 

(viii)         the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, either:

 

(1)            commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary;

 

(2)            consents to the entry of an order for any such relief under clause (1) above against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

(3)            consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property in such case or proceeding described under clause (1) or clause (2) above;

 

(4)            makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

 

(5)            takes any comparable action to clauses (1) to (4) above under any applicable foreign Bankruptcy Law; or

 

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(6)            generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

 

(ix)            a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that either:

 

(1)            is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary;

 

(2)            appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or for any substantial part of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

 

(3)            orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or

 

(4)            grants any similar relief under any foreign Bankruptcy Law,

 

and, in each case under this Section 7.01(A)(ix), such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for at least sixty (60) days.

 

(B)            Cause Irrelevant. Each of the events set forth in Section 7.01(A) will constitute an Event of Default regardless of the cause thereof or whether voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

 

Section 7.02.       Acceleration.

 

(A)            Automatic Acceleration in Certain Circumstances. If an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(viii) or 7.01(A)(ix) occurs with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company), then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any Person.

 

(B)            Optional Acceleration. Subject to Section 7.03, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(viii) or 7.01(A)(ix) with respect to the Company and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately.

 

(C)            Rescission of Acceleration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, on behalf of all Holders, rescind any acceleration of the Notes and its consequences if (i) such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (ii) all existing Events of Default (except the non-payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes that has become due solely because of such acceleration) have been cured or waived. No such rescission will affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

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Section 7.03.        Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report.

 

(A)          Generally. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company may elect that the sole remedy for any Event of Default (a “Reporting Event of Default”) pursuant to Section 7.01(A)(vi) arising from the Company’s failure to comply with Section 3.02 will, for each of the first one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, consist exclusively of the accrual of Special Interest on the Notes. If the Company has made such an election, then (i) the Notes will be subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 7.02 on account of the relevant Reporting Event of Default from, and including, the one hundred and eighty first (181st) calendar day on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Company fails to pay any accrued and unpaid Special Interest when due; and (ii) Special Interest will cease to accrue on any Notes from, and including, such one hundred and eighty first (181st) calendar day (it being understood that interest on any defaulted Special Interest will nonetheless accrue pursuant to Section 2.05(B)).

 

(B)           Amount and Payment of Special Interest. Any Special Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to Section 7.03(A) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the PIK Interest on such Note and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to one half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof; provided, however, that in no event will Special Interest payable at the Company’s election for its failure to comply with its reporting obligations as set forth in Section 3.02(A), together with any Additional Interest that may accrue as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (other than reports on Form 8-K) pursuant to Section 3.04(A), accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per quarter that exceeds one percent (1.00%). For the avoidance of doubt, any Special Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, in addition to any Additional Interest that accrues on such Note.

 

(C)           Notice of Election. To make the election set forth in Section 7.03(A), the Company must send to the Holders and the Trustee before the date on which each Reporting Event of Default first occurs, a notice that (i) briefly describes the report(s) that the Company failed to file with the SEC; (ii) states that the Company is electing that the sole remedy for such Reporting Event of Default consist of the accrual of Special Interest; and (iii) briefly describes the periods during which and rate at which Special Interest will accrue and the circumstances under which the Notes will be subject to acceleration on account of such Reporting Event of Default.

 

(D)           Notice to Trustee and Paying Agent; Trustee’s Disclaimer. If Special Interest accrues on any Note, then, no later than five (5) Business Days before each date on which such Special Interest is to be paid, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Special Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Special Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Special Interest is payable or the amount thereof.

 

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(E)           No Effect on Other Events of Default. No election pursuant to this Section 7.03 with respect to a Reporting Event of Default will affect the rights of any Holder with respect to any other Event of Default, including with respect to any other Reporting Event of Default.

 

Section 7.04.        Other Remedies.

 

(A)          Trustee May Pursue All Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of any amounts due with respect to the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(B)           Procedural Matters. The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in such proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy following an Event of Default will not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, such Event of Default. All remedies will be cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

Section 7.05.        Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

An Event of Default pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iv) or (vi) of Section 7.01(A) (that, in the case of clause (vi) only, results from a Default under any covenant that cannot be amended without the consent of each affected Holder), and a Default that could lead to such an Event of Default, can be waived only with the consent of each affected Holder. Each other Default or Event of Default may be waived, on behalf of all Holders, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. If an Event of Default is so waived, then it will cease to exist. If a Default is so waived, then it will be deemed to be cured and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to occur. However, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right arising therefrom.

 

Section 7.06.        Control by Majority.

 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law, this Indenture or the Notes, or that, subject to Section 10.01, the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or may involve the Trustee in liability, unless the Trustee is offered security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such direction.

 

Section 7.07.        Limitation on Suits.

 

No Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes (except to enforce (x) its rights to receive the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or interest on, any Notes; or (y) the Company’s obligations to convert any Notes pursuant to Article 5), unless:

 

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(A)          such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(B)              Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding deliver a written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy;

 

(C)            such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such request;

 

(D)            the Trustee does not comply with such request within sixty (60) calendar days after its receipt of such request and such offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(E)            during such sixty (60) calendar day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding do not deliver to the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such request.

 

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Holder’s use of this Indenture complies with the preceding sentence.

 

Section 7.08.         Absolute Right of Holders to Institute Suit for the Enforcement of the Right to Receive Payment and Conversion Consideration.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes (but without limiting Section 8.01), the right of each Holder of a Note to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment or delivery, as applicable, of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any interest on, or the Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon conversion of, such Note on or after the respective due dates therefor provided in this Indenture and the Notes, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 7.09.       Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

The Trustee will have the right, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iv) of Section 7.01(A), to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the total unpaid or undelivered principal of, or Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or interest on, or Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon conversion of, the Notes, as applicable, and, to the extent lawful, any Default Interest on any Defaulted Amounts, and such further amounts sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including compensation provided for in Section 10.06.

 

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Section 7.10.       Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee has the right to (A) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) or its creditors or property and (B) collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims. Each Holder authorizes any custodian in such proceeding to make such payments to the Trustee, and, if the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to the Trustee for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.06. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances and other amounts out of the estate in such proceeding, is denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien (senior to the rights of Holders) on, and will be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding (whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise). Nothing in this Indenture will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize, consent to, accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 7.11.       Priorities.

 

The Trustee will pay or deliver in the following order any money or other property that it collects pursuant to this Article 7:

 

First: to the Trustee and its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 10.06, including payment of all fees, compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second: to Holders for unpaid amounts or other property due on the Notes, including the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any interest on, or any Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of, the Notes, ratably, and without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts or other property due and payable on all of the Notes; and

 

Third: to the Company or such other Person as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment or delivery to the Holders pursuant to this Section 7.11, in which case the Trustee will instruct the Company to, and the Company will, deliver, at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such record date, to each Holder and the Trustee a notice stating such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment or nature of such delivery, as applicable.

 

Section 7.12.       Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Notes or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court, in its discretion, may (A) require the filing by any litigant party in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit; and (B) assess reasonable costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) against any litigant party in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such litigant party; provided, however, that this Section 7.12 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee, any suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 7.08 or any suit by one or more Holders of more than ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

 

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Article 8.     Amendments, Supplements and Waivers

 

Section 8.01.       Without the Consent of Holders.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder to:

 

(A)          cure any ambiguity or correct any omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture or the Notes as set forth in an officer’s certificate; provided, that any such cure and/or correction is not adverse to any Holder;

 

(B)           add guarantees with respect to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Notes;

 

(C)           secure the Notes;

 

(D)          add to the Company’s covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred on the Company;

 

(E)           provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to, and in compliance with, Article 6;

 

(F)           enter into supplemental indentures pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 5.09 in connection with a Common Stock Change Event;

 

(G)           evidence or provide for the acceptance of the appointment, under this Indenture, of a successor Trustee;

 

(H)          [reserved];

 

(I)            provide for or confirm the issuance of additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.03(B);

 

(J)            comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with any qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect; or

 

(K)          make any other change to this Indenture or the Notes that does not, individually or in the aggregate with all other such changes, adversely affect the rights of the Holders, as such, in any respect.

 

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Section 8.02.       With the Consent of Holders.

 

(A)            Generally. Subject to Sections 8.01, 7.05 and 7.08 and the immediately following sentence, the Company and the Trustee may, with the consent of all the Holders (in respect of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) and otherwise of Holders of 75% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (excluding any Notes held by the Company or an Affiliate thereof), amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing sentence, but subject to Section 8.01, without the consent of each affected Holder, no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, may:

 

(i)            reduce the principal, or change the stated maturity, of any Note;

 

(ii)           reduce the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note or change the times at which, or the circumstances under which, the Notes may or will be redeemed or repurchased by the Company;

 

(iii)          reduce the rate, or extend the time for the payment, of interest on any Note;

 

(iv)         make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Note;

 

(v)          impair the rights of any Holder set forth in Section 7.08 (as such section is in effect on the Issue Date);

 

(vi)         (1) subordinate any of the Notes owed to the Holders in right of payment or (2) subordinate any of the Liens securing the Notes owed to the Holders;

 

(vii)         make any Note payable in money, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in this Indenture or the Note;

 

(viii)        reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification;

 

(ix)          release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Collateral Agreements or a release of all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by this Indenture); or

 

(x)           make any direct or indirect change to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification provision of this Indenture or the Notes that requires the consent of each affected Holder.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this Section 8.02(A), no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, may change the amount or type of consideration due on any Note (whether on an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date or upon conversion, or otherwise), or the date(s) or time(s) such consideration is payable or deliverable, as applicable, without the consent of each affected Holder.

 

(B)            Holders Need Not Approve the Particular Form of any Amendment. A consent of any Holder pursuant to this Section 8.02 need approve only the substance, and not necessarily the particular form, of the proposed amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

(C)            Consent Fees. The Company will not pay or provide, cause to be paid or provided, any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or provided and is paid or provided (or, in the case of an opportunity, such opportunity is provided) to all Holders that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or amendment. The Company acknowledges that a Holder from which the Company seeks any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes may condition such consent, waiver or amendment on the reimbursement by the Company of reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Holder in connection therewith.

 

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Section 8.03.        Notice of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers.

 

As soon as reasonably practicable after any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.02 becomes effective, the Company will send to the Holders and the Trustee notice that (A) describes the substance of such amendment, supplement or waiver in reasonable detail and (B) states the effective date thereof; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to provide such notice to the Holders if such amendment, supplement or waiver is included in a periodic report filed by the Company with the SEC within four (4) Business Days of its effectiveness. The failure to send, or the existence of any defect in, such notice will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 8.04.         Revocation, Effect and Solicitation of Consents; Special Record Dates; Etc.

 

(A)            Revocation and Effect of Consents. The consent of a Holder of a Note to an amendment, supplement or waiver will bind (and constitute the consent of) each subsequent Holder of any Note to the extent the same evidences any portion of the same indebtedness as the consenting Holder’s Note, subject to the right of any Holder of a Note to revoke (if not prohibited pursuant to Section 8.04(B)) any such consent with respect to such Note by delivering notice of revocation to the Trustee before the time such amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

 

(B)            Special Record Dates. The Company may, but is not required to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent or take any other action in connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Article 8. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.04(A), only Persons who are Holders as of such record date (or their duly designated proxies) will be entitled to give such consent, to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, regardless of whether such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date; provided, however, that no such consent will be valid or effective for more than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after such record date.

 

(C)            Solicitation of Consents. For the avoidance of doubt, each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to the consent of a Holder will be deemed to include any such consent obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, any Notes.

 

(D)            Effectiveness and Binding Effect. Each amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Article 8 will become effective in accordance with its terms and, when it becomes effective with respect to any Note (or any portion thereof), will thereafter bind every Holder of such Note (or such portion).

 

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Section 8.05.         Notations and Exchanges.

 

If any amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, then the Trustee or the Company may, in its discretion, require the Holder of such Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee so that the Trustee may place an appropriate notation prepared by the Company on such Note and return such Note to such Holder. Alternatively, at its discretion, the Company may, in exchange for such Note, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a new Note that reflects the changed terms. The failure to make any appropriate notation or issue a new Note pursuant to this Section 8.05 will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 8.06.         Trustee to Execute Supplemental Indentures.

 

The Trustee will execute and deliver any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 8; provided, however, that the Trustee need not (but may, in its sole and absolute discretion) execute or deliver any such amendment or supplemental indenture that the Trustee concludes adversely affects the Trustee’s rights, duties, liabilities or immunities. In executing any amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 10.01 and 10.02) will be fully protected in relying on, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the execution and delivery of such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture; and (B) in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, such amendment or supplemental indenture is valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Section 8.07.         Determinations by Affiliates of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, for purposes of this Indenture (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 7.02(C) and this Article 8) should any Notes (or beneficial interests therein) be owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates, then any vote, consent or notice participated in or sent by Holders shall exclude, and any determination of the “majority” in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall exclude, the vote, consent or notice relating to each such Person; provided that if such Persons own all of the Notes (or beneficial interests therein), then such Persons shall not be excluded from any such vote, consent, notice or determination.

 

Article 9.     Satisfaction and Discharge

 

Section 9.01.         Termination of Company’s Obligations.

 

This Indenture will be discharged, and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued under this Indenture, when:

 

(A)            all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.13) have (i) been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) become due and payable (whether on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Maturity Date, upon conversion or otherwise) for an amount of cash or Conversion Consideration, as applicable, that has been fixed;

 

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(B)            the Company has caused there to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, or with the Paying Agent (or, with respect to Conversion Consideration, the Conversion Agent), in each case for the benefit of the Holders, or has otherwise caused there to be delivered to the Holders, cash (or, with respect to Notes to be converted, Conversion Consideration) sufficient to satisfy all amounts or other property due on all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.13);

 

(C)            the Company has paid all other amounts payable by it under this Indenture; and

 

(D)            the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the conditions precedent to the discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied;

 

provided, however, that Article 10 and Section 11.01 will survive such discharge and, until no Notes remain outstanding, Section 2.15 and the obligations of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent with respect to money or other property deposited with them will survive such discharge.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

Section 9.02.         Repayment to Company.

 

Subject to applicable unclaimed property law, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will promptly notify the Company if there exists (and, at the Company’s request, promptly deliver to the Company) any cash, Conversion Consideration or other property held by any of them for payment or delivery on the Notes that remain unclaimed two (2) years after the date on which such payment or delivery was due. After such delivery to the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will have no further liability to any Holder with respect to such cash, Conversion Consideration or other property, and Holders entitled to the payment or delivery of such cash, Conversion Consideration or other property must look to the Company for payment as a general creditor of the Company.

 

Section 9.03.         Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent is unable to apply any cash or other property deposited with it pursuant to Section 9.01 because of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or other governmental authority that enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits such application, then the discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 will be rescinded; provided, however, that if the Company thereafter pays or delivers any cash or other property due on the Notes to the Holders thereof, then the Company will be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to receive such cash or other property from the cash or other property, if any, held by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent, as applicable.

 

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Article 10.     Trustee

 

Section 10.01.       Duties of the Trustee.

 

(A)            If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(B)            Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)            the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)            in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel that are provided to the Trustee and conform to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(C)            The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)            this paragraph will not limit the effect of Section 10.01(B);

 

(ii)           the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii)          the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 7.06.

 

(D)            Each provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to clauses (A), (B) and (C) of this Section 10.01, regardless of whether such provision so expressly provides.

 

(E)            No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability.

 

(F)            The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it, except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by law.

 

(G)            Whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee will be subject to the provisions of this Section 10.01.

 

(H)            The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein will not be construed as duties.

 

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(I)            The Trustee will not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of this Indenture or otherwise.

  

(J)            Unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received notice from the Company that Additional Interest is owing on the Notes or that the Company has elected to pay Special Interest on the Notes, the Trustee may assume no Additional Interest or Special Interest, as applicable, is payable.

 

(K)            The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and will be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture, including as Note Agent.

 

(L)            The Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of any document or agreement other than this Indenture and the Notes.

 

Section 10.02.       Rights of the Trustee.

 

(A)            The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document that it believes to be genuine and signed or presented by the proper Person, and the Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in such document.

 

(B)            Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel; and the written advice of such counsel, or any Opinion of Counsel, will constitute full and complete authorization of the Trustee to take or omit to take any action in good faith in reliance thereon without liability.

 

(C)            The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any such agent appointed with due care.

 

(D)            The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith and that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture.

 

(E)            Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(F)            The Trustee need not exercise any rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder unless such Holder has offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that it may incur in complying with such request or direction.

 

(G)            The Trustee will not be responsible or liable for any punitive, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (including lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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Section 10.03.       Individual Rights of the Trustee.

 

The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of any Note and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights that it would have if it were not Trustee; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires a “conflicting interest” (within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), then it must eliminate such conflict within ninety (90) days or resign as Trustee. Each Note Agent will have the same rights and duties as the Trustee under this Section 10.03.

 

Section 10.04.       Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee will not be (A) responsible for, and makes no representation as to, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes; (B) accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture; (C) responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee; and (D) responsible for any statement or recital in this Indenture, the Notes or any other document relating to the sale of the Notes or this Indenture, other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

 

Section 10.05.       Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, then the Trustee will send Holders a notice of such Default or Event of Default within ninety (90) days after it occurs or, if it is not known to the Trustee at such time, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) after it becomes known to a Responsible Officer thereof; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Note, or a default in the payment or delivery of the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion, the Trustee may withhold such notice if and for so long as it in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the interests of the Holders. The Trustee will not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice thereof has been received by a Responsible Officer thereof, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture and states on its face that a Default or Event of Default has occurred.

 

Section 10.06.       Compensation and Indemnity.

 

(A)            The Company will, from time to time, pay the Trustee reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services under this Indenture, as separately agreed by the Company and the Trustee. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. In addition to the compensation for the Trustee’s services, the Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

(B)            The Company will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 10.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense is attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, as determined by a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Trustee will promptly notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity, but the Trustee’s failure to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Section 10.06(B), except to the extent the Company is materially prejudiced by such failure. The Company will defend such claim, and the Trustee will cooperate in such defense. If the Trustee is advised by counsel that it may have defenses available to it that are in conflict with the defenses available to the Company, or that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest, then the Trustee may retain separate counsel, and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Trustee incurred in evaluating whether such a conflict exists). The Company need not pay for any settlement of any such claim made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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(C)            The obligations of the Company under this Section 10.06 will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture.

 

(D)            To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 10.06, the Trustee will have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, or interest on, particular Notes, which lien will survive the discharge of this Indenture.

 

(E)            If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default pursuant to clause (viii) or (ix) of Section 7.01(A) occurs, then such expenses and the compensation for such services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 10.07.       Replacement of the Trustee.

 

(A)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.07, a resignation or removal of the Trustee, and the appointment of a successor Trustee, will become effective only upon such successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 10.07.

 

(B)            The Trustee may resign at any time and be discharged from the trust created by this Indenture by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(i)            the Trustee fails to comply with Section 10.09;

 

(ii)            the Trustee is adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(iii)            a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(iv)            the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

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(C)            If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, then (i) the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee; and (ii) at any time within one (1) year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace such successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

  

(D)            If a successor Trustee does not take office within sixty (60) days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, then the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(E)            If the Trustee, after written request by a Holder of at least six (6) months, fails to comply with Section 10.09, then such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(F)            A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company, upon which notice the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will send notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will, upon payment of all amounts due to it under this Indenture, promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, which property will, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to the lien provided for in Section 10.06(D).

 

Section 10.08.       Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, then such corporation will become the successor Trustee without any further act.

 

Section 10.09.       Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There will at all times be a Trustee under this Indenture that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof, that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

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Article 11.     Miscellaneous

 

Section 11.01.       Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other will be deemed to have been duly given if in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, or to the other’s address, which initially is as follows:

 

If to the Company:

 

Marti Technologies Inc.

Maslak Noramin Is Merkezi

Buyukdere Caddesi No 237

Maslak/İstanbul, Turkey

Attention: Alper Öktem, CEO

Email: Alper@marti.tech

 

If to the Trustee:

 

[Trustee]

l ]

 

The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses (including facsimile numbers and electronic addresses) for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: (A) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (B) five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; (C) when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile, electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication; and (D) the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

 

The Trustee shall not have any duty to confirm that the person sending any notice, instruction or other communication by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider acceptable to the Trustee) shall be deemed original signatures for all purposes. Each other party assumes all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods to send communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on an unauthorized communication, and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may in any instance and in its sole discretion require that an original document bearing a manual signature the Trustee in lieu of, or in addition to, any such electronic communication.

 

All notices or communications required to be made to a Holder pursuant to this Indenture must be made in writing and will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing if mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to its address shown on the Register; provided, however, that a notice or communication to a Holder of a Global Note shall instead be sent pursuant to the Depositary Procedures (in which case, such notice will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing). The failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder, or any defect in such notice or communication, will not affect its sufficiency with respect to any other Holder.

 

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If the Trustee is then acting as the Depositary’s custodian for the Notes, then, at the reasonable request of the Company to the Trustee, the Trustee will cause any notice prepared by the Company to be sent to any Holder(s) pursuant to the Depositary Procedures, provided such request is evidenced in a Company Order delivered, together with the text of such notice, to the Trustee at least two (2) Business Days before the date such notice is to be so sent. For the avoidance of doubt, such Company Order need not be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee will not have any liability relating to the contents of any notice that it sends to any Holder pursuant to any such Company Order.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed or sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it will be deemed to have been duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, (A) whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to another party, no such notice need be sent if the sending party and the recipient are the same Person acting in different capacities; and (B) whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to more than one receiving party, and each receiving party is the same Person acting in different capacities, then only one such notice need be sent to such Person.

 

Section 11.02.       Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (other than the initial authentication of Notes under this Indenture), the Company will furnish to the Trustee:

 

(A)            an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with Section 11.03 and states that, in the opinion of the signatory thereto, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to such action have been satisfied; and

 

(B)            an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with Section 11.03 and states that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, have been satisfied.

 

Section 11.03.       Statements Required in Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.

 

Each Officer’s Certificate (other than an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 3.05) or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture will include:

 

(A)            a statement that the signatory thereto has read such covenant or condition;

 

(B)            a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained therein are based;

 

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(C)            a statement that, in the opinion of such signatory, he, she or it has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him, her or it to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

 

(D)            a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such signatory, such covenant or condition has been satisfied.

 

Section 11.04.       Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 11.05.       No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

 

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

Section 11.06.       Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.

 

Section 11.07.       Submission to Jurisdiction.

 

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth in Section 11.01 will be effective service of process for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Company, the Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of any Note) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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Section 11.08.       No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

Neither this Indenture nor the Notes may be used to interpret any other indenture, note, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person, and no such indenture, note, loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture or the Notes.

 

Section 11.09.       Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors.

 

Section 11.10.       Force Majeure.

 

The Trustee and each Note Agent will not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility under this Indenture or the Notes by reason of any occurrence beyond its control (including any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, act of terrorism or unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).

 

Section 11.11.       U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

The Company acknowledges that, in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The Company agrees to provide the Trustee with such information as it may request to enable the Trustee to comply with the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

Section 11.12.       Calculations.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Indenture or the Notes, including determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price, accrued interest on the Notes, any Additional Interest or Special Interest on the Notes and the Conversion Rate. The Trustee shall not be responsible for verifying such calculations.

 

The Company will make all calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on all Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent may rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will promptly forward a copy of each such schedule to a Holder upon its written request therefor, at the cost and expense of the Company.

 

Section 11.13.       Severability.

 

If any provision of this Indenture or the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Indenture or the Notes will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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Section 11.14.       Counterparts.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, and all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Indenture by facsimile, electronically in portable document format or in any other format will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.

 

Section 11.15.       Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

The table of contents and the headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 11.16.       Withholding Taxes.

 

Each Holder of a Note agrees, and each beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Note, by its acquisition of such interest, is deemed to agree, that if the Company or other applicable withholding agent pays withholding taxes or backup withholding on behalf of such Holder or a beneficial owner as a result of an adjustment or the non-occurrence of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then the Company or such withholding agent, as applicable, may, at its option, set off such payments against payments of cash or the delivery of other Conversion Consideration on such Note, any payments on the Common Stock or sales proceeds received by, or other funds or assets of, such Holder or the beneficial owner of such Note.

 

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

 

  [Marti Technologies Inc.]
   
  By:                      
    Name:
    Title:
   
   
  [TRUSTEE]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

FORM OF NOTE

 

[Insert Global Note Legend, if applicable]

 

[Insert Restricted Note Legend, if applicable]

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.]

 

12.00% Convertible Senior Note due [maturity year]

 

CUSIP No.: [___]  Certificate No. [___]

 

ISIN No.: [___]    

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.], a Cayman Islands exempted company, for value received, promises to pay to [Cede & Co.], or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [___] dollars ($[___]) [(as revised by the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note)]* on [maturity date] and to pay interest thereon, as provided in the Indenture referred to below, until the principal and all accrued and unpaid interest are paid or duly provided for.

 

Interest Payment Dates:[Interest Payment Date #1] and [Interest Payment Date #2] of each year (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), commencing on [the 15th of the month 6 months following the Issue Date].

 

Regular Record Dates:[the 1st of the same month as Interest Payment Date #1] and [the 1st of the same month as Interest Payment Date #2] (whether or not a Business Day).

 

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

 

 * Insert bracketed language for Global Notes only.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, [Marti Technologies Inc.] has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.

 

      [Marti Technologies Inc.]
       
Date:     By:  
        Name:
        Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

[Trustee], as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

    
Date:    By:  
  Authorized Signatory

 

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[Marti Technologies Inc.]

 

12.00% Convertible Senior Note due [maturity year]

 

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO TREAS. REG. SECTION 1.1275-3: THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE ISSUER, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ISSUER, WILL MAKE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST TO THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE, AND YIELD. THE ADDRESS OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE ISSUER IS MASLAK MAH. BÜYÜKDERE CAD. NORAMIN İŞ MERKEZI 237/5 SARIYER, ISTANBUL, TURKEY.

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of [Marti Technologies Inc.], a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), designated as its 12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year] (the “Notes”), all issued or to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of [closing date] (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and [Trustee], as trustee. Capitalized terms used in this Note without definition have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture sets forth the rights and obligations of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and the terms of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, to the extent that any provision of this Note conflicts with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture will control.

 

1.            Interest. This Note will accrue interest at a rate and in the manner set forth in Section 2.05 of the Indenture. Stated Interest on this Note will begin to accrue from, and including, [date].

 

2.            Maturity. This Note will mature on [maturity date], unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

 

3.            Method of Payment. Cash amounts due on this Note will be paid in the manner set forth in Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

 

4.            Persons Deemed Owners. The Holder of this Note will be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.

 

5.            Denominations; Transfers and Exchanges. All Notes will be in registered form, without coupons, in principal amounts equal to any Authorized Denominations. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note may transfer or exchange this Note by presenting it to the Registrar and delivering any required documentation or other materials.

 

6.            Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change. If a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.02 of the Indenture.

 

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7.            Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes. The Company will have the right to redeem the Notes for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.03 of the Indenture.

 

8.            Conversion. The Holder of this Note may convert this Note into Conversion Consideration in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture.

 

9.            When the Company May Merge, Etc. Article 6 of the Indenture places limited restrictions on the Company’s ability to be a party to a Business Combination Event.

 

10.            Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs, then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding may (and, in certain circumstances, will automatically) become due and payable in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 7 of the Indenture.

 

11.            Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 7.05 and Article 8 of the Indenture.

 

12.            No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

13.            Authentication. No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.

 

14.            Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or its assignee, such as TEN COM (tenants in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

15.            Governing Law. THIS NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

* * *

 

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To request a copy of the Indenture, which the Company will provide to any Holder at no charge, please send a written request to the following address:

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.]

Maslak Noramin Is Merkezi

Buyukdere Caddesi No 237

Maslak/İstanbul, Turkey

Attention: Alper Öktem, CEO

Email: Alper@marti.tech

 

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

 

INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE: $[___]

 

The following exchanges, transfers or cancellations of this Global Note have been made:

 

Date   Amount of Increase
(Decrease) in
Principal Amount of
this Global Note
   Principal Amount of
this Global Note
After Such Increase
(Decrease)
   Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of Trustee
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

 

*Insert for Global Notes only.

 

 A-7 

 

 

CONVERSION NOTICE

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.]

 

12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year]

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below directs the Company to convert (check one):

 

¨the entire principal amount of

 

¨$                     *aggregate principal amount of

 

the Note identified by CUSIP No.                       and Certificate No.                      .

 

The undersigned acknowledges that if the Conversion Date of a Note to be converted is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then such Note, when surrendered for conversion, must, in certain circumstances, be accompanied with an amount of cash equal to the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date.

 

Date:      
        (Legal Name of Holder)

 

    By:  
      Name:
      Title:

 

    Signature Guaranteed:
     
    Participant in a Recognized Signature
    Guarantee Medallion Program

 

    By:  
      Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

*Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

 A-8 

 

 

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.]

 

12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year]

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to (check one):

 

¨the entire principal amount of

 

¨$                     * aggregate principal amount of

 

the Note identified by CUSIP No.                       and Certificate No.                      .

 

The undersigned acknowledges that this Note, duly endorsed for transfer, must be delivered to the Paying Agent before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be paid.

 

Date:      
        (Legal Name of Holder)

 

    By:  
      Name:
      Title:

 

    Signature Guaranteed:
     
    Participant in a Recognized Signature
    Guarantee Medallion Program

 

    By:  
      Authorized Signatory

 

 

*   Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

 A-9 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.]

 

12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year]

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the undersigned Holder of the Notes identified below assigns (check one):

 

¨the entire principal amount of

 

¨$                      *aggregate principal amount of

 

the Notes identified by CUSIP No.                       and Certificate No.                      , and all rights thereunder, to:

 

Name:  

 

Address:  

 

Social security or tax id. #:  

 

and irrevocably appoints:  

 

as agent to transfer the within Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him/her.

 

Date:      
        (Legal Name of Holder)

 

    By:  
      Name:
      Title:

 

    Signature Guaranteed:
     
    Participant in a Recognized Signature
    Guarantee Medallion Program

 

    By:  
      Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

*Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

 A-10 

 

 

TRANSFEROR ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

If the within Note bears a Restricted Note Legend, the undersigned further certifies that (check one):

 

1.¨ Such Transfer is being made to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

2.¨ Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of the Transfer.

 

3.¨ Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and, accordingly, the undersigned further certifies that the within Note is being transferred to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A. If this item is checked, then the transferee must complete and execute the acknowledgment contained on the next page.

 

4.¨ Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

5.¨ Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including, if available, the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act).

 

Dated:    

 

   
(Legal Name of Holder)  

 

By:                         
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Signature Guaranteed:  
   
   
(Participant in a Recognized Signature  
Guarantee Medallion Program)  

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory  

 

 A-11 

 

 

TRANSFEREE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned represents that it is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the undersigned exercises sole investment discretion, and that and the undersigned and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The undersigned acknowledges that the transferor is relying, in transferring the within Note on the exemption from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A and that the undersigned has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A.

 

Dated:    

 

   
(Name of Transferee)  

 

By:                         
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 A-12 

 

 

Exhibit B-1

 

FORM OF RESTRICTED NOTE LEGEND

 

THE OFFER AND SALE OF THIS NOTE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

 

(1)REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS (A) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT OR (B) LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT; AND

 

(2)AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT ONLY:

 

(A)TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;

 

(B)PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

 

(C)TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

 

(D)TO A NON-U.S. PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

 

(E)PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

(F)PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

BEFORE THE REGISTRATION OF ANY SALE OR TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(D) OR (E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED SALE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO TREAS. REG. SECTION 1.1275-3: THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE ISSUER, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ISSUER, WILL MAKE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST TO THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE, AND YIELD. THE ADDRESS OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE ISSUER IS MASLAK MAH. BÜYÜKDERE CAD. NORAMIN İŞ MERKEZI 237/5 SARIYER, ISTANBUL, TURKEY.

 

 B1-1 

 

  

Exhibit B-2

 

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND

 

THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS THE OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO.

 

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO TREAS. REG. SECTION 1.1275-3: THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE ISSUER, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ISSUER, WILL MAKE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST TO THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE, AND YIELD. THE ADDRESS OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE ISSUER IS MASLAK MAH. BÜYÜKDERE CAD. NORAMIN İŞ MERKEZI 237/5 SARIYER, ISTANBUL, TURKEY.

 

 B2-1 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FROM TRANSFEROR

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.]

Maslak Noramin Is Merkezi

Buyukdere Caddesi No 237

Maslak/İstanbul, Turkey

Attention: Alper Öktem, CEO

Email: Alper@marti.tech

 

[Trustee]

[Trustee’s Address]

 

Re:12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Indenture (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of [closing date], between [Marti Technologies Inc.], as issuer (the “Company”), and [Trustee], as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this certificate have the respective meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

The undersigned (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer (the “Transfer”) the following principal amount of the Transferor’s [beneficial interests in the Global Note][Physical Note] identified in Annex A hereto:

 

$                                                                                                   *

 

to:

 

                                                                                               (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor certifies that (check one):

 

1.o Such Transfer is being made to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

2.o Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of the Transfer.

 

3.o Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 144A, and, accordingly, the Transferor further certifies that such [beneficial interest][Physical Note] is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing such [beneficial interest][Physical Note] for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A.

 

 

 

*Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

 C-1 

 

 

4.o Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 904 of Regulation S, and the Transferor makes the representations set forth in Annex B hereto.

 

5.o Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including, if available, the exemption provided by Rule 144).

 

Dated:    

 

   
(Name of Transferee)  

 

By:                         
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Signature Guaranteed:  
   
   
(Participant in a Recognized Signature  
Guarantee Medallion Program)  

 

By:    
  (Authorized Signatory)  

 

 C-2 

 

  

ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1.The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following (check one):

 

a.o A beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                                

 

b.o A Rule 144A Physical Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                                 and Certificate No.                                

 

c.o A beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                                

 

d.o A Regulation S Physical Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                       and Certificate No.                                

 

2.After the Transfer, the Transferee will hold the following (check one):

 

a.o A beneficial interest in an “unrestricted” Global Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                                

 

b.o An “unrestricted” Physical Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                                

 

c.o A beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                               

 

d.o A Rule 144A Physical Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                                

 

e.o A beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                                

 

f.o A Regulation S Physical Note identified by:

CUSIP No.                                

 

 C-3 

 

 

ANNEX B TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

If the Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 904 of Regulation S, then the Transferor makes the following representations:

 

1.The Transferor is not (a) a “distributor” (as defined in Regulation S) with respect to the Notes; (b) an affiliate of the Company or such a distributor (other than any officer or director who is an affiliate solely by virtue of holding such position); or (c) a Person acting on behalf the Company or any Person specified in clause (a) or (b) above.

 

2.The Transfer is being made in an “offshore transaction” (as defined in Regulation S) by virtue of satisfying the requirements of either clause (a), (b) or (c) below:

 

a.(A) the Transfer is not made to any Person in the United States; and (B) either (x) at the time the buy order is originated, the Transferee is outside the United States, or the Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believe that the Transferee is outside the United States; or (y) the Transfer is executed in, on or through the facilities of a “designated offshore securities market” (as defined in Regulation S), and neither the Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the Transfer has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States; or

 

b.the Transferee is a Person specified in Rule 902(k)(2)(vi) of Regulation S; or

 

c.the Transfer is to a Person holding an account of the type specified in Rule 902(k)(2)(i) of Regulation S, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of such account.

 

3.The Transfer does not involve any offer or sale of securities specifically targeted at identifiable groups of U.S. citizens abroad, such as members of the U.S. armed forces serving overseas.

 

4.No “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) have been or will be made in the United States by the Transferor, an affiliate of the Transferor or any Person acting on behalf of the Transferor or such an affiliate.

 

5.If the Transferor is an affiliate of the Company or a distributor solely by virtue of being an officer or director of the Company or a distributor, no selling concession, fee or other remuneration will be paid in connection with the Transfer, other than the usual and customary broker’s commission that would be received by a Person executing such Transfer as agent.

 

6.The Transfer is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

  

7.If the Transferor is a dealer or a Person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the Notes and the Transfer is to be effected during the “distribution compliance period” (as defined in Regulation S), then (a) neither the Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the Transferee is a “U.S. person” (as defined in Regulation S); and (b) if the Transferor or any Person acting on its behalf knows that the Transferee is a dealer or is a Person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the Notes, then the Transferor or a Person acting on its behalf will send to the Transferee a confirmation or other notice stating that the Notes may be offered and sold during the distribution compliance period only in accordance with Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

 C-4 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FROM TRANSFEROR

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.]

Maslak Noramin Is Merkezi

Buyukdere Caddesi No 237

Maslak/İstanbul, Turkey

Attention: Alper Öktem, CEO

Email: Alper@marti.tech

 

[Trustee]

[Trustee’s Address]

 

Re:12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [maturity year]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Indenture (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of [closing date], between [Marti Technologies Inc.], as issuer (the “Company”), and [Trustee], as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this certificate have the respective meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

The undersigned (the “Transferee”) certifies, in connection with its proposed acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of:

 

$                                                       * aggregate principal amount of Notes certifies as follows:

 

1.Either (check one):

 

a.o Rule 144A Transaction. The Transferee is acquiring the Notes for the Transferee’s own account or for an account with respect to which the Transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the Transferee and such account are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined under Rule 144A); or

 

b.o Regulation S Transaction. The Transferee acknowledges that the Acquisition is being made pursuant to Regulation S.

 

2.The Transferee acknowledges that the offer and sale of such Notes (and any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof) have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and that such Notes (and any such shares) may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except as set forth below.

 

 

*Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

 

 

 

3.The Transferee will not resell or otherwise transfer any of such Notes (or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Notes), except:

 

a.to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;

 

b.under, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such transfer;

 

c.to a Person that the Transferee reasonably believes to be a “qualified institutional buyer” in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act (if available);

 

d.pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or

 

e.under any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including, if available, the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act).

 

4.With respect to any transfer made pursuant to paragraph 3(e) above, the Transferee will deliver to the Company and the Trustee (with respect to a transfer of such Notes) or the transfer agent (with respect to a transfer of any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of such Notes) such certificates, legal opinions and other information as the Company or they may reasonably require and may rely upon to confirm that the transfer by the Transferee complies with the foregoing restrictions. The Transferee will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify anyone who purchases such Notes or any such shares from it of the above resale restrictions.

 

5.The Transferee is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company and the Transferee understands that such Notes will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

 

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) OF THE COMPANY MAY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

 

Dated:    

 

   
(Name of Transferee)  

 

By:                         
  Name:  
  Title:  

  

 

 

 

Exhibit E

 

FORM OF ISSUE DATE SECURITY AGREEMENT 

 

 

 

 

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

among

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.],

 

certain of its Subsidiaries

 

and

 

l ],
as Trustee

 

Dated as of [ l ], 2022

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
Section 1. DEFINED TERMS 1
1.1 Definitions 1
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions 7
     
Section 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL 8
     
Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 9
3.1 Representations in Indenture 9
3.2 Title; No Other Liens 9
3.3 Valid, Perfected First Priority Liens 9
3.4 Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc. 10
3.5 [Reserved] 10
3.6 [Reserved] 10
3.7 Investment Property 10
3.8 [Reserved] 11
3.9 Intellectual Property 11
     
Section 4. COVENANTS 13
4.1 Covenants in Indenture 13
4.2 Delivery and Control of Investment Property 13
4.3 Maintenance of Insurance 14
4.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation 14
4.5 Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Etc. 15
4.6 Notices 15
4.7 Investment Property 16
4.8 Voting and Other Rights with Respect to Pledged Securities 17
4.9 [Reserved] 17
4.10 Intellectual Property 17
     
Section 5. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS 18
5.1 [Reserved] 18
5.2 [Reserved] 18
5.3 [Reserved] 18
5.4 Application of Proceeds 18
5.5 Code and Other Remedies 20
5.6 Effect of Securities Laws 21
5.7 Deficiency 21
     
Section 6. POWER OF ATTORNEY AND FURTHER ASSURANCES 22
6.1 Trustee’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc. 22
6.2 Authorization of Financing Statements 23
6.3 Further Assurances 24

 

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Section 7. Lien absolute; waiver of suretyship defenses 24
7.1 Lien Absolute, Waivers 24
     
Section 8. the collateral Trustee 26
8.1 Authority of Trustee 26
8.2 Duty of Trustee 27
8.3 Exculpation of the Trustee 27
8.4 No Individual Foreclosure, Etc. 28
     
Section 9. MISCELLANEOUS 28
9.1 Amendments in Writing 28
9.2 Notices 28
9.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies 29
9.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification 29
9.5 Successors and Assigns 29
9.6 Set-Off 29
9.7 Counterparts 30
9.8 Severability 30
9.9 Section Headings 30
9.10 Integration/Conflict 30
9.11 GOVERNING LAW 30
9.12 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers 31
9.13 Acknowledgments 31
9.14 Additional Grantors 31
9.15 Releases 31
9.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 32

 

SCHEDULE 1 Notice Addresses of Grantors 1-1 
SCHEDULE 2 Description of Pledged Investment Property 2-1 
SCHEDULE 3 Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests 3-1 
SCHEDULE 4 Exact Legal Name, Location of Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office 4-1 
SCHEDULE 5 Copyrights; Patents; Trademarks; Intellectual Property Licenses; Other Intellectual Property 5-1 
EXHIBIT A Insert to LLC/Partnership Agreement A-1 
EXHIBIT B Form of Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement B-1 
EXHIBIT C-1 Form of Copyright Security Agreement EXHIBIT C-1 
EXHIBIT C-2 Form of Patent Security Agreement EXHIBIT C-2 
EXHIBIT C-3 Form of Trademark Security Agreement EXHIBIT C-3 
ANNEX 1 Assumption Agreement ANNEX 1-1

 

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PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [ l ], 2022 and effective for all purposes as of the Issue Date, among each of the signatories hereto designated as a Grantor on the signature pages hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as a Grantor as provided herein, each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”), and [ l ], as Trustee (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Trustee”) for (i) the Holders from time to time parties to the Indenture, dated as of [ l ], 2022 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Indenture”), between [Marti Technologies Inc.], a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Issuer”), and [ l ], as trustee (the “Trustee”), and (ii) the other Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined).

 

W I  T  N  E  S  S  E  T  H:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer has issued its 12.0% Convertible Senior Notes due [ l ] (the “Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Notes under the Indenture will be used in part to enable the Issuer to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Indenture, the Grantors are required to execute and deliver this Agreement to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

 

Section 1.   DEFINED TERMS

 

1.1           Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture, and the following terms which are defined in the UCC are used herein as so defined (and if defined in more than one article of the UCC shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 thereof): Certificated Security, Commodity Account, Commodity Contract, Commodity Intermediary, Documents, Entitlement Order, Financial Asset, Payment Intangibles, Securities Account, Securities Intermediary, Security, Security Entitlement, Supporting Obligations, and Uncertificated Security.

 

(b)           The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Agreement” shall mean this Pledge and Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

 

After-Acquired Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(c).

 

Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

Copyright Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Copyright or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any Copyright (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 5).

 

Copyrights” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all works of authorship and all intellectual property rights therein, all United States and foreign copyrights (whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published), including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, all designs (including but not limited to all industrial designs, “Protected Designs” within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. 1301 et. Seq. and Community designs), and all “Mask Works” (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed on Schedule 5, (ii) all extensions, renewals, and restorations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

 

Discharge of the Secured Obligations” shall mean and shall have occurred when all Secured Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash and all other obligations under the Note Documents shall have been performed (other than (a) those expressly stated to survive termination, and (b) contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted).

 

Equity Interests” (i) shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of the equity of such Person, including, if such person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), if such Person is a limited liability company, membership interests, and, if such Person is a trust, all beneficial interests therein, and shall also include any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of property of, such corporation, exempted company, partnership, exempted limited partnership, limited liability company or trust, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued on or after the date hereof and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests.

 

Equity Issuers” shall mean the collective reference to each issuer of Pledged Equity Interests.

 

Excluded Assets” has the same meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

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Foreign Security Documents” shall mean the collective reference to the security agreements, debentures, pledge agreements, charges and other similar documents and agreements pursuant to which any Grantor purports to pledge or grant a security interest in any property or assets located outside of the United States (including any Pledged Equity Interests of any Issuer organized under a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state or locality thereof securing the Secured Obligations).

 

General Intangibles” shall mean all “general intangibles” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, with respect to any Grantor, all rights of such Grantor to receive any tax refunds, all hedge agreements, contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures and all licenses, permits, concessions, franchises and authorizations issued by governmental authorities in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified, including, without limitation, (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect thereto, (iii) all rights of such Grantor to damages arising thereunder, and (iv) all rights of such Grantor to terminate and to perform, compel performance and to exercise all remedies thereunder.

 

Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Insurance” shall mean all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Trustee is the loss payee thereof).

 

Intellectual Property” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses, Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Licenses, and all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, or other violation or impairment thereof, including the right to receive all Proceeds therefrom, including without limitation license fees, royalties, income payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit, now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto.

 

Intellectual Property Security Agreements” shall mean, collectively, the Copyright Security Agreement substantially the form of Exhibit C-1, the Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, and the Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3.

 

Intercompany Note” shall mean any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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Investment Property” shall mean the collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC including, without limitation, all Certificated Securities and Uncertificated Securities, all Security Entitlements, all Securities Accounts, all Commodity Contracts and all Commodity Accounts, (ii) all security entitlements, in the case of any United States Treasury book-entry securities, as defined in 31 C.F.R. section 357.2, or, in the case of any United States federal agency book-entry securities, as defined in the corresponding United States federal regulations governing such book-entry securities, and (iii) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes, all Pledged Equity Interests, all Pledged Security Entitlements and all Pledged Commodity Contracts.

 

Issue Date” means [Indenture closing date].

 

Majority Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).

 

Material Intellectual Property” shall mean any Intellectual Property included in the Collateral that is material to the business of any Grantor or is otherwise of material value.

 

Note Documents” shall mean the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral Agreements and the Guarantees.

 

Patent Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Patent or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any Patent (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 5).

 

Patents” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all patentable inventions and designs, all United States, foreign, and multinational patents, certificates of invention, and similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, (i) each patent and patent application listed on Schedule 5, (ii) all reissues, substitutes, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

 

Pledged Commodity Contracts” shall mean all Commodity Contracts listed on Schedule 2 and all other Commodity Contracts to which any Grantor is party from time to time.

 

Pledged Debt Securities” shall mean all debt securities now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including, without limitation, the debt securities listed on Schedule 2, together with any other certificates, options, rights or security entitlements of any nature whatsoever in respect of the debt securities of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect.

 

Pledged Equity Interests” shall mean all Equity Interests, and shall include Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Stock.

 

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Pledged LLC Interests” shall mean all membership interests and other interests now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor in any limited liability company including, without limitation, all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged LLC Interests” and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company and any securities entitlements relating thereto and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such limited liability company interests and any other warrant, right or option or other agreement to acquire any of the foregoing, all management rights, all voting rights, any interest in any capital account of a member in such limited liability company, all rights as and to become a member of the limited liability company, all rights of the Grantor under any shareholder or voting trust agreement or similar agreement in respect of such limited liability company, all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest as a member to any and all assets or properties of such limited liability company, and all other rights, powers, privileges, interests, claims and other property in any manner arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing.

 

Pledged Notes” shall mean all promissory notes now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 2 and all the Intercompany Notes.

 

Pledged Partnership Interests” shall mean all partnership interests and other interests now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including, without limitation, all partnership interests listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged Partnership Interests” and the certificates, if any, representing such partnership interests, and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such partnership and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing, all management rights, all voting rights, any interest in any capital account of a partner in such partnership, all rights as and to become a partner of such partnership, all of the Grantor’s rights, title and interest as a partner to any and all assets or properties of such partnership, and all other rights, powers, privileges, interests, claims and other property in any manner arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing.

 

Pledged Stock” shall mean all shares of capital stock now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, including, without limitation, all shares of capital stock described on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged Stock”, and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of such Grantor in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing.

 

Pledged Securities” shall mean the collective reference to the Pledged Debt Securities, the Pledged Notes and the Pledged Equity Interests regardless of whether constituting Securities under the UCC.

 

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Pledged Security Entitlements” shall mean all security entitlements with respect to the financial assets listed on Schedule 2 and all other security entitlements of any Grantor.

 

Proceeds” shall mean all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Pledged Securities, collections thereon and distributions or payments with respect thereto.

 

Secured Obligations” shall mean the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Issuer or any other Grantor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) and all other obligations and liabilities of the Issuer or any other Grantor to the Trustee or any Holder which may arise under or in connection with the Indenture or any other Note Document.

 

Secured Parties” shall mean collectively, the Trustee and the Holders.

 

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

 

Specified Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.

 

Subsidiary Grantors” shall mean, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the Issuer that are Grantors.

 

Trademark Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Trademark or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement, dilution, or other violation of any Trademark or permitting co-existence with respect to a Trademark (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 5).

 

Trademarks” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all domestic, foreign and multinational trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, Internet domain names, other indicia of origin or source identification, and general intangibles of a like nature, whether registered or unregistered, and, with respect to any and all of the foregoing, (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed on Schedule 5, (ii) all extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the foregoing, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

 

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Trade Secrets” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to (i) all trade secrets and all confidential and proprietary information, including know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and information, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing (i) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future misappropriation or other violation thereof, (ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (iii) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

 

Trade Secret Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Trade Secret or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for misappropriation or other violation of a Trade Secret.

 

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.

 

UETA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

 

1.2           Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule, Exhibit and Annex references, are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. References to any Schedule, Exhibit or Annex shall mean such Schedule, Exhibit or Annex as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(b)           The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

(c)           Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

 

(d)           The expressions “payment in full,” “paid in full” and any other similar terms or phrases when used herein shall mean payment in cash in immediately available funds.

 

(e)           The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.

 

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(f)           All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.

 

Section 2.       GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST;
CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL

 

(a)           Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Trustee, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations:

 

(i)            all Documents;

 

(ii)           all General Intangibles;

 

(iii)          all Intellectual Property;

 

(iv)          all Investment Property;

 

(v)           all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon; and

 

(vi)           to the extent not otherwise included, all other property of such Grantor and all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents and profits of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security, Supporting Obligations and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Excluded Assets shall constitute Collateral.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Trustee or any Secured Party, and (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Trustee nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Trustee or any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests.

 

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Section 3.     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties on the date hereof that:

 

3.1           Representations in Indenture. The representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of that certain Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, dated as of July [29], 2022, by and between Galata Acquisition Corp. and the Subscriber (as defined therein) as they relate to such Grantor or to the Note Documents to which such Grantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, in all material respects, except for representations and warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects as of such date, in each case unless expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on each of such representations and warranties as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to any Issuer’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 3.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Grantor’s knowledge.

 

3.2           Title; No Other Liens. Such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims, except for Permitted Liens. No financing statement, mortgage or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Indenture.

 

3.3           Valid, Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement constitute a legal and valid security interest in favor of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, securing the payment and performance of each Grantor’s Secured Obligations and upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (all of which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Trustee in duly completed and duly executed form, as applicable, and may be filed by the Trustee at any time) and payment of all filing fees, will constitute fully perfected security interests in all of the Collateral, prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens. Without limiting the foregoing, each Grantor has taken all actions necessary or desirable, including without limitation those specified in Section 4.2 to: (i) establish the Trustee’s “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) over any portion of the Investment Property constituting Certificated Securities, Uncertificated Securities, Securities Accounts, Securities Entitlements or Commodity Accounts, and (ii) establish the Trustee’s “control” (within the meaning of Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction (the “UETA”)) over all “transferable records” (as defined in UETA).

 

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3.4           Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc. Such Grantor’s exact legal name (as indicated on the public record of such Grantor’s jurisdiction of formation or organization), jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number, if any, and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4. Each Grantor is organized solely under the law of the jurisdiction so specified and has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction. Except as otherwise indicated on Schedule 4, the jurisdiction of each such Grantor’s organization of formation is required to maintain a public record showing the Grantor to have been organized or formed. Except as specified on Schedule 4, it has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business (if applicable) or its corporate structure in any way (e.g. by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five years and has not within the last five years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as Grantor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated.

 

3.5           [Reserved].

 

3.6           [Reserved].

 

3.7           Investment Property. (a) Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the headings “Pledged Stock”, “Pledged LLC Interests” and “Pledged Partnership Interests”, respectively, all of the Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests owned by any Grantor and such Pledged Equity Interests constitute the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of stock, percentage of membership interests or percentage of partnership interests of the respective issuers thereof indicated on such Schedule. Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the heading “Pledged Debt Securities” or “Pledged Notes” all of the Pledged Debt Securities and Pledged Notes owned by any Grantor, and all of such Pledged Debt Securities and Pledged Notes, have been, in the case of those issued by Affiliates of such Grantor, or, in the case of those issued by Persons that are not Affiliates of such Grantor, to the knowledge of such Grantor have been, duly authorized, authenticated, issued, and delivered and are the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers thereof enforceable in accordance with their terms and are not in default and, in the case of those issued by Affiliates of such Grantor, constitute all of the issued and outstanding inter-company indebtedness owed by such Affiliates to such Grantor evidenced by an instrument or certificated security of the respective issuers thereof. Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the headings “Securities Accounts” and “Commodities Accounts,” respectively, all of the Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts in which each Grantor has an interest. Each Grantor is the sole entitlement holder or customer of each such account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Trustee pursuant hereto) having “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8-106, 9-106 and 9-104 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Securities Account, Commodity Account or any securities, commodities or other property credited thereto.

 

(b)           The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Equity Interests of each Issuer owned by such Grantor or Excluded Assets

 

(c)           All the shares of the Pledged Equity Interests have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. No Grantor is in default of its obligations under any organizational document of any Issuer of Pledged Equity Interests.

 

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(d)           None of the Pledged LLC Interests or Pledged Partnership Interests are, or represent interests in entities that (a) are registered as investment companies, (b) are dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or markets or (c) have opted to be treated as securities under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other applicable law) of any jurisdiction.

 

(e)           No consent, approval or authorization of any Person is required for the pledge by such Grantor of the Pledged Equity Interests pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, whether under the organizational documents of any Issuer of Pledged Equity Interests or otherwise, except such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

(f)            Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except for, in the case of any of the foregoing Collateral other than Pledged Equity Interests, Permitted Liens and, in the case of Pledged Equity Interests, Permitted Liens arising pursuant to a requirement of law, and there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any Pledged Equity Interests.

 

(g)           Each Grantor has caused the organizational document of each Issuer of Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests to include language substantially the same as the provisions set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

 

3.8           [Reserved].

 

3.9           Intellectual Property.     (a) Schedule 5 lists all of the following Intellectual Property, to the extent owned by such Grantor in its own name: (i) issued Patents and pending Patent applications, (ii) registered Trademarks and applications for the registration of Trademarks, and (iii) registered Copyrights, and applications to register Copyrights. All such Intellectual Property is recorded in the name of such Grantor. Except as set forth on Schedule 5, such Grantor is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property, as well as any other Material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor, in each case free and clear of all Liens, claims and licenses, except for Permitted Liens and the licenses set forth on Schedule 5.

 

(b)           Except for those matters which both (i) are disclosed on Schedule 5 and (ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, all Intellectual Property of such Grantor is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, nor, in the case of Patents, is any of such Intellectual Property the subject of a reexamination proceeding, and such Grantor has performed all acts and has paid all renewal, maintenance, and other fees and taxes required to maintain each and every registration and application of Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks of such Grantor in full force and effect.

 

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(c)           Except for those matters which both (i) are disclosed on Schedule 5 and (ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, no action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, alleging that such Grantor, or the conduct of such Grantor’s business, infringes, misappropriates, dilutes, or otherwise violates the intellectual property of any other Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 5, to the knowledge of such Grantor, no Person is engaging in any activity that infringes, misappropriates, dilutes or violates any Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor. Except for those matters which both (i) are disclosed on Schedule 5 and (ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, the operation of the business of such Grantor, does not infringe, misappropriate, dilute, or otherwise violate the intellectual property of any other Person.

 

(d)           Schedule 5 lists all Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses held by such Grantor that constitute Material Intellectual Property. With respect to each Copyright License, Trademark License and Patent License held by such Grantor that constitutes Material Intellectual Property: (i) such license is valid and binding and in full force and effect and represents the entire agreement between the respective licensor and licensee with respect to the subject matter of such license; (ii) such license will not cease to be valid and binding and in full force and effect on terms identical to those currently in effect as a result of the rights and interests granted herein, nor will the grant of such rights and interests constitute a breach or default under such license or otherwise give the licensor or licensee a right to terminate such license; (iii) such Grantor has not received any notice of termination or cancellation under such license; (iv) such Grantor has not received any notice of a breach or default under such license, which breach or default has not been cured; (v) such Grantor has not granted to any other third party any rights, adverse or otherwise, under such license; and (vi) such Grantor is not in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that, with notice and/or lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration of or under such license.

 

(e)           All Copyrights owned by such Grantor that constitute Material Intellectual Property have been registered with the United States Copyright Office or, where appropriate, any foreign counterpart.

 

(f)           Such Grantor controls the nature and quality of all products sold and all services rendered under or in connection with all Trademarks of such Grantor constituting Material Intellectual Property, in each case consistent with industry standards, and has taken all action necessary to insure that all licensees of all such Trademarks comply with such Grantor’s standards of quality.

 

(g)           Such Grantor has been using appropriate statutory notice of registration in connection with its use of registered Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property, appropriate notice of its trademark rights in common law Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property, proper marking practices in connection with its Patents constituting Material Intellectual Property, and appropriate notice of copyright in connection with the publication of its Copyrights constituting Material Intellectual Property.

 

(h)           Except as set forth on Schedule 5, such Grantor has not made a previous assignment, sale, transfer, exclusive license, or similar arrangement constituting a present or future assignment, sale, transfer, exclusive license or similar arrangement of any property that currently constitutes Material Intellectual Property that has not been terminated or released.

 

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(i)           Except for those matters which both (i) are disclosed on Schedule 5 and (ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, no holding, decision, ruling, or judgment has been rendered in any action or proceeding before any court or administrative authority challenging the validity, enforceability, or scope of, or such Grantor’s right to register, own or use, any Intellectual Property of such Grantor or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein, and no such action or proceeding is pending or, to the best of such Grantor’s knowledge, threatened.

 

(j)            Except for those matters which both (i) are disclosed on Schedule 5 and (ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, no settlements or consents, covenants not to sue, coexistence agreements, non-assertion assurances, or releases have been entered into by such Grantor or bind such Grantor in any manner that impacts such Grantor’s rights to own, license or use any Intellectual Property. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the termination, limitation or other impairment of any of such Grantor’s rights in its Material Intellectual Property.

 

(k)           Such Grantor has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of its Trade Secrets constituting Material Intellectual Property in accordance with industry standards. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, (i) none of the Trade Secrets of such Grantor has been used, divulged, disclosed or misappropriated to the detriment of such Grantor for the benefit of any other Person, (ii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor has misappropriated any trade secrets of any other Person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor and (iii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor is in default or breach of any term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of inventions agreement or similar agreement or contract relating in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use or transfer of such Grantor’s Intellectual Property.

 

Section 4.     COVENANTS

 

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of the Secured Obligations:

 

4.1           Covenants in Indenture. Each Grantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

4.2           Delivery and Control of Investment Property. (a) If any of the Collateral is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Certificated Security, such Certificated Security shall be immediately delivered to the Trustee, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(b)           If any of the Collateral is or shall become evidenced or represented by an Uncertificated Security, such Grantor shall cause the Issuer thereof either (i) to register the Trustee as the registered owner of such Uncertificated Security, upon original issue or registration of transfer or (ii) to agree in writing with such Grantor and the Trustee that such Issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such Uncertificated Security originated by the Trustee without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in substantially the form of Exhibit B or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

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(c)           Each Grantor shall maintain Securities Entitlements and Securities Accounts only with financial institutions that have agreed to comply with entitlement orders and instructions issued or originated by the Trustee without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

(d)           If any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $5,000,000 is or shall become evidenced or represented by a Commodity Contract, such Grantor shall cause the Commodity Intermediary with respect to such Commodity Contract to agree in writing with such Grantor and the Trustee that such Commodity Intermediary will apply any value distributed on account of such Commodity Contract as directed by the Trustee without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

(e)           In addition to and not in lieu of the foregoing, if any Issuer of any Investment Property is organized under the law of, or has its chief executive office in, a jurisdiction outside of the United States, each Grantor shall take such additional actions, including, without limitation, causing the issuer to register the pledge on its books and records, as may be necessary or advisable or as may be reasonably requested by the Trustee, under the laws of such jurisdiction to insure the validity, perfection and first priority nature of the security interest of the Trustee.

 

4.3           Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business, and shall furnish to the Trustee, upon written request, full information as to the insurance carried.

 

(b)           Such Grantor shall deliver to the Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties, (i) on the date hereof, a certificate dated such date showing the amount and types of insurance coverage as of such date, (ii) upon request of any Secured Party from time to time, full information as to the insurance carried, (iii) promptly following receipt of notice from any insurer, a copy of any notice of cancellation or material change in coverage from that existing on the date hereof, (iv) forthwith, notice of any cancellation or nonrenewal of coverage by such Grantor, and (v) promptly after such information is available to such Grantor, full information as to any claim for an amount in excess of $5,000,000 with respect to any property and casualty insurance policy maintained by such Grantor. The Trustee shall be named as additional insured on all such liability insurance policies of such Grantor and the Trustee shall be named as loss payee on all property and casualty insurance policies of such Grantor.

 

4.4           Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 3.3 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

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(b)           Such Grantor shall furnish to the Trustee from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the assets and property of such Grantor as the Trustee may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

 

(c)           At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Trustee, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly and duly authorize, execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Trustee may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Trustee to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto to the extent required hereunder, including without limitation, executing and delivering and causing the relevant securities intermediary to execute and deliver a control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

4.5           Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and delivery to the Trustee of duly authorized and, where required, executed copies of all additional financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Trustee to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and:

 

(i)             without limiting the prohibitions on mergers involving the Grantors contained in the Indenture, change its legal name, jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business, if applicable, from that referred to in Section 3.4; or

 

(ii)           change its legal name, identity or structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed by the Trustee in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.

 

4.6           Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Trustee promptly, in reasonable detail, of:

 

(a)           any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect the ability of the Trustee to exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and

 

(b)           the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.

 

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4.7           Investment Property. (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any stock or other ownership certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), or option or rights in respect of the capital stock or other Pledged Equity Interest of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of or other ownership interests in the Pledged Equity Interests, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Secured Parties, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties and deliver the same forthwith to the Trustee in the exact form received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Trustee, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Trustee so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Trustee, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any sums paid upon or in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the Trustee to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Trustee, hold such money or property in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.

 

(b)           Without the prior written consent of the Trustee, such Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to amend its organizational documents in any manner that materially changes the rights of such Grantor with respect to any Pledged Equity Interests or adversely affects the validity, perfection or priority of the Trustee’s security interest therein, (ii) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Trustee to sell, assign or transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof or any interest therein or (iii) cause or permit any Equity Issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests which are not securities (for purposes of the UCC) on the date hereof to elect or otherwise take any action to cause such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests to be treated as securities for purposes of the UCC.

 

(c)           Each Grantor which is an Equity Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Trustee promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 4.7(a) with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 4.8(c) shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 4.8(c) with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it. In addition, each Grantor which is either an Equity Issuer or an owner of any Pledged Equity Interests hereby consents to the grant by each other Grantor of the security interest hereunder in favor of the Trustee and to the transfer of any Pledged Equity Interest to the Trustee or its nominee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Trustee or its nominee as a partner, member or shareholder or other equity holder of the Equity Issuer of the related Pledged Equity Interest.

 

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4.8           Voting and Other Rights with Respect to Pledged Securities. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Debt Securities, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the relevant Issuer, to the extent permitted by the Indenture, and to exercise all voting and corporate rights with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other ownership right exercised or other action taken which, in the Trustee’s reasonable judgment, would impair the Collateral or which would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Indenture, this Agreement or any other Note Document.

 

(b)           If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing: (i) all rights of each Grantor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights with respect to Pledged Securities which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Trustee who shall thereupon have the sole right, but shall be under no obligation, to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other consensual rights and (ii) the Trustee shall have the right, without notice to any Grantor, to transfer all or any portion of the Pledged Securities to its name or the name of its nominee or agent. In addition, the Trustee shall have the right at any time, without notice to any Grantor, to exchange any certificates or instruments representing any Pledged Securities for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations. In order to permit the Trustee to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions which it may be entitled to receive hereunder each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the Trustee all proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Trustee may from time to time reasonably request and each Grantor acknowledges that the Trustee may utilize the power of attorney set forth herein.

 

(c)           Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Equity Issuer of any Pledged Securities pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Trustee in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Equity Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Securities directly to the Trustee.

 

4.9           [Reserved].

 

4.10         Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, discontinue use of any Material Intellectual Property, or do any act or omit to do any act whereby any Material Intellectual Property may lapse, become abandoned, cancelled, dedicated to the public, forfeited, or otherwise impaired, or abandon any application or any right to file an application for a Copyright, Patent, or Trademark constituting Material Intellectual Property.

 

(b)           Such Grantor shall take all reasonable steps, including in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, any state registry or any foreign counterpart of the foregoing, to pursue any application and maintain any registration or issuance of each Trademark, Patent, and Copyright owned by or exclusively licensed to such Grantor and constituting Material Intellectual Property, including, but not limited to, those applications and registrations listed on Schedule 5.

 

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(c)           Such Grantor agrees that, should it hereafter (i) obtain an ownership interest in any item of Intellectual Property, (ii) obtain an exclusive license to any Copyrights, (iii) (either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee) file any application for the registration or issuance of any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, or any similar office or agency in any other country or in any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or (iv) should it file a Statement of Use or an Amendment to Allege Use with respect to any “intent-to-use” Trademark application (the items in clauses (i), (ii) (iii) and (iv), collectively, the “After-Acquired Intellectual Property”), then the provisions of Section 2 shall automatically apply thereto, and any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property shall automatically become part of the Collateral, and such Grantor shall give prompt (and, in any event within five (5) Business Days after the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such Grantor acquires such ownership interest) written notice thereof to the Trustee in accordance herewith, and shall provide the Trustee promptly (and, in any event within five (5) Business Days after the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such Grantor acquires such ownership interest) with an amended Schedule 5 hereto and promptly take the actions specified in Section 4.10(d) with respect thereto.

 

(d)           Such Grantor shall execute Intellectual Property Security Agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property included in the Collateral as of the date hereof, as well as any After-Acquired Intellectual Property, in substantially the form of Exhibits C-1, C-2 or C-3, as applicable, in order to record the security interest granted herein to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, and such Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all other agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Trustee may reasonably request to evidence the Secured Parties’ security interest in any such Intellectual Property with any other applicable offices, agencies, or governmental authorities.

 

(e)           Such Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to protect the secrecy of all Trade Secrets constituting Material Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, entering into confidentiality agreements with employees and consultants and labeling and restricting access to secret information and documents.

 

Section 5.     REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

 

5.1           [Reserved].

 

5.2           [Reserved].

 

5.3           [Reserved].

 

5.4           Application of Proceeds. At such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Issuer and the Trustee (acting with the consent of the Holders), or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Trustee’s election, the Trustee may (and, if directed by the Holders, shall), apply all or any part of the Collateral and/or net Proceeds thereof (after deducting fees and expenses as provided in Section 5.5) realized through the exercise by the Trustee of its remedies hereunder in payment of the Secured Obligations. The Trustee shall apply any such Collateral or Proceeds to be applied in the following order:

 

First, to the Trustee to pay incurred and unpaid fees and expenses under the Note Documents;

 

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Second, to the Trustee in respect of Secured Obligations then due and owing and remaining unpaid for application by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

 

Third, to the Trustee in respect of all Secured Obligations (other than those under clause second above) for prepayment of such Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

 

Fourth, any balance of such Proceeds remaining after a Discharge of the Secured Obligations shall be paid over to the Issuer or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same and any Collateral remaining after a Discharge of Secured Obligations shall be returned to the applicable Grantor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

 

Any Proceeds not applied shall be held by the Trustee as Collateral.

 

In addition, with respect to any proceeds of Insurance received by the Trustee, (x) if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) such Insurance Proceeds shall be returned to the Grantors if permitted or required by the Indenture or (ii) if not so permitted or required by the Indenture, then such Insurance Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.4 and (y) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then such Insurance Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.4.

 

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5.5           Code and Other Remedies. (a) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and all rights under any other applicable law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee, without demand of performance or other demand, defense, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, presentments, protests, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of any Secured Party, on the internet or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Trustee may store, repair or recondition any Collateral or otherwise prepare any Collateral for disposal in the manner and to the extent that the Trustee deems appropriate. Each Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold or to become the licensor of all or any such Collateral, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. For purposes of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or a portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale made in accordance with the UCC or other applicable laws, including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee, as trustee for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Secured Party or Secured Parties in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Majority Holders shall otherwise agree in writing), shall be entitled to credit bid and use and apply the Secured Obligations (or any portion thereof) as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Trustee at such sale, such amount to be apportioned ratably to the Secured Obligations of the Secured Parties in accordance with their pro rata share of such Secured Obligations. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Trustee shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Trustee may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. The Trustee may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Trustee may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like. The foregoing will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for the Trustee to dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Trustee arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Trustee accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Trustee’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Trustee at places which the Trustee shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Trustee shall have the right to enter onto the property where any Collateral is located without any obligation to pay rent and take possession thereof with or without judicial process. The Trustee shall have no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral.

 

(b)           The Trustee shall deduct from such Proceeds all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies against the Collateral or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Secured Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements. Any net Proceeds remaining after such deductions shall be applied or retained by the Trustee in accordance with Section 5.4. Only after such application and after the payment by the Trustee of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a) of the UCC, need the Trustee account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. If the Trustee sells any of the Collateral upon credit, the Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser and received by the Trustee. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Trustee may resell the Collateral and the applicable Grantor shall be credited with proceeds of the sale. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against any Secured Party arising out of the exercise by it or them of any rights hereunder.

 

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(c)           In the event of any Disposition of any of the Intellectual Property, the goodwill of the business connected with and symbolized by any Trademarks subject to such Disposition shall be included, and the applicable Grantor shall supply the Trustee or its designee with such Grantor’s know-how and expertise, and with documents and things embodying the same, relating to the exploitation of such Intellectual Property, including the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale of products or the provision of services under such Intellectual Property, and such Grantor’s customer lists and other records and documents relating to such Intellectual Property and to the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale of such products and services.

 

(d)           For the purpose of enabling the Trustee to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 5.5 (including in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell, assign, license out, convey, transfer or grant options to purchase any Collateral) at such time as the Trustee shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (i) an irrevocable, nonexclusive, and assignable license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of such Trademarks, to use, practice, license, sublicense, and otherwise exploit any and all Intellectual Property now owned or held or hereafter acquired or held by such Grantor (which license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof) and (ii) an irrevocable license (without payment of rent or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, operate and occupy all real property owned, operated, leased, subleased, or otherwise occupied by such Grantor.

 

5.6           Effect of Securities Laws. Each Grantor recognizes that the Trustee may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Equity Interests or the Pledged Debt Securities by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Equity Interests or the Pledged Debt Securities for the period of time necessary to permit the Equity Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Equity Issuer would agree to do so.

 

5.7           Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by any Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

 

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Section 6.     POWER OF ATTORNEY AND FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

6.1           Trustee’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Trustee and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Trustee the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:

 

(i)            in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due with respect to any Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Trustee for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any Collateral whenever payable;

 

(ii)           in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Trustee may request to evidence the Secured Parties’ security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

 

(iii)           pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or purchase any insurance called for by the terms of the Note Documents and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

 

(iv)           execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 5.5 or 5.6, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

 

(v)           (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Trustee or as the Trustee shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Trustee may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Trustee shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Trustee were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Trustee’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Trustee deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

 

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Anything in this Section 6.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee agrees that, except as provided in Section 6.1(b), it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 6.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(b)           If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Trustee, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement; provided, however, that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or time is of the essence, the Trustee shall not exercise this power without first making demand on the Grantor and the Grantor failing to promptly comply therewith.

 

(c)           The expenses of the Trustee incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 6.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate under the Indenture, from the date of payment by the Trustee to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Trustee on demand.

 

(d)           Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until a Discharge of the Secured Obligations.

 

6.2           Authorization of Financing Statements. Each Grantor acknowledges that pursuant to Section 9-509(b) of the UCC and any other applicable law, the Trustee is authorized to file or record financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral in such form and in such offices as the Trustee reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the security interests of the Trustee under this Agreement. Each Grantor agrees that such financing statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as described in the Collateral Documents or as “all assets” or “all personal property” of the such Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter existing or acquired by the such Grantor or such other description as the Trustee, in its sole judgment, determines is necessary or advisable. A photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.

 

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6.3           Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, it shall promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Trustee may reasonably request, in order to create and/or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Trustee to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of any Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor shall:

 

(i)            file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, record security interests in Intellectual Property and execute and deliver such other agreements, instruments, endorsements, powers of attorney or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Trustee may reasonably request, in order to effect, reflect, perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby;

 

(ii)           take all actions necessary to ensure the recordation of appropriate evidence of the liens and security interest granted hereunder in any Intellectual Property with any intellectual property registry in which said Intellectual Property is registered or issued or in which an application for registration or issuance is pending, including, without limitation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the various Secretaries of State, and the foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing;

 

(iii)           at any reasonable time, upon request by the Trustee, assemble the Collateral and allow inspection of the Collateral by the Trustee or persons designated by the Trustee;

 

(iv)           at the Trustee’s request, appear in and defend any action or proceeding that may affect such Grantor’s title to or the Trustee’s interest in all or any part of the Collateral; and

 

(v)           furnish the Trustee with such information regarding the Collateral, including, without limitation, the location thereof, as the Trustee may reasonably request from time to time.

 

Section 7.     Lien absolute; waiver of suretyship defenses

 

7.1           Lien Absolute, Waivers. (a) All rights of Trustee hereunder, and all obligations of Grantors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of, shall not be affected by, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and hereby waives all, rights, claims or defenses that it might otherwise have (now or in the future) with respect to, in each case, each of the following (whether or not such Grantor has knowledge thereof):

 

(i)            the validity or enforceability of the Indenture or any other Note Document, any of the Secured Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any Secured Party;

 

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(ii)           any renewal, extension or acceleration of, or any increase in the amount of the Secured Obligations, or any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, the Note Documents;

 

(iii)           any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, delay in enforcement, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under any Note Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Secured Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Secured Obligations;

 

(iv)           any change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Issuer or any other Grantor or any of their Subsidiaries and any corresponding restructuring of the Secured Obligations;

 

(v)           any settlement, compromise, release, or discharge of, or acceptance or refusal of any offer of payment or performance with respect to, or any substitutions for, the Secured Obligations or any subordination of the Secured Obligations to any other obligations;

 

(vi)           the validity, perfection, non-perfection or lapse in perfection, priority or avoidance of any security interest or lien, the release of any or all collateral securing, or purporting to secure, the Secured Obligations or any other impairment of such collateral;

 

(vii)           any exercise of remedies with respect to any security for the Secured Obligations (including, without limitation, any collateral, including the Collateral securing or purporting to secure any of the Secured Obligations) at such time and in such order and in such manner as the Trustee and the Secured Parties may decide and whether or not every aspect thereof is commercially reasonable and whether or not such action constitutes an election of remedies and even if such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy that any Grantor would otherwise have and without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provisions hereof, each Grantor hereby expressly waives any and all benefits which might otherwise be available to such Grantor under applicable law; and

 

(viii)           any other circumstance whatsoever which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Grantor as an obligor in respect of the Secured Obligations or which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Issuer or any other Grantor for the Secured Obligations, or of any security interest granted by any Grantor, whether in a bankruptcy proceeding or in any other instance.

 

(b)           In addition each Grantor further waives any and all other defenses, set- offs or counterclaims (other than a defense of payment or performance in full hereunder) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by it, the Issuer or any other Grantor or Person against any Secured Party, including, without limitation, failure of consideration, breach of warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury.

 

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(c)           Each Grantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, marshaling, demand for payment, notice of dishonor, notice of default and notice of nonpayment to or upon the Issuer or any of the other Grantors with respect to the Secured Obligations. Except for notices provided for herein, each Grantor hereby waives notice (to the extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any collateral securing the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, the Collateral. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Grantor, Trustee may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against Issuer, any other Grantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Secured Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by Trustee to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from Issuer, any other Grantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of Issuer, any other Grantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Grantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of Secured Party against any Grantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

Section 8.       the collateral Trustee

 

8.1           Authority of Trustee. (a) Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Trustee under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Trustee or the exercise or non-exercise by the Trustee of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Trustee and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Indenture and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Trustee and the Grantors, the Trustee shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as trustee for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

 

(b)           The Trustee has been appointed to act as Trustee hereunder by the Holders. The Trustee shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture; provided that the Trustee shall, after the payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) (the “Discharge of the Secured Obligations”), exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein and otherwise act in accordance with the instructions of the holders of a majority (the “Majority Holders”). The provisions of the Indenture relating to the Trustee, including without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or removal of the Trustee and the powers and duties and immunities of the Trustee, are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any termination of the Indenture.

 

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8.2           Duty of Trustee. The Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Trustee deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Trustee nor any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys or other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except to the extent that any such act or failure to act is found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely and proximately from their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in breach of a duty owed to such Grantor.

 

8.3           Exculpation of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee shall not be responsible to any Secured Party for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or of any Collateral Document or the validity or perfection of any security interest or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by the Trustee to the Secured Parties or by or on behalf of any Secured Party to the Trustee or any Secured Party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any party to the Indenture or any other Person liable for the payment of any Secured Obligations, nor shall the Trustee be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Collateral Documents or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing.

 

(b)           Neither the Trustee nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to the Secured Parties for any action taken or omitted by the Trustee under or in connection with any of the Collateral Documents except to the extent caused solely and proximately by the Trustee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Trustee shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action in connection herewith or any of the Collateral Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until the Trustee shall have been instructed in respect thereof by the Majority Holders and, upon such instruction, the Trustee shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such written instructions. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Trustee shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for the Grantors and their Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Trustee as a result of the Trustee acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any of the Collateral Documents in accordance with the Indenture or, in the limited circumstances specified in Section 8.1(b) hereof, the instructions of the Majority Holders.

 

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(c)           Without limiting the indemnification provisions of the Indenture, each of the Secured Parties not party to the Indenture severally agrees to indemnify the Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trustee in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the Collateral Documents or otherwise in its capacity as the Trustee in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the Collateral Documents; provided, no such Secured Party shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely and proximately from the Trustee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to the Trustee for any purpose shall, in the opinion of the Trustee, be insufficient or become impaired, the Trustee may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts insufficiently indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished.

 

(d)           No direction given to the Trustee which imposes, or purports to impose, upon the Trustee any obligation not set forth in or arising under this Agreement or any Collateral Document accepted or entered into by the Trustee shall be binding upon the Trustee.

 

8.4           No Individual Foreclosure, Etc.. No Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral except to the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other Note Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Note Documents may be exercised solely by the Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral provided hereunder and under any other Note Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Secured Party authorizes the Trustee to credit bid all or any part of the Secured Obligations held by it.

 

Section 9.     MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1           Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by each affected Grantor and the Trustee. After the Discharge of the Secured Obligations, the provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by a written instrument executed by each Grantor and the Majority Holders.

 

9.2           Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Trustee or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.01 of the Indenture; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Grantor shall be addressed to such Grantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.

 

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9.3           No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. No Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 9.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

9.4           Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Grantor agrees to pay or reimburse each Secured Party for all its costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Note Documents to which such Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel to each Secured Party and of counsel to the Trustee.

 

(b)           Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c)           The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Indenture and the other Note Documents.

 

9.5           Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Trustee and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

 

9.6           Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Secured Party at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such party to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as such Secured Party may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to such Secured Party hereunder and claims of every nature and description of such Secured Party against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Indenture, any other Note Document or otherwise, as such Secured Party may elect, whether or not any Secured Party has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. Each Secured Party exercising any right of set-off shall notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by such Secured Party of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Secured Party under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Secured Party may have.

 

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9.7           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic imaging means), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

9.8           Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

9.9          Section Headings. The Section headings and Table of Contents used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

9.10         Integration/Conflict. This Agreement and the other Note Documents represent the entire agreement of the Grantors, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Trustee or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein. In the case of any Collateral “located” outside the United States (including any Equity Interests of an Equity Issuer organized under a jurisdiction other than the United States of any state or other locality thereof), in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any applicable Foreign Security Document which cannot be resolved by both provisions being complied with, the provisions contained in such Foreign Security Document shall govern to the extent of such conflict with respect to such Collateral.

 

9.11         GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

 

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9.12         Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth in Section 11.01 of the Indenture will be effective service of process for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Company, the Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of any Note) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

9.13         Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)           it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is a party;

 

(b)           no Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Note Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

 

(c)           no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Note Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Secured Parties.

 

9.14           Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Issuer that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.11(D) the Indenture shall become a Grantor as required by the Indenture for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

 

9.15           Releases. (a) At such time as there has been a Discharge of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Trustee and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Trustee shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Trustee hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

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(b)           If any of the Collateral shall be Disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Indenture, then, the Trustee, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral provided that the Grantor shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Grantor and Collateral to be released, together with a certification by the Issuer stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Indenture and the other Note Documents and that the Proceeds of such Disposition will be applied in accordance therewith. At the request and sole expense of the Issuer, a Subsidiary Grantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Grantor shall be Disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Indenture; provided that the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Subsidiary Grantor, together with a certification by the Issuer stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Indenture and the other Note Documents and that the Proceeds of such Disposition will be applied in accordance therewith.

 

(c)           Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement originally filed in connection herewith without the prior written consent of the Trustee, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

 

9.16           WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Pledge and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

  GRANTORS:
   
  [MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC.]
   
  By:          
    Name:
    Title:
   
  [MOBILITE İŞLETMELERI LLC]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  TRUSTEE:
   
  [NAME OF TRUSTEE],
  as Trustee
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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Schedule 11

 

NOTICE ADDRESSES OF GRANTORS

 

 

1 NTD: All schedules to be completed prior to the Issue Date as may be reasonably acceptable to the Lead Investor.

 

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Schedule 2

 

DESCRIPTION OF PLEDGED INVESTMENT PROPERTY

 

Pledged Stock:

 

Grantor  Issuer  Issuer’s Jurisdiction
Under New York
UCC Section 9-305(a)(2)
  Class of
Stock
  Stock
Certificate No.
  Percentage of
Shares
  No. of Shares
                   
                   
                   
                   

 

Pledged Notes:

 

Grantor  Issuer  Payee  Principal Amount
          
          
          
          

 

2-1

 

Pledged Debt Securities:

 

Grantor  Issuer  Issuer’s Jurisdiction
Under New York UCC
Section 9-305(a)(2)
  Payee  Principal Amount
             
             
             
             

 

Pledged Security Entitlements:

 

Grantor  Issuer of
Financial Asset
  Description of
Financial Asset
  Securities
Intermediary
(Name and
Address)
  Securities Account
(Number and
Location)
  Securities Intermediary’s
Jurisdiction Under New York
UCC Section 9-305(a)(3)
                
                
                
                

 

2-2

 

Pledged Commodity Contracts:

 

Grantor  Description of
Commodity Contract
  Commodity
Intermediary
(Name and Address)
  Commodity Account
(Number and Location)
  Commodity
Intermediary’s
Jurisdiction Under New
York UCC Section 9-
305(a)(4)
             
             
             
             

 

Pledged Partnership Interests:

 

Grantor  Issuer  Type of
Partnership Interest
(e.g., General or
Limited)
  Certificated
(Y/N)
  Certificate No.
(if any)
  % of Outstanding
Partnership Interests of the
Partnership
                
                
                
                

 

Pledged LLC Interests:

 

Grantor  Issuer  Certificated
(Y/N)
  Certificate No.
(if any)
  No. of
Pledged Units
  % of Outstanding LLC
Interests of the Issuer
                
                
                
                

 

2-3

 

Other Pledged Equity Interests:

 

Grantor  Issuer  Class of Equity
Interests
  Certificated
(Y/N)
  Certificate No.
(if any)
  % of Outstanding Equity
Interests of the Issuer
                
                
                
                

 

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Schedule 3

 

FILINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS
REQUIRED TO PERFECT SECURITY INTERESTS

 

Uniform Commercial Code Filings

 

[Delaware

 

Turkey]

 

Copyright, Patent and Trademark Filings

 

· ]

 

Actions with respect to Investment Property

 

[Describe all actions required to obtain “control” of Investment Property]

 

Other Actions

 

[Describe other actions to be taken]

 

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Schedule 4

 

EXACT LEGAL NAME, LOCATION OF JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE

 

Exact Legal Name Jurisdiction of Organization Organizational I.D. Chief Executive Office or Sole Place of Business
       
       

 

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Schedule 5

 

Intellectual Property

 

Application Number Filing Date Date of
Issuance
Expiration
Date
Registrar Mark Owner
             

 

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Exhibit A to
Pledge and Security Agreement

 

INSERT TO LLC/PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

Section ______. Pledgee’s Rights;.

 

Subdivision 1. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, each [Member/Partner] shall be permitted to pledge or hypothecate any or all of its [Units/Partnership Interests], including all Interests, economic rights, control rights and status rights as a [Member/Partner], to any holder to the Company or an affiliate of the Company or any agent acting on such holder’s behalf, and any transfer of such [Units/Partnership Interests] pursuant to any such holder’s (or agent’s) exercise of remedies in connection with any such pledge or hypothecation shall be permitted under this Agreement with no further action or approval required hereunder. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, upon a default under the financing giving rise to any pledge or hypothecation of [Units/Partnership Interests], the holder (or agent) shall have the right, as set forth in the applicable pledge or hypothecation agreement, and without further approval of any [Member/Partner] and without becoming a [Member/Partner], to exercise the membership/partnership voting rights of the [Member/Partner] granting such pledge or hypothecation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, and without complying with any other procedures set forth in this Agreement, upon the exercise of remedies in connection with a pledge or hypothecation, (a) the holder (or agent) or transferee of such holder (or agent), as the case may be, shall become a [Member/Partner] under this Agreement and shall succeed to all of the rights and powers, including the right to participate in the management of the business and affairs of the [Company/Partnership], and shall be bound by all of the obligations, of a [Member/Partner] under this Agreement without taking any further action on the part of such holder (or agent) or transferee, as the case may be, and (b) following such exercise of remedies, the pledging [Member/Partner] shall cease to be a [Member/Partner] and shall have no further rights or powers under this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by a [Member/Partner] shall constitute any necessary approval of such [Member/Partner] under the Act to the foregoing provisions of this Section ______. This Section ______ may not be amended or modified so long as any of the [Units/Partnership Interests] is subject to a pledge or hypothecation without the pledgee’s (or the Transferee of such pledgee’s) prior written consent. Each recipient of a pledge or hypothecation of the [Units/Partnership Interests] shall be a third party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section ______.

 

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Exhibit B to
Pledge and Security Agreement

 

FORM OF UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT

 

This CONTROL AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Control Agreement”) dated as of [ · ], is made by and between [NAME OF GRANTOR] (the “Grantor”), [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement referred to below), and [NAME OF ISSUER] (the “Issuer”).

 

WHEREAS, the Grantor has granted to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in the uncertificated securities of the Issuer owned by the Grantor from time to time (collectively, the “Pledged Securities”), and all additions thereto and substitutions and proceeds thereof (collectively, with the Pledged Securities, the “Collateral”) pursuant to a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of [ · ], 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), among the Grantor and the other persons party thereto as grantors in favor of the Trustee.

 

WHEREAS, the following terms which are defined in Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof (the “UCC”) are used herein as so defined: Adverse Claim, Control, Instruction, Proceeds and Uncertificated Security.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.          Notice of Security Interest. The Grantor, the Trustee and the Issuer are entering into this Control Agreement to perfect, and to confirm the priority of, the Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral. The Issuer acknowledges that this Control Agreement constitutes written notification to the Issuer of the Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral. The Issuer agrees to promptly make all necessary entries or notations in its books and records to reflect the Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral and, upon request by the Trustee, to register the Trustee as the registered owner of any or all of the Pledged Securities. The Issuer acknowledges that the Trustee has control over the Collateral.

 

Section 2.          Collateral. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Grantor and the Trustee that (i) the terms of any limited liability company interests or partnership interests included in the Collateral from time to time shall expressly provide that they are securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the State of New York, (ii) the Pledged Securities are uncertificated securities, (iii) the issuer’s jurisdiction is, and during the term of this Control Agreement shall remain, the State of New York, (iv) Schedule 2 contains a true and complete description of the Pledged Securities as of the date hereof and (v) except for the claims and interests of the Trustee and the Grantor in the Collateral, the Issuer does not know of any claim to or security interest or other interest in the Collateral.

 

Section 3.          Control. The Issuer hereby agrees, upon written direction from the Trustee and without further consent from the Grantor, (a) to comply with all instructions and directions of any kind originated by the Trustee concerning the Collateral, to liquidate or otherwise dispose of the Collateral as and to the extent directed by the Trustee and to pay over to the Trustee all proceeds without any set-off or deduction, and (b) except as otherwise directed by the Trustee, not to comply with the instructions or directions of any kind originated by the Grantor or any other person.

 

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Section 4.          Other Agreements. The Issuer shall notify promptly the Trustee and the Grantor if any other person asserts any lien, encumbrance, claim (including any adverse claim) or security interest in or against any of the Collateral. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Control Agreement and any other agreement governing the Pledged Securities or the Collateral, the provisions of this Control Agreement shall control.

 

Section 5.          Protection of Issuer. The Issuer may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any notice, instruction or other communication that it reasonably believes to be genuine and authorized.

 

Section 6.          Termination. This Control Agreement shall terminate automatically upon receipt by the Issuer of written notice executed by the Trustee that (i) the Discharge of the Secured Obligations has occurred, or (ii) all of the Collateral has been released, whichever is sooner, and the Issuer shall thereafter be relieved of all duties and obligations hereunder.

 

Section 7.          Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three (3) days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, to the Grantor’s and the Trustee’s addresses as set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and to the Issuer’s address as set forth below, or to such other address as any party may give to the others in writing for such purpose:

 

[Name of Issuer]
[Address of Issuer]
Attention:
                              
Telephone: ( ) -
                    
Telecopy: ( ) -
__________
 

 

Section 8.          Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Control Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto.

 

Section 9.          Entire Agreement. This Control Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 10.        Execution in Counterparts. This Control Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by one or more parties to this Control Agreement and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Control Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf”, or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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Section 11.        Successors and Assigns. This Control Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, provided that neither the Grantor nor the Issuer may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Control Agreement without the prior written consent of the Trustee and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

 

Section 12.        Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Control Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Section 13.        Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Control Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

Section 14.        Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Grantor and the Issuer hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)          submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Control Agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(b)          agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

 

(c)          agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and that nothing in this Control Agreement shall affect any right that any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Control Agreement or any other Note Document against the Grantor or any of its assets in the courts of any jurisdiction;

 

(d)          consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 

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(e)          agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Grantor at its address referred to in Section 7 of this Control Agreement or at such other address of which the Trustee shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(f)           agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and

 

(g)          waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

Section 15.          GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO AND ACCEPTED BY THE TRUSTEE AND WILL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW OF GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

 

Section 16.          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY, COMMON LAW, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, TRUSTEE OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE, THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Control Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 [NAME OF GRANTOR], as Grantor
   
By:
   Name:
Title:

 

 [NAME OF ISSUER], as Issuer
   
By:
   Name:
Title:

 

 [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as Trustee
   
By:
   Name:
Title:

 

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Exhibit C-1
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [ · ], 2022 (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a “Grantor” (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of [TRUSTEE], as trustee for the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of [ · ], 2022 by and among [Marti Technologies Inc.] as Issuer and [Trustee], as trustee, and the other parties from time to time party thereto (as the same may hereafter be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), Issuer has issued its 12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [ · ] (the “Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Grantors entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of [ · ], 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Trustee, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Copyright Collateral (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured parties with the United States Copyright Office.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Trustee as follows:

 

Section 1.          Defined Terms

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Indenture.

 

Section 2.          Grant of Security Interest

 

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Trustee, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Copyright Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

 

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(a)          all works of authorship and all intellectual property rights therein, all United States and foreign copyrights (whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published), including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, all designs (including but not limited to all industrial designs, “Protected Designs” within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. 1301 et. Seq. and Community designs), and all “Mask Works” (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed in Schedule A attached hereto, (ii) all extensions, renewals, and restorations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world (collectively “Copyrights”); and

 

(b)          all agreements, licenses and covenants pursuant to which such Grantor has been granted exclusive rights in any registered Copyrights or has otherwise been granted or has granted a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any registered Copyrights, including, without limitation, each agreement listed in Schedule A attached hereto.

 

Section 3.          Security Agreement

 

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Trustee for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Trustee with respect to the security interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control.

 

Section 4.          Governing Law

 

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

 

Section 5.          Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

  

[NAME OF GRANTOR(S)],
 as Grantor
   
 By: 
  Name:
  Title:

 

STATE OF                      )  
  )          ss. 
COUNTY OF                    )  

 

On this ____ day of ____________, ____ before me personally appeared ___________________, proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing Copyright Security Agreement on behalf of ____________________, who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he/she is an authorized officer of said corporation, that the said instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation as authorized by its Board of Directors and that he/she acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

 

  
  Notary Public

 

 

Accepted and Agreed:

 

[______________________________],
as Trustee

 

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE A
to
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS

 

Title Registration No. Registration
Date
     
     
     
     
     

 

COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS

 

Title Application /
Case No.
Filing Date
     
     
     
     
     

 

EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHT LICENSES

 

Description of Copyright
License
Name of Licensor Registration Number of
underlying Copyright
     
     
     
     
     

 

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EXHIBIT C-2
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [ · ], 2022 (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a Grantor (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of [TRUSTEE], as trustee for the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of [ · ], 2022, by and among [Marti Technologies Inc.], as Issuer, and [Trustee], as trustee, and the other parties from time to time party thereto (as the same may hereafter be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), the Issuer has issued its 12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [ · ] (the “Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Grantors entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of [ · ], 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Trustee, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Patent Collateral (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Trustee as follows:

 

Section 1.          Defined Terms

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Indenture.

 

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Section 2.          Grant of Security Interest

 

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Trustee, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Patent Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

 

all patentable inventions and designs, all United States, foreign, and multinational patents, certificates of invention, and similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including without limitation: (i) each patent and patent application listed in Schedule A attached hereto (ii) all reissues, substitutes, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights of any accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

 

Section 3.          Security Agreement

 

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Trustee for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Trustee with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control.

 

Section 4.          Governing Law

 

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

 

Section 5.          Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR],
   
 By: 
  Name:
  Title:

 

STATE OF                      )  
  )          ss. 
COUNTY OF                    )  

 

On this ____ day of ____________, ____ before me personally appeared ___________________, proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing Patent Security Agreement on behalf of ____________________, who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he/she is an authorized officer of said corporation, that the said instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation as authorized by its Board of Directors and that he/she acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

 

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Accepted and Agreed:

 

[______________________________],
as Trustee

 

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE A
to
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS

 

Title Application No. Filing Date Patent No. Issue Date
         
         
         
         
         

 

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EXHIBIT C-3
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [ · ], 2022 (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a Grantor (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of [TRUSTEE], as trustee for the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of [ · ], 2022 by and among [Marti Technologies Inc.], as Issuer, and [Trustee], as trustee, and the other parties from time to time party thereto (as the same may hereafter be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), the Issuer has issued its 12.00% Convertible Senior Notes due [ · ] (the “Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Grantors entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of [ · ], 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Trustee, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Trademark Collateral (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Trustee as follows:

 

Section 1.          Defined Terms

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Indenture.

 

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Section 2.          Grant of Security Interest in Trademark Collateral

 

(h)          Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Trustee, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Trademark Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

 

all domestic, foreign and multinational trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, Internet domain names, other indicia of origin or source identification, and general intangibles of a like nature, whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed in Schedule A attached hereto, (ii) all extension and renewals thereof, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the foregoing, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

 

(i)          Certain Limited Exclusions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Trademark Collateral include or the security interest granted under Section 2.1 hereof attach to any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law.

 

Section 3.          Security Agreement

 

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Trustee for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Trustee with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control.

 

Section 4.          Governing Law

 

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

 

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Section 5.          Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR],
   
 By: 
  Name:
  Title:

 

STATE OF                      )  
  )          ss. 
COUNTY OF                    )  

 

On this ____ day of ____________, ____ before me personally appeared ___________________, proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing Trademark Security Agreement on behalf of ____________________, who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he/she is an authorized officer of said corporation, that the said instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation as authorized by its Board of Directors and that he/she acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

 

  
  Notary Public

 

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 Accepted and Agreed:

 

[______________________________],
as Trustee

 

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE A
to
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS AND APPLICATIONS

 

Mark Serial No. Filing Date Registration No. Registration
Date
         
         
         
         
         

 

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Annex 1 to
Pledge and Security Agreement

 

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ____________, ____, made by ______________________, a _______________ corporation (the “Additional Grantor”), in favor of [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) for (i) the Holders (as defined in the Indenture), and (ii) the other Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement (as hereinafter defined)). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such Indenture.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, [Marti Technologies Inc.] (the “Issuer”) and the Trustee have entered into a Indenture, dated as of [ · ], 2022 (as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Indenture, the Issuer and certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of [ · ], 2022 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

 

1.          Pledge and Security Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 9.14 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedules 1 through 4, 6 and 10 to the Pledge and Security Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of the Pledge and Security Agreement is true and correct on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date.

 

2.          GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

3.          Successors and Assigns. This Assumption Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Additional Grantor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Assumption Agreement without the prior written consent of the Trustee and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

 

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

 

[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]
   
 By: 
  Name:
  Title:

 

 Annex 1-2 

 

 

Annex 1-A

 

 Annex 1-1 

 

 

Exhibit F

 

FORM OF SPRINGING LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

among

 

[Marti Technologies Inc.],

 

certain of its Subsidiaries

 

and

 

· ],
as Trustee

 

Dated as of [ · ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page
           
Section 1.   DEFINED TERMS   1
  1.1   Definitions   1
  1.2   Other Definitional Provisions   3
           
Section 2.   GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL   4
           
Section 3.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   5
  3.1   Representations in Indenture   5
  3.2   Title; No Other Liens   5
  3.3   Valid, Perfected First Priority Liens   6
  3.4   Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc.   6
  3.5   Inventory and Equipment   6
  3.6   [Reserved]   6
  3.7   Deposit Accounts   6
  3.8   Receivables   7
  3.9   [Reserved]   7
  3.10   Vehicles   7
  3.11   Letter of Credit Rights   7
  3.12   Commercial Tort Claims   7
           
Section 4.   COVENANTS   7
  4.1   Covenants in Indenture   7
  4.2   Delivery and Control of Instruments, Chattel Paper, Negotiable Documents and Deposit Accounts   7
  4.3   Maintenance of Insurance   8
  4.4   Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation   8
  4.5   Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Etc.   9
  4.6   Notices   9
  4.7   [Reserved]   10
  4.8   [Reserved]   10
  4.9   Receivables   10
  4.10   [Reserved]   10
  4.11   Vehicles   10
  4.12   Government Receivables   10
  4.13   Letter of Credit Rights   10
  4.14   Commercial Tort Claims   10
           
Section 5.   REMEDIAL PROVISIONS   10
  5.1   Certain Matters Relating to Receivables   10
  5.2   Communications with Obligors   11
  5.3   Proceeds to be Turned Over To Trustee   11
  5.4   Application of Proceeds   11

 

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          Page
           
  5.5   Code and Other Remedies   12
  5.6   [Reserved]   14
  5.7   Deficiency   14
           
Section 6.   POWER OF ATTORNEY AND FURTHER ASSURANCES   14
  6.1   Trustee’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc.   14
  6.2   Authorization of Financing Statements   15
  6.3   Further Assurances   16
           
Section 7.   Lien absolute; waiver of suretyship defenses   16
  7.1   Lien Absolute, Waivers   16
           
Section 8.   the collateral Trustee   18
  8.1   Authority of Trustee   18
  8.2   Duty of Trustee   19
  8.3   Exculpation of the Trustee   19
  8.4   No Individual Foreclosure, Etc.   20
           
Section 9.   MISCELLANEOUS   20
  9.1   Amendments in Writing   20
  9.2   Notices   20
  9.3   No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies   21
  9.4   Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification   21
  9.5   Successors and Assigns   21
  9.6   Set-Off   21
  9.7   Counterparts   22
  9.8   Severability   22
  9.9   Section Headings   22
  9.10   Integration/Conflict   22
  9.11   GOVERNING LAW   22
  9.12   Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers   22
  9.13   Acknowledgments   23
  9.14   Additional Grantors   23
  9.15   Releases   23
  9.16   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL   24

 

SCHEDULE 1     Notice Addresses of Grantors           1-1
SCHEDULE 2     Deposit Accounts 2-1
SCHEDULE 3    Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests           3-1
SCHEDULE 4 Exact Legal Name, Location of Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office 4-1
SCHEDULE 5 Location of Inventory and Equipment 5-1
SCHEDULE 6     Government Receivables           6-1
SCHEDULE 7     Vehicles           7-1
SCHEDULE 8      Letter of Credit Rights           8-1

 

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SCHEDULE 9   Commercial Tort Claims           9-1
ANNEX 1 Assumption Agreement ANNEX 1-1

 

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PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [ · ], among each of the signatories hereto designated as a Grantor on the signature pages hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as a Grantor as provided herein, each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”), and [ · ], as Trustee (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Trustee”) for (i) the Holders from time to time parties to the Indenture, dated as of [ · ], 2022 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Indenture”), between [Marti Technologies Inc.], a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Issuer”) and [ · ], as trustee (the “Trustee”), and (ii) the other Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer has issued its 12.0% Convertible Senior Notes due [ · ] (the “Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Notes under the Indenture will be used in part to enable the Issuer to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Indenture, the Grantors are required to execute and deliver this Agreement to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

 

Section 1.          DEFINED TERMS

 

1.1          Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture, and the following terms which are defined in the UCC are used herein as so defined (and if defined in more than one article of the UCC shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 thereof): Accounts, Account Debtor, Authenticate, Chattel Paper, Electronic Chattel Paper, Equipment, Fixtures, Goods, Instruments, Inventory, Letter of Credit Rights, Money and Tangible Chattel Paper.

 

(b)          The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Agreement” shall mean this Pledge and Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

  

 

 

Deposit Account” shall mean all “deposit accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and all other accounts maintained with any financial institution, and shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Deposit Accounts” together, in each case, with all funds held therein and all certificates or instruments representing any of the foregoing.

 

Discharge of the Secured Obligations” shall mean and shall have occurred when all Secured Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash and all other obligations under the Note Documents shall have been performed (other than (a) those expressly stated to survive termination, and (b) contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted).

 

Excluded Assets” has the same meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

Foreign Security Documents” shall mean the collective reference to the security agreements, debentures, pledge agreements, charges and other similar documents and agreements pursuant to which any Grantor purports to pledge or grant a security interest in any property or assets located outside of the United States.

 

Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Insurance” shall mean all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Trustee is the loss payee thereof).

 

Majority Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).

 

Note Documents” shall mean the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral Agreements and the Guarantees.

 

Proceeds” shall mean all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC.

 

Receivable” shall mean all Accounts and any other any right to payment for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper or classified as a Payment Intangible and whether or not it has been earned by performance. References herein to Receivables shall include any Supporting Obligation or collateral securing such Receivable.

 

Secured Obligations” shall mean the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Issuer or any other Grantor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) and all other obligations and liabilities of the Issuer or any other Grantor to the Trustee or any Holder which may arise under or in connection with the Indenture or any other Note Document.

 

Secured Parties” shall mean collectively, the Trustee and the Holders.

 

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Specified Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.

 

Subsidiary Grantors” shall mean, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the Issuer that are Grantors.

 

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.

 

UETA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

 

Vehicles” shall mean all cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving equipment and other Equipment of any nature covered by a certificate of title under the law of any jurisdiction and includes, without limitation, the vehicles listed on Schedule 7, and all tires and other appurtenances to any of the foregoing.

 

1.2          Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Annex references, are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. References to any Schedule or Annex shall mean such Schedule or Annex as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(b)          The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

(c)          Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

 

(d)          The expressions “payment in full,” “paid in full” and any other similar terms or phrases when used herein shall mean payment in cash in immediately available funds.

 

(e)          The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.

 

(f)          All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.

 

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Section 2.          GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL

 

(a)          Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Trustee, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations:

 

(i)            all Accounts, including all Receivables;

 

(ii)           all Chattel Paper;

 

(iii)          all Deposit Accounts;

 

(iv)         all Equipment;

 

(v)           all Instruments;

 

(vi)          all Insurance;

 

(vii)         all Inventory;

 

(viii)        all Letter of Credit Rights;

 

(ix)          all Money;

 

(x)           all Vehicles;

 

(xi)          all Goods not otherwise described above;

 

(xii)         all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon;

 

(xiii)          all commercial tort claims now or hereinafter described on Schedule 9; and

 

(xiv)          to the extent not otherwise included, all other property of such Grantor and all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents and profits of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security, Supporting Obligations and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Excluded Assets shall constitute Collateral.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Trustee or any Secured Party, and (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any Receivables, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Trustee nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Trustee or any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to any Receivables.

 

Section 3.          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties on the date hereof that:

 

3.1          Representations in Indenture. The representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of that certain Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, dated as of July [29], 2022, by and between Galata Acquisition Corp. and the Subscriber (as defined therein) as they relate to such Grantor or to the Note Documents to which such Grantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, in all material respects, except for representations and warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects as of such date, in each case unless expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on each of such representations and warranties as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to any Issuer’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 3.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Grantor’s knowledge.

 

3.2          Title; No Other Liens. Such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims, except for Permitted Liens. No financing statement, mortgage or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Indenture.

 

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3.3          Valid, Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement constitute a legal and valid security interest in favor of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, securing the payment and performance of each Grantor’s Secured Obligations and upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (all of which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Trustee in duly completed and duly executed form, as applicable, and may be filed by the Trustee at any time) and payment of all filing fees, will constitute fully perfected security interests in all of the Collateral, prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens. Without limiting the foregoing, each Grantor has taken all actions necessary or desirable, including without limitation those specified in Section 4.2 to: (i) establish the Trustee’s “control” (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts, (ii) establish the Trustee’s “control” (within the meaning of Section 9-107 of the UCC) over all Letter of Credit Rights, (iii) establish the Trustee’s control (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC) over all Electronic Chattel Paper and (iv) establish the Trustee’s “control” (within the meaning of Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction (the “UETA”)) over all “transferable records” (as defined in UETA).

 

3.4          Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc. Such Grantor’s exact legal name (as indicated on the public record of such Grantor’s jurisdiction of formation or organization), jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number, if any, and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4. Each Grantor is organized solely under the law of the jurisdiction so specified and has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction. Except as otherwise indicated on Schedule 4, the jurisdiction of each such Grantor’s organization of formation is required to maintain a public record showing the Grantor to have been organized or formed. Except as specified on Schedule 4, it has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business (if applicable) or its corporate structure in any way (e.g. by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five years and has not within the last five years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as Grantor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated.

 

3.5          Inventory and Equipment. (a) The Inventory and the Equipment (other than Inventory and Equipment in transit) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5.

 

(b)          Any Inventory now or hereafter produced by any Grantor included in the Collateral has been and will be produced in compliance with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, to the extent applicable.

 

(c)          None of the Inventory or Equipment is in the possession of an issuer of a negotiable document (as defined in Section 7-104 of the UCC) therefor or is otherwise in the possession of any bailee or warehouseman.

 

3.6          [Reserved]

 

3.7          Deposit Accounts. Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the heading “Deposit Accounts,” all of the Deposit Accounts in which each Grantor has an interest. Each Grantor is the sole entitlement holder or customer of each such account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Trustee pursuant hereto) having “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8-106, 9-106 and 9-104 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Deposit Account. Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to the Deposit Accounts pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except for, in the case of any of the foregoing Collateral other than Permitted Liens.

 

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3.8          Receivables. (a) No amount in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Trustee or constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper that has not been subjected to the control (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC) of the Trustee.

 

(b)          Except as set forth on Schedule 6 hereto none of the Grantors has Receivables with respect to which the obligor is a governmental authority.

 

(c)          Each Receivable (i) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Account Debtor in respect thereof, representing an unsatisfied obligation of such Account Debtor, (ii) is enforceable in accordance with its terms, (iii) is not subject to any set-offs, defenses, taxes or counterclaims (except with respect to refunds, returns and allowances in the ordinary course of business with respect to damaged merchandise) and (iv) is in compliance with all applicable laws, provided that with respect to Receivables owed by an Account Debtor who is not an Affiliate of any Grantor each of the foregoing is to the best knowledge of such Grantor.

 

3.9          [Reserved]

 

3.10        Vehicles. Schedule 7 is a complete and correct list of all Vehicles owned by such Grantor on the date hereof.

 

3.11        Letter of Credit Rights. No Grantor is a beneficiary or assignee under any letter of credit other than the letters of credit described on Schedule 8.

 

3.12       Commercial Tort Claims. No Grantor has any commercial tort claims other than those described on Schedule 9.

 

Section 4.          COVENANTS

 

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of the Secured Obligations:

 

4.1          Covenants in Indenture. Each Grantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

4.2          Delivery and Control of Instruments, Chattel Paper, Negotiable Documents and Deposit Accounts. (a) If any of the Collateral is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Instrument, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper, such Instrument (other than checks received in the ordinary course of business), Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper shall be immediately delivered to the Trustee, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(b)            If any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $5,000,000 is or shall become Electronic Chattel Paper such Grantor shall ensure that (i) a single authoritative copy exists which is unique, identifiable and unalterable (except as provided in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of this paragraph), (ii) such authoritative copy identifies the Trustee as the assignee and is communicated to and maintained by the Trustee or its designee, (iii) copies or revisions that add or change the assignee of the authoritative copy can only be made with the participation of the Trustee, (iv) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy and not the authoritative copy and (v) any revision of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as an authorized or unauthorized revision.

 

(c)            [Reserved]

 

(d)            Each Grantor shall maintain Deposit Accounts only with financial institutions that have agreed to comply with entitlement orders and instructions issued or originated by the Trustee without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

(e)            [Reserved]

 

(f)            [Reserved]

 

4.3           Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance on all its property (including, without limitation, all Inventory, Equipment and Vehicles) in at least such amounts and against at least such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business, and shall furnish to the Trustee, upon written request, full information as to the insurance carried.

 

(b)            Such Grantor shall deliver to the Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties, (i) on the date hereof, a certificate dated such date showing the amount and types of insurance coverage as of such date, (ii) upon request of any Secured Party from time to time, full information as to the insurance carried, (iii) promptly following receipt of notice from any insurer, a copy of any notice of cancellation or material change in coverage from that existing on the date hereof, (iv) forthwith, notice of any cancellation or nonrenewal of coverage by such Grantor, and (v) promptly after such information is available to such Grantor, full information as to any claim for an amount in excess of $5,000,000 with respect to any property and casualty insurance policy maintained by such Grantor. The Trustee shall be named as additional insured on all such liability insurance policies of such Grantor and the Trustee shall be named as loss payee on all property and casualty insurance policies of such Grantor.

 

4.4          Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 3.3 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

(b)            Such Grantor shall furnish to the Trustee from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the assets and property of such Grantor as the Trustee may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

 

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(c)            At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Trustee, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly and duly authorize, execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Trustee may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Deposit Accounts and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Trustee to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto to the extent required hereunder, including without limitation, executing and delivering and causing the relevant depositary bank or securities intermediary to execute and deliver a control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

(d)            [Reserved]

 

4.5            Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and delivery to the Trustee of duly authorized and, where required, executed copies of (a) all additional financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Trustee to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 5 showing any additional location at which Inventory or Equipment (other than mobile goods) shall be kept:

 

(i)            permit any of the Inventory or Equipment (other than mobile goods) to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 5;

 

(ii)           without limiting the prohibitions on mergers involving the Grantors contained in the Indenture, change its legal name, jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business, if applicable, from that referred to in Section 3.4; or

 

(iii)            change its legal name, identity or structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed by the Trustee in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.

 

4.6            Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Trustee promptly, in reasonable detail, of:

 

(a)            any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect the ability of the Trustee to exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and

 

(b)            the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.

 

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4.7            [Reserved]

 

4.8            [Reserved]

 

4.9            Receivables. Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Grantor will not (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Receivable in any manner that could adversely affect the value thereof.

 

4.10          [Reserved]

 

4.11          Vehicles. Within sixty (60) days after the date hereof, and, with respect to any Vehicles acquired by such Grantor subsequent to the date hereof, within sixty (60) days after the date of acquisition thereof, all applications for certificates of title or ownership indicating the Trustee’s first priority security interest in the Vehicle covered by such certificate, and any other necessary documentation, shall be filed in each office in each jurisdiction which the Trustee shall deem advisable to perfect its security interests in the Vehicles.

 

4.12          Government Receivables. If any Grantor shall at any time after the date of this Agreement acquire or become the beneficiary of Receivables in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate in respect of which the account debtor is a governmental authority, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Trustee and, upon the request of the Trustee, shall take any necessary steps to perfect the Lien of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties therein, and make such Lien enforceable against the account debtor.

 

4.13          Letter of Credit Rights. Within thirty (30) days after the date of obtaining any letter of credit rights other than in respect of the letters of credit described on Schedule 8 hereto, each Grantor shall provide the Trustee with an amended or supplemented Schedule 8 to reflect such additional letters of credit.

 

4.14          Commercial Tort Claims. Within thirty (30) days after the date of any additional commercial tort claims arising since Schedule 9 was last delivered, each Grantor shall provide the Trustee with an amended or supplemented Schedule 9 to reflect such additional commercial tort claims.

 

Section 5.       REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

 

5.1            Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) The Trustee shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Trustee may require in connection with such test verifications. At any time and from time to time, upon the Trustee’s request and at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to the Trustee to furnish to the Trustee reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the Receivables.

 

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(b)            The Trustee hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Receivables and each Grantor hereby agrees to continue to collect all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor under the Receivables and any Supporting Obligation in respect thereof and diligently exercise each material right it may have under any Receivable and any such Supporting Obligation, in each case, at its own expense consistent with its reasonable business judgment; provided, however, that the Trustee may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. If required by the Trustee at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall forthwith (and, in any event, within two (2) Business Days) be turned over and duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Trustee if required, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor.

 

(c)            If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the Trustee’s request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Trustee all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

 

5.2            Communications with Obligors. (a) The Trustee in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the Trustee’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables.

 

(b)            The Trustee may at any time notify, or require any Grantor to so notify, the Account Debtor or counterparty on any Receivable of the security interest of the Trustee therein. In addition, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee may upon written notice to the applicable Grantor, notify, or require any Grantor to notify, the Account Debtor or counterparty to make all payments under the Receivable directly to the Trustee.

 

5.3            Proceeds to be Turned Over To Trustee. In addition to the rights of the Secured Parties specified in Section 5.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Trustee, if required).

 

5.4            Application of Proceeds. At such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Issuer and the Trustee (acting with the consent of the Holders), or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Trustee’s election, the Trustee may (and, if directed by the Holders, shall), apply all or any part of the Collateral and/or net Proceeds thereof (after deducting fees and expenses as provided in Section 5.5) realized through the exercise by the Trustee of its remedies hereunder in payment of the Secured Obligations. The Trustee shall apply any such Collateral or Proceeds to be applied in the following order:

 

First, to the Trustee to pay incurred and unpaid fees and expenses under the Note Documents;

 

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Second, to the Trustee in respect of Secured Obligations then due and owing and remaining unpaid for application by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

 

Third, to the Trustee in respect of all Secured Obligations (other than those under clause second above) for prepayment of such Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

 

Fourth, any balance of such Proceeds remaining after a Discharge of the Secured Obligations shall be paid over to the Issuer or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same and any Collateral remaining after a Discharge of Secured Obligations shall be returned to the applicable Grantor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

 

Any Proceeds not applied shall be held by the Trustee as Collateral.

 

In addition, with respect to any proceeds of Insurance received by the Trustee, (x) if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) such Insurance Proceeds shall be returned to the Grantors if permitted or required by the Indenture or (ii) if not so permitted or required by the Indenture, then such Insurance Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.4 and (y) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then such Insurance Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.4.

 

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5.5            Code and Other Remedies. (a) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and all rights under any other applicable law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee, without demand of performance or other demand, defense, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, presentments, protests, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of any Secured Party, on the internet or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Trustee may store, repair or recondition any Collateral or otherwise prepare any Collateral for disposal in the manner and to the extent that the Trustee deems appropriate. Each Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold or to become the licensor of all or any such Collateral, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. For purposes of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or a portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale made in accordance with the UCC or other applicable laws, including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee, as trustee for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Secured Party or Secured Parties in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Majority Holders shall otherwise agree in writing), shall be entitled to credit bid and use and apply the Secured Obligations (or any portion thereof) as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Trustee at such sale, such amount to be apportioned ratably to the Secured Obligations of the Secured Parties in accordance with their pro rata share of such Secured Obligations. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Trustee shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Trustee may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. The Trustee may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Trustee may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like. The foregoing will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for the Trustee to dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Trustee arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Trustee accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Trustee’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Trustee at places which the Trustee shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Trustee shall have the right to enter onto the property where any Collateral is located without any obligation to pay rent and take possession thereof with or without judicial process. The Trustee shall have no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral.

 

(b)            The Trustee shall deduct from such Proceeds all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies against the Collateral or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Secured Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements. Any net Proceeds remaining after such deductions shall be applied or retained by the Trustee in accordance with Section 5.4. Only after such application and after the payment by the Trustee of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a) of the UCC, need the Trustee account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. If the Trustee sells any of the Collateral upon credit, the Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser and received by the Trustee. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Trustee may resell the Collateral and the applicable Grantor shall be credited with proceeds of the sale. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against any Secured Party arising out of the exercise by it or them of any rights hereunder.

 

(c)            [Reserved]

 

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(d)            For the purpose of enabling the Trustee to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 5.5 (including in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell, assign, license out, convey, transfer or grant options to purchase any Collateral) at such time as the Trustee shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable license (without payment of rent or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, operate and occupy all real property owned, operated, leased, subleased, or otherwise occupied by such Grantor.

 

5.6            [Reserved]

 

5.7            Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by any Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

 

Section 6.       POWER OF ATTORNEY AND FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

6.1            Trustee’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Trustee and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Trustee the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:

 

(i)            in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Trustee for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

 

(ii)           pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or purchase any insurance called for by the terms of the Note Documents and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

 

(iii)          execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 5.5 or 5.6, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

 

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(iv)            (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Trustee or as the Trustee shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Trustee may deem appropriate; and (7) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Trustee were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Trustee’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Trustee deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

 

Anything in this Section 6.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee agrees that, except as provided in Section 6.1(b), it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 6.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(b)            If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Trustee, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement; provided, however, that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or time is of the essence, the Trustee shall not exercise this power without first making demand on the Grantor and the Grantor failing to promptly comply therewith.

 

(c)            The expenses of the Trustee incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 6.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate under the Indenture, from the date of payment by the Trustee to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Trustee on demand.

 

(d)           Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until a Discharge of the Secured Obligations.

 

6.2            Authorization of Financing Statements. Each Grantor acknowledges that pursuant to Section 9-509(b) of the UCC and any other applicable law, the Trustee is authorized to file or record financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral in such form and in such offices as the Trustee reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the security interests of the Trustee under this Agreement. Each Grantor agrees that such financing statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as described in the Collateral Documents or as “all assets” or “all personal property” of the such Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter existing or acquired by the such Grantor or such other description as the Trustee, in its sole judgment, determines is necessary or advisable. A photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.

 

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6.3            Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, it shall promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Trustee may reasonably request, in order to create and/or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Trustee to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of any Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor shall:

 

(i)            execute and deliver such other agreements, instruments, endorsements, powers of attorney or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Trustee may reasonably request, in order to effect, reflect, perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby;

 

(ii)            at any reasonable time, upon request by the Trustee, assemble the Collateral and allow inspection of the Collateral by the Trustee or persons designated by the Trustee;

 

(iii)            at the Trustee’s request, appear in and defend any action or proceeding that may affect such Grantor’s title to or the Trustee’s interest in all or any part of the Collateral; and

 

(iv)            furnish the Trustee with such information regarding the Collateral, including, without limitation, the location thereof, as the Trustee may reasonably request from time to time.

 

Section 7.       Lien absolute; waiver of suretyship defenses

 

7.1            Lien Absolute, Waivers. (a) All rights of Trustee hereunder, and all obligations of Grantors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of, shall not be affected by, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and hereby waives all, rights, claims or defenses that it might otherwise have (now or in the future) with respect to, in each case, each of the following (whether or not such Grantor has knowledge thereof):

 

(i)            the validity or enforceability of the Indenture or any other Note Document, any of the Secured Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any Secured Party;

 

(ii)            any renewal, extension or acceleration of, or any increase in the amount of the Secured Obligations, or any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, the Note Documents;

 

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(iii)            any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, delay in enforcement, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under any Note Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Secured Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Secured Obligations;

 

(iv)            any change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Issuer or any other Grantor or any of their Subsidiaries and any corresponding restructuring of the Secured Obligations;

 

(v)            any settlement, compromise, release, or discharge of, or acceptance or refusal of any offer of payment or performance with respect to, or any substitutions for, the Secured Obligations or any subordination of the Secured Obligations to any other obligations;

 

(vi)            the validity, perfection, non-perfection or lapse in perfection, priority or avoidance of any security interest or lien, the release of any or all collateral securing, or purporting to secure, the Secured Obligations or any other impairment of such collateral;

 

(vii)            any exercise of remedies with respect to any security for the Secured Obligations (including, without limitation, any collateral, including the Collateral securing or purporting to secure any of the Secured Obligations) at such time and in such order and in such manner as the Trustee and the Secured Parties may decide and whether or not every aspect thereof is commercially reasonable and whether or not such action constitutes an election of remedies and even if such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy that any Grantor would otherwise have and without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provisions hereof, each Grantor hereby expressly waives any and all benefits which might otherwise be available to such Grantor under applicable law; and

 

(viii)            any other circumstance whatsoever which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Grantor as an obligor in respect of the Secured Obligations or which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Issuer or any other Grantor for the Secured Obligations, or of any security interest granted by any Grantor, whether in a bankruptcy proceeding or in any other instance.

 

(b)            In addition each Grantor further waives any and all other defenses, set- offs or counterclaims (other than a defense of payment or performance in full hereunder) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by it, the Issuer or any other Grantor or Person against any Secured Party, including, without limitation, failure of consideration, breach of warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury.

 

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(c)            Each Grantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, marshaling, demand for payment, notice of dishonor, notice of default and notice of nonpayment to or upon the Issuer or any of the other Grantors with respect to the Secured Obligations. Except for notices provided for herein, each Grantor hereby waives notice (to the extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any collateral securing the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, the Collateral. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Grantor, Trustee may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against Issuer, any other Grantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Secured Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by Trustee to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from Issuer, any other Grantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of Issuer, any other Grantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Grantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of Secured Party against any Grantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

Section 8.       the collateral Trustee

 

8.1            Authority of Trustee. (a) Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Trustee under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Trustee or the exercise or non-exercise by the Trustee of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Trustee and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Indenture and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Trustee and the Grantors, the Trustee shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as trustee for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

 

(b)            The Trustee has been appointed to act as Trustee hereunder by the Holders. The Trustee shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture; provided that the Trustee shall, after the payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) (the “Discharge of the Secured Obligations”), exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein and otherwise act in accordance with the instructions of the holders of a majority (the “Majority Holders”). The provisions of the Indenture relating to the Trustee, including without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or removal of the Trustee and the powers and duties and immunities of the Trustee, are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any termination of the Indenture.

 

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8.2            Duty of Trustee. The Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Trustee deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Trustee nor any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys or other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except to the extent that any such act or failure to act is found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely and proximately from their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in breach of a duty owed to such Grantor.

 

8.3            Exculpation of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee shall not be responsible to any Secured Party for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or of any Collateral Document or the validity or perfection of any security interest or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by the Trustee to the Secured Parties or by or on behalf of any Secured Party to the Trustee or any Secured Party in connection with the Collateral Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any party to the Indenture or any other Person liable for the payment of any Secured Obligations, nor shall the Trustee be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Collateral Documents or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing.

 

(b)            Neither the Trustee nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to the Secured Parties for any action taken or omitted by the Trustee under or in connection with any of the Collateral Documents except to the extent caused solely and proximately by the Trustee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Trustee shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action in connection herewith or any of the Collateral Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until the Trustee shall have been instructed in respect thereof by the Majority Holders and, upon such instruction, the Trustee shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such written instructions. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Trustee shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for the Grantors and their Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Trustee as a result of the Trustee acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any of the Collateral Documents in accordance with the Indenture or, in the limited circumstances specified in Section 8.1(b) hereof, the instructions of the Majority Holders.

 

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(c)            Without limiting the indemnification provisions of the Indenture, each of the Secured Parties not party to the Indenture severally agrees to indemnify the Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trustee in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the Collateral Documents or otherwise in its capacity as the Trustee in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the Collateral Documents; provided, no such Secured Party shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely and proximately from the Trustee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to the Trustee for any purpose shall, in the opinion of the Trustee, be insufficient or become impaired, the Trustee may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts insufficiently indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished.

 

(d)            No direction given to the Trustee which imposes, or purports to impose, upon the Trustee any obligation not set forth in or arising under this Agreement or any Collateral Document accepted or entered into by the Trustee shall be binding upon the Trustee.

 

8.4            No Individual Foreclosure, Etc.. No Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral except to the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other Note Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Note Documents may be exercised solely by the Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral provided hereunder and under any other Note Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Secured Party authorizes the Trustee to credit bid all or any part of the Secured Obligations held by it.

 

Section 9.       MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1            Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by each affected Grantor and the Trustee. After the Discharge of the Secured Obligations, the provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by a written instrument executed by each Grantor and the Majority Holders.

 

9.2            Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Trustee or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.01 of the Indenture; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Grantor shall be addressed to such Grantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.

 

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9.3            No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. No Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 9.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

9.4            Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Grantor agrees to pay or reimburse each Secured Party for all its costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Note Documents to which such Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel to each Secured Party and of counsel to the Trustee.

 

(b)            Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c)            The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Indenture and the other Note Documents.

 

9.5            Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Trustee and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

 

9.6            Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Secured Party at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such party to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as such Secured Party may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to such Secured Party hereunder and claims of every nature and description of such Secured Party against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Indenture, any other Note Document or otherwise, as such Secured Party may elect, whether or not any Secured Party has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. Each Secured Party exercising any right of set-off shall notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by such Secured Party of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Secured Party under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Secured Party may have.

 

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9.7            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic imaging means), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

9.8            Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

9.9            Section Headings. The Section headings and Table of Contents used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

9.10           Integration/Conflict. This Agreement and the other Note Documents represent the entire agreement of the Grantors, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Trustee or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein. In the case of any Collateral “located” outside the United States, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any applicable Foreign Security Document which cannot be resolved by both provisions being complied with, the provisions contained in such Foreign Security Document shall govern to the extent of such conflict with respect to such Collateral.

 

9.11          GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

 

9.12          Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth in Section 11.01 of the Indenture will be effective service of process for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Company, the Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of any Note) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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9.13           Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)            it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is a party;

 

(b)            no Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Note Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

 

(c)            no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Note Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Secured Parties.

 

9.14           Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Issuer that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.11(C) of the Indenture shall become a Grantor as required by the Indenture for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

 

9.15           Releases. (a) At such time as there has been a Discharge of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Trustee and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Trustee shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Trustee hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

(b)            If any of the Collateral shall be Disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Indenture, then, the Trustee, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral provided that the Grantor shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Grantor and Collateral to be released, together with a certification by the Issuer stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Indenture and the other Note Documents and that the Proceeds of such Disposition will be applied in accordance therewith. At the request and sole expense of the Issuer, a Subsidiary Grantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Grantor shall be Disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Indenture; provided that the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Subsidiary Grantor, together with a certification by the Issuer stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Indenture and the other Note Documents and that the Proceeds of such Disposition will be applied in accordance therewith.

 

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(c)            Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement originally filed in connection herewith without the prior written consent of the Trustee, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

 

9.16            WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Pledge and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

  GRANTORS:
   
  [MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC.]

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  [MOBILITE İŞLETMELERI LLC]

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  TRUSTEE:
   
  [NAME OF TRUSTEE],
  as Trustee

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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Schedule 11

 

NOTICE ADDRESSES OF GRANTORS

 

 

1 NTD: All schedules to be completed prior to the Issue Date as may be reasonably acceptable to the Lead Investor.

 

1-1

 

 

Schedule 2

 

Deposit Accounts

 

Deposit Accounts:

 

Grantor

Name of
Depositary Bank

Account Number

Account Name

       
       
       
       

 

2-1

 

 

Schedule 3

 

FILINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS
REQUIRED TO PERFECT SECURITY INTERESTS

 

Uniform Commercial Code Filings

 

[Delaware

 

Turkey]

 

Other Actions

 

[Describe other actions to be taken]

 

3-1

 

 

Schedule 4

 

EXACT LEGAL NAME, LOCATION OF JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE

 

Exact Legal Name Jurisdiction of Organization Organizational
I.D.
Chief
Executive
Office or
Sole
Place of
Business
       

 

4-1

 

 

Schedule 5

 

LOCATION OF INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT

 

                     Grantor Locations

 

5-1

 

 

Schedule 6

 

GOVERNMENT RECEIVABLES

 

6-1

 

 

Schedule 7

 

VEHICLES

 

7-1

 

 

Schedule 8

 

LETTER OF CREDIT RIGHTS

 

8-1

 

 

Schedule 9

 

COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

 

9-1

 

 

Annex 1 to
Pledge and Security Agreement

 

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ____________, ____, made by ______________________, a _______________ corporation (the “Additional Grantor”), in favor of [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) for (i) the Holders (as defined in the Indenture), and (ii) the other Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement (as hereinafter defined)). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such Indenture.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, [Marti Technologies Inc.] (the “Issuer”) and the Trustee have entered into a Indenture, dated as of [ ⬤ ], 2022 (as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Indenture, the Issuer and certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of [ ⬤ ], 2022 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

 

1.            Pledge and Security Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 9.14 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedules 1 through 4 and Schedules 5 through 9 to the Pledge and Security Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of the Pledge and Security Agreement is true and correct on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date.

 

Annex 1-1

 

 

2.           GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

3.            Successors and Assigns. This Assumption Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Additional Grantor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Assumption Agreement without the prior written consent of the Trustee and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

 

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

 

  [ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]

 

  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

Annex 1-2

 

 

Exhibit G

 

FORM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

FORM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__], 2022 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, this “Guaranty”), made by each of the undersigned subsidiaries of [MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC.], a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Issuer”) (each individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”) and each Additional Guarantor that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 22 hereof. Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein and defined in the Indenture (as defined below) shall be used herein as therein defined.

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer, and [TRUSTEE], as trustee (together with any successor trustee, the “Trustee”), have entered into an Indenture, dated as of even date herewith (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Indenture”);

 

WHEREAS, in recognition of the direct or indirect benefits to be received by each Guarantor from the issuance of the Notes by the Issuer under the Indenture, each Guarantor desires to enter into this Guaranty; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition to the issuance and sale of the Notes under the Indenture that each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty in order to guarantee the Issuer’s obligations in respect of the Indenture and the Notes.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other benefits accruing to each Guarantor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee as follows:

 

1.              The Guaranty. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, until the Termination Date (or such earlier date such Guarantor is released from this Guaranty in accordance with Section 18), guarantees as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety the full and prompt payment when due, whether upon maturity, acceleration or otherwise, of any and all of its Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the Holders and the Trustee. If any or all of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations become due and payable hereunder, such Guarantor, unconditionally and irrevocably, jointly and severally, promises to pay such Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the Trustee and/or the Holders, on demand, together with any and all expenses which may be incurred by the Trustee and the Holders in collecting any of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations. This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. This Guaranty is a continuing one and all liabilities to which it applies or may apply under the terms hereof shall be conclusively presumed to have been created in reliance hereon. If claim is ever made upon any Holder or the Trustee for repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received in payment or on account of any of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations and any of the aforesaid payees repays all or part of said amount by reason of (i) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over such payee or any of its property or (ii) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by such payee with any such claimant (including the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party), then and in such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise shall be binding upon such Guarantor, notwithstanding any revocation of this Guaranty or any other instrument evidencing any liability of the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party, and such Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the aforesaid payees hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received by any such payee.

 

 

 

No failure or delay on the part of any Holder or the Trustee in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which any Holder or the Trustee would otherwise have. Except as otherwise explicitly required hereby or by any other Note Document, no notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of any Holder or the Trustee to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.

 

2.            Bankruptcy. Additionally, each Guarantor, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, until the Termination Date (or such earlier date such Guarantor is released from this Guaranty in accordance with Section 18), guarantees the payment of any and all of its Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the Holders and the Trustee whether or not due or payable by the Issuer or any such other Guaranteed Party upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Sections 7.01(A)(viii) or (ix) of the Indenture, and jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, until the Termination Date (or such earlier date such Guarantor is released from this Guaranty in accordance with Section 18), promises to pay such Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the Holders and the Trustee, on order, on demand, in lawful money of the United States.

 

3.            Nature of Liability. The liability of each Guarantor hereunder is primary, absolute, joint and several, and unconditional, exclusive and independent of any security for or other guaranty of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations, whether executed by such Guarantor, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or by any other party, and each Guarantor understands and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted under law, that the liability of such Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected or impaired by (a) any direction as to application of payment by the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party or any other party, (b) any other continuing or other guaranty or undertaking of such Guarantor or of any other party as to the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations, (c) any payment on or in reduction of any such other guaranty or undertaking (other than payment of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the extent of such payment), (d) any dissolution, termination or increase, decrease or change in personnel by any Guaranteed Party, (e) any payment made to any Holder or the Trustee on the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations which any such Holder or the Trustee repays to any Guaranteed Party pursuant to court order in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other debtor relief proceeding, and each Guarantor waives any right to the deferral or modification of its obligations hereunder by reason of any such proceeding, (f) any action or inaction by the Holders and the Trustee as contemplated in Section 5 or (g) any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of all or any part of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations or of any security therefor.

 

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4.            Independent Obligation. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of any other Guarantor, any other guarantor, the Issuer, any other party or any other Guaranteed Party, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Guarantor whether or not action is brought against any other Guarantor, any other guarantor, any other party, the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party and whether or not any other guarantor, any other party, the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party be joined in any such action or actions. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting its liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof. Any payment by the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party or other circumstance which operates to toll any statute of limitations as to the Issuer or any such other Guaranteed Party shall operate to toll the statute of limitations as to the relevant Guarantor. The provisions of this Guaranty constitute a continuing guaranty and include all present and future Relevant Guaranteed Obligations including any under transactions continuing, compromising, extending, increasing, modifying, releasing, or renewing the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations, changing the interest rate, payment terms, or other terms and conditions thereof, or creating new or additional Relevant Guaranteed Obligations after prior Relevant Guaranteed Obligations have been satisfied in whole or in part. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Guarantor hereby waives any right to revoke the provisions of this Guaranty as to future Relevant Guaranteed Obligations. If such a revocation is effective notwithstanding the foregoing waiver, each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that (i) no such revocation shall be effective until written notice thereof has been received by the Trustee, (ii) no such revocation shall apply to any Relevant Guaranteed Obligations in existence on the date of receipt by Trustee of such written notice (including any subsequent continuation, extension, or renewal thereof, or change in the interest rate, payment terms, or other terms and conditions thereof), (iii) no such revocation shall apply to any Relevant Guaranteed Obligations made or created after such date to the extent made or created pursuant to a legally binding commitment of any Guaranteed Party in existence on the date of such revocation, (iv) no payment by any Guarantor or from any other source, prior to the date of Trustee’s receipt of written notice of such revocation shall reduce the maximum obligation of such Guarantor hereunder, and (v) any payment by the Issuer or from any source other than such Guarantor subsequent to the date of such revocation shall first be applied to that portion of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations as to which the revocation is effective and which are not, therefore, guarantied hereunder, and to the extent so applied shall not reduce the maximum obligation of such Guarantor which remain guaranteed hereunder.

 

5.            Authorization. To the fullest extent permitted under law, each Guarantor authorizes the Holders and the Trustee without notice or demand, and without affecting or impairing its liability hereunder, from time to time to:

 

(a)           change the manner, place or terms of payment of, and/or change or extend the time of payment of, renew, increase, accelerate or alter, any of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations (including any increase or decrease in the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest or fees thereon), any security therefor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, and this Guaranty shall apply to the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations as so changed, extended, renewed or altered;

 

(b)           take and hold security for the payment of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations and sell, exchange, release, impair, surrender, realize upon or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any property by whomsoever at any time pledged or mortgaged to secure, or howsoever securing, the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations or any liabilities (including any of those hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof or hereof, and/or any offset there against;

 

(c)           exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party, or any other Person or otherwise act or refrain from acting;

 

(d)           release or substitute any one or more endorsers, guarantors, the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party, any other Person or other obligors;

 

(e)           settle or compromise any of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations, any security therefor or any liability (including any of those hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof or hereof, and may subordinate the payment of all or any part thereof to the payment of any liability (whether due or not) to its creditors other than the Holders and the Trustee;

 

(f)            except as otherwise expressly required by the Security Agreements, apply any sums by whomsoever paid or howsoever realized to any liability or liabilities of the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party to the Holders and the Trustee regardless of what liability or liabilities of the Issuer or such other Guaranteed Party remain unpaid;

 

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(g)            consent to or waive any breach of, or any act, omission or default under, this Guaranty, any other Note Document, or any of the instruments or agreements referred to herein or therein, or otherwise amend, modify or supplement this Guaranty (subject to Section 14), any other Note Document or any of such other instruments or agreements; and/or

 

(h)            take any other action which would, under otherwise applicable principles of common law, give rise to a legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor from its liabilities under this Guaranty.

 

6.            Reliance. It is not necessary for any Holder or the Trustee to inquire into the capacity or powers of the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party or the officers, directors, partners or agents acting or purporting to act on their behalf, and any Relevant Guaranteed Obligations made or created in reliance upon the professed exercise of such powers shall be guaranteed hereunder.

 

7.            Subordination. Any indebtedness of the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party now or hereafter owing to any Guarantor is hereby subordinated to the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations of the Issuer or such other Guaranteed Party owing to the Holders and the Trustee and, if the Trustee so requests at a time when an Event of Default exists and is continuing, all such indebtedness to such Guarantor shall be collected, enforced and received by such Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee and be paid over to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders and the Trustee on account of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations of the Issuer or such other Guaranteed Party to the Holders and the Trustee, but without affecting or impairing in any manner the liability of any Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Holders and the Trustee that it will not exercise any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification or any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party which it may at any time otherwise have as a result of this Guaranty (whether contractual, under Section 509 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise) until all Relevant Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee, and shall forthwith be paid to Trustee to be credited and applied to the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable hereunder, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty, or to be held as Collateral for any Relevant Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable hereunder thereafter arising. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Guarantor may exercise any rights of subrogation, contribution, indemnity, reimbursement or other similar rights against, and may not proceed or seek recourse against or with respect to any property or asset of, any other Guarantor (the “Foreclosed Guarantor”), including after the Termination Date, if all or any portion of the obligations under the Indenture and the Notes have been satisfied in connection with a sale or other disposition by Trustee of the Equity Interests of such Foreclosed Guarantor, whether pursuant to the Security Agreements or otherwise.

 

8.            Waiver. (a) Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, any right to require any Holder or the Trustee to (i) proceed against the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (iii) protect, secure, perfect, or insure any security interest or Lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right to take any action against any other Guarantor or any other Person, or any collateral or (iv) pursue any other remedy in any Holder or the Trustee’s power whatsoever. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other person (other than payment of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the extent of such payment and release of such Guarantor from this Guaranty in accordance with Section 18) or based on or arising out of the disability of the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, or the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof for any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party (other than payment of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the extent of such payment and release of such Guarantor from this Guaranty in accordance with Section 18). The Holders and the Trustee may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by the Trustee or any Holder by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable (to the extent such sale is permitted by applicable law), or exercise any other right or remedy the Holders and the Trustee may have against the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party or any other Person, or any security, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations have been paid. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted under law, any defense arising out of any such election by the Holders and the Trustee, even though such election operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Issuer, any other Guaranteed Party or any other Person or any security.

 

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(b)            Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted under law, all presentments, demands for performance, protests and notices, including, without limitation, notices of nonperformance, notices of protest, notices of dishonor, notices of acceptance of this Guaranty, and notices of the existence, creation or incurring of new or additional Relevant Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Issuer’s and each other Guaranteed Party’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks which such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that neither the Trustee nor any of the other Holders and the Trustee shall have any duty to advise any Guarantor of information known to them regarding such circumstances or risks.

 

(c)            Each Guarantor, to the fullest extent permitted under law, (i) subordinates to the payment in full of the obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, any right to assert against the Issuer or any other Guaranteed Party, any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which each Guarantor may now or at any time hereafter have against the Issuer or any other party liable to the Issuer or such other Guaranteed Party; and (ii) waives any defense, set-off, counterclaim, or claim, of any kind or nature, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor.

 

9.            Maximum Liability. It is the desire and intent of each Guarantor and the Holders and the Trustee that this Guaranty shall be enforced against such Guarantor to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. If, however, and to the extent that, the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, without limitation, because of any applicable state or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers), then the amount of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall be deemed to be reduced and such Guarantor shall pay, if and when required pursuant to the terms hereof, the maximum amount of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations which would be permissible under applicable law.

 

10.            Enforcement. Each Holder and the Trustee agree (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty) that this Guaranty may be enforced only by the action of the Trustee, acting upon the instructions of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and that no other Person shall have any right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee upon the terms of this Guaranty. Each Holder further agrees (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty) that this Guaranty may not be enforced against any director, officer, employee, partner, member or stockholder of any Guarantor (except to the extent such partner, member or stockholder is also a Guarantor hereunder).

 

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11.            Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor represents and warrants that:

 

(a)            Such Guarantor has the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other applicable business entity power and authority, as the case may be, to execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of this Guaranty and each other Note Document to which it is party and has taken all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other applicable business entity action, as the case may be, to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Guaranty and each such other Note Document. Such Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty and each other Note Document to which it is a party, and this Guaranty and each such other Note Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability hereof or thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).

 

(b)            Neither the execution, delivery or performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty or any other Note Document to which it is a party, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, will violate any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or by-laws (or equivalent organizational documents), as applicable, of such Guarantor.

 

12.            Covenants. Each Guarantor that is not a party to the Indenture covenants and agrees that on and after the Issue Date (or, if later, the date on which any Additional Guarantor becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 22) and until the Termination Date (or such earlier date released from this Guaranty in accordance with Section 18), such Guarantor will comply, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all of the applicable provisions, covenants and agreements contained in Section 3 of the Indenture.

 

13.            Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders and the Trustee and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

14.            Amendments. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except with the written consent of each Guarantor directly affected thereby (it being understood that the addition or release of any Guarantor hereunder shall not constitute a change, waiver, discharge or termination affecting any Guarantor other than the Guarantor so added or released) and the Trustee (with each other consent required pursuant to Section 8 of the Indenture).

 

15.            Authorization. Subject, in each case, to the limitations set forth in Section 3.13 of the Indenture, in addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Holder and the Trustee is hereby authorized at any time or from time to time, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind to any Guarantor, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special) (other than accounts used (i) solely for making payroll and withholding tax payments related thereto and other employee wage and benefit payments and accrued and unpaid employee compensation payments (including salaries, wages, benefits and expense reimbursements, 401(k) and other retirement plans and employee benefits, including rabbi trusts for deferred compensation and health care benefits), (ii) solely for paying taxes, including sales taxes, or (iii) as an escrow account, a fiduciary or trust account or otherwise held exclusively for the benefit of an unaffiliated third party (including any account solely holding amounts representing fines, violations, fees and similar amounts paid by third parties and owed to municipalities)) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Holder or the Trustee to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor against and on account of its Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the Holder or the Trustee under this Guaranty, irrespective of whether or not such Holder or the Trustee shall have made any demand hereunder and although such Relevant Guaranteed Obligations, liabilities or claims, or any of them, shall be contingent or unmatured.

 

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16.            Notice, etc. All notices, requests, demands or other communications pursuant hereto shall be sent in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in Section 11.01 of the Indenture.

 

17.            CHOICE OF LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. (a) THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE HOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEE AND OF THE UNDERSIGNED HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guaranty (except that in the case of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings with respect to any Guarantor, actions or proceedings related to this Guaranty and the other Note Documents may be brought in such court holding such bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings) may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York in each case which are located in the County of New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Guaranty, each Guarantor and each Holder (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty) hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each Guarantor, each Holder and the Trustee (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty) hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any such court lacks personal jurisdiction over it, and agrees not to plead or claim in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guaranty or any other Note Document to which it is a party brought in any of the aforesaid courts that any such court lacks personal jurisdiction over it. Each Guarantor, each Holder and the Trustee (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty) further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party at its address set forth in Section 16. Each Guarantor, each Holder and the Trustee (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty) hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other Note Document to which it is a party that such service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any such party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction.

 

(b)            EACH GUARANTOR, EACH HOLDER AND THE TRUSTEE (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (a) ABOVE AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

 

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(c)            EACH GUARANTOR, EACH HOLDER AND THE TRUSTEE (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS GUARANTY) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, THE OTHER NOTE DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

18.            Release. In the event that a Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Issuer as a result of a transaction permitted under the Indenture, such Guarantor shall upon ceasing to be a Subsidiary be released from this Guaranty automatically and without further action and this Guaranty shall, as to each such Guarantor, terminate, and have no further force or effect. Upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, this Guaranty shall automatically and without further action, as to all Guarantors, terminate and have no further force and effect. The Trustee (and each Holder or the Trustee (by its acceptance of the benefits of this Guaranty) irrevocably authorizes the Trustee to), at the Guarantors’ expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantors such documents as the Guarantors may reasonably request to evidence, as applicable, the release of such Guarantor from, or the termination in full of, this Guaranty.

 

19.            Right of Contribution. At any time a payment in respect of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations is made under this Guaranty, the right of contribution of each Guarantor against each other Guarantor shall be determined as provided in the immediately following sentence, with the right of contribution of each Guarantor to be revised and restated as of each date on which a payment (a “Relevant Payment”) is made on the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations under this Guaranty. At any time that a Relevant Payment is made by a Guarantor that results in the aggregate payments made by such Guarantor in respect of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date of the Relevant Payment exceeding such Guarantor’s Contribution Percentage of the aggregate payments made by all Guarantors in respect of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date of the Relevant Payment (such excess, the “Aggregate Excess Amount”), each such Guarantor shall have a right of contribution against each other Guarantor who has made payments in respect of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date of the Relevant Payment in an aggregate amount less than such other Guarantor’s Contribution Percentage of the aggregate payments made to and including the date of the Relevant Payment by all Guarantors in respect of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations (the aggregate amount of such deficit, the “Aggregate Deficit Amount”) in an amount equal to (x) a fraction the numerator of which is the Aggregate Excess Amount of such Guarantor and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Excess Amount of all Guarantors multiplied by (y) the Aggregate Deficit Amount of such other Guarantor. A Guarantor’s right of contribution pursuant to the preceding sentences shall arise at the time of each computation, subject to adjustment to the time of each computation; provided that no Guarantor may take any action to enforce such right until the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full, it being expressly recognized and agreed by all parties hereto that any Guarantor’s right of contribution arising pursuant to this Section 19 against any other Guarantor shall be expressly junior and subordinate to such other Guarantor’s obligations and liabilities in respect of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations and any other obligations owing under this Guaranty. As used in this Section 19, (i) each Guarantor’s “Contribution Percentage” shall mean the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the Adjusted Net Worth of such Guarantor by (y) the aggregate Adjusted Net Worth of all Guarantors; (ii) the “Adjusted Net Worth” of each Guarantor shall mean the greater of (x) the Net Worth of such Guarantor and (y) zero; and (iii) the “Net Worth” of each Guarantor shall mean the amount by which the fair saleable value of such Guarantor’s assets on the date of any Relevant Payment exceeds its existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities, but without giving effect to any Relevant Guaranteed Obligations arising under this Guaranty) on such date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Guarantor that is released from this Guaranty shall thereafter have no contribution obligations, or rights, pursuant to this Section 19, and at the time of any such release, if the released Guarantor had an Aggregate Excess Amount or an Aggregate Deficit Amount, same shall be deemed reduced to $0, and the contribution rights and obligations of the remaining Guarantors shall be recalculated on the respective date of release (as otherwise provided above) based on the payments made hereunder by the remaining Guarantors. All parties hereto recognize and agree that, except for any right of contribution arising pursuant to this Section 19, each Guarantor who makes any payment in respect of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations shall have no right of contribution or subrogation against any other Guarantor in respect of such payment until all of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full. Each of the Guarantors recognizes and acknowledges that the rights to contribution arising hereunder shall constitute an asset in favor of the party entitled to such contribution.

 

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20.           Counterparts; Etc. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A set of counterparts executed by all the parties hereto shall be lodged with the Guarantors and the Trustee. The provisions of Section 11.14 of the Indenture are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

21.           Payments. All payments made by any Guarantor hereunder will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense (other than payment of the Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the extent of such payment), and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.04 and 2.05 of the Indenture.

 

22.           Additional Guarantors. It is understood and agreed that any Subsidiary of the Issuer that is required, or with respect to which the Issuer elects to cause, to become a party to this Guaranty after the date hereof pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Indenture, shall become a Guarantor hereunder by executing and delivering a counterpart hereof, or a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Guaranty Supplement”), and delivering same to the Trustee and (i) such Person shall be referred to as an “Additional Guarantor” and shall become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in this Guaranty to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and each reference in any other Note Document to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor and (ii) each reference herein to “this Guaranty,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, and each reference in any other Note Document to the “Guaranty,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to this Guaranty as supplemented by such Guaranty Supplement.

 

23.           [Reserved].

 

24.           Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings herein specified. Such definitions shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.

 

Guaranteed Obligations” shall mean the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the unpaid principal and interest on each Note issued by the Issuer under the Indenture, together with all the other obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due), indebtedness and liabilities (including, without limitation, indemnities, fees, expenses, prepayment premiums, and interest (including any interest, fees, expenses, prepayment premiums and other amounts accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided for herein, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other amounts is an allowed or allowable claim in any such proceeding thereon) of the Issuer and the Guarantors to the Holders and the Trustee now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with the Indenture and each other Note Document to which any of the Issuer or the Guarantors is a party and the due performance and compliance by the Issuer and the Guarantors with all the terms, conditions and agreements contained in the Indenture, the Notes and in each such other Note Document.

 

Guaranteed Party” shall mean the Issuer and each Guarantor.

 

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Relevant Guaranteed Obligations” shall mean (x) with respect to the Issuer, all Guaranteed Obligations (other than its own Guaranteed Obligations) and (y) with respect to all other Guarantors, the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

Termination Date” shall mean the date (i) of the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture as described in Section 9.01 thereof or (ii) of payment in full in immediately available funds of the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes (other than inchoate or contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

  FOR AND ON BEHALF OF:
   
  MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
  as a Guarantor

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  [MOBİLİTE İŞLETMELERİ LLC],
  as a Guarantor

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Guaranty Agreement]

 

 

 

Accepted and Agreed to:

 

[NAME OF TRUSTEE]
as Trustee

 

By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Guaranty Agreement]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[Form of]

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

[ ], 20[ ]

 

Reference is made to (a) the Guaranty Agreement, dated as of [__], 2022 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Guaranty”), among [MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC.], a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Issuer”), the subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto from time to time and [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as trustee (together with any successor trustee, the “Trustee”) and (b) the Indenture, dated as of [__], 2022, between the Issuer and the Trustee (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Indenture”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Guaranty or, if not defined therein, the Indenture.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, in recognition of the direct or indirect benefits to be received by each Guarantor from the issuance of the Notes by the Issuer under the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, the undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Guarantor”) is required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the Guaranty, or the Issuer has otherwise elected in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Guaranty to cause such New Guarantor, to become a Guarantor by executing this joinder agreement (this “Joinder Agreement”) to the Guaranty.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustee and the New Guarantor hereby agree as follows:

 

1.            Guaranty. In accordance with Section 22 of the Guaranty, the New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guaranty with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably, until the Termination Date (or such earlier date such Guarantor is released from this Guaranty in accordance with Section 18), guarantees, jointly and severally with the other Guarantors, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety the full and prompt payment when due, whether upon maturity, acceleration or otherwise, of any and all of its Relevant Guaranteed Obligations to the Holders and the Trustee.

 

2.            Covenants; Representations and Warranties. The New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of the date hereof, except for representations and warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects as of such date, in each case unless expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. Each reference to a Guarantor in the Indenture and to a Guarantor in the Guaranty shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to include the New Guarantor.

 

 

 

3.            Severability. Any provision of this Joinder Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

4.            Counterparts; Etc. This Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement. The provisions of Section 11.14 of the Indenture are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

5.            No Waiver. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect.

 

6.            Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the New Guarantor, the Trustee or any Holder shall be governed by the terms of Section 16 of the Guaranty.

 

7.            Governing Law. THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

[Signature Page to Guaranty Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [                   ],
  as a Guarantor

 

By:
  Name:
  Title:

 

  Address for Notices:
   
   
  [NAME OF TRUSTEE],
  as Trustee

 

  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Guaranty Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

STOCKHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This Stockholder Support Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 29, 2022, by and among Galata Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), Marti Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the undersigned stockholders (each, a “Written Consent Party” and, collectively, the “Written Consent Parties”) of the Company. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, SPAC, Galata Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of SPAC (“Merger Sub”) and the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (the “Business Combination”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, on the date one day prior to the Closing Date, (i) each Company Warrant that is issued and outstanding and unexercised one day prior to the Closing Date shall be exchanged on a cashless basis for shares of Company Preferred Stock in accordance with the applicable provisions of such Company Warrant and immediately thereafter (ii) each share of Company Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding one day prior to the Closing Date (including the Company Warrants converted to Company Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (i)) shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Company Common Stock at the then-effective conversion rate as calculated pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to their terms, upon consummation of the Business Combination, each of the following agreements will be terminated pursuant to Section 4.6 without any further action on the part of the parties thereto: (i) that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 2021, by and among the Company and the parties named therein (the “Investors’ Rights Agreement”); (ii) that certain Amended and Restated Company Voting Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2021, by and among the Company and the parties named therein (the “Company Voting Agreement”); and (iii) that certain Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated June 16, 2021, by and among the Company and the parties named therein (the “Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement” and, together with the Investors’ Rights Agreement and the Company Voting Agreement, the “Financing Agreements”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with, and prior to, the Business Combination, and pursuant to (i) a certain Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, by and among the Company and certain other parties thereto (the “Note Subscription Agreement”), and (ii) a certain Unsecured Senior Convertible Promissory Note, by and among the Company and certain other parties thereto (the “Convertible Note”), the Company will issue and sell convertible promissory notes to the Subscribers (as defined in the Note Subscription Agreement) (the “Convertible Note Issuance”);

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Investors’ Rights Agreement, the Major Investors (as defined in the Investors’ Rights Agreement) have certain rights of first offer with respect to issuances of New Securities (as defined in the Investors’ Rights Agreement) by the Company (such rights, the “ROFO Rights”);

 

WHEREAS, each Written Consent Party is entering into this Agreement with respect to all Company Securities (as defined below) that such Written Consent Party now or hereafter owns, beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) or of record;

 

WHEREAS, each Written Consent Party is the beneficial and/or record owner of, and has the sole right to vote or direct the voting of, such Company Securities as are set forth on Schedule A attached hereto opposite the name of such Written Consent Party;

 

WHEREAS, each of SPAC, the Company and each Written Consent Party has determined that it is in its best interests to enter into this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, each Written Consent Party understands and acknowledges that each of SPAC and the Company is entering into the Business Combination Agreement in reliance upon such Written Consent Party’s execution and delivery of this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, following the date hereof, SPAC intends to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 in connection with the matters set forth in Section 7.02(a) of the Business Combination Agreement (the “Registration Statement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Definitions. When used in this Agreement, the following terms in all of their tenses, cases and correlative forms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1 or elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

Affiliate” of a specified person means a Person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person (provided that if a Written Consent Party is a venture capital, private equity or angel fund, no portfolio company of such Written Consent Party will be deemed an Affiliate of such Written Consent Party; provided further that neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will be deemed an Affiliate of any Written Consent Party).

 

Company Securities” means, collectively, any Company Stock, Company Options, Company Restricted Stock, Company Warrants, any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing, and any interest in or right to acquire any of the foregoing, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by any Written Consent Party hereto.

 

EBRD” means the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and its Affiliates.

 

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EBRD Letter Agreement” means that certain letter agreement between EBRD and the Company, dated June 16, 2021.

 

Expiration Time” shall mean the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time, (b) such date as the Business Combination Agreement shall be validly terminated in accordance with Article IX thereof and (c) the effective date of a written agreement of the parties hereto terminating this Agreement.

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.

 

Transfer” shall mean any direct or indirect sale, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition, loan or other transfer, or entry into any agreement with respect to any sale, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition, loan or other transfer, excluding (a) entry into this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (b) the exercise of any Company Options or Company Warrants in accordance with their terms.

 

2.            Agreement to Retain the Company Securities.

 

2.1           No Transfer of Company Securities. Until the Expiration Time, each Written Consent Party agrees not to, other than as expressly required by the Business Combination Agreement (including pursuant to the Conversion) (a) Transfer any Company Securities, (b) deposit any Company Securities into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or any similar agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to Company Securities or grant any proxy (except as otherwise provided herein), consent or power of attorney with respect thereto (other than pursuant to this Agreement) (it being understood that the fact that certain Company Securities already may be subject to the Company Voting Agreement shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 2.1 or Section 3.1 below), (c) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Company Securities held by such Written Consent Party, (d) establish or increase a put position or liquidate or decrease a call or equivalent position with respect to any Company Securities held by such Written Consent Party, or (e) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d); provided, that (i) any Written Consent Party may Transfer any such Company Securities to any Affiliate of such Written Consent Party, or if such Written Consent Party is a natural person, to immediate family or a trust for the benefit of immediate family for estate planning purposes, if, and only if, the transferee of such Company Securities evidences in a writing reasonably satisfactory to each of SPAC and the Company such transferee’s agreement to be bound by and subject to the terms and provisions hereof to the same effect as such Written Consent Party, and (ii) EBRD may transfer any such Company Securities following the breach of or noncompliance with any provision of the EBRD Letter Agreement relating to the Prohibited Practices (as defined in the EBRD Letter Agreement).

 

2.2           Additional Company Securities. Until the Expiration Time, each Written Consent Party agrees that any Company Securities that such Written Consent Party purchases or otherwise hereinafter acquires (including as a result of the exercise of any Company Option or Company Warrant) or with respect to which such Written Consent Party otherwise acquires sole or shared voting power after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Expiration Time shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as if they were owned by such Written Consent Party as of the date hereof.

 

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2.3           Prohibited Transfers. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Company Securities in violation of this Section 2 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, be null and void ab initio.

 

3.            Agreement to Consent and Approve.

 

3.1           Hereafter until the Expiration Time, each Written Consent Party agrees that, except as otherwise agreed in writing with each of SPAC and the Company:

 

(a)            within three (3) business days of the Registration Statement being declared effective by the SEC, such Written Consent Party shall execute and deliver a written consent, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Stockholder Written Consent”), which consent shall approve the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions. Following such execution and delivery, each Written Consent Party hereby agrees that it will not revoke, withdraw or repudiate the Stockholder Written Consent. The Stockholder Written Consent shall be coupled with an interest and, prior to the Expiration Time, shall be irrevocable;

 

(b)            to exercise, comply with and fully perform all of its obligations set forth in Section 3 of the Company Voting Agreement related to drag-along rights;

 

(c)            at the Closing, certain of such Written Consent Parties shall execute and deliver the Investors’ Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Business Combination Agreement; and

 

(d)            in the event that a Public Company Event (as defined in the Convertible Note) has not occurred by the one (1) year anniversary of the Issuance Date (as defined in the Convertible Note), the Written Consent Parties shall take all Necessary Action (as defined in the Convertible Note), to nominate and elect one (1) individual designated by the Required Investors (as defined in the Convertible Note) as a Common Director (as defined in the Company Certificate of Incorporation); provided that this subclause (d) shall cease to remain in effect if the Notes (as defined in the Convertible Note) are repaid in full.

 

Hereafter until the Expiration Time, and subject to Section 2 hereof, no Written Consent Party shall enter into any tender or voting agreement, or any similar agreement, arrangement or understanding, or grant a proxy or power of attorney, with respect to the Company Securities that is inconsistent with this Agreement or otherwise take any other action with respect to the Company Securities that would prevent, materially restrict, materially limit or materially interfere with the performance of such Written Consent Party’s obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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3.2           Hereafter until the Expiration Time, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, or at any postponement or adjournment thereof, called to seek the affirmative vote, consent or approval of the holders of the outstanding shares of Company Stock, each Written Consent Party shall (a) vote (or cause to be voted) all shares of Company Stock currently or hereinafter owned by such Written Consent Party (i) in favor of the Merger and the other Transactions, (ii) against any merger agreement or merger, consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by the Company (other than the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions), (iii) against any proposal in opposition to approval of the Business Combination Agreement or in competition with or inconsistent with the Business Combination Agreement or the Transactions, and (iv) against any proposal, action or agreement that would (A) result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Business Combination Agreement or (B) result in any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII of the Business Combination Agreement not being fulfilled, and (b) not commit or agree to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing; provided, however, EBRD shall not be required to exercise any voting rights to the extent that any particular decision which is proposed would be, if passed, inconsistent with EBRD’s foundational documents (including but not limited to the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), its status as an international financial institution, or its internal policies or procedures or guidelines.

 

3.3           Hereafter until the Expiration Time, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company or at any postponement or adjournment thereof or in any other circumstances upon which a Written Consent Party’s vote, consent or other approval (including by written consent) is sought, such Written Consent Party shall vote (or cause to be voted) all Company Securities (to the extent such Company Securities are then entitled to vote thereon), currently or hereinafter owned by such Written Consent Party against and withhold consent with respect to any Alternative Transaction (as defined below). No Written Consent Party shall commit or agree to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing that would be effective prior to the Expiration Time.

 

4.            Additional Agreements.

 

4.1           Litigation. Each Written Consent Party agrees not to commence, join in, facilitate, assist or encourage, and agrees to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against SPAC, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective successors, directors or officers (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement or (b) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of any Person in connection with the evaluation, negotiation or entry into this Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement.

 

4.2           Waiver of Certain Rights.

 

(a)            Each Written Consent Party hereby waives any requirement for notice with respect to the Transactions under each Financing Agreement.

 

(b)            Each Written Consent Party who is also a Major Investor (as defined in the Investors’ Rights Agreement) under the Investors’ Rights Agreement hereby waives their ROFO Rights with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Note Subscription Agreement, including such Written Consent Party’s right to purchase, and the Company’s obligation to offer and sell to such Written Consent Party, the New Securities to be issued pursuant to the Convertible Note Issuance.

 

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4.3           Termination of Side Letter Agreements. Each Written Consent Party hereby agrees and consents to the termination of any Side Letter Agreements to which such Written Consent Party is party, effective as of the Effective Time without any further liability or obligation to the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or SPAC.

 

4.4           Consent to Disclosure. Each Written Consent Party hereby consents to the publication and disclosure in the Registration Statement (and, as and to the extent otherwise required by applicable securities laws or the SEC or any other securities authorities, any other documents or communications provided by SPAC or the Company to any Governmental Authority or to securityholders of SPAC) of such Written Consent Party’s identity and beneficial ownership of Company Securities and the nature of such Written Consent Party’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under and relating to this Agreement and, if deemed appropriate by SPAC or the Company, a copy of this Agreement. Each Company Stockholder will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by SPAC or the Company for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transactions (including filings with the SEC).

 

4.5           Confidentiality. Until the Expiration Time, each Written Consent Party will and will cause its Affiliates to keep confidential and not disclose any non-public information relating to SPAC or the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries, including the existence or terms of, or transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, except to the extent that such information (i) was, is or becomes generally available to the public after the date hereof other than as a result of a disclosure by such Written Consent Party in breach of this Section 4.5, (ii) is, was or becomes available to such Written Consent Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than SPAC or the Company; provided that, to the knowledge of such Written Consent Party, such information is not subject to a legal, fiduciary or contractual obligation of confidentiality or secrecy to SPAC or the Company, or (iii) is or was independently developed by such Written Consent Party after the date hereof without use of, or reference to any non-public information of SPAC or the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such information may be disclosed to the extent required to be disclosed in a judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise required to be disclosed by applicable Law (including complying with any oral or written questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process to which such disclosing party is subject), provided that such Written Consent Party gives SPAC or the Company, as applicable, prompt notice of such request(s) or requirement(s), to the extent practicable (and not prohibited by Law), so that SPAC or the Company may seek, at its expense, an appropriate protective order or similar relief (and such Written Consent Party shall reasonably cooperate with such efforts).

 

4.6           Termination of Financing Agreements. The Company and the Written Consent Parties hereby agree and consent to the termination of each Financing Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time, and from such time each Financing Agreement shall have no further force or effect, and the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates (including SPAC) shall have no continuing liability or obligation pursuant to any Financing Agreement; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such terminations (a) shall be expressly conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, and (b) shall not affect the Written Consent Parties respective obligations under Section 3.1(b).

  

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5.            Representations and Warranties of the Written Consent Parties. Each Written Consent Party hereby represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to SPAC and the Company as follows:

 

5.1           Due Authority. Such Written Consent Party has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder. If such Written Consent Party is an individual, the signature to this agreement is genuine and such Written Consent Party has legal competence and capacity to execute the same. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Written Consent Party and, assuming due execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Written Consent Party, enforceable against such Written Consent Party in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable Remedies Exceptions and, in respect of EBRD only, subject to the privileges and immunities of EBRD set forth in Section 11.19 of this Agreement.

 

5.2           Ownership of the Company Securities. As of the date hereof, such Written Consent Party is the owner of the Company Securities set forth opposite such Written Consent Party’s name on Schedule A, free and clear of any and all Liens, options, rights of first refusal and limitations on such Written Consent Party’s voting rights, other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any equivalent organizational documents of the Company, as applicable, and restrictions set forth in the Financing Agreements. Such Written Consent Party has sole voting power (including the right to control such vote as contemplated herein), power of disposition and power to issue instructions with respect to all Company Securities currently owned by such Written Consent Party, and the power to agree to all of the matters applicable to such Written Consent Party set forth in this Agreement. As of the date hereof, such Written Consent Party does not own any Company Securities other than the Company Securities set forth opposite such Written Consent Party’s name on Schedule A. As of the date hereof, such Written Consent Party does not own any rights to purchase or acquire any Company Securities, except for the Company Warrants and Company Options set forth opposite such Written Consent Party’s name on Schedule A.

 

5.3           No Conflict; Consents.

 

(a)            The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Written Consent Party does not, and the performance by such Written Consent Party of the obligations under this Agreement and the compliance by such Written Consent Party with any provisions hereof do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any Law applicable to such Written Consent Party, (ii) if such Written Consent Party is an entity, conflict with or violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any equivalent organizational documents of the Company or such Written Consent Party, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, which with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a material default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the Company Securities owned by such Written Consent Party pursuant to any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which such Written Consent Party is a party or by which such Written Consent Party is bound, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to materially impair the ability of such Written Consent Party to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(b)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Written Consent Party does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Written Consent Party will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing or notification to, or expiration of any waiting period by any Governmental Authority or any other Person with respect to such Written Consent Party, other than those set forth as conditions to closing in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

5.4           Absence of Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is no Action pending against, or, to the knowledge of such Written Consent Party after reasonable inquiry, threatened against such Written Consent Party that would reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of such Written Consent Party to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.5           Absence of Other Voting Agreement. Such Written Consent Party has not: (i) entered into any voting agreement, voting trust or any similar agreement, arrangement or understanding, with respect to any Company Securities owned by such Written Consent Party (other than as contemplated by this Agreement and the Company Voting Agreement), (ii) granted any proxy, consent or power of attorney with respect to any Company Securities owned by such Written Consent Party (other than as contemplated by this Agreement and the Company Voting Agreement) or (iii) entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding that would prohibit or prevent it from satisfying or would materially interfere with, or is otherwise materially inconsistent with, its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

 

5.6           Adequate Information. Such Written Consent Party is a sophisticated stockholder and has adequate information concerning the business and financial condition of SPAC and the Company to make an informed decision regarding this Agreement and the Transactions and has independently and without reliance upon SPAC or the Company and based on such information as such Written Consent Party has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Such Written Consent Party acknowledges that SPAC and the Company have not made and do not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. Such Written Consent Party acknowledges that the agreements contained herein with respect to the Company Securities held by such Written Consent Party are irrevocable.

 

6.             Framework Agreement. At the Closing, the Company and SPAC shall deliver to EBRD a copy of that certain Framework Agreement, by and among the Company, SPAC and EBRD, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Framework Agreement”), duly executed by the Company and SPAC.

 

7.             Fiduciary Duties. The covenants and agreements set forth herein shall not prevent any designee of any Written Consent Party from serving on the board of directors of the Company or from taking any action, subject to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement, while acting in such designee’s capacity as a director of the Company. Each Written Consent Party is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as the owner of such Written Consent Party’s Company Securities.

 

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8.             Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect at the Expiration Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, this Section 8 and Section 11 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; provided, that nothing in this Section 8 shall relieve any party hereto of liability for any willful material breach of this Agreement prior to its termination.

 

9.             No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in SPAC any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Written Consent Party’s Company Securities. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to each Written Consent Party’s Company Securities shall remain fully vested in and belong to such Written Consent Party, and SPAC shall have no authority to direct any Written Consent Party in the voting or disposition of any of Company Securities except as otherwise provided herein.

 

10.           Exclusivity.

 

10.1         From the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the Business Combination Agreement, no Written Consent Party shall, and each Written Consent Party shall cause their Representatives acting on its behalf not to, directly or indirectly, (1) enter into, solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate, knowingly encourage or continue any discussions or negotiations with, or knowingly encourage any inquiries or proposals by, or participate in any negotiations with, or provide any information to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, any person or other entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, concerning any (x) sale of 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (y) sale of 15% or more of the outstanding capital stock of the Company or one or more Company Subsidiaries holding assets constituting, individually or in the aggregate, 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (z) merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or one or more of the Company Subsidiaries holding assets constituting, individually or in the aggregate, 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, other than with SPAC and its Representatives (an “Alternative Transaction”), (2) amend or grant any waiver or release under any standstill or similar agreement to which such Written Consent Party is a party with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in connection with any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction, (3) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, endorse or recommend, any Alternative Transaction, (4) approve, endorse, recommend, execute or enter into any agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other written arrangement relating to any Alternative Transaction or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction, (5) commence, continue or renew any due diligence investigation regarding any Alternative Transaction, or (6) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing or otherwise authorize or permit any of its Representatives acting on its behalf to take any such action. Each Written Consent Party shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any Alternative Transaction. Each Written Consent Party also agrees that it will promptly request that each Representative of any special purpose acquisition corporation or similar person that has prior to the date hereof executed a confidentiality agreement to which such Written Consent Party is a party in connection with its consideration of an Alternative Transaction return or destroy all Confidential Information furnished to such person by or on behalf of it pursuant to such agreement prior to the date hereof.

 

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10.2         From the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the Business Combination Agreement, each Written Consent Party shall notify the Company and SPAC promptly after receipt by such Written Consent Party or any of their Representatives of any inquiry or proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction, any inquiry that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction or any request for non-public information relating to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or for access to the business, properties, assets, personnel, books or records of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries by any third party, in each case that is related to or that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction. In such notice, such Written Consent Party shall identify the third party making any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to an Alternative Transaction and provide the details of the material terms and conditions of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request. Each Written Consent Party shall keep the Company and SPAC informed, on a reasonably current and prompt basis, of the status and material terms of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to an Alternative Transaction, including the material terms and conditions thereof any material amendments or proposed amendments.

 

10.3         If any Written Consent Party or any of their Representatives receives any inquiry or proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction at any time prior to the Closing, then such Written Consent Party shall promptly notify such person in writing that such Written Consent Party is subject to an exclusivity agreement with respect to the Alternative Transaction that prohibits them from considering such inquiry or proposal. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties agree that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 10 by a Written Consent Party’s Affiliates or Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 10 by such Written Consent Party.

 

11.           Miscellaneous.

 

11.1         Severability. In the event that any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement, or the application thereof, is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any present or future Law: (a) such provision will be fully severable; (b) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof; (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom; and (d) in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible.

 

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11.2         Non-survival of Representations and Warranties. None of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in this Agreement or in any schedule, instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Expiration Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 11.2 shall not limit any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement that by its terms is to be performed in whole or in part after the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement.

 

11.3         Assignment. No party hereto may assign, directly or indirectly, including by operation of Law, either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other parties hereto, except with respect to a Transfer completed in accordance with Section 2.1. Subject to the first sentence of this Section 11.3, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any assignment in violation of this Section 11.3 shall be void.

 

11.4         Amendments and Modifications. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time by execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

 

11.5         Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and, accordingly, that the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, County of Newcastle, or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, any court of the United States located in the State of Delaware without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Each of the parties hereby further waives (i) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at Law would be adequate and (ii) any requirement under any Law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

 

11.6         Notices. All notices, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally or by a nationally recognized courier service guaranteeing overnight delivery, or sent via email to the parties hereto at the following addresses, and such communications, to be valid, must be addressed as follows:

 

(i)            if to SPAC or Merger Sub, to:

 

Galata Acquisition Corp.
2001 S Street NW, Suite 320 

Washington, DC 20009 

Attention: Kemal Kaya, Chief Executive Officer
Email: kemal@galatacorp.net

 

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

 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue 

New York, NY 10019 

Attention: William H. Gump; Michael E. Brandt; Danielle Scalzo 

Email: wgump@willkie.com; mbrandt@willkie.com; dscalzo@willkie.com

 

(ii)            if to the Company, to:

 

Marti Technologies Inc. 

Maslak Noramin Is Merkezi 

Buyukdere Caddesi No 237 

Maslak/İstanbul, Turkey 

Attention: Alper Öktem, CEO 

Email: Alper@marti.tech

 

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

 

Latham & Watkins LLP
811 Main Street, Suite 3700
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Ryan Maierson; Daniel Breslin 

Email: ryan.maierson@lw.com; daniel.breslin@lw.com

 

(iii)          if to a Written Consent Party, to the address for notice set forth opposite such Written Consent Party’s name on Schedule A hereto,

 

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

 

Latham & Watkins LLP
811 Main Street, Suite 3700
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Ryan Maierson; Daniel Breslin 

Email: ryan.maierson@lw.com; daniel.breslin@lw.com

 

Unless otherwise specified herein, such notices or other communications will be deemed given (a) on the date established by the sender as having been delivered personally; (b) one Business Day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier guaranteeing overnight delivery; (c) upon transmission, if sent by email (provided no “bounceback” or notice of non-delivery is received); or (d) on the fifth Business Day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.

 

11.7         Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State; provided that Section 11.8(b) and Section 11.19 shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.

 

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11.8         Dispute Resolution.

 

(a)            The parties hereto other than EBRD hereby agree that all legal actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any Delaware Chancery Court; provided, that if jurisdiction is not then available in the Delaware Chancery Court, then any such legal Action may be brought in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any other Delaware state court. The parties hereto other than EBRD hereby (a) irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for themselves and with respect to their respective properties for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and (b) agree not to commence any Action relating thereto except in the courts described above in Delaware, other than Actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Delaware as described herein. Each of the parties other than EBRD further agrees that notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient service of process and the parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient. Each of the parties other than EBRD hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Delaware as described herein for any reason, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) that (i) the Action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such Action is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

 

(b)            The parties hereto further agree that, with respect to EBRD, any dispute arising out of or related to this Agreement, the interpretation, making, performance, breach or termination thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as revised in 2010 (the “Rules”). There shall be one (1) arbitrator and the appointing authority shall be the London Court of International Arbitration. The seat and place of arbitration shall be London, England and the English language shall be used throughout the arbitral proceedings. The parties hereby waive any rights under the Arbitration Act 1996 or otherwise to appeal any arbitration award to, or to seek a determination of a preliminary point of law by, the courts of England. The arbitral tribunal shall not be authorized to grant, and each party hereto agrees that it will not seek from any judicial authority, any interim measures or pre-award relief against EBRD, any provisions of the Rules notwithstanding. The arbitral tribunal shall have authority to consider and include in any proceeding, decision or award any further dispute properly brought before it by EBRD (but no other party) insofar as such dispute arises out of the Framework Agreement, but, subject to the foregoing, no other parties or other disputes shall be included in, or consolidated with, the arbitral proceedings. For the avoidance of doubt, Section 11.8(a) of this Agreement shall not apply to EBRD. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agreement and any rights of EBRD arising out of or relating to the Agreement, may, at the option of EBRD, be enforced by EBRD in the Delaware Chancery Court or the courts of England.

 

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(c)            For the benefit of EBRD, the SPAC, the Company and the other parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the Delaware Chancery Court or the courts of England with respect to any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Agreement or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof. The SPAC and the Company hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited to act as its authorized agent to receive service of process and any other legal summons in England for purposes of any such action or proceeding. The SPAC, the Company and the other parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process or any other legal summons out of such courts by mailing copies thereof by registered airmail postage prepaid to its address specified herein. Each of the SPAC and the Company covenants and agrees that, so long as it has any obligations under this Agreement, it shall maintain a duly appointed agent to receive service of process and any other legal summons in any legal action or proceeding brought by EBRD in England in respect of the Agreement and shall keep EBRD advised of the identity and location of such agent. The SPAC, the Company and the other parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection it may now or hereafter have on any grounds whatsoever to the laying of venue of any legal action or proceeding and any claim it may now or hereafter have that any such legal action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

11.9         WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Each of the parties hereto other than ebrd hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. Each of the parties hereto other than ebrd (a) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the otherS hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the Transactions CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 11.9.

 

11.10       Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and is not intended to confer upon any other Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies.

 

11.11       Counterparts. This Agreement and each other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and the consummation thereof, may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same document and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery by electronic transmission to counsel for the other party of a counterpart executed by a party shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the previous sentence.

 

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11.12       Effect of Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

11.13       Legal Representation. Each of the parties hereto agrees that it has been represented by independent counsel of its choice during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and each party hereto and its counsel cooperated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party hereto drafting such agreement or document. Each Written Consent Party acknowledges that Latham & Watkins LLP is acting as counsel to the Company in connection with the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions, and that such firm is not acting as counsel to any Written Consent Party.

 

11.14       Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party hereto incurring such expenses.

 

11.15       Further Assurances. At the reasonable request of SPAC or the Company, in the case of any Written Consent Party, or at the reasonable request of the Written Consent Parties, in the case of SPAC or the Company, and without further consideration, each party shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such additional documents and instruments and take such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

11.16       Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of either party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy. Neither party shall be deemed to have waived any claim available to such party arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such waiving party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

 

11.17       Several Liability. The liability of any Written Consent Party hereunder is several (and not joint). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in no event will any Written Consent Party be liable for any other Written Consent Party’s breach of such other Written Consent Party’s representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements contained in this Agreement.

 

11.18       No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or otherwise, but without limiting any provision in the Business Combination Agreement, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may only be made against the entities and Persons that are expressly identified as parties to this Agreement in their capacities as such and no former, current or future stockholders, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, general or limited partners, members, managers, agents or affiliates of any party hereto, or any former, current or future direct or indirect stockholder, equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, agent or affiliate of any of the foregoing (each, a “Non-Recourse Party”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the parties to this Agreement or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith. Without limiting the rights of any party against the other parties hereto, in no event shall any party or any of its affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against, or seek to recover monetary damages from, any Non-Recourse Party.

 

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11.19       Privileges and Immunities of EBRD.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver, renunciation or other modification of any immunities, privileges or exemptions of EBRD accorded under the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, international convention or any applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EBRD has made an express submission to arbitration under Section 11.8(b), above, and accordingly, and without prejudice to its other privileges and immunities (including, without limitation, the inviolability of its archives), it acknowledges that it does not have immunity from suit and legal process under Article 5(2) of Statutory Instrument 1991, No. 757 (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1991), or any similar provision under English law, in respect of the enforcement of an arbitration award duly made against it as a result of its express submission to arbitration pursuant to Section 11.8(b).

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  GALATA ACQUISITION CORP.
                     
  By:  /s/ Kemal Kaya
  Name: Kemal Kaya
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature Page to 

Stockholder Support Agreement

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  Marti Technologies Inc.
                     
  By:  /s/ Alper Oktem
  Name: Alper Oktem
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  SUMED EQUITY LTD. 
                     
  By:  /s/ Yousef Hammad
  Name: Yousef Hammad
  Title: Managing partner

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  ESRA UNLAUASLAN DURGUN
                     
  By:  /s/ Esra Unlauaslan Durgun
  Name: Esra Unlauaslan Durgun
  Title: an Individual

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  AUTOTECH FUND II, L.P.
                     
  By:  /s/ Daniel Hoffer
  Name: Daniel Hoffer
  Title: Managing Director

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  OGUZ ALPER OKTEM
                     
  By:  /s/ Oguz Alper Oktem
  Name: Oguz Alper Oktem
  Title: an Individual

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  SENA OKTEM
                     
  By:  /s/ Sena Oktem
  Name: Sena Oktem
  Title: an Individual

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  UMUR GENCOGLU
                     
  By:  /s/ Umur Gencoglu
  Name: Umur Gencoglu
  Title: an Individual

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  ASLANOBA GIDA SANAYI VE TICARET A.S
                     
  By:  /s/ Aslanoba Gida Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S
  Name: Hasan Aslanoba
  Title: CEO

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  PERPETUAL MOTION S.À R.L.
                     
  By:  /s/ Simon Barnes
  Name: Simon Barnes
  Title: Manager

 

    /s/ Didem Berghmans
    Didem Berghmans
    Manager

  

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  CE VENTURES LIMITED
                     
  By:  /s/ Tushar Singhvi
  Name: Tushar Singhvi
  Title: Director
     
  By:  /s/ Ghada Abdelkader
  Name: Ghada Abdelkader
  Title: Director

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  WRITTEN CONSENT PARTIES:
   
  EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
                     
  By:  /s/ Bakhrom Ibragimov
  Name: Bakhrom Ibragimov
  Title: Head of VCIP

 

[Company Stockholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

   Securities Held 
Written Consent Party  Common
Stock
   Series A-1
Preferred
Stock
   Series A-2
Preferred
Stock
   Series A-3
Preferred Stock
   Series B-1
Preferred Stock
   Series B-3 Preferred
Stock
 
Sumed Equity Ltd.        2,453,273    1,204,611    456,267    359,732    1,688,837 
Esra Unlauaslan Durgun   5,849,831                          
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development                       2,767,170      
Perpetual Motion S.à r.l.                       2,767,170      
Autotech Fund II, L.P.                       1,660,302      
Oguz Alper Oktem   5,849,831                          
Sena Oktem   620,553                          
Umur Gencoglu             886,771    55,432           
CE Ventures Limited        816,326                   655,224 
Aslanoba Gida Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S   90,842    409,638         459,127         443,510 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Framework Agreement


[See attached]

 

 

 

 

Final Form

 

(Operation Number [   ])

 

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

 

between

 

GALATA ACQUISITION CORP.

 

and

 

MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

and

 

EUROPEAN BANK

FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

 

Dated [   ]

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS 1
     
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS 1
SECTION 1.02. INTERPRETATION 3
     
ARTICLE II - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 3
     
SECTION 2.01. REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THIS AGREEMENT 3
     
[ARTICLE III - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 4
     
SECTION 3.01. ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL COMPLIANCE 4
SECTION 3.02. INTERNAL PROCEDURES 4
SECTION 3.03. FURNISHING OF INFORMATION 4
SECTION 3.04. FRAUD AND CORRUPTION 5
SECTION 3.05. PROCUREMENT 5
     
ARTICLE IV - MISCELLANEOUS 6
     
SECTION 4.01. NOTICES 6
SECTION 4.02. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 7
SECTION 4.03. GOVERNING LAW 7
SECTION 4.04. ARBITRATION AND JURISDICTION 7
SECTION 4.05. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF EBRD 8
SECTION 4.06. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; THIRD PARTY RIGHTS 8
SECTION 4.07. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT AND WAIVER 8
SECTION 4.08. WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY 9
SECTION 4.09. COUNTERPARTS 9

 

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FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

 

This Framework Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated [________], is entered into as a deed between:

 

(1)GALATA ACQUISITION CORP., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of [__________] (the "Issuer");

 

(2)MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of Delaware, United States of America (the "Stakeholder"); and

 

(3)EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, an international organisation formed by treaty ("EBRD").

 

WHEREAS:

 

(A)      The Issuer is a blank check company that is entering into a business combination (the “Business Combination”) with the Stakeholder, whereby, among other things, the outstanding equity interests of the Stakeholder shall be converted into the right to receive newly issued ordinary shares of the Issuer (the "Shares"), pursuant to the terms of the definitive transaction documentation, including the business combination agreement by and among Issuer, Stakeholder and the other parties thereto (the “BCA”). Following the Business Combination, it is intended that the Shares will be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(B)      EBRD is currently a stockholder of Stakeholder and has entered into a Stockholder Support Agreement (the “SSA”). In consideration for entering into the SSA and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, the Issuer, the Stakeholder and EBRD agree to, conditioned upon and effective as of the closing of the Closing Date, enter into this Agreement on the Closing Date.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.Definitions

 

Wherever used in this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

"Affiliate" means, in respect of any person, any other person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such person.
   
"Business Combination" has the meaning as provided in recital (A) above.
   

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"Closing Date" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the SSA.
   
"Designated Performance Requirements" means Performance Requirements 1 through 8 and 10 (or, as the context may require, any one of such Performance Requirements) of the Performance Requirements dated April 2019 and related to EBRD’s Environmental and Social Policy dated April 2019.
   
"EBRD Shares" means the Shares to be acquired by EBRD in the Business Combination.
   
"Enforcement Policy and Procedures" means EBRD’s Enforcement Policy and Procedures dated 4 October 2017, as amended from time to time, and any policy or procedures adopted by EBRD as a successor to or replacement of such policy and procedures.
   
"Environmental and Social Law" means any applicable law in any relevant jurisdiction, concerning the protection of the environment, workers, communities or project affected people.
   
"Environmental and Social Matter" means any matter that is the subject of any Environmental and Social Law.
   
"Financial Year" means the period commencing each year on 1 January and ending on 31 December, or such other period as the Stakeholder may from time to time designate as the accounting year of the Stakeholder.
   
“Group Companies” or “Group” means the Issuer and its subsidiaries (including the Stakeholder) and “Group Company” shall mean any one of them.
   
"Material Information" means information of a precise nature which has not been made public, relating directly or indirectly to the Issuer or the Stakeholder or the listed securities of such entities and which, if it were made public, would be reasonably likely to have a significant effect on the price of such securities or which would otherwise be reasonably likely to be considered important for a reasonable investor in making an investment decision in such securities.
   
"Prohibited Practice" has the meaning defined in the Enforcement Policy and Procedures in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
   
"Prospectus" means the registration statement on Form F-4 for the transactions contemplated by the BCA.
   
"Shares" has the meaning as provided in recital (A) above.
   
"SSA" has the meaning as provided in recital (B) above.
   
"UNCITRAL Rules" means the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (as revised in 2010).

 

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Section 1.02.Interpretation

 

(a)      In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular include the plural and vice versa, words denoting persons include corporations, partnerships and other legal persons and references to a person includes its successors in title, permitted transferees and permitted assigns.

 

(b)      In this Agreement, a reference to a specified Article or Section shall be construed as a reference to that specified Article or Section of this Agreement.

 

(c)       In this Agreement, the headings and the Table of Contents are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(d)      In this Agreement, any reference to "law" means any law (including, any common or customary law) and any treaty, constitution, statute, legislation, decree, normative act, rule, regulation, judgement, order, writ, injunction, determination, award or other legislative or administrative measure or judicial or arbitral decision in any jurisdiction which has the force of law or the compliance with which is in accordance with general practice in such jurisdiction.

 

(e)      In this Agreement, any reference to a provision of law is a reference to that provision as from time to time amended or re-enacted.

 

(f)       In this Agreement, a reference to a "person" includes any person, natural or juridical entity, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality) or two or more of the foregoing and references to a "person" include its successors in title, permitted transferees and permitted assigns.

 

(g)      In this Agreement, "including" and "include" shall be deemed to be followed by "without limitation" where not so followed.

 

ARTICLE II - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 2.01.Representations Regarding this Agreement and the Prospectus

 

Each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder represents and warrants as at the date of this Agreement as follows:

 

(a) Corporate Power. Each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder has the corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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(b)      Due Authorisation; Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly authorised and executed by each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder, and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(c)        Prospectus. The Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

 

(d)       No Prohibited Practice. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws concerning money laundering or the financing of terrorism. No Group Company is designated as a target of (or is otherwise subject to) any economic or financial sanctions or restrictive measures adopted by the United Nations under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, and no such Group Company is owned (directly or indirectly) or controlled by, or acting on behalf of any so designated person. None of the Group Companies, any officers, directors or authorised employees of the Group Companies, or any Affiliates, agents or representatives of any Group Company has committed or engaged in any Prohibited Practice with respect to the Business Combination or any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(e)      International Financial Institutions. No Group Company, nor any officer, director, authorised employee, Affiliate, agent or representative of any Group Company is listed by any international financial institution as excluded from the financings granted by any such institution and it has not otherwise been subject to any sanction from any such institution.

 

(f)        Restrictions on payments. Neither the Issuer nor the Stakeholder is subject to any regulation or law (including sanctions) which would or might reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting, or restricting or delaying in any material respect any payment that any of them is required to make with respect to the Shares.

 

ARTICLE III - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

From and after the date hereof, as long as EBRD holds any of the EBRD Shares or unless EBRD otherwise agrees:

 

Section 3.01.Environment and Social Compliance

 

The Group shall conduct its business and operations in accordance with the Designated Performance Requirements.

 

Section 3.02.Internal Procedures

 

The Group shall maintain internal procedures reasonably satisfactory to EBRD for the purpose of preventing the Group from becoming an instrument for money laundering, terrorism financing, fraud or other corrupt or illegal purposes.

 

Section 3.03.Furnishing of Information

 

(a) As soon as available but, in any event, within 60 days after the end of each Financial Year, the Issuer shall furnish to EBRD a report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to EBRD, on Environmental Matters and Social Matters arising in relation to the Group during such Financial Year.

 

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(b) The Issuer shall promptly notify EBRD if the Issuer obtains any information regarding a violation of Section 2.01(c) or Section 3.05 or if any international financial institution has imposed any sanction on any Group Company for any Prohibited Practice. If EBRD notifies the Issuer of its concern that there has been a violation of such Section 2.01(c) or Section 3.05, the Issuer shall cooperate in good faith with EBRD and its representatives in assessing whether such a violation has occurred and, in relation to the foregoing, shall furnish promptly to EBRD such information as EBRD may reasonably request.

 

Section 3.04.Disclosure of Information

 

Each of the Issuer, the Stakeholder and EBRD understand and accept that the Issuer and/or the Stakeholder are subject to restrictions under applicable securities laws on disclosing Material Information to third parties, and that the Issuer and/or the Stakeholder will not disclose any Material Information to EBRD as part of the Issuer’s and/or the Stakeholder's reporting obligations under this Agreement until the information is publicly known or otherwise becomes unrestricted under applicable securities laws. To this end the Issuer and/or the Stakeholder undertake to use their reasonable efforts to publicly disclose or otherwise cause to become unrestricted under applicable securities laws Material Information that would otherwise be provided to EBRD as part of the Issuer’s and/or the Stakeholder's reporting obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 3.05.Fraud and Corruption

 

No Group Company shall, and the Issuer and Stakeholder shall procure that no Group Company shall authorise or permit any of its respective officers, directors, authorised employees, Affiliates, agents or representatives to engage in any Prohibited Practice with respect to the Business Combination, or any transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the offering and issuance of the Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder hereby acknowledges that EBRD may invoke the Enforcement Policy and Procedures in respect of allegations of Prohibited Practices (including with respect to Section 2.01(c)) in relation to the Business Combination, and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 3.06.Procurement

 

The Issuer and/or the Stakeholder shall at all times use sound procurement methods which ensure a sound selection of goods and services at fair market value and that the Issuer and/or the Stakeholder is/are making their capital investments in a cost effective manner.

 

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ARTICLE IV - MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 4.01.     Notices

 

Any notice or other communication to be given or made under this Agreement to EBRD, or to the Issuer or the Stakeholder shall be in writing. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, such notice, request or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when it shall be delivered by hand, airmail or in pdf or similar format by electronic mail to the party to which it is required or permitted to be given or made at such party's address specified below or at such other address as such party shall have designated by notice to the party giving or making such notice, request or other communication.

 

For the Issuer:

 

c/o Marti Technologies Inc.

Cumhuriyet Mah. Beyaz Gelincik Sk. No:2

Uskudar / Istanbul, Turkey 34394

Attention: Oguz Alper Oktem

 

Email: alper@marti.tech

Telephone: [       ]]

 

For the Stakeholder:

 

Marti Technologies Inc.

Cumhuriyet Mah. Beyaz Gelincik Sk. No:2

Uskudar / Istanbul, Turkey 34394

Attention: Oguz Alper Oktem

 

Email: alper@marti.tech

Telephone: [      ]]

 

For EBRD:

 

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

One Exchange Square

London EC2A 2JN

United Kingdom

 

Attention: Operations Administration Department

 

Email:  oad@ebrd.com
Telephone:  +44 20 7338 6000

 

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Section 4.02.       English Language

 

All documents to be furnished or communications to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in the English language or, if in another language, shall be accompanied by a translation into English certified by a representative of the Issuer or the Stakeholder (as applicable), which translation shall be the governing version between the Issuer, the Stakeholder and EBRD.

 

Section 4.03.       Governing Law

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

 

Section 4.04.       Arbitration and Jurisdiction

 

(a) Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to (1) this Agreement, (2) the breach, termination or invalidity hereof or (3) any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the UNCITRAL Rules. There shall be one (1) arbitrator and the appointing authority shall be LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration). The seat and place of arbitration shall be London, England and the English language shall be used throughout the arbitral proceedings. The parties hereby waive any rights under the Arbitration Act 1996 or otherwise to appeal any arbitration award to, or to seek a determination of a preliminary point of law by, the courts of England. The arbitral tribunal shall not be authorised to grant, and each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder agrees not to seek from any judicial authority, any interim measures or pre-award relief against EBRD, any provisions of the UNCITRAL Rules notwithstanding. The arbitral tribunal shall have authority to consider and include in any proceeding, decision or award any further dispute properly brought before it by EBRD (but no other party) insofar as such dispute arises out of this Agreement, but, subject to the foregoing, no other parties or other disputes shall be included in, or consolidated with, the arbitral proceedings.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.04(a), this Agreement and any rights of EBRD arising out of or relating to this Agreement may, at the option of EBRD, be enforced by EBRD in the state courts of Delaware, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or the courts of England. For the benefit of EBRD, each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of England with respect to any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination or invalidity hereof. Each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited to act as its authorised agent to receive service of process and any other legal summons in England for purposes of any such action or proceeding. Each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process or any other legal summons out of such courts by mailing copies thereof by registered airmail postage prepaid to its address specified herein. Each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder covenants and agrees that, so long as it has any obligations under this Agreement, it shall maintain a duly appointed agent to receive service of process and any other legal summons in any legal action or proceeding brought by EBRD in England in respect of this Agreement and shall keep EBRD advised of the identity and location of such agent. Each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder irrevocably waives any objection it may now or hereafter have on any grounds whatsoever to the laying of venue of any legal action or proceeding and any claim it may now or hereafter have that any such legal action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Section 4.05.        Privileges and Immunities of EBRD

 

Nothing in this Agreement, the Prospectus or the terms and conditions of the Offering shall be construed as a waiver, renunciation or other modification of any immunities, privileges or exemptions of EBRD accorded under the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, international convention or any applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EBRD has made an express submission to arbitration under Section 4.04(a) and accordingly, and without prejudice to its other privileges and immunities (including, without limitation, the inviolability of its archives), it acknowledges that it does not have immunity from suit and legal process under Article 5(2) of Statutory Instrument 1991, No. 757 (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1991), or any similar provision under English law, in respect of the enforcement of an arbitration award duly made against it as a result of its express submission to arbitration pursuant to Section 4.04(a).

 

Section 4.06.        Successors and Assigns; Third Party Rights

 

(a)      This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors of the parties hereto. This Agreement may not be assigned by a party without the consent of the other parties.

 

(b)      Except as provided in Section 4.06(a), none of the terms of this Agreement are intended to be enforceable by any third party.

 

Section 4.07.        Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver

 

This Agreement and the documents referred to herein constitute the entire obligation of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede any prior expressions of intent or understandings with respect to this transaction. Any amendment to, waiver by EBRD of any of the terms or conditions of, or consent given by EBRD under, this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 4.07) shall be in writing, signed by EBRD and, in the case of an amendment, by the Issuer and the Stakeholder.

 

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Section 4.08.        Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

 

Each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder represents and warrants that this Agreement and the issuance of the Shares are commercial rather than public or governmental acts and that it is not entitled to claim immunity from legal proceedings with respect to itself or any of its assets on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise under any law or in any jurisdiction where an action may be brought for the enforcement of any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement. To the extent that the Issuer or the Stakeholder or any of their assets has or hereafter may acquire any right to immunity from set-off, legal proceedings, attachment prior to judgment, other attachment or execution of judgment on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, each of the Issuer and the Stakeholder hereby irrevocably waives such rights to immunity in respect of its obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement.

 

Section 4.09.        Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their duly authorised representatives, have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as a DEED as on the date first above written.

 

EXECUTED as a DEED by [ISSUER], a [______] organised and existing under the laws of [______] acting by [director] and [director/company secretary]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or

 

EXECUTED as a DEED by [ISSUER], a [______] organised and existing under the laws of [______] acting by [director] in the presence of:

 

 

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)____________________________

) Name: ____________

) Status: [Director]

 

)

)

)____________________________

) Name: ____________

) Status: [Director/company secretary]

 

 

 

 

)

)

)____________________________

) Name: ____________

) Status: [Director]

 

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Signature of Witness:

Name of Witness:

Address of Witness:

 

Occupation of Witness:

 

Or

 

EXECUTED as a DEED on behalf of [ISSUER], a [______] organised and existing under the laws of [______] acting by [attorney] in the presence of:

 

 

Signature of Witness:

Name of Witness:

Address of Witness:

 

Occupation of Witness:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)

)____________________________

) Name: ____________

) Status: [Attorney]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXECUTED as a DEED by MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of Delaware, United States of America, acting by [director] and [director/company secretary]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or

 

EXECUTED as a DEED by MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of Delaware, United States of America, acting by [director] in the presence of:

 

Signature of Witness:

Name of Witness:

Address of Witness:

 

Occupation of Witness:

 

Or

 

EXECUTED as a DEED on behalf of MARTI TECHNOLOGIES INC., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of Delaware, United States of America, acting by [attorney] in the presence of:

 

Signature of Witness:

Name of Witness:

Address of Witness:

 

Occupation of Witness:

)

)

)____________________________

) Name: ____________

) Status: [Director]

 

)

)

)____________________________

) Name: ____________

) Status: [Director/company secretary]

 

 

 

 

)

)

)____________________________

) Name: ____________

) Status: [Director]

 

 

 

 

 

)

)

)____________________________

) Name: ____________

) Status: [Attorney]

 

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EXECUTED as a DEED by EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT acting by [director] in the presence of:

 

 

Signature of Witness:

Name of Witness:

Address of Witness:

 

 

Occupation of Witness:

 

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)____________________________
) Name: ____________
) Status: [Director]

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

Final

 

INVESTOR Rights Agreement

 

THIS INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), dated as of [•], 2022, is made and entered into by and among [PubCo], a Cayman Islands exempted company f/k/a [SPAC] (the “Pubco”), Galata Acquisition Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Oguz Alper Oktem (“Oktem”), Cankut Durgun (“Durgun” and, together with Oktem, the “Founders”) and the undersigned parties listed under Holder on the signature page hereto (each such party, together with the Founders, the Sponsor and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.2 of this Agreement, a “Holder”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS, [Target], a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of [●], 2022 (as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “BCA”), by and among the Company, Pubco and Merger Sub (as defined in the BCA) in connection with the business combination of Pubco and the Company (the “Business Combination”) and other transactions contemplated therein;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the BCA, at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), among other things, (i) the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco and (ii) the holders of equity securities of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the BCA) received Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Pubco (the “Ordinary Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, Pubco, the Sponsor and Pubco’s independent directors prior to the Effective Time (the “SPAC Independent Directors”) entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2021 (the “RRA”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of this Agreement, Pubco, the Sponsor and the SPAC Independent Directors desire to terminate the RRA and replace it with this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, as of the Effective Time, the Holders desire to set forth their agreement with respect to governance, registration rights and certain other matters, in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

 

Article 1
Definitions

 

1.1           Definitions. The terms defined in this Article 1 shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

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

 

Affiliate” of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, where “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, its capacity as a sole or managing member or otherwise; provided that no Holder shall be deemed an Affiliate of Pubco or any of its subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

BCA” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Beneficially Own” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and any Person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule as in effect as of such time.

 

Board” shall mean the board of directors of Pubco.

 

Business Combination” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Callaway Representative” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.

 

Closing” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Confidential Information” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.12.

 

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Durgun” shall have the meaning given in the preamble.

 

Durgun Ownership Threshold” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.

 

Durgun Representative” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.

 

EBRD means the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and its Affiliates.

 

Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning given in subsection 5.1.1.

 

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

 

Family Member” means with respect to any Person, (a) any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships or (b) any trust created for the benefit of any such Person or of which any of the foregoing is a beneficiary.

 

Financial Counterparty” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.6.

 

Founders” shall have the meaning given in the preamble.

 

Governmental Entity” means a unit, subdivision or entity of any federal, national, state, county, or municipal government, including any agency, department, board or commission.

 

Holder” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Holder Indemnified Persons” shall have the meaning given in subsection 6.1.1.

 

Holder Information” means such information and affidavits as Pubco reasonably requests for use in connection with any Registration.

 

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.4.

 

Minimum Underwritten Offering Threshold” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.5.

 

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

 

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Necessary Action” means, (x) with respect to any Person and a specified result, all actions (to the extent such actions are not prohibited by applicable Law and within such Person’s control, and in the case of any action that requires a vote or other action on the part of the Board to the extent such action is consistent with fiduciary duties that Pubco’s directors may have in such capacity) necessary to cause such result, including (a) calling special meetings of shareholders, (b) voting or providing a written consent or proxy, if applicable in each case, with respect to Ordinary Shares, (c) causing the adoption of shareholders’ resolutions and amendments to the Organizational Documents, (d) executing agreements and instruments, (e) making, or causing to be made, with Governmental Entities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result and (f) nominating certain Persons for election to the Board in connection with the annual or special meeting of shareholders of Pubco and (y), with respect to Pubco and a specified result, taking all necessary corporate actions (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law), to effectuate such result, and including (A) including the Persons designated pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 of this Agreement in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (B) nominating and recommending each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, (C) soliciting proxies or consents in favor thereof, and (D) without limiting the foregoing, otherwise using its reasonable best efforts to cause such nominees to be elected to the Board, including providing at least as high a level of support for the election of such nominees as it provides to any other individual standing for election as a director.

 

Oktem” shall have the meaning given in the preamble.

 

Oktem Ownership Threshold” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.

 

Oktem Representative” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.

 

Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Organizational Documents” means the memorandum and articles of association of Pubco as in effect from time-to-time.

 

Permitted Transferee” means with respect to any Person, (i) any Family Member of such Person and (ii) any Affiliate of such Person (including any partner, shareholder, member controlling or under common control with such Person).

 

Person” means any person or entity.

 

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.2.1.

 

Private Placement SPAC Warrants” means the 7,250,000 warrants issued pursuant to the Private Placement Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2021, entitling the holders thereof to purchase one Class A Share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.

 

Pro Rata” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.4.

 

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

 

Pubco” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

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Registrable Security” shall mean (a) Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the conversion of any SPAC Founder Shares, (b) the Private Placement SPAC Warrants (including any Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Private Placement SPAC Warrants), (c) any outstanding Ordinary Shares or any other equity security (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other equity security) of Pubco held by a Holder, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any Ordinary Shares received by a Holder on or after the date hereof as a distribution from the Sponsor in connection with its liquidation and dissolution, (d) any equity securities (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such equity security) of Pubco issuable upon conversion of any working capital loans in an amount up to $[●] made to Pubco by a Holder and (e) any other equity security of Pubco issued or issuable with respect to any such Ordinary Shares by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (ii) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by Pubco and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; or (iv) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations).

 

Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any such registration statement having been declared effective by, or become effective pursuant to the rules promulgated by, the Commission.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(d)           reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Pubco;

 

(e)           reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of Pubco incurred specifically in connection with such Registration or Underwritten Offering;

 

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(f)            the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of any Registrable Securities on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by Pubco are then listed;

 

(g)           the fees and expenses incurred by Pubco in connection with any road show for any Underwritten Offerings; and

 

(h)           reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected jointly by the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Demand, the Requesting Holders participating in an Underwritten Offering and the Holders participating in a Piggyback Registration, as applicable.

 

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

 

Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.3.

 

RRA” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

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

 

Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.1.

 

SPAC Founder Shares” means Pubco’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

SPAC Independent Directors” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Sponsor Director” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.3.

 

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

 

Underwritten Demand” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.3.

 

Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of Pubco are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

 

Withdrawal Notice” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.8.

 

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Article 2
Governance

 

2.1           Board and Committees.

 

2.1.1        Composition of the Board. Each of [Callaway], Oktem and Durgun, severally and not jointly, agrees with Pubco to take all Necessary Action to cause (x) the Board to initially be comprised of seven (7) directors and (y) those individuals to be nominated in accordance with this Article 2, initially (a) six (6) of whom have been or will be nominated by the Company, initially [●], [●], [●], [●], [●] and [●], and (b) one (1) of whom has been or will be nominated by [Callaway] (on behalf of the Sponsor), initially [●] (the “Sponsor Director”). Each of [Callaway] and the Founders, severally and not jointly, agrees with Pubco to take all Necessary Action to cause the foregoing directors to be divided into three classes of directors, with each class serving for staggered three year-terms as follows:

 

(i)             the Class I directors shall include [●], [●] and [●];

 

(ii)           the Class II directors shall include [●] and [●]; and

 

(iii)           the Class III directors shall include [●] and the Sponsor Director.

 

The initial term of the Class I directors shall expire immediately following Pubco’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected. The initial term of the Class II directors shall expire immediately following Pubco’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected. The initial term of the Class III directors shall expire immediately following Pubco’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected.

 

2.1.2        Oktem Representation. For so long as Oktem and his Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own at least [●]1 Ordinary Shares (as such number may be equitably adjusted for stock splits, combinations, etc. following the date hereof) (the “Oktem Ownership Threshold”), Pubco shall take all Necessary Action to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election as directors at each applicable annual or special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, one (1) individual designated by Oktem (the “Oktem Representative”).

 

2.1.3        Durgun Representation. For so long as Durgun and his Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own at least [●]2 Ordinary Shares (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, combinations, etc. following the date hereof) (the “Durgun Ownership Threshold”), Pubco shall take all Necessary Action to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election as directors at each applicable annual or special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, one (1) individual designated by Durgun (the “Durgun Representative”).

 

 

 

125% or more of the ordinary shares of Pubco held by Mr. Oktem and his Permitted Transferees immediately following the Closing

 

225% or more of the ordinary shares of Pubco held by Mr. Durgun and his Permitted Transferees immediately following the Closing

 

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2.1.4        [Callaway] Representation. For so long as [Callaway] and its Permitted Transferees (including the Sponsor) Beneficially Own at least at least [●]3 Ordinary Shares (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, combinations, etc. following the date hereof), Pubco shall take all Necessary Action to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election as directors at each applicable annual or special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, one (1) individual designated by [Callaway] (the “Callaway Representative”).

 

2.1.5        Removal; Vacancies. Except as provided in subsection 2.1.6, and subject to Pubco’s Organizational Documents, each Founder and [Callaway] (on behalf of the Sponsor) shall have the exclusive right to (a) remove its respective nominee from the Board, and Pubco shall take all Necessary Action to cause the removal of any such nominee at the request of the applicable Founder or [Callaway], as applicable, and (b) designate a director for election to the Board to fill any vacancy existing or created by reason of death, removal or resignation of its nominee to the Board. Pubco shall take, and the Sponsor, the Founders and [Callaway] (on behalf of the Sponsor) agree, severally and not jointly, with Pubco to take, all Necessary Action to cause any such vacancies created pursuant to clause (i) above to be filled by replacement directors designated by Callaway or the applicable Founder, as applicable, as promptly as practicable after such designation (and in any event prior to the next meeting or action of the Board or applicable committee).

 

2.1.6        Required Resignation. In the event an Oktem Representative, a Durgun Representative or Callaway Representative is then on the Board and Oktem, Durgun or [Callaway], as applicable, is no longer entitled to designate a director pursuant to this Section 2.1, Oktem, Durgun or [Callaway], as applicable, shall promptly use its reasonably best efforts to cause the Oktem Representative, Durgun Representative or Callaway Representative, as applicable, to resign from service on the Board (and all committees thereof on which such director serves), and promptly thereafter Pubco shall take all necessary action to cause the Board to reduce the size of the Board by one (1); provided, however, that in the event that at such time Oktem or Durgun is serving as the Oktem Representative or Durgun Representative, as applicable, and is an employee of Pubco or any Pubco subsidiary at such time, Oktem or Durgun shall not be required to resign from service on the Board until such time as Oktem or Durgun, as applicable, is no longer an employee of Pubco or any of its subsidiaries.

 

2.1.7        Chairperson. In the event that (a) Oktem and his Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own Ordinary Shares at least equal to the Oktem Ownership Threshold and Durgun and his Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own Ordinary Shares at least equal to the Durgun Ownership Threshold, Oktem and Durgun shall have the right to designate the chairperson of the Board as mutually agreed between them and (b) clause (a) does not apply and either (x) Oktem and his Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own Ordinary Shares at least equal to the Oktem Ownership Threshold or (y) Durgun and his Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own Ordinary Shares at least equal to the Durgun Ownership Threshold, the Founder then satisfying the ownership threshold shall have the right to designate, from the then-existing members of the Board, the chairperson of the Board.

 

 

 

325% or more of the ordinary shares of Pubco held by Callaway and its Permitted Transferees (including the Sponsor) immediately following the Closing

 

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2.1.8        Committees. In accordance with Pubco’s Organizational Documents, (i) the Board shall establish and maintain committees of the Board for (x) Audit, (y) Compensation and (z) Nominating and Corporate Governance, and (ii) the Board may from time to time by resolution establish and maintain other committees of the Board. For so long as each of Oktem and Durgun are entitled to designate an Oktem Representative and a Durgun Representative to serve on the Board pursuant to subsection 2.1.2 and subsection 2.1.3, respectively, each committee of the Board shall, at the option or the Founders, include at least one (1) Director designated thereby, in each case subject to applicable Laws and applicable stock exchange regulations, and subject to requisite independence requirements applicable to such committee.

 

2.1.9        Reimbursement of Expenses. Pubco shall reimburse the directors for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Board and any committees thereof, including travel, lodging and meal expenses.

 

2.1.10      Indemnification. For so long as any Oktem Representative, Durgun Representative or Callaway Representative, as applicable, serves as a director of Pubco, (a) Pubco shall provide such Oktem Representative, Durgun Representative and Callaway Representative with the same expense reimbursement, benefits, indemnity, exculpation and other arrangements provided to the other directors of Pubco (provided that to the extent that any of the Oktem Representative, Durgun Representative or Callaway Representative is an employee of Pubco or any of its subsidiaries, such director shall not be entitled to benefits to which only non-employee directors are entitled) and (b) Pubco shall not amend, alter or repeal any right to indemnification or exculpation covering or benefiting any Oktem Representative, Durgun Representative or Callaway Representative nominated pursuant to this Agreement as and to the extent provided for under applicable Law, [add references to indemnification provisions in Organizational Documents] and any indemnification agreements with directors (whether such right is contained in the Organizational Documents or another document) (except to the extent such amendment or alteration permits Pubco to provide broader indemnification or exculpation rights than permitted prior thereto).

 

2.1.11      D&O Insurance. Pubco shall (a) purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in an amount determined by the Board to be reasonable and customary and (b) for so long as any Oktem Representative, Durgun Representative or Callaway Representative, as applicable, serves as a director, maintain such directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage with respect to such director. Upon removal or resignation of such Oktem Representative, Durgun Representative or Callaway Representative, as applicable, from the Board for any reason, Pubco shall take all actions reasonably necessary to extend such directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage with respect to such director for a period of not less than six (6) years from any such event in respect of any act or omission of such Oktem Representative, Durgun Representative or Callaway Representative, as applicable, occurring at or prior to such event.

 

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2.1.12      Sharing of Information. To the extent permitted by antitrust, competition or any other applicable Law, Pubco agrees and acknowledges that the director designated by [Callaway] may share confidential, non-public information about Pubco and its subsidiaries (“Confidential Information”) with Callaway. Callaway recognizes that it, its Affiliates and its and their respective representatives has acquired or will acquire Confidential Information the use or disclosure of which could cause Pubco substantial loss and damages that could not be readily calculated and for which no remedy at Law would be adequate. Accordingly, Callaway covenants and agrees with Pubco that it will not (and will cause its Affiliates and its and their respective representatives not to) at any time, except with the prior written consent of Pubco, directly or indirectly, disclose any Confidential Information known to it to any third party, unless (a) such information becomes known to the public through no fault of Callaway, (b) disclosure is required by applicable Law or court of competent jurisdiction or requested by a Governmental Entity; provided that Callaway (x) promptly notifies Pubco of such requirement or request, (y) reasonably cooperates with Pubco to obtain a protective order, confidential treatment or similar protection with respect to such Confidential Information at the sole expense of PubCo and (z) takes commercially reasonable steps, at the sole cost and expense of Pubco, to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure, (c) such information was available or becomes available to Callaway before, at or after the Effective Time, without restriction, from a source (other than Pubco, its subsidiaries or its or their respective representatives) without any breach of duty to Pubco or any of its subsidiaries or (d) such information was independently developed by Callaway or its representatives without the use of or reference to any Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Investor Rights Agreement shall prohibit Callaway from disclosing Confidential Information to any Affiliate, representative, limited partner, member or shareholder of Callaway; provided that such Person shall be bound by an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Confidential Information and Callaway shall be responsible for any breach of this subsection 2.1.12 by any such Person. No Confidential Information shall be deemed to be provided to any Person, including any Affiliate of [Callaway], unless such Confidential Information is actually provided to or used by such Person.

 

Article 3
Required Approvals.

 

3.1           Approval Rights.

 

3.1.1        For so long as (x) the Founders and their Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, at least [●]4 Ordinary Shares (as such number may be equitably adjusted for stock splits, combinations, etc. following the date hereof) (the “Founder Ownership Threshold”) and (y) either Oktem or Durgun is an officer of Pubco or a member of the Board, in addition to any vote or consent of the Board or the shareholders of Pubco required by applicable Law or the Organizational Documents of Pubco, the Board may not approve, or cause Pubco or any of its subsidiaries to approve, and neither Pubco nor any of its subsidiaries may take, any action set forth on Exhibit A (whether directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise) without the prior written consent of each Founder, other than as explicitly contemplated by the BCA.

 

 

 

425% or more of the ordinary shares of Pubco held by the Founders and their Permitted Transferees immediately following the Closing

 

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3.1.2        For so long as either (a)(x) the Founders and their Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, at least 14,600,000 Ordinary Shares (as such number may be equitably adjusted for stock splits, combinations, etc. following the date hereof) and (y) either Oktem or Durgun is an officer of Pubco or a member of the Board, or (b)(x) the Founders and their Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, at least 11,700,000 Ordinary Shares (as such number may be equitably adjusted for stock splits, combinations, etc. following the date hereof) and (y) each of Oktem and Durgun is an officer of Pubco or a member of the Board, in addition to any vote or consent of the Board or the shareholders of Pubco required by applicable Law or the Organizational Documents of Pubco, the Board may not approve, or cause Pubco or any of its subsidiaries to approve, and neither Pubco nor any of its subsidiaries may take, any action set forth on Exhibit B (whether directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise) without the prior written consent of each Founder, other than as explicitly contemplated by the BCA.

  

3.1.3        In the event that (x) the prior written consent of the Founders is required hereunder pursuant to subsection 3.1.1 or subsection 3.1.2, as applicable, and (y)(i) a Founder has been removed from his position as an officer and/or director of Pubco for cause or (ii) a Founder dies or becomes disabled, then any decision of the Founders hereunder shall be exercised only by the other Founder.

 

3.1.4        For so long as the Founders and their Permitted Transferees Beneficially Own a number of Ordinary Shares at least equal to the Founder Ownership Threshold, except in the event of a removal for cause, neither Oktem nor Durgun shall be removed from his position as an officer of Pubco without the written consent of the other Founder.

 

3.1.5        For the avoidance of doubt, upon the occurrence of an event causing the forfeiture of any right granted under any of subsections 3.1.1 through 3.1.4 (a “Forfeiture Event”), such right shall not be reinstated by developments subsequent to such Forfeiture Event, such as increased holdings of Ordinary Shares or subsequent appointments as an officer or director; provided that, if either Founder’s consent rights are forfeited due to disability such that, pursuant to subsection 3.1.3 the other Founder exercises the consent rights and such Founder subsequently is no longer so disabled, then such Founder’s consent rights will be reinstated.

 

Article 4
Registrations

 

4.1           Registration

 

4.1.1        Shelf Registration. Pubco agrees that, within twenty (20) business days after the consummation of the Business Combination, Pubco will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission (at Pubco’s sole cost and expense) a Registration Statement registering the resale or other disposition of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) business days prior to such filing) (a “Shelf Registration”), and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein.

 

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4.1.2        Effective Registration. Pubco shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) cause such Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof and (b) keep such Registration Statement continuously effective, available for use to permit the Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement, Pubco shall effect any Shelf Registration on such appropriate registration form of the Commission (i) as shall be selected by Pubco and (ii) as shall permit the resale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities by the Holders. If at any time a Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to subsection 4.1.2 is effective and a Holder provides written notice to Pubco that it intends to effect an offering of all or part of the Registrable Securities included on such Registration Statement, Pubco will use its commercially reasonable efforts to amend or supplement such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such offering to take place in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

4.1.3        Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Registration Statement ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities are still outstanding, Pubco shall, subject to Section 5.4, use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable cause such Registration Statement to again become effective under the Securities Act (including using its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable amend such Registration Statement in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or file an additional Registration Statement as a Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement”) registering the resale of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) business days prior to such filing), and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed, Pubco shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof (it being agreed that the Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) if Pubco is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) at the most recent applicable eligibility determination date) and (b) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, available for use to permit the Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be a Registration Statement on Form S-3 to the extent that Pubco is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be on another appropriate form. Pubco’s obligation under this subsection 4.1.3, shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to Section 5.5.

 

4.1.4        Additional Registrable Securities. Subject to Section 5.5, in the event that any Holder holds Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, Pubco, upon written request of a Holder, shall reasonably promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered, at Pubco’s option, by any then available Registration Statement (including by means of a post-effective amendment) or by filing a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and such Registration Statement or Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be subject to the terms hereof; provided, however, that Pubco shall only be required to cause such Registrable Securities to be so covered twice per calendar year for the Holders.

 

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4.1.5        Underwritten Offering. Subject to the provisions of subsection 4.1.4 and Section 4.3 of this Agreement, a Holder or group of Holders (any Holder or group of Holders being in such a case a “Demanding Holder”) may make a written demand for an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in accordance with subsection 4.1.1 of this Agreement (an “Underwritten Demand”); provided, that Pubco shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Offering if such Underwritten Offering shall include Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Demanding Holder, either individually or together with other Demanding Holders, with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $[40 million] (the “Minimum Underwritten Offering Threshold”). The Demanding Holder shall have the responsibility to engage an underwriter(s), which shall be reasonably acceptable to Pubco, and Pubco shall have no responsibility for engaging any underwriter(s) for an Underwritten Offering. Pubco shall, within [five] ([5]) business days of Pubco’s receipt of the Underwritten Demand, notify, in writing, all other Holders of such demand, and each Holder who thereafter requests to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to such Underwritten Demand (each such Holder that requests to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify Pubco, in writing, within two (2) days (one (1) day if such offering is an overnight or bought Underwritten Offering) after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from Pubco. Upon receipt by Pubco of any such written notification from a Requesting Holder(s), such Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to such Underwritten Demand. In such event, the right of any Holder or Requesting Holder to registration pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5, shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s or Requesting Holder’ s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s or Requesting Holder’ s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All such Holders or Requesting Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such Underwritten Offering under this subsection 4.1.5 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Demanding Holders initiating such Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pubco is not obligated to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) Underwritten Offerings demanded by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 and is not obligated to effect an Underwritten Offering pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 within [ninety] ([90]) days after the closing of an Underwritten Offering; provided, however, that any demand for a takedown of a Shelf Registration on Form S-3 that is not an Underwritten Offering shall not constitute an Underwritten Demand under this subsection 4.1.5.

 

4.1.6        Block Trades. If a Demanding Holder or Demanding Holders wishes to engage in an underwritten block trade, variable price reoffer or overnight underwritten offering, in each case, off of a Shelf Registration, then, notwithstanding the time periods set forth in subsection 4.1.5, such Demanding Holder(s) shall notify Pubco not less than five (5) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence. The aggregate offering value of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered in any such underwritten block trade, variable price reoffer or overnight underwritten offering off of a Shelf Registration must be reasonably expected to equal at least $10,000,000. Pubco shall promptly, and in any event within one (1) business day following notice to Pubco, notify other Holders of such offering and such other Holders must elect whether or not to participate by the next business day (i.e., three (3) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence) (unless a longer period is agreed to by such Demanding Holder(s)), and Pubco shall as expeditiously as possible use its reasonable best efforts to facilitate such offering (which may close as early as two (2) business days after the date it commences); provided that such Demanding Holder(s) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with Pubco and any Underwriters or brokers, sales agents or placement agents (each, a “Financial Counterparty”) prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the transaction.

 

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4.1.7        Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering, pursuant to an Underwritten Demand, in good faith, advises or advise Pubco, the Demanding Holders, the Requesting Holders and other persons or entities holding Registrable Securities or other equity securities of Pubco that were requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, taken together with all other Ordinary Shares or other securities which Pubco desires to sell and the Ordinary Shares or other securities, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights held by other equity holders of Pubco who desire to sell (if any) that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities or other equity securities of Pubco requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities of Pubco that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then Pubco shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering, regardless of the number of Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco held by each such person and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Offering (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (b) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (a), the Registrable Securities of the Requesting Holders, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (c) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco that Pubco desires to sell and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (d) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco held by other persons or entities that Pubco is obligated to include pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights with such persons or entities and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

4.1.8        Withdrawal. Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Offering, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Offering shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Offering for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification (a “Withdrawal Notice”) to Pubco and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Offering; provided that a Holder may elect to have Pubco continue an Underwritten Offering if the Minimum Underwritten Offering Threshold would still be satisfied by the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Offering by the Holders or any of their respective Permitted Transferees, as applicable. If withdrawn, a demand for an Underwritten Offering shall constitute a demand for an Underwritten Offering by the withdrawing Demanding Holder for purposes of subsection 4.1.7, unless either (a) such Demanding Holder has not previously withdrawn any Underwritten Offering or (b) such Demanding Holder reimburses Pubco for all Registration Expenses with respect to such Underwritten Offering (or, if there is more than one Demanding Holder, a pro rata portion of such Registration Expenses based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering); provided that, if a Holder elects to continue an Underwritten Offering pursuant to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, such Underwritten Offering shall instead count as an Underwritten Offering demanded by such Holder, as applicable, for purposes of subsection 4.1.7. Following the receipt of any Withdrawal Notice, Pubco shall promptly forward such Withdrawal Notice to any other Holders that had elected to participate in such Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Pubco shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with an Underwritten Offering prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 4.1.8, other than if a Demanding Holder elects to pay such Registration Expenses pursuant to clause (b) of the second sentence of this subsection 4.1.8.

 

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4.2           Piggyback Registration.

 

4.2.1        Piggyback Rights. Subject to the provisions of subsection 4.2.2 and Section 4.3 hereof, if, at any time on or after the date Pubco consummates a Business Combination, Pubco proposes to consummate an Underwritten Offering for its own account or for the account of shareholders of Pubco, then Pubco shall give written notice of such proposed action to all of the Holders as soon as practicable, which notice shall (a) describe the amount and type of securities to be included, the intended method(s) of distribution and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, and (b) offer to all of the Holders the opportunity to include such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within two (2) days (unless such offering is an overnight or bought Underwritten Offering, then one (1) day), in each case after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). Pubco shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 4.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of Pubco included in such Piggyback Registration and to permit the resale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to include Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 4.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by Pubco.

 

4.2.2        Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises Pubco and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco that Pubco desires to sell, taken together with (a) the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco, if any, as to which the Underwritten Offering has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (b) the Registrable Securities as to which a Piggyback Registration has been requested pursuant to Section 4.2 of this Agreement and (c) the shares of equity securities of Pubco, if any, as to which inclusion in the Underwritten Offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights of other shareholders of Pubco, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

(a)           If the Underwritten Offering is undertaken for Pubco’s account, Pubco shall include in any such Underwritten Offering (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco that Pubco desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders requesting a Piggyback Registration pursuant to subsection 4.2.1 of this Agreement, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco, if any, as to which inclusion in the Underwritten Offering has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of other shareholders of Pubco, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

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(b)           If the Underwritten Offering is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then Pubco shall include in any such Underwritten Offering (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders requesting a Piggyback Registration pursuant to subsection 4.2.1, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco that Pubco desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco for the account of other persons or entities that Pubco is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; or

 

(c)           If the Underwritten Offering is pursuant to a request by Holder(s) of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, then Pubco shall include in any such Registration or registered offering securities in the priority set forth in subsection 4.1.7.

 

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4.2.3        Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities (other than a Demanding Holder, whose right to withdraw from an Underwritten Offering, and related obligations, shall be governed by subsection 4.1.8) shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration upon written notification to Pubco and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the commencement of the Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Pubco shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 4.2.3. Pubco (whether on its own good faith determination or as a result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw an Underwritten Offering undertaken for Pubco’s account at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

 

4.2.4        Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, subject to subsection 4.1.8, any Piggyback Registration or Underwritten Offering effected pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof shall not be counted as an Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Demand effected under Section 4.1 of this Agreement.

 

4.3           Market Stand-off. In connection with any Underwritten Offering of equity securities of Pubco, if requested by the managing Underwriters, each Holder of Registrable Securities that participates and sells Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering agrees that it shall not (a) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge (excluding bona fide pledges pursuant to margin loans or similar arrangements) or otherwise dispose of (including sales pursuant to Rule 144), directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco, (b) enter into a transaction which would have the same effect as described in clause (a) above, (c) enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences or ownership of any Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco, whether such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such Ordinary Shares or equity securities, in cash or otherwise (each of (a), (b) and (c) above, a “Sale Transaction”), or (d) publicly disclose the intention to enter into any Sale Transaction, during the ninety (90)-day period (or such shorter time agreed to by the managing Underwriters) beginning on the date of pricing of such offering, except as expressly permitted by such lock-up agreement or in the event the managing Underwriters otherwise agree by written consent. Each such Holder that participates and sells Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Holders that execute a lock-up agreement).

 

4.4           Restrictions on Registration Rights. If the Holders have requested an Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Demand and in the good faith judgment of the Board such Underwritten Offering would be seriously detrimental to Pubco and the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer the undertaking of such Underwritten Offering at such time, then in each case Pubco shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be seriously detrimental to Pubco to undertake such Underwritten Offering in the near future and that it is therefore essential to defer the undertaking of such Underwritten Offering. In such event, Pubco shall have the right to defer such offering for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; providedhowever, that Pubco shall not defer its obligations in this manner more than once in any twelve (12) month period.

 

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Article 5
PUBCO Procedures

 

5.1           General Procedures. Pubco shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration or Underwritten Offering to permit the resale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof (and including all manners of distribution in such Registration Statement as Holders may reasonably request in connection with the filing of such Registration Statement and as permitted by law, including distribution of Registrable Securities to a Holder’s members, securityholders or partners), and pursuant thereto Pubco shall, as expeditiously as possible and to the extent applicable:

 

5.1.1        prepare and file with the Commission after the consummation of the Business Combination a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective in accordance with Section 4.1, including filing a replacement Registration Statement, if necessary, and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or are no longer outstanding (such period, the “Effectiveness Period”);

 

5.1.2        prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, (a) as may be reasonably requested by any Holder that holds at least five-percent (5%) of the Registrable Securities registered on such Registration Statement, any Underwriter or the Sponsor (provided that at the time of such request, [Callaway] and its Permitted Transferees holds at least 25% of the amount of outstanding Ordinary Shares of Pubco that they held immediately after the Closing), or (b) as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by Pubco or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the plan of distribution provided by the Holders and as set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or are no longer outstanding;

 

5.1.3        prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or Underwritten Offering, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or Underwritten Offering or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders; provided that Pubco will not have any obligation to provide any document pursuant to this subsection 5.1.3 that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system;

 

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5.1.4        prior to any Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request (or provide evidence satisfactory to such Holders that the Registrable Securities are exempt from such registration or qualification) and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of Pubco and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that Pubco shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

 

5.1.5        cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by Pubco are then listed;

 

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

 

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

 

5.1.8        during the Effectiveness Period, furnish a conformed copy of each filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, promptly after such filing of such documents with the Commission to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel; provided that Pubco will not have any obligation to provide any document pursuant to this subsection 5.1.8 that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system;

 

5.1.9        notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 5.4 of this Agreement;

 

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5.1.10      in the event of an Underwritten Offering (including an underwritten block trade) or sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration, permit a representative of the Holders (such representative to be selected by a majority of the Holders), the Underwriters or other financial institutions facilitating such Underwritten Offering or other sale pursuant to such Registration, if any, and any attorney, consultant or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s or entity’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and cause Pubco’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, financial institution, attorney, consultant or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriters or financial institutions agree to confidentiality arrangements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Pubco, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

 

5.1.11      obtain a comfort letter from Pubco’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering (including an underwritten block trade) or sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration (subject to such Financial Counterparty providing such certification or representation reasonably requested by Pubco’s independent registered public accountants and Pubco’s counsel), in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

 

5.1.12      in the event of an Underwritten Offering (including an underwritten block trade) or sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration, on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing Pubco for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the participating Holders, the Financial Counterparty, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the participating Holders, Financial Counterparty or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters, and reasonably satisfactory to such participating Holders, Financial Counterparty or Underwriter;

 

5.1.13      in the event of an Underwritten Offering (including an underwritten block trade) or sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration to which Pubco has consented, to the extent reasonably requested by such Financial Counterparty in order to engage in such offering, allow the Financial Counterparty to conduct customary “underwriter’s due diligence” with respect to Pubco;

 

5.1.14      in the event of any Underwritten Offering (including an underwritten block trade) or sale by a Financial Counterparty pursuant to such Registration, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting or other purchase or sales agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter or the Financial Counterparty of such offering or sale;

 

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

 

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5.1.16      with respect to an Underwritten Offering pursuant to subsection 4.1.5 use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of Pubco to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any Underwritten Offering;

 

5.1.17      in the case of certificated Registrable Securities, cooperate with the Holders and the managing Underwriters to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any legends) representing Registrable Securities to be sold after receiving written representations from the Holders participating in such offering that the Registrable Securities represented by the certificates so delivered by such Holders will be transferred in accordance with the Registration Statement, and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as such Holders or managing Underwriters may reasonably request at least two business days prior to any sale of such Registrable Securities; and

 

5.1.18      otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the participating Holders, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in connection with such Registration.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pubco shall not be required to provide any documents or information to an Underwriter or Financial Counterparty if such Underwriter or Financial Counterparty has not then been named with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering or other offering involving a registration as an Underwriter or Financial Counterparty, as applicable.

 

5.2           Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses in respect of all Registrations shall be borne by Pubco. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

 

5.3           Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Holder does not provide Pubco with its requested Holder Information, Pubco may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus if Pubco determines, based on the advice of counsel, that such information is necessary to effect the registration and such Holder continues thereafter to withhold such information. No person or entity may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of Pubco pursuant to a Registration initiated by Pubco hereunder unless such person or entity (i) agrees to sell such person’s or entity’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by Pubco and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

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5.4           Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure; Restrictions on Registration Rights.

 

5.4.1        Upon receipt of written notice from Pubco that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains or includes a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Registration Statement or Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that Pubco hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until he, she or it is advised in writing by Pubco that the use of the Registration Statement or Prospectus may be resumed.

 

5.4.2        Subject to subsection 5.4.4, if the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration or Underwritten Offering at any time would (a) require Pubco to make an Adverse Disclosure, (b) require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to Pubco for reasons beyond Pubco’s control, or (c) in the good faith judgment of the majority of the Board, be seriously detrimental to Pubco and the majority of the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer such filing, initial effectiveness or continued use at such time, Pubco may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time determined in good faith by Pubco to be necessary for such purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pubco may delay or suspend continued use of a Registration Statement or Prospectus in respect of a Registration or Underwritten Offering in order to file and make effective a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement in connection with the filing of Pubco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, and such suspension shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection 5.4.4. In the event Pubco exercises its rights under the preceding sentences in this Section 5.4, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notices referred to in this Section 5.4, their use of the Registration Statement or Prospectus in connection with any resale or other disposition of Registrable Securities. Pubco shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 5.4.

 

5.4.3        Subject to subsection 5.4.4, (a) during the period starting with the date thirty (30) days prior to Pubco’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date sixty (60) days after the effective date of, a Pubco-initiated Registration and provided that Pubco continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement, or (b) if, pursuant to subsection 4.1.5, Holders have requested an Underwritten Offering and Pubco and Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite such offering, Pubco may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay any other registered offering pursuant to subsection 4.1.5 or Section 4.4.

 

5.4.4        The right to delay or suspend any filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement pursuant to subsection 5.4.2 or a registered offering pursuant to subsection 5.4.3 shall be exercised by Pubco on not more than two (2) occasions and, in the aggregate, for not more than sixty (60) consecutive calendar days or more than one hundred-twenty (120) total calendar days in each case, during any twelve (12)-month period, except with the consent of the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities initially requesting such registration.

 

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

 

Article 6
Indemnification and Contribution

 

6.1           Indemnification.

 

6.1.1        Pubco agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) (collectively, the “Holder Indemnified Persons”) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and inclusive of all reasonable attorneys’ fees arising out of the enforcement of each such persons’ rights under this subsection 6.1.1) resulting from any Misstatement, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained or included in any information furnished in writing to Pubco by or on behalf of such Holder Indemnified Person specifically for use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus in which the Misstatement was made.

 

6.1.2        In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to Pubco in writing such information and affidavits as Pubco reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify Pubco, its officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents, representatives and each person who controls Pubco (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and inclusive of all reasonable attorneys’ fees arising out of the enforcement of each such persons’ rights under this subsection 6.1.2) resulting from any Misstatement, but only to the extent that the same are made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to the Holder so furnished in writing to Pubco by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus in which the Misstatement was made. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

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

 

6.1.4        The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities.

 

6.1.5        If the indemnification provided under Section 6.1 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall to the extent permitted by law contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by a court of law by reference to, among other things, whether the Misstatement relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or such indemnified party and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 6.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 6.1.1, 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 6.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 6.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 6.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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Article 7
Miscellaneous

 

7.1           Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (a) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (b) delivery in person or by courier service or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, in each case providing evidence of delivery or (c) transmission by facsimile or email. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third (3rd) business day following the date on which it is mailed, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery or overnight mail, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation, and in the case of notices delivered by facsimile or email, at such time as it is successfully transmitted to the addressee. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to Pubco, to: Beyaz Gelincik Sk. No:2, 34699 Üsküdar/Istanbul, Turkey, Attention: Alper Öktem, CEO; Cankut Durgun, President, or by email at: Alper@marti.tech; Cankut@marti.tech; to the Sponsor, to: 2001 S Street NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC 20009, or by email at: s.kemalkaya@gmail.com; and, if to any other Holder, to the address of such Holder as it appears in the applicable register for the Registrable Securities or such other address as may be designated in writing by such Holder (including on the signature pages hereto). Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 7.1.

 

7.2           Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

7.2.1        This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of Pubco hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by Pubco in whole or in part.

 

7.2.2        This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors.

 

7.2.3        This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and this Section 7.2 hereof.

 

7.2.4        No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate Pubco unless and until Pubco shall have received (a) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 7.1 hereof and (b) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Pubco, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 7.2 shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights, duties and obligations under Article 2 and Article 3 may not be assigned or delegated by the parties thereto in whole or in part.

 

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

 

7.4           Governing Law; Venue.

 

7.4.1        SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION 7.4.3, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION; PROVIDED THAT SUBSECTION 7.4.3 AND SECTION 7.10 OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

 

7.4.2        Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY (OTHER THAN EBRD) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, OR THE ACTIONS OF THE HOLDER IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

 

7.4.3        EACH PARTY AGREES THAT, WITH RESPECT TO EBRD, ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE INTERPRETATION, MAKING, PERFORMANCE, BREACH OR TERMINATION THEREOF, SHALL BE SETTLED BY ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES AS REVISED IN 2010 (THE “RULES”). THERE SHALL BE ONE (1) ARBITRATOR AND THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL BE LCIA (LONDON COURT OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION). THE SEAT AND PLACE OF ARBITRATION SHALL BE LONDON, ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SHALL BE USED THROUGHOUT THE ARBITRAL PROCEEDINGS. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS UNDER THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996 OR OTHERWISE TO APPEAL ANY ARBITRATION AWARD TO, OR TO SEEK A DETERMINATION OF A PRELIMINARY POINT OF LAW BY, THE COURTS OF ENGLAND. THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL SHALL NOT BE AUTHORIZED TO GRANT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SEEK FROM ANY JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, ANY INTERIM MEASURES OR PRE-AWARD RELIEF AGAINST EBRD, ANY PROVISIONS OF THE RULES NOTWITHSTANDING. THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER AND INCLUDE IN ANY PROCEEDING, DECISION OR AWARD ANY FURTHER DISPUTE PROPERLY BROUGHT BEFORE IT BY EBRD INSOFAR AS SUCH DISPUTE ARISES OUT OF ITS OWNERSHIP OF EQUITY SECURITIES, BUT, SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, NO OTHER PARTIES OR OTHER DISPUTES SHALL BE INCLUDED IN, OR CONSOLIDATED WITH, THE ARBITRAL PROCEEDINGS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY RIGHTS OF EBRD ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, MAY, AT THE OPTION OF EBRD, BE ENFORCED BY EBRD IN THE DELAWARE CHANCERY COURT.

 

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7.5           Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of (a) each of Pubco, the Sponsor, Durgun and Oktem, with respect to waivers, amendments or modifications of Article 2, Article 3, Article 1 (to the extent that it relates to Article 2 or Article 3) or this Article 7 (to the extent that it relates to Article 2 or Article 3), or (b) each of Pubco and the Holders of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities at the time in question, with respect to waivers, amendments or modifications of Article 4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 1 (to the extent that it relates to Article 4, Article 5 or Article 6) or this Article 7 (to the extent that it relates to Article 4, Article 5 or Article 6), compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects any Holder, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of Pubco, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of each such Holder so affected; provided, further, Subsections 7.4.1 and 7.4.3 and Section 7.10 may not be waived, amended or modified without the prior written consent of EBRD. No course of dealing between any Holder or Pubco and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or Pubco in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or Pubco. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

 

7.6           Other Registration Rights.5 Pubco represents and warrants that no person, other than (a) a Holder of Registrable Securities, (b) the [PIPE investors] and (c) the holders of Pubco’s warrants pursuant to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of [•], 2021, by and between Pubco and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, has any right to require Pubco to register any securities of Pubco for sale or to include such securities of Pubco in any Registration by Pubco for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. Further, Pubco represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

7.7           Term. Section 4 and Section 5 shall each terminate in accordance with its terms. The remainder of this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (b) the date as of which the Holders cease to hold any Registrable Securities. The provisions of Article 6 shall survive any termination.

 

7.8           Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

 

   

5 NTD: PIPE investors to be added as an exception.

 

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7.9           Entire Agreement; Restatement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter. Upon the Closing, the RRA shall no longer be of any force or effect.

 

7.10         Privileges and Immunities of EBRD. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver, renunciation or other modification of any immunities, privileges or exemptions of EBRD accorded under the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, international convention or any applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EBRD has made an express submission to arbitration under Section 7.4.3, above, and accordingly, and without prejudice to its other privileges and immunities (including, without limitation, the inviolability of its archives), it acknowledges that it does not have immunity from suit and legal process under Article 5(2) of Statutory Instrument 1991, No. 757 (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1991), or any similar provision under English law, in respect of the enforcement of an arbitration award duly made against it as a result of its express submission to arbitration pursuant to Section 7.4.3.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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

 

PUBCO:  
   
[SPAC]  
a Delaware corporation  
   
By:         
  Name: [●]  
  Title: [●]  
   
SPONSOR:  
   
GALATA ACQUISITION SPONSOR, LLC  
a Delaware limited liability company  
   
By:    
  Name: [●]  
  Title: [●]  
   
  Title: [●]  
   
OKTEM:  
   
By:    
  Alper Öktern  
   
DURGUN:  
   
By:    
  Cankut Durgun  

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

HOLDERS:  
   
By:    
  Name: [●]  
  Title: [●]  

 

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit A

 

1.Any liquidation, dissolution, receivership, bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding of Pubco or any of its subsidiaries.

2.Any material change in the nature of the business of Pubco and its subsidiaries.

3.Any repurchase of Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Pubco, except for repurchases pursuant to a repurchase plan or certain repurchases from employees, in each case, which are approved by the Board

4.Incurrence of indebtedness for borrowed money by Pubco and/or any of its subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5 million, other than borrowings under an existing revolving credit facility

5.Any amendment of the organizational documents of Pubco or any of its subsidiaries

6.Designation of any class of equity securities

7.Any issuance of equity securities or rights to acquire equity securities, other than pursuant to employee incentive plans approved by the Board

8.Declaration of dividends or reclassification of equity securities or securities convertible into equity securities (other than any such declaration or reclassification with respect to a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco)

9.Establishment of, or amendment or modification to, any employee incentive plans of Pubco or any of its subsidiaries

 

 

Exhibit B

 

1.Entering into or effecting a transaction in which any one Person, or more than one Person that are Affiliates or that are acting as a group, acquire ownership of equity securities of Pubco which, together with the equity securities of Pubco held by such Person, such Person and its Affiliates or such group, constitutes more than 50% of the total voting power or economic rights of the equity securities of Pubco

2.Entering into agreements providing for or consummating the acquisition or divestiture of assets or equity security of any Person, with aggregate consideration in excess of $5 million in a single transaction or series of related transactions, whether by purchase, sale, contribution, merger or otherwise

3.Entering into any joint venture or similar business alliance having a fair market value in excess of $5 million

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

Final

 

July 29, 2022

 

Galata Acquisition Corp.
2001 S Street NW, Suite 320 

Washington, DC 20009 

Attention: Kemal Kaya, Chief Executive Officer

 

Reference is made to that certain Business Combination Agreement (the “BCA”), to be dated as of the date hereof, by and among Marti Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Galata Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), and Galata Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC. This letter agreement (this “Letter Agreement”) is being entered into and delivered by SPAC, the Company, Galata Acquisition Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and Gala Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with Sponsor, the “Founder Shareholders”), in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BCA. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the BCA.

 

In consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, SPAC, the Company and each Founder Shareholder hereby agree as follows:

 

1.Each Founder Shareholder represents and warrants that such Founder Shareholder holds the number of Founders Shares set forth opposite such Founder Shareholder’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Total Shares,” which shares collectively constitute all of the issued and outstanding Founder Shares as of the date hereof. As of the date hereof, there are 3,593,750 Founder Shares issued and outstanding. As used herein, “Founder Shares” means Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of SPAC.

 

2.During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the BCA pursuant to Article IX thereof, each Founder Shareholder agrees not to (a) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase, dispose of or otherwise transfer or agree to transfer, directly or indirectly, file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the SEC (other than the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement) or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, with respect to any Founder Shares held by such Founder Shareholder, (b) deposit any Founder Shares held by such Founder Shareholder into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or any similar agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the Founder Shares or grant any proxy (except as otherwise provided herein), consent or power of attorney with respect thereto (other than pursuant to this Letter Agreement), (c) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Founder Shares held by such Founder Shareholder, or (d) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clauses (a), (b) or (c); provided, that each Founder Shareholder may transfer Founder Shares as contemplated by clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4(d) of the Prior Letter Agreement (as defined below), if and only if, the transferee of such Founder Shares evidences in writing reasonably satisfactory to SPAC such transferee’s agreement to be bound by and subject to the terms and provisions hereof to the same effect as such Founder Shareholder.

 

 

3.Each Founder Shareholder hereby agrees, from the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the BCA pursuant to Article IX thereof, (a) to vote (or cause to be voted) or execute and deliver a written consent (or cause a written consent to be executed and delivered) at any meeting of the shareholders of SPAC, however called, or at any adjournment thereof, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the shareholders of SPAC is sought, all of such Founder Shareholder’s Founder Shares (together with any other equity securities of SPAC that such Founder Shareholder holds of record or beneficially as of the date of this Letter Agreement or acquires record or beneficial ownership of after the date hereof, collectively, the “Subject SPAC Equity Securities”) (i) in favor of the Required SPAC Proposals, (ii) against any merger agreement or merger, consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by SPAC (other than the BCA and the Transactions), (iii) against any proposal in opposition to approval of the BCA or in competition with or inconsistent with the BCA or the Transactions, and (iv) against any proposal, action or agreement that would (A) result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement of SPAC or the Merger Sub under the BCA or (B) result in any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII of the BCA not being fulfilled, (b) not to redeem, elect to redeem or tender or submit any of its Subject SPAC Equity Securities for redemption in connection with the BCA or the Transactions, (c) not to commit or agree to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing, and (d) to comply with, and fully perform all of its obligations, covenants and agreements set forth in, the Prior Letter Agreement.

 

4.On the Closing Date, the Sponsor and the Existing Holders (as defined therein) shall deliver to the Company a duly executed copy of that certain Investor Rights Agreement, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and the other parties thereto, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A to the BCA.

 

5.Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 8.01 and 8.02 of the BCA, effective immediately prior to the Closing, each Founder Shareholder hereby (a) irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law and the SPAC Organizational Documents, and (b) agrees not to assert or perfect any and all rights to adjustment or other anti-dilution protections such Founder Shareholder has or will have under Section 17.3 of the SPAC Articles of Association, to receive, with respect to each Founder Share held by such Founder Shareholder, more than one (1) SPAC Class A Ordinary Share upon automatic conversion of such Founder Shares in accordance with the SPAC Articles of Association in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.

 

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6.SPAC and the Sponsor have previously entered into that certain letter agreement dated July 8, 2021, in connection with the initial public offering of SPAC (the “Prior Letter Agreement”). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Prior Letter Agreement shall survive the consummation of the Transactions in accordance with its terms, and the Sponsor shall comply with, and fully perform all of the Sponsor’s obligations, covenants and agreements set forth in, the Prior Letter Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the lock-up provisions in paragraph 4).

 

7.During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the BCA pursuant to Article IX thereof, no Founder Shareholder shall modify or amend this Letter Agreement or the Prior Letter Agreement. This Letter Agreement may not be modified, amended, waived or terminated without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

8.SPAC acknowledges and agrees that, from and after the date hereof, subject to the terms and conditions of the BCA, any Insider (as defined in the Prior Letter Agreement) may participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any blank check company in accordance with the terms of the Prior Letter Agreement. Upon the prior written request of the Sponsor, SPAC agrees to assign to any Insider designated by the Sponsor all right, title and interest in and to the trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, corporate names, domain names and other source identifiers held by SPAC as of the date hereof, including any and all goodwill related to the foregoing (the “SPAC Marks”) (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any right, title or interest in or to the trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, corporate names, domain names or other source identifiers held by the Company immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger), and from and after the Closing, SPAC shall cease and discontinue all use of such SPAC Marks, including any mark or term confusingly similar thereto or derivative thereof.

 

9.Each Founder Shareholder hereby acknowledges that such Founder Shareholder has read the BCA and this Letter Agreement and has had the opportunity to consult with its tax and legal advisors. Each Founder Shareholder shall be bound by and comply with Section 7.01(d)-(f) (No Solicitation) and Section 7.05 (Access to Information; Confidentiality) of the BCA (and any relevant definitions contained in any such Sections) as if such Founder Shareholder was an original signatory to the BCA with respect to such provisions, mutatis mutandis; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, the agreement to be bound by and comply with Section 7.01(d)-(f) (No Solicitation) of the BCA shall not limit the rights of either Founder Shareholder or any of its Representatives with respect to any transaction involving any person (other than SPAC) and any corporation, partnership or other business organization (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary).

 

10.Subject to the terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement, SPAC and each Founder Shareholder agree to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by the BCA and this Letter Agreement. Each Founder Shareholder further agrees not to commence or participate in, and to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any action or claim, derivative or otherwise, against SPAC, SPAC’s Affiliates, the Company or the Company’s Affiliates or any of their respective successors and assigns challenging the transactions contemplated by this Letter Agreement or the BCA.

 

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11.Each Founder Shareholder hereby represents and warrants to SPAC and the Company as follows:

 

(a)Such Founder Shareholder has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Letter Agreement and to perform such Founder Shareholder’s obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by each such Founder Shareholder has been duly and validly authorized and no other action on the part of such Founder Shareholder is necessary to authorize this Letter Agreement. This Letter Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Founder Shareholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Founder Shareholders, SPAC and the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Founder Shareholder, enforceable against such Founder Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the Remedies Exceptions.

 

(b)As of the date of this Letter Agreement, the Founder Shareholders collectively hold 3,593,750 Founder Shares (with individual holdings set forth opposite each such Founder Shareholders name on Exhibit A under the heading “Total Shares”), free and clear of any and all Liens, other than those (i) created by this Letter Agreement, the Prior Letter Agreement and the SPAC Organizational Documents or (ii) arising under applicable securities Laws. Each Founder Shareholder has and will have until the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the BCA pursuant to Article IX thereof, sole voting power, power of disposition and power to issue instructions with respect to the Founder Shares held by such Founder Shareholder in accordance with this Letter Agreement and power to agree to all of the matters applicable to such Founder Shareholder set forth in this Letter Agreement.

 

(c)The execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by such Founder Shareholder does not, and the performance of this Letter Agreement by such Founder Shareholder will not: (i) conflict with or violate any applicable Law applicable to such Founder Shareholder, (ii) contravene or conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, any provision of the certificate of formation, operating agreement or similar formation or governing documents and instruments of such Founder Shareholder, or (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a material default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a material default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the Founder Shares owned by such Founder Shareholder pursuant to any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument (whether written or oral) to which such Founder Shareholder is a party or by which such Founder Shareholder is bound, except, in the case of clause (i) or (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of such Founder Shareholder to perform such Founder Shareholder’s obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(d)The execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by such Founder Shareholder does not, and the performance of this Letter Agreement by such Founder Shareholder will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, or expiration or termination of any waiting period by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

 

(e)There is no material Action pending or, to the knowledge of such Founder Shareholder (after reasonable inquiry), threatened against such Founder Shareholder, which in any manner challenges or, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to materially delay or impair the ability of such Founder Shareholder to perform such Founder Shareholder’s obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(f)Except for this Letter Agreement and the Prior Letter Agreement, such Founder Shareholder has not: (i) entered into any voting agreement, voting trust or any similar agreement, arrangement or understanding, with respect to the Founder Shares owned by such Founder Shareholder or (ii) granted any proxy, consent or power of attorney with respect to any Founder Shares owned by such Founder Shareholder (other than as contemplated by this Letter Agreement). Such Founder Shareholder has not entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding that is otherwise inconsistent with, or would interfere with, or prohibit or prevent such Founder Shareholder from satisfying such Founder Shareholder’s obligations pursuant to this Letter Agreement.

 

(g)Such Founder Shareholder understands and acknowledges that the Company is entering into the BCA in reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by the Founder Shareholders.

 

12.This Letter Agreement, together with the BCA to the extent referenced herein, the Prior Letter Agreement and the other agreements entered into by the Founder Shareholders in connection with the initial public offering of SPAC constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

13.No party hereto may assign either this Letter Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, and any purported assignment in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio. This Letter Agreement shall be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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14.This Letter Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the BCA. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Letter Agreement and the BCA, the terms of this Letter Agreement shall govern. The provisions set forth in Sections 10.09 (Counterparts), 10.03 (Severability) 10.10 (Specific Performance), 10.06 (Governing Law), 10.07 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 9.04 (Amendment) and 9.05 (Waiver) of the BCA, as in effect as of the date hereof, are hereby incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed to apply to, this Letter Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

 

15.Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent in the same manner as provided in the BCA, with (a) notices to SPAC and the Company being sent to the applicable addresses set forth therein, in each case with all copies as required thereunder and (b) notices to each Founder Shareholder being sent to the address set forth opposite such Founder Shareholder’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Address”.

 

16.This Letter Agreement shall terminate, and have no further force and effect, if the BCA is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Effective Time. Upon termination of this Letter Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Letter Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 16 shall relieve any party hereto of liability for any willful material breach of this Letter Agreement prior to such termination.

 

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Please indicate your agreement to the terms of this Letter Agreement by signing where indicated below.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  GALATA ACQUISITION SPONSOR, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Daniel Freifeld
  Name: Daniel Freifeld
  Title: Managing Member
  Address: 2001 S Street NW, Suite 320 
    Washington, DC 20009
   
  GALA INVESTMENTS LLC
   
  By: /s/ Andrew Stewart
  Name: Andrew Stewart
  Title: Managing Member
  Address: PO Box 28, Ross, California 94957

 

Acknowledged and agreed
as of the date of this Letter Agreement:
 
   
GALATA ACQUISITION CORP.  
   
By:  /s/ Kemal Kaya  
Name:  Kemal Kaya  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  
   
MARTI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.  
   
By:  /s/ Alper Oktem  
Name:  Alper Oktem  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

[Signature Page to Letter Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Founder Shareholder  Address  Total Shares 
GALATA ACQUISITION SPONSOR, LLC  2001 S Street NW, Suite 320
Washington, DC 20009
   3,578,750 
GALA INVESTMENTS LLC  PO Box 28, Ross, California 94957   15,000 
Total:      3,593,750 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

CONVERTIBLE NOTE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This CONVERTIBLE NOTE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Convertible Note Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on July 29, 2022, by and between Galata Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and the undersigned subscriber (“Subscriber”).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into a Business Combination Agreement with Marti Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Marti”), and the other parties thereto, providing for a business combination between the Company and Marti (the “Merger Agreement” and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction, the convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”) having the terms set forth in the Indenture (as defined below), which is incorporated in and made a part of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, in an aggregate principal amount as set forth on Subscriber’s signature page attached hereto (the “Subscribed Notes”), at a purchase price equal to 100% of such principal amount (the “Purchase Price”), and the Company desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Subscribed Notes in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company;

 

WHEREAS, on or about the date of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into, and after the date hereof and prior to the Closing (as defined below) may enter into, other convertible note subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements” and together with this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Subscribers” and together with Subscriber, the “Subscribers”), pursuant to which such Other Subscribers have agreed to purchase additional Convertible Notes (the “Other Convertible Notes”), in an amount of up to $47.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes, inclusive of the Subscribed Notes, on the closing date of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the Convertible Notes on the Closing Date, the Company and a trustee to be selected by the Company and reasonably satisfactory to the Subscribers as trustee (the “Trustee”) will enter into an indenture in respect of the Convertible Notes (the “Indenture”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; and

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Marti has entered into a Convertible Note Subscription Agreement with certain subscribers party thereto, pursuant to which such subscribers have agreed to purchase certain convertible promissory notes (the “Pre-funded Convertible Notes”) of Marti, which, on or about the Closing Date, will be convertible into Convertible Notes having the same terms as set forth in the Indenture.

 

 

 

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

 

Section 1.       Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing (as defined below), Subscriber hereby subscribes for and agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, the Subscribed Notes (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”).

 

Section 2.         Closing.

 

(a)            The consummation of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur on the Closing Date, immediately prior to and conditioned upon the effectiveness of the consummation of the Transaction and the terms and conditions of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

(b)            At least five (5) Business Days before the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall deliver written notice to Subscriber (the “Closing Notice”) specifying (i) the anticipated Closing Date and (ii) the wire instructions for delivery of the Purchase Price to the Company. No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date as set forth in the Closing Notice, Subscriber shall deliver the Purchase Price for the Subscribed Notes by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company in the Closing Notice, and such funds shall be held by the Company in escrow, segregated from and not comingled with the other funds of the Company (and in no event will such funds be held in the Trust Account (as defined below)), until the Closing Date. Upon satisfaction (or, if applicable, waiver) of the conditions set forth in this Section 2, delivery of the Convertible Notes shall be through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company; provided that, if Marti determines in its reasonable discretion that such delivery is not reasonably practical or that the Convertible Notes and/or such delivery would not satisfy the applicable requirements and/or procedures of the Depository Trust Company, such delivery shall be by delivery of certificated convertible notes.

 

(c)            In the event that the consummation of the Transaction does not occur within five (5) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company and Subscriber, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than seven (7) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice) return the funds so delivered by Subscriber to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber, and the Trustee shall promptly cancel all Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. Notwithstanding such return or cancellation (x) a failure to close on the anticipated Closing Date shall not, by itself, be deemed to be a failure of any of the conditions to Closing set forth in this Section 2 to be satisfied or waived on or prior to the Closing Date, and (y) unless and until this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 6 herein, Subscriber shall remain obligated to redeliver funds to the Company following the Company’s delivery to Subscriber of a new Closing Notice in accordance with this Section 2 and Subscriber and the Company shall remain obligated to consummate the Closing upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2. For the purposes of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, or any other day on which banks located in New York, New York are required or authorized by law to be closed for business.

 

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(d)            The Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, or valid waiver in writing by each of the parties hereto, of the conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i)all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in Article VIII of the Merger Agreement shall have been satisfied (as determined by the parties to the Merger Agreement) or waived in writing by the person with the authority to make such waiver (other than those conditions which, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the closing of the Transaction pursuant to the Merger Agreement, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions at such closing), and the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur substantially concurrently with the Closing;

 

(ii)no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and no such governmental authority shall have instituted or threatened in writing a proceeding seeking to impose such restraint or prohibition; and

 

(iii)the Underlying Shares (as defined below) shall be approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (as applicable, the “Stock Exchange”) subject only to official notice of issuance.

 

(e)            The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver in writing by the Company of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i)except as otherwise provided under Section 2(f)(ii), all representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or material adverse effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or material adverse effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date), and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by Subscriber of each of the representations, warranties and agreements of Subscriber contained in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date, but without giving effect to consummation of the Transaction, or as of such earlier date, as applicable;

 

(ii)the representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in Section 4(w) of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct at all times on or prior to the Closing Date, and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by Subscriber of such representations and warranties;

 

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(iii)Subscriber shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing; provided, that, this condition shall be deemed satisfied unless written notice of such noncompliance is provided by the Company to Subscriber and Subscriber fails to cure such noncompliance in all material respects within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such notice; and

 

(iv)other documentation related to the Indenture shall be in conformity with the Indenture and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

(f)            The obligation of Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver in writing by Subscriber of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i)all representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date), and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by the Company of each of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date, but without giving effect to consummation of the Transaction, or as of such earlier date, as applicable, except, in each case, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (whether as of the Closing Date or such earlier date), taken as a whole, does not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(ii)the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing, except where the failure of such performance, satisfaction or compliance would not or would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Closing; provided, that, this condition shall be deemed satisfied unless written notice of such noncompliance is provided by Subscriber to the Company and the Company fails to cure such noncompliance in all material respects within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such notice;

 

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(iii)the Merger Agreement (as the same exists on the date of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement) shall not have been amended, or a provision thereof waived, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the economic benefits that Subscriber (in its capacity as such) would reasonably expect to receive under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement without having received Subscriber’s prior written consent; provided, that the parties to the Merger Agreement may amend or extend the “Outside Date” as defined in the Merger Agreement without the prior written consent of the Subscriber;

 

(iv)immediately following the Closing, the original principal amount of the Convertible Note issued to the Subscriber and the original principal amount of all Other Convertible Notes (including, without duplication, Pre-funded Convertible Notes) issued at or prior to the Closing, plus amounts remaining in the Company’s trust account (following any redemptions), which are, in each case, available for use by the Company, shall equal at least $150,000,000 in the aggregate (without, for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account any transaction fees, costs and expenses paid or required to be paid in connection with the Transaction);

 

(v)other documentation related to the Indenture shall be in conformity with the Indenture and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Subscribers; and

 

(vi)from and after the date hereof, there shall have not occurred any Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(g)            Prior to or at the Closing, Subscriber shall deliver to the Company all such other information as is reasonably requested in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Notes to Subscriber, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name the Subscribed Notes are to be issued (or Subscriber’s nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) and a duly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8.

 

Section 3.       Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that:

 

(a)            The Company (i) is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, (ii) has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to the Company that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Company’s performance of its obligations under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Notes.

 

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(b)            The Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”), issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes (the “Underlying Shares”) are duly authorized and, if and when issued upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the Indenture, the governing and organizational documents of the Company or any applicable securities laws), and will not have been issued in violation of, or subject to, any preemptive or similar rights created under the Company’s governing and organizational documents (as adopted on or prior to the Closing Date), or by any contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

(c)            This Convertible Note Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber, this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies. The Convertible Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and, on the Closing Date, the Indenture will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. When issued and sold against receipt of the consideration therefor, the Convertible Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(d)            Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth in Section 4 of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the execution and delivery of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the Subscription and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, (ii) the organizational documents of the Company, or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect or materially affect the validity of the Subscribed Notes or Underlying Shares or the legal authority of the Company to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

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(e)            Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth in Section 4 of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization (including the Stock Exchange) or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any)), other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) the filing of the Registration Statement (as defined below) pursuant to Section 5 below, (iii) filings required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules of United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including the registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Transaction and the proxy statement/prospectus included therein, (iv) filings required by the Stock Exchange, including with respect to (A) obtaining stockholder approval of the Transaction or (B) requirements or regulations in connection with the issuance of the Underlying Shares (if any) upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes, including the filing of a supplemental listing application with the Stock Exchange,(v) filings required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Merger Agreement, (vi) the filing of notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, (vii) filings in connection with or as a result of the SEC Guidance (as defined below), and (viii) those the failure of which to obtain would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)            Except for such matters as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against the Company.

 

(g)            Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act or any state securities (or Blue Sky) laws is required for the offer and sale of the Subscribed Notes by the Company to Subscriber and issuance of the Underlying Shares (if any) to Subscriber upon conversion.

 

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(h)            Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Subscribed Notes. The Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act or any state securities laws. Neither the Company nor any person acting on the Company’s behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six (6) months, made any offer or sale of any security or solicitation of any offer to buy any security under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) as contemplated hereby or the Other Convertible Notes and Underlying Shares (if any) as contemplated by the Other Subscription Agreements or (ii) cause the offering of the Subscribed Notes and Underlying Shares (if any) pursuant to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement or the Other Convertible Notes and Underlying Shares (if any) pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions. Neither the Company nor any person acting on the Company’s behalf has offered or sold or will offer or sell any securities, or has taken or will take any other action, which would reasonably be expected to subject the offer, issuance or sale of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) or the Other Convertible Notes and Underlying Shares (if any), as contemplated hereby, to the registration provisions of the Securities Act.

 

(i)            No “bad actor” disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”) is applicable to the Company, except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii–iv) or (d)(3) of the Securities Act is applicable.

 

(j)            The Company is in all material respects in compliance with, and has not received any written communication from a governmental entity that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with, or is in default or violation of, the applicable provisions of (i) the Securities Act, (ii) the Exchange Act, (iii) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, (iv) the rules and regulations of the Commission, and (v) the rules of the Stock Exchange, except, in each case, where such non-compliance, default, or violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For the avoidance of doubt, this representation and warranty shall not apply to the extent any of the foregoing matters arise from or relate to the SEC Guidance (as defined below).

 

(k)            The Class A Shares are eligible for clearing through The Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”), through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (DWAC) system, and the Company is eligible and participating in the Direct Registration System (DRS) of DTC with respect to the Class A Shares. The Company’s transfer agent is a participant in DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program. The Class A Shares are not, and have not been at any time, subject to any DTC “chill,” “freeze” or similar restriction with respect to any DTC services, including the clearing of Class A Shares through DTC.

 

(l)            Except for B. Riley Securities, Inc. (the “Placement Agent”), no broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Notes to Subscriber. The Company is solely responsible for the payment of any fees, costs, expenses and commissions of the Placement Agent.

 

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(m)            As of their respective dates, each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document required to be filed by the Company with the Commission prior to the date hereof (collectively, as amended and/or restated since the time of their filing, the “SEC Documents”) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Documents, as of their respective dates (or if amended, restated, or superseded by a filing prior to the closing of the Transaction, on the date of such filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents (or if amended, restated, or superseded by a filing prior to the closing of the Transaction, on the date of such filing) comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments, and such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP). A copy of each SEC Document is available to each Subscriber via the Commission’s EDGAR system. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission with respect to any of the SEC Documents as of the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statement or information in the SEC Documents that relates to (i) the topics referenced in the Commission’s “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies” on April 12, 2021 or (ii) the classification of the Company’s ordinary shares as permanent or temporary equity, or any subsequent guidance, statements or interpretations issued by the Commission or the staff of the Commission, including guidance, statements or interpretations relating to the foregoing or to other accounting matters, including matters relating to initial public offering securities or expenses (collectively, the “SEC Guidance”), and no correction, amendment or restatement of any of the Company’s SEC Documents due to the SEC Guidance shall be deemed to be a breach of any representation or warranty by the Company.

 

(n)            As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized share capital of the Company consists of (i) 200,000,000 Class A Shares, (ii) 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Founder Shares”) and (iii) 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preference Shares”). As of the date of this Agreement (iv) 14,375,000 Class A Shares are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive rights, (v) 3,593,750 Founder Shares are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive rights, (vi) no Class A Shares or Founder Shares are held in the treasury of the Company, (vii) 7,250,000 Private Placement Company Warrants, as defined in the Merger Agreement as “Private Placement SPAC Warrants”, are issued and outstanding, (viii) 7,187,500 Public Company Warrants, as defined in the Merger Agreement as “Public SPAC Warrants”, are issued and outstanding, and (ix) 14,437,500 Class A Shares are reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company Warrants. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Preference Shares issued and outstanding. Each Company Warrant is exercisable for one Class A Share at an exercise price of $11.50, subject to the terms of such Company Warrant and, with respect to the Private Placement Company Warrants, the Company Warrant Agreement, as defined in the Merger Agreement as the “SPAC Warrant Agreement”.

 

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(o)            The issued and outstanding Class A Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and are listed for trading on the Stock Exchange under the symbol “GLTA” (it being understood that the trading symbol of the Class A Shares will be changed in connection with the Closing). There is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company by the Stock Exchange or the Commission with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Class A Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of the Class A Shares on the Stock Exchange. The Company has taken no action that is designed to terminate the registration of the Class A Shares under the Exchange Act.

 

(p)            The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Subscribed Notes and Other Convertible Notes and consummation of the Transaction, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

 

(q)            As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has entered into Other Subscription Agreements pursuant to which the Company has committed to issue Other Convertible Notes (including Pre-Funded Convertible Notes) with an aggregate original principal amount of $57,500,000 (excluding any interest accruing on the Pre-Funded Convertible Notes prior to the Closing). The Other Subscription Agreements do not reflect a lower purchase price per $1,000 principal amount and do not contain terms that are more favorable to any Other Subscriber than the terms of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement are to Subscriber, other than representations, warranties and terms particular to the regulatory requirements of such investor or its affiliates or related funds. The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or waived in any material respect following the date of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement in a manner that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the economic benefits that Subscriber would reasonably expect to receive under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. The Company shall not release any Other Subscriber under any Other Subscription Agreement from any of its obligations thereunder or any other agreements with any Other Subscriber, unless it offers the same release to the Subscriber. For the avoidance of doubt, on or about the Closing Date, the Pre-funded Convertible Notes shall be converted into Convertible Notes having the same terms as set forth in the Indenture.

 

(r)            Other than the Other Subscription Agreements entered into with the Other Subscribers, the Company has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement that materially benefits any Other Subscriber (in such Other Subscriber’s capacity as an Other Subscriber) with respect to the terms of the Transaction or an investment in the Company.

 

(s)            With respect to any offers or sales of the Subscribed Notes in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) or any other person acting on behalf of the Company has, with respect to the Subscribed Notes, offered the Subscribed Notes to buyers qualifying as “U.S. persons” (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act) or in the United States or engaged in any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902 under the Securities Act; the Company, any affiliate of the Company and any person acting on behalf of the Company have complied with any applicable “offering restrictions” within the meaning of such Rule 902; provided that no representation or warranty is made in this paragraph with respect to the actions of the Placement Agent or any of its affiliates.

 

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(t)            Immediately after giving effect to the Transaction and the transactions contemplated by this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement: (i) the fair value of the Company’s assets would exceed its liabilities (including contingent liabilities); (ii) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s assets would be greater than the amount required to pay its probable liabilities on its existing debts (including contingent liabilities) as such debts become absolute and mature; (iii) the Company would be able to pay its liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they mature; (iv) the Company is “solvent” (within the meaning of applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and would not have unreasonably small capital for the business in which it is engaged and in which it is proposed to be engaged following consummation of the Transaction and the transactions contemplated by this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. The Company does not intend to incur, and the Company does not believe that it has incurred or will incur as a result of the Transaction and the transactions contemplated by this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, debts beyond the Company’s ability to pay such debts as such debts mature.

 

(u)            Other than as set forth in the Merger Agreement, there are no securities or instruments issued by or to which the Company is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of (i) the Underlying Shares or (ii) the shares to be issued pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreement that have not been or will not be validly waived on or prior to the closing of the Transaction; provided, that any such holders will waive any such anti-dilution or similar provisions in connection with the Transaction.

 

(v)            The Company acknowledges that there have been no representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to the Company by Subscriber or any of its officers or directors, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements expressly set forth in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

(w)            The Company is in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency with jurisdiction over the Company (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), except where such non-compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

Section 4.       Subscriber Representations and Warranties. Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a)            If Subscriber is a legal entity, Subscriber (i) has been duly formed and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation and (ii) has the requisite power and authority to enter into, and perform its obligations under, this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. If Subscriber is an individual, Subscriber has the legal competence and capacity to enter into and perform its obligations under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

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(b)            If Subscriber is an entity, this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by Subscriber. If Subscriber is an individual, Subscriber’s signature is genuine and the signatory has the legal competence and capacity to execute this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by the Company, this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c)            The execution, delivery, and performance of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the purchase of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) and the compliance by Subscriber with all of the provisions of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Subscriber pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Subscriber is a party or by which Subscriber is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Subscriber is subject; (ii) if Subscriber is a legal entity, the organizational documents of Subscriber; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Subscriber or any of its properties that in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Subscriber’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any).

 

(d)            Subscriber (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Annex A hereto, (ii) is acquiring the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if Subscriber is subscribing for the Subscribed Notes as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and Subscriber has sole investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and has provided the Company with the requested information on Annex A following the signature page hereto and the information contained therein is accurate and complete). Subscriber is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any). Accordingly, Subscriber is aware that this offering of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) meets the exemption from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(C).

 

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(e)            Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) have not been registered under the Securities Act and that the Company is not required to register the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) except as set forth in Section 5 of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Subscriber absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, except (i) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, (including without limitation a private resale pursuant to so called “Section 4(a)1½”) (iii) an ordinary course pledge such as a broker lien over account property generally, (iv) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, and, in each of clauses (i)-(iii), in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any certificates or account entries representing the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect, as set forth in the Indenture. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) will be subject to these securities law transfer restrictions, and as a result of these transfer restrictions, Subscriber may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) for an indefinite period of time. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) will not be immediately eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) until at least one year following the filing of certain required information with the Commission after the Closing Date. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any).

 

(f)            Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) directly from the Company. Subscriber further acknowledges that there have not been, and Subscriber hereby agrees that it is not relying on, any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to Subscriber by the Company, Marti or its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Subscribed Companies”), the Placement Agent, any of its or their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives, any other party to the Transaction or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges that no disclosure or offering document provided to or reviewed by Subscriber in connection with the Subscription has been prepared by the Placement Agent.

 

(g)            In making its decision to purchase the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), Subscriber has relied solely upon an independent investigation made by Subscriber and the Company’s representations in Section 3 of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. Subscriber has not relied on any statements or other information provided by the Placement Agent concerning the Company, the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), or the Subscription. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that Subscriber has had access to, has received, and has had an adequate opportunity to review, such information as Subscriber deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), including with respect to the Company, the Subscribed Companies and the Transaction, and Subscriber has made its own assessment and is satisfied concerning the relevant financial, tax and other economic considerations relevant to Subscriber’s investment in the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Subscriber acknowledges that it has reviewed the Company’s filings with the Commission. Subscriber represents and agrees that Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), including but not limited to information concerning the Company, the Subscribed Companies, the Merger Agreement, and the Subscription.

 

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(h)            Subscriber acknowledges that certain information provided by the Company was based on projections, and such projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections. Subscriber acknowledges that such information and projections were prepared without the participation of the Placement Agent and that the Placement Agent does not assume responsibility for independent verification of, or the accuracy or completeness of, such information and projections. Subscriber further acknowledges that the information provided to Subscriber was preliminary and subject to change, including in the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus that the Company intends to file with the Commission (which will include substantial additional information about the Company, Subscribed Companies and the Transaction and will update and supersede the information previously provided to Subscriber).

 

(i)            Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that none of the Subscribed Companies or the Placement Agent nor its or their respective affiliates or any of such person’s or its or their respective affiliates’ control persons, officers, directors, partners, members, managing members, managers, agents, employees or other representatives, legal counsel, financial advisors, accountants or agents (collectively, “Representatives”) has provided Subscriber with any information or advice with respect to the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. None of the Subscribed Companies, the Placement Agent or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the Subscribed Companies or the quality or value of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any). The Placement Agent and its affiliates or Representatives have made no independent investigation with respect to the Company, the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), or the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of any information supplied to Subscriber by the Company or on its behalf.

 

(j)            In connection with Subscriber’s investment decision and issuance of the Subscribed Notes to Subscriber, neither the Placement Agent nor any of its affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to Subscriber.

 

(k)            [Intentionally omitted.]

 

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(l)            Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) solely by means of direct contact between Subscriber and the Company or by means of contact from the Placement Agent, and the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber and the Company or its affiliates. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), nor were the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act) and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

(m)            Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), including those set forth in the SEC Documents. Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), and Subscriber has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought, such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision. Subscriber (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any). Accordingly, the Subscriber understands that the offering meets (i) the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A) and (ii) the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b).

 

(n)            Without limiting the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, Subscriber has analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) and determined that the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) are a suitable investment for Subscriber and that Subscriber is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of Subscriber’s investment in the Company. Subscriber acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

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

 

(p)            Subscriber is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (iii) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank. Subscriber agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that Subscriber is permitted to do so under applicable law. If Subscriber is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively with the BSA, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), such Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required by applicable law, Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by Subscriber and used to purchase the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) were legally derived.

 

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(q)            No foreign person (as defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800.224) in which the national or subnational governments of a single foreign state have a substantial interest (as defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800.244) will acquire a substantial interest in the Company as a result of the Subscription such that a declaration to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States would be mandatory under 31 C.F.R. Part 800.401, and no foreign person will have control (as defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800.208) over the Company from and after the Closing as a result of the Subscription.

 

(r)            If Subscriber is an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or an employee benefit plan that is a governmental plan (as defined in section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in section 3(33) of ERISA), a non-U.S. plan (as described in section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) or other plan that is not subject to the foregoing but may be subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code, or an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement (each, a “Plan”) subject to the fiduciary or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, Subscriber represents and warrants that (i) it has not relied on the Company or any of its affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”) for investment advice or as the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), and none of the Transaction Parties shall at any time be relied upon as the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision to acquire, continue to hold or transfer the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) and (ii) the acquisition and holding of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

(s)            Subscriber has or has commitments to have and, when required to deliver payment pursuant to Section 2, Subscriber will have sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.

 

(t)            Subscriber acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Company, the Subscribed Companies, the Placement Agent, or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives), other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company. Subscriber agrees that none of (i) any Other Subscriber pursuant to an Other Subscription Agreement or any other agreement related to the private placement of the Company’s ordinary shares (including the controlling persons, officers, directors, partners, agents or employees of any such Subscriber) nor (ii) the Company (other than with respect to the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement), the Subscribed Companies, the Placement Agent or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives, shall be liable (including, without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by Subscriber, the Company or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, or have any liability or obligation to Subscriber or any Other Subscriber, or any person claiming through Subscriber or any Other Subscriber, pursuant to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement or related to the private placement of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any), the negotiation hereof or the subject matter hereof, or the transactions contemplated hereby, for any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of the foregoing in connection with the purchase of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any).

 

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(u)            No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission to be paid by Subscriber solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Notes to Subscriber.

 

(v)            At all times on or prior to the Closing Date, Subscriber has no binding commitment to dispose of, or otherwise transfer (directly or indirectly), any of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any).

 

(w)            Subscriber hereby agrees that neither it, nor any person or entity acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with Subscriber, shall, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell, sell any option, engage in any hedging activities or execute any Short Sales in each case with respect to the securities of the Company and in each case prior to the Closing or the earlier termination of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement in accordance with its terms. “Short Sales” shall include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 4(w) shall restrict Subscriber’s ability to maintain bona fide hedging positions in respect of the warrants held by Subscriber as of the date hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) may be pledged by Subscriber in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, provided that such pledge shall be (i) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and Subscriber effecting a pledge of the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) shall not be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof; provided, however, that neither the Company nor its counsel shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) are not subject to any contractual lock up or prohibition on pledging, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by the Company in all respects.

 

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(x)            Except as expressly disclosed in a Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or amendments thereto) filed by Subscriber with the Commission with respect to the beneficial ownership of the Company’s outstanding securities prior to the date hereof, Subscriber is not currently (and at all times through Closing will refrain from being or becoming) a member of a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of equity securities of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act).

 

(y)            [Intentionally omitted.]

 

(z)            [Intentionally omitted.]

 

(aa)       Subscriber acknowledges and is aware that the Placement Agent acted as book-running manager and representative of the underwriters of the Company’s initial public offering and was paid cash underwriting commissions equal to 2% of the gross proceeds of the initial public offering (or $2.875 million) and will be paid 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the initial public offering (or $5.031 million), in addition to its fee paid in connection with its service as Placement Agent hereunder, and hereby waives any claims it may have solely based on any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest or similar claim relating to or arising from the Placement Agent acting as financial advisor to the Company in connection with the Transaction.

 

(bb)       Subscriber acknowledges that any restatement, revision, correction or other modification of the SEC Documents to the extent resulting from the SEC Guidance shall not constitute a breach by the Company of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

(cc)       If Subscriber is not a U.S. Person (as defined under Rule 902 under the Securities Act) and the offer and sale of the Subscribed Notes is being made in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act, (i) Subscriber was or will be outside the United States at the time any buy order for the Class A Shares was or is originated, and (ii) neither Subscriber nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) has, with respect to the Subscribed Notes, engaged in any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902 under the Securities Act. Subscriber further represents that Subscriber is not acquiring the Class A Shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person.

 

(dd)       Subscriber hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, during the period commencing on the Closing Date in connection with the Transaction and ending on the date specified by the Company or its successor (such period not to exceed the shorter of (x) thirteen (13) months and (y) the “lock-up” period applicable to any Major Investor (as defined in Marti’s Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 2021) (taking into account any staged release of securities pursuant to the terms of the lock up agreement applicable to such Major Investor)) (A) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any securities received in exchange for the Convertible Notes or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such securities, or (B) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether any such transaction described in subclause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of such securities or other securities, in cash or otherwise. Subscriber agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or its successor in the Transaction that are consistent with this Section 4(dd) or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. If any Major Investor is or all or substantially all of the employees and/or service providers of the Company (other than executive officers, director and founders) are subject to a shorter lock-up period with respect to its lock-up following the Closing Date (whether due to amendment of the Marti’s Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 2021, or due to waiver), then such shorter lock-up period and/or more favorable terms shall apply to the Subscriber and, for the avoidance of doubt, will be incorporated into to the requirements of this Section 4(dd).

 

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Section 5.       Registration of Underlying Shares.

 

(a)            The Company agrees that, within thirty (30) calendar days following the Closing Date, the Company will file with the Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the Underlying Shares (if any) (the “Registration Statement”), and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than seventy-five (75) calendar days after the Closing Date (the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to one hundred five (105) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further that the Company shall have the Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Upon Subscriber’s timely request, the Company shall provide a draft of the Registration Statement to Subscriber at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the date of filing the Registration Statement with the Commission (the “Filing Date”). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Subscriber prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, Subscriber shall not be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement; provided, that if the Commission requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Underlying Shares by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Underlying Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Underlying Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Underlying Shares or other shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders and as promptly as practicable after being permitted to register additional Underlying Shares under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement or file one or more new Registration Statement(s) (such amendment or new Registration Statement shall also be deemed to be a “Registration Statement” hereunder) to register such additional Underlying Shares and cause such amendment or Registration Statement(s) to become effective as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement (the “Additional Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement if such Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have such Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Any failure by the Company to file a Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Deadline or Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file or effect a Registration Statement as set forth in this Section 5.

 

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(b)            The Company agrees that, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to remain effective with respect to Subscriber, including to prepare and file any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus such that the prospectus will not include any untrue statement or 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, until the earliest to occur of (i) two (2) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the date on which Subscriber ceases to hold any Subscribed Notes or Underlying Shares (if any) issued pursuant to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and (iii) the first date on which Subscriber can sell all of its Underlying Shares (if any) issued upon conversion of the Convertible Notes issued pursuant to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 of the Securities Act without limitation as to the manner of sale or the amount of such securities that may be sold and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) (the earliest of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), the “End Date”). Prior to the End Date, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable; file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable Subscriber to resell the Underlying Shares (if any) pursuant to the Registration Statement; qualify the Underlying Shares (if any) for listing on the applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s Class A Shares are then listed and update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include the Underlying Shares (if any). The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (A) for so long as Subscriber holds Subscribed Notes or Underlying Shares (if any), make and keep public information available (as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144) and file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements to enable Subscriber to resell the Underlying Shares (if any) pursuant to Rule 144, (B) at the reasonable request of Subscriber, deliver all the necessary documentation to cause the Company’s Trustee to remove all restrictive legends from any Underlying Shares (if any) being sold under the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 at the time of sale the Underlying Shares (if any), or that may be sold by Subscriber without restriction under Rule 144, including without limitation, any volume and manner of sale restrictions, and (C) cause its legal counsel to deliver to the Trustee the necessary legal opinions required by the Trustee, if any, in connection with the instruction under clause (B) upon the receipt of Subscriber representation letters and such other customary supporting documentation as requested by (and in a form reasonably acceptable to) such counsel. Subscriber agrees to disclose its beneficial ownership, as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of the Underlying Shares (if any) to the Company (or its successor) upon reasonable request to assist the Company in making the determination described above.

 

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(c)            The Company’s obligations to include the Underlying Shares (if any) in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Company a completed selling stockholder questionnaire in customary form that contains such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Underlying Shares (if any) as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Underlying Shares (if any), and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations; provided, that the Company shall request such information from Subscriber, including the selling stockholder questionnaire, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Filing Date. In the case of the registration effected by the Company pursuant to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber as to the status of such registration. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of the Underlying Shares (if any). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may delay or postpone filing of such Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement if (A) it determines in good faith that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, (B) such filing or use would reasonably be expected to materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would reasonably be expected to require premature disclosure of information that would materially adversely affect the Company, (C) in the good faith judgment of the majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors, such filing or effectiveness or use of such Registration Statement would be seriously detrimental to the Company, (D) the majority of the board determines to delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, a Registration Statement and such delay or suspension arises out of, or is a result of, or is related to or is in connection with the SEC Guidance or future Commission guidance directed at special purpose acquisition companies, or any related disclosure or related matters, (E) it determines during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder, or (F) necessary in connection with the preparation and filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its first completed fiscal year following the effective date of the Registration Statement (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that, (w) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two (2) times in any three hundred sixty (360) day period and (x) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by Subscriber of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

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(d)            Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company) of the happening of (i) an issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such event, (ii) any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such Suspension Event, or (iii) or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, Subscriber agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Underlying Shares (if any) under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Company, Subscriber will deliver to the Company or, in Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Underlying Shares (if any) in Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Underlying Shares (if any) shall not apply (w) to the extent Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (x) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

 

(e)            Subscriber may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that Subscriber not receive notices from the Company otherwise required by this Section 5; provided, however, that Subscriber may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from Subscriber (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Company shall not deliver any such notices to Subscriber and Subscriber shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to Subscriber’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, Subscriber will notify the Company in writing at least two (2) business days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 5(e)) and the related suspension period remains in effect, the Company will so notify Subscriber, within one (1) business day of Subscriber’s notification to the Company, by delivering to Subscriber a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide Subscriber with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event or other event immediately upon its availability.

 

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(f)            For purposes of this Section 5 of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, (i) “Underlying Shares” shall be deemed to include, as of any date of determination, any equity security issued or issuable with respect to the Underlying Shares (if any) by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, replacement or similar events, and (ii) “Subscriber” shall include any person to which the rights under this Section 5 shall have been duly assigned.

 

(g)            The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Subscriber, its selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals (in each case, to the extent Subscriber is a seller under the Registration Statement), the officers, directors, members, managers, partners, agents and employees of such persons, each person who controls such persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, managers, partners, agents and employees of each such controlling person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”) that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent that such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are (1) based upon information regarding Subscriber furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of Subscriber expressly for use therein or Subscriber has omitted a material fact from such information or (2) result from or in connection with any offers or sales effected by or on behalf of Subscriber in violation of Section 5(d) or (ii) any material violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with its obligations under this Section 5. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Company’s indemnification obligations shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Upon the request of Subscriber, the Company shall provide Subscriber with an update on any threatened or asserted proceedings arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section 5 of which the Company receives notice in writing.

 

(h)            Subscriber shall, severally and not jointly with any Other Subscriber in the offering contemplated by this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, members, managers, partners, agents and employees, each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, members, managers, partners, agents or employees of such controlling persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any prospectus included in the Registration Statement, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based upon information regarding Subscriber furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of Subscriber expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of Subscriber be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by Subscriber upon the sale of the Underlying Shares giving rise to such indemnification obligation. Notwithstanding the forgoing, Subscriber’s indemnification obligation shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of Subscriber (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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

 

(j)            The indemnification provided for under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person or entity of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Subscribed Notes or the Underlying Shares (if any).

 

(k)            If the indemnification provided under this Section 5 from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Losses, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that the liability of Subscriber shall be limited to the net proceeds received by such Subscriber from the sale of the Subscribed Notes giving rise to such indemnification obligation. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by (or not made by, in the case of an omission), or relates to information supplied by (or not supplied by, in the case of an omission), or on behalf of such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 5, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 5(k) from any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event will any party be liable for punitive damages in connection with this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 6.       Termination. This Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) the mutual written agreement of the parties hereto to terminate this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, with the prior written consent of Marti, and (c) 5:00 p.m. New York City time on April 29, 2023, if the Closing has not occurred by such date other than as a breach of Subscriber’s obligations hereunder; provided, that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach. The Company shall notify Subscriber of the termination of the Merger Agreement promptly after the termination thereof. Upon the termination hereof in accordance with this Section 6, any monies paid by Subscriber to the Company in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) be returned in full to Subscriber by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber, without any deduction for or on account of any tax withholding, charges or set-off, whether or not the Transaction shall have been consummated.

 

Section 7.       Trust Account Waiver. Subscriber hereby acknowledges that, as described in the Company’s prospectus relating to its initial public offering (the “IPO”) dated July 8, 2021 available at www.sec.gov, the Company has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of the IPO and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of the Company, its public stockholders and certain other parties (including the underwriters of the IPO), and that, except as otherwise described in such prospectus, the Company may disburse monies from the Trust Account only to (x) its public stockholders in the event they elect to have their Class A Shares redeemed for cash in connection with the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, an amendment to its certificate of incorporation to extend the deadline by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination, or the Company’s failure to consummate an initial business combination by such deadline, (y) pay certain taxes from time to time, or (z) the Company after or concurrently with the consummation of its initial business combination. For and in consideration of the Company entering into this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Subscriber, on behalf of itself and its affiliates, hereby (a) agrees that it does not now and shall not at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any assets held in the Trust Account, and shall not make any claim against the Trust Account, arising out or as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the “Released Claims”), (b) irrevocably waives any Released Claims that it may have against the Trust Account now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, and (c) will not seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to limit the Subscriber’s right, title, interest or claim to the Trust Account by virtue of such Subscriber’s record or beneficial ownership of securities of the Company acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, including, but not limited to, any redemption right with respect to any such securities of the Company. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that such irrevocable waiver is a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, and further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding, and enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with applicable law. To the extent Subscriber commences any action or proceeding based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to the Company or its Representatives, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, monetary relief against the Company or its Representatives, Subscriber hereby acknowledges and agrees that its sole remedy shall be against funds held outside of the Trust Account and that such claim shall not permit Subscriber (or any person claiming on Subscriber’s behalf or in lieu of Subscriber) to have any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or any amounts contained therein. Nothing in this Section 7 shall (x) serve to limit or prohibit Subscriber’s right to pursue a claim against the Company for legal relief against assets held outside the Trust Account, for specific performance or other equitable relief, (y) serve to limit or prohibit any claims that Subscriber may have in the future against the Company’s assets or funds that are not held in the Trust Account (including any funds that have been released from the Trust Account and any assets that have been purchased or acquired with any such funds) or (z) be deemed to limit any Subscriber’s right, title, interest or claim to the Trust Account by virtue of such Subscriber’s record or beneficial ownership of securities of the Company acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, including, but not limited to, any redemption right with respect to any such securities of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 7 shall survive termination of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

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Section 8.       Miscellaneous.

 

(a)            All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) when sent by electronic mail, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, on the date of transmission to such recipient, if sent on a Business Day prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, or on the Business Day following the date of transmission, if sent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Business Day, (iii) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient via overnight mail by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and, in each case, addressed to the intended recipient at its address specified on the signature page hereof or to such electronic mail address or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 8(a). A courtesy electronic copy of any notice sent by methods (i), (iii), or (iv) above shall also be sent to the recipient via electronic mail if an electronic mail address is provided in the applicable signature page hereof or to an electronic mail address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 8(a).

 

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(b)            Subscriber acknowledges that the Company, the Placement Agent and others, including after the Closing, Marti, will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 8(b) shall not give the Company, the Placement Agent, or Marti any rights other than those expressly set forth herein. Prior to the Closing, Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Company and the Placement Agent if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects. The Company acknowledges that Subscriber, the Placement Agent, and the Subscribed Companies will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Company agrees to promptly notify Subscriber, the Placement Agent, and the Subscribed Companies if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.

 

(c)            The Placement Agent shall not be liable to Subscriber, whether in contract, tort, under the federal or state securities laws, or otherwise, for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Placement Agent in connection with the Subscription. Subscriber, on behalf of itself and its affiliates, (i) hereby releases the Placement Agent in respect of any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses, or disbursements related to the Subscription and (ii) shall not commence any litigation or bring any claim against the Placement Agent in any court or any other forum which relates to, may arise out of, or is in connection with, the Subscription, except to the extent that any loss, claim, damage, or liability is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the willful misconduct, fraud, bad faith, or gross negligence of the Placement Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees representatives or controlling persons. Subscriber agrees that the foregoing release and waiver is given freely and after obtaining independent legal advice and understands such release and waiver to be valid, binding, and enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with applicable law.

 

(d)            Each of the Company, the Placement Agent and Subscriber is irrevocably authorized to produce this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

(e)            Each party hereto shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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(f)            Neither this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Subscriber hereunder (other than the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) acquired hereunder and the rights set forth in Section 5) may be transferred or assigned by Subscriber. Neither this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of Subscriber and Marti, other than in connection with the Transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscriber may assign its rights and obligations under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates (including other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Subscriber) upon written notice to the Company and Marti or, with the Company’s and Marti’s prior written consent, to another person; provided, that in the case of any such assignment, the assignee(s) shall become a Subscriber hereunder and have the rights and obligations and be deemed to make the representations and warranties of Subscriber provided for herein to the extent of such assignment and provided further that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning Subscriber of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations, unless the Company and Marti has each given its prior written consent to such relief.

 

(g)            All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 

(h)            The Company may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Company may reasonably deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Subscribed Notes and to register the Underlying Shares (if any) for resale, and Subscriber shall promptly provide such information as may be reasonably requested, to the extent readily available and to the extent consistent with its internal policies and procedures; provided, that the Company agrees to keep any such information provided by Subscriber confidential, except (A) as required by the federal securities laws, rules or regulations and (B) to the extent such disclosure is required by other laws, rules or regulations, at the request of the staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under the regulations of the Stock Exchange. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company may file a form of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement with the Commission as an exhibit to a current or periodic report of the Company or a registration statement of the Company.

 

(i)            This Convertible Note Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto and Marti.

 

(j)            This Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, together with the form of Indenture attached hereto, constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

(k)            Except as otherwise provided herein, this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person. Except as set forth in Section 4, Section 5, Section 6, Section 8(b), Section 8(d), Section 8(f), Section 8(i) and this Section 8(k) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

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(l)            Each of the Company and Subscriber acknowledge that the Placement Agent is a third-party beneficiary of the acknowledgements, representations, warranties and covenants of Subscriber and of the Company contained in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

(m)            The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement is being entered into in order to induce the Company to execute and deliver the Merger Agreement and (ii) irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and that money or other legal remedies would not be an adequate remedy for such damage. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief, including in the form of an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company shall be entitled to specifically enforce Subscriber’s obligations to fund the Subscription and the provisions of the Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree: (x) to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy; (y) not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement pursuant to this Section 8(m) is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to applicable law or inequitable for any reason; and (z) to waive any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(n)            If any provision of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(o)            No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement by a party hereto, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a party hereto shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a party not expressly required under this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

 

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(p)            This Convertible Note Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including by electronic mail, in .pdf or other electronic submission) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(q)            This Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other state.

 

(r)            EACH PARTY AND ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS CONVERTIBLE NOTE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS CONVERTIBLE NOTE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS CONVERTIBLE NOTE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

(s)            The parties agree that all disputes, legal actions, suits and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement must be brought exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware or, in the event each federal court within the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state court within the State of Delaware) (collectively the “Designated Courts”). Each party hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Designated Courts. No legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement may be brought in any other forum. Each party hereby irrevocably waives all claims of immunity from jurisdiction, and any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding in any Designated Court, including any right to object on the basis that any dispute, action, suit or proceeding brought in the Designated Courts has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum or venue. Each of the parties also agrees that delivery of any process, summons, notice or document to a party hereof in compliance with Section 8(a) of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in a Designated Court with respect to any matters to which the parties have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above.

 

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(t)            This Convertible Note Subscription Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based upon, arising out of, or related to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto.

 

(u)            The Company shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) Business Day immediately following the date of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that the Company has provided to Subscriber or any of Subscriber’s affiliates, attorneys, agents or representatives at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document and including as exhibits to the Disclosure Document, the form of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreement (in each case, without redaction). Except to the extent the Subscriber or an affiliate thereof is a party to a non-disclosure agreement with Marti, which, by its terms, contains trade restrictions that are to terminate after the Closing Date, upon the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to the Company’s knowledge, Subscriber and Subscriber’s affiliates, attorneys, agents and representatives shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, or employees or agents, and Subscriber shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, with the Company, the Placement Agent, or any of their respective affiliates. Notwithstanding anything in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement to the contrary, the Company (i) shall not publicly disclose the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers in any press release, without the prior written consent of Subscriber and (ii) shall not publicly disclose the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent of Subscriber, except (A) as required by the federal securities laws, rules or regulations and (B) to the extent such disclosure is required by other laws, rules or regulations, at the request of the staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under the regulations of the Stock Exchange, in which case of clause (A) or (B), the Company shall provide Subscriber with prior written notice (including by e-mail) of such permitted disclosure, and shall reasonably consult with Subscriber regarding such disclosure. Subscriber will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by the Company for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transaction (including filings with the Commission).

 

(v)            If any change in the Class A Shares shall occur between the date of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and the Closing by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, combination, exchange, or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend, the number of Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) issued to Subscriber hereunder shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change.

 

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

 

(x)            The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. Unless the context otherwise requires, (i) all references to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits are to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits contained in or attached to this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, (ii) each accounting term not otherwise defined in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP, (iii) words in the singular or plural include the singular and plural and pronouns stated in either the masculine, the feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, (iv) the use of the word “including” in this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement shall be by way of example rather than limitation, and (v) the word “or” shall not be exclusive.

 

(y)            The Company shall be responsible for paying all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar taxes that arise from any payment or issuance made under, from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has accepted this Convertible Note Subscription Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

  GALATA ACQUISITION CORP.

 

  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  Address for Notices:
   
  2001 S Street NW, Suite 320
  Washington, DC 20009
  Attention: Kemal Kaya, Chief Executive Officer
  Email: kemal@galatacorp.net
   
  with a copy (not to constitute notice) to:
   
  Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

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

 

Name of Subscriber State/Country of Formation or Domicile:

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

Name in which Subscribed Notes are to be registered (if different):  
   
Subscriber’s EIN:  
   
Entity Type (e.g., corporation, partnership, trust, etc.):  
   
Business Address-Street: Mailing Address-Street (if different):
   
City, State, Zip: City, State, Zip:
   
Attn: Attn:
   
Telephone No.: Telephone No.:
   
Email for notices: Email for notices (if different):
   
Aggregate Principal Amount: $[•]  
   

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

INDENTURE

 

 

 

Annex A

 

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBSCRIBER
This Annex A should be completed and signed by Subscriber
and constitutes a part of the Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

1.            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS (Please check the box, if applicable)

 

¨Subscriber is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) (a “QIB”)

 

¨We are subscribing for the Subscribed Notes and the Underlying Shares (if any) as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, and each owner of such account is a QIB.

 

2.AFFILIATE STATUS
(Please check the applicable box)

 

SUBSCRIBER:

 

¨       is:

 

¨       is not:

 

an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

 

4.Non-U.S. Person Certification (Please check the applicable box(es))

 

Subscriber makes the following representation regarding its status as a non-“U.S. person” (as defined under Rule 902 under the Act):

 

¨       Subscriber is a natural person that is not resident in the United States of America, including its territories and possessions;

 

¨       Subscriber is a partnership, corporation or limited liability company that is organized or incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States (and is not formed by a U.S. person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act, unless it is organized or incorporated, and owned, by U.S. accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) who are not natural persons, estates or trusts);

 

¨       Subscriber is an estate for which the executor or administrator is a non-U.S. person;

 

¨       Subscriber is a trust for which the trustee is not a U.S. person;

 

¨       Subscriber is a non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a non-U.S. person;

 

¨       Subscriber is a discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident outside of the United States;

 

¨       Subscriber does not meet any of the conditions described above.

 

This page should be completed by Subscriber and constitutes a part of the Convertible Note Subscription Agreement.

 

 

 

  SUBSCRIBER:
  Print Name:

 

By:


  Name:
  Title:

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.5

 

Form Final

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED) 

 

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED 

 

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

 

 

· ]

 

(adopted by special resolution dated [ · ], 2022 and effective on · ], 2022)

 

 

 

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

 

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

· ]

 

(adopted by special resolution dated [ · ], 2022 and effective on [ · ], 2022)

 

1The name of the Company is [ · ].

 

2The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of [ · ], or at such other place as the Directors may from time to time decide.

 

3The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

4The liability of each Member is limited to the amount unpaid on such Member’s shares.

 

5The authorised share capital of the Company is (i) US$[ · ] divided into [ · ] Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and (ii) [ · ] preference shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each.

 

6The Company has the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

7Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association bear the same meaning as those given in the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company.

 

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THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

 

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

· ]

 

(adopted by special resolution dated [ · ], 2022 and effective on [ · ], 2022)

 

1Interpretation

 

1.1In these Articles, unless otherwise defined, the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows:

 

  “Affiliate” of a specified Person means a Person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person.
     
  Applicable Law means, with respect to any Person, all provisions of laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, certificates, judgments, decisions, decrees or orders of any governmental authority applicable to such person.
     
 

“Articles”

means these Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company, as from time to time altered or added to in accordance with the Statute and these Articles.
     
  Audit Committee means the audit committee of the Board established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.
     
  Auditor means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any).
     
  “Board” means the board of directors of the Company.
     
 

“Business Day”

means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorised or obligated by law to close in New York City and the Cayman Islands.

 

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  Clearing House means a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction.
     
  “Company” means the above named company.
     
  “Company’s Website” means the website of the Company, the address or domain name of which has been notified to Members.
     
  Compensation Committee means the compensation committee of the Board established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.
     
  “Designated Stock Exchange” means any United States national securities exchange on which the securities of the Company are listed for trading, including the New York Stock Exchange.

 

  “Directors” means the directors for the time being of the Company.
     
  Dividend means any dividend (whether interim or final) resolved to be paid on shares pursuant to these Articles.
     
 

“electronic communication”

means a communication sent by electronic means, including electronic posting to the Company’s Website, transmission to any number, address or internet website (including the website of the SEC) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by the Directors.
     
 

“electronic record”

has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act.
     
  Electronic Transactions Act means the Electronic Transactions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.
     
 

“Exchange Act”

means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
     
  “Galata Parties” means any holder of Class B ordinary shares of Galata Acquisition Corp. or any holder of private placement warrants issued by Galata Acquisition Corp., in each case, immediately prior to the Merger.

 

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  Independent Director has the same meaning as in the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, as the case may be.
     
  “Lockup Period means  the period commencing on [ · ], 2022 and ending on the earlier of (a) the date that is thirteen (13) months following [ · ], 2022 and (b) the date on which the last reported sale price of the Ordinary Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange equals or exceeds US$[ · ] per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) trading days within any consecutive thirty (30) trading day period.
     
  “Lockup Securities” means: (i) Ordinary Shares issued to a Pre-Closing Marti Shareholder as consideration pursuant to the Merger; (ii) Ordinary Shares converted from Class B ordinary shares of Galata Acquisition Corp. in connection with the Merger ; (iii) private placement warrants issued by Galata Acquisition Corp.; (iv) Ordinary Shares underlying such private placement warrants; (v) stock options or other equity awards in respect of Ordinary Shares; or (vi) Ordinary Shares underling any stock options or other equity awards in respect of Ordinary Shares.
     
  “Member” has the same meaning given to it in the Statute.
     
  “Memorandum” means the amended and restated memorandum of association of the Company.
     
  “Merger” has the same meaning given to it in the Business Combination Agreement, dated [ · ], by and among the Company, [Merger Sub] and Marti Technologies, Inc.
     
  Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee means the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.
     
  Officer means a person appointed to hold an office in the Company.
     
 

“Ordinary Resolution”

means (i) a resolution passed by a simple majority of votes cast by such Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, in the case of any Member being an organisation, by its duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company or (ii) a unanimous written resolution.
     
 

“Ordinary Share”

means a Class A ordinary share in the share capital of the Company of US$0.0001 nominal or par value designated as Ordinary Shares, and having the rights provided for in these Articles.

 

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  “Person” means any natural person, firm, company, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or other entity (whether or not having a separate legal personality) or any of them as the context so requires.
     
  “Pre-Closing Marti Shareholder” means any holder of equity securities of Marti Technologies, Inc. immediately prior to the Merger.
     
 

“Preferred Share”

means a preferred share in the share capital of the Company of US$0.0001 each nominal or par value designated as Preferred Shares, and having the rights provided for in these Articles.
     
 

“Register of Members”

means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate register of Members.
     
  “Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company.
     
 

“Seal”

means the common seal of the Company including any facsimile thereof.
     
  SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
     
 

“Securities Act”

means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
     
 

“Share”

means any share in the capital of the Company, including the Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares and shares of other classes.
     
 

“signed”

means a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means or an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic communication and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the electronic communication.
     
 

“Special Resolution”

means (i) a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of votes cast by such Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution, has been duly given or (ii) a unanimous written resolution.

 

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“Statute”

means the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

 

  “Transfer” means the (i) sale of, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (ii) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) any other transfer (directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, and whether or not for consideration or of record) of any security.
     
  Treasury Share means a share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute.

 

1.2In these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise:

 

(a)words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

 

(b)words importing one gender include all other genders;

 

(c)words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person;

 

(d)“written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

(e)“shall” shall be construed as imperative and “may” shall be construed as permissive;

 

(f)references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced;

 

(g)any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;

 

(h)the term “and/or” is used herein to mean both “and” as well as “or.” The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or” in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires);

 

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(i)headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles;

 

(j)any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

(k)any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act;

 

(l)sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Act shall not apply;

 

(m)the term “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; and

 

(n)the term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such Share.

 

2Commencement of Business

 

2.1The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the Directors shall see fit.

 

2.2The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of registration.

 

3Issue of Shares and other Securities

 

3.1Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may, in their absolute discretion and without approval of the holders of Ordinary Shares, allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of shares (including fractions of a share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Dividend or other distribution, voting, return of capital or otherwise, any or all of which may be greater than the powers and rights associated with the Ordinary Shares, to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper, which shall be conclusively evidenced by their approval of the terms thereof, and may also (subject to the Statute and these Articles) vary such rights.

 

3.2The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

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3.3The Company shall not issue shares in bearer form and shall only issue shares as fully paid.

 

4Ordinary Shares

 

4.1The holders of the Ordinary Shares shall be:

 

(a)entitled to dividends in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Articles;

 

(b)entitled to and are subject to the provisions in relation to winding up of the Company provided for in these Articles;

 

(c)entitled to attend general meetings of the Company and shall be entitled to one vote for each Ordinary Share registered in his or her name in the Register of Members, both in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Articles.

 

4.2All Ordinary Shares shall rank pari passu with each other in all respects.

 

5Preferred Shares

 

5.1Preferred Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each of such series to have such voting powers (full or limited or without voting powers), designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as are stated and expressed, or in any resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Directors as hereinafter provided.

 

5.2Authority is hereby granted to the Directors, subject to the provisions of the Memorandum, these Articles and applicable law, to create one or more series of Preferred Shares and, with respect to each such series, to fix by resolution or resolutions, without any further vote or action by the Members of the Company providing for the issue of such series:

 

(a)the number of Preferred Shares to constitute such series and the distinctive designation thereof;

 

(b)the dividend rate on the Preferred Shares of such series, the dividend payment dates, the periods in respect of which dividends are payable (“Dividend Periods”), whether such dividends shall be cumulative and, if cumulative, the date or dates from which dividends shall accumulate;

 

(c)whether the Preferred Shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, Shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of Shares and the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, or the rate or rates at which such exchange may be made, with such adjustments, if any, as shall be stated and expressed or provided in such resolution or resolutions;

 

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(d)the preferences, if any, and the amounts thereof, which the Preferred Shares of such series shall be entitled to receive upon the winding up of the Company;

 

(e)the voting power, if any, of the Preferred Shares of such series;

 

(f)transfer restrictions and rights of first refusal with respect to the Preferred Shares of such series; and

 

(g)such other terms, conditions, special rights and provisions as may seem advisable to the Directors.

 

5.3Notwithstanding the fixing of the number of Preferred Shares constituting a particular series upon the issuance thereof, the Directors at any time thereafter may authorise the issuance of additional Preferred Shares of the same series subject always to the Statute and the Memorandum.

 

5.4No dividend shall be declared and set apart for payment on any series of Preferred Shares in respect of any Dividend Period unless there shall likewise be or have been paid, or declared and set apart for payment, on all Preferred Shares of each other series entitled to cumulative dividends at the time outstanding which rank senior or equally as to dividends with the series in question, dividends rateably in accordance with the sums which would be payable on the said Preferred Shares through the end of the last preceding Dividend Period if all dividends were declared and paid in full.

 

5.5If, upon the winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company distributable among the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Shares which (a) are entitled to a preference over the holders of the Ordinary Shares upon such winding up; and (b) rank equally in connection with any such distribution, shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount to which the holders of such Preferred Shares shall be entitled, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of each such series of the Preferred Shares rateably in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such distribution if all sums payable were discharged in full.

 

6Register of Members

 

6.1The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute, provided that for so long as the securities of the Company are listed for trading on the Designated Stock Exchange, title to such securities may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the laws applicable to and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange.

 

6.2The Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Statute. The Directors may also determine which register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time.

 

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7Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date

 

7.1For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may, after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or any other newspaper or by any other means in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty days.

 

7.2In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose.

 

7.3If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a Dividend or other distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the resolution of the Directors resolving to pay such Dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

8Certificates for Shares

 

8.1A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and, subject to the Articles, no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled.

 

8.2The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.

 

8.3If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate.

 

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8.4Every share certificate sent in accordance with the Articles will be sent at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost or delayed in the course of delivery.

 

8.5Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Statute, if applicable, or as the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law may from time to time determine, whichever is shorter, after the allotment or, except in the case of a Share transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgement of a Share transfer with the Company.

 

9Transfer of Shares

 

9.1Subject to the terms of the Articles, including Article 9.4, any Member may transfer all or any of his or her Shares by an instrument of transfer provided that such transfer complies with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to the Articles on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such option or warrant.

 

9.2The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law or in any other form approved by the Directors and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Directors so require, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a Clearing House or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Directors may approve from time to time. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members.

 

9.3The Directors may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of Shares, subject to any applicable requirements imposed from time to time by the Commission and the Designated Stock Exchange.

 

9.4Subject to Article 9.5 and Article 9.7, during the Lockup Period neither the Pre-Closing Marti Shareholders nor the Galata Parties shall Transfer any Lockup Securities.

 

9.5Notwithstanding Article 9.4, Transfers of Lockup Securities are permitted:

 

(a)if such Transfer has been approved by the Board, which approval must include the affirmative vote or written consent of the Class III Director nominated by [Callaway];

 

(b)in the case of an individual, by a gift to a member of the Pre-Closing Marti Shareholder’s immediate family, or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the Pre-Closing Marti Shareholder or a member of the Pre-Closing Marti Shareholder’s immediate family;

 

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(c)to a charitable organization;

 

(d)in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual;

 

(e)in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order;

 

(f)in the event of the Company’s completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of the Members having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the date hereof;

 

(g)by any Pre-Closing Marti Shareholder or Galata Party to any of its respective controlled Affiliates; or

 

(h)to the Company in connection with the exercise or vesting of any equity award covering Ordinary Shares (including by way of “net” or “cashless” exercise).

 

9.6Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Lockup Securities in violation of Article 9.4 shall be null and void. No such Transfer shall be recorded on the Company’s books, including the Register of Members, and the purported transferee in any such Transfer shall not be treated (and the Pre-Closing Marti Shareholder or Galata Party proposing to make any such Transfer shall continue to be treated) as the owner of such Ordinary Shares for all purposes.

 

9.7Any person to whom Lockup Securities are Transferred during the Lockup Period will be, and the Lockup Securities Transferred to such person shall be, subject to the Lockup Period, the restrictions on Transfers and permitted Transfer provisions in accordance with this Article 9.

 

10Redemption, Purchase and Surrender of Shares, Treasury Shares

 

10.1Subject to the provisions, if any, in these Articles, the Memorandum, applicable law, including the Statute, and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may:

 

(a)issue shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Member on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may, before the issue of such shares, determine; and

 

(b)purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares) in such manner and on such other terms as the Directors may agree with the relevant Member, provided that the manner of purchase is in accordance with any applicable requirements imposed from time to time by the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law;

 

For the avoidance of doubt, redemptions, repurchases and surrenders of Shares in the circumstances described in the Article above shall not require further approval of the Members.

 

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10.2The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital.

 

10.3The Directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid share.

 

10.4The Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, determine that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share.

 

10.5The Directors may determine to cancel a Treasury Share or transfer a Treasury Share on such terms as they think proper (including, without limitation, for nil consideration).

 

11Variation of Rights Attaching to Shares

 

11.1Subject to Article 3.1, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares, all or any of the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied without the consent of the holders of the issued shares of that class where such variation is considered by the Directors not to have a material adverse effect upon such rights; otherwise, any such variation shall be made only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two thirds of the issued shares of that class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors reserve the right, notwithstanding that any such variation may not have a material adverse effect, to obtain consent from the holders of shares of the relevant class. To any such meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis, except that the necessary quorum shall be one person holding or representing by proxy at least one third of the issued shares of the class and that any holder of shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll.

 

11.2For the purposes of a separate class meeting, the Directors may treat two or more or all the classes of Shares as forming one class of shares if the Directors consider that such class of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate classes of shares.

 

11.3The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking in priority to or pari passu therewith.

 

12Commission on Sale of Shares

 

The Company may, in so far as the Statute permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of his or her subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or the issue of fully or partly paid-up shares. The Company may also on any issue of shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

 

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13Non-Recognition of Trusts

 

The Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by these Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder.

 

14Lien on Shares

 

14.1The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his or her estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share.

 

14.2The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within fourteen clear days after notice has been received or deemed to have been received by the holder of the Shares, or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold.

 

14.3To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or his or her nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and he or she shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his or her title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under the Articles.

 

14.4The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale.

 

15Call on Shares

 

15.1Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Directors may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of par value or premium), and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen clear days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Directors may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him or her notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

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15.2A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed.

  

15.3The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

15.4If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine (and in addition all expenses that have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Directors may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part.

 

15.5An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the par value of the Share or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of the Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

 

15.6The Directors may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid.

 

15.7The Directors may, if they think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him or her, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance.

 

15.8No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a Dividend or other distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable.

 

16Forfeiture of Shares

 

16.1If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

16.2If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends, other distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

16.3A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person.

 

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16.4A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited and shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him or her to the Company in respect of those Shares together with interest at such rate as the Directors may determine, but his or her liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies due and payable by him or her in respect of those Shares.

 

16.5A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or Officer that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his or her title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share.

 

16.6The provisions of the Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the par value of the Share or by way of premium as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

17Transmission of Shares

 

17.1If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors (where he or she was a joint holder) or his or her legal personal representatives (where he or she was a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his or her shares. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any share, for which he or she was a joint or sole holder.

 

17.2Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect, by a notice in writing sent by him or her to the Company, either to become the holder of such share or to have some person nominated by him or her registered as the holder of such share. If he or she elects to have another person registered as the holder of such share he or she shall sign an instrument of transfer of that share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by the relevant Member before his or her death or bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be.

 

17.3A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Dividends, other distributions and other advantages to which he or she would be entitled if he or she were the holder of such share. However, he or she shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or herself or to have some person nominated by him or her be registered as the holder of the share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by the relevant Member before his or her death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to these Articles) the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all Dividends, other distributions, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

 

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18Alteration of Capital

 

18.1Subject to these Articles, the Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe.

 

18.2Subject to these Articles, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution:

 

(a)consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares, provided that any fractions of a share that result from such a consolidation or division of its share capital shall be automatically repurchased by the Company at (i) the market price on the date of such consolidation or division, in the case of any shares listed on a Designated Stock Exchange and (ii) a price to be agreed between the Company and the applicable Member in the case of any shares not listed on a Designated Stock Exchange;

 

(b)sub-divide its existing shares, or any of them into shares of a smaller amount provided that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in case of the share from which the reduced share is derived;

 

(c)divide shares into multiple classes; and

 

(d)cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled.

 

18.3All new shares created hereunder shall be subject to the same provisions with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the shares in the original share capital.

 

18.4Subject to these Articles, the Company may by Special Resolution:

 

(a)change its name;

 

(b)alter or add to the Articles;

 

(c)alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and

 

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(d)reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner authorised by law.

 

19Offices and Places of Business

 

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Directors change the location of its Registered Office. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, maintain such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine.

 

20General Meetings

 

20.1All general meetings of the Company other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

20.2The Company shall hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting each year, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall approve. At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented.

 

20.3Extraordinary general meetings for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by a resolution adopted by the majority of the Directors, and may not be called by any other person or persons. The Directors acting pursuant to a resolution may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled extraordinary general meeting, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent. Business transacted at any extraordinary general meeting shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

 

20.4A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.

 

21Notice of Business to be Brought before a Meeting

 

21.1No business may be transacted at any extraordinary general meeting other than the business specified in the notice of such meeting. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled extraordinary general meeting.

 

21.2At an annual general meeting of the Company, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual general meeting, business must be (a) specified in a notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, (b) if not specified in a notice of meeting, otherwise brought before the meeting by the Board or the Chairman of the Board or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a Member present in person who (1) (x) was a record owner of shares of the Company both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Article 21 and at the time of the meeting, (y) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (z) has complied with this Article 21 in all applicable respects or (2) properly made such proposal in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. The foregoing provision (z) shall be the exclusive means for a Member to propose business to be brought before an annual general meeting. The only matters that may be brought before an extraordinary general meeting are the matters specified in the notice of such meeting, and Members shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before an extraordinary general meeting. For purposes of this Article 21, “present in person” shall mean that the Member proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting of the Company, or a qualified representative of such proposing Member, appear at such annual general meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing Member shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such Member or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such Member or an electronic transmission delivered by such Member to act for such Member as proxy at the meeting of Members and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of Members. Members seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board must comply with Article 22 and Article 23 and this Article 21 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Article 22 and Article 23.

 

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21.3Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual general meeting by a Member, the Member must (A) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Directors of the Company and (B) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Article 21. To be timely, a Member’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Company not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. In the case of the first annual general meeting following the date hereof, notice by the Member to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual general meeting was first made by the Company (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual general meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.

 

21.4To be in proper form for purposes of this Article 21, a Member’s notice to the Directors shall set forth:

 

(a)As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (i) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Company’s books and records); and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Company that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the Company as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);

 

(b)As to each Proposing Person, (i) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any “derivative security” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a “call equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) (“Synthetic Equity Position”) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person with respect to any shares of any class or series of shares of the Company; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of “Synthetic Equity Position,” the term “derivative security” shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a “derivative security” as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument becoming determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Person’s business as a derivatives dealer, (ii) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of shares of the Company owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Company, (iii) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Company or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Company, (iv) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Company, any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, (v) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the Company or any affiliate of the Company (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), (vi) a representation that such Proposing Person intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the issued share capital of the Company required to approve or adopt the proposal or otherwise solicit proxies from Members in support of such proposal and (vii) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the member directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Articles on behalf of a beneficial owner; and

 

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(c)As to each item of business that the Member proposes to bring before the annual general meeting, (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual general meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual general meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Articles, the language of the proposed amendment), and (iii) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other record or beneficial holder(s) or persons(s) who have a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future of the shares of any class or series of the Company (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such Member; and (iv) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this paragraph (c) shall not include any disclosures with respect to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the Member directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Articles on behalf of a beneficial owner.

 

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For purposes of this Article 21, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (i) the Member providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual general meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made, and (iii) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such Member in such solicitation.

 

(d)A Proposing Person shall update and supplement its notice to the Directors of its intent to propose business at an annual general meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Article 21 shall be true and correct as of the record date for Members entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than five (5) Business Days after the record date for Members entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) Business Days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) Business Days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Article of these Articles shall not limit the Company’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a Member, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a Member who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any proposal or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the Members.

 

(e)Notwithstanding anything in these Articles to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual general meeting that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Article 21. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Article 21, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

 

(f)This Article 21 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual general meeting other than any proposal made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Company’s proxy statement. In addition to the requirements of this Article 21 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual general meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Article 21 shall be deemed to affect the rights of Members to request inclusion of proposals in the Company’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

 

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(g)For purposes of these Articles, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

22Notice of Nominations for Election to the Board

 

(a)Nominations of any person for election to the Board at an annual general meeting or at an extraordinary general meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such extraordinary general meeting) may be made at such meeting only (i) by or at the direction of the Board, including by any committee or persons authorized to do so by the Board or these Articles, or (ii) by a Member present in person (A) who was a record owner of shares of the Company both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Article 22 and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Article 22 and Article 23 as to such notice and nomination. For purposes of this Article 22, “present in person” shall mean that the Member proposing that the business be brought before the meeting of the Company, or a qualified representative of such Member, appear at such meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing Member shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such Member or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such Member or an electronic transmission delivered by such Member to act for such Member as proxy at the meeting of Members and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of Members. The foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a Member to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting.

 

(b)

 

(i)Without qualification, for a Member to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an annual general meeting, the member must (1) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Article 21) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Directors of the Company, (2) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such Member and its candidate for nomination as required to be set forth by this Article 22 and Article 23 and (3) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Article 22 and Article 23. Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling an extraordinary general meeting, then for a Member to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an extraordinary general meeting, the Member must (i) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Directors of the Company at the principal executive offices of the Company.

 

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(ii)provide the information with respect to such Member and its candidate for nomination as required by this Article 22 and Article 23 and (iii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Article 22. To be timely, a Member’s notice for nominations to be made at an extraordinary general meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Company not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such extraordinary general meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such extraordinary general meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Article 21) of the date of such extraordinary general meeting was first made.

 

(iii)In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Member’s notice as described above.

 

(iv)In no event may a Nominating Person provide Timely Notice with respect to a greater number of director candidates than are subject to election by Members at the applicable meeting. If the Company shall, subsequent to such notice, increase the number of directors subject to election at the meeting, such notice as to any additional nominees shall be due on the later of (i) the conclusion of the time period for Timely Notice, (ii) the date set forth in Article 22(b)(ii) or (iii) the tenth day following the date of public disclosure (as defined in Article 21) of such increase.

 

(c)To be in proper form for purposes of this Article 22, a Member’s notice to the Directors shall set forth:

 

(i)As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Article 21.4(a), except that for purposes of this Article 22 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Article 21.4(a));

 

(ii)As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Article 21.4(b), except that for purposes of this Article 22 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Article 21.4(b) and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting in Article 21.4(b) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting); and

 

(iii)As to each candidate whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such candidate for nomination that would be required to be set forth in a Member’s notice pursuant to this Article 22 and Article 23 if such candidate for nomination were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such candidate for nomination that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such candidate’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each candidate for nomination or his or her respective associates or any other participants in such solicitation, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the candidate for nomination were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (C) are referred to as “Nominee Information”), and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Article 23(a).

 

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For purposes of this Article 22, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (i) the Member providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made, and (iii) any other participant in such solicitation.

 

(d)A Member providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Article 22 shall be true and correct as of the record date for Members entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than five (5) Business Days after the record date for Members entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) Business Days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) Business Days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Article of these Articles shall not limit the Company’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a Member, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a Member who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any nomination or to submit any new nomination.

 

In addition to the requirements of this Article 22 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations.

 

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23Additional Requirements for Valid Nomination of Candidates to Serve as Director and, if Elected, to be Seated as Directors.

 

(a)To be eligible to be a candidate for election as a director of the Company at an annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting, a candidate must be nominated in the manner prescribed in Article 22 and the candidate for nomination, whether nominated by the Board or by a Member of record, must have previously delivered (in accordance with the time period prescribed for delivery in a notice to such candidate given by or on behalf of the Board), to the Directors at the principal executive offices of the Company, (1) a completed written questionnaire (in a form provided by the Company) with respect to the background, qualifications, share ownership and independence of such proposed nominee, and such additional information with respect to such proposed nominee as would be required to be provided by the Company pursuant to Schedule 14A if such proposed nominee were a participant in the solicitation of proxies by the Company in connection with such annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting and (2) a written representation and agreement (in form provided by the Company) that such candidate for nomination (A) is not and, if elected as a director during his or her term of office, will not become a party to (x) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given and will not give any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Company, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) or (y) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Company, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Company with respect to any direct or indirect compensation or reimbursement for service as a director that has not been disclosed to the Company, (C) if elected as a director of the Company, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock or share ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Company applicable to directors and in effect during such person’s term in office as a director (and, if requested by any candidate for nomination, the Secretary of the Company shall provide to such candidate for nomination all such policies and guidelines then in effect), (D) if elected as director of the Company, intends to serve the entire term until the next meeting at which such candidate would face re-election and (E) consents to being named as a nominee in the Company’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-4(d) under the Exchange Act and any associated proxy card of the Company and agrees to serve if elected as a director.

 

(b)The Board may also require any proposed candidate for nomination as a Director to furnish such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Board in writing prior to the meeting of Members at which such candidate’s nomination is to be acted upon in order for the Board to determine the eligibility of such candidate for nomination to be an independent director of the Company in accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

 

(c)A candidate for nomination as a director shall further update and supplement the materials delivered pursuant to this Article 23, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided pursuant to this Article 23 shall be true and correct as of the record date for Members entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company (or any other office specified by the Company in any public announcement) not later than five (5) Business Days after the record date for Members entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) Business Days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) Business Days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Article of these Articles shall not limit the Company’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a Member, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a Member who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any proposal or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding nominees, matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the Members.

 

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(d)No candidate shall be eligible for nomination as a director of the Company unless such candidate for nomination and the Nominating Person seeking to place such candidate’s name in nomination has complied with Article 22 and this Article 23, as applicable. The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with Article 22 and this Article 23, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting, the defective nomination shall be disregarded and any ballots cast for the candidate in question (but in the case of any form of ballot listing other qualified nominees, only the ballots cast for the nominee in question) shall be void and of no force or effect.

 

(e)Notwithstanding anything in these Articles to the contrary, no candidate for nomination shall be eligible to be seated as a director of the Company unless nominated and elected in accordance with Article 22 and this Article 23.

 

24Notice of General Meetings

 

24.1The notice of any general meeting of Members shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with these Articles not less than ten (10) calendar days (but not more than sixty (60) calendar days) before the date of the meeting to each Member entitled to vote at such meeting. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given. The notice shall specify the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which Members and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. The notice shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this regulation has been given and whether or not the provisions of Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

(a)in the case of an annual general meeting, by all the Members (or their proxies) entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

 

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(b)in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by the Members (or their proxies) having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than a majority of the shares giving that right.

 

24.2The notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such, and the notice convening a meeting to pass a Special Resolution shall specify the intention to propose the resolution as a Special Resolution. Notice of every general meeting shall be given to all Members other than such as, under the provisions hereof or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notice from the Company.

 

24.3In cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with a notice of general meeting, the accidental omission to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of any such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceeding at any such meeting.

 

24.4The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to or the non receipt of a notice of a meeting by any Member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting.

 

25Proceedings at General Meetings

 

25.1The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the Members will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The person presiding over any meeting of Members shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures (which need not be in writing) and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, prescribed by the person presiding over the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present (including, without limitation, rules and procedures for removal of disruptive persons from the meeting); (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to Members entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the person presiding over the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of Members, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting (including, without limitation, determinations with respect to the administration and/or interpretation of any of the rules, regulations or procedures of the meeting, prescribed by the person presiding over the meeting), shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter of business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered.

 

25.2No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Members holding in aggregate not less than a simple majority of all voting share capital of the Company in issue present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum. A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any general meeting, then either (i) the chairman of the meeting or (ii) the Members entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting.

 

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25.3When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, unless these Articles otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Company may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Member of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

25.4A determination of the Members of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a general meeting shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting unless the Directors fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original meeting.

 

25.5The chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company. If at any meeting the chairman of the Board is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as chairman, the Directors present shall elect one of their number as chairman of the meeting or if all the Directors present decline to take the chair, the Members present shall choose one of their own number to be the chairman of the meeting.

 

25.6At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll.

 

25.7A poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting.

 

25.8In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

26Votes of Members

 

26.1Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares, every Member present in person and every person representing a Member by proxy at a general meeting of the Company shall have one (1) vote for each share registered in such Member’s name in the Register of Members. No cumulative voting shall be allowed.

 

26.2In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.

 

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26.3A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote on a poll by his or her committee, or other person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other person, may on a poll, vote by proxy.

 

26.4No Member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless all sums presently payable by him or her in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.

 

26.5On a poll, votes may be given either personally or by proxy.

 

26.6The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing (whether by manual signature, typewriting or otherwise) under the hand of the appointor or of his or her attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is an entity, either under seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised in that behalf provided however, that a Member may also authorise the casting of a vote by proxy pursuant to telephonic or electronically transmitted instructions (including, without limitation, instructions transmitted over the internet) obtained pursuant to procedures approved by the Directors which are reasonably designed to verify that such instructions have been authorised by such Member. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

26.7An instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve.

 

26.8The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll.

 

26.9Shares that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any general meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued Shares at any given time.

 

27Corporations Acting by Representatives at Meeting

 

Any corporation or other entity which is a Member may, by resolution of its directors, other governing body or authorised individual(s), authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any general meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he or she represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member.

 

28Clearing Houses

 

If a clearing house or depository (or its nominee) is a Member it may, by resolution of its directors, other governing body or authorised individual(s) or by power of attorney, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative or representatives at any general meeting of the Company or at any general meeting of any class of Members; provided that, if more than one person is so authorised, the authorisation shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such person is so authorised. A person so authorised pursuant to this provision shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the clearing house (or its nominee) which he or she represents as that clearing house (or its nominee) could exercise if it were an individual Member of the Company holding the number and class of shares specified in such authorisation.

 

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29Shares that May Not be Voted

 

Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.

 

30Directors

 

30.1There shall be a Board consisting of such number of Directors as fixed by the Directors from time to time (but not less than one Director). So long as Shares are listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall include such number of “independent directors” as the relevant rules applicable to the listing of any Shares on the Designated Stock Exchange require.

 

30.2The Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. At the 2023 annual general meeting, the term of office of the Class I Directors shall expire and Class I Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At the 2024 annual general meeting, the term of office of the Class II Directors shall expire and Class II Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At the 2025 annual general meeting, the term of office of the Class III Directors shall expire and Class III Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At each succeeding annual general meeting, Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years to succeed the Directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual general meeting. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.

 

30.3The Directors by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a meeting of the Directors, even if less than a quorum, shall have the power from time to time and at any time to appoint any person as a Director to fill a casual vacancy on the Board or as an addition to the existing Board, subject to these Articles, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. A Director appointed to fill a vacancy in accordance with this Article shall be of the same Class of Director as the Director he or she replaced and the term of such appointment shall terminate in accordance with that Class of Director. Any Director so appointed shall hold office until the expiration of his or her term, until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

30.4A director may be removed from office by the Members by Special Resolution only for cause (“cause” for removal of a Director shall be deemed to exist only if (a) the Director whose removal is proposed has been convicted of an arrestable offence by a court of competent jurisdiction and such conviction is no longer subject to direct appeal; (b) such Director has been found by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office at any regular or extraordinary general meeting of the Board called for that purpose, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, to have been guilty of wilful misconduct in the performance of such Director’s duties to the Company in a matter of substantial importance to the Company; or (c) such Director has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be mentally incompetent, which mental incompetency directly affects such director’s ability to perform his or her obligations as a Director) at any time before the expiration of his or her term notwithstanding anything in these Articles or in any agreement between the Company and such Director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under such agreement).

 

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30.5The Directors may, from time to time, and except as required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives, which shall be intended to set forth the policies of the Company and the Directors on various corporate governance related matters, as the Directors shall determine by resolution from time to time.

 

30.6A Director shall not be required to hold any shares in the Company by way of qualification. A Director who is not a Member of the Company shall nevertheless be entitled to receive notice of and to attend and speak at general meetings of the Company and all classes of shares of the Company.

 

31Directors’ Fees and Expenses

 

31.1The Directors may receive such remuneration as the Directors may from time to time determine. The Directors may be entitled to be repaid all traveling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by such Director in attending meetings of the Directors or committees of the Directors or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of securities of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his or her duties as a Director.

 

31.2Any Director who performs services which in the opinion of the Directors go beyond the ordinary duties of a Director may be paid such extra remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as the Directors may determine and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to or in substitution for any ordinary remuneration provided for, by or pursuant to any other Article.

 

32Powers and Duties of Directors

 

32.1Subject to the provisions of the Statute, these Articles and to any resolutions made in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company. No resolution made by the Company in a general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors that would have been valid if that resolution had not been made.

 

32.2The Directors may delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions, including the power to sub-delegate, to any committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit (including, without limitation, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee); provided that any committee so formed shall include amongst its members at least two Directors unless otherwise required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. No committee shall have the power of authority to (a) recommend to the Members an amendment of these Articles (except that a committee may, to the extent authorised in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares adopted by the Directors as provided under the laws of the Cayman Islands, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Company or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of shares of the Company); (b) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (c) recommend to the Members the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets; (d) recommend to the Members a dissolution of the Company or a revocation of a dissolution; (e) recommend to the Members an amendment of the Memorandum; or (f) declare a dividend or authorise the issuance of shares unless the resolution establishing such committee (or the charter of such committee approved by the Directors) or the Memorandum or these Articles so provide. Any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors. The Directors may also delegate to any Director holding any executive office such of their powers as they consider desirable to be exercised by him or her. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers, and may be revoked or altered.

 

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32.3The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm or person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him.

 

32.4The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the following paragraphs shall be without prejudice to the general powers conferred by this paragraph.

 

32.5The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any advisory committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company and may appoint any persons to be members of such advisory committees or local boards and may appoint any managers or agents of the Company and may fix the remuneration of any of the aforesaid.

 

32.6The Directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such advisory committee, local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors and may authorise the members for the time being of any such local board, or any of them to fill up any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit and the Directors may at any time remove any person so appointed and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby.

 

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32.7The Directors may adopt formal written charters for committees and, if so adopted, shall review and assess the adequacy of such formal written charters on an annual basis. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in the Articles and shall have such powers as the Directors may delegate pursuant to the Articles and as required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. Each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, if established, shall consist of such number of Directors as the Directors shall from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may be required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law). For so long as any class of Shares is listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as is required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law.

 

32.8Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretions for the time being vested to them.

 

32.9The Directors may elect, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, a chairman. The chairman of the Board may be a director or an officer of the Company. Subject to the provisions of these Articles and the direction of the Directors, the chairman of the Board shall perform all duties and have all powers which are commonly incident to the position of chairman of a board or which are delegated to him or her by the Directors, preside at all general meetings and meetings of the Directors at which he or she is present and have such powers and perform such duties as the Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

33Disqualification of Directors

 

Subject to these Articles, the office of Director shall be vacated, if the Director:

 

(a)becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his or her creditors;

 

(b)dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind;

 

(c)resigns his or her office by notice in writing to the Company;

 

(d)is prohibited by applicable law or the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law from being a director;

 

(e)without special leave of absence from the Directors, is absent from meetings of the Directors for six consecutive months and the Directors resolve that his or her office be vacated; or

 

(f)if he or she shall be removed from office pursuant to these Articles.

 

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34Proceedings of Directors

 

34.1Subject to these Articles, the Directors may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Such meetings may be held at any place within or outside the Cayman Islands that has been designated by the Directors. In the absence of such a designation, meetings of the Directors shall be held at the principal executive office of the Company. Questions arising at any meeting of the Directors shall be decided by the method set forth in Article 34.4.

 

34.2The chairman of the Board or the Secretary on request of a Director, may, at any time summon a meeting of the Directors by twenty-four (24) hour notice to each Director in person, by telephone, electronic email, or in such other manner as the Directors may from time to time determine, which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors either at, before or after the meeting is held. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Director (i) who signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or (ii) who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such Directors. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made part of the minutes of the meeting. A waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any regular or extraordinary general meeting of the Directors.

 

34.3A Director or Directors may participate in any meeting of the Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Directors of which such Director or Directors are members, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all persons participating in such meeting can hear each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

34.4The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be a majority of the authorised number of Directors. If at any time there is only a sole Director, the quorum shall be one (1) Director. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the Directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Directors, subject to the provisions of these Articles and other applicable law. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall not have an additional tie-breaking vote.

 

34.5A meeting of the Directors may be held by means of telephone or teleconferencing or any other telecommunications facility provided that all participants are thereby able to communicate immediately by voice with all other participants.

 

34.6Subject to these Articles, a Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Company shall declare the nature of his or her interest at a meeting of the Directors. A general notice given to the Directors by any Director to the effect that he or she is a member of any specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may thereafter be made with that company or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in regard to any contract so made. A Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that he or she may be interested therein and if he or she does so his or her vote shall be counted and he or she may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of the Directors at which any such contract or proposed contract or arrangement shall come before the meeting for consideration.

 

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34.7A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his or her office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his or her office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his or her tenure of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director is in any way interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director, notwithstanding his or her interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting whereat he or she or any other Director is appointed to hold any such office or place of profit under the Company or whereat the terms of any such appointment are arranged and he or she may vote on any such appointment or arrangement. Any Director who enters into a contract or arrangement or has a relationship that is reasonably likely to be implicated under this Article 34.7 or that would reasonably be likely to affect a Director’s status as an “Independent Director” under the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law shall disclose the nature of his or her interest in any such contract or arrangement in which he or she is interested or any such relationship.

 

34.8Any Director may act by himself or herself or his or her firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and he or she or his or her firm shall be entitled to reasonable expense reimbursement consistent with the Company’s policies in connection with such Directors service in his or her official capacity; provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or his or her firm to act as auditor to the Company.

 

34.9The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided for the purpose of recording:

 

(a)all appointments of officers made by the Directors;

 

(b)the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and

 

(c)all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors and of committees of Directors.

 

34.10When the chairman of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding that all the Directors have not actually come together or that there may have been a technical defect in the proceedings.

 

34.11A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee as the case may be, duly convened and held.

 

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34.12The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.

 

34.13A committee appointed by the Directors may elect a chairman of its meetings. If no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the members present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

34.14A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee members present and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote.

 

34.15Meetings and actions of committees of the Directors shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article 34.1 (place of meetings), Article 34.2 (notice), Article 34.3 (telephonic meetings), and Article 34.4 (quorum), with such changes in the context of these Articles as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Directors; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Directors, and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Articles.

 

34.16All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any person acting as a Director, shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director or person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director.

 

35Presumption of Assent

 

A Director of the Company who is present at a meeting of the Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his or her dissent or abstention shall be entered in the Minutes of the meeting or unless he or she shall file his or her written dissent or abstention from such action with the person acting as the chairman or Secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent or abstention by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent or abstain shall not apply to a Director who voted in favour of such action.

 

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36Dividends, Distributions and Reserve

 

36.1Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares and these Articles, the Directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and other distributions on shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. All dividends unclaimed for one (1) year after having been declared may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Directors for the benefit of the Company until claimed. Subject to any applicable unclaimed property or other laws, any dividend unclaimed after a period of six (6) years from the date of declaration shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company. The payment by the Directors of any unclaimed dividend or other sums payable on or in respect of a share into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof.

 

36.2The Directors may, before recommending or declaring any dividend, set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors be applicable for meeting contingencies, or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds be properly applied and pending such application may, at the like discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments (other than shares of the Company) as the Directors may from time to time think fit. The Directors shall establish an account to be called the “Share Premium Account” and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share in the Company. Unless otherwise provided by the provisions of these Articles, the Directors may apply the share premium account in any manner permitted by the Statute and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. The Company shall at all times comply with the provisions of these Articles, the Statute and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law in relation to the share premium account.

 

36.3Any dividend may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post to the registered address of the Member or person entitled thereto, or in the case of joint holders, to any one of such joint holders at his or her registered address or to such person and such address as the Member or person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other person as the Member or person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends may also be paid electronically to the account of the Members or persons entitled thereto or in such other manner approved by the Directors.

 

36.4The Directors when paying dividends to the Members in accordance with the foregoing provisions may make such payment either in cash or in specie.

 

36.5No dividend shall be paid otherwise than out of profits or, subject to the restrictions of the Statute, the share premium account.

 

36.6Subject to the rights of persons, if any, entitled to shares with special rights as to dividends, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid or credited as fully paid on the shares, but if and so long as nothing is paid up on any of the shares in the Company dividends may be declared and paid according to the amounts of the shares. No amount paid on a share in advance of calls shall, while carrying interest, be treated for the purposes of this Article as paid on the share.

 

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36.7If several persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the share.

 

36.8No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.

 

37Book of Accounts

 

37.1The books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors.

 

37.2The books of account shall be kept at such place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors.

 

37.3The Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors, and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Statute or authorised by the Directors.

 

37.4The accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall be audited in such manner and with such financial year end as may be determined from time to time by the Directors or failing any determination as aforesaid shall not be audited.

 

38Audit

 

38.1The Directors or, if authorised to do so, the Audit Committee of the Directors, may appoint an auditor of the Company who shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Directors and may fix his or her or their remuneration.

 

38.2Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.

 

38.3Auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an ordinary company, and at the next extraordinary general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an exempted company, and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members.

 

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39The Seal

 

39.1The Seal of the Company shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors, provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of any one or more persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and every person as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal of the Company is so affixed in their presence.

 

39.2The Company may maintain a facsimile of its Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal. The facsimile Seal shall be affixed in the presence of such person or persons as the Directors shall for this purpose appoint and such person or persons as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the facsimile Seal of the Company is so affixed in their presence of and the instrument signed by a Director or the Secretary (or an Assistant Secretary) of the Company or in the presence of any one or more persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose.

 

39.3Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Director shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but which does not create any obligation binding on the Company.

 

40Officers

 

40.1Subject to these Articles, the Directors may from time to time appoint any person, whether or not a director of the Company, to hold the office of the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents or such other officers as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think fit.

 

40.2All officers of the Company shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Company as may be provided herein or designated from time to time by the Board and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board.

 

41Register of Directors and Officers

 

The Company shall cause to be kept in one or more books at its office a register of Directors and Officers in which there shall be entered the full names and addresses of the Directors and Officers and such other particulars as required by the Statute. The Company shall send to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands a copy of such register, and shall from time to time notify the said Registrar of any change that takes place in relation to such Directors and Officers as required by the Statute.

 

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42Capitalisation of Profits

 

Subject to the Statute and these Articles, the Directors may capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts (including a share premium account or a capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution and to appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst them had the same been a distribution of profits by way of dividend and to apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalisation, with full power to the Directors to make such provisions as they think fit for the case of shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Directors may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.

 

43Notices

 

43.1Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the person entitled to give notice to any Member either personally, by email or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter or via a recognised courier service, fees prepaid, addressed to the Member at his or her address as appearing in the Register of Members or, to the extent permitted by all applicable laws and regulations, by electronic means by transmitting it to any electronic number or address or website supplied by the Member to the Company or by placing it on the Company’s Website, provided that, (i) with respect to notification via electronic means, the Company has obtained the Member’s prior express positive confirmation in writing to receive or otherwise have made available to him or her notices in such fashion, and (i) with respect to posting to Company’s Website, notification of such posting is provided to such Member. In the case of joint holders of a share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register of Members in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.

 

43.2An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any general meeting, executed by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent of the Company giving the notice, shall be prima facie evidence of the giving of such notice.

 

43.3Any Member present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened.

 

43.4Any notice or other document, if served by (a) post, shall be deemed to have been served when the letter containing the same is posted, or (b) email, shall be deemed to have been served upon confirmation of successful transmission, or (c) recognised courier service, shall be deemed to have been served when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to provide that the letter containing the notice or documents was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier, or (d) electronic means as provided herein shall be deemed to have been served and delivered on the day on which it is successfully transmitted or at such later time as may be prescribed by any applicable laws or regulations.

 

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43.5Any notice or document delivered or sent to any Member in accordance with the terms of these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Member be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his or her death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any share registered in the name of such Member as sole or joint holder, unless his or her name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register of Members as the holder of the share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him or her) in the share.

 

43.6Notice of every general meeting shall be given to:

 

(a)all Members who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them, except that in case of joint holders, the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members; and

 

(b)each Director.

 

43.7No other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

 

44Information

 

44.1No Member shall be entitled to require discovery of any information in respect of any detail of the Company’s trading or any information which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Directors would not be in the interests of the Members of the Company to communicate to the public.

 

44.2The Directors shall be entitled (but not required, except as provided by law) to release or disclose any information in its possession, custody or control regarding the Company or its affairs to any of its Members including, without limitation, information contained in the Register of Members and transfer books of the Company.

 

45Indemnity

 

45.1The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under the laws of the Cayman Islands as they presently exist or may hereafter be amended, any director or officer of the Company who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Company or, while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership (a “covered person”), joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Article 45.4, the Company shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only if the Proceeding was authorized in the specific case by the Board.

 

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45.2The Company shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Company who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.

 

45.3The Company shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any covered person, and may pay the expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Company, in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 45 or otherwise.

 

45.4If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) under this Article 45 is not paid in full within sixty (60) days, or a claim for advancement of expenses under this Article 45 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days, after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company the claimant may thereafter (but not before) file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

45.5The rights conferred on any person by this Article 45 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of these Articles, agreement, vote of Members or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

45.6The Directors, on behalf of the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust enterprise or non-profit entity against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under Cayman Islands law.

 

45.7The Company’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance expenses to any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

 

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45.8The rights to indemnification and to prepayment of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article 45 shall continue notwithstanding that the person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such person.

 

45.9The provisions of this Article 45 shall constitute a contract between the Company, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, each individual who serves or has served as a director or officer of the Company (whether before or after the adoption of these Articles), in consideration of such person’s performance of such services, and pursuant to this Article 45 the Company intends to be legally bound to each such current or former director or officer of the Company. With respect to current and former directors and officers of the Company, the rights conferred under this Article 45 are present contractual rights and such rights are fully vested, and shall be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon adoption of these Articles. With respect to any directors or officers of the Company who commence service following adoption of these Articles, the rights conferred under this provision shall be present contractual rights and such rights shall fully vest, and be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon such director or officer commencing service as a director or officer of the Company.

 

45.10Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article 45 shall not adversely affect any right or protection (i) hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification or (ii) under any agreement providing for indemnification or advancement of expenses to an officer or director of the Company in effect prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

45.11Any reference to an officer of the Company in this Article 45 shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Secretary, Vice President or other officer of the Company appointed by (x) the Board pursuant to these Articles or (y) an officer to whom the Board has delegated the power to appoint officers pursuant to these Articles, and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the Board (or equivalent governing body) of such other entity pursuant to the memorandum of association, articles of association, certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents) of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The fact that any person who is or was an employee of the Company or an employee of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise has been given or has used the title of “Vice President” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be an officer of the Company or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not result in such person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, an officer of the Company or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Article 45.

 

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46Financial Year

 

Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on December 31 in each year and shall begin on the day following.

 

47Winding Up

 

47.1If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction of creditors’ claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any shares, in a winding up:

 

(a)if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them; or

 

(b)if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise.

 

47.2If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any shares and with the sanction of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.

 

48Amendment of Memorandum and Articles of Association and Name of Company

 

48.1Subject to the provisions of the Statute and the provisions of these Articles as regards the matters to be dealt with by Ordinary Resolution, the following actions shall require a Special Resolution of the Company:

 

(a)change its name;

 

(b)alter or add to these Articles;

 

(c)alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and

 

(d)reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve fund.

 

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49Registration by Way of Continuation

 

Subject to these Articles, the Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing. In furtherance of a resolution adopted pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing and may cause all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company.

 

50Mergers and Consolidations

 

The Company shall, with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more constituent companies (as defined in the Statute), upon such terms as the Directors may determine.

 

51Business Opportunities

 

51.1To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, not any Director who is not employed by the Company or its subsidiaries shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any Director who is not employed by the Company or its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other. Except to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, no Director who is not employed by the Company or its subsidiaries shall have no duty to communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Company and shall not be liable to the Company or its Members for breach of any fiduciary duty as a Member, Director and/or Officer solely by reason of the fact that such party pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, himself or herself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company.

 

51.2The Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Company and any Director who is not employed by the Company or its subsidiaries, about which any such Director acquires knowledge; provided that, the Company does not renounce any interest or expectancy it may have in any business opportunity that is expressly offered to any Director solely in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer, and not in any other capacity.

 

51.3In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to belong to the Company if it is a business opportunity the Company is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake, or that is, from its nature, not in the line of the Company’s business or is of no practical advantage to it or that is one in which the Company has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

 

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51.4To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that is renounced in this Article to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the provisions of this Article apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been conducted in the past.

 

52Exclusive Jurisdiction and Forum

 

52.1Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with the Memorandum, the Articles or otherwise related in any way to each Member's shareholding in the Company, including but not limited to:

 

(a)any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company;

 

(b)any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any current or former Director, Officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Members;

 

(c)any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Statute, the Memorandum or the Articles; or

 

(d)any action asserting a claim against the Company which, if brought in the United States of America, would be a claim arising under the "Internal Affairs Doctrine" (as such concept is recognised under the laws of the United States of America).

 

52.2Each Member irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes.

 

52.3Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the Company may have, each Member acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum and that accordingly the Company shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.

 

52.4This Article 52 shall not apply to any action or suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

Marti, Turkey’s Leading Mobility App, to go Public via a Merger with Galata Acquisition Corp.

 

The #1 travel app in Turkey, Marti operates a fleet of e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure.

 

With a single country focus and vertically integrated business model, Marti distinguishes itself from global peers in terms of unit economics, overall profitability, and capital efficiency.

 

Turkey is the only G20 economy without a mobility superapp. The business combination transaction will give Marti resources to strengthen its market-leading position and continue to meet the mobility needs of its large addressable market.

 

Transaction represents attractive entry valuation at 4.2x estimated 2023 fully deployed net revenue of $125 million and 9.7x estimated 2023 fully deployed EBITDA of $55 million.

 

Combined company to have an implied initial enterprise value of approximately $532 million and expected to have an estimated $280 million in net cash proceeds after closing.

 

Galata Acquisition Corp. has ~$147 million in trust and the parties have received commitments for $57.5 million in new investments, including $40 million from Galata’s sponsors. The parties will seek an additional $92.5 million in new investments prior to closing.

 

Galata Acquisition Corp. is backed by Callaway Capital Management LLC and brings deep expertise and insight into the Turkish market.

 

Transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, with the combined company expected to be listed on the NYSE under the symbol “MRT”.

 

Investor conference call scheduled for August 1, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

 

Washington, DC and Istanbul, Turkey - August 1, 2022 - Galata Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: GLTA) (“GLTA” or “Galata”), a special purpose acquisition company led by Callaway Capital with $146.6 million in trust, today announced execution of a definitive business combination agreement with Marti Technologies Inc. (“Marti”), Turkey’s leading mobility app.

 

The combined company will be led by Alper Oktem, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Marti. Upon closing of the transaction, the company will be named Marti Technologies Inc., and Marti’s ordinary shares are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “MRT”.

 

The combined company will receive up to approximately $147 million held in Galata’s trust account at closing of the transaction, subject to any redemptions by existing Galata shareholders.

 

Founded in 2018, Marti is backed by a diverse investor base with deep knowledge of the mobility sector in emerging markets and operates a fleet of over 46,000 e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters, serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure. Today’s transaction will give Marti resources to strengthen its market-leading position in Turkey through the deployment of additional vehicles across existing and new modalities.

 

Marti believes it has developed a foundation for long-term growth and success, and with support from Galata, Marti will be better equipped to capitalize on its competitive value drivers:

 

 

 

 

 

Marti Investment Highlights:

 

Differentiated, Vertically Integrated Business Model, Driving Best-in-Class Unit Economics. Marti’s vertically integrated business model across the mobility value chain maximizes ecosystem control, driving higher revenues and lower costs.

 

Highly Attractive Addressable Market. With a population of 85 million and a growing middle class, Turkey represents one of the fastest-evolving mobility ecosystems in the region.

 

Clear Market Leader. As the #1 travel app in Turkey, Marti is the leading mobility app and is striving to become Turkey’s first mobility superapp.

 

High Customer Retention, Reinforced by Scale. With over 3.5 million unique riders consisting mostly of daily commuters, Marti experiences strong customer retention which is expected to be further enhanced as Marti continues to scale. As Marti’s fleet expands, its customers increasingly rely on Marti for transportation needs.

 

Strong ESG Fundamentals. Marti is committed to providing environmentally friendly shared transportation and facilitating a strong sustainability and governance setup with social commitment.

 

“In its first four years, Marti has achieved significant traction for its mobility products, strong growth, and best-in-class unit profitability” said Alper Oktem, Founder and CEO of Marti. “We are privileged to have the support of top-tier investors and access to the U.S. capital markets following the closing of this proposed transaction, which will leave Marti well-capitalized to seek to become Turkey’s first mobility super-app by expanding into other attractive adjacencies, leveraging our growing and loyal customer base.

 

“We believe Marti is uniquely positioned for growth with transportation as the number one issue in emerging market megacities with inadequate public transportation and unpleasant mobility alternatives for last mile journeys. Our next generation environmentally friendly and complementary services for the daily commute offer unique opportunities to scale, further reinforcing our competitive advantages and attractive margin levels.

 

“With our successful history, best-in-class unit economics and vertically integrated business model driving costs lower and revenues higher, we are confident we can provide shareholders with a compelling investment alternative that supports today’s need for mobility solutions. We believe our highly attractive market demographics and strong ESG fundamentals will deliver long-term value to your investment in Marti,” Oktem concluded.

 

Daniel Freifeld, Galata’s President, added, “When we were evaluating the emerging market mobility space, we focused on three key areas: execution, unit economics, and scale. Alper and the Marti team have demonstrated their ability to execute, innovate, and operate within the Turkish landscape. Given relative capital scarcity in Turkey, the team has always focused on unit economics and profitability. And this business improves with scale – the more vehicles they provide, the more users they convert. We are delighted to be announcing our partnership today, and we look forward to Marti’s continued success as a publicly traded company on the NYSE.”

 

GLTA raised gross proceeds of approximately $147 million in its initial public offering and was listed on the NYSE on July 8, 2021, with the goal to combine with a technology-enabled business in emerging markets. GLTA is sponsored by Callaway Capital Management, LLC, a Washington, DC-based investment manager that seeks to deliver superior, uncorrelated returns through idiosyncratic investments in emerging markets, and affiliated funds of Weiss Asset Management LP, a private investment firm headquartered in Boston. The GLTA team has built a successful track record of investing in highly innovative companies in emerging markets led by exceptional entrepreneurs.

 

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Key Transaction Terms

 

·The transaction values the combined company at a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $532 million.

 

·Existing Marti shareholders will roll-over and retain 100% of their existing equity, owning approximately 50% of the combined company’s fully diluted pro forma equity (assuming no redemptions by GLTA’s existing shareholders and a fully subscribed $150 million convertible note PIPE).

 

·Marti will receive up to $146.6 million in proceeds from GLTA’s cash in trust (assuming no redemptions). Additionally, the parties have received commitments for $57.5 million in new investments from GLTA’s sponsors and outside investors through a convertible note PIPE. The parties intend to raise additional capital of $92.5 million post-announcement, though there is no guarantee that such funds will be able to be raised.

 

·It is estimated that post-transaction, Marti will have approximately $280 million in cash on its balance sheet, assuming an additional $92.5 million of convertible note PIPE commitments are obtained post-announcement, no redemptions of ordinary shares held by GLTA's shareholders, and payment of estimated transaction expenses.

 

The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of Marti and GLTA, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to, among other things, completion of SEC review, approval of GLTA shareholders, regulatory approvals, a $150 million cash condition in favor of convertible note PIPE investors and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

 

Upon closing, the combined operating entity will continue to be led by Alper Oktem as CEO, along with his experienced management team.

 

Conference Call and Webcast Information

 

Marti and GLTA will host a joint conference call and webcast to discuss the proposed transaction today, Monday, August 1, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. ET. Interested parties may listen to the prepared remarks via telephone by dialing 1-877-407-0792, or 1-201-689-8263 for international callers, and providing the conference ID: 13732067. To view the webcast, please click https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1562590&tp_key=94d7c1e219.

 

A telephone replay will be available for approximately 14 days. The replay can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921 (domestic toll-free number) or 1-412-317-6671 (international) and providing the pin number: 13732067.

 

The webcast, detailed investor presentation, and all other materials are available on Galata’s website, www.galatacorp.net. Additionally, GLTA has filed the investor presentation with the SEC as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which is available on Galata’s website and the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

 

Advisors

 

B. Riley Securities is acting as capital markets advisor and placement agent to Galata. MZ Group is serving as an investor relations advisor to Marti.

 

Latham & Watkins LLP is acting as legal counsel to Marti. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is acting as legal counsel to Galata. White & Case LLP is acting as legal counsel to B. Riley Securities.

 

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About Marti

 

Founded in 2018, Marti is Turkey’s leading mobility app, operating a fleet of over 46,000 e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters, serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure. For more information visit www.marti.tech.

 

About Galata Acquisition Corp.

 

Galata Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company, also commonly referred to as a SPAC, formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination with a company, with a primary focus on technology-enabled businesses in emerging markets. For more information visit www.galatacorp.net.

 

Additional Information about the Business Combination and Where to Find It

 

In connection with the proposed business combination, Galata and Marti Technologies, Inc. (“Marti”) intend to file a registration statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which will include a proxy statement/prospectus and certain other related documents.

 

INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY, WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT GALATA, MARTI AND THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION.

 

When available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials for the proposed business combination will be mailed to stockholders of Galata as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination. Security holders and investors will also be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement, proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference therein, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Documents filed with the SEC by Galata will also be available free of charge by accessing Galata’s website at https://www.galatacorp.net, or, alternatively, by directing a request by mail to Galata at 2001 S Street NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC 20009.

 

Participants in Solicitation

 

Galata and Marti and certain of their respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposed business combination under the rules of the SEC. Information about Galata’s directors and executive officers is contained in Galata’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on March 31, 2022, which is available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to Galata at 2001 S Street NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC 20009. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the proposed business combination when they become available. Investors should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to or an offer to buy any securities in respect of the proposed business combination, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

 

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This communication contains statements that are not based on historical fact and are “forward-looking statements’’ within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For example, statements about the expected timing of the completion of the proposed business combination, the benefits of the proposed business combination, the competitive environment, and the expected future performance and market opportunities of Marti are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward looking statements by terminology such as, or which contain the words “will,” “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “possible,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and variations of these words or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements as a result of known and unknown risks and uncertainties.

 

These forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Galata and its management and Marti and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain and are subject to a number of risks and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond Galata’s and Marti’s control, are difficult to predict, and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. Known risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Galata, Marti, the combined company or others following the announcement of the proposed business combination; (3) the inability to complete the proposed business combination in a timely manner or at all (including due to the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of Galata or to satisfy other conditions to closing); (4) changes to the proposed structure of the proposed business combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations; (5) the ability to meet applicable stock exchange listing standards at or following the consummation of the proposed business combination; (6) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations of Marti as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination; (7) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (8) costs related to the proposed business combination, including the amount of cash available following any redemptions by Galata stockholders; (9) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (10) the possibility that Marti or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; (11) risks relating to Marti’s operating history and the mobile transportation industry; (12) risks associated with doing business in an emerging market; (13) risks relating to Marti’s dependence on and use of certain intellectual property and technology; and (14) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the Registration Statement to be filed by Galata with the SEC in connection with the proposed business combination. The foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive and you should carefully consider the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of Galata’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents filed by Galata from time to time with the SEC.

 

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Nothing herein should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Except as may be required by applicable law, neither Galata nor Marti undertakes any duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, new events, future events or circumstances, or otherwise.

 

Financial Information; Non-IFRS Financial Measures

 

The financial information and data contained in this Press Release is unaudited and does not conform to Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act. Accordingly, such information and data may not be included in, may be adjusted in or may be presented differently in, any proxy statement to be filed by GLTA with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Investor Relations Contact:

 

Chris Tyson

MZ North America

GLTA@mzgroup.us

949-491-8235

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

Galata Acquisition Corp & Marti Technologies Business Combination

 

Investor Call Transcript Draft July 28, 2022.

 

Slide 1

 

Operator

 

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Galata Acquisition Corp. & Marti Technologies Business Combination conference call and webcast. We appreciate everyone joining us today. Please note that the press release issued today and the investor presentation have been filed with the SEC and can be found on the Galata Acquisition Corp. investor website at galatacorp.net, a link to which is also available on Marti’s corporate website at marti.tech/en/. Please review the disclaimers included in the investor presentation.

 

Slides 2

 

Before we get started, I would like to remind you that statements we make during this call contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Any statement that refers to expectations, projections or characterizations of future events, including financial projections, the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction or future market conditions, is a forward-looking statement. The company's actual future results could differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements for any reason, including those set forth in Galata Acquisition Corp.’s SEC filings, including its Form 8-K filed today.

 

Slide 3

 

Neither Galata Acquisition Corp. nor Marti Technologies assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Please also note that the past performance or market information is not a guarantee of future results.

 

During this conference call, we will discuss non-IFRS financial measures including a discussion of net revenue and EBITDA. We believe non-IFRS disclosures enable investors to better understand Marti Technologies’ core operating performance. Please refer to the investor presentation for a reconciliation of each non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure.

 

In connection with the proposed transaction, Galata Acquisition Corp. intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proxy statement on Form 14A, with respect to Galata Acquisition Corp.’s stockholder meeting to vote on the proposed transaction. The Proxy Statement will contain important information about the proposed transaction and related matters.

 

Hosting today’s call are Galata Acquisition Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kemal Kaya, President Daniel Freifeld and Chief Financial Officer Michael Tanzer. From Marti Technologies, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Alper Oktem, Co-founder and President Cankut Durgun and Chief Financial Officer Erdem Selim. Finally, this conference call is being webcast. The webcast link is available at galatacorp.net. I will now turn the call over to Galata Acquisition Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer Kemal Kaya.

 

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[Slide 4]

 

Kemal Kaya, Chief Executive Officer, Galata Acquisition Corp (KK):

 

Thank you, operator, and good morning everyone. I’m Kemal Kaya, CEO of Galata Acquisition Corp. Since 2008, I have been a Senior Advisor at Blackstone. I have over 35 years of investment and executive experience, including as CEO of the largest financial group in Turkey and have presided over the largest private merger in Turkish banking history. We’re here today to discuss our proposed combination with Marti Technologies, Turkey’s leading mobility provider. With that I’ll turn the call over to Galata Acquisition Corp.’s President, Daniel Freifeld.

 

Daniel Freifeld, President, Galata Acquisition Corp (DSF):

 

Thank you, Kemal. Good morning, I’m Daniel Freifeld, President of Galata Acquisition Corp. and founder of Callaway Capital Management. In addition to our CEO Kemal Kaya, I’m joined today by Galata’s CFO Michael Tanzer and Marti’s Founders, Alper Oktem and Cankut Durgun, as well as Marti’s CFO Erdem Selim and the rest of its management team.

 

The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate what we believe is the magnitude of the opportunity set and show you that this business is about operational superiority, unit economics, and scale. I hope you will be convinced, as we are, that the opportunity set is significant and untapped, Marti has an excellent operation with best-in-class unit economics, and we believe the data show impressive scalability of the business model. We believe the network effects of density mean the more vehicles they have, the more users convert upon opening the app; and the more vehicles available, the more each unique rider uses the services.

 

Before we jump into the transaction and what we believe is a highly compelling investment target, I’m going to quickly highlight Galata’s management team and sponsors. The Galata team has decades of emerging markets investment experience. In addition to Kemal’s experience, I myself am the founder of Callaway Capital and have worked in emerging markets for close to 20 years, many of them in Turkey. Today, Callaway manages multiple pooled investment vehicles specializing in emerging markets and has delivered benchmark beating returns through multiple investment cycles. I have extensive experience in Turkey, having started my career there at aged 23 and learning the language. Michael Tanzer, our CFO, works with me at Callaway, where he oversees equity and corporate debt investments and has deep and broad experience underwriting all forms of services businesses.

 

Our SPAC sponsors together underwrote more than $40 million of the initial public offering and we and our partners are bringing our embedded capital and substantial investment teams to bear on this long-term growth thesis. We raised Galata specifically to find opportunities like Marti Technologies and we’re glad to be bringing this one to you early.

 

[Slide 5]

 

DSF

 

Now, about the target – Marti is Turkey’s leading mobility provider. It today operates a fleet of e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters all serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure. As we will discuss, Marti has achieved exponential growth since inception and delivered best-in-class unit profitability all while being an innovator, continually finding ways to lower operational expenses while improving customer experience. I’m constantly amazed by the improvements they are making to everything from supply chain management to vehicle durability. Already the long-running #1 mobility app in Turkey, we believe Marti is on its way to becoming Turkey’s first – and we think only – mobility super-app. Simply put, Marti is the clear market leader in this fast growing, young country.

 

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Now let me give you the highlights of the transaction. Galata proposes to merge with Marti in Q4 2022 with a pro-forma enterprise value of $532 million and an equity value of $630 million. That implies an enterprise value of 9.7X 2023 Fully Deployed EBITDA of $55mm. The transaction will be funded with a $150 million convertible bond, of which we have commitments for $57.5 million. We note all projections in this presentation assume $92.5M in incremental PIPE commitments will be raised post-announcement. There is no guarantee incremental convertible note PIPE commitments will be raised post-announcement and we note that PIPE commitments are subject to a $150M minimum cash condition.

 

I also want to highlight here the extensive due diligence we carried out. First, we relied upon Kemal and my personal networks to get reliable insights from Marti’s existing investors and regulators. We conducted background checks on management and key shareholders. We engaged a leading global audit and accounting firm to conduct financial due diligence into the numbers. And we engaged international and local counsel to perform legal due diligence into the business. We also hired the world’s leading business consultancy and the only one with a dedicated mobility unit to conduct comprehensive commercial due diligence and market assessment. And we extensively evaluated Marti’s competitors. In short, we concluded that this is the right industry, right team, and right time for this opportunity. And with that, I will now turn it over to Alper Oktem, Marti’s founder and CEO.

 

[Slide 6] Transition slide:

 

[Slide 7]

 

Alper Oktem, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Marti Technologies (AO):

 

Thank you, Danny, and welcome everyone. My name is Alper Oktem, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Marti Technologies. Born and raised in Istanbul, I went on to attend the University of Chicago and then the London School of Economics. Following a short career in banking in London, I moved back to Istanbul to dedicate my time, effort and energy to the local tech industry. This is a pivotal moment in the history of our company, and I am here to tell you that we are confident in what the future holds for Marti as well as the Turkish transportation industry.

 

We believe that transportation is the number one issue in emerging market megacities. We also believe that everything on wheels will be electric, and everything electric will be sharable. With this vision, we built one of the largest micro-mobility fleets in the world. We have positive unit economics, unlike our global competitors, we do not lose money, we make money. Marti is the only EBITDA-positive micro-mobility company in the world that we know of. What also sets us apart is our operational excellence and an obsession with positive margins and scalability. We believe that we have developed less than ten percent of what we will eventually build.

 

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[Slide 8] Leadership team:

 

Our management team is core to Marti’s success and you will be hearing more from two of them, my Co-Founder, Cankut Durgun and, Marti’s CFO, Erdem Selim, a little later.

  

[Slide 9] Marti’s diverse investor base:

 

Marti is backed by a group of investors with deep experience in Turkey as well as the mobility space. Our diverse investor base includes the leading mobility funds in the Valley and MENA region, the largest private equity fund in Turkey and the largest provider of international finance to Turkey.

 

[Slide 10]

 

AO

 

Marti is the number one travel app in Turkey and the only scaled mobility company in the country. We offer services across different vehicle types including e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters, making us a one-stop shop for all mobility needs. What differentiates us from our publicly listed competitors is that we do not burn cash, we make money. Despite having one of the top five fleets in terms of size in the world, we have managed to scale up with positive unit economics. We are three times larger than our closest competitor in Turkey with a sixty-four percent market share. We have approximately 5.6 million downloads and over 3.5 million unique riders.

 

[Slide 11]

 

AO

 

We believe Marti also has mobility super app upside. Today, we dominate in e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters. Tomorrow, our goal is to enter ride-hailing, shared cars, and fintech. We believe our data shows that a healthy mix of different form factors is complementary to fulfilling the needs of the average consumer. Our services cover different distances, different comfort levels, and different price points. We intend to scale our current fully funded fleet of around forty six thousand vehicles to over one hundred thousand vehicles post business combination. The projections in this presentation include only the scaling of our existing business.

 

[Slide 12]

 

AO

 

Marti makes money in part because relatively low labor costs in Turkey enable us to operate a vertically integrated business model that is needed to win the local market. Despite having a similar fleet size compared to the world’s top five companies in the mobility space, our cost basis is less than one-fifth of any one of theirs. Turkey is a capital-scarce market and our seed round was less than five hundred thousand USD, not fifty million USD. Hence, we have learned to operate under certain constraints which have evolved into competitive advantages that are now an important part of our corporate culture; we are militant cost-cutters, and we strive to constantly innovate to achieve healthier margins.

 

[Slide 13]

 

AO

 

Turkey is the only G-20 economy without a mobility super app. Leading local mobility super apps in the G20 emerging markets like Indonesia, Brazil, and India are valued at billions due to the combination of high levels of demand and relative high cost of transportation alternatives.

 

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[Slide 14]

 

AO

 

Today, shared mobility is in high demand in Turkey due to factors that include but are not limited to: Lack of useful public transportation options, limited taxi penetration, no ride-hailing options, and high costs of private car ownership. Demand for mobility services has skyrocketed since the COVID pandemic, making all levels of the Turkish government favorable to pro-mobility initiatives. Marti has worked and continues to work with the government at all levels and across party lines to make mobility a star in the Turkish tech ecosystem. Now, let me turn it over to Galata Acquisition Corp. Chief Financial Officer, Michael Tanzer, who has spent over ten months performing diligence on the company.

 

[Slide 15]

 

Michael Tanzer, Chief Financial Officer, Galata Acquisition Corp (MIT):

 

Thank you, Alper. As Danny and Alper mentioned, we performed extensive due diligence on Marti. Initially, we were quite skeptical, as none of the global micro-mobility players have figured out how to make the unit economics work. We, therefore, think what Alper, Cankut and the rest of the Marti team have accomplished is remarkable. The truth is that Marti is hiding in plain sight and we believe it is one of the largest micro-mobility businesses in the world and the only market leading micro-mobility operator earning positive NPV unit economics today. Despite facing multiple rounds of COVID related lockdowns, by meeting the customer’s needs Marti has grown exponentially through an extremely challenging operating environment. And we think this performance will only get better as the company scales.

 

[Slide 16]

 

MIT

 

The next two slides are about pricing power and the risk of currency depreciation. In emerging markets the ability of a company to raise price in excess of inflation is often a key determinant of long-term value creation. We believe Marti has that pricing power. Generally speaking, and particularly in economies which are net importers of oil like Turkey, transportation inflation exceeds general inflation and currency depreciation. Marti’s services are also very inexpensive—both as compared to other means of transportation in Turkey and on a PPP basis to similar services in other countries. To provide some context: A typical e-scooter ride is about 2km, lasts 10 minutes and costs less than 1 USD.

 

In late 2021 the lira started depreciating at an accelerated rate giving us an opportunity to observe the company’s ability to raise price in real time, even against a control group. The details are illustrated here on slide 16.,

 

[Slide 17]

 

MIT

 

In Q4 2021, Marti raised price by over 50% year-over-year, while daily rides per vehicle remained flat. In summary, through this period of accelerating inflation and macroeconomic volatility, the company pushed price with a minimal effect on demand—very encouraging in our view.

 

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[Slide 18]

 

MIT

 

Working with a leading global consulting firm, we also took a deep dive into the market. We broke down transportation spend in Turkey, looking at different form factors and use cases: scooters, bikes, mopeds, cars, public transport, taxis, etc.

 

We looked at pricing and customer wallet share. And we looked at different regions and cities and compared the Turkish market to markets in Europe & Asia.

 

We found that Turkish people spend $55 to 65 billion every year on mobility, growing mid-single digits. However, we expect shared mobility to grow at a much faster rate. Of the total market spend we believe the Company has a $20 billion pie from which to earn revenue. Revenue today, and even in 2025, will be a small fraction of this addressable market and we believe the company will grow rapidly for the foreseeable future. Now I’ll hand it back to Danny to go over the key investment highlights.

 

[Slide 19]

 

DSF

 

Thank you, Michael. At a high level, and as I’ve said before, we believe there are three key things to keep in mind as we go deeper into the story: First, this business is about execution. Second, this business is about unit economics. And third, this business is about scale.

 

We believe Alper and the team have demonstrated preternatural abilities to execute, innovate, and operate within the Turkish landscape. And their growth and market share are evidence of this. Marti is unique in having had consistently positive unit economics and positive gross margins. Coming from a world of capital scarcity, these guys understand that they need to be profitable to survive. And finally, we believe this business gets better with scale. We believe the more vehicles they have, the most users convert upon opening the app, and the more vehicles that are available, the more each unique user uses the service.

 

Lastly, as a bonus Marti has strong ESG fundamentals, from a vehicle emissions standpoint to the number of blue-collar workers it directly hires from its communities to its gender diversity at all levels of the business. I’ll now introduce Cankut Durgun, Marti co-founder and president, to go over the key features of this investment.

 

[Slide 20]

 

Cankut Durgun, Co-Founder & President, Marti Technologies (CD)

 

Thank you, Danny. With a population of 85 million people, Turkey is the largest country in Europe. It also has a growing population, and a very young population, which shows a high demand for mobility services. Mobility services succeed in densely populated urban areas, and Turkey has 10 cities with a population greater than 1 million people. Marti’s business is not just about serving Istanbul, the single largest city across Europe. It is also about serving cities like Izmir and Ankara, the second and third largest cities in Turkey which have populations greater than the urban perimeters of European capitals London and Paris. Other top ten cities in Turkey, like Bursa and Mersin, have populations greater than cities such as Barcelona and Vienna.

 

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[Slide 21]

 

CD

 

In this very large and attractive urban mobility market, Marti is the clear market leader. We have 64% of the app downloads of all micro-mobility operators in the country. The rest of the market is fragmented amongst multiple operators. We already operate in 16 cities across the country which together account for 69% of Turkey’s GDP and have already proven our ability to operate multimodal operations in 4 cities. We believe operational execution risks are, therefore, low. We believe our growth will come primarily from deploying more vehicles in each modality where we already operate and launching new modalities in cities where we already operate.

 

[Slide 22]

 

CD

 

One of the key characteristics of our business is that we benefit from scale. As we deploy more vehicles, we increase the proximity of the nearest vehicle to a rider at the time of app opening. If we are able to deploy vehicles within 40 meters of a rider, the conversion rate from app opening to completing a ride rises to over 50%, resulting in increased repeat ridership on Marti as we deploy more vehicles. Our monthly rides per unique rider have increased from 2.2 in early 2019 to 3.9 most recently. In addition, over 90% of our rides consist of commute rides, with our micro-mobility vehicles serving a standalone commute journey in 61% of rides and our micro-mobility vehicles being used as a first and last mile complement to public transport in 31% of rides. Less than 10% of our rides consist of leisure rides, and this figure declines as availability further increases.

 

[Slide 23]

 

CD

 

We are a fully vertically integrated business. The key question we ask ourselves is how to deliver the best rider experience possible in the most cost-efficient way possible. In the context of the Turkish market, this has meant building each of the key elements necessary to deliver the optimal customer experience in house. This is in contrast to other operators at scale who have often relied on third-party solutions. These third-party solutions often allow for faster scaling, but we believe to the detriment of long-term control of the rider experience and healthy unit economics. Our apps, which include our end user, operations, and repair and maintenance apps are built in house. This enables faster iteration speeds to improve the rider experience and respond to operational requirements on short notice. We also conduct all of our operations, including battery swapping, repair and maintenance, and rebalancing, through in-house teams.

 

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[Slide 29]

 

CD

 

Moving to slide 29. The minimum wage in Turkey is lower than that in China. As a result, we are able to maintain high levels of fleet availability, extend the useful lives of our vehicles, and increase utilization at a low cost. We also design our own vehicles and perform local assembly of various vehicle models. These approaches allow us to tailor our vehicles to the topography and needs of the markets we serve, while creating more local employment opportunities.

 

[Slide 31]

 

Jumping now to Slide 31. As a result of our IOT lock equipped vehicles and motorcyclists in the field, our theft and vandalism rate is less than 0.1% of our fleet on a monthly basis.

 

[Slide 32]

 

CD

 

As a result of our vertically integrated approach, we have achieved greater than 2.5-year average useful lives on our fleet first deployed as early as November 2019. We expect our useful lives will be longer in newer generations of vehicles.

 

[Slide 33]

 

CD

 

Our most recent generation of vehicles has yet to complete year-round operations and we, therefore, present the year-round unit economics of our previous generation of vehicles. Our unit economics have historically improved with each successive generation of vehicles. The $1.11 daily gross margin generated by our previous generation vehicles results in a 567-day payback period on an all-in vehicle cost of $632. This is in contrast to the greater than 2.5-year, or greater than 900-day useful life of these vehicles. As we deploy newer generations of vehicles in the same city, we see greater availability increasing utilization, and higher quality vehicles increasing utilization even further. We also benefit from economies of scale across our variable cost items with each successive fleet. For example, we rely on a greater share of locally sourced spare parts as we scale, which reduces lead times and spare parts costs. Our shift to swappable batteries in newer fleet models reduces battery charging costs relative to previous unswappable models. We also enable greater specialization in our repair and maintenance efforts with scale.

 

[Slide 34]

 

CD

 

Looking at our projections, our number of rides is primarily a function of our fleet size in each of e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters, and secondarily a function of the number of daily rides per vehicle. We have modeled an approximately 20% increase in daily rides per vehicle from 2022 to 2023 as a result of greater availability driving increased utilization, and more recently introduced modalities having greater historical utilization than earlier ones. For example, our e-bikes, which were deployed starting in December 2021, are currently seeing approximately 30% higher daily rides per vehicle than our e-scooters which were deployed in March 2019.

 

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[Slide 35]

 

CD

 

Our net revenue is a function of our number of rides and our net revenue per ride. Economics and profitability are expected to improve with new units deployed for 2023 and beyond. Our net revenue per ride is forecasted to increase approximately 30% from 2022 to 2023 as a result of the new modalities we introduce, namely e-bikes and e-mopeds, having higher pricing and longer travel durations under a per minute pricing model than e-scooters. The per minute price of our e-bikes is currently approximately 45% higher than that of e-scooters, and the per minute price of our e-mopeds is currently approximately 65% higher than that of e-scooters. Travel durations are also higher for e-bikes than for e-scooters, and further higher for e-mopeds than for e-bikes.

 

[Slide 36]

 

CD

 

Marti ended 2021 with 42% pre-depreciation, and 15% post-depreciation gross margins. Our pre-depreciation gross margins in our geofence zones where we operate at scale are already near 60%. The reason why our average figure is 42% is due to operating at subscale in several geofence zones. We estimate that zones require at least 700 vehicles in order to recoup the investment costs of setting up a warehouse, staffing a minimum level of operations, repair and maintenance personnel, and employing operations vans in a zone. We are currently operating with 200 to 300 vehicles in several of our geofence zones in order to retain the benefits of being the first mover to serve a new zone. Together with the proceeds of this capital raise, we expect we will reach scale in each of the geofence zones where we operate and foresee pre-depreciation gross margins rising to around 55%. Assuming that depreciation takes a similar share of net revenue, we expect approximately 30% post-depreciation gross margins at scale.

 

[Slide 37]

 

CD

 

Urban mobility is a business with a regulatory component. Our experience bringing e-scooters to Turkey is an example of how we have successfully contributed to the development of a new transport modality in the country. E-scooters were first introduced to the Turkish transportation code in 2020 as a new legal mode of transport. Subsequently, a framework governing the rights and requirements of e-scooter operators was established in 2021. That framework has three important characteristics. First, it is growth oriented. E-scooters can operate in a fully dockless model, meaning that they can be picked up and dropped off anywhere, thereby maximizing demand. Second, there is a multi-tiered licensing process for operators. Operators first secure a national license from the Ministry of Transportation, followed by city level licenses in each city where they would like to operate, followed by the payment of a per vehicle daily occupancy fee to each district in which they then operate. This multi-tiered licensing process ensures that operators are held to a high standard while also requiring extensive teams to navigate. Third, operators are required to hold their servers in Turkey and to produce a certain percentage of their fleet locally by 2024. These requirements ensure that rider data is protected and shared with regulators, while also promoting the development of local operators who best understand the needs of local riders.

 

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[Slide 38]

 

CD

 

Marti is also a business with strong environmental, social, and governance fundamentals. From an environmental perspective, the lifecycle emissions of our vehicles, including manufacturing, operations, and recycling, are 73% less than the average emissions of the journeys that they replace.

 

[Slide 39]

 

From a social perspective, 34% of our workforce is in the 15–24 year age group which has the highest unemployment rate in Turkey. We also serve all segments of the population, including lower income neighborhoods, rather than just touristic or high-income neighborhoods. For example, in Istanbul, we serve districts covering 96% of the city’s population. From a governance perspective, the 36% share of women in management roles at Marti, which includes C-level and department heads, is significantly higher than the 19% share of women in management roles across the Turkish labor force. I will now turn the call over to Erdem Selim, Marti’s Chief Financial Officer.

 

[Slide 40] Transition Slide.

 

[Slide 41]

 

Erdem Selim, Chief Financial Officer, Marti Technologies (ES)

 

Thank you, Cankut. As mentioned earlier our revenues are strongly correlated to the availability of vehicles, which we believe will significantly increase in tandem with the growth in fleet size. In addition, the higher pricing and longer ride durations of the new modalities should result in a greater contribution to revenues. We are already experiencing this with the recently launched e-mopeds and e-bikes. Accordingly, we expect to increase our revenues to $23 million this year and reach $85 million by 2023.

 

Profit margins also benefit from the increase in scale and the higher contribution of the new modalities, leading to expected pre-depreciation Gross Margin of 55% and EBITDA of $32 million in 2023.

 

[Slide 42]

 

ES

 

When we look at the projections, the main drivers of revenues are the average number of rides per vehicle and average revenue per ride. Looking forward, we used the actual average number of rides achieved in the last twelve months despite the negative effects of curfews during the COVID pandemic. For the new modalities that have a shorter track record we used the actual figures achieved since their first deployment and applied the historical seasonality for the remainder of the year.

 

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We kept the average revenue per ride figures constant in real terms and only increased them by the expected CPI. The inelastic nature of demand allows us to quickly adjust our prices in response to changing economic conditions. For example, we have already increased our prices four times since November 2021 in response to the inflationary pressures without any meaningful change in demand.

 

In an early exercise, increasing the number of e-scooters from 100 to 500 in Antalya resulted in 50% higher number of rides per scooter. However, we kept the average number of rides constant, disregarding this positive effect of the increased availability and only incorporated minor increases starting in 2023, reflecting the anticipated effects of our various optimization efforts.

 

For the cost projections in the model, we conducted a detailed analysis with each department of how their costs would evolve with the projected growth. Despite the high savings potential, we reflected economies of scale in a limited manner benefiting G&A and other fixed expenses such as advisory and R&D. Apart from that we assumed constant operating costs across modalities with separate teams serving each. We actually plan to consolidate these teams to the extent possible, for example, by using the same standard batteries for all modalities and achieve significant savings which are not reflected here.

 

We also assumed real term constant prices for vehicles and spare parts. In actuality, we save costs by sourcing more parts domestically and, in general, hardware prices tend to come down over time.

 

With this, I leave the final word to Michael for details of the transaction structure.

 

[Slide 43] Transition Slide.

 

[Slide 44]

 

MIT

 

Thank you, Erdem. Our deal values Marti at $532 million pro-forma enterprise value. At 9.7X 2023 fully deployed EBITDA, we think this valuation is quite attractive on both an absolute and relative basis.

 

The goals of this transaction are threefold: One, raise Marti the capital it needs to grow and be self-sustaining. We believe that Marti has a unique first mover advantage, the Super app upside is attainable with capital and execution and the opportunity to realize it is now. Two, we wanted to create a deal structure that positions the company for success. And three, we wanted to underscore that its founders are aligned with its shareholders. Existing Marti shareholders are rolling 100% of their equity into the deal and the MIP and LTIP give management and existing shareholders very meaningful skin in game. We’re very excited about the future of this business. I want to personally thank everyone for joining today’s call. We look forward to closing this transformative business combination and executing on the next phase of our growth cycle. I would encourage all interested parties to follow our progress on our investor relations website: www.galatacorp.net and stay tuned for the upcoming launch of Marti’s new IR website in the coming weeks.

 

Thank you and good day.

 

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Thank you. This concludes today’s conference. You may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you for your participation.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

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TURKEY’S LEADING MOBILITY APP

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About this Presentation This confidential presentation (this “Presentation”) is for informational purposes only to assist interested parties in making their own evaluation with respect to an investment in connection with a possible transaction (the “Business Combination”) involving Marti Technologies Inc.(“Marti” or the “Company”) and Galata Acquisition Corp.(“Galata” or “SPAC”), and for no other purpose. The information contained herein does not purport to be all-inclusive and none of Galata, the Company or their respective representatives or affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the information contained in this Presentation. This Presentation and any oral statements made in connection with this Presentation do not constitute (i) a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed Business Combination or (ii) an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy or a recommendation to purchase any securities. No such offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an exemption therefrom. You should not construe the contents of this Presentation as legal, tax, accounting, investment or other advice or a recommendation. You should consult your own counsel and tax and financial advisors as to legal and related matters concerning the matters described herein, and, by accepting this Presentation, you confirm that you are not relying upon the information contained herein to make any decision. 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This Presentation and information contained herein constitutes confidential information and is provided to you on the condition that you agree that you will hold it in strict confidence and not reproduce, disclose, forward or distribute it in whole or in part without the prior written consent of SPAC and the Company and is intended for the recipient hereof only. By accepting this Presentation, the recipient agrees (a) to maintain the confidentiality of all information that is contained in this Presentation and not already in the public domain and (b) to return or destroy all copies of this Presentation or portions thereof in its possession upon request. This Presentation is being distributed to selected recipients only and is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation. Neither this Presentation nor any part of it may be taken or transmitted into the United States or published, released, disclosed or distributed, directly or indirectly, in the United States, as that term is defined in the Securities Act, except to a limited number of qualified institutional buyers, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or institutional “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Forward Looking Statements Certain statements in this Presentation may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws with respect to the proposed Business Combination. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events, such as the benefits of the Transaction or the anticipated timing of the Transaction, or SPAC or the Company’s future financial or operating performance. For example, statements regarding anticipated growth in the industry in which the Company operates and anticipated growth in demand for the Company’s products, projections of the Company’s future financial results, possible growth opportunities for the Company and other metrics are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “pro forma,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “strive,” “budget,” “forecast,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “predict,” “potential” and “continue” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by SPAC, the Company and their respective management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: competition; the ability of the company to grow and manage growth, maintain relationships with consumers, suppliers and strategic partners and retain its management and key employees; costs related to the Business Combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business or competitive factors; the Company’s estimates of expenses and profitability; the evolution of the markets in which the Company competes; the ability of the Company to implement its strategic initiatives and continue to innovate its existing products; the ability of the Company to defend its intellectual property; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business. Nothing in this Presentation should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Neither SPAC nor the Company undertakes any duty to update or revise these forward-looking statements. You should consult the risk factors included in this Presentation and SPAC’s public filings with the SEC, including the “Risk Factors” section in the registration statement on Form F-4 and the proxy statement included therein (the “Registration Statement”) that SPAC intends to file relating to the proposed Transaction and the “Risk Factors” section of other documents that SPAC files with the SEC from time to time, for additional information regarding risks and uncertainties related to the potential Transaction and which could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Presentation. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and SPAC and Marti assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Disclaimers 2

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Use of Projections This Presentation contains financial forecasts for the Company with respect to certain financial results for the Company’s fiscal years 2022 through 2023. The Company’s independent auditors have not audited, studied, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures with respect to the projections for the purpose of their inclusion in this Presentation, and accordingly, they did not express an opinion or provide any other form of assurance with respect thereto for the purpose of this Presentation. These projections are forward-looking statements and should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of future results. In this Presentation, certain of the above-mentioned projected information has been provided for purposes of providing comparisons with historical data. The assumptions and estimates underlying the prospective financial information are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic, competitive and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the prospective financial information. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the prospective results are indicative of the future performance of the Company or that actual results will not differ materially from those presented in the prospective financial information. Inclusion of the prospective financial information in this Presentation should not be regarded as a representation by any person that the results contained in the prospective financial information will be achieved. The performance projections and estimates are subject to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and have the potential to be revised to take into account further adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the future performance of SPAC and Marti. Projected financial results and estimates are based on an assumption that public health, economic, market and other conditions will improve; however, there can be no assurance that such conditions will improve within the time period or to the extent estimated by SPAC or Marti. The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on future performance is particularly uncertain and difficult to predict; therefore actual results may vary materially and adversely from the projections included herein. Financial Information; Non-GAAP Measures The financial information and data contained in this Presentation is unaudited and does not conform to Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act. Such information and data may not be included in, may be adjusted in or may be presented differently in, the registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed relating to the Business Combination and the proxy statement/prospectus contained therein. This Presentation also includes certain financial measures not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States (“GAAP”) including, but not limited to, Adjusted EBITDA and certain ratios and other metrics derived therefrom. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus non-operating income (loss), depreciation and amortization, net interest expense, income taxes, stock-based compensation and transaction costs. These non-GAAP financial measures are not measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP and may exclude items that are significant in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial results. Therefore, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income, cash flows from operations or other measures of profitability, liquidity or performance under GAAP. You should be aware that the Company’s presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies. The Company believes these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information for management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company believes the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing the Company’s financial measures with other similar companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. These non-GAAP financial measures are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which expense and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. This Presentation also includes certain projections of non-GAAP financial measures. Due to the high variability and difficulty in making accurate forecasts and projections of some of the information excluded from these projected measures, together with some of the excluded information not being ascertainable or accessible, the Company is unable to quantify certain amounts that would be required to be included in the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures without unreasonable effort. Consequently, no disclosure of estimated comparable GAAP measures is included and no reconciliation of the forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures is included. Industry and Market Data In this Presentation, SPAC and the Company rely on and refer to certain information and statistics obtained from third-party sources which SPAC and the Company believe to be reliable. While SPAC and the Company believe such third-party information is reliable, there can be no assurance as to the accuracy or completeness of the indicated information, and the Company has not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of any such information. Trademarks This Presentation contains trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights of other companies, which are the property of their respective owners. The Company’s use thereof does not imply an affiliation with, or endorsement by, the owners of such trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights. Solely for convenience, some of the trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights referred to in this Presentation may be listed without the TM, SM © or ® symbols, but the Company will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, the rights of the applicable owners to these trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights. There is no guarantee that either SPAC or the Company will work, or continue to work, with any of the firms or businesses whose logos are included herein in the future. Disclaimers (cont’d) 3

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Marti is an excellent match for Galata Profitable and scalable unit economics reinforcing a discernible competitive advantage Favorable regulatory structure encouraging growth and opportunities for data-driven digital distribution Further industry consolidation opportunities Low penetration rates and favorable demographics Annual market growth significantly in excess of inflation 4 Galata has deep expertise and extensive experience in Turkey ● 35+ years of executive and management experience in Turkey ● Senior Advisor to The Blackstone Group ● Former CEO of Yapi Kredi Group, one of the leading financial groups in Turkey Kemal Kaya CEO ● 20+ years of experience in Turkey ● CIO of Callaway Capital Management ● Turkish speaker Daniel Freifeld President ● 13+ years of investment experience ● Portfolio Manager at Callaway Capital Management ● Former Senior Analyst at Southpaw Asset Management Michael Tanzer CFO

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5 ● Marti is Turkey’s leading mobility provider, operating a fleet of e-scooters, e-bikes, and e-mopeds, serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure ● Marti has achieved strong growth and best- in-class unit profitability1 ● As the #1 mobility app on the iOS & Android stores in Turkey, Marti seeks to become Turkey’s first mobility super app by expanding into other attractive adjacencies, leveraging its growing and loyal customer base Transaction summary ● Galata is a NYSE-listed special purpose acquisition company which proposes to close a merger with Marti in Q4 2022 ● Pro-forma enterprise value of c.$532 million and equity value of c.$630 million o Implied pro forma enterprise value of 4.2x 2023FD (Fully Deployed2) net revenue of c.$125 million and 9.7x 2023FD (Fully Deployed2) EBITDA of c.$55 million o $57.5 million convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to $92.5 million to be raised post-announcement will fund future growth ● Marti shareholders are rolling 100% of their equity and are expected to own c.50%3 of the Company at close About Marti Transaction overview ● Background checks on management and shareholders ● Engagement of leading global audit and accounting firm for financial due diligence ● Engagement of international and local counsel for legal due diligence ● Engagement of the world’s leading business consultancy for comprehensive commercial due diligence ● Comprehensive evaluation of competitors and comparative transactions ● Independent analysis of current market share, unit economics, and regulatory regime Due diligence conducted by Galata Source: Company information, Helbiz and Bird investor presentations and SEC filings. Note: 1. In FY2021, Marti had a positive (+1%) EBITDA margin vs Bird’s (-33%) and Helbiz’s (-409%) significantly negative EBITDA margins. 2. FD refers to Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. 3. Based on the Pro-Forma Diluted Ownership laid out on the Detailed transaction overview slide.

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Marti Overview

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We believe… 7 Transportation is the number one issue in emerging market megacities Everything on wheels will be electric… … and everything electric will be shareable Source: Company information.

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Levan Yakut Chief Vehicle Officer Leadership team… 8 Management team cumulatively has c.85 years of experience across technology, telecommunications, finance, and consulting industries Cankut Durgun Cofounder, President Sena Öktem Cofounder, Deputy CEO İrem Bilgic Chief Operating Officer Alper Öktem Founder, CEO Eyal Enriquez Chief Strategy Officer Erdem Selim Chief Financial Officer Source: Company information.

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…backed by investors with strong knowhow of Turkey and mobility Marti’s diverse investor base includes the leading mobility funds in the Valley and MENAT region, the largest private equity fund in Turkey and the largest provider of international finance to Turkey 9 Leading early stage VC and mobility investor in MENAT Silicon Valley-based early stage VC, dedicated to global mobility The largest private equity primarily focusing on investments in Turkey San Francisco-based debt financing provider to high growth technology companies UAE-based global venture capital investor Leading provider of international finance to Turkey’s public sector Source: Company information.

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10 Marti is Turkey’s mobility app leader today… Key figures #1 travel app in Turkey (iOS / Android)1 3.5M+ Unique riders3 57% 2023 FD gross Margin5,6 92% Rides from daily commuters4 $125M 2023 FD net revenues5 64% Market share2 Source: Company information. Note: 1. Travel app with the highest number of #1 ranking in Turkey iOS/Android app stores for last 12 months as of May 31, 2022. Ranking figures based on data.ai (fka AppAnnie). 2. Total app downloads as of May 31, 2022 as per data.ai (fka app.annie) as compared to five competitors. Only micromobility operators included in analysis. Market share figures reflect Marti's performance across the aggregate of its existing three service modalities: escooters, ebikes, and emopeds. Individual market shares by modality are different. 3. Internal company data as of July 14, 2022. 4. Share of rides from daily commute and first and last mile journeys in Istanbul. Definition of journeys: (i) first and last mile: rides that start or end in 100m radius of metro, metrobus, marmaray, ferry stops; (ii) leisure: Rides with more than 10 times difference between the total ride distance and the air distance (bird’s eye view) from start to end points of ride (iii) commute: all remaining rides. Outliers for short or missing distance info excluded. Period: Apr 2021 – Mar 2022.. 5. Based on Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. 6. Pre depreciation.

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Environmentally friendly and complementary services for the daily commute …and Marti is on its way to becoming Turkey's first mobility super app 46,000+ currently fully-funded vehicles; expected to reach ~128,000+ by the end of 20236 Other Future Opportunities Advertisement Fintech Services Mobility as a Service Provider E-scooters E-bikes E-mopeds E-cars Launch Date 2019 2021 2021 2024E Revenue per ride1 $0.8 $1.3 $1.6 $2.97 Avg. Distance2 1.8 km3 1.9 km4 3.2 km5 8.0 km7 Avg. Duration2 c.10 minutes3 c.11 minutes4 c.13 minutes5 c.25 minutes7 Age Range 16-40 years old6 16-70 years old6 16-70 years old6 18-70 years old7 11 Source: Company information, crowd screening. Note: 1. Average 2023E net revenue per ride, except for E-cars. 2. Average per ride figures. 3. Last 12 months data: June 2021 – May 2022 period. 4. Dec 2021 – May 2022 data indexed to last 12 months E-scooters data to achieve full year figures. 5. Last 11 months data: July 2021 – May 2022 period. 6. Fully funded fleet as of July 2022. Expected fleet size is based on full $150M PIPE funding. 7. Management estimates.

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Lower depreciation Single country focus Greater vehicle availability Lower operating cost Rider preference Increased demand / volumes Lower price Better margins and cash position Faster vehicle expansion Better vehicles with longer useful life Vertical integration 12 As Marti grows, scale is expected to further reinforce its competitive advantages Source: Company information.

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All of the top 20 world economies have a mobility super app… except for Turkey Turkey offers significant untapped mobility opportunities, but does not have a super app yet… Source: Company information. 13

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14 64x 12x 8x 6x Inadequate public transportation and unpleasant mobility alternatives for last mile journeys … and Turkey needs immediate mobility solutions High cost of car ownership1 Dacia Sandero Dacia Spring Chevrolet Spark Hyundai i10 Min Cost of Owning a New Car / Min Monthly Wage Low metro station density Istanbul Paris London New York Turkey U.K. U.S. France 7 17 39 292 Limited taxi penetration3 # of stations per 100 km2 1 13 13 14 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 London New York Paris Istanbul # of taxis per thousand people Source: Statista, OECD, TomTom, Transport for London, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Todd W. Schneider, Hyundai Turkey, Chevrolet US, Dacia UK and Dacia France, WorldPopulationReview, CityPopulation, Transport & Environment, Salaryaftertax. Note: 1. Represents the lowest priced new car purchase cost in each country as of mid 2020. Maintenance and fuel costs are significant costs and are not included and net minimum wage salaries are used in this graph. OECD Annual Average 2020 FX rates and OECD minimum wage figures are used. 2. Based on TomTom 2021 traffic index. Indexed to London 2021 traffic congestion score. 3. Both taxis and cabs and private hire vehicles are included. Assumes no private hire vehicles in Turkey. High traffic congestion2 1.9x 1.1x 1.1x 1.0x 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 New York London Paris Istanbul Traffic congestion2

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 '- 5 10 15 20 25 Mar-19May-19 Jul-19 Sept-19Nov-19 Jan-20 Mar-20May-20 Jul-20 Sept-20Nov-20 Jan-21 Mar-21May-21 Jul-21 Sep-21 Nov-21 Jan-22 Mar-22May-22 LTM Net Revenue ($) Operational Fleet ('000s) 15 (24%) (14%) (7%) (4%) 4% 37% 33% 31% 37% 40% 41% 38% 39% (45%) (30%) (15%) 0% 15% 30% 45% 60% Q2'19 Q3'19 Q4'19 Q1'20 Q2'20 Q3'20 Q4'20 Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Gross Margin (pre-depreciation) 2 Attractive gross profit margin levels (LTM) By addressing this unmet and underserved demand, Marti has grown significantly with attractive margin levels, even during COVID 2 LTM revenue is consistently growing Last mile connectivity - complementary to long distance transport Timing flexibility with on demand booking Ability to pick-up and drop-off anywhere Affordable transportation Vehicle designs tailored to local topography and weather Environmentally friendly and socially distanced travel solutions Marti offers Source: Company information. Note: Based on last 12 months avg pre-depreciation gross margin. 1. Last 12 months net revenue. Periods before Feb 2020 do not have 12 months rolling data so monthly revenue is annualized by multiplying by 12. 2. Q2’19 and Q3’19 LTM are based on 6 months and 9 months, respectively. 0 LTM Net Revenue1 (million $) Operational Fleet (000 vehicle) Gross margin (%) Full curfew Partial curfew Mar-22 Jun-22

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16 Source: Company information. 1. Weighted average of price change is based on number of vehicles. Individual price change by zone varies between 10% and 51%. 2. 2 zones in Istanbul (Asia and Europe-2) are used as control groups since prices did not change during analysis period. 3. Istanbul Europe 1 zone analysis period is used for control group to factor out seasonality. 4. Performance analysis is based on 10 days prior to price change vs. 10 days after price change. 15 zones that have 10 days of post increase data are included in analysis group. 5. Performance without adjusting for seasonality. 6. Performance after adjusting for seasonality based on control group # of zones % chg. in price Zones without price change (control group)2 2 0% Zones with price increase 15 25%1 ~25% price increase in 15 zones compared with control group of 2 zones without change Factoring out the negative impact of seasonality in control group, revenue per vehicle increased by 24% 26.1 TL 27.9 TL 32.3 TL Before After (without seasonality adjustment) After (with seasonality adjustment) Average daily net revenue per vehicle 8.9 TL 11.0 TL Average old price per ride (10 min ride) Average new price per ride (10 min ride) Price impact – on zones with price increase4 Pre- increase4 Post- increase4,5 Post-increase (adjusted for seasonality)4,6 % diff. Ride per vehicle per day 3.3 2.8 3.2 (3%) Net revenue per vehicle per day (TL) 26.1 27.9 32.3 24% Ride per vehicle per day in control group declined by 16%, highlighting adverse seasonality impact on demand Performance of control group Pre-increase3 Post- increase3 % diff. Ride per vehicle per day 4.1 3.4 (16%) 4.1 3.4 Before After Ride per vehicle per day B A BA ABB +25% +24%-16% Marti's service exhibits low price elasticity of demand, as evidenced by the results of its recent price increase

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Revenue per minute increased ~51% in TL terms and ~12% in USD terms in Q4 2021 vs. Q4 2020, while daily rides per vehicle stayed the same 17 Source: Company information. Note: Price change is only one of the factors impacting daily rides so this analysis needs to be viewed as a directional and correlated view rather than a definite causality. 1. Q4 2020 Figures shown as 100. 100.0 100.0 150.9 111.8 100 TL Revenue per minute USD Revenue per minute Q4 2020 Q4 2021 100.0 100.7 100 Daily rides per vehicle Q4 2020 Q4 2021 ~51% increase in TL revenue per minute applied to reflect TL depreciation against USD and rising costs Daily rides per vehicle stayed the same even though deployed fleet size doubled All charts have been indexed to Q4 20201

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Despite its mobility leadership in Turkey, Marti's current presence remains a small fraction of the total addressable market in Turkey 18 Marti’s current market presence3 $0.02B $55 – 65B Consumer Mobility Market1 (TAM) Shared Mobility Market2 (TSM) $10 – 15B Marti’s estimated market presence4 $0.13B $70 – 80B Consumer Mobility Market1 (TAM) Shared Mobility Market2 (TSM) $18 – 25B Today 2026 E Source: McKinsey disruptive scenario and Company information. 1. TAM (total addressable market) is the total consumer mobility market including privately owned as well as shared mobility to get around locally. 2. TSM (total serviceable market) includes all shared mobility to get around locally (excl. private ownership). 3. Marti’s current revenues of c.$20m based on latest annualized net revenue using last 12 months as of May 2022. 4. 2023 fully deployed revenue estimate shown as a proxy. Fully Deployed figures are based on the assumption that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. CAGR: 5% TAM1 CAGR: 11% TSM2

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1. Highly attractive market demographics 2. Clear market leader 3. Strong customer retention, reinforced by scale 4. Vertically integrated business model driving lower costs and higher revenues 5. Best-in-class unit economics 6. Constructive regulatory framework 7. Strong ESG fundamentals 19 Key investment highlights Source: Company information. Note: Key investment highlight #5 is in comparison to Bird and Helbiz.

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1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 10 Austria Poland Sweden France Italy UK Spain Germany Turkey 20 1. Highly attractive market demographics 9 10 38 47 60 65 68 84 85 Austria Sweden Poland Spain Italy France UK Germany Turkey % Population < 50 yrs2 2021 Growth (%) 3 Source: BMI, CityPopulation. Note: 1. 2021 figures are based on estimates as of 2020. 2. Represents 0-49 age group. 3. Doesn’t include immigrants. 4. Reflects population of city centers only. Highly urbanized society, with several large and dense city centers Single country focus Large, young and growing population base1 2021 Population (million) Number of cities >1 million population4 58% 61% 62% 58% 54% 60% 62% 55% 76% 0.4% 0.6% (0.1%) 0.0% (0.2%) 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8% Turkey has a population larger than the Nordics, Belgium and Spain combined

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21 Source: Sensor Tower, GDP data per city from Turkstat. Note: 1. As of May 31, 2022 (as per data.ai, fka App Annie) as compared to five competitors. Only micromobility operators included in analysis. Market share figures reflect Marti's performance across the aggregate of its existing three service modalities: escooters, ebikes, and emopeds. Individual market shares by modality are different. 2. Marti has applied for license in Van, Usak, Trabzon, Diyarbakir, and Sivas. 3. E-scooters, e-bikes, and e-mopeds are in operation in Istanbul and Izmir; E-scooters and e-bikes are in operation in Adana and Antalya. Marti is the most downloaded travel app in Turkey 64% market share 2. Clear market leader Greater vehicle availability Marti operates in 16 cities, representing c.69% of national GDP City GDP as a percentage of Turkey’s GDP % Multi Modality3 Pending license2 Marti’s footprint 30.1% 3.8% 9.6% 1.1% 2.6% 1.9% 6.1% 2.0% 2.0% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 4.0% 0.4% 1.8% Istanbul Izmir Ankara Antalya 0.4% Adana 0.5% 0.7% 0.5% 0.9% 0.4% 5.6 1.8 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 Comp #3 Comp #1 Comp #2 Comp #4 Comp #5 # of app downloads in millions1

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3. Strong customer retention, reinforced by scale 22 Vehicle availability drives customer retention3 App opening to ride conversion ratio increases with vehicle availability2 10% 12% 15% 17% 20% 25% 34% 43% 48% 50% 53% 54% 1000 800 600 500 400 300 200 100 50 40 30 20 Distance of rider to the nearest vehicle (meter) Rider preference Increased demand Commute accounts for 92% of all rides1 Source: Company information. Note: 1. Share of rides from daily commute and first and last mile journeys in Istanbul. Definition of journeys: (i) first and last mile: rides that start or end in 100m radius of metro, metrobus, marmaray, ferry stops; (ii) leisure: Rides with more than 10 times difference between the total ride distance and the air distance (bird’s eye view) from start to end points of ride (iii) commute: all remaining rides. Outliers for short or missing distance info excluded. Period: Jun 2021 – May 2022. 2. Scooters (fleet generations 1,2,3,4) included in analysis for Jun 2021 – May 2022 period. 3. Based on E-scooters data, Mar 2019 – Jun 2022 period. 92% non-discretionary Greater vehicle availability Daily commute 61% First and last mile commute 31% Leisure 8% 2.2 2.4 3.0 2.6 3.1 3.3 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.3 3.9 Jun - 20 Sep - 19 Jun - 19 Jun - 21 Dec - 19 Mar - 21 Mar - 20 Dec - 20 Sep - 20 Sep - 21 Dec - 21 Jun - 22 Mar - 22 Mar - 19 3.7 28.6 0.1 0.3 0.8 2.1 2.1 5.8 7.9 9.7 2.9 16.7 18.8 17.7 20.6 26.0 Avg. daily vehicles deployed (000 vehicles) Avg. monthly rides per unique rider

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23 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues Mobility applications End user, operation, technical etc. ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ Fleet operations Battery charging ▲ □ □ ▲ □ ▲ □ Repair & Maintenance ▲ □ □ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ Rebalancing ▲ □ □ ▲ □ ▲ □ Vehicle manufacturing Vehicle design ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ □ ▲ Parts procurement and vehicle assembly ▲ □ □ □ ▲ □ ▲ Marti’s in-house management across the micromobility value chain sets the company apart from other operators Source: Public research. ▲ In-house managed □ Third party managed

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24 Maps Payments Notifications App Server Data Server Design for Failure ! Horizontal Scaling Secure and scalable software systems Multiple instances, automatic service restart and regular server backups to avoid interruptions Supporting full in-house development of applications Backed by leading tech service providers Modularity Microservices approach with few monolith applications and serverless services AWS Cloud enables on demand server capacity based on traffic loads 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) In-house software – system architecture Vertical integration Source: Company information. Rider preference Back office applications Technical service applications Operation applications Call center applications End-user applications Payment gateway (under development) Lower operating cost

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25 In-house data analytics – proprietary tools and systems 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) Vehicle rebalancing to meet customer demand Automated grouping of battery swap tasks Swap1 Swap3 Swap5 Swap4 Swap2 Vertical integration • Real-time modelling • Based on demand prediction and fleet footprint • Improved efficiency of task allocation • Increases tasks per shift • Minimizes distance traveled by operation vehicles • Regular updates for continuous improvement Available for rebalancing Selected vehicles Drop-off points to be selected Drop-off point selected Source: Company information. Rider preference

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26 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) Vertical integration Damage identification tool and self-diagnostics system Health checker app Vehicle : PBR2 Location: IZMIR Reason: Last 7 rides average distance low. Average distance:655.81 meters Vehicle : 9T23 Location: ASYA Reason: Last rides repair comment. Comment: Throttle didn’t work. Vehicle : EKAP Location: ASYA Reason: Last rides repair comment. Comment: Front brake wasn’t working Damage prediction PPND - IMMEDIATE ACTION (IoT - Vehicle Communication) VHU5 - SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY (IoT - Lock Open) 9R9D - SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY (IoT - Lock Open) 9R9D - IMMEDIATE ACTION (Vibration Level : High ) 22:21 12:03 21:38 19:04 Self-diagnostics • In-house app for technical service employees - enables quick diagnosis • Reduces need to bring vehicles to warehouse • Automatic repair ticket generation Types of error detected • Gas sensor • Motor sensor • Brake sensor • IoT lock communication • IoT board – motor controller communication Algorithm proxies used • Average ride distance or duration • In-app ride rating • In-app customer comments Helps detect mechanical errors Detects electronic malfunctions In-house data analytics – proprietary tools and systems Source: Company information. Rider preference

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In-house built consumer mobile app 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) Vertical integration Easily find the nearest Marti and reserve it Quickly scan a QR code and start your ride Easily navigate to your destination using directions Park easily with IoT lock Pay quickly through a variety of options Quick unlock Easy navigation Easy docking Quick payment 27 Rider preference Source: Company information. Note: iOS App store rating: 4.7 & Google Play Store rating: 4.0. PFGR %65 01:14 Easy location

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28 Ability to produce customized products that suit local needs and deliver superior operational performance In-house hardware capabilities Final vehicle is designed based on local geographic needs and cost-benefit ratio of individual components 40+ product prototypes are evaluated by hardware team Wheel Chassis Battery Motion sensors In-house built hardware & IoT systems IoT boards IoT Locks Strong relationship with local and foreign manufacturing partners Enables steady supply and operational efficiency Assembly of sourced components by in-house team and assembly partners Drives vehicle quality, cost benefits and lower lead times 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) Vertical integration Better vehicles with longer useful life • Faster pace of vehicle improvement iterations • Greater remote control and diagnosis capability over the vehicle • Lower vehicle costs • Reduced component part lead times • Lower theft and vandalism Source: Company information. Lower operating cost Product assembly Product design Prototype testing and design Component procurement Outcomes Proprietary sourcing In-house assembly

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29 Low labor cost 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) Better margins and cash position Source: Trading Economics for China and India; OECD for the rest. 2020 Real Minimum Wage ($) Minimum wage in Turkey is lower than that of China c.$24,700 c.$22,900 c.$21,700 c.$21,100 c.$15,100 c.$4,300 c.$4,000 c.$860 Lower operating cost

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Control room 30 ● Live status check 24x7 ● Fleet deployment adjusted as per usage ● Any operational need is addressed promptly ● 24x7 monitoring of warehouses and vehicles in different regions ● Coordination and mobilization of field teams as needed for prompt response ● Battery replacement (swap) teams in action ● Working in shifts for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week In-house operations and control systems Operations field team Regional operations dashboard 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) Vertical integration Source: Company information. Rider preference

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In-house security systems and effective use of CCTVs result in low rates of theft and vandalism 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) Surveillance and security systems in place across all operating cities 31 Marti’s innovative physical IoT based cable lock Security team of motorcyclists that operate 24x7 to ensure safety of vehicles and intervene when needed Access to high density public CCTV cameras in Turkey < 0.1% Better margins and cash position Source: Company information. Note: 1. All time average as of May 2022. Monthly theft and vandalism %1 Lower operating cost

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• Centrally located, Istanbul-based teams • Repair battery, IoT board, IoT lock, engine driver and other valuable parts In-house maintenance and vehicle assembly lengthens useful life of equipment Electronic repair teams reuse valuable components 32 Warehouse maintenance teams • Vehicle repair & quality control in warehouse • Led by mechanic managers, technicians, quality control, coating and cleaning personnel Battery repair IoT board repair Improving useful life of fleet 1 with increased experience Better margins and cash position Generations 3 and beyond Generation 1 Generation 2 8 months +24 months +24 months Off-the-shelf vehicles 4. Vertically integrated business model drives lower costs & higher revenues (cont’d) Locally designed and assembled vehicles Better vehicles with longer useful life Source: Company information. Note: 1. Figures refer to scooters only 10 months 16 months 24 months

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33 Consistently improving unit economics +114%5 Generations 3 & 4 vehicles2,3 Generations 1 & 2 vehicles1 Delta Daily net revenue per vehicle $2.77 $2.774 Daily net operating costs per vehicle $2.25 $1.65 Daily gross margin $0.52 $1.11 All-in vehicle costs $660 $632 Payback period days 1,227 567 Share of fleet5 12% 88% 0% (27%) (4%) (54%)6 - 5. Best-in-class unit economics Better vehicles with longer useful life Rider preference Source: Company information. Note: 1. Gen 1&2 figures reflect only 2020 performance. 2. Gen 3&4 figures include the total life cycle of the E-scooters. 3. Generation 5 vehicles are excluded since year-round figures are not available yet. 4. Gen 3&4 vehicles of an advanced age have been moved to locations of lower relative demand upon the arrival of new Gen 5 vehicles. Gen 1&2 vehicles always operated in the same locations of higher relative demand as Marti had yet to expand to new locations. 5. Delta percentage does not match the calculation based on the numbers shown in the slide due to rounding. 6. Refers to E-scooters fleet. Better margins and cash position Lower operating cost

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34 5. Best-in-class unit economics (cont’d) Average rides per vehicle per day Average # of vehicles deployed (thousand) # of Rides (million) More vehicles drive greater usage 17 25 26 36 10 22 4 31 38 9 18 30 67 96 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD E-Scooters E-Mopeds E-Bikes 8 18 27 73 103 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD 2.6 2.7 2.4 3.0 2.9 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD Source: Company information. Note: The figures in average rides per vehicle per day and # of Rides include all modalities. 1. 2023 estimates assume receipt of proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement. 2. FD refers to Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. Lower operating cost Better margins and cash position 2 2 2 1 1 1

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35 10 17 23 85 $125 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD Net revenue per ride ($) # of Rides (million) Net revenue ($, million) 5. Best-in-class unit economics (cont’d) Greater revenue per ride driven by new modalities Lower operating cost Source: Company information. Note: 1. 2023 estimates assume receipt of proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement. 2. FD refers to Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. Better margins and cash position $1.16 $0.99 $0.87 $1.17 $1.22 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD 8 18 27 73 103 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD 2 2 2 1 1 1

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$1.16 $0.99 $0.87 $1.17 $1.22 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD Net costs per ride2 ($) Net revenue per ride ($) Gross profit per ride3 ($) 5. Best-in-class unit economics (cont’d) 36 Improving unit economics Gross profit per ride ($) Gross profit margin (%) +2% CAGR 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD $0.42 $0.41 $0.33 $0.64 $0.69 36% 42% 37% 55% 57% $0.75 $0.58 $0.55 $0.53 $0.53 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E Source: Company information. Note: CAGR calculated based on 2023 FD (Fully Deployed) figures. In FY2021, Marti had a positive (+1%) EBITDA margin vs Bird’s (-33%) and Helbiz’s (-409%) significantly negative EBITDA margins. 1. 2023 estimates assume receipt of proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement. 2. Refers to net variable costs per ride. 3. Refers to pre-depreciation gross profit. 4. FD refers to Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. 5. Growth rate for gross profit per ride. (11%) CAGR +19% CAGR5 Lower operating cost Better margins and cash position 4 4 4 2023FD 1 1 1

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37 6. Constructive regulatory framework Operational permits awarded at district level E-scooter regulatory framework – local requirements 30% of scooters owned by each operator must be produced locally, starting in December 2024 Districts receive a "per scooter per day" fee Able to be operated in a fully dockless model Local server requirement for operational data upkeeping or reading Helmets recommended, but not required National City District E-scooter licenses awarded for two years at city level 2 3 Permits awarded for five years at the national level 1 Single country focus Source: Official Gazette of E-Scooter Regulations.

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7. Strong ESG fundamentals 38 Environmentally friendly transportation mode and 100% recycling 130 35 Replacement Journeys E-scooter By 2023, Marti could help save CO2 emission equivalent to the carbon absorbed by c.1m trees1 p.a. Total Lifecycle Emissions (g C02 / km) (73%) Reduction Supporting environmental sustainability Recycling – Reprocess of all parts of decommissioned vehicles and fully recycling other parts through third parties Waste reduction – Several vehicle parts are repaired in-house and reused 100% Electric vehicles – Currently 46,000+ fully-funded, highly-efficient and clean vehicles aligned with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development’s (‘’EBRD’’) ‘’Green Cities’’ concept Majority renewable energy – Targeting majority renewable clean energy usage for charging vehicles in the mid-term. Current usage in line with Turkey's 42%3 energy share from renewable sources ~60% ~80% ~90% Battery New locks Engine (motor) Reuse rates of vehicle parts2 Source: Company information. EY report, Statista, EBRD, Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. Note: 1. Based on 2023 Fully Deployed number of rides; assuming c.95g of lower CO2 emissions per person km by all modalities vs replacement journeys, average distance traveled by E-scooter (1.8km), Moped (3.3km) and E-Bike (1.9km) and a tree absorbs c.22kg of CO2 / year. 2. Most recent data for July 1-15, 2022. 3. Total share of renewables in 2020 as % of total electricity production in Turkey. Rider preference

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Major 7. Strong ESG fundamentals 39 Strong sustainability and governance setup with social commitment Sustainable business model Strong corporate governance setup Supporting youth employment – 34% of Marti’s workforce is in the 15-24 years age group, which is a vulnerable unemployed segment Accessible transportation mode for “everyone” – Marti covers c.96% of Istanbul, serving all segments of the population, including underserved communities2 Performance based pay - Competitive compensation packages and reward programs at every level promoting employee satisfaction and work excellence 36% 19% Above average women participation in management roles - Women constitute c.36%4 representation in management roles in Marti, a significantly higher rate vs. Turkey average Health & safety – Minimal workplace accidents Unemployment rate1 % in Turkey, 2014 - 2021 Marti’s women representation vs Turkey’s workforce 1.0 0 Minor Annual average accidents (2019-2022)3 15+ 15-24 Women employees in management roles in Turkey Women employees on Marti management team Source: Turkstat, Company information. Note: 1. 15+ age segment covers all unemployed people older than 15 years old. 2. Based on population of districts in Istanbul. 3. Based on the data since inception; calculated as average of 2019 - 2022 accidents data for employees on Marti payroll. Major defined as accidents that require absence from work and rest. Minor defined as accidents that require on foot treatment where employee gets back to work the same day 4. As of July 15, 2022. Management team includes department heads and above roles Rider preference 18% 18% 20% 20% 20% 25% 25% 23% 10% 10% 11% 11% 11% 14% 13% 12% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Corrected title of chart to 2014- 2021 instead of 2014-2020

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41 EBITDA3 ($, million) Gross Profit2 ($, million) Financial performance and projections summary Net Revenue ($, million) (1) 0 1 32 55 (8%) 1% 4% 37% 44% -8% -15 35 85 EBITDA EBITDA Margin 3 7 9 47 71 36% 42% 37% 55% 57% 29% 34% 39% 44% 49% 54% 59% -4 46 96 Gross Profit Gross Profit Margin Source: Marti projected financials. Note: 1. 2023 estimates assume receipt of proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement 2. Gross profit pre-depreciation. 3. 2022 EBITDA adjusted for c.$17m of proposed De-SPAC related transaction fees. 4. FD refers to Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. 10 17 23 85 125 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E 2023FD 4 4 4 1 1 1

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42 2020A 2021A 2022E 2023E1 2023FD2 Rides (thousand) 8,331 17,577 26,754 72,767 102,696 Avg. Rides per Vehicle per Day 2.6x 2.7x 2.4x 3.0x 2.9x Avg. # of Vehicles Deployed 8,814 18,077 30,307 66,876 95,819 Net Revenue (thousand $) 9,665 17,444 23,370 85,413 125,285 YoY Growth (%) 506% 80% 34% 265% NM Gross Profit (pre-depr) (thousand $) 3,458 7,249 8,719 46,682 71,279 Gross Margin (pre-depr) % 36% 42% 37% 55% 57% Opex (thousand $) (7,089) (12,139) (17,144)5 (37,926) (52,346) % of Net Revenue 73% 70% 73% 44% 42% EBITDA3 (thousand $) (739) 238 835 31,731 54,736 EBITDA Margin (%)3 (8%) 1% 4% 37% 44% Capex (thousand $) 9,003 31,892 9,5504 86,1874 144,6164 % of Net Revenue 93% 183% 41% 101% 115% Financial performance and projections summary Source: Company information. Note: 1. 2023 estimates assume receipt of proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement. 2. FD refers to Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. 2. 2022E EBITDA adjusted for c.$17m of proposed De-SPAC related transaction fees. 3. Includes down payments made in Dec 2022 for vehicles purchased in 2023. 4. Net of one time transaction fees of $17m.

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Detailed transaction overview Sources ($, million) Uses ($, million) 44 Pro-Forma Diluted Ownership Breakdown3 Key Metrics ● Expected pro forma enterprise value of c.$532 million at closing ● Implied pro forma enterprise value of 4.2x 2023FD1 net revenue of $125 million and 9.7x 2023FD1 EBITDA of $55 million ● Marti pre-deal equity holders will initially receive 45 million shares (implying 71% of PF non-diluted shares outstanding), and will be issued 9 million shares at a $20.00 post-close share price ● Under the MIP, Marti management will receive incremental shares of 10% of total shares outstanding on a four year vesting schedule ● Under the LTIP, Marti management will receive incremental shares of 2-12% of total shares outstanding triggered by share price milestones between $12.50 - $25.00 per share Cash to Balance Sheet 279.6 Existing Marti Shareholders 450.0 Fees and Expenses 17.0 Total Uses 746.6 Cash Held in Trust 146.6 Issuance of Shares 450.0 Convertible Note Proceeds (committed) 57.5 Convertible Note Proceeds (assumed) 92.5 Total Sources 746.6 Target 49.8% Sponsor 12.0% Convt 14.4% SPAC Public 23.8% Pro-Forma Capitalization ($, million) Equity Value 629.7 (+) debt2 158.5 (-) cash2 (256.4) Enterprise Value 531.8 Source: Marti projected financials. Note: Assumes no redemptions from trust account. 1. FD refers to Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. There is no guarantee that incremental convertible note PIPE commitments will be raised post-announcement. PIPE commitments are subject to a $150 million minimum cash condition. 2. As of Dec 2022 (estimated closing). Cash also includes De-SPAC proceeds and Marti’s cash and cash equivalents. 3. Convertible note ownership breakdown assumes a full $150MM PIPE raise

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Comparable peers overview 46 Micro-mobility …and our journey could take us here Mobility super app We are here today…

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57% 25% 47% 58% 29% 168% 67% 43% 28% 69% Financial benchmarking Micromobility 47 Mobility super apps Revenue CAGR (‘21A-’23FD1) Gross Margin (’23FD1) Peers average: 25% Peers average: 67% Source: Marti projected financials, CapitalIQ. CapitalIQ data as of July 25, 2022. 1. FD refers to Fully Deployed figures that Marti would be expected to achieve in 2023 if only the proceeds from the ~$57.5 million in convertible note PIPE commitments plus assumed incremental PIPE commitments of up to ~$92.5 million to be raised post-announcement were to be deployed towards purchasing E-Scooters, E-Mopeds and E-Bikes immediately upon receipt. Note: Helbiz excluded from micromobility benchmark comparison because the company does not have analyst coverage and comparable figures in CapitalIQ. 44% 10% 9% 11% -33% Peers average: 47% Peers average: 45% EBITDA Margin (’23FD1) Peers average: 10% Peers average: (4%)

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48 Operational benchmarking Company Headquarters Funds Raised ($, million) # of Vehicles (thousand) Funds Raised / # of vehicles De-SPAC Valuation ($, million) Operational Countries 71 463 1,543 4506 1 623 674 9,277 2,4006 28 31 8 3,780 3006 3 660 1355 3,407 2,0007 16 Peers Average 438 70 5,488 Source: Company information, Investor presentation and Press releases for the peers. Note: 1. Reflect figures prior to de-SPAC transactions for comparability purposes. 2. Reflect figures prior to the acquisition of Spin for comparability purposes. 3. Total funded fleet. 4. Based on Q2 2021 fleet. 5. Reflects number of vehicles up to the $200m Series D fund raise in Oct-2021. 6. Pre-money valuation in De-SPAC announcements. 7. Based on latest Series D valuation announced on 25-Oct-2021. 1 1 2

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49 Non-IFRS reconciliations (in thousands $) 2020A1 2021A1 Gross Profit (post-depreciation) 727 2,532 Fleet Depreciation 2,730 4,717 Gross Profit (pre-depreciation) 3,458 7,249 Selling and marketing expenses (151) (998) General and administration expenses (4,157) (6,288) Research and development expenses (51) (136) Depreciation and Amortisation Expenses 162 411 EBITDA (739) 238 Source: Company information. Note: 1. The 2020 audited financials were not audited to PCAOB standards and are subject to revision as a result of auditing to those standards. The 2021 numbers are unaudited and subject to revision as a result of audit procedures.

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50 IFRS Balance Sheet (in thousands $) 2020A1 2021A1 Current assets 4,751 36,354 Cash and Cash Equivalents 3,505 13,342 Accounts Receivable 69 499 Advances Given - 18,007 Inventory 77 944 Tax asset 2 2,555 Other current assets 1,098 1,007 Non-Current Assets 11,413 13,221 Property, Plant and Equipment 10,164 13,075 Intangible Assets 861 45 Other Assets 389 102 Total Assets 16,164 49,575 (in thousands $) 2020A1 2021A1 Current liabilities 1,451 2,344 Accounts Payable 716 888 Other Trade Payables 196 - Payables for employee benefits 427 352 Other Financial Liabilities 113 740 Taxes 363 Non-Current Liabilities 9,287 13,771 Long Term Loan 690 13,472 Convertible 8,557 - Other 40 299 Equity 5,426 33,460 Capital Paid 12,723 51,269 Other Comprehensive expense - Foreign currency translation differences (549) (5,547) Retained Earnings (1,650) (7,801) Net income/loss (5,097) (4,461) Total Liabilities and Equity 16,164 49,575 Source: Company information. Note: 1. The 2020 audited financials were not audited to PCAOB standards and are subject to revision as a result of auditing to those standards. The 2021 numbers are unaudited and subject to revision as a result of audit procedures.

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IFRS Profit and Loss Statement (in thousands $) 2020A1 2021A1 Revenue 9,665 17,444 Cost of Sales (8,938) (14,912) Gross Profit 727 2,532 Selling and marketing expenses (151) (998) General and administration expenses (4,157) (6,288) Research and development expenses (51) (136) Other income/expense (Net) (2,277) 634 Operating loss before finance costs (5,909) (4,256) Financial income 24 Financial costs (1,120) (205) Loss before tax (7,005) (4,461) 51 Source: Company information. Note: 1. The 2020 audited financials were not audited to PCAOB standards and are subject to revision as a result of auditing to those standards. The 2021 numbers are unaudited and subject to revision as a result of audit procedures.

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52 IFRS Cash Flow Statement (in thousands $) 2020A1 2021A1 Cash flow - Operations 8,220 (544) Net loss for the year (5,097) (4,461) Depreciation 2,892 5,128 Interest income/expense 679 192 Other 301 - Operating profit/(loss) before working capital changes 3,873 5,320 Trade Receivables 23 (419) Trade Payables 8,968 173 Inventories (60) - Other 513 (1,157) Working Capital 9,444 (1,404) Purchase of tangible assets (9,005) (31,892) Purchase of intangible assets (12) - Proceeds from sale of tangible assets 14 - Investing Activities (Capex) (9,003) (31,892) (in thousands $) 2020A1 2021A1 Interest expense/income (585) (192) Repayment of lease liabilities (100) - Loan - 13,472 Convertible 8,665 (8,425) Funding 1,998 38,564 Financing Activities 9,978 43,419 Currency Translation Adj. (521) (1,147) Net - cash flow 9 9,837 Cash on hand 3,505 13,342 Source: Company information. Note: 1. The 2020 audited financials were not audited to PCAOB standards and are subject to revision as a result of auditing to those standards. The 2021 numbers are unaudited and subject to revision as a result of audit procedures.

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53 Risk Factors Risks Related to Marti’s Business and Industry • We have a relatively short operating history and a new and evolving business model, which makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects, forecast financial results and assess the risks and challenges we may face. • We have incurred operating losses in the past and may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future. • If we fail to retain existing riders or add new riders, or if our riders decrease their level of engagement with our products and services, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be significantly harmed. • We operate in a new and rapidly changing industry, which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects. • If we fail to properly manage our anticipated growth, our business could suffer. • We intend to expand our business and may enter into new lines of business or geographic markets, which may result in additional risks, uncertainties and costs in our business. • We may acquire other businesses, which could require significant management attention, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value, and adversely affect our operating results. • We will need additional capital, and we cannot be certain that additional financing will be available. • Poor weather adversely affects the use of our services, which causes seasonality in our business and could negatively impact our financial performance from period to period. • Future operating results depend upon our ability to obtain vehicles that meet our quality specifications in sufficient quantities on commercially reasonable terms. • We rely on third-party insurance policies to insure us against certain operations-related risks. If our insurance coverage is insufficient for the needs of our business or our premiums or deductibles become prohibitively expensive or if our insurance providers are unable to meet their obligations, we may not be able to mitigate the risks facing our business, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. • We do not maintain insurance policies for certain risks related to loss or damage to our vehicles, and increases in vandalism or theft could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. • Illegal, improper, or inappropriate activity of riders could expose us to liability and harm our business, brand, financial condition, and results of operations. • Exposure to product liability in the event of significant vehicle damage or reliability issues could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations. • Our metrics and estimates, including the key metrics included in this Investor Presentation, are subject to inherent challenges in measurement, and real or perceived inaccuracies in those metrics may harm our reputation and negatively affect our business. • We rely on third-party payment processors to process payments made by users on our software platform, and if we cannot manage our relationships with such third parties and other payment-related risks, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected. • We may in the future rely on third parties to provide services to us, and if we cannot obtain third party services our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected. • The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, and competition represents an ongoing threat to the growth and success of our business. • If our vehicles, mobile applications, or other services have defects, the reputation and brand of our products and services could suffer, which could negatively impact the use of our products and services, and negatively impact our operating results and financial condition. • Our company culture has contributed to our success and if we cannot maintain this culture as we grow, our business could be harmed. • If we are unable to attract, hire and retain key employees and qualified personnel, our ability to compete may be harmed. • We are subject to risks associated with doing business in an emerging market. • Our headquarters and other operations and facilities are located in Turkey and, therefore, our prospects, business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by political or economic instability in Turkey. • Turkey’s economy is subject to inflation and risks related to its current account deficit. • Foreign exchange rate risks could affect the Turkish macroeconomic environment, could affect your investment and could significantly affect our results of operation and financial position in future periods if hedging tools are not available at commercially reasonable terms. • Turkey is subject to internal and external unrest and the threat of future terrorist acts, which may adversely affect us. • Conflict and uncertainty in neighboring and nearby countries may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects. • Turkey’s economy has been undergoing a significant transformation and remains subject to ongoing structural and macroeconomic risks. Risks Related to Marti’s Intellectual Property and Technology • Our user growth and engagement on mobile devices depend upon effective operation with mobile operating systems, networks, and standards that we do not control. • Our business could be adversely impacted by changes in the Internet and mobile device accessibility of users and unfavorable changes in or our failure to comply with existing or future laws governing the Internet and mobile devices.

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54 Risk Factors • We rely on third parties maintaining open marketplaces to distribute our application and provide the software we use in certain of our products and offerings. If such third parties interfere with the distribution of our products or offerings or with our use of such software, if we are unable to maintain a good relationship, or if marketplaces are unavailable for any prolonged period of time, our business will suffer. • The operators of digital storefronts on which we publish our mobile application in many cases have the unilateral ability to change and interpret the terms of our contract with them. • We may be parties to intellectual property rights claims and other litigation that are expensive to support, and if resolved adversely, could have a significant impact on us and our stockholders. • If we are unable to protect our intellectual property, the value of our brand and other intangible assets may be diminished, and our business may be adversely affected. • Any significant disruption in our services or in our information technology systems could result in a loss of users or harm our business. • Damage to, or failure of, our systems or interruptions or delays in service from our third-party cloud service platforms could impair the delivery of our service and harm our business. • Our service relies on GPS and other Global Satellite Navigation Systems (“GNSS”). • Computer malware, viruses, hacking, and phishing attacks, and spamming could harm our business and results of operations. • Systems failures and resulting interruptions in the availability of our website, applications, platform, or offerings could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Risks Related to Laws and Regulations • Action by governmental authorities to restrict access to our products and services in their localities could substantially harm our business and financial results. • Our business is subject to regulation by multiple governmental authorities, and our inability to maintain existing governmental approvals or to obtain governmental approvals in the future could adversely impact our financial results or operations. • Government regulation of the Internet and user privacy is evolving and negative changes could substantially harm our business and operating results. • Internet and e-commerce regulation in Turkey is recent and is subject to further development. • We collect, store, process and use personal information and other customer data, which subjects us to governmental regulation and other legal obligations related to privacy, information security, and data protection, and our actual or perceived failure to comply with such obligations could harm our business. • Expansion of products or services could subject us to additional laws and regulations, and any actual or perceived failure by us to comply with such laws and regulations or manage the increased costs associated with such laws or regulations could adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations. • We are regularly subject to claims, lawsuits, government investigations, and other proceedings that may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. • We may face lawsuits from local governmental entities, municipalities, and private citizens related to the conduct of our business. • We are subject to various existing and future environmental health and safety laws and regulations that could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating costs and restrictions. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations may result in substantial fines or other limitations that could adversely impact our financial results or operations. • We may be subject to tax audits that may result in additional tax liabilities. • We may be exposed to changes in tax laws and regulations as well as their interpretation and implementation. • Our operating plan requires us to source parts, materials and supplies internationally, and supply chain disruptions, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and changes to international trade agreements, tariffs, import and excise duties, taxes or other governmental rules and regulations could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. • We may be subject to administrative fines and our reputation may be harmed if the Turkish Competition Authority were to determine that we did not comply with Turkish competition laws and regulations. • We are exposed to the risk of inadvertently violating anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and economic sanctions laws and regulations and other similar laws and regulations. • Because we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and Marti’s management and operations are based in Turkey, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through the U.S federal courts may be limited. Risks Related to Marti’s Financial Results • Our ability to utilize historic losses to offset income in future years may be limited, including as a result of significant changes in our shareholder base or as a result of acquisition activity. • We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. • Unanticipated changes in our income tax rates or exposure to additional tax liabilities may affect our future financial results. • We are subject to tax in multiple jurisdictions, and changes in tax laws (or in the interpretations thereof) in the United States, Turkey or in other jurisdictions could have an adverse effect on us. • We establish tax provisions, where appropriate, on the basis of amounts expected to be paid to (and recovered from) tax authorities and, as a result, changes in tax laws (or in the interpretations thereof) could have an adverse effect on us.

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55 Risk Factors Risks Related to the Business Combination • The NASDAQ or NYSE may not continue to list Galata or Company securities, which could limit investors' ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions. • Because the post-combination company will become a publicly-traded company by virtue of a merger as opposed to an underwritten initial public offering, the process does not use the services of one or more underwriters, which could result in less diligence being conducted. • Past performance by Galata’s sponsor or its affiliates, or the directors and officers of Galata, may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in Galata or the post-combination company. • If third parties bring claims against Galata, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced. In such event, Galata directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligation of Galata’s sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to public stockholders. • If Galata is unable to complete an initial business combination by July 8, 2023, they will cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, redeeming 100% of the outstanding public shares and, subject to the approval of its remaining stockholders and the Galata Board, dissolving and liquidating. In such event, third parties may bring claims against Galata and, as a result, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced. • Galata stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against Galata to the extent of distributions received by them. • Activities taken by existing Galata stockholders to increase the likelihood of approval of the Business Combination proposal and the other proposals described in the proxy statement that will be filed in connection with the Business Combination could have a depressive effect on our stock. • Galata stockholders will experience dilution as a consequence of, among other transactions, the issuance of common stock as consideration in the Business Combination and the private placement investment. Having a minority share position may reduce the influence that Galata’s current stockholders have on the management of Galata. • The Company and Galata expect to incur significant transaction costs in connection with the Business Combination. Whether or not the Business Combination is completed, the incurrence of these costs will reduce the amount of cash available to be used for other corporate purposes by Galata if the Business Combination is not completed. • The Company's operating and financial results forecasts, which were presented to the Galata Board, may not prove accurate. • Upon executing a definitive agreement with respect to the Business Combination between the Company and Galata, Galata will be prohibited from entering into certain transactions that might otherwise be beneficial to it or its stockholders. • Galata or the Company may issue additional equity securities without your approval, which would dilute your ownership interests and may depress the market price of Galata’s common shares. • Galata and/or the Company may seek additional financing prior to completion of the Business Combination or otherwise provide incentives to investors to approve consummation of the Business Combination, which may dilute your ownership interests and may depress the market price of Galata’s common shares. • Galata and the Company may require additional financing prior to completion of the Business Combination in order to satisfy the conditions to consummation of the Business Combination, which additional financing may not be able to be obtained. Risks Related to the Post Combination Company Following the Business Combination • Galata may redeem the public warrants prior to their exercise or expiration at a time that is disadvantageous to public warrant holders, thereby making their pubIic warrants worthless, and exercise of a significant number of the public warrants could adversely affect the market price of common stock. • Galata and the Company’s ability to successfully effect the Business Combination and to be successful thereafter will be dependent upon the efforts of certain key personnel, including the key personnel of the Company. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of the post-combination business and its financial condition could suffer as a result. • The post-combination company's management team will have limited experience managing a public company. • The requirements of being a public company may strain the post-combination company's resources and distract its management, which could make it difficult to manage its business. Particularly after the Company is no longer an emerging growth company," • Unanticipated changes in effective tax rates or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of the Company’s income or other tax returns could adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. • Subsequent to the completion of the Business Combination, the Company may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and stock price, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment. • Following the consummation of the Business Combination, our only significant asset will be our ownership interest in the Company business and such ownership may not be sufficiently profitable or valuable to enable us to pay any dividends on common stock or satisfy our other financial obligations. • If the Business Combination's benefits do not meet the expectations of investors, stockholders or financial analysts, the market price of our securities may decline. • Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act and SEC rules, the post-combination company will be required to file public disclosures regarding the country of origin of certain supplies, which could damage our reputation or impact our ability to obtain merchandise if customers or other stakeholders react negatively to our disclosures. • As a private company, we have not been required to document and test our internal controls over financial reporting nor has management been required to certify the effectiveness of our internal controls and our auditors have not been required to opine on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. As such, we may identify material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that could lead to errors in the post-combination company's financial reporting, which could adversely affect the post-combination company's business and the market price of our securities. • The post-combination company will be a holding company and depend upon its subsidiaries for its cash flows.

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