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Delaware
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6770
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86-2292473
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
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Michael J. Aiello
Matthew J. Gilroy Barbra J. Broudy Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 Tel: (212) 310-8000 Fax: (212) 310-8007 |
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Jacob DeWitte
President and Chief Executive Officer Oklo Inc. 3190 Coronado Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 (844) 200-3276 |
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David D. Gammell, Esq.
Jeffrey R. Vetter, Esq. Keith J. Scherer, Esq. Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP One Marina Park Drive, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02210 (617) 648-9100 |
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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| | | | By Order of the Board of Directors | |
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Michael Klein
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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| | | | By Order of the Board of Directors | |
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Jacob DeWitte
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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No Redemption Scenario(1)
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Maximum
Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(2) |
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Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(3) |
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Number of
Shares |
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%
Ownership |
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Number of
Shares |
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%
Ownership |
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Number of
Shares |
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%
Ownership |
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Oklo stockholders(4)
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| | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 54.9% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 67.1% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 79.6% | | |
Sponsor(5) | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000 | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
AltC public stockholders
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| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 35.3% | | | | | | 24,227,919 | | | | | | 20.9% | | | | | | 7,268,376 | | | | | | 7.4% | | |
Total
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| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | | | | | 100.0% | | |
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No Redemption Scenario(1)
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Maximum
Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(2) |
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Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(3) |
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Number of
Shares |
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%
Ownership |
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Number of
Shares |
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%
Ownership |
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Number of
Shares |
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%
Ownership |
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Oklo stockholders(4)
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| | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 54.9% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 67.1% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 79.6% | | |
Sponsor(5) | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000 | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
AltC public stockholders
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| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 35.3% | | | | | | 24,227,919 | | | | | | 20.9% | | | | | | 7,268,376 | | | | | | 7.4% | | |
Total
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| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | | | | | 100.0% | | |
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Founder
Shares |
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Private Placement
Shares |
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Allison Green
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| | | | 214,400 | | | | | | 24,900 | | |
Peter Lattman
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| | | | 128,600 | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
Frances Frei
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| | | | 128,600 | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
John L. Thornton
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| | | | 257,300 | | | | | | 29,800 | | |
Jay Taragin
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| | | | 5,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Sources
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Uses
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($ in millions)
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Cash and investments held in trust account(1)
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| | | | 515.9 | | | |
Cash to balance sheet
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| | | | 459.8 | | |
Sponsor Commitment(2)
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| | | | 0 | | | |
Transaction expenses(3)(4)
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| | | | 56.1 | | |
Total sources
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| | | | 515.9 | | | |
Total uses
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| | | | 515.9 | | |
Sources
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Uses
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($ in millions)
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Cash and investments held in trust account(1)
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| | | | 250.0 | | | |
Cash to balance sheet
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| | | | 193.9 | | |
Sponsor Commitment(2)
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| | | | 0 | | | |
Transaction expenses(3)(4)
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| | | | 56.1 | | |
Total sources
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| | | | 250.0 | | | |
Total uses
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| | | | 250.0 | | |
Sources
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Uses
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($ in millions)
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Cash and investments held in trust account(1)
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| | | | 75.0 | | | |
Cash to balance sheet
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| | | | 68.9 | | |
Sponsor Commitment(2)
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| | | | 50.0 | | | |
Transaction expenses(3)(4)
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| | | | 56.1 | | |
Total sources
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| | | | 125.0 | | | |
Total uses
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| | | | 125.0 | | |
| | |
No Redemption
Scenario(1) |
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Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(2) |
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Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(3) |
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Shares
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%
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Shares
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%
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Shares
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%
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Oklo stockholders(4)
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| | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 54.9% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 67.1% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 79.6% | | |
Sponsor(5) | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000 | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
AltC public stockholders
|
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 35.3% | | | | | | 24,227,919 | | | | | | 20.9% | | | | | | 7,268,376 | | | | | | 7.4% | | |
Total
|
| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | | | | | 100.0% | | |
| | |
No Redemption
Scenario |
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Maximum
Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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Maximum
Redemptions Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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Selected Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations Data – Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
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Operating expenses
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| | | $ | 8,748,129 | | | | | $ | 8,748,129 | | | | | $ | 8,748,129 | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | $ | (8,748,129) | | | | | $ | (8,748,129) | | | | | $ | (8,748,129) | | |
Net loss
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| | | $ | (8,747,667) | | | | | $ | (8,747,667) | | | | | $ | (8,747,667) | | |
Net loss per share – basic and diluted
|
| | | $ | (0.06) | | | | | $ | (0.08) | | | | | $ | (0.09) | | |
Weighted-average shares – basic and diluted
|
| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | |
Selected Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations Data – Year Ended December 31, 2022
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Operating expenses
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| | | $ | 16,564,295 | | | | | $ | 16,564,295 | | | | | $ | 16,564,295 | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | $ | (16,564,295) | | | | | $ | (16,564,295) | | | | | $ | (16,564,295) | | |
Net loss
|
| | | $ | (16,563,375) | | | | | $ | (16,563,375) | | | | | $ | (16,563,375) | | |
Net loss per share – basic and diluted
|
| | | $ | (0.12) | | | | | $ | (0.14) | | | | | $ | (0.17) | | |
Weighted-average shares – basic and diluted
|
| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | |
Selected Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet Data – As of June 30, 2023
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Total current assets
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| | | $ | 466,469,665 | | | | | $ | 200,535,960 | | | | | $ | 75,535,960 | | |
Total assets
|
| | | | 466,852,749 | | | | | | 200,919,044 | | | | | | 75,919,044 | | |
Total current liabilities
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| | | | 2,077,814 | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | |
Total liabilities
|
| | | | 2,077,814 | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | |
Total stockholders’ equity
|
| | | | 464,774,935 | | | | | | 198,841,230 | | | | | | 73,841.230 | | |
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Founder
Shares |
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Private
Placement Shares |
| ||||||
Allison Green
|
| | | | 214,400 | | | | | | 24,900 | | |
Peter Lattman
|
| | | | 128,600 | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
Frances Frei
|
| | | | 128,600 | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
John L. Thornton
|
| | | | 257,300 | | | | | | 29,800 | | |
Jay Taragin
|
| | | | 5,000 | | | | | | — | | |
| | |
No Redemption Scenario(1)
|
| |
Maximum
Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(2) |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(3) |
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Number of
Shares |
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%
Ownership |
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Number of
Shares |
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%
Ownership |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
%
Ownership |
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Oklo stockholders(4)
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| | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 54.9% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 67.1% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 79.6% | | |
Sponsor(5) | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000 | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
AltC public stockholders
|
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 35.3% | | | | | | 24,227,919 | | | | | | 20.9% | | | | | | 7,268,376 | | | | | | 7.4% | | |
Total
|
| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | | | | | 100.0% | | |
| | |
No Redemption Scenario(1)
|
| |
Maximum
Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(2) |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(3) |
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Number of
Shares |
| |
%
Ownership |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
%
Ownership |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
%
Ownership |
| ||||||||||||||||||
Oklo stockholders(4)
|
| | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 54.9% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 67.1% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 79.6% | | |
Sponsor(5) | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000 | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
AltC public stockholders
|
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 35.3% | | | | | | 24,227,919 | | | | | | 20.9% | | | | | | 7,268,376 | | | | | | 7.4% | | |
Total
|
| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | | | | | 100.0% | | |
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T+0
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T+2
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T+3
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T+4
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T+5
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T+10
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40-Yr Life
of Plant |
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Capital Expenditures
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| | | $ | (57) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (17) | | | | | $ | (107) | | |
Plant Cost
|
| | | $ | (24) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (24) | | |
Initial Fuel Load
|
| | | $ | (33) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (33) | | |
Refueling Cost
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (17) | | | | | $ | (50) | | |
Revenue | | | | | | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 508 | | |
Revenue from Power Sales
|
| | | | | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 13 | | | | | $ | 508 | | |
Expenses | | | | | | | | | | $ | (3) | | | | | $ | (3) | | | | | $ | (3) | | | | | $ | (3) | | | | | $ | (3) | | | | | $ | (3) | | | | | $ | (120) | | |
Fixed Plant
|
| | | | | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (96) | | |
Variable Plant
|
| | | | | | | | | $ | (1) | | | | | $ | (1) | | | | | $ | (1) | | | | | $ | (1) | | | | | $ | (1) | | | | | $ | (1) | | | | | $ | (24) | | |
Annual Plant Cash Flow
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| | | $ | (57) | | | | | $ | 10 | | | | | $ | 10 | | | | | $ | 10 | | | | | $ | 10 | | | | | $ | 10 | | | | | $ | (7) | | | | | $ | 281 | | |
Cash Margin
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| | | | N/A | | | | | | 76.4% | | | | | | 76.4% | | | | | | 76.4% | | | | | | 76.4% | | | | | | 76.4% | | | | | | (54.4)% | | | | | | 55.4% | | |
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T+0
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T+1
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T+2
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T+3
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T+4
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T+5
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T+10
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40-Yr Life
of Plant |
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Capital Expenditures
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| | | $ | (116) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (27) | | | | | $ | (198) | | |
Plant Cost
|
| | | $ | (61) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (61) | | |
Initial Fuel Load
|
| | | $ | (55) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (55) | | |
Refueling Cost
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (27) | | | | | $ | (82) | | |
Revenue | | | | | | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | |
$
|
1,452
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Revenue from Power Sales
|
| | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 36 | | | | | $ | 1,452 | | | | | | | | |
Expenses | | | | $ | (7) | | | | | $ | (7) | | | | | $ | (7) | | | | | $ | (7) | | | | | $ | (7) | | | | | $ | (7) | | | | | $ | (288) | | | | | | | | |
Fixed Plant
|
| | | $ | (6) | | | | | $ | (6) | | | | | $ | (6) | | | | | $ | (6) | | | | | $ | (6) | | | | | $ | (6) | | | | | $ | (224) | | | | | | | | |
Variable Plant
|
| | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (2) | | | | | $ | (65) | | | | | | | | |
Annual Plant Cash Flow
|
| | | $ | (116) | | | | | $ | 29 | | | | | $ | 29 | | | | | $ | 29 | | | | | $ | 29 | | | | | $ | 29 | | | | | $ | 2 | | | | | $ | 966 | | |
Cash Margin
|
| | | | N/A | | | | |
|
80.1%
|
| | | | | 80.1% | | | | | | 80.1% | | | | | | 80.1% | | | | | | 80.1% | | | | | | 4.9% | | | | | | 66.5% | | |
| | |
FYE 2026
EV/Revenue |
| |
FYE 2026
EV/EBITDA |
| ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc.
|
| | | | 8.02 | | | | | | 14.37 | | |
Xcel Energy Inc.
|
| | | | 3.74 | | | | | | 9.90 | | |
Duke Energy Corporation
|
| | | | 4.95 | | | | | | 10.35 | | |
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
|
| | | | 4.32 | | | | | | 10.02 | | |
Entergy Corporation
|
| | | | 3.24 | | | | | | 8.98 | | |
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.
|
| | | | 9.33 | | | | | | 21.89 | | |
Edison International
|
| | | | 3.46 | | | | | | 8.76 | | |
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
|
| | | | 4.71 | | | | | | 11.08 | | |
Sempra Energy
|
| | | | 4.74 | | | | | | 12.91 | | |
CMS Energy Corporation
|
| | | | 3.45 | | | | | | 10.38 | | |
Eversource Energy
|
| | | | 3.61 | | | | | | 10.42 | | |
FirstEnergy Corp.
|
| | | | 3.32 | | | | | | 10.02 | | |
1st Quartile
|
| | | | 12.28 | | | | | | 3.61 | | |
Mean
|
| | | | 13.55 | | | | | | 5.09 | | |
Median
|
| | | | 12.87 | | | | | | 4.20 | | |
3rd Quartile
|
| | | | 14.86 | | | | | | 5.18 | | |
| | |
FYE 2026
EV/Revenue |
| |
FYE 2026
EV/EBITDA |
| ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc.
|
| | | | 8.02 | | | | | | 14.37 | | |
Xcel Energy Inc.
|
| | | | 3.74 | | | | | | 9.90 | | |
Duke Energy Corporation
|
| | | | 4.95 | | | | | | 10.35 | | |
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
|
| | | | 4.32 | | | | | | 10.02 | | |
Entergy Corporation
|
| | | | 3.24 | | | | | | 8.98 | | |
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.
|
| | | | 9.33 | | | | | | 21.89 | | |
Edison International
|
| | | | 3.46 | | | | | | 8.76 | | |
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
|
| | | | 4.71 | | | | | | 11.08 | | |
Sempra Energy
|
| | | | 4.74 | | | | | | 12.91 | | |
CMS Energy Corporation
|
| | | | 3.45 | | | | | | 10.38 | | |
Eversource Energy
|
| | | | 3.61 | | | | | | 10.42 | | |
FirstEnergy Corp.
|
| | | | 3.32 | | | | | | 10.02 | | |
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
|
| | | | 1.30 | | | | | | 8.85 | | |
Ormat Technologies, Inc.
|
| | | | 6.18 | | | | | | 11.75 | | |
First Solar, Inc.
|
| | | | 3.19 | | | | | | 6.35 | | |
Plug Power Inc.
|
| | | | 1.75 | | | | | | 10.09 | | |
Bloom Energy Corporation
|
| | | | 1.80 | | | | | | 12.11 | | |
Graham Corporation
|
| | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 10.20 | | |
BWX Technologies, Inc.
|
| | | | 2.89 | | | | | | 13.68 | | |
Centrus Energy Corp.
|
| | | | 1.53 | | | | | | 8.05 | | |
Mirion Technologies, Inc.
|
| | | | 2.77 | | | | | | 10.87 | | |
1st Quartile
|
| | | | 2.04 | | | | | | 8.88 | | |
Mean
|
| | | | 3.47 | | | | | | 10.78 | | |
Median
|
| | | | 2.87 | | | | | | 10.44 | | |
3rd Quartile
|
| | | | 4.71 | | | | | | 12.37 | | |
| | | | | | | | |
50% Sponsor Shares Vested
|
| |
100% Sponsor Shares Vested
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Average Oklo
Enterprise Value |
| |
No Redemption
Scenario |
| |
Maximum
Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |
No Redemption
Scenario |
| |
Maximum
Redemptions — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |||||||||||||||
Baseline
|
| | | | 1,900,043,602 | | | | | $ | 16.66 | | | | | $ | 14.83 | | | | | $ | 15.96 | | | | | $ | 14.21 | | |
Scenario #1
|
| | | | 1,241,726,530 | | | | | $ | 12.05 | | | | | $ | 10.22 | | | | | $ | 11.55 | | | | | $ | 9.80 | | |
Scenario #2
|
| | | | 1,089,567,107 | | | | | $ | 10.99 | | | | | $ | 9.16 | | | | | $ | 10.53 | | | | | $ | 8.77 | | |
Scenario #3
|
| | | | 886,466,303 | | | | | $ | 9.57 | | | | | $ | 7.74 | | | | | $ | 9.17 | | | | | $ | 7.41 | | |
| | | | | | | | |
50% Sponsor Shares Vested
|
| |
100% Sponsor Shares Vested
|
| ||||||
| | |
Average Oklo
Enterprise Value |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |||||||||
Baseline
|
| | | | 1,900,043,602 | | | | | $ | 18.06 | | | | | $ | 17.14 | | |
Scenario #1
|
| | | | 1,241,726,530 | | | | | $ | 12.45 | | | | | $ | 11.82 | | |
Scenario #2
|
| | | | 1,089,567,107 | | | | | $ | 11.15 | | | | | $ | 10.59 | | |
Scenario #3
|
| | | | 886,466,303 | | | | | $ | 9.42 | | | | | $ | 8.94 | | |
| | |
Founder Shares
|
| |
Private Placement
Shares |
| ||||||
Allison Green
|
| | | | 214,400 | | | | | | 24,900 | | |
Peter Lattman
|
| | | | 128,600 | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
Frances Frei
|
| | | | 128,600 | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
John L. Thornton
|
| | | | 257,300 | | | | | | 29,800 | | |
Jay Taragin
|
| | | | 5,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Sources
|
| | | | | | | |
Uses
|
| | | | | | |
($ in millions)
|
| |||||||||||||||
Cash and investments held in trust account(1)
|
| | | | 515.9 | | | |
Cash to balance sheet
|
| | | | 459.8 | | |
Sponsor Commitment(2)
|
| | | | 0 | | | |
Transaction expenses(3)(4)
|
| | | | 56.1 | | |
Total sources
|
| | | | 515.9 | | | |
Total uses
|
| | | | 515.9 | | |
Sources
|
| | | | | | | |
Uses
|
| | | | | | |
($ in millions)
|
| |||||||||||||||
Cash and investments held in trust account(1)
|
| | | | 250.0 | | | |
Cash to balance sheet
|
| | | | 193.9 | | |
Sponsor Commitment(2)
|
| | | | 0 | | | |
Transaction expenses(3)(4)
|
| | | | 56.1 | | |
Total sources
|
| | | | 250.0 | | | |
Total uses
|
| | | | 250.0 | | |
Sources
|
| | | | | | | |
Uses
|
| | | | | | |
($ in millions)
|
| |||||||||||||||
Cash and investments held in trust account(1)
|
| | | | 75.0 | | | |
Cash to balance sheet
|
| | | | 68.9 | | |
Sponsor Commitment(2)
|
| | | | 50.0 | | | |
Transaction expenses(3)(4)
|
| | | | 56.1 | | |
Total sources
|
| | | | 125.0 | | | |
Total uses
|
| | | | 125.0 | | |
Name
|
| |
Age
|
| |
Title
|
|
Sam Altman | | |
38
|
| | Chief Executive Officer and Director | |
Michael Klein | | |
59
|
| | Chairman of the Board of Directors | |
Jay Taragin | | |
57
|
| | Chief Financial Officer | |
Frances Frei | | |
60
|
| | Director | |
Allison Green | | |
38
|
| | Director | |
Peter Lattman | | |
52
|
| | Director | |
John L. Thornton | | |
69
|
| | Director | |
| | |
Six Months Ended June 30
|
| |
2023 versus 2022
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| |
$ Change
|
| |
% Change
|
| ||||||||||||
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Research and development
|
| | | $ | 3,749,719 | | | | | $ | 2,501,792 | | | | | $ | 1,247,927 | | | | | | 49.9% | | |
General and administrative
|
| | | | 2,939,545 | | | | | | 1,695,794 | | | | | | 1,243,751 | | | | | | 73.3% | | |
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | 6,689,264 | | | | | | 4,197,586 | | | | | | 2,491,678 | | | | | | 59.4% | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | | (6,689,264) | | | | | | (4,197,586) | | | | | | (2,491,678) | | | | | | 59.4% | | |
Total other expenses
|
| | | | (2,494,538) | | | | | | 348 | | | | | | (2,494,886) | | | | | | NM | | |
Loss before income taxes
|
| | | | (9,183,802) | | | | | | (4,197,238) | | | | | | (4,986,564) | | | | | | 118.8% | | |
Income taxes
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.0% | | |
Net loss
|
| | | $ | (9,183,802) | | | | | $ | (4,197,238) | | | | | $ | (4,986,564) | | | | | | 118.8% | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
| |
2023 versus 2022
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| |
$ Change
|
| |
% Change
|
| ||||||||||||
Payroll and employee benefits of research and development personnel
|
| | | $ | 2,716,433 | | | | | $ | 1,925,472 | | | | | $ | 790,961 | | | | | | 41.1% | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | 66,999 | | | | | | 56,104 | | | | | | 10,895 | | | | | | 19.4% | | |
Subscription and professional fees
|
| | | | 162,539 | | | | | | 200,992 | | | | | | (38,453) | | | | | | -19.1% | | |
Travel, entertainment and other related expenses
|
| | | | 257,278 | | | | | | 123,434 | | | | | | 133,844 | | | | | | 108.4% | | |
Other expenses
|
| | | | 546,470 | | | | | | 195,790 | | | | | | 350,680 | | | | | | 179.1% | | |
Total research and development expenses
|
| | | $ | 3,749,719 | | | | | $ | 2,501,792 | | | | | $ | 1,247,927 | | | | | | 49.9% | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
| |
2023 versus 2022
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| |
$ Change
|
| |
% Change
|
| ||||||||||||
Payroll and employee benefits of general corporate functions and finance personnel
|
| | | $ | 1,445,507 | | | | | $ | 958,273 | | | | | $ | 487,234 | | | | | | 50.8% | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | 29,794 | | | | | | 62,556 | | | | | | (32,762) | | | | | | -52.4% | | |
Regulatory fees
|
| | | | 280,469 | | | | | | 64,728 | | | | | | 215,741 | | | | | | 333.3% | | |
Professional services
|
| | | | 738,524 | | | | | | 314,356 | | | | | | 424,168 | | | | | | 134.9% | | |
Travel, entertainment and other expenses
|
| | | | 445,251 | | | | | | 295,881 | | | | | | 149,370 | | | | | | 50.5% | | |
Total general and administrative expenses
|
| | | $ | 2,939,545 | | | | | $ | 1,695,794 | | | | | $ | 1,243,751 | | | | | | 73.3% | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
| |
2023 versus 2022
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| |
$ Change
|
| |
% Change
|
| ||||||||||||
Change in fair value of simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | $ | (2,495,000) | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (2,495,000) | | | | | | 100.0% | | |
Interest income, net
|
| | | | 462 | | | | | | 348 | | | | | | 114 | | | | | | 32.8% | | |
Total other income (loss)
|
| | | $ | (2,494,538) | | | | | $ | 348 | | | | | $ | 2,494,538 | | | | | | NM | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |
2022 versus 2021
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| |
$ Change
|
| |
% Change
|
| ||||||||||||
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Research and development
|
| | | $ | 6,024,267 | | | | | $ | 2,477,237 | | | | | $ | 3,547,030 | | | | | | 143.2% | | |
General and administrative
|
| | | | 4,000,544 | | | | | | 2,684,173 | | | | | | 1,316,371 | | | | | | 49.0% | | |
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | 10,024,811 | | | | | | 5,161,410 | | | | | | 4,863,401 | | | | | | 94.2% | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | | (10,024,811) | | | | | | (5,161,410) | | | | | | (4,863,401) | | | | | | 94.2% | | |
Total other income
|
| | | | 920 | | | | | | 4,874 | | | | | | (3,954) | | | | | | -81.1% | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |
2022 versus 2021
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| |
$ Change
|
| |
% Change
|
| ||||||||||||
Loss before income taxes
|
| | | | (10,023,891) | | | | | | (5,156,536) | | | | | | (4,867,355) | | | | | | 94.4% | | |
Income taxes
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.0% | | |
Net loss
|
| | | $ | (10,023,891) | | | | | $ | (5,156,536) | | | | | $ | (4,867,355) | | | | | | 94.4% | | |
|
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |
2022 versus 2021
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| |
$ Change
|
| |
% Change
|
| ||||||||||||
Payroll and employee benefits of research and development personnel
|
| | | $ | 4,632,430 | | | | | $ | 1,890,283 | | | | | $ | 2,742,147 | | | | | | 145.1% | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | 123,376 | | | | | | 73,533 | | | | | | 49,843 | | | | | | 67.8% | | |
Subscription and professional fees
|
| | | | 380,387 | | | | | | 225,378 | | | | | | 155,009 | | | | | | 68.8% | | |
Travel, entertainment and other related expenses
|
| | | | 314,920 | | | | | | 42,368 | | | | | | 272,552 | | | | | | 643.3% | | |
Other expenses
|
| | | | 573,154 | | | | | | 245,675 | | | | | | 327,479 | | | | | | 133.3% | | |
Total research and development expenses
|
| | | $ | 6,024,267 | | | | | $ | 2,477,237 | | | | | $ | 3,547,030 | | | | | | 143.2% | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |
2022 versus 2021
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| |
$ Change
|
| |
% Change
|
| ||||||||||||
Payroll and employee benefits of general corporate functions and finance personnel
|
| | | $ | 2,304,523 | | | | | $ | 1,610,242 | | | | | $ | 694,281 | | | | | | 43.1% | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | 164,872 | | | | | | 51,127 | | | | | | 113,745 | | | | | | 222.5% | | |
Regulatory fees
|
| | | | 80,136 | | | | | | 178,754 | | | | | | (98,618) | | | | | | -55.2% | | |
Professional services
|
| | | | 743,998 | | | | | | 362,468 | | | | | | 381,530 | | | | | | 105.3% | | |
Travel, entertainment and other expenses
|
| | | | 707,015 | | | | | | 481,582 | | | | | | 225,433 | | | | | | 46.8% | | |
Total general and administrative expenses
|
| | | $ | 4,000,544 | | | | | $ | 2,684,173 | | | | | $ | 1,316,371 | | | | | | 49.0% | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| ||||||
Net cash used in operating activities
|
| | | $ | (6,820,207) | | | | | $ | (4,218,050) | | |
Net cash used in investing activities
|
| | | | (25,401) | | | | | | (86,326) | | |
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
| | | | 2,286,870 | | | | | | 8,400 | | |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | $ | (4,558,738) | | | | | $ | (4,295,976) | | |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
| | | $ | 5,094,790 | | | | | $ | 6,147,925 | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Net cash used in operating activities
|
| | | $ | (9,992,525) | | | | | $ | (5,540,559) | | |
Net cash used in investing activities
|
| | | | (149,560) | | | | | | (59,840) | | |
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
| | | | 9,351,712 | | | | | | 4,151,628 | | |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | $ | (790,373) | | | | | $ | (1,448,771) | | |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
| | | $ | 9,653,528 | | | | | $ | 10,443,901 | | |
Name and Principal Position
|
| |
Fiscal Year
|
| |
Salary
($) |
| |
Bonus
($) |
| |
All Other
Compensation ($) |
| |
Total
($) |
| |||||||||||||||
Jacob DeWitte
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| | | | 2022 | | | | | | 190,727 | | | | | | 28,160 | | | | | | 9,126(1) | | | | | | 228,013 | | |
Caroline Cochran
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Director |
| | | | 2022 | | | | | | 195,329 | | | | | | 28,160 | | | | | | 9,329(1) | | | | | | 232,818 | | |
Name
|
| |
Age
|
| |
Position(s)
|
| |||
Executive Officers: | | | | | | | | | | |
Jacob DeWitte
|
| | | | 37 | | | |
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director
|
|
R. Craig Bealmear
|
| | | | 57 | | | | Chief Financial Officer | |
Caroline Cochran
|
| | | | 40 | | | |
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Director
|
|
Non-Employee Directors: | | | | | | | | | | |
Sam Altman
|
| | | | 38 | | | | Director and Chairman | |
| | |
No Redemption
Scenario(1) |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(2) |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition(3) |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Shares
|
| |
%
|
| |
Shares
|
| |
%
|
| |
Shares
|
| |
%
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
Oklo stockholders(4)
|
| | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 54.9% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 67.1% | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 79.6% | | |
Sponsor(5) | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000 | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
AltC public stockholders
|
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 35.3% | | | | | | 24,227,919 | | | | | | 20.9% | | | | | | 7,268,376 | | | | | | 7.4% | | |
Total
|
| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | | | | | 100.0% | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
No Redemption Scenario
|
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
AltC
(Historical) |
| |
Oklo
(Historical) |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustment (Note 2) |
| | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash
equivalents |
| | | $ | 840,228 | | | | | $ | 5,094,790 | | | | | $ | 515,933,705 | | | |
A
|
| | | $ | 465,826,860 | | | | | $ | 250,000,000 | | | |
A
|
| | | $ | 199,893,155 | | | | | $ | 75,000,000 | | | |
A
|
| | | $ | 74,893,155 | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (12,466,863) | | | |
B
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (12,466,863) | | | |
B
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (12,466,863) | | | |
B
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (43,575,000) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (43,575,000) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (43,575,000) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | 50,000,000 | | | |
C
|
| | | | — | | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
| | | | 42,500 | | | | | | 2,103,196 | | | | | | (1,502,891) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 642,805 | | | | | | (1,502,891) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 642,805 | | | | | | (1,502,891) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 642,805 | | |
Total current assets
|
| | | | 882,728 | | | | | | 7,197,986 | | | | | | 458,388,951 | | | | | | | | | 466,469,665 | | | | | | 192,455,246 | | | | | | | | | 200,535,960 | | | | | | 67,455,246 | | | | | | | | | 75,535,960 | | |
Property and equipment, net
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 179,297 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 179,297 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 179,297 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 179,297 | | |
Right-of-use assets
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 178,426 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 178,426 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 178,426 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 178,426 | | |
Marketable securities held in
trust account |
| | | | 515,933,705 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (515,933,705) | | | |
A
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (250,000,000) | | | |
A
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (75,000,000) | | | |
A
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (265,933,705) | | | |
E
|
| | | | | | | | | | (440,933,705) | | | |
EE
|
| | | | | | |
Other assets
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 25,361 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 25,361 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 25,361 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 25,361 | | |
Total assets
|
| | | $ | 516,816,433 | | | | | $ | 7,581,070 | | | | | $ | (57,544,754) | | | | | | | | $ | 466,852,749 | | | | | $ | (323,478,459) | | | | | | | | $ | 200,919,044 | | | | | $ | (448,478,459) | | | | | | | | $ | 75,919,044 | | |
Liabilities, redeemable
convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 1,636,646 | | | | | | (1,469,754) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 166,892 | | | | | | (1,469,754) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 166,892 | | | | | | (1,469,754) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 166,892 | | |
Accrued expenses
|
| | | | 375,437 | | | | | | 99,960 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 475,397 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 475,397 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 475,397 | | |
Income tax payable
|
| | | | 1,233,506 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 1,233,506 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 1,233,506 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 1,233,506 | | |
Operating lease
liability |
| | | | — | | | | | | 202,019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 202,019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 202,019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | 202,019 | | |
Total current liabilities
|
| | | | 1,608,943 | | | | | | 1,938,625 | | | | | | (1,469,754) | | | | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | | | | | (1,469,754) | | | | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | | | | | (1,469,754) | | | | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | |
Simple agreement for future
equity |
| | | | — | | | | | | 17,810,000 | | | | | | (17,810,000) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (17,810,000) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (17,810,000) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | |
Deferred legal fee
|
| | | | 92,441 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (92,441) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (92,441) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (92,441) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | |
Deferred underwriting fee payable
|
| | | | 17,500,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (17,500,000) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (17,500,000) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (17,500,000) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | |
Total liabilities
|
| | | | 19,201,384 | | | | | | 19,748,625 | | | | | | (36,872,195) | | | | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | | | | | (36,872,195) | | | | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | | | | | (36,872,195) | | | | | | | | | 2,077,814 | | |
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
|
| | | | 512,394,895 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (512,394,895) | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (512,394,895) | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (512,394,895) | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | |
Redeemable convertible preferred stock
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 25,030,520 | | | | | | (25,030,520) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (25,030,520) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (25,030,520) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
No Redemption Scenario
|
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
AltC
(Historical) |
| |
Oklo
(Historical) |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustment (Note 2) |
| | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common stock
|
| | | | | | | | | | 477 | | | | | | (477) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (477) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (477) | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | |
Class A common
stock |
| | | | 145 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,250 | | | |
G
|
| | | | 14,178 | | | | | | 1,250 | | | |
G
|
| | | | 11,601 | | | | | | 625 | | | |
G
|
| | | | 9,780 | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,000 | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 5,000 | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 5,000 | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | (2,577) | | | |
E
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (4,273) | | | |
EE
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,783 | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 7,783 | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 7,783 | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | 500 | | | |
C
|
| | | | — | | |
Class B common
stock |
| | | | 1,250 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | (625) | | | |
CC
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,250) | | | |
G
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (1,250) | | | |
G
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (625) | | | |
G
|
| | | | | | |
Additional paid-in
capital |
| | | | — | | | | | | 1,306,037 | | | | | | (12,500,000) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 507,995,346 | | | | | | (12,500,000) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 242,064,218 | | | | | | (12,500,000) | | | |
B
|
| | | | 117,066,039 | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (25,982,559) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (25,982,559) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (25,982,559) | | | |
BB
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | 625 | | | |
CC
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 512,389,895 | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 512,389,895 | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 512,389,895 | | | |
D
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (14,781,241) | | | |
H
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (14,781,241) | | | |
H
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (14,781,241) | | | |
H
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,730,000 | | | |
I
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 4,730,000 | | | |
I
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 4,730,000 | | | |
I
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | (265,931,128) | | | |
E
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (440,929,432) | | | |
EE
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42,833,214 | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 42,833,214 | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 42,833,214 | | | |
F
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49,999,500 | | | |
C
|
| | | | — | | |
Accumulated deficit
|
| | | | (14,781,241) | | | | | | (38,504,589) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | (43,234,589) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | (43,234,589) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | (43,234,589) | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14,781,241 | | | |
H
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 14,781,241 | | | |
H
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 14,781,241 | | | |
H
|
| | | | — | | |
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,730,000) | | | |
I
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (4,730,000) | | | |
I
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (4,730,000) | | | |
I
|
| | | | — | | |
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)
|
| | | | (14,779,846) | | | | | | (37,198,075) | | | | | | 516,752,856 | | | | | | | | | 464,774,935 | | | | | | 250,819,151 | | | | | | | | | 198,841,230 | | | | | | 125,819,151 | | | | | | | | | 73,841,230 | | |
Total liabilities, redeemable
convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
| | | $ | 516,816,433 | | | | | $ | 7,581,070 | | | | | $ | (57,544,754) | | | | | | | | $ | 466,852,749 | | | | | $ | (323,478,459) | | | | | | | | $ | 200,919,044 | | | | | $ | (448,478,459) | | | | | | | | $ | 75,919,044 | | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
No Redemption Scenario
|
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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| | |
AltC
(Historical) |
| |
Oklo
(Historical) |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Research and development
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 3,749,719 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 3,749,719 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 3,749,719 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 3,749,719 | | |
General and
administrative |
| | | | — | | | | | | 2,939,545 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,939,545 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,939,545 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,939,545 | | |
Formation and operating
cost |
| | | | 2,058,865 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,058,865 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,058,865 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,058,865 | | |
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | 2,058,865 | | | | | | 6,689,264 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,748,129 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,748,129 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,748,129 | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | | (2,058,865) | | | | | | (6,689,264) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (8,748,129) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (8,748,129) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (8,748,129) | | |
Other income (loss) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest earned on marketable
securities held in trust account |
| | | | 11,279,715 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (11,279,715) | | | | | | J | | | | | | — | | | | | | (11,279,715) | | | | | | J | | | | | | — | | | | | | (11,279,715) | | | | | | J | | | | | | — | | |
Change in fair value of simple
agreement for future equity |
| | | | — | | | | | | (2,495,000) | | | | | | 2,495,000 | | | | | | K | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,495,000 | | | | | | K | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,495,000 | | | | | | K | | | | | | — | | |
Interest income, net
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 462 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 462 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 462 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 462 | | |
Total other income (loss)
|
| | | | 11,279,715 | | | | | | (2,494,538) | | | | | | (8,784,715) | | | | | | | | | | | | 462 | | | | | | (8,784,715) | | | | | | | | | | | | 462 | | | | | | (8,784,715) | | | | | | | | | | | | 462 | | |
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
|
| | | | 9,220,850 | | | | | | (9,183,802) | | | | | | (8,784,715) | | | | | | | | | | | | (8,747,667) | | | | | | (8,784,715) | | | | | | | | | | | | (8,747,667) | | | | | | (8,784,715) | | | | | | | | | | | | (8,747,667) | | |
Provision for income taxes
|
| | | | (2,347,740) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,347,740 | | | | | | L | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,347,740 | | | | | | L | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,347,740 | | | | | | L | | | | | | — | | |
Net loss
|
| | | $ | 6,873,110 | | | | | $ | (9,183,802) | | | | | $ | (6,436,975) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (8,747,667) | | | | | $ | (6,436,975) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (8,747,667) | | | | | $ | (6,436,975) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (8,747,667) | | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding of Post-Closing Company Class A common stock – basic and diluted
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | M | | | | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | — | | | | | | M | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | — | | | | | | M | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | |
Basic and diluted net loss per
share – Post-Closing Company Class A common stock |
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (0.06) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (0.08) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (0.09) | | |
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 4,771,025 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
Basic and diluted net loss per share
|
| | | | — | | | | | $ | (1.92) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding – redeemable common stock
|
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
Basic and diluted net income per
share, redeemable common stock |
| | | $ | 0.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
Weighted-average shares
outstanding – non-redeemable common stock |
| | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
Basic and diluted net income per
share, non-redeemable common stock |
| | | | 0.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
No Redemption Scenario
|
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |
Maximum Redemptions
Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
AltC
(Historical) |
| |
Oklo
(Historical) |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments (Note 2) |
| | | | | | | |
Pro Forma
Combined |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Research and development
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 6,024,267 | | | | | $ | 3,590,000 | | | | | | Q | | | | | $ | 9,614,267 | | | | | $ | 3,590,000 | | | | | | Q | | | | | $ | 9,614,267 | | | | | $ | 3,590,000 | | | | | | Q | | | | | $ | 9,614,267 | | |
General and administrative
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 4,000,544 | | | | | | 1,140,000 | | | | | | Q | | | | | | 5,140,544 | | | | | | 1,140,000 | | | | | | Q | | | | | | 5,140,544 | | | | | | 1,140,000 | | | | | | Q | | | | | | 5,140,544 | | |
Formation and operating cost
|
| | | | 1,809,484 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,809,484 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,809,484 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,809,484 | | |
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | 1,809,484 | | | | | | 10,024,811 | | | | | | 4,730,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | 16,564,295 | | | | | | 4,730,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | 16,564,295 | | | | | | 4,730,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | 16,564,295 | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | | (1,809,484) | | | | | | (10,024,811) | | | | | | (4,730,000) | | | | | | | | | | | | (16,564,295) | | | | | | (4,730,000) | | | | | | | | | | | | (16,564,295) | | | | | | (4,730,000) | | | | | | | | | | | | (16,564,295) | | |
Other income (loss) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust
Account |
| | | | 7,277,660 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (7,277,660) | | | | | | N | | | | | | — | | | | | | (7,277,660) | | | | | | N | | | | | | — | | | | | | (7,277,660) | | | | | | N | | | | | | — | | |
Unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities held in trust account
|
| | | | (68,050) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 68,050 | | | | | | O | | | | | | — | | | | | | 68,050 | | | | | | O | | | | | | — | | | | | | 68,050 | | | | | | O | | | | | | — | | |
Interest income, net
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 920 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 920 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 920 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 920 | | |
Total other income (loss)
|
| | | | 7,209,610 | | | | | | 920 | | | | | | (7,209,610) | | | | | | | | | | | | 920 | | | | | | (7,209,610) | | | | | | | | | | | | 920 | | | | | | (7,209,610) | | | | | | | | | | | | 920 | | |
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
|
| | | | 5,400,126 | | | | | | (10,023,891) | | | | | | (11,939,610) | | | | | | | | | | | | (16,563,375) | | | | | | (11,939,610) | | | | | | | | | | | | (16,563,375) | | | | | | (11,939,610) | | | | | | | | | | | | (16,563,375) | | |
Provision for income taxes
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| | | | (1,474,356) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,474,356 | | | | | | P | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,474,356 | | | | | | P | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,474,356 | | | | | | P | | | | | | — | | |
Net loss
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| | | $ | 3,925,770 | | | | | $ | (10,023,891) | | | | | $ | (10,465,254) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (16,563,375) | | | | | $ | (10,465,254) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (16,563,375) | | | | | $ | (10,465,254) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (16,563,375) | | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding of Post-Closing Company Class A common stock – basic and diluted
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| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | R | | | | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | — | | | | | | R | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | — | | | | | | R | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | |
Basic and diluted net loss per share – Post-Closing Company Class A common stock
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| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (0.12) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (0.14) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (0.17) | | |
Weighted-average number of shares
outstanding |
| | | | — | | | | | | 4,638,505 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
Basic and diluted net loss per
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| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | |
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Weighted-average shares outstanding – non-redeemable common stock
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| | | | 13,950,000 | | | | |
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No Redemption
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Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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Pro forma net loss
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| | | $ | (8,747,667) | | | | | $ | (8,747,667) | | | | | $ | (8,747,667) | | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding
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| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | |
Pro forma net loss per share, basic and diluted
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| | | $ | (0.06) | | | | | $ | (0.08) | | | | | $ | (0.09) | | |
Pro forma weighted-average shares calculation, basic and diluted:
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Oklo stockholders
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| | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | |
Sponsor
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| | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12,700,000 | | |
AltC public stockholders
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| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 24,227,919 | | | | | | 7,268,376 | | |
| | | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | |
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Scenario |
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Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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Redemptions Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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Pro forma net loss
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| | | $ | (16,563,375) | | | | | $ | (16,563,375) | | | | | $ | (16,563,375) | | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding
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| | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | |
Pro forma net loss per share, basic and diluted
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| | | $ | (0.12) | | | | | $ | (0.14) | | | | | $ | (0.17) | | |
Pro forma weighted-average shares calculation, basic and diluted:
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Oklo stockholders
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| | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | | | | | 77,832,673 | | |
Sponsor
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| | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12,700,000 | | |
AltC public stockholders
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| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 24,227,919 | | | | | | 7,268,376 | | |
| | | | | 141,782,673 | | | | | | 116,010,592 | | | | | | 97,801,049 | | |
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No Redemption
Scenario |
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Maximum
Redemptions Scenario — No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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Redemptions Scenario — With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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Stock options
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| | | | 7,410,249 | | | | | | 7,410,249 | | | | | | 7,410,249 | | |
Earnout Shares
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| | | | 15,000,000 | | | | | | 15,000,000 | | | | | | 15,000,000 | | |
| | | | | 22,410,249 | | | | | | 22,410,249 | | | | | | 22,410,249 | | |
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Provision
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| Authorized Capital | | | The aggregate number of shares which AltC has the authority to issue is, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share, (a) 601,000,000 shares of common stock, including (i) 500,000,000 shares of AltC Class A common stock and (ii) 100,000,000 shares of AltC Class B common stock, and (b) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement, no shares of AltC preferred stock are outstanding. | | |
The aggregate number of shares which the Post-Closing Company has the authority to issue is, each with a par value of $0.0001, (a) 500,000,000 shares of Post-Closing Company Class A common stock and (b) 1,000,000 shares of Post-Closing Company preferred stock.
Upon the consummation of the business combination, we expect there will be approximately 141,782,673 shares of Post-Closing Company Class A common stock (assuming no redemptions by AltC’s public stockholders) outstanding.
Immediately following the consummation of the business combination, the Post-Closing Company is not expected to have any preferred stock outstanding.
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| Voting Rights | | | Only holders of AltC Class B common stock have the right to vote on the election of directors prior to the initial business combination (unless in connection with a meeting | | | The holders of Post-Closing Company Class A common stock will possess all voting power for the election of directors and all other matters requiring stockholder action | |
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| | | | of the stockholders of AltC in which a business combination is submitted to stockholders for approval). With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of AltC’s stockholders, including any vote in connection with the initial business combination, except as required by applicable law or stock exchange rule, holders of AltC Class A common stock and holders of AltC Class B common stock will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote. | | | and will be entitled to one vote per share on matters to be voted on by the post-combination stockholders. The holders of Post-Closing Company Class A common stock will at all times vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of the common stock (except as may be required by applicable law). | |
| Number of Directors | | | AltC’s current certificate of incorporation provides that the number of directors of AltC shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolution of the AltC Board. Subject to the special rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors, the AltC Board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible and designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The AltC Board is authorized to assign members of the board already in office to Class I, Class II or Class III. At each succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders of AltC, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term or until the election and qualification of their respective successors in office, subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal. | | | The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation provides that, subject to any rights of the holders of any series of Post-Closing Company preferred stock, the number of directors shall be seven (7) and, thereafter, shall be fixed exclusively by resolution of the Post-Closing Company Board. Subject to the special rights of the holders of any series of Post-Closing Company preferred stock to elect directors, the Post-Closing Company Board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible and designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Subject to a director’s earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal, each (a) Class I director shall serve for a term ending on the first annual meeting held after the effectiveness of the Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation, (b) Class II director shall serve for a term ending on the first annual meeting held after the effectiveness of the Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation, and (c) Class III director shall serve for a term ending on the first annual meeting held after the effectiveness of the Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation. | |
| Election of Directors | | | AltC’s current certificate of incorporation requires that the directors be elected by a plurality of | | | The Post-Closing Company’s bylaws requires that directors be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the | |
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the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors; provided, that prior to the closing of the initial business combination, the holders of AltC Class B common stock shall have the exclusive right to elect and remove any director, and the holders of AltC Class A common stock shall have no right to vote on the election or removal of any director.
In addition, except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of one or more series of the preferred stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect one or more directors, the term of office, the filling of vacancies, the removal from office and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such series of the preferred stock as set forth in AltC’s current certificate of incorporation (including any preferred stock designation) and such directors shall not be included in any of the classes described above unless expressly provided by such terms.
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| Quorum | | |
Board of Directors: A majority of the AltC Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the AltC Board.
Stockholders: The presence, in person or by proxy, at a stockholders meeting of the holders of shares of outstanding capital stock of AltC representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of AltC entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class, the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of
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Board of Directors: The greater of (a) a majority of the directors at any time in office and (b) one-third of Post-Closing Company Whole Board shall constitute a quorum of the Post-Closing Company Board; provided that if the number of directors serving is less than one-third of the Post-Closing Company Whole Board, then a majority of the directors at any time in office shall constitute a quorum of the Post-Closing Company Board.
Stockholders: The holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the Post-Closing Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any,
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| | | | such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business. | | | authorized by the Post-Closing Company Board in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. | |
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| | AltC’s current bylaws provide that the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the AltC Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by applicable law, AltC’s current certificate of incorporation or AltC’s current bylaws. | | | The Post-Closing Company bylaws provide that the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Post-Closing Company Board. | |
| Removal of Directors | | | AltC’s current certificate of incorporation provides that prior to the closing of the initial business combination, the holders of AltC Class B common stock shall have the exclusive right to elect and remove any director, and the holders of AltC Class A common stock shall have no right to vote on the election or removal of any director. | | | The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation provides that, subject to the special rights of holders of any outstanding series of Post-Closing Company preferred stock, any director or the entire Post-Closing Company Board may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause (so long as the Post-Closing Company Board is classified) and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Post-Closing Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. | |
| Nomination of Director Candidates | | | AltC’s current bylaws provide that nominations of persons for election to the AltC Board at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors as set forth in AltC’s notice of such special meeting, may be made (a) by or at the direction of the AltC Board or (b) by any AltC stockholder (i) who is a stockholder of record entitled to vote in the election of directors on the date of the giving of the notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in AltC’s current bylaws. | | | The Post-Closing Company’s bylaws provide that nomination for election to the Post-Closing Company Board at a meeting of stockholders may be made (i) by or at the direction of the Post-Closing Company Board (or any committee thereof) or (ii) by any stockholder of the Post-Closing Company who (x) timely complies with the notice procedures set forth therein, (y) is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of such notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (z) is entitled to vote at such meeting. | |
| Special Meetings of the Board | | | AltC’s current bylaws provide that special meetings of the AltC Board | | | The Post-Closing Company’s bylaws provide that special meetings of the | |
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| | | | (a) may be called by the chairman of the AltC Board or resident and (b) shall be called by the chairman of the AltC Board, president or secretary on the written request of at least a majority of directors then in office, or the sole director, as the case may be, and shall be held at such time, date and place (within or without the State of Delaware) as may be determined by the person calling the meeting or, if called upon the request of directors or the sole director, as specified in such written request. | | | Post-Closing Company Board may be held at any time and place designated in a call by the chair of the Post-Closing Company Board, the chief executive officer, the president, two or more directors, or by one director in the event that there is only a single director in office. | |
| Special Meetings of Stockholders | | | AltC’s current bylaws provide that subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of the preferred stock of AltC, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called only by the chairman of the AltC Board, chief executive officer, or the AltC Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the AltC Board, and may not be called by any other person. | | | The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation provides that special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by a resolution adopted by the majority of the Post-Closing Company Whole Board, the chair of the Post-Closing Company Board or the chief executive officer, and may not be called by any other person or persons. The Post-Closing Company Board acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by the majority of the Post-Closing Company Whole Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the stockholders. | |
| Manner of Acting by Stockholders | | | AltC’s current bylaws provide that all matters other than the election of directors presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, unless the matter is one upon which, by applicable law, AltC’s current certificate of incorporation, current bylaws or applicable stock exchange rules, a different vote is required, in which case such provision shall govern and control the decision of such matter. | | | The Post-Closing Company’s bylaws provide that, when a quorum is present at any meeting, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders (or if there are two or more classes or series of capital stock entitled to vote as separate classes or series, then in the case of each such class or series, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock of the class, classes or series present or represented at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter), except | |
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| | | | | | | when a different vote is required by applicable law, regulation applicable to the Post-Closing Company or its securities, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Post-Closing Company, the Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation or the Post-Closing Company’s bylaws. | |
| Stockholder Action Without Meeting | | | AltC’s current certificate of incorporation provides that, except as may be otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to AltC’s current certificate of incorporation (including any preferred stock designation) relating to the rights of holders of any (i) AltC Class B common stock or (ii) outstanding series of AltC preferred stock, subsequent to the consummation of the AltC IPO, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of AltC must be effected by a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by written consent of the stockholders other than with respect to AltC Class B common stock with respect to which action may be taken by written consent. | | | The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation and the Post-Closing Company’s bylaws do not provide any stockholders with the ability to act pursuant to written consent. | |
| Anti-Takeover Provisions | | |
AltC’s current certificate of incorporation provides for a classified board.
AltC’s current certificate of incorporation is not subject to Section 203 of the DGCL. However, AltC’s current certificate of incorporation contains provisions that have the same effect as Section 203 of the DGCL.
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The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation also provides for a classified board.
The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation is subject to Section 203 of the DGCL.
The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation authorizes the Post-Closing Company Board to issue, without action by stockholders, up to 1,000,000 shares of Post-Closing Company preferred stock.
The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation and the Post-Closing Company’s bylaws will authorize the Post-Closing Company Board to fill vacant directorships, including newly-created seats. In addition, the
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number of directors constituting the Post-Closing Company Board will be set only by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the Post-Closing Company Board.
For more information about the anti-takeover provisions in the Post-Closing Company’s governing documents, please see the section entitled, “Description of Securities — Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law and the Post-Closing Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Post-Closing Company’s Bylaws”
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| Amendment of Charter | | |
AltC’s current certificate of incorporation requires a separate or specific vote for:
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Amendments that relate solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of AltC preferred stock, or another series of AltC common stock, if the holders thereof are entitled to a separate vote;
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Amendments that would alter or change the powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other or special rights of AltC Class B common stock, which require a separate class vote;
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Amendments to the provisions of AltC’s current certificate of incorporation related to the requirements for AltC’s initial business combination, redemption rights, distributions from the trust account, certain share issuances, which require the affirmative vote of holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of all then outstanding shares of AltC common stock; and
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Amendments to the provisions of AltC’s current certificate of incorporation related to the election and removal of directors, which require a resolution passed by a holders of at least ninety (90%) of outstanding AltC
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The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation require the approval by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 662∕3% in voting power of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Post-Closing Company entitled to vote thereon for:
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Amendments that effect the management and conduct of the Post-Closing Company’s business;
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Amendments to the provisions of the second and amended charter that limit the liability of directors and officers of the Post-Closing Company;
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Amendments that would alter the Post-Closing Company’s ability to authorize the provision of indemnification to the Post-Closing Company’s directors, officers, employees and agents;
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Amendments that would permit stockholder action by written consent;
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Amendments that alter which parties may call a special meeting of the Post-Closing Company’s stockholders;
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Amendments to the provisions of the Post-Closing Company’s that govern the Post-Closing Company Board of Directors’ ability to adopt, amend and repeal bylaws,
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common stock entitled to vote thereon.
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as well as Post-Closing Company stockholders’ ability to amend, alter or repeal the bylaws by an affirmative vote of at least 662∕3% in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock; and
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Amendments that would change the Post-Closing Company’s exclusive forum for actions arising pursuant to the DGCL or the Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation or the Post-Closing Company’s bylaws.
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| Amendment to Bylaws | | | AltC’s current bylaws provide that the AltC Board shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal AltC’s current bylaws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the AltC Board shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal AltC’s current bylaws. AltC’s current bylaws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by its stockholders; provided, however, that in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of AltC required by applicable law or AltC’s current certificate of incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of AltC entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal AltC’s current bylaws. | | | The Post-Closing Company’s certificate of incorporation provides that that the Post-Closing Company’s bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Post-Closing Company Whole Board without any action on the part of the stockholders, or by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 662∕3% in voting power of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Post-Closing Company entitled to vote thereon. | |
| Liquidation | | | AltC’s current certificate of incorporation provides that in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of AltC, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of AltC, the holders of shares of AltC Class A common stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of AltC available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number | | | The Post-Closing Company’s organizational documents do not contain a liquidation or similar provision. Under the DGCL, in the event of liquidation, after payment or provisions of the debts and other liabilities, any remaining assets shall be distributed to the stockholders of the dissolved corporation subject to obligations provided therein. | |
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| | | | of shares of AltC Class A common stock (on an as converted basis with respect to the shares of AltC Class B common stock) held by them. | | | | |
| Redemption Rights | | | AltC’s current certificate of incorporation provides that, prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, AltC shall provide all holders of AltC public shares with the opportunity to have their AltC public shares redeemed upon the consummation of an initial business combination pursuant to, and subject to certain limitations set forth in AltC’s current certificate of incorporation for cash equal to the applicable redemption price per share; provided, however, that AltC shall not redeem or repurchase AltC public shares to the extent that such redemption would result in AltC’s failure to have net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) in excess of $5 million or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to an initial business combination. | | | The Post-Closing Company’s organization documents do not provide any stockholders of the Post-Closing Company with redemption rights. | |
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Q3 2023(1)
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| | | $ | 10.60 | | | | | $ | 10.31 | | |
Q2 2023
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| | | $ | 10.77 | | | | | $ | 10.14 | | |
Q1 2023
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| | | $ | 10.25 | | | | | $ | 9.91 | | |
2022 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Q4 2022
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| | | $ | 9.93 | | | | | $ | 9.72 | | |
Q3 2022
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| | | $ | 9.80 | | | | | $ | 9.66 | | |
Q2 2022
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| | | $ | 9.89 | | | | | $ | 9.65 | | |
Q1 2022
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| | | $ | 9.93 | | | | | $ | 9.60 | | |
2021 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Q4 2021
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| | | $ | 10.16 | | | | | $ | 9.70 | | |
Q3 2021(2)
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| | | $ | 10.05 | | | | | $ | 9.50 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
After the Business Combination
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Before the Business
Combination |
| |
No Redemption
|
| |
Maximum Redemption —
No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |
Maximum Redemptions —
With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
|
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percent
Owned |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percent
Owned |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percent
Owned |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percent
Owned |
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Directors and Executive Officers
Pre-Business Combination: |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sam Altman(2)(6)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,417,027 | | | | | | 2.4% | | | | | | 3,417,027 | | | | | | 2.9% | | | | | | 3,417,027 | | | | | | 3.5% | | |
Michael Klein(3)
|
| | | | 13,950,000(4) | | | | | | 21.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000(5) | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000(5) | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000(5) | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
Jay Taragin(6)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Frances Frei(6)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Allison Green(6)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Peter Lattman(6)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
John L. Thornton(6)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
All directors and executive officers prior to the business combination as a group (seven individuals)
|
| | | | 13,950,000(4) | | | | | | 21.8% | | | | | | 17,367,027(5) | | | | | | 12.2% | | | | | | 17,367,027(5) | | | | | | 15.0% | | | | | | 16,117,027(5) | | | | | | 16.5% | | |
Five Percent Holders Pre-Business Combination:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
AltC Sponsor LLC
|
| | | | 13,950,000(4)(6) | | | | | | 21.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000(5)(6) | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000(5)(6) | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000(5)(6) | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
Empyrean Capital Overseas Master Fund, Ltd(7)
|
| | | | 4,847,126 | | | | | | 7.6% | | | | | | 4,847,126 | | | | | | 3.4% | | | | | | 4,847,126 | | | | | | 4.2% | | | | | | 4,847,126 | | | | | | 5.0% | | |
Tiger Global Investments,
L.P.(8) |
| | | | 4,000,000 | | | | | | 6.3% | | | | | | 4,000,000 | | | | | | 2.8% | | | | | | 4,000,000 | | | | | | 3.4% | | | | | | 4,000,000 | | | | | | 4.1% | | |
Magnetar Financial LLC(9)
|
| | | | 3,420,300 | | | | | | 5.3% | | | | | | 3,420,300 | | | | | | 2.4% | | | | | | 3,420,300 | | | | | | 2.9% | | | | | | 3,420,300 | | | | | | 3.5% | | |
PEAK6 Capital Management LLC(10)
|
| | | | 3,297,000 | | | | | | 5.2% | | | | | | 3,297,000 | | | | | | 2.3% | | | | | | 3,297,000 | | | | | | 2.8% | | | | | | 3,297,000 | | | | | | 3.4% | | |
Encompass Capital Advisors LLC(11)
|
| | | | 2,747,818 | | | | | | 5.3% | | | | | | 2,747,818 | | | | | | 1.9% | | | | | | 2,747,818 | | | | | | 2.4% | | | | | | 2,747,818 | | | | | | 2.8% | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
After the Business Combination
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Before the Business
Combination |
| |
No Redemption
|
| |
Maximum Redemption —
No Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| |
Maximum Redemptions —
With Waiver of the Minimum Cash Condition |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
|
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percent
Owned |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percent
Owned |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percent
Owned |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percent
Owned |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directors and Executive Officers
Post-Business Combination: |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sam Altman(2)(6)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,417,027 | | | | | | 2.4% | | | | | | 3,417,027 | | | | | | 2.9% | | | | | | 3,417,027 | | | | | | 3.5% | | |
Jacob DeWitte(12)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14,460,600 | | | | | | 10.2% | | | | | | 14,460,600 | | | | | | 12.5% | | | | | | 14,460,600 | | | | | | 14.8% | | |
Caroline Cochran(13)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11,831,400 | | | | | | 8.3% | | | | | | 11,831,400 | | | | | | 10.2% | | | | | | 11,831,400 | | | | | | 12.1% | | |
R. Craig Bealmear
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
All directors and executive officers of the Post-Closing Company as a group (four individuals)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 29,709,027 | | | | | | 21.0% | | | | | | 29,709,027 | | | | | | 25.6% | | | | | | 29,709,027 | | | | | | 30.4% | | |
Five Percent Holders Post-Business Combination
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
AltC Sponsor LLC
|
| | | | 13,950,000(4) | | | | | | 21.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000(5) | | | | | | 9.8% | | | | | | 13,950,000(5) | | | | | | 12.0% | | | | | | 12,700,000(5) | | | | | | 13.0% | | |
Data Collective IV, L.P(14)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,059,086 | | | | | | 5.0% | | | | | | 7,059,086 | | | | | | 6.1% | | | | | | 7,059,086 | | | | | | 7.2% | | |
Mithril II, L.P.(15)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,059,086 | | | | | | 5.0% | | | | | | 7,059,086 | | | | | | 6.1% | | | | | | 7,059,086 | | | | | | 7.2% | | |
| | |
Founder
Shares |
| |
Private
Placement Shares |
| ||||||
Sam Altman
|
| | | | 6,035,600 | | | | | | 700,100 | | |
Allison Green
|
| | | | 214,400 | | | | | | 24,900 | | |
Peter Lattman
|
| | | | 128,600 | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
Frances Frei
|
| | | | 128,600 | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
John L. Thornton
|
| | | | 257,300 | | | | | | 29,800 | | |
Jay Taragin
|
| | | | 5,000 | | | | | | — | | |
| | |
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Oklo Inc.
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements |
| | | | | | |
| | | | F-2 | | | |
| | | | F-3 | | | |
| | | | F-4 | | | |
| | | | F-5 | | | |
| | | | F-6 | | | |
| | | | F-7 | | |
|
Oklo Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | F-21 | | | |
| | | | | F-22 | | | |
| | | | | F-23 | | | |
| | | | | F-24 | | | |
| | | | | F-25 | | |
|
AltC Acquisition Corp.
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | F-38 | | | |
| | | | | F-39 | | | |
| | | | | F-40 | | | |
| | | | | F-41 | | | |
| | | | | F-42 | | | |
| | | | | F-43 | | |
|
AltC Acquisition Corp.
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | F-55 | | | |
| | | | | F-56 | | | |
| | | | | F-57 | | | |
| | | | | F-58 | | | |
| | | | | F-59 | | |
| | |
As of December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | $ | 9,653,528 | | | | | $ | 10,443,901 | | |
Prepaid and other current assets
|
| | | | 834,724 | | | | | | 9,727 | | |
Total current assets
|
| | | | 10,488,252 | | | | | | 10,453,628 | | |
Property and equipment, net
|
| | | | 177,298 | | | | | | 57,270 | | |
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
| | | | 270,605 | | | | | | 444,892 | | |
Other assets
|
| | | | 51,270 | | | | | | 85,459 | | |
Total assets
|
| | | $ | 10,987,425 | | | | | $ | 11,041,249 | | |
Liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable
|
| | | $ | 336,621 | | | | | $ | 99,906 | | |
Other accrued expenses
|
| | | | 87,169 | | | | | | 147,118 | | |
Operating lease liability
|
| | | | 210,246 | | | | | | 190,136 | | |
Total current liabilities
|
| | | | 634,036 | | | | | | 437,160 | | |
Operating lease liability, net of current portion
|
| | | | 93,935 | | | | | | 304,181 | | |
Advance for simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 4,000,000 | | |
Simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | | 13,340,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Total liabilities
|
| | | | 14,067,971 | | | | | | 4,741,341 | | |
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Redeemable convertible preferred stock: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value – 7,000,000 shares authorized; $25,129,945 aggregate liquidation preference; 6,585,881 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021
|
| | | | 25,030,520 | | | | | | 25,030,520 | | |
Stockholders’ deficit: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common stock, $0.0001 par value – 14,000,000 shares authorized;
4,771,025 and 4,626,094 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively |
| | | | 477 | | | | | | 463 | | |
Additional paid-in capital
|
| | | | 1,209,244 | | | | | | 565,821 | | |
Accumulated deficit
|
| | | | (29,320,787) | | | | | | (19,296,896) | | |
Total stockholders’ deficit
|
| | | | (28,111,066) | | | | | | (18,730,612) | | |
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit
|
| | | $ | 10,987,425 | | | | | $ | 11,041,249 | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Research and development
|
| | | $ | 6,024,267 | | | | | $ | 2,477,237 | | |
General and administrative
|
| | | | 4,000,544 | | | | | | 2,684,173 | | |
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | 10,024,811 | | | | | | 5,161,410 | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | | (10,024,811) | | | | | | (5,161,410) | | |
Other income | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest income, net
|
| | | | 920 | | | | | | 4,874 | | |
Total other income
|
| | | | 920 | | | | | | 4,874 | | |
Loss before income taxes
|
| | | | (10,023,891) | | | | | | (5,156,536) | | |
Income taxes
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Net loss
|
| | | $ | (10,023,891) | | | | | $ | (5,156,536) | | |
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
|
| | | $ | (2.16) | | | | | $ | (1.16) | | |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic and
diluted |
| | | | 4,638,505 | | | | | | 4,463,233 | | |
| | |
Redeemable Convertible
Preferred Stock |
| | |
Common Stock
|
| |
Additional
Paid-in Capital |
| |
Accumulated
Deficit |
| |
Total
Stockholders’
Deficit |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| | |
Shares
|
| |
Par Value
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2021
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | $ | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,436,600 | | | | | $ | 444 | | | | | $ | 289,552 | | | | | $ | (14,140,360) | | | | | $ | (13,850,364) | | |
Exercise of stock options
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | 189,494 | | | | | | 19 | | | | | | 151,609 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 151,628 | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 124,660 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 124,660 | | |
Net loss
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (5,156,536) | | | | | | (5,156,536) | | |
Balance at December 31, 2021
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,626,094 | | | | | | 463 | | | | | | 565,821 | | | | | | (19,296,896) | | | | | | (18,730,612) | | |
Exercise of stock options
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | 144,931 | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | 355,175 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 355,189 | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 288,248 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 288,248 | | |
Net loss
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (10,023,891) | | | | | | (10,023,891) | | |
Balance at December 31, 2022
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | $ | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,771,025 | | | | | $ | 477 | | | | | $ | 1,209,244 | | | | | $ | (29,320,787) | | | | | $ | (28,111,066) | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss
|
| | | $ | (10,023,891) | | | | | $ | (5,156,536) | | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization
|
| | | | 29,532 | | | | | | 2,570 | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | 288,248 | | | | | | 124,660 | | |
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Prepaid and other current assets
|
| | | | (320,639) | | | | | | 9,953 | | |
Other assets
|
| | | | 34,189 | | | | | | (4,950) | | |
Accounts payable
|
| | | | 75,834 | | | | | | 74,621 | | |
Other accrued expenses
|
| | | | (59,949) | | | | | | (640,302) | | |
Operating lease liability
|
| | | | (15,849) | | | | | | 49,425 | | |
Net cash used in operating activities
|
| | | | (9,992,525) | | | | | | (5,540,559) | | |
Cash flows from investing activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Purchases of property and equipment
|
| | | | (149,560) | | | | | | (59,840) | | |
Net cash used in investing activities
|
| | | | (149,560) | | | | | | (59,840) | | |
Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
|
| | | | 355,189 | | | | | | 151,628 | | |
Advance for simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 4,000,000 | | |
Proceeds from simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | | 9,000,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Payment of deferred issuance costs
|
| | | | (3,477) | | | | | | — | | |
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
| | | | 9,351,712 | | | | | | 4,151,628 | | |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | (790,373) | | | | | | (1,448,771) | | |
Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of year
|
| | | | 10,443,901 | | | | | | 11,892,672 | | |
Cash and cash equivalents – end of year
|
| | | $ | 9,653,528 | | | | | $ | 10,443,901 | | |
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid for interest
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | |
Cash paid for income taxes
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Supplemental noncash investing and financing activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Issuance of simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | $ | 4,000,000 | | | | | $ | — | | |
Subscription of simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | | 340,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Deferred issuance costs included in accounts payable
|
| | | | 160,881 | | | | | | — | | |
| Furniture and fixtures | | | 7 Years | |
| Office equipment | | | 5 Years | |
| Leasehold improvements | | |
Shorter of lease term or estimated useful life of the asset
|
|
| | |
As of December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
| | | $ | 279,366 | | | | | $ | 9,727 | | |
Deferred issuance costs
|
| | | | 164,358 | | | | | | — | | |
Cost-share receivables
|
| | | | 51,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Simple agreement for future equity receivable
|
| | | | 340,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Total prepaid and other current assets
|
| | | $ | 834,724 | | | | | $ | 9,727 | | |
| | |
As of December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Office equipment
|
| | | $ | 113,727 | | | | | $ | 53,361 | | |
Furniture and fixtures
|
| | | | 36,604 | | | | | | 6,480 | | |
Leasehold improvements
|
| | | | 59,070 | | | | | | — | | |
Total property and equipment, gross
|
| | | | 209,401 | | | | | | 59,841 | | |
Less accumulated depreciation
|
| | | | (32,103) | | | | | | (2,571) | | |
Total property and equipment, net
|
| | | $ | 177,298 | | | | | $ | 57,270 | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Operating lease costs during the year
|
| | | $ | 321,238 | | | | | $ | 272,326 | | |
Cash payments included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities during the
year |
| | | $ | 218,148 | | | | | $ | 18,008 | | |
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) as of year-end
|
| | | | 1.42 | | | | | | 2.42 | | |
Weighted-average discount rate during the year
|
| | | | 6.85% | | | | | | 6.85% | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Research and development
|
| | | $ | 190,047 | | | | | $ | 147,056 | | |
General and administrative
|
| | | | 131,191 | | | | | | 125,270 | | |
Total operating lease costs(1)
|
| | | $ | 321,238 | | | | | $ | 272,326 | | |
| Years Ending December 31, | | | | | | | |
|
2023
|
| | | $ | 224,616 | | |
|
2024
|
| | | | 95,550 | | |
|
Minimum lease payments
|
| | | | 320,166 | | |
|
Less imputed interest
|
| | | | (15,985) | | |
|
Present value of operating lease liability
|
| | | $ | 304,181 | | |
|
Current portion of operating lease liability
|
| | | $ | 210,246 | | |
|
Long-term portion of operating lease liability
|
| | | | 93,935 | | |
|
Total operating lease liability
|
| | | $ | 304,181 | | |
Preferred Stock Series
|
| |
Shares Issued
and Outstanding |
| |
Original Issue
Price Per Share |
| |
Carrying
Value(1) |
| |
Liquidation
Amount |
| ||||||||||||
Series A-1
|
| | | | 4,526,703 | | | | | $ | 4.6557 | | | | | $ | 20,983,596 | | | | | $ | 21,074,971 | | |
Series A-2
|
| | | | 55,135 | | | | | | 3.6274 | | | | | | 192,134 | | | | | | 199,997 | | |
Series A-3
|
| | | | 2,004,043 | | | | | | 1.9236 | | | | | | 3,854,790 | | | | | | 3,854,977 | | |
Totals
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 25,030,520 | | | | | $ | 25,129,945 | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
|
Expected volatility
|
| |
35.00% – 50.90%
|
| |
35.00% – 50.90%
|
|
Expected dividend yield
|
| |
0.00%
|
| |
0.00%
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
| |
0.40 – 3.90%
|
| |
0.40% – 2.90%
|
|
Expected term
|
| |
6.2 – 6.3 years
|
| |
6.3 years
|
|
| | |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Weighted
Average Exercise Price |
| |
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |
| |||||||||
Stock option awards outstanding at January 1, 2022
|
| | | | 898,893 | | | | | $ | 1.82 | | | | | | 8.46 | | |
Granted
|
| | | | 897,550 | | | | | | 2.76 | | | | | | | | |
Exercised
|
| | | | (144,931) | | | | | | 2.45 | | | | | | | | |
Forfeited/cancelled
|
| | | | (462,035) | | | | | | 2.77 | | | | | | | | |
Stock option awards outstanding at December 31, 2022
|
| | | | 1,189,477 | | | | | | 2.08 | | | | | | 8.22 | | |
| | |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Weighted
Average Exercise Price |
| |
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |
| |||||||||
Stock option awards exercisable at December 31, 2022
|
| | | | 423,304 | | | | | | 1.73 | | | | | | 8.06 | | |
Stock option awards not vested at December 31, 2022
|
| | | | 766,173 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stock option awards available for future grants at December 31, 2022
|
| | | | 230,997 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Exercise Price
|
| |
Outstanding Awards
(Shares) |
| |
Vested
Awards (Shares) |
| ||||||
$0.44
|
| | | | 16,277 | | | | | | 16,277 | | |
$1.75
|
| | | | 711,550 | | | | | | 394,457 | | |
$2.48
|
| | | | 250,500 | | | | | | — | | |
$2.87
|
| | | | 211,150 | | | | | | 12,570 | | |
| | | | | 1,189,477 | | | | | | 423,304 | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Research and development
|
| | | $ | 123,376 | | | | | $ | 73,533 | | |
General and administration
|
| | | | 164,872 | | | | | | 51,127 | | |
Total costs charged to operations
|
| | | $ | 288,248 | | | | | $ | 124,660 | | |
| | |
Years Ended December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Tax benefit computed at federal statutory rate
|
| | | | 21.0% | | | | | | 21.0% | | |
Decrease in taxes due to: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in valuation
|
| | | | (21.0)% | | | | | | (21.0)% | | |
Federal effective tax rate
|
| | | | 0.0% | | | | | | 0.0% | | |
| | |
As of December 31,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2022
|
| |
2021
|
| ||||||
Deferred tax assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net operating losses
|
| | | $ | 3,955,732 | | | | | $ | 2,920,872 | | |
R&D credit
|
| | | | 710,000 | | | | | | 442,039 | | |
Capitalized R&D expense
|
| | | | 1,095,840 | | | | | | — | | |
Total deferred tax assets
|
| | | | 5,761,572 | | | | | | 3,362,911 | | |
Deferred tax liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization
|
| | | | (26,765) | | | | | | (11,166) | | |
Total deferred tax liabilities
|
| | | | (26,765) | | | | | | (11,166) | | |
Valuation allowance
|
| | | | (5,734,807) | | | | | | (3,351,745) | | |
Net deferred taxes
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | |
| | |
As of
|
| |||||||||
| | |
June 30, 2023
|
| |
December 31, 2022
|
| ||||||
| | |
(Unaudited)
|
| | | | | | | |||
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | $ | 5,094,790 | | | | | $ | 9,653,528 | | |
Prepaid and other current assets
|
| | | | 2,103,196 | | | | | | 834,724 | | |
Total current assets
|
| | | | 7,197,986 | | | | | | 10,488,252 | | |
Property and equipment, net
|
| | | | 179,297 | | | | | | 177,298 | | |
Operating lease right-of-use asset
|
| | | | 178,426 | | | | | | 270,605 | | |
Other assets
|
| | | | 25,361 | | | | | | 51,270 | | |
Total assets
|
| | | $ | 7,581,070 | | | | | $ | 10,987,425 | | |
Liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable
|
| | | $ | 1,636,646 | | | | | $ | 336,621 | | |
Other accrued expenses
|
| | | | 99,960 | | | | | | 87,169 | | |
Operating lease liability
|
| | | | 202,019 | | | | | | 210,246 | | |
Total current liabilities
|
| | | | 1,938,625 | | | | | | 634,036 | | |
Operating lease liability, net of current portion
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 93,935 | | |
Simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | | 17,810,000 | | | | | | 13,340,000 | | |
Total liabilities
|
| | | | 19,748,625 | | | | | | 14,067,971 | | |
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Redeemable convertible preferred stock: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value – 7,000,000
shares authorized; $25,129,945 aggregate liquidation value; 6,585,881 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
| | | | 25,030,520 | | | | | | 25,030,520 | | |
Stockholders’ deficit: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common stock, $0.0001 par value – 14,000,000 shares authorized; 4,771,025 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022
|
| | | | 477 | | | | | | 477 | | |
Additional paid-in capital
|
| | | | 1,306,037 | | | | | | 1,209,244 | | |
Accumulated deficit
|
| | | | (38,504,589) | | | | | | (29,320,787) | | |
Total stockholders’ deficit
|
| | | | (37,198,075) | | | | | | (28,111,066) | | |
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit
|
| | | $ | 7,581,070 | | | | | $ | 10,987,425 | | |
| | |
Three Months Ended
June 30, |
| |
Six Months Ended
June 30, |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| ||||||||||||
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Research and development
|
| | | $ | 1,833,269 | | | | | $ | 1,419,183 | | | | | $ | 3,749,719 | | | | | $ | 2,501,792 | | |
General and administrative
|
| | | | 1,519,697 | | | | | | 975,924 | | | | | | 2,939,545 | | | | | | 1,695,794 | | |
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | 3,352,966 | | | | | | 2,395,107 | | | | | | 6,689,264 | | | | | | 4,197,586 | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | | (3,352,966) | | | | | | (2,395,107) | | | | | | (6,689,264) | | | | | | (4,197,586) | | |
Other income (loss) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in fair value of simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | | (1,122,000) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (2,495,000) | | | | | | — | | |
Interest income, net
|
| | | | 137 | | | | | | 171 | | | | | | 462 | | | | | | 348 | | |
Total other income (loss)
|
| | | | (1,121,863) | | | | | | 171 | | | | | | (2,494,538) | | | | | | 348 | | |
Loss before income taxes
|
| | | | (4,474,829) | | | | | | (2,394,936) | | | | | | (9,183,802) | | | | | | (4,197,238) | | |
Income taxes
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Net loss
|
| | | $ | (4,474,829) | | | | | $ | (2,394,936) | | | | | $ | (9,183,802) | | | | | $ | (4,197,238) | | |
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
|
| | | $ | (0.94) | | | | | $ | (0.52) | | | | | $ | (1.92) | | | | | $ | (0.91) | | |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic and diluted
|
| | | | 4,771,025 | | | | | | 4,630,894 | | | | | | 4,771,025 | | | | | | 4,630,894 | | |
| | |
Redeemable Convertible
Preferred Stock |
| | |
Common Stock
|
| |
Additional
Paid-in Capital |
| |
Accumulated
Deficit |
| |
Total
Stockholders’ Deficit |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| | |
Shares
|
| |
Par Value
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | $ | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,771,025 | | | | | $ | 477 | | | | | $ | 1,209,244 | | | | | $ | (29,320,787) | | | | | $ | (28,111,066) | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 48,241 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 48,241 | | |
Net loss
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,708,973) | | | | | | (4,708,973) | | |
Balance at March 31, 2023
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,771,025 | | | | | | 477 | | | | | | 1,257,485 | | | | | | (34,029,760) | | | | | | (32,771,798) | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 48,552 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 48,552 | | |
Net loss
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,474,829) | | | | | | (4,474,829) | | |
Balance at June 30, 2023
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | $ | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,771,025 | | | | | $ | 477 | | | | | $ | 1,306,037 | | | | | $ | (38,504,589) | | | | | $ | (37,198,075) | | |
| | |
Redeemable Convertible
Preferred Stock |
| | |
Common Stock
|
| |
Additional
Paid-in Capital |
| |
Accumulated
Deficit |
| |
Total
Stockholders’ Deficit |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| | |
Shares
|
| |
Par Value
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | $ | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,626,094 | | | | | $ | 463 | | | | | $ | 565,821 | | | | | $ | (19,296,896) | | | | | $ | (18,730,612) | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 56,566 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 56,566 | | |
Net loss
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,802,302) | | | | | | (1,802,302) | | |
Balance at March 31, 2022
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,626,094 | | | | | | 463 | | | | | | 622,387 | | | | | | (21,099,198) | | | | | | (20,476,348) | | |
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | 4,800 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8,400 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8,400 | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 62,094 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 62,094 | | |
Net loss
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (2,394,936) | | | | | | (2,394,936) | | |
Balance at June 30, 2022
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | $ | 25,030,520 | | | | | | | 4,630,894 | | | | | $ | 463 | | | | | $ | 692,881 | | | | | $ | (23,494,134) | | | | | $ | (22,800,790) | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| ||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss
|
| | | $ | (9,183,802) | | | | | $ | (4,197,238) | | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization
|
| | | | 23,402 | | | | | | 11,122 | | |
Change in fair value of simple agreement for future equity
|
| | | | 2,495,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Share-based compensation
|
| | | | 96,793 | | | | | | 118,660 | | |
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Prepaid and other current assets
|
| | | | (269,939) | | | | | | (199,237) | | |
Other assets
|
| | | | 25,909 | | | | | | 22,683 | | |
Accounts payable
|
| | | | (10,378) | | | | | | (89,742) | | |
Other accrued expenses
|
| | | | 12,791 | | | | | | 122,597 | | |
Operating lease liability
|
| | | | (9,983) | | | | | | (6,895) | | |
Net cash used in operating activities
|
| | | | (6,820,207) | | | | | | (4,218,050) | | |
Cash flows from investing activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Purchases of property and equipment
|
| | | | (25,401) | | | | | | (86,326) | | |
Net cash used in investing activities
|
| | | | (25,401) | | | | | | (86,326) | | |
Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 8,400 | | |
Proceeds from simple agreement of future equity
|
| | | | 2,315,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Payment of deferred issuance costs
|
| | | | (28,130) | | | | | | — | | |
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
| | | | 2,286,870 | | | | | | 8,400 | | |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | (4,558,738) | | | | | | (4,295,976) | | |
Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of period
|
| | | | 9,653,528 | | | | | | 10,443,901 | | |
Cash and cash equivalents – end of period
|
| | | $ | 5,094,790 | | | | | $ | 6,147,925 | | |
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid for interest
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | |
Cash paid for income taxes
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Supplemental noncash investing and financing activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Deferred issuance costs included in accounts payable
|
| | | $ | 1,310,403 | | | | | $ | — | | |
| Furniture and fixtures | | | 7 Years | |
| Office equipment | | | 5 Years | |
| Leasehold improvements | | |
Shorter of lease term or estimated useful life of the asset
|
|
| | |
As of
|
| |||||||||
| | |
June 30, 2023
|
| |
December 31,
2022 |
| ||||||
| | |
(unaudited)
|
| | | | | | | |||
Prepaid expenses
|
| | | $ | 522,020 | | | | | $ | 279,366 | | |
Deferred issuance costs
|
| | | | 1,502,891 | | | | | | 164,358 | | |
Cost-share receivables
|
| | | | 78,285 | | | | | | 51,000 | | |
Simple agreement for future equity receivable
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 340,000 | | |
Total prepaid and other current assets
|
| | | $ | 2,103,196 | | | | | $ | 834,724 | | |
| | |
As of
|
| |||||||||
| | |
June 30, 2023
|
| |
December 31,
2022 |
| ||||||
| | |
(unaudited)
|
| | | | | | | |||
Office equipment
|
| | | $ | 139,128 | | | | | $ | 113,727 | | |
Furniture and fixtures
|
| | | | 36,604 | | | | | | 36,604 | | |
Leasehold improvements
|
| | | | 59,070 | | | | | | 59,070 | | |
Total property and equipment, gross
|
| | | | 234,802 | | | | | | 209,401 | | |
Less accumulated depreciation
|
| | | | (55,505) | | | | | | (32,103) | | |
Total property and equipment, net
|
| | | $ | 179,297 | | | | | $ | 177,298 | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
| |||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| ||||||
Operating lease costs during the period
|
| | | $ | 160,999 | | | | | $ | 167,403 | | |
Cash payments included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities
during the period |
| | | $ | 111,132 | | | | | $ | 108,045 | | |
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) as of period-end
|
| | | | 0.92 | | | | | | 1.92 | | |
Weighted-average discount rate during the period
|
| | | | 6.85% | | | | | | 6.85% | | |
| | |
Three Months Ended
June 30, |
| |
Six Months Ended
June 30, |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| ||||||||||||
Operating lease costs:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Research and development
|
| | | $ | 38,163 | | | | | $ | 43,850 | | | | | $ | 90,579 | | | | | $ | 100,824 | | |
General and administrative
|
| | | | 42,470 | | | | | | 32,361 | | | | | | 70,420 | | | | | | 66,579 | | |
Total operating lease costs(1)
|
| | | $ | 80,633 | | | | | $ | 76,211 | | | | | $ | 160,999 | | | | | $ | 167,403 | | |
| Years Ending December 31, | | | | | | | |
|
2023 (remaining six months of the year)
|
| | | $ | 113,484 | | |
|
2024
|
| | | | 95,550 | | |
|
Minimum lease payments
|
| | | | 209,034 | | |
|
Less imputed interest
|
| | | | (7,015) | | |
|
Present value of operating lease liability
|
| | | $ | 202,019 | | |
|
Current portion of operating lease liability
|
| | | $ | 202,019 | | |
|
Long-term portion of operating lease liability
|
| | | | — | | |
|
Total operating lease liability
|
| | | $ | 202,019 | | |
|
Asset volatility(1)
|
| | | | 86.8% | | |
|
Risk-free rate(2)
|
| | | | 4.1% | | |
|
Expected term(3)
|
| |
60 months
|
|
| | |
Three Months
Ended |
| |
Six Months
Ended |
| ||||||
Beginning balance
|
| | | $ | 14,713,000 | | | | | $ | 13,340,000 | | |
SAFE Notes issued during the period
|
| | | | 1,975,000 | | | | | | 1,975,000 | | |
Change in fair value during the period
|
| | | | 1,122,000 | | | | | | 2,495,000 | | |
Ending balance
|
| | | $ | 17,810,000 | | | | | $ | 17,810,000 | | |
Preferred Stock Series
|
| |
Shares Issued
and Outstanding |
| |
Original Issue
Price Per Share |
| |
Carrying
Value(1) |
| |
Liquidation
Amount |
| ||||||||||||
Series A-1
|
| | | | 4,526,703 | | | | | $ | 4.6557 | | | | | $ | 20,983,596 | | | | | $ | 21,074,971 | | |
Series A-2
|
| | | | 55,135 | | | | | | 3.6274 | | | | | | 192,134 | | | | | | 199,997 | | |
Series A-3
|
| | | | 2,004,043 | | | | | | 1.9236 | | | | | | 3,854,790 | | | | | | 3,854,977 | | |
Totals
|
| | | | 6,585,881 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 25,030,520 | | | | | $ | 25,129,945 | | |
|
Expected volatility
|
| |
46.50% – 46.60%
|
|
|
Expected dividend yield
|
| |
0.00%
|
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
| |
1.50% – 2.80%
|
|
|
Expected term
|
| |
6.2 – 6.3 years
|
|
| | |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Weighted
Average Exercise Price |
| |
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |
| |||||||||
Stock option awards outstanding at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | 1,189,477 | | | | | $ | 2.08 | | | | | | 8.22 | | |
Forfeited/cancelled
|
| | | | (62,100) | | | | | | 1.75 | | | | | | | | |
Stock option awards outstanding at June 30, 2023
|
| | | | 1,127,377 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | 7.77 | | |
Stock option awards exercisable at June 30, 2023
|
| | | | 503,379 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | 6.84 | | |
Stock option awards not vested at June 30, 2023
|
| | | | 623,998 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stock option awards available for future grants at June 30, 2023
|
| | | | 293,097 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Exercise
Price |
| |
Outstanding
Awards (Shares) |
| |
Vested
Awards (Shares) |
| ||||||
|
$0.44
|
| | | | 16,277 | | | | | | 16,277 | | |
|
$1.75
|
| | | | 649,450 | | | | | | 430,547 | | |
|
$2.48
|
| | | | 250,500 | | | | | | — | | |
|
$2.87
|
| | | | 211,150 | | | | | | 56,555 | | |
| | | | | | 1,127,377 | | | | | | 503,379 | | |
| | |
Three Months Ended
June 30, |
| |
Six Months Ended
June 30, |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| ||||||||||||
Research and development
|
| | | $ | 33,684 | | | | | $ | 29,747 | | | | | $ | 66,999 | | | | | $ | 56,104 | | |
General and administration
|
| | | | 14,868 | | | | | | 32,347 | | | | | | 29,794 | | | | | | 62,556 | | |
Total costs charged to operations
|
| | | $ | 48,552 | | | | | $ | 62,094 | | | | | $ | 96,793 | | | | | $ | 118,660 | | |
| | |
December 31,
2022 |
| |
December 31,
2021 |
| ||||||
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash
|
| | | $ | 3,577,359 | | | | | $ | 3,337,050 | | |
Prepaid expenses
|
| | | | 420,828 | | | | | | 840,706 | | |
Total current assets
|
| | | | 3,998,187 | | | | | | 4,177,756 | | |
Prepaid expenses – long term
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 415,828 | | |
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | 506,140,080 | | | | | | 500,125,470 | | |
TOTAL ASSETS
|
| | | $ | 510,138,267 | | | | | $ | 504,719,054 | | |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accrued expenses
|
| | | $ | 303,257 | | | | | $ | 295,258 | | |
Accrued offering costs
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 12,770 | | |
Income taxes payable
|
| | | | 1,180,272 | | | | | | 2,416 | | |
Total current liabilities
|
| | | | 1,483,529 | | | | | | 310,444 | | |
Deferred tax liability
|
| | | | 294,084 | | | | | | — | | |
Deferred legal fee
|
| | | | 118,715 | | | | | | 92,441 | | |
Deferred underwriting fee payable
|
| | | | 17,500,000 | | | | | | 17,500,000 | | |
Total liabilities
|
| | | | 19,396,328 | | | | | | 17,902,885 | | |
Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 50,000,000 shares at
redemption value of approximately $10.09 and $10.00 at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively |
| | | | 504,544,687 | | | | | | 500,000,000 | | |
Stockholders’ deficit | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively |
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized;
1,450,000 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 50,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption) at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively |
| | | | 145 | | | | | | 145 | | |
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 12,500,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
|
| | | | 1,250 | | | | | | 1,250 | | |
Additional paid-in capital
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Accumulated deficit
|
| | | | (13,804,143) | | | | | | (13,185,226) | | |
Total stockholders’ deficit
|
| | | | (13,802,748) | | | | | | (13,183,831) | | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
|
| | | $ | 510,138,267 | | | | | $ | 504,719,054 | | |
| | |
Year Ended
December 31, 2022 |
| |
For the
Period from February 1, 2021 (Inception) Through December 31, 2021 |
| ||||||
Formation and operational costs
|
| | | $ | 1,809,484 | | | | | $ | 1,179,760 | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | | (1,809,484) | | | | | | (1,179,760) | | |
Other income (expense): | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | 7,277,660 | | | | | | 117,677 | | |
Unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | (68,050) | | | | | | 7,793 | | |
Other income (expense), net
|
| | | | 7,209,610 | | | | | | 125,470 | | |
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
|
| | | | 5,400,126 | | | | | | (1,054,290) | | |
Provision for income taxes
|
| | | | (1,474,356) | | | | | | (2,416) | | |
Net income (loss)
|
| | | $ | 3,925,770 | | | | | $ | (1,056,706) | | |
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, shares subject to redemption
|
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 28,476,821 | | |
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, shares subject to redemption
|
| | | $ | 0.06 | | | | | $ | (0.03) | | |
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, shares not subject to redemption
|
| | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 12,787,748 | | |
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, shares not subject to redemption
|
| | | $ | 0.06 | | | | | $ | (0.03) | | |
| | |
Class A
Common Stock |
| |
Class B
Common Stock |
| |
Additional
Paid-in Capital |
| |
Accumulated
Deficit |
| |
Total
Stockholders’ Deficit |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance – February 1, 2021 (inception)
|
| | | | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | |
Issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | | 1,250 | | | | | | 23,750 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
Sale of 1,450,000 Private Placement
Shares |
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | | 145 | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | 14,499,855 | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | 14,500,000 | | |
Re-measurement for Class A common stock to redemption amount
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (14,523,605) | | | | | | (12,128,520) | | | | | | (26,652,125) | | |
Net loss
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,056,706) | | | | | | (1,056,706) | | |
Balance – December 31, 2021
|
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | | 145 | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | | 1,250 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (13,185,226) | | | | | | (13,183,831) | | |
Re-measurement for Class A common stock to redemption amount
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | — | | | | | | (4,544,687) | | | | | | (4,544,687) | | |
Net income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | — | | | | | | 3,925,770 | | | | | | 3,925,770 | | |
Balance – December 31, 2022
|
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | $ | 145 | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | $ | 1,250 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (13,804,143) | | | | | $ | (13,802,748) | | |
| | |
Year Ended
December 31, 2022 |
| |
For the Period
from February 1, 2020 (Inception) Through December 31, 2021 |
| ||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net income (loss)
|
| | | $ | 3,925,770 | | | | | $ | (1,056,706) | | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | (7,277,660) | | | | | | (117,677) | | |
Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | 68,050 | | | | | | (7,793) | | |
Deferred tax provision (benefit)
|
| | | | 294,084 | | | | | | — | | |
Offering costs
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 168,415 | | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Prepaid expenses
|
| | | | 835,706 | | | | | | (1,256,534) | | |
Accrued expenses
|
| | | | 21,503 | | | | | | 387,699 | | |
Income taxes payable
|
| | | | 1,177,856 | | | | | | 2,416 | | |
Net cash used in operating activities
|
| | | | (954,691) | | | | | | (1,880,180) | | |
Cash flows from investing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account to pay franchise and income taxes
|
| | | | 195,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account for working capital purposes
|
| | | | 1,000,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Investment of cash into Trust Account
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (500,000,000) | | |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
| | | | 1,195,000 | | | | | | (500,000,000) | | |
Cash flows from financing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
Proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 491,420,000 | | |
Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Shares
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 14,500,000 | | |
Proceeds from promissory note – related party
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 500,000 | | |
Repayment of promissory note – related party
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (500,000) | | |
Payment of offering costs
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (727,770) | | |
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
| | | | — | | | | |
|
505,217,230
|
| |
Net change in cash
|
| | | | 240,309 | | | | | | 3,337,050 | | |
Cash – Beginning of period
|
| | | | 3,337,050 | | | | | | — | | |
Cash – End of period
|
| | | $ | 3,577,359 | | | | | $ | 3,337,050 | | |
Supplemental cash flow information: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid for income taxes
|
| | | $ | 3,128 | | | | | $ | — | | |
Non-cash investing and financing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Offering costs included in accrued offering costs
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 12,770 | | |
Deferred underwriting fee payable
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 17,500,000 | | |
|
Gross proceeds
|
| | | $ | 500,000,000 | | |
| Less: | | | | | | | |
|
Class A common stock issuance costs
|
| | | | (26,652,125) | | |
| Plus: | | | | | | | |
|
Re-Measurement of carrying value to redemption value
|
| | | | 26,652,125 | | |
|
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2021
|
| | | $ | 500,000,000 | | |
| Plus: | | | | | | | |
|
Re-Measurement of carrying value to redemption value
|
| | | | 4,544,687 | | |
|
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2022
|
| | | $ | 504,544,687 | | |
| | |
Year Ended December 31, 2022
|
| |
For the period from
February 1, 2021 (Inception) Through December 31, 2021 |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Class A
|
| |
Class B
|
| |
Class A
|
| |
Class B
|
| ||||||||||||
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Numerator: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Allocation of net income (loss), as adjusted
|
| | | $ | 3,069,406 | | | | | $ | 856,364 | | | | | $ | (729,236) | | | | | $ | (327,470) | | |
Denominator: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
|
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 28,476,821 | | | | | | 12,787,748 | | |
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common
share |
| | | $ | 0.06 | | | | | $ | 0.06 | | | | | $ | (0.03) | | | | | $ | (0.03) | | |
| | |
December 31,
2022 |
| |
December 31,
2021 |
| ||||||
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Startup organizational expenses
|
| | | $ | 562,030 | | | | | $ | 226,165 | | |
Unrealized gain on marketable securities
|
| | | | (294,084) | | | | | | (2,348) | | |
Total deferred tax assets
|
| | | | 267,946 | | | | | | 223,817 | | |
Valuation allowance
|
| | | | (562,030) | | | | | | (223,817) | | |
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net of valuation allowance
|
| | | $ | (294,084) | | | | | $ | — | | |
| | |
December 31,
2022 |
| |
December 31,
2021 |
| ||||||
Federal | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current
|
| | | $ | 1,180,272 | | | | | $ | 2,416 | | |
Deferred
|
| | | | (44,129) | | | | | | (223,817) | | |
State and Local | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Deferred
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Change in valuation allowance
|
| | | | 338,213 | | | | | | 223,817 | | |
Income tax provision
|
| | | $ | 1,474,356 | | | | | $ | 2,416 | | |
| | |
December 31,
2022 |
| |
December 31,
2021 |
| ||||||
Statutory federal income tax rate
|
| | | | 21.00% | | | | | | 21.00% | | |
State taxes, net of federal tax benefit
|
| | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 0.00% | | |
Valuation allowance
|
| | | | 6.3% | | | | | | (21.2)% | | |
Income tax provision
|
| | | | 27.3% | | | | | | (0.2)% | | |
Description
|
| |
Level
|
| |
December 31,
2022 |
| |
December 31,
2021 |
| |||||||||
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | 1 | | | | | $ | 506,140,080 | | | | | $ | 500,125,470 | | |
| | |
June 30, 2023
(Unaudited) |
| |
December 31, 2022
|
| ||||||
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash
|
| | | $ | 840,228 | | | | | $ | 3,577,359 | | |
Prepaid expenses
|
| | | | 42,500 | | | | | | 420,828 | | |
Total current assets
|
| | | | 882,728 | | | | | | 3,998,187 | | |
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | 515,933,705 | | | | | | 506,140,080 | | |
TOTAL ASSETS
|
| | | $ | 516,816,433 | | | | | $ | 510,138,267 | | |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accrued expenses
|
| | | $ | 375,437 | | | | | $ | 303,257 | | |
Income taxes payable
|
| | | | 1,233,506 | | | | | | 1,180,272 | | |
Total current liabilities
|
| | |
|
1,608,943
|
| | | |
|
1,483,529
|
| |
Deferred tax liability
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 294,084 | | |
Deferred legal fee
|
| | | | 92,441 | | | | | | 118,715 | | |
Deferred underwriting fee payable
|
| | | | 17,500,000 | | | | | | 17,500,000 | | |
Total liabilities
|
| | | | 19,201,384 | | | | | | 19,396,328 | | |
Commitments and contingencies (Note 6) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 50,000,000 shares
at redemption value of approximately $10.25 and $10.09 as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively |
| | | | 512,394,895 | | | | | | 504,544,687 | | |
Stockholders’ Deficit | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized;
1,450,000 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 50,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption) as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
| | | | 145 | | | | | | 145 | | |
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;
12,500,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
| | | | 1,250 | | | | | | 1,250 | | |
Additional paid-in capital
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Accumulated deficit
|
| | | | (14,781,241) | | | | | | (13,804,143) | | |
Total Stockholders’ Deficit
|
| | | | (14,779,846) | | | | | | (13,802,748) | | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
|
| | | $ | 516,816,433 | | | | | | 510,138,267 | | |
| | |
Three Months Ended
June 30, |
| |
Six Months Ended
June 30, |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| |
2023
|
| |
2022
|
| ||||||||||||
Formation and operating costs
|
| | | $ | 901,500 | | | | | $ | 430,744 | | | | | $ | 2,058,865 | | | | | $ | 959,859 | | |
Loss from operations
|
| | | | (901,500) | | | | | | (430,744) | | | | | | (2,058,865) | | | | | | (959,859) | | |
Other income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | 5,862,881 | | | | | | 703,370 | | | | | | 11,279,715 | | | | | | 829,671 | | |
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | 52,854 | | | | | | (126,150) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (111,572) | | |
Other income, net
|
| | | | 5,915,735 | | | | | | 577,220 | | | | | | 11,279,715 | | | | | | 718,099 | | |
Income before provision for income taxes
|
| | | | 5,014,235 | | | | | | 146,476 | | | | | | 9,220,850 | | | | | | (241,760) | | |
Provision for income taxes
|
| | | | (1,231,804) | | | | | | (92,115) | | | | | | (2,347,740) | | | | | | (92,115) | | |
Net income (loss)
|
| | | $ | 3,782,431 | | | | | $ | 54,361 | | | | | $ | 6,873,110 | | | | | $ | (333,875) | | |
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, shares subject to redemption
|
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 50,000,000 | | |
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, shares subject to redemption
|
| | | $ | 0.06 | | | | | $ | 0.00 | | | | | $ | 0.11 | | | | | $ | (0.01) | | |
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, shares not subject to redemption
|
| | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | |
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, shares not subject to redemption
|
| | | $ | 0.06 | | | | | $ | 0.00 | | | | | $ | 0.11 | | | | | $ | (0.01) | | |
| | |
Class A
Common Stock |
| |
Class B
Common Stock |
| |
Additional
Paid-in Capital |
| |
Accumulated
Deficit |
| |
Total
Stockholders’ Deficit |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance – January 1, 2023
|
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | $ | 145 | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | $ | 1,250 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (13,804,143) | | | | | $ | (13,802,748) | | |
Re-measurement for Class A
common stock to redemption amount |
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,216,277) | | | | | | (3,216,277) | | |
Net income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,090,679 | | | | | | 3,090,679 | | |
Balance – March 31, 2023
|
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | $ | 145 | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | $ | 1,250 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (13,929,741) | | | | | $ | (13,928,346) | | |
Re-measurement for Class A
common stock to redemption amount |
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,633,931) | | | | | | (4,633,931) | | |
Net income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,782,431 | | | | | | 3,782,431 | | |
Balance – June 30, 2023
|
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | $ | 145 | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | $ | 1,250 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (14,781,241) | | | | | $ | (14,779,846) | | |
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Class A
Common Stock |
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Class B
Common Stock |
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Additional
Paid-in Capital |
| |
Accumulated
Deficit |
| |
Total
Stockholders’ Deficit |
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Shares
|
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Amount
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Shares
|
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Amount
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Balance – January 1, 2022
|
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | $ | 145 | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | $ | 1,250 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (13,185,226) | | | | | $ | (13,183,831) | | |
Net loss
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (388,236) | | | | | | (388,236) | | |
Balance – March 31, 2022
|
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | | 145 | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | | 1,250 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (13,573,462) | | | | | | (13,572,067) | | |
Net income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 54,361 | | | | | | 54,361 | | |
Balance – June 30, 2022
|
| | | | 1,450,000 | | | | | $ | 145 | | | | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | $ | 1,250 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (13,519,101) | | | | | $ | (13,517,706) | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended June 30,
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2023
|
| |
2022
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net income (loss)
|
| | | $ | 6,873,110 | | | | | $ | (333,875) | | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | (11,279,715) | | | | | | (829,671) | | |
Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 111,572 | | |
Deferred tax provision
|
| | | | (294,084) | | | | | | — | | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Prepaid expenses
|
| | | | 378,328 | | | | | | 424,877 | | |
Accrued expenses
|
| | | | 45,906 | | | | | | 228,138 | | |
Income taxes payable
|
| | | | 53,234 | | | | | | 89,699 | | |
Net cash used in operating activities
|
| | | | (4,223,221) | | | | | | (309,260) | | |
Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account to pay franchise and income taxes
|
| | | | 1,486,090 | | | | | | — | | |
Net cash provided by investing activities
|
| | | | 1,486,090 | | | | | | — | | |
Net Change in Cash
|
| | | | (2,737,131) | | | | | | (309,260) | | |
Cash – Beginning of period
|
| | | | 3,577,359 | | | | | | 3,337,050 | | |
Cash – End of period
|
| | | $ | 840,228 | | | | | $ | 3,027,790 | | |
Supplemental cash flow information: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid for income taxes
|
| | | $ | 2,588,590 | | | | | $ | 3,128 | | |
|
Gross proceeds
|
| | | $ | 500,000,000 | | |
| Less: | | | | | | | |
|
Class A common stock issuance costs
|
| | | | (26,652,125) | | |
| Plus: | | | | | | | |
|
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value
|
| | | | 31,196,812 | | |
|
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2022
|
| | | | 504,544,687 | | |
| Plus: | | | | | | | |
|
Re-Measurement of carrying value to redemption value
|
| | | | 7,850,208 | | |
|
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, June 30, 2023
|
| | | $ | 512,394,895 | | |
| | |
Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2023
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2022
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2023
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2022
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Class A
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Class B
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Class A
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Class B
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Class A
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Class B
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Class A
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Class B
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Basic and diluted net
income (loss) per share of common stock |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Numerator: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Allocation of net income
(loss) |
| | | $ | 2,957,335 | | | | | $ | 825,096 | | | | | $ | 42,503 | | | | | | 11,858 | | | | | $ | 5,373,815 | | | | | $ | 1,499,295 | | | | | $ | (261,044) | | | | | $ | (72,831) | | |
| | |
Three Months Ended June 30,
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| |
Six Months Ended June 30,
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2023
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2022
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| |
2023
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2022
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| | |
Class A
|
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Class B
|
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Class A
|
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Class B
|
| |
Class A
|
| |
Class B
|
| |
Class A
|
| |
Class B
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Denominator: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted
weighted average shares outstanding |
| | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | | | 50,000,000 | | | | | | 13,950,000 | | |
Basic and diluted
net income (loss) per share of common stock |
| | | $ | 0.06 | | | | | $ | 0.06 | | | | | $ | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | $ | 0.11 | | | | | $ | 0.11 | | | | | $ | (0.01) | | | | | $ | (0.01) | | |
Description
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Level
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June 30,
2023 |
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December 31,
2022 |
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Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
|
| | | | 1 | | | | | $ | 515,933,705 | | | | | $ | 506,140,080 | | |
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By: |
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By: |
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Founder Shares*
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Vesting Founder Shares
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Private Placement Shares
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ALTC SPONSOR LLC
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| | | | 12,500,000 | | | |
12,500,000 minus the Forfeited Shares
(as defined in paragraph 6 above) |
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1,450,000 (provided the Private Placement Shares may be increased to up to 1,600,000 in accordance with paragraph 9 above)
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Sam Altman**
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Michael Klein***
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Jay Taragin
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Frances Frei
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Allison Green
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Peter Lattman
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John Thornton
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Greg Campanella
Managing Director Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held |
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Exhibit
No. |
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Description
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| 10.11 | | | Form of Voting and Support Agreements, by and among AltC, Oklo and certain Oklo stockholders.* | |
| 10.12 | | | Oklo Inc. Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2018, by and among Oklo Inc. and the parties thereto.* | |
| 10.13 | | | Offer Letter to be entered into by and between Oklo Inc. and Jacob DeWitte.** | |
| 10.14 | | | Offer Letter to be entered into by and between Oklo Inc. and Caroline Cochran.** | |
| 10.15 | | | | |
| 10.16 | | | | |
| 10.17 | | | | |
| 23.1 | | | Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (to be included in Exhibit 5.1).** | |
| 23.2 | | | Consent of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm to AltC Acquisition Corp.* | |
| 23.3 | | | | |
| 24.1 | | | | |
| 99.1 | | | | |
| 99.2 | | | | |
| 99.3 | | | | |
| 99.4 | | | Form of proxy card of AltC Acquisition Corp.** | |
| 101.INS | | | XBRL Instance Document** | |
| 101.SCH | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document** | |
| 101.CAL | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document** | |
| 101.DEF | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document** | |
| 101.LAB | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document** | |
| 104 | | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)** | |
| 107 | | | |
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Sam Altman
Sam Altman
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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September 27, 2023
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/s/ Jay Taragin
Jay Taragin
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| |
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
| |
September 27, 2023
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/s/ Michael Klein
Michael Klein
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| |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Director |
| |
September 27, 2023
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/s/ Frances Frei
Frances Frei
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Director
|
| |
September 27, 2023
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/s/ Allison Green
Allison Green
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Director
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September 27, 2023
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/s/ Peter Lattman
Peter Lattman
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Director
|
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September 27, 2023
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/s/ John L. Thornton
John L. Thornton
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Director
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September 27, 2023
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Exhibit 4.2
THIS INSTRUMENT AND ANY SECURITIES ISSUABLE PURSUANT HERETO HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THIS SAFE AND UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
OKLO INC.
SAFE
(Simple Agreement for Future Equity)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT in exchange for the payment by ______________________ (the “Investor”) of $______________________ (the “Purchase Amount”) on or about ______________________, 2022, Oklo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issues to the Investor the right to certain shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, subject to the terms described below.
The “Valuation Cap” is [$500,000,000.00] [$300,000,000.00].
See Section 2 for certain additional defined terms.
1.Events
(a)Equity Financing. If there is an Equity Financing before the termination of this Safe, on the initial closing of such Equity Financing, this Safe will automatically convert into the greater of: (1) the number of shares of Standard Preferred Stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the lowest price per share of the Standard Preferred Stock; or (2) the number of shares of Safe Preferred Stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Safe Price.
In connection with the automatic conversion of this Safe into shares of Standard Preferred Stock or Safe Preferred Stock, the Investor will execute and deliver to the Company all of the transaction documents related to the Equity Financing; provided, that such documents (i) are the same documents to be entered into with the purchasers of Standard Preferred Stock, with appropriate variations for the Safe Preferred Stock if applicable, and (ii) have customary exceptions to any drag-along applicable to the Investor, including (without limitation) limited representations, warranties, liability and indemnification obligations for the Investor.
(b)Liquidity Event. If there is a Liquidity Event before the termination of this Safe, this Safe will automatically be entitled (subject to the liquidation priority set forth in Section 1(d) below) to receive a portion of Proceeds, due and payable to the Investor immediately prior to, or concurrent with, the consummation of such Liquidity Event, equal to the greater of (i) the Purchase Amount (the “Cash-Out Amount”) or (ii) the amount payable on the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Liquidity Price (the “Conversion Amount”). If any of the Company’s securityholders are given a choice as to the form and amount of Proceeds to be received in a Liquidity Event, the Investor will be given the same choice, provided that the Investor may not choose to receive a form of consideration that the Investor would be ineligible to receive as a result of the Investor’s failure to satisfy any requirement or limitation generally applicable to the Company’s securityholders, or under any applicable laws.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with a Change of Control intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization, the Company may reduce the cash portion of Proceeds payable to the Investor by the amount determined by its board of directors in good faith for such Change of Control to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes, provided that such reduction (A) does not reduce the total Proceeds payable to such Investor and (B) is applied in the same manner and on a pro rata basis to all securityholders who have equal priority to the Investor under Section 1(d).
(c)Dissolution Event. If there is a Dissolution Event before the termination of this Safe, the Investor will automatically be entitled (subject to the liquidation priority set forth in Section 1(d) below) to receive a portion of Proceeds equal to the Cash-Out Amount, due and payable to the Investor immediately prior to the consummation of the Dissolution Event.
(d)Liquidation Priority. In a Liquidity Event or Dissolution Event, this Safe is intended to operate like standard non-participating Preferred Stock. The Investor’s right to receive its Cash-Out Amount is:
(i)Junior to payment of outstanding indebtedness and creditor claims, including contractual claims for payment and convertible promissory notes (to the extent such convertible promissory notes are not actually or notionally converted into Capital Stock);
(ii)On par with payments for other Safes and/or Preferred Stock, and if the applicable Proceeds are insufficient to permit full payments to the Investor and such other Safes and/or Preferred Stock, the applicable Proceeds will be distributed pro rata to the Investor and such other Safes and/or Preferred Stock in proportion to the full payments that would otherwise be due; and
(iii)Senior to payments for Common Stock.
(iv)The Investor’s right to receive its Conversion Amount is (A) on par with payments for Common Stock and other Safes and/or Preferred Stock who are also receiving Conversion Amounts or Proceeds on a similar as-converted to Common Stock basis, and (B) junior to payments described in clauses (i) and (ii) above (in the latter case, to the extent such payments are Cash-Out Amounts or similar liquidation preferences).
(e)Termination. This Safe will automatically terminate (without relieving the Company of any obligations arising from a prior breach of or non-compliance with this Safe) immediately following the earliest to occur of: (i) the issuance of Capital Stock to the Investor pursuant to the automatic conversion of this Safe under Section 1(a); or (ii) the payment, or setting aside for payment, of amounts due the Investor pursuant to Section 1(b) or Section 1(c).
2.Definitions
“Capital Stock” means the capital stock of the Company, including, without limitation, the “Common Stock” and the “Preferred Stock.”
“Change of Control” means (i) a transaction or series of related transactions in which any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company having the right to vote for the election of members of the Company’s board of directors, (ii) any reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company, other than a transaction or series of related transactions in which the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions retain, immediately after such transaction or series of related transactions, at least a majority of the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities of the Company or such other surviving or resulting entity or (iii) a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
“Company Capitalization” is calculated as of immediately prior to the Equity Financing and (without double-counting, in each case calculated on an as-converted to Common Stock basis):
· | Includes all shares of Capital Stock issued and outstanding; |
· | Includes all convertible securities (including warrants) outstanding on the date of issuance of the first Safe, but, for the sake of clarity, excludes (i) this Safe, (ii) all other Safes and (iii) convertible promissory notes and other convertible debt instruments; |
· | Includes all (i) issued and outstanding Options and (ii) Promised Options; and |
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· | Includes the Unissued Option Pool, except that any increase to the Unissued Option Pool in connection with the Equity Financing shall only be included to the extent that the number of Promised Options exceeds the Unissued Option Pool prior to such increase. |
“Direct Listing” means the Company’s initial listing of its Common Stock (other than shares of Common Stock not eligible for resale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act) on a national securities exchange by means of an effective registration statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company with the SEC that registers shares of existing capital stock of the Company for resale, as approved by the Company’s board of directors. For the avoidance of doubt, a Direct Listing shall not be deemed to be an underwritten offering and shall not involve any underwriting services.
“Dissolution Event” means (i) a voluntary termination of operations, (ii) a general assignment for the benefit of the Company’s creditors or (iii) any other liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (excluding a Liquidity Event), whether voluntary or involuntary.
“Dividend Amount” means, with respect to any date on which the Company pays a dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, the amount of such dividend that is paid per share of Common Stock multiplied by (x) the Purchase Amount divided by (y) the Liquidity Price (treating the dividend date as a Liquidity Event solely for purposes of calculating such Liquidity Price).
“Equity Financing” means a bona fide transaction or series of transactions with the principal purpose of raising capital, pursuant to which the Company issues and sells Preferred Stock at a fixed valuation, including but not limited to, a pre-money or post-money valuation.
“Initial Public Offering” means the closing of the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten initial public offering of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act.
“Liquidity Capitalization” is calculated as of immediately prior to the Liquidity Event, and (without double- counting, in each case calculated on an as-converted to Common Stock basis):
· | Includes all shares of Capital Stock issued and outstanding; |
· | Includes all (i) issued and outstanding Options and (ii) to the extent receiving Proceeds, Promised Options; |
· | Includes all convertible securities (including warrants) outstanding on the date of issuance of the first Safe, but, for the sake of clarity, excludes (i) this Safe, (ii) all other Safes and (iii) convertible promissory notes and other convertible debt instruments; and |
· | Excludes the Unissued Option Pool. |
“Liquidity Event” means a Change of Control, a Direct Listing or an Initial Public Offering.
“Liquidity Price” means the price per share equal to the Valuation Cap divided by the Liquidity Capitalization.
“Options” includes options, restricted stock awards or purchases, RSUs, SARs, warrants or similar securities, vested or unvested.
“Proceeds” means cash and other assets (including without limitation stock consideration) that are proceeds from the Liquidity Event or the Dissolution Event, as applicable, and legally available for distribution.
“Promised Options” means promised but ungranted Options that are the greater of those (i) promised pursuant to agreements or understandings made prior to the execution of, or in connection with, the term sheet or letter of intent for the Equity Financing or Liquidity Event, as applicable (or the initial closing of the Equity Financing or consummation of the Liquidity Event, if there is no term sheet or letter of intent), (ii) in the case of an Equity Financing, treated as outstanding Options in the calculation of the Standard Preferred Stock’s price per share,
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or (iii) in the case of a Liquidity Event, treated as outstanding Options in the calculation of the distribution of the Proceeds.
“Safe” means an instrument containing a future right to shares of Capital Stock, similar in form and content to this instrument, purchased by investors for the purpose of funding the Company’s business operations. References to “this Safe” mean this specific instrument.
“Safe Preferred Stock” means the shares of the series of Preferred Stock issued to the Investor in an Equity Financing, having the identical rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions as the shares of Standard Preferred Stock, other than with respect to: (i) the per share liquidation preference and the initial conversion price for purposes of price-based anti-dilution protection, which will equal the Safe Price; and (ii) the basis for any dividend rights, which will be based on the Safe Price.
“Safe Price” means the price per share equal to the Valuation Cap divided by the Company Capitalization.
“Standard Preferred Stock” means the shares of the series of Preferred Stock issued to the investors investing new money in the Company in connection with the initial closing of the Equity Financing.
“Unissued Option Pool” means all shares of Capital Stock that are reserved, available for future grant and not subject to any outstanding Options or Promised Options (but in the case of a Liquidity Event, only to the extent Proceeds are payable on such Promised Options) under any equity incentive or similar Company plan.
3.Company Representations
(a)The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, and has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and carry on its business as now conducted.
(b)The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Safe is within the power of the Company and has been duly authorized by all necessary actions on the part of the Company (subject to section 3(d)). This Safe constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity. To its knowledge, the Company is not in violation of (i) its current certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (ii) any material statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or (iii) any material debt or contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, where, in each case, such violation or default, individually, or together with all such violations or defaults, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(c)The performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Safe do not and will not: (i) violate any material judgment, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company; (ii) result in the acceleration of any material debt or contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any property, asset or revenue of the Company or the suspension, forfeiture, or nonrenewal of any material permit, license or authorization applicable to the Company, its business or operations.
(d)No consents or approvals are required in connection with the performance of this Safe, other than: (i) the Company’s corporate approvals; (ii) any qualifications or filings under applicable securities laws; and (iii) necessary corporate approvals for the authorization of Capital Stock issuable pursuant to Section 1.
(e)To its knowledge, the Company owns or possesses (or can obtain on commercially reasonable terms) sufficient legal rights to all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information, processes and other intellectual property rights necessary for its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, without any conflict with, or infringement of the rights of, others.
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4.Investor Representations
(a)The Investor has full legal capacity, power and authority to execute and deliver this Safe and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Safe constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.
(b)The Investor is an accredited investor as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and acknowledges and agrees that if not an accredited investor at the time of an Equity Financing, the Company may void this Safe and return the Purchase Amount. The Investor has been advised that this Safe and the underlying securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, or any state securities laws and, therefore, cannot be resold unless they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration requirements is available. The Investor is purchasing this Safe and the securities to be acquired by the Investor hereunder for its own account for investment, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof, and the Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that the Investor is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such investment, is able to incur a complete loss of such investment without impairing the Investor’s financial condition and is able to bear the economic risk of such investment for an indefinite period of time.
5.Miscellaneous
(a)Any provision of this Safe may be amended, waived or modified by written consent of the Company and either (i) the Investor or (ii) the majority-in-interest of all then-outstanding Safes with the same “Valuation Cap” and “Discount Rate” as this Safe (and Safes lacking one or both of such terms will be considered to be the same with respect to such term(s)), provided that with respect to clause (ii): (A) the Purchase Amount may not be amended, waived or modified in this manner, (B) the consent of the Investor and each holder of such Safes must be solicited (even if not obtained), and (C) such amendment, waiver or modification treats all such holders in the same manner. “Majority-in-interest” refers to the holders of the applicable group of Safes whose Safes have a total Purchase Amount greater than 50% of the total Purchase Amount of all of such applicable group of Safes.
(b)Any notice required or permitted by this Safe will be deemed sufficient when delivered personally or by overnight courier or sent by email to the relevant address listed on the signature page, or 48 hours after being deposited in the U.S. mail as certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, addressed to the party to be notified at such party’s address listed on the signature page, as subsequently modified by written notice.
(c)The Investor is not entitled, as a holder of this Safe, to vote or be deemed a holder of Capital Stock for any purpose other than tax purposes, nor will anything in this Safe be construed to confer on the Investor, as such, any rights of a Company stockholder or rights to vote for the election of directors or on any matter submitted to Company stockholders, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of meetings, until shares have been issued on the terms described in Section 1. However, if the Company pays a dividend on outstanding shares of Common Stock (that is not payable in shares of Common Stock) while this Safe is outstanding, the Company will pay the Dividend Amount to the Investor at the same time.
(d)Neither this Safe nor the rights in this Safe are transferable or assignable, by operation of law or otherwise, by either party without the prior written consent of the other; provided, however, that this Safe and/or its rights may be assigned without the Company’s consent by the Investor (i) to the Investor’s estate, heirs, executors, administrators, guardians and/or successors in the event of Investor’s death or disability, or (ii) to any other entity who directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Investor, including, without limitation, any general partner, managing member, officer or director of the Investor, or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing which is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, the Investor; and provided, further, that the Company may assign this Safe in whole, without the consent of the Investor, in connection with a reincorporation to change the Company’s domicile.
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(e)In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Safe is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part or in any respect, or in the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Safe operate or would prospectively operate to invalidate this Safe, then and in any such event, such provision(s) only will be deemed null and void and will not affect any other provision of this Safe and the remaining provisions of this Safe will remain operative and in full force and effect and will not be affected, prejudiced, or disturbed thereby.
(f)All rights and obligations hereunder will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of such jurisdiction.
(g)The parties acknowledge and agree that for United States federal and state income tax purposes this Safe is, and at all times has been, intended to be characterized as stock, and more particularly as common stock for purposes of Sections 304, 305, 306, 354, 368, 1036 and 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Accordingly, the parties agree to treat this Safe consistent with the foregoing intent for all United States federal and state income tax purposes (including, without limitation, on their respective tax returns or other informational statements).
(Signature page follows)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Safe to be duly executed and delivered.
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| | Name: Jacob DeWitte | ||
| | Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
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| | Address: | 3190 Coronado Dr. | |
| | | Santa Clara, CA 95054 | |
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| | Email: j@oklo.com | ||
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Exhibit 10.8
2016 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
OF
OKLO INC.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. | Purpose | 4 |
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2. | Eligibility | 4 |
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3. | Administration and Delegation | 4 |
| (a) Administration by the Board | 4 |
| (b) Appointment of Committees | 4 |
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4. | Stock Available for Awards | 4 |
| (a) Number of Shares | 5 |
| (b) Substitute Awards | 5 |
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5. | Stock Options | 5 |
| (a) General | 5 |
| (b) Incentive Stock Options | 5 |
| (c) Exercise Price | 5 |
| (d) Duration of Options | 6 |
| (e) Exercise of Options. | 6 |
| (f) Payment Upon Exercise | 6 |
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6. | Stock Appreciation Rights | 7 |
| (a) General | 7 |
| (b) Measurement Price | 7 |
| (c) Duration of SARs | 7 |
| (d) Exercise of SARs | 7 |
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7. | Restricted Stock; Restricted Stock Units | 7 |
| (a) General | 8 |
| (b) Terms and Conditions for All Restricted Stock Awards | 8 |
| (c) Additional Provisions Relating to Restricted Stock | 8 |
| (d) Additional Provisions Relating to Restricted Stock Units | 8 |
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8. | Other Stock-Based Awards | 9 |
| (a) General | 9 |
| (b) Terms and Conditions | 9 |
| (c) Additional Limitations for Other Stock-Based Awards | 9 |
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9. | Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock and Certain Other Events | 9 |
| (a) Changes in Capitalization | 9 |
| (b) Reorganization Events | 9 |
| (c) Additional Restriction Regarding Recapitalizations, Stock Splits, Etc | 11 |
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10. | General Provisions Applicable to Awards | 11 |
| (a) Transferability of Awards | 11 |
| (b) Documentation | 11 |
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| (c) Board Discretion | 12 |
| (d) Termination of Status | 12 |
| (e) Withholding | 12 |
| (f) Amendment of Award | 12 |
| (g) Conditions on Delivery of Stock | 12 |
| (h) Acceleration | 13 |
| (i) Additional Limitations on Timing of Awards | 13 |
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11. | Miscellaneous | 13 |
| (a) No Right To Employment or Other Status | 13 |
| (b) No Rights As Stockholder | 13 |
| (c) Effective Date and Term of Plan | 13 |
| (d) Amendment of Plan | 13 |
| (e) Authorization of Sub-Plans (including Grants to non-U.S. Employees) | 13 |
| (f) Compliance with Section 409A of the Code | 14 |
| (g) Limitations on Liability | 14 |
| (h) Governing Law | 14 |
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2016 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
OF
OKLO INC
1.Purpose
The purpose of this 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of Oklo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is to advance the interests of the Company’s stockholders by enhancing the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who are expected to make important contributions to the Company and by providing such persons with equity ownership opportunities and performance-based incentives that are intended to better align the interests of such persons with those of the Company’s stockholders. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term “Company” shall include any of the Company’s present or future parent or subsidiary corporations as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations thereunder (the “Code”) and any other business venture (including, without limitation, joint venture or limited liability company) in which the Company has a controlling interest, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”); provided, however, that such other business ventures shall be limited to entities that, where required by Section 409A of the Code, are eligible issuers of service recipient stock (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii)(E), or applicable successor regulation).
2.Eligibility
All of the Company’s employees, officers and directors, as well as consultants and advisors to the Company (as such terms consultants and advisors are defined and interpreted for purposes of Rule 701 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (or any successor rule)) are eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan. Each person who is granted an Award under the Plan is deemed a “Participant.” “Award” means Options (as defined in Section 5), SARs (as defined in Section 6), Restricted Stock (as defined in Section 7), Restricted Stock Units (as defined in Section 7) and Other Stock-Based Awards (as defined in Section 8).
3.Administration and Delegation
(a)Administration by the Board. The Plan will be administered by the Board. The Board shall have authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan as it shall deem advisable. The Board may construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and any Award agreements entered into under the Plan. The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. All decisions by the Board shall be made in the Board’s sole discretion and shall be final and binding on all persons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award.
(b)Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board (each, a “Committee”). All references in the Plan to the “Board” shall mean the Board or a Committee of the Board to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee.
4.Stock Available for Awards
Oklo Stock Option Agreement
(a)Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment under Section 9, Awards may be made under the Plan for up to [1,000,000] shares of common stock, [$0.0001] par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), any or all of which Awards may be in the form of Incentive Stock Options (as defined in Section 5(b)). If any Award expires or is terminated, surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised, is forfeited in whole or in part (including as the result of shares of Common Stock subject to such Award being repurchased by the Company at the original issuance price pursuant to a contractual repurchase right), or results in any Common Stock not being issued, the unused Common Stock covered by such Award shall again be available for the grant of Awards under the Plan. Further, shares of Common Stock tendered to the Company by a Participant to exercise an Award or to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising with respect to an Award shall be added to the number of shares of Common Stock available for the grant of Awards under the Plan. However, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, the two immediately preceding sentences shall be subject to any limitations under the Code. Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.
(b)Substitute Awards. In connection with a merger or consolidation of an entity with the Company or the acquisition by the Company of property or stock of an entity, the Board may grant Awards in substitution for any options or other stock or stock-based awards granted by such entity or an affiliate thereof. Substitute Awards may be granted on such terms as the Board deems appropriate in the circumstances, notwithstanding any limitations on Awards contained in the Plan. Substitute Awards shall not count against the overall share limit set forth in Section 4(a), except as may be required by reason of Section 422 and related provisions of the Code.
5.Stock Options
(a)General. The Board may grant options to purchase Common Stock (each, an “Option”) and determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Option, the exercise price of each Option and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of each Option, including conditions relating to applicable federal or state securities laws, as it considers necessary or advisable.
(b)Incentive Stock Options. An Option that the Board intends to be an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code (an “Incentive Stock Option”) shall only be granted to employees of the Company, any of the Company’s present or future parent or subsidiary corporations as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Code, and any other entities the employees of which are eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options under the Code, and shall be subject to and shall be construed consistently with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. An Option that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be designated a “Nonstatutory Stock Option.” The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Option (or any part thereof) that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option is not an Incentive Stock Option or if the Company converts an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(c)Exercise Price. The Board shall establish the exercise price of each Option and specify the exercise price in the applicable Option agreement. The exercise price shall be not less than 100% of the fair market value per share of Common Stock, as determined by (or in a manner approved by) the Board (“Fair Market Value”), on the date the Option is granted. “Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock for purposes of the Plan will be determined as follows:
(1)if the Common Stock is not publicly traded, the Board will determine the Fair Market Value for purposes of the Plan using any measure of value it determines to be appropriate (including, as it considers
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appropriate, relying on appraisals) in a manner consistent with the valuation principles under Code Section 409A, except as the Board may expressly determine otherwise;
(2)if the Common Stock trades on a national securities exchange, the closing sale price (for the primary trading session) on the date of grant; or
(3)if the Common Stock does not trade on any such exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported by an authorized OTCBB market data vendor as listed on the OTCBB website (otcbb.com) on the date of grant.
(4)For any date that is not a trading day, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock for such date will be determined by using the closing sale price or average of the bid and asked prices, as appropriate, for the immediately preceding trading day and with the timing in the formulas above adjusted accordingly. The Board can substitute a particular time of day or other measure of “closing sale price” or “bid and asked prices” if appropriate because of exchange or market procedures or can, in its sole discretion, use weighted averages either on a daily basis or such longer period as complies with Code Section 409A.
(5)The Board has sole discretion to determine the Fair Market Value for purposes of the Plan, and all Awards are conditioned on the participants’ agreement that the Board’s determination is conclusive and binding even though others might make a different determination.
(d)Duration of Options. Each Option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the applicable option agreement; provided, however, that no Option will be granted with a term in excess of 10 years.
(e)Exercise of Options.
(1)Options may be exercised by delivery to the Company of a notice of exercise in a form of notice (which may be electronic) approved by the Company, together with payment in full (in a manner specified in Section 5(f)) of the exercise price for the number of shares for which the Option is exercised. Shares of Common Stock subject to the Option will be delivered by the Company as soon as practicable following exercise.
(2)Unless a Participant’s employment is terminated for cause (as defined by applicable law, the terms of the Plan or option grant or a contract of employment), in the event of termination of employment of such Participant, such Participant shall have the right to exercise an Option, to the extent that such Participant is entitled to exercise such Option on the date employment terminated, until the earlier of: (i) at least six (6) months from the date of termination, if termination was caused by such Participant’s death or disability, (ii) at least thirty (30) days from the date of termination, if termination was caused other than by such Participant’s death or disability and (iii) the Option expiration date.
(f)Payment Upon Exercise. Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows:
(1)in cash or by check, payable to the order of the Company;
(2)when the Common Stock is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), except as may otherwise be provided in the applicable Option agreement or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion, by (i) delivery of an irrevocable and unconditional undertaking by
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a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price and any required tax withholding or (ii) delivery by the Participant to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to pay the exercise price and any required tax withholding;
(3)when the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act and to the extent provided for in the applicable Option agreement or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion, by delivery (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant valued at their Fair Market Value, provided (i) such method of payment is then permitted under applicable law, (ii) such Common Stock, if acquired directly from the Company, was owned by the Participant for such minimum period of time, if any, as may be established by the Board in its discretion and (iii) such Common Stock is not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirements;
(4)to the extent provided for in the applicable Nonstatutory Stock Option agreement or approved by the Board in its sole discretion, by delivery of a notice of “net exercise” to the Company, as a result of which the Participant would pay the exercise price for the portion of the Option being exercised by cancelling a portion of the Option for such number of shares as is equal to the exercise price divided by the excess of the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise over the Option exercise price per share.
(5)to the extent permitted by applicable law and provided for in the applicable Option agreement or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion, by (i) delivery of a promissory note of the Participant to the Company on terms determined by the Board, or (ii) payment of such other lawful consideration as the Board may determine; or
(6)by any combination of the above permitted forms of payment.
6.Stock Appreciation Rights
(a)General. The Board may grant Awards consisting of stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) entitling the holder, upon exercise, to receive an amount of Common Stock or cash or a combination thereof (such form to be determined by the Board) determined by reference to appreciation, from and after the date of grant, in the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock over the measurement price established pursuant to Section 6(b). The date as of which such appreciation is determined shall be the exercise date.
(b)Measurement Price. The Board shall establish the measurement price of each SAR and specify it in the applicable SAR agreement. The measurement price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date the SAR is granted.
(c)Duration of SARs. Each SAR shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the applicable SAR agreement; provided, however, that no SAR will be granted with a term in excess of 10 years.
(d)Exercise of SARs. SARs may be exercised by delivery to the Company of a notice of exercise in a form (which may be electronic) approved by the Company, together with any other documents required by the Board.
7.Restricted Stock; Restricted Stock Units
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(a)General. The Board may grant Awards entitling recipients to acquire shares of Common Stock (“Restricted Stock”), subject to the right of the Company to repurchase all or part of such shares at their issue price or other stated or formula price (or to require forfeiture of such shares if issued at no cost) from the recipient in the event that conditions specified by the Board in the applicable Award are not satisfied prior to the end of the applicable restriction period or periods established by the Board for such Award. The Board may also grant Awards entitling the recipient to receive shares of Common Stock or cash to be delivered at the time such Award vests (“Restricted Stock Units”) (Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units are each referred to herein as a “Restricted Stock Award”).
(b)Terms and Conditions for All Restricted Stock Awards. The Board shall determine the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award, including the conditions for vesting and repurchase (or forfeiture) and the issue price, if any.
(c)Additional Provisions Relating to Restricted Stock.
(1)Dividends. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award agreement, any dividends (whether paid in cash, stock or property) declared and paid by the Company with respect to shares of Restricted Stock (“Accrued Dividends”) shall be paid to the Participant only if and when such shares become free from the restrictions on transferability and forfeitability that apply to such shares. Each payment of Accrued Dividends will be made no later than the end of the calendar year in which the dividends are paid to stockholders of that class of stock or, if later, the 15th day of the third month following the lapsing of the restrictions on transferability and the forfeitability provisions applicable to the underlying shares of Restricted Stock.
(2)Stock Certificates. The Company may require that any stock certificates issued in respect of shares of Restricted Stock, as well as dividends or distributions paid on such Restricted Stock, shall be deposited in escrow by the Participant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Company (or its designee). At the expiration of the applicable restriction periods, the Company (or such designee) shall deliver the certificates no longer subject to such restrictions to the Participant or if the Participant has died, to Participant’s Designated Beneficiary. “Designated Beneficiary” means (i) the beneficiary designated, in a manner determined by the Board, by a Participant to receive amounts due or exercise rights of the Participant in the event of the Participant’s death or (ii) in the absence of an effective designation by a Participant, “Designated Beneficiary” means the Participant’s estate.
(d)Additional Provisions Relating to Restricted Stock Units.
(1)Settlement. Upon the vesting of and/or lapsing of any other restrictions (i.e., settlement) with respect to each Restricted Stock Unit, the Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Company one share of Common Stock or (if so provided in the applicable Award agreement) an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock. The Board may, in its discretion, provide that settlement of Restricted Stock Units shall be deferred, on a mandatory basis or at the election of the Participant in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code.
(2)Voting Rights. A Participant shall have no voting rights with respect to any Restricted Stock Units.
(3)Dividend Equivalents. The Award agreement for Restricted Stock Units may provide Participants with the right to receive an amount equal to any dividends or other distributions declared and paid on an equal number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (“Dividend Equivalents”). Dividend Equivalents may
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be paid currently or credited to an account for the Participants, may be settled in cash and/or shares of Common Stock and may be subject to the same restrictions on transfer and forfeitability as the Restricted Stock Units with respect to which paid, in each case to the extent provided in the applicable Award agreement.
8.Other Stock-Based Awards
(a)General. Other Awards of shares of Common Stock, and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, shares of Common Stock or other property, may be granted hereunder to Participants (“Other Stock-Based Awards”). Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall also be available as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan or as payment in lieu of compensation to which a Participant is otherwise entitled. Other Stock-Based Awards may be paid in shares of Common Stock or cash, as the Board shall determine.
(b)Terms and Conditions. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of each Other Stock-Based Award, including any purchase price applicable thereto.
(c)Additional Limitations for Other Stock-Based Awards. The terms of all Awards granted to a Participant under this Section 8 shall comply, to the extent applicable, with Sections 260.140.42, 260.140.45 and 260.140.46 of the California Code of Regulations.
9.Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock and Certain Other Events
(a)Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, reclassification of shares, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any dividend or distribution to holders of Common Stock other than an ordinary cash dividend, (i) the number and class of securities available under the Plan, (ii) the number and class of securities and exercise price per share of each outstanding Option, (iii) the share and per-share provisions and the measurement price of each outstanding SAR, (iv) the number of shares subject to and the repurchase price per share subject to each outstanding Restricted Stock Award and (v) the share and per-share-related provisions and the purchase price, if any, of each outstanding Other Stock-Based Award, shall be equitably adjusted by the Company (or substituted Awards may be made, if applicable) in the manner determined by the Board. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event the Company effects a split of the Common Stock by means of a stock dividend and the exercise price of and the number of shares subject to an outstanding Option are adjusted as of the date of the distribution of the dividend (rather than as of the record date for such dividend), then an optionee who exercises an Option between the record date and the distribution date for such stock dividend shall be entitled to receive, on the distribution date, the stock dividend with respect to the shares of Common Stock acquired upon such Option exercise, notwithstanding the fact that such shares were not outstanding as of the close of business on the record date for such stock dividend.
(b)Reorganization Events.
(1)Definition. A “Reorganization Event” shall mean: (a) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity as a result of which all of the Common Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for the right to receive cash, securities or other property or is cancelled, (b) any transfer or disposition of all of the Common Stock of the Company for cash, securities or other property pursuant to a share exchange or other transaction or (c) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(2)Consequences of a Reorganization Event on Awards Other than Restricted Stock.
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(i)In connection with a Reorganization Event, the Board may take any one or more of the following actions as to all or any (or any portion of) outstanding Awards other than Restricted Stock on such terms as the Board determines (except to the extent specifically provided otherwise in an applicable Award agreement or another agreement between the Company and the Participant): (i) provide that such Awards shall be assumed, or substantially equivalent Awards shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), (ii) upon written notice to a Participant, provide that all of the Participant’s unexercised Awards will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such Reorganization Event unless exercised by the Participant (to the extent then exercisable) within a specified period following the date of such notice, (iii) provide that outstanding Awards shall become exercisable, realizable, or deliverable, or restrictions applicable to an Award shall lapse, in whole or in part prior to or upon such Reorganization Event, (iv) in the event of a Reorganization Event under the terms of which holders of Common Stock will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in the Reorganization Event (the “Acquisition Price”), make or provide for a cash payment to Participants with respect to each Award held by a Participant equal to (A) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the vested portion of the Award (after giving effect to any acceleration of vesting that occurs upon or immediately prior to such Reorganization Event) multiplied by (B) the excess, if any, of (I) the Acquisition Price over (II) the exercise, measurement or purchase price of such Award and any applicable tax withholdings, in exchange for the termination of such Award, (v) provide that, in connection with a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, Awards shall convert into the right to receive liquidation proceeds (if applicable, net of the exercise, measurement or purchase price thereof and any applicable tax withholdings) and (vi) any combination of the foregoing. In taking any of the actions permitted under this Section 9(b)(2), the Board shall not be obligated by the Plan to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, or all Awards of the same type, identically.
(ii)Notwithstanding the terms of Section 9(b)(2)(i), in the case of outstanding Restricted Stock Units that are subject to Section 409A of the Code: (i) if the applicable Restricted Stock Unit agreement provides that the Restricted Stock Units shall be settled upon a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i), and the Reorganization Event constitutes such a “change in control event”, then no assumption or substitution shall be permitted pursuant to Section 9(b)(2)(i)(i) and the Restricted Stock Units shall instead be settled in accordance with the terms of the applicable Restricted Stock Unit agreement; and (ii) the Board may only undertake the actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 9(b)(2)(i) if the Reorganization Event constitutes a “change in control event” as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i) and such action is permitted or required by Section 409A of the Code; if the Reorganization Event is not a “change in control event” as so defined or such action is not permitted or required by Section 409A of the Code, and the acquiring or succeeding corporation does not assume or substitute the Restricted Stock Units pursuant to clause (i) of Section 9(b)(2)(i), then the unvested Restricted Stock Units shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of the Reorganization Event without any payment in exchange therefor.
(iii)For purposes of Section 9(b)(2)(i)(i), an Award (other than Restricted Stock) shall be considered assumed if, following consummation of the Reorganization Event, such Award confers the right to purchase or receive pursuant to the terms of such Award, for each share of Common Stock subject to the Award immediately prior to the consummation of the Reorganization Event, the consideration (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a result of the Reorganization Event by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to the consummation of the Reorganization Event (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock); provided, however, that if the consideration received as a result of the Reorganization Event is not solely common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), the Company
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may, with the consent of the acquiring or succeeding corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise or settlement of the Award to consist solely of such number of shares of common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) that the Board determined to be equivalent in value (as of the date of such determination or another date specified by the Board) to the per share consideration received by holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of the Reorganization Event.
(3)Consequences of a Reorganization Event on Restricted Stock. Upon the occurrence of a Reorganization Event other than a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the repurchase and other rights of the Company with respect to outstanding Restricted Stock shall inure to the benefit of the Company’s successor and shall, unless the Board determines otherwise, apply to the cash, securities or other property which the Common Stock was converted into or exchanged for pursuant to such Reorganization Event in the same manner and to the same extent as they applied to such Restricted Stock; provided, however, that the Board may provide for termination or deemed satisfaction of such repurchase or other rights under the instrument evidencing any Restricted Stock or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, either initially or by amendment. Upon the occurrence of a Reorganization Event involving the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any Restricted Stock or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, all restrictions and conditions on all Restricted Stock then outstanding shall automatically be deemed terminated or satisfied.
(c)Additional Restriction Regarding Recapitalizations, Stock Splits, Etc. For purposes of this Section 9, in the event of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination, reclassification or other distribution of the Company’s securities underlying the Award without the receipt of consideration by the Company, the number of securities purchasable, and in the case of Options, the exercise price of such Options, must be proportionately adjusted.
10.General Provisions Applicable to Awards.
(a)Transferability of Awards. Awards (or any interest in an Award, including, prior to exercise, any interest in shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of an Option or SAR) shall not be sold, assigned, transferred (including by establishing any short position, put equivalent position (as defined in Rule 16a-1 issued under the Exchange Act) or call equivalent position (as defined in Rule 16a-1 issued under the Exchange Act)), pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered by the person to whom they are granted, either voluntarily or by operation of law, and, during the life of the Participant, shall be exercisable only by the Participant; except that Awards, other than Awards subject to Section 409A of the Code, may be transferred to family members (as defined in Rule 701(c)(3) under the Securities Act) through gifts or (other than Incentive Stock Options) domestic relations orders or to an executor or guardian upon the disability or death of the Participant. The Company shall not be required to recognize any such permitted transfer until such time as such permitted transferee shall deliver to the Company a written instrument, as a condition to such transfer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company confirming that such transferee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Award. References to a Participant, to the extent relevant in the context, shall include references to authorized transferees. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 10(a) shall be deemed to restrict a transfer to the Company.
(b)Documentation. Each Award shall be evidenced in such form (written, electronic or otherwise) as the Board shall determine. Each Award may contain terms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan.
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(c)Board Discretion. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, each Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award. The terms of each Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat Participants uniformly.
(d)Termination of Status. The Board shall determine the effect on an Award of the disability, death, termination or other cessation of employment, authorized leave of absence or other change in the employment or other status of a Participant and the extent to which, and the period during which, the Participant, or the Participant’s legal representative, conservator, guardian or Designated Beneficiary, may exercise rights under the Award.
(e)Withholding. The Participant must satisfy all applicable federal, state, and local or other income and employment tax withholding obligations before the Company will deliver stock certificates or otherwise recognize ownership of Common Stock under an Award. The Company may decide to satisfy the withholding obligations through additional withholding on salary or wages. If the Company elects not to or cannot withhold from other compensation, the Participant must pay the Company the full amount, if any, required for withholding or have a broker tender to the Company cash equal to the withholding obligations. Payment of withholding obligations is due before the Company will issue any shares on exercise, vesting or release from forfeiture of an Award or at the same time as payment of the exercise or purchase price unless the Company determines otherwise. If provided for in an Award or approved by the Board in its sole discretion, a Participant may satisfy such tax obligations in whole or in part by delivery (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock, including shares retained from the Award creating the tax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value; provided, however, except as otherwise provided by the Board, that the total tax withholding where stock is being used to satisfy such tax obligations cannot exceed the Company’s minimum statutory withholding obligations (based on minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to such supplemental taxable income). Shares used to satisfy tax withholding requirements cannot be subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirements.
(f)Amendment of Award.
(1)The Board may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or realization, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The Participant’s consent to such action shall be required unless (i) the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, does not materially and adversely affect the Participant’s rights under the Plan or (ii) the change is permitted under Section 9.
(2)The Board may, without stockholder approval, amend any outstanding Award granted under the Plan to provide an exercise price per share that is lower than the then- current exercise price per share of such outstanding Award. The Board may also, without stockholder approval, cancel any outstanding award (whether or not granted under the Plan) and grant in substitution therefor new Awards under the Plan covering the same or a different number of shares of Common Stock and having an exercise price per share lower than the then- current exercise price per share of the cancelled award.
(g)Conditions on Delivery of Stock. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan or to remove restrictions from shares previously issued or delivered under the Plan until (i) all conditions of the Award have been met or removed to the satisfaction of the Company, (ii) in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, all other legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such
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shares have been satisfied, including any applicable securities laws and regulations and any applicable stock exchange or stock market rules and regulations, and (iii) the Participant has executed and delivered to the Company such representations or agreements as the Company may consider appropriate to satisfy the requirements of any applicable laws, rules or regulations.
(h)Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Award shall become immediately exercisable in whole or in part, free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in whole or in part, as the case may be.
(i)Additional Limitations on Timing of Awards. No Award granted to a Participant shall become exercisable, vested or realizable, as applicable to such Award, unless the Plan has been approved by the holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding voting securities by the later of (i) within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan was adopted by the Board, or (ii) prior to or within twelve (12) months of the granting of any Award to a Participant.
11.Miscellaneous.
(a)No Right To Employment or Other Status. No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award by virtue of the adoption of the Plan, and the grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to continued employment or any other relationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with a Participant free from any liability or claim under the Plan, except as expressly provided in the applicable Award.
(b)No Rights As Stockholder. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award, no Participant or Designated Beneficiary shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be distributed with respect to an Award until becoming the record holder of such shares.
(c)Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective on the date on which it is adopted by the Board. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the expiration of 10 years from the earlier of (i) the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board or (ii) the date the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that date.
(d)Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that if at any time the approval of the Company’s stockholders is required as to any modification or amendment under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision with respect to Incentive Stock Options, the Board may not effect such modification or amendment without such approval. Unless otherwise specified in the amendment, any amendment to the Plan adopted in accordance with this Section 11(d) shall apply to, and be binding on the holders of, all Awards outstanding under the Plan at the time the amendment is adopted, provided the Board determines that such amendment, taking into account any related action, does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Participants under the Plan.
(e)Authorization of Sub-Plans (including Grants to non-U.S. Employees). The Board may from time to time establish one or more sub-plans under the Plan for purposes of satisfying applicable securities, tax or other laws of various jurisdictions. The Board shall establish such sub-plans by adopting supplements to the Plan containing (i) such limitations on the Board’s discretion under the Plan as the Board deems necessary or desirable or (ii) such additional terms and conditions not otherwise inconsistent with the Plan as the Board shall deem necessary or desirable. All supplements adopted by the Board shall be deemed to be part of the Plan, but each
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supplement shall apply only to Participants within the affected jurisdiction and the Company shall not be required to provide copies of any supplement to Participants in any jurisdiction which is not the subject of such supplement.
(f)Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Except as provided in individual Award agreements initially or by amendment, if and to the extent (i) any portion of any payment, compensation or other benefit provided to a Participant pursuant to the Plan in connection with Participant’s employment termination constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and (ii) the Participant is a specified employee as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, in each case as determined by the Company in accordance with its procedures, by which determinations the Participant (through accepting the Award) agrees that the Participant is bound, such portion of the payment, compensation or other benefit shall not be paid before the day that is six months plus one day after the date of “separation from service” (as determined under Section 409A of the Code) (the “New Payment Date”), except as Section 409A of the Code may then permit. The aggregate of any payments that otherwise would have been paid to the Participant during the period between the date of separation from service and the New Payment Date shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum on such New Payment Date, and any remaining payments will be paid on their original schedule.
The Company makes no representations or warranty and shall have no liability to the Participant or any other person if any provisions of or payments, compensation or other benefits under the Plan are determined to constitute nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code but do not to satisfy the conditions of that section.
(g)Limitations on Liability. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, no individual acting as a director, officer, other employee, or agent of the Company will be liable to any Participant, former Participant, spouse, beneficiary, or any other person for any claim, loss, liability, or expense incurred in connection with the Plan, nor will such individual be personally liable with respect to the Plan because of any contract or other instrument such individual executes in such individual’s capacity as a director, officer, other employee, or agent of the Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each director, officer, other employee, or agent of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration orinterpretation of the Plan has been or will be delegated, against any cost or expense (including attorneys’ fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the Board’s approval) arising out of any act or omission to act concerning the Plan unless arising out of such person’s own fraud or bad faith.
(h)Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan and all Awards made hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such state that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
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OKLO INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
GRANTED UNDER 2016 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
This Stock Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made between Oklo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Participant.
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NOTICE OF GRANT
I. | Participant Information |
Participant: | |
Participant Address: | |
II. | Grant Information |
Grant Date: | |
Number of Shares: | |
Exercise Price Per Share: | |
Vesting Commencement Date: | |
Type of Option: | |
III. | Vesting Table |
Vesting Date | Shares that Vest |
1st anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date | 20% |
End of each successive 1 month period following the 1st anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date until the 5th anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date | 1.667% |
IV. | Final Exercise Date |
5:00 pm Eastern time on Date: | |
This Agreement includes this Notice of Grant and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B – Notice of Stock Option Exercise
Exhibit C – Oklo Inc. 2016 Stock Incentive Plan
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.
OKLO INC. | | PARTICIPANT | | SPOUSAL CONSENT |
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Name: Jacob DeWitte Title: President and CEO | | Name: | | Name: |
Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Stock Option Agreement
2016 Stock Incentive Plan
EXHIBIT A
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.Grant of Option. This Agreement evidences the grant by the Company, on the grant date (the “Grant Date”) set forth in the Notice of Grant that forms part of this Agreement (the “Notice of Grant”), to the Participant of an option to purchase, in whole or in part, on the terms provided herein and in the Company’s 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the number of shares set forth in the Notice of Grant (the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) at the exercise price per Share set forth in the Notice of Grant (the “Exercise Price”). Unless earlier terminated, this option shall expire at the time and on the date set forth in the Notice of Grant (the “Final Exercise Date”).
It is intended that the option evidenced by this Agreement shall be an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”) solely to the extent set forth in the Notice of Grant. To the extent not designated as an incentive stock option, or to the extent that the option does not qualify as an incentive stock option, the option shall be a nonstatutory stock option. Except as otherwise indicated by the context, the term “Participant”, as used in this option, shall be deemed to include any person who acquires the right to exercise this option validly under its terms.
2.Vesting Schedule.
This option will become exercisable (“vest”) in accordance with the Vesting Table set forth in the Notice of Grant.
The right of exercise shall be cumulative so that to the extent the option is not exercised in any period to the maximum extent permissible it shall continue to be exercisable, in whole or in part, with respect to all Shares for which it is vested until the earlier of the Final Exercise Date or the termination of this option under Section 3 hereof or the Plan.
3.Exercise of Option.
3.1Form of Exercise. Each election to exercise this option shall be accompanied by a completed Notice of Stock Option Exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, signed by the Participant, and received by the Company at its principal office, accompanied by this Agreement, and payment in full in the manner provided in the Plan. The Participant may
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Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
purchase less than the number of Shares covered hereby, provided that no partial exercise of this option may be for any fractional share or for fewer than ten whole shares (unless the number of Shares that remain subject to this option at the time of exercise is less than ten whole shares, in which case the Participant may purchase the total number of whole shares that remain subject to this option).
3.2Continuous Relationship with the Company Required. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, this option may not be exercised unless the Participant, at the time he or she exercises this option, is, and has been at all times since the Grant Date, an employee, officer or director of, or consultant or advisor to, the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company as defined in Section 424(e) or (f) of the Code or any other entity the employees, officers, directors, consultants, or advisors of which are eligible to receive option grants under the Plan (an “Eligible Participant”).
3.3Termination of Relationship with the Company. If the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Participant for any reason, then, except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) below, the right to exercise this option shall terminate 120 months after such cessation (but in no event after the Final Exercise Date), provided that this option shall be exercisable only to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise this option on the date of such cessation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant, prior to the Final Exercise Date, violates the non-competition or confidentiality provisions of any employment contract, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, the right to exercise this option shall terminate immediately upon such violation. Please note, if this option is not exercised within three months of your termination of employment, it will not qualify as an incentive stock option.
3.4Exercise Period Upon Death or Disability. If the Participant dies or becomes disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) prior to the Final Exercise Date while he or she is an Eligible Participant and the Company has not terminated such service relationship for “cause” as specified in paragraph (e) below, this option shall be exercisable, within the period of one year following the date of death or disability of the Participant, by the Participant (or in the case of death by an authorized transferee), provided that this option shall be exercisable only to the extent that this option was exercisable by the Participant on the date of his or her death or disability, and further provided that this option shall not be exercisable after the Final Exercise Date.
3.5Termination for Cause. If, prior to the Final Exercise Date, the Participant’s service relationship with the Company is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below), the right to exercise this option shall terminate immediately upon the effective date of such termination. If, prior to the Final Exercise Date, the Participant is given notice by the Company of the termination of his or her service relationship by the Company for Cause, and the effective date of such termination is subsequent to the date of the delivery of such notice, the right to exercise this option shall be suspended from the time of the delivery of such notice until the earlier of (i) such time as it is determined or otherwise agreed that the Participant’s service
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Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
relationship shall not be terminated for Cause as provided in such notice or (ii) the effective date of such termination (in which case the right to exercise this option shall, pursuant to the preceding sentence, terminate immediately upon the effective date of such termination). If the Participant is party to an employment, consulting or severance agreement with the Company or subject to a severance plan maintained by the Company, in either case, that contains a definition of “cause” for termination of service, “Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in such agreement or plan. Otherwise, “Cause” shall mean willful misconduct by the Participant or willful failure by the Participant to perform his or her responsibilities to the Company (including, without limitation, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, non-competition or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company), as determined by the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. The Participant’s service relationship shall be considered to have been terminated for “Cause” if the Company determines, within 30 days after the Participant’s resignation, that termination for Cause was warranted.
4.Company Right of First Refusal.
4.1Notice of Proposed Transfer. If the Participant proposes to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, by operation of law or otherwise (collectively, “transfer”) any Shares acquired upon exercise of this option, then the Participant shall first give written notice of the proposed transfer (the “Transfer Notice”) to the Company. The Transfer Notice shall name the proposed transferee and state the number of such Shares the Participant proposes to transfer (the “Offered Shares”), the price per share and all other material terms and conditions of the transfer.
4.2Company Right to Purchase. For 30 days following its receipt of such Transfer Notice, the Company shall have the option to purchase all or part of the Offered Shares at the price and upon the terms set forth in the Transfer Notice. In the event the Company elects to purchase all or part of the Offered Shares, it shall give written notice of such election to the Participant within such 30-day period. Within 10 days after his or her receipt of such notice, the Participant shall tender to the Company at its principal offices the certificate or certificates representing the Offered Shares to be purchased by the Company, duly endorsed in blank by the Participant or with duly endorsed stock powers attached thereto, all in a form suitable for transfer of the Offered Shares to the Company. Promptly following receipt of such certificate or certificates, the Company shall deliver or mail to the Participant a check in payment of the purchase price for such Offered Shares; provided that if the terms of payment set forth in the Transfer Notice were other than cash against delivery, the Company may pay for the Offered Shares on the same terms and conditions as were set forth in the Transfer Notice; and provided further that any delay in making such payment shall not invalidate the Company’s exercise of its option to purchase the Offered Shares.
4.3Shares Not Purchased By Company. If the Company does not elect to acquire all of the Offered Shares, the Participant may, within the 30-day period following the expiration of the option granted to the Company under subsection (b) above, transfer the Offered Shares which the Company has not elected to acquire to the proposed transferee, provided that such transfer shall
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Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
not be on terms and conditions more favorable to the transferee than those contained in the Transfer Notice. Notwithstanding any of the above, all Offered Shares transferred pursuant to this Section 4 shall remain subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Section 4 and such transferee shall, as a condition to such transfer, deliver to the Company a written instrument confirming that such transferee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Section 4.
4.4Consequences of Non-Delivery. After the time at which the Offered Shares are required to be delivered to the Company for transfer to the Company pursuant to subsection (b) above, the Company shall not pay any dividend to the Participant on account of such Offered Shares or permit the Participant to exercise any of the privileges or rights of a stockholder with respect to such Offered Shares, but shall, insofar as permitted by law, treat the Company as the owner of such Offered Shares.
4.5Exempt Transactions. The following transactions shall be exempt from the provisions of this Section 4:
(a)any transfer of Shares to or for the benefit of any spouse, child or grandchild of the Participant, or to a trust for their benefit;
(b)any transfer pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); and
(c)the sale of all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including pursuant to a merger or consolidation);
provided, however, that in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (1) above, such Shares shall remain subject to the right of first refusal set forth in this Section 4.
4.6Assignment of Company Right. The Company may assign its rights to purchase Offered Shares in any particular transaction under this Section 4 to one or more persons or entities.
4.7Termination. The provisions of this Section 4 shall terminate upon the earlier of the following events:
(a)the closing of the sale of shares of Common Stock in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act; or
(b)the sale of all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of capital stock, assets or business of the Company, by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise (other than a merger or consolidation in which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were beneficial owners of the Company’s voting securities immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 75% (determined on an as-converted basis) of the outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the resulting, surviving or acquiring corporation in such transaction).
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Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
4.8No Obligation to Recognize Invalid Transfer. The Company shall not be required (1) to transfer on its books any of the Shares which shall have been sold or transferred in violation of any of the provisions set forth in this Section 4, or (2) to treat as owner of such Shares or to pay dividends to any transferee to whom any such Shares shall have been so sold or transferred.
4.9Legends. The certificate representing Shares shall bear a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to, or in combination with, any legend required by applicable federal and state securities laws and agreements relating to the transfer of the Company securities):
“The shares represented by this certificate are subject to a right of first refusal in favor of the Company, as provided in a certain stock option agreement with the Company.”
5.Agreement in Connection with Initial Public Offering.
The Participant agrees, in connection with the initial underwritten public offering of the Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act, (i) not to (a) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, 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 shares of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company or (b) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, whether any transaction described in clause (a) or (b) is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise, during the period beginning on the date of the filing of such registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and ending 180 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the offering (plus up to an additional 34 days to the extent requested by the managing underwriters for such offering in order to address NASD Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4) or any similar successor provision), and (ii) to execute any agreement reflecting clause (i) above as may be requested by the Company or the managing underwriters at the time of such offering. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares of Common Stock or other securities subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of the “lock-up” period.
6.Tax Matters.
6.1Withholding. No Shares will be issued pursuant to the exercise of this option unless and until the Participant pays to the Company, or makes provision satisfactory to the Company for payment of, any federal, state or local withholding taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of this option.
6.2Disqualifying Disposition. If this option satisfies the requirements to be treated as an incentive stock option under the Code and the Participant disposes of Shares acquired upon exercise of this option within two years from the Grant Date or one year after such Shares were acquired pursuant to exercise of this option, the Participant shall notify the Company in writing of such disposition.
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Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
7.Transfer Restrictions.
7.1This option may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the Participant, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the lifetime of the Participant, this option shall be exercisable only by the Participant.
7.2The Participant agrees that he or she will not transfer any Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of this option unless the transferee, as a condition to such transfer, delivers to the Company a written instrument confirming that such transferee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of Section 4 and Section 5; provided that such a written confirmation shall not be required with respect to (1) Section 4 after such provision has terminated in accordance with Section 4(g) or (2) Section 5 after the completion of the lock-up period in connection with the Company’s initial underwritten public offering.
8.Provisions of the Plan.
This option is subject to the provisions of the Plan (including the provisions relating to amendments to the Plan), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
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Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION EXERCISE
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Oklo Inc.
230 East Caribbean Drive
Mountain View, CA 94043
Attention: Treasurer
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am the holder of [ ]2 Stock Option granted to me under the Oklo Inc. (the “Company”) 2016 Stock Incentive Plan on [ ]3 for the purchase of [ ]4 shares of Common Stock of the Company at a purchase price of $[ ]5 per share.
I hereby exercise my option to purchase [ ]6 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”), for which I have enclosed [ ]7 in the amount of [ ]8. Please register my stock certificate as follows:
| Name(s): | 9 | |
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| Address: | | |
1 | Enter date of exercise. |
2 | Enter either “an Incentive” or “a Nonstatutory” or both. |
3 | Enter the date of grant. |
4 | Enter the total number of shares of Common Stock for which the option was granted. |
5 | Enter the option exercise price per share of Common Stock. |
6 | Enter the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise of all or part of the option. |
7Enter “cash”, “personal check” or if permitted by the option or Plan, “stock certificates No. XXXX and XXXX”.
8Enter the dollar amount (price per share of Common Stock times the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased), or the number of shares tendered. Fair market value of shares tendered, together with cash or check, must cover the purchase price of the shares issued upon exercise.
9Enter name(s) to appear on stock certificate in one of the following formats: (a) your name only (i.e., John Doe); (b) your name and other name (i.e., John Doe and Jane Doe, Joint Tenants with Right to Survivorship); or for Nonstatutory Stock Options only, (c) a child’s name, with you as custodian (i.e. Jane Doe, Custodian for Tommy Doe). Note: There may be income and/or gift tax consequences for registering shares in a child’s name.
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Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
I represent, warrant and covenant as follows:
1.I am purchasing the Shares for my own account for investment only, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Shares in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), or any rule or regulation under the Securities Act.
2.I have had such opportunity as I have deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit me to evaluate the merits and risks of my investment in the Company.
3.I have sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters to be able to evaluate the risks involved in the purchase of the Shares and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such purchase.
4.I can afford a complete loss of the value of the Shares and am able to bear the economic risk of holding such Shares for an indefinite period.
5.I understand that (i) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is then available; (iii) in any event, the exemption from registration under Rule 144 will not be available for at least one year and even then will not be available unless a public market then exists for the Common Stock, adequate information concerning the Company is then available to the public, and other terms and conditions of Rule 144 are complied with; and (iv) there is now no registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to any stock of the Company and the Company has no obligation or current intention to register the Shares under the Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
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Oklo Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit A – General Terms and Conditions
EXHIBIT C
OKLO INC. 2016 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
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Exhibit 10.11
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is being executed and delivered as of July 11, 2023, by and among the Person named on the signature page hereto (the “Stockholder”), AltC Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), and Oklo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). For purposes of this Agreement, SPAC, the Company and the Stockholder are each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties.” Each capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of July 11, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, SPAC, and AltC Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (“Merger Sub”), among other matters, the Company will enter into a business combination with SPAC and Merger Sub;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the record and beneficial owner of the shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock set forth next to the Stockholder’s name on the signature pages hereto (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Common Stock and/or Company Preferred Stock underlying any Company SAFEs and Company Options) (such shares of stock, together with any additional shares of Company Stock and/or Company Preferred Stock in which the Stockholder acquires record and beneficial ownership or otherwise becomes entitled to exercise voting power after the date hereof, including by purchase or upon exercise or conversion of any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Company Common Stock and/or Company Preferred Stock, the “Subject Shares”); and
WHEREAS, the Stockholder is entering into this Agreement in order to induce SPAC and the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and consummate the Transactions, pursuant to which the Stockholder will directly or indirectly receive a material benefit.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
Section 1. Voting; Support; Termination of Certain Agreements.
(a)From the date of this Agreement until the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms (the “Voting Period”), at each meeting of the stockholders of the Company (including each meeting of the holders of any given class or series of Company Stock), and in any written consent or resolutions of any of the stockholders of the Company in which the Stockholder is entitled to vote or consent, the Stockholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to be present for such meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum, and vote (in person or by proxy), consent (or cause to be voted or consented) to any action by any written consent or resolution with respect to, as applicable, the Subject Shares and any other equity interests of the Company over which the Stockholder has voting power (i) in favor of, and to adopt and approve, the Merger Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and the Transactions (and any actions required in furtherance thereof), (ii) in favor of the other matters set forth in the Merger Agreement, including the conversion of all of the Company Preferred Stock and the Company SAFEs into shares of Company Common Stock (the “Conversion of Securities”), to the extent required for the Company to carry out its obligations thereunder, and (iii) in opposition to: (A) any Acquisition Transaction and any and all other proposals (x) that could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions, (y) which are in competition with or materially
inconsistent with the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or (z) that would reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or agreement contained in the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement; or (B) any other action or proposal involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is intended, or would reasonably be expected, to prevent, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect in any material respect the Transactions or would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled. The Stockholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees during the Voting Period to execute and deliver the Written Consent (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit [I] to the Merger Agreement, with such changes as may be mutually agreed among the Company, SPAC and the Stockholder) to the Company (for delivery to SPAC) within (forty-eight) (48) hours of the Proxy Clearance Date.
(b)During the Voting Period, the Stockholder agrees to execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other actions in support of the Merger, the Conversion of Securities, the Merger Agreement, any other Transaction Agreements and any of the Transactions as shall reasonably be requested by the Company or SPAC in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section 1, including, without limitation, (i) any applicable Transaction Agreements (including, without limitation and to the extent applicable, the Registration Rights Agreement), (ii) an instrument of conversion effecting the Conversion of Securities (or other similar documentation reasonably requested by SPAC or the Company) with respect to each share of Company Preferred Stock or Company SAFE, as applicable, held by the Stockholder to be held in escrow by the Company until the Closing, (iii) any actions contemplated by the Written Consent presented to the Stockholder, and (iv) any applicable customary instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any consent, waiver, governmental filing, and any similar or related documents.
(c)During the Voting Period, the Stockholder agrees not to deposit, and to cause its Affiliates not to deposit, any of the Subject Shares in a voting trust or subject any of the Subject Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Subject Shares (other than this Agreement), unless specifically requested to do so by the Company and SPAC in connection with the Merger Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements or the Transactions.
(d)During the Voting Period, the Stockholder agrees, except as contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, not to make, or in any manner participate in, directly or indirectly, a “solicitation” of “proxies” or consents (as such terms are used in the rules of the SEC) or powers of attorney or similar rights to vote, or seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to the voting of, any equity interests of the Company in connection with any vote or other action with respect to the Transactions, other than to recommend that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and the Transactions and any other proposal the approval of which is a condition to the obligations of the parties under the Merger Agreement (and any actions required in furtherance thereof and otherwise as expressly provided in this Section 1).
(e)The Stockholder agrees (i) to refrain from exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable Law, including pursuant to the DGCL, at any time with respect to the Merger Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and the Transactions and (ii) not to commence, join in, facilitate, assist, encourage or participate in, 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 the Company, SPAC or any of their respective Affiliates relating to the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, including any claim (A) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement or (B) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of the Company Board in connection with this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the Merger.
(f)Other than as permitted under Section 1(g), the Stockholder agrees that during the Voting Period it shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, without SPAC’s and the Company’s prior written consent, (i) make or attempt to make any transfer or pledge, or grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the SEC (other than the Proxy Statement or the Registration 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, with respect to any of the Subject Shares, (ii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney with respect to any or all of the Subject Shares, (iii) 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 of the Subject Shares, (iv) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), (v) permit to exist any Lien with respect to any or all of the Subject Shares other than those created by this Agreement, or (vi) take any action with the intent to prevent, impede, interfere with or adversely affect the Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Section 1. The Company hereby agrees to reasonably cooperate with SPAC in enforcing the transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 1. During the Voting Period, the Company will not register or otherwise recognize the transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any of the Subject Shares or any certificate or uncertificated interest representing any of the Subject Shares, except as permitted by, and in accordance with, Section 1(g) herein.
(g)Section 1(f) shall not prohibit a transfer of the Subject Shares by the Stockholder (i) by gift, will or intestate succession upon the death of the Stockholder, (ii) to any Permitted Transferee (as defined below) or (iii) pursuant to a court order or settlement agreement related to the distribution of assets in connection with the dissolution of marriage or civil union; provided, however, that in any of cases (i), (ii) or (iii) it shall be a condition to such transfer that the transferee(s) agree(s) to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and executes and delivers to the Parties a written consent and joinder memorializing such agreement. As used in this Agreement, the term “Permitted Transferee” shall mean: (A) the members of the Stockholder’s immediate family (for purposes of this Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean with respect to any natural person, any of the following: such person’s spouse, the siblings of such person and his or her spouse, and the direct descendants and ascendants (including adopted and step children and parents) of such person and his or her spouses and siblings), (B) any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the Stockholder or an immediate family member of the Stockholder, (C) if the Stockholder is a trust, the trustor or beneficiary of such trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust and (D) if the Stockholder is an entity, as a distribution to limited partners, stockholders, members of, or owners of similar equity interests in the Stockholder, including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the Stockholder is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership.
(h)During the Voting Period, in the event of any equity dividend or distribution, or any change in the equity interests of the Company by reason of any equity dividend or distribution, equity split, recapitalization, combination, conversion, exchange of equity interests or the like, the term “Subject Shares” shall be deemed to refer to and include the Subject Shares as well as all such equity dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of the Subject Shares may be changed or exchanged or which are received in the transactions described in the foregoing. The Stockholder agrees, while this Agreement is in effect, to notify SPAC promptly in writing (including by e-mail) of the number of any additional Subject Shares acquired by the Stockholder, if any, after the date hereof.
(i)During the Voting Period, the Stockholder agrees to promptly provide to SPAC, the Company and their respective Representatives any information regarding the Stockholder or the Subject Shares that is reasonably requested by SPAC, the Company or their respective Representatives and required in order for the Company and SPAC to comply with its respective obligations under Section 9.02 of the Merger Agreement.
(j)The Stockholder hereby consents to, and agrees that, conditioned upon the Closing of the Merger and effective as of the Effective Time, each of the Contracts listed on [Schedule 7.08] of the Merger Agreement shall terminate (and any amendment necessary to effectuate any such termination shall be deemed made pursuant to this Section 1(j)) in full automatically and without any further action by any Person and such agreements shall be of no further force and effect and without any cost or other liability or obligation to the Company or its Subsidiaries (as applicable), and there shall be no further obligations, including notice obligations, of any of the relevant parties thereunder following the Closing.
(k)The Stockholder agrees, while this Agreement is in effect, not to take or agree or commit to take any action that would make any representation and warranty of the Stockholder contained in this Agreement inaccurate in any material respect or have the effect of preventing or disabling the Stockholder from performing its obligations under this Agreement.
(l)The Stockholder hereby waives any and all notice rights with respect to the Transactions under the Company Stockholder Agreements.
(m)The obligations of the Stockholder specified in this Section 1 shall apply whether or not the Merger, any of the Transactions or any action described above is recommended by the Company’s board of directors.
Section 2. Further Assurances. The Stockholder agrees to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all further documents and instruments as SPAC may reasonably request to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Stockholder agrees that it shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, (i) file or supply, or cause to be filed or supplied, in connection with the Transactions, all notifications and filings (or, if required by the relevant Governmental Authorities, drafts thereof) required to be filed or supplied pursuant to the HSR Act or other regulatory Laws as promptly as practicable after the date hereof (and all filings under the HSR Act shall not be withdrawn or otherwise rescinded without the prior written consent of SPAC) and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to provide, or cause to be provided, to the extent permitted by the applicable Governmental Authority, any information requested by such Governmental Authority in connection therewith.
Section 3. Binding Effect of Merger Agreement. The Stockholder hereby acknowledges that it has read the Merger Agreement and has had the opportunity to consult with its tax and legal advisors. The Stockholder shall be bound by and comply with Sections 9.05 (Confidentiality; Publicity) and 9.03 (Exclusivity) of the Merger Agreement (and any relevant definitions contained in any such Sections) as if (a) such Stockholder was an original signatory to the Merger Agreement with respect to such provisions, and (b) the first reference to the “Company” contained in Section 9.03 of the Merger Agreement also referred to such Stockholder.
Section 4. Consent to Disclosure. The Stockholder hereby consents to the publication and disclosure in the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement (and, as and to the extent otherwise required by applicable Securities Laws, NYSE 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 the Stockholder’s identity and beneficial ownership of the Subject Shares and the nature of the Stockholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under and relating to this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements and, if deemed appropriate by SPAC or the Company, a copy of this Agreement. The 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).
Section 5. Stockholder Representations and Warranties. The Stockholder represents and warrants to SPAC and the Company as follows.
(a)Organization; Authorization. If the Stockholder is not an individual, it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (where applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, organized or constituted, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within the Stockholder’s corporate or organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action on the part of the Stockholder. In the event that the Stockholder is an individual, the Stockholder has full power, right and legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform his or her obligations hereunder.
(b)Ownership of the Subject Shares. The Stockholder is the only record and beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of, and has good and valid title to, all of the Subject Shares (including those set forth on the Stockholder’s signature page hereto), free and clear of any Lien, or any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of the Subject Shares), except (i) transfer restrictions under the Securities Act and any other applicable Securities Laws, (ii) prior to the Closing, the Company Stockholder Agreements and (iii) this Agreement. The Subject Shares set forth on the signature pages hereto are the only securities of the Company owned of record or beneficially by the Stockholder or the Stockholder’s Affiliates, family members or trusts for the benefit of the Stockholder or any of the Stockholder’s family members on the date of this Agreement. The Stockholder has the sole right to transfer and direct the voting of the Subject Shares and, other than the Company Stockholder Agreements, none of the Subject Shares are subject to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the voting of the Subject Shares, except as expressly provided herein for the benefit of SPAC.
(c)Authority. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Stockholder and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other Parties hereto and that this Agreement constitutes a legally valid and binding agreement of such Parties, this Agreement constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder, enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with the terms hereof (subject only to the effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy and other similar applicable Law affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies). If this Agreement is being executed in a representative or fiduciary capacity, the Person signing this Agreement has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the Stockholder.
(d)Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Stockholder does not, and the performance by the Stockholder of its, his or her obligations hereunder will not, (i) result in a violation of applicable Law, (ii) if the Stockholder is not an individual, conflict with or result in a violation of the governing or organizational documents of the Stockholder, (iii) require any consent or approval that has not been given or other action (including notice of payment or any filing with any Governmental Authority) that has not been taken by any Person (including under any Contract binding upon the Stockholder or the Subject Shares), or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on the Subject Shares, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect upon such Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder, under the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or to consummate the Transactions. There is no beneficiary or holder of a voting trust certificate or other interest of any trust of which the Stockholder is a trustee whose consent is required for either the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation by the Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby that has not been obtained.
(e)Trusts. If the Stockholder is the beneficial owner of any of the Subject Shares held in trust, no consent of any beneficiary of such trust is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Merger Agreement.
(f)Acknowledgement. The Stockholder understands and acknowledges that SPAC is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Stockholder.
(g)No Action. There is no Action pending against the Stockholder or, to the knowledge of the Stockholder, threatened against the Stockholder that challenges the beneficial or record ownership of the Subject Shares, the validity of this Agreement or the performance by the Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 6. No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in SPAC or any of its Subsidiaries any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to the Subject Shares. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Subject Shares shall remain vested in and belong to the Stockholder, and neither SPAC nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any authority to direct the Stockholder in the voting or disposition of any of the Subject Shares, except as otherwise provided herein.
Section 7. Remedies. The Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the rights of each Party contemplated by this Agreement are unique. 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 Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the Stockholder’s obligations to vote the Subject Shares as provided in this Agreement, without proof of actual damages or the inadequacy of monetary damages as a remedy, in an appropriate court of competent jurisdiction as set forth in Section 9, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any Party is entitled at law or in equity, including money damages. The right to specific enforcement shall include the right of the Parties to cause the other Parties to cause the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in this Agreement. The Parties further agree to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy. The parties acknowledge and agree that this Section 7 is an integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby and without that right, the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement.
Section 8. Severability. Each provision of this Agreement is separable from every other provision of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is found or held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, then (i) such provision will be deemed amended to conform to applicable laws so as to be valid, legal and enforceable to the fullest possible extent, (ii) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of such provision will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision under any other circumstances or in any other jurisdiction, and (iii) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of such provision will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of such provision or the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, if any covenant of the Stockholder in this Agreement is held to be unreasonable, arbitrary, or against public policy, such covenant shall be considered to be divisible with respect to scope, time and geographic area, and such lesser scope, time or geographic area, or all of them, as a court of competent jurisdiction may determine to be reasonable, not arbitrary, and not against public policy, shall be effective, binding and enforceable against the Stockholder.
Section 9. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury; Specific Performance. Sections 12.06, 12.12 and 12.13 of the Merger Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.
Section 10. Waiver. No failure on the part of any Person to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Person in exercising 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. Any extension or waiver in favor of the Stockholder of any provision hereto shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by SPAC and the Company; and provided, that any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
Section 11. Captions; Counterparts. The provisions of Section 12.07 of the Merger Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.
Section 12. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns; provided that, except in connection with a transfer of the Subject Shares by the Stockholder as described in Section 1(g) herein, no Party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, except that the Company, SPAC or any of their respective Subsidiaries may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or from time to time in part, to (i) one or more of its Affiliates at any time and (ii) after the Effective Time, to any Person; provided that no such transfer or assignment shall relieve such party of its obligations hereunder or enlarge, alter or change any obligation of any other Party.
Section 13. Trusts. If applicable, for purposes of this Agreement, the Stockholder with respect to any of the Subject Shares held in trust shall be deemed to be the relevant trust and/or the trustees thereof acting in their capacities as such trustees, in each case as the context may require, including for purposes of such trustees’ representations and warranties as to the proper organization of the trust, their power and authority as trustees and the non-contravention of the trust’s governing instruments.
Section 14. Amendments. This Agreement may only be amended or modified by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Stockholder, SPAC and the Company.
Section 15. Notices. All notices and other communications among the Parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (iv) when e-mailed during normal business hours (and otherwise as of the immediately following Business Day), addressed as follows:
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AltC Acquisition Corp.
640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Michael S. Klein
Email: Michael.Klein@mkleinandcompany.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Attn: Michael J. Aiello
Matthew Gilroy
Amanda Fenster
Email: michael.aiello@weil.com
matthew.gilroy@weil.com
amanda.fenster@weil.com
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Oklo Inc.
3190 Coronado Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Attn: Jacob DeWitte
Email: j@oklo.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve
Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 900,
Boston, MA 02210
Attn: David D. Gammell
Andrew Luh
Keith J. Scherer
Email: dgammell@gunder.com
aluh@gunder.com
kscherer@gunder.com
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Section 16. Effectiveness; Termination. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof and shall automatically terminate (without the requirement of any action by any party hereto) and be of no further force or effect upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Closing, (b) the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing Date, (c) the mutual written consent of SPAC, the Company and the Stockholder and (d) the time of any modification, amendment or waiver of the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement without the Stockholder’s prior written consent. Nothing in this Section 16 shall relieve any Party from liability for any willful breach of this Agreement by such Party prior to the termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this Section 16, Section 3 of this Agreement with regards to Section 9.05 of the Merger Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 17. Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the Party incurring such cost or expense.
Section 18. Capacity as a Stockholder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Stockholder is signing this Agreement solely in the Stockholder’s capacity as a stockholder of the Company, and not in any other capacity and this Agreement shall not limit or otherwise affect the actions of the Stockholder or any Affiliate, employee or designee of the Stockholder or any of their respective Affiliates in his or her capacity, if applicable, as an officer or director of the Company or any other Person.
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Exhibit 10.12
OKLO INC.
INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. | Definitions | 1 | |
2. | Registration Rights | 4 | |
| 2.1 | Demand Registration | 4 |
| 2.2 | Company Registration | 6 |
| 2.3 | Underwriting Requirements. | 6 |
| 2.4 | Obligations of the Company | 8 |
| 2.5 | Furnish Information | 9 |
| 2.6 | Expenses of Registration | 9 |
| 2.7 | Delay of Registration | 10 |
| 2.8 | Indemnification | 10 |
| 2.9 | Reports Under Exchange Act | 12 |
| 2.10 | Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights | 12 |
| 2.11 | “Market Stand-off” Agreement | 13 |
| 2.12 | Restrictions on Transfer | 13 |
| 2.13 | Termination of Registration Rights | 15 |
3. | Information Rights | 15 | |
| 3.1 | Delivery of Financial Statements | 15 |
| 3.2 | Inspection | 16 |
| 3.3 | Termination of Information Rights | 17 |
| 3.4 | Confidentiality | 17 |
4. | | Rights to Future Stock Issuances | 17 |
| 4.1 | Right of First Offer | 17 |
| 4.2 | Termination | 18 |
5. | Additional Covenants | 19 | |
| 5.1 | Insurance | 19 |
| 5.2 | Employee Agreements | 19 |
| 5.3 | Employee Stock | 19 |
| 5.4 | Board Matters | 20 |
| 5.5 | Successor Indemnification | 20 |
| 5.6 | Right to Conduct Activities | 20 |
| 5.7 | Harassment Policy | 20 |
| 5.8 | Termination of Covenants | 20 |
6. | Miscellaneous | 20 | |
| 6.1 | Successors and Assigns | 20 |
| 6.2 | Governing Law | 21 |
| 6.3 | Counterparts | 21 |
| 6.4 | Titles and Subtitles | 21 |
| 6.5 | Notices | 21 |
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| 6.6 | Amendments and Waivers | 22 |
| 6.7 | Severability | 23 |
| 6.8 | Aggregation of Stock | 23 |
| 6.9 | Additional Investors | 23 |
| 6.10 | Entire Agreement | 23 |
| 6.11 | Dispute Resolution | 23 |
| 6.12 | Delays or Omissions | 24 |
Schedule A - Schedule of Investors
Schedule B - Schedule of Key Holders
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INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made as of the 8th day of November, 2018, by and among Oklo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the investors listed on Schedule A hereto, each of which is referred to in this Agreement as an “Investor,” and each of the stockholders listed on Schedule B hereto, each of whom is referred to herein as a “Key Holder” and any Additional Purchaser (as defined in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below)) that becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Subsection 6.9 hereof.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors are parties to that certain Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the “Purchase Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Company to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to induce the Investors to invest funds in the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Investors and the Company hereby agree that this Agreement shall govern the rights of the Investors to cause the Company to register shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investors, to receive certain information from the Company, and to participate in future equity offerings by the Company, and shall govern certain other matters as set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1.Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
1.1“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including without limitation any general partner, managing member, officer, director or trustee of such Person, or any venture capital fund or registered investment company now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners, managing members or investment adviser of, or shares the same management company or investment adviser with, such Person.
1.2“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
1.3“Certificate of Incorporation” means the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and/or restated from time to time.
1.4“Common Stock” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
1.5“Competitor” means a Person engaged, directly or indirectly (including through any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture or similar arrangement (whether now existing or formed hereafter)), in the development and commercialization of fission reactors, but shall not include any financial investment firm or collective investment vehicle that, (i) together with its Affiliates, holds less than twenty percent
(20)% of the outstanding equity of any Competitor, and (ii) does not, nor do any of its Affiliates, have a designee then serving as a member of the board of directors of any Competitor.
1.6“Damages” means any loss, damage, claim or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, claim or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Company, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.
1.7“Derivative Securities” means any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Common Stock, including options and warrants.
1.8“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.9“Excluded Registration” means (i) a registration relating to the sale or grant of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, equity incentive, or similar plan; (ii) a registration relating to an SEC Rule 145 transaction; (iii) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (iv) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.
1.10“FOIA Party” means a Person that, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors, may be subject to, and thereby required to disclose non-public information furnished by or relating to the Company under, the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552 (“FOIA”), any state public records access law, any state or other jurisdiction’s laws similar in intent or effect to FOIA, or any other similar statutory or regulatory requirement.
1.11“Form S-1” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC.
1.12“Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits forward incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
1.13“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time.
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1.14“Holder” means any holder of Registrable Securities who is a party to this Agreement.
1.15“Immediate Family Member” means a 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, including, adoptive relationships, of a natural person referred to herein.
1.16“Initiating Holders” means, collectively, Holders who properly initiate a registration request under this Agreement.
1.17“IPO” means the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its Common Stock under the Securities Act.
1.18“Key Holder Registrable Securities” means (i) the 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Key Holders and issued pursuant to founder restricted stock agreements on or about December 31, 2013 (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, combination, or other recapitalization or reclassification effected after the date hereof), and (ii) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of such shares.
1.19“Major Investor” means any Investor that, individually or together with such Investor’s Affiliates, holds at least 354,177 shares of Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, combination, or other recapitalization or reclassification effected after the date hereof); provided, however, that YC Holdings II, LLC shall not be considered a Major Investor for the purposes of this Agreement.
1.20“New Securities” means, collectively, equity securities of the Company, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity securities.
1.21“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.
1.22“Preferred Stock” means shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock.
1.23“Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock; (ii) any Common Stock, or any Common Stock issued or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise of any other securities of the Company, acquired by the Investors after the date hereof; (iii) the Key Holder Registrable Securities, provided, however, that such Key Holder Registrable Securities shall not be deemed Registrable Securities and the Key Holders shall not be deemed Holders for the purposes of Subsections 2.1 (and any other applicable Section or Subsection with respect to registrations under Subsection 2.1), 2.10, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1 and 6.6; and (iv) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or
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other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) above; excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a Person in a transaction in which the applicable rights under this Agreement are not assigned pursuant to Subsection 6.1, and excluding for purposes of Section 2 any shares for which registration rights have terminated pursuant to Subsection 2.13 of this Agreement.
1.24“Registrable Securities then outstanding” means the number of shares determined by adding the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock that are Registrable Securities and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (directly or indirectly) pursuant to then exercisable and/or convertible securities that are Registrable Securities.
1.25“Restricted Securities” means the securities of the Company required to be notated with the legend set forth in Subsection 2.12(b) hereof.
1.26“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.27“SEC Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act. Securities Act.
1.28“SEC Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the
1.29“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.30“Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder, except for the fees and disbursements of the Selling Holder Counsel borne and paid by the Company as provided in Subsection 2.6.
1.31“Series A Director” means any director of the Company that the holders of record of the Preferred Stock are entitled to elect, exclusively and as a separate class, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.
1.32“Series A Preferred Stock” means, collectively, shares of the Company’s Series A-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, the Company’s Series A-2 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and the Company’s Series A-3 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
2.Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
2.1Demand Registration.
(a)Form S-1 Demand. If at any time after the earlier of (i) four (4) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the registration statement for the IPO, the Company receives a request from Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement for which the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, would exceed $15 million), then the Company shall (x) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give
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notice thereof (the “Demand Notice”) to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (y) as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders requested to be registered and any additional Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Subsections 2.1(c) and 2.3.
(b)Form S-3 Demand. If at any time when it is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the Company receives a request from Holders of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-3 registration statement with respect to outstanding Registrable Securities of such Holders having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, of at least $5 million, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give a Demand Notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Subsections 2.1(c) and 2.3.
(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Subsection 2.1 a certificate signed by the Company’s chief executive officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such registration statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after the request of the Initiating Holders is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such ninety (90) day period other than an Excluded Registration.
(d)The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a)(i) during the period that is sixty (60) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (ii) after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a); or (iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a
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request made pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b). The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b) (i) during the period that is thirty (30) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (ii) if the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b) within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date of such request. A registration shall not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d) until such time as the applicable registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC, unless the Initiating Holders withdraw their request for such registration, elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor, and forfeit their right to one demand registration statement pursuant to Subsection 2.6, in which case such withdrawn registration statement shall be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d); provided, that if such withdrawal is during a period the Company has deferred taking action pursuant to Subsection 2.1(c), then the Initiating Holders may withdraw their request for registration and such registration will not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d).
2.2Company Registration. If the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its Common Stock under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than in an Excluded Registration), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder notice of such registration. Upon the request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Subsection 2.3, cause to be registered all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be included in such registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Subsection 2.2 before the effective date of such registration, whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration. The expenses (other than Selling Expenses) of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Subsection 2.6.
2.3Underwriting Requirements.
(a)If, pursuant to Subsection 2.1, the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Subsection 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the Demand Notice. The underwriter(s) will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subsection 2.3, if the managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that otherwise would be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable
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Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders of Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the number of Registrable Securities owned by each Holder or in such other proportion as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.
(b)In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Subsection 2.2, the Company shall not be required to include any of the Holders’ Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless the Holders accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total number of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds the number of securities to be sold (other than by the Company) that the underwriters in their reasonable discretion determine is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters and the Company in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering. If the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated among the selling Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable to) the number of Registrable Securities owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced unless all other securities (other than securities to be sold by the Company) are first entirely excluded from the offering, (ii) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced below twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of securities included in such offering, unless such offering is the IPO, in which case the selling Holders may be excluded further if the underwriters make the determination described above and no other stockholder’s securities are included in such offering or (iii) notwithstanding (ii) above, any Registrable Securities which are not Key Holder Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all Key Holder Registrable Securities are first excluded from such offering. For purposes of the provision in this Subsection 2.3(b) concerning apportionment, for any selling Holder that is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the partners, members, retired partners, retired members, stockholders, and Affiliates of such Holder, or the estates and Immediate Family Members of any such partners, retired partners, members, and retired members and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Persons, shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Persons included in such “selling Holder,” as defined in this sentence.
(c)For purposes of Subsection 2.1, a registration shall not be counted as “effected” if, as a result of an exercise of the underwriter’s cutback provisions in Subsection
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2.3(a), fewer than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to be included in such registration statement are actually included.
2.4Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a)prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable SEC rules, such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for up to one hundred eighty (180) days, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;
(b)prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, as may be necessary to comply with the Securities Act in order to enable the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
(c)furnish to the selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, as required by the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;
(d)use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;
(e)in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the underwriter(s) of such offering;
(f)use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
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(g)provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and provide a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;
(h)promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any managing underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent, in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such registration statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;
(i)notify each selling Holder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed; and
(j)after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Holder of any request by the SEC that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus.
In addition, the Company shall ensure that, at all times after any registration statement covering a public offering of securities of the Company under the Securities Act shall have become effective, its insider trading policy shall provide that the Company’s directors may implement a trading program under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.
2.5Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as is reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.
2.6Expenses of Registration. All expenses (other than Selling Expenses) incurred in connection with registrations, filings, or qualifications pursuant to Section 2, including all registration, filing, and qualification fees; printers’ and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to exceed $50,000, of one counsel for the selling Holders (“Selling Holder Counsel”), shall be borne and paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Subsection 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all selling Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be included in the withdrawn registration), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Subsections 2.1(a) or 2.1(b), as the case may be; provided further that if, at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders shall have learned of a material adverse change in the condition,
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business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness after learning of such information then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall not forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Subsections 2.1(a) or 2.1(b). All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 2 shall be borne and paid by the Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities registered on their behalf.
2.7Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
2.8Indemnification. If any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2:
(a)To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each selling Holder, and the partners, members, officers, directors, and stockholders of each such Holder; legal counsel and accountants for each such Holder; any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for each such Holder; and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any Damages, and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Subsection 2.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, nor shall the Company be liable for any Damages to the extent that they arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of any such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person expressly for use in connection with such registration.
(b)To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each Person (if any), who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement, and any controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any Damages, in each case only to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such selling Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such selling Holder will pay to the Company and each other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Subsection 2.8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further that in no event shall the aggregate amounts payable by any Holder by way of indemnity or
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contribution under Subsections 2.8(b) and 2.8(d) exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such Holder.
(c)Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Subsection 2.8 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action) for which a party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Subsection 2.8, give the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in such action and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, participate jointly with any other indemnifying party to which notice has been given, and to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Subsection 2.8, to the extent that such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party’s ability to defend such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Subsection 2.8.
(d)To provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either: (i) any party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Subsection 2.8 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, notwithstanding the fact that this Subsection 2.8 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any party hereto for which indemnification is provided under this Subsection 2.8, then, and in each such case, such parties will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of each of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements, omissions, or other actions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability, or expense, as well as to reflect any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact, or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact, relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case (x) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement, and (y) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and provided further that in
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no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Subsection 2.8(d), when combined with the amounts paid or payable by such Holder pursuant to Subsection 2.8(b), exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of willful misconduct or fraud by such Holder.
(e)Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.
(f)Unless otherwise superseded by an underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering, the obligations of the Company and Holders under this Subsection 2.8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration under this Section 2, and otherwise shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
2.9Reports Under Exchange Act. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of SEC Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company shall:
(a)make and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO;
(b)use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements); and
(c)furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO), the Securities Act, and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies); (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company; and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration (at any time after the Company has become subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act) or pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies to use such form).
2.10Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would (i) provide to such holder or
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prospective holder the right to include securities in any registration on other than either a pro rata basis with respect to the Registrable Securities or on a subordinate basis after all Holders have had the opportunity to include in the registration and offering all shares of Registrable Securities that they wish to so include or (ii) allow such holder or prospective holder to initiate a demand for registration of any securities held by such holder or prospective holder; provided that this limitation shall not apply to Registrable Securities acquired by any additional Investor that becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Subsection 6.9.
2.11“Market Stand-off” Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the registration by the Company of shares of its Common Stock or any other equity securities under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1, and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in the case of the IPO or ninety (90) days in the case of any registration other than the IPO, or, in each case, such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (1) the publication or other distribution of research reports, and (2) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2241 or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto), (i) 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 shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for Common Stock (whether such shares or any such securities are then owned by the Holder or are thereafter acquired) or (ii) 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 clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Subsection 2.11 shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement, or the transfer of any shares to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the Holder or the immediate family of the Holder, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, and shall be applicable to the Holders only if all officers and directors are subject to the same restrictions and the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a similar agreement from all stockholders individually owning more than one percent (1%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to conversion into Common Stock of all outstanding Preferred Stock). The underwriters in connection with such registration are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Subsection 2.11 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in connection with such registration that are consistent with this Subsection 2.11 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto.
2.12Restrictions on Transfer.
(a)The Preferred Stock and the Registrable Securities shall not be sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred, and the Company shall not recognize and shall issue stop-transfer instructions to its transfer agent with respect to any such sale, pledge, or transfer, except
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upon the conditions specified in this Agreement, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. A transferring Holder will cause any proposed purchaser, pledgee, or transferee of the Preferred Stock and the Registrable Securities held by such Holder to agree to take and hold such securities subject to the provisions and upon the conditions specified in this Agreement.
(b)Each certificate, instrument, or book entry representing (i) the Preferred Stock, (ii) the Registrable Securities, and (iii) any other securities issued in respect of the securities referenced in clauses (i) and (ii), upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or similar event, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Subsection 2.12(c)) be notated with a legend substantially in the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR A VALID EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE STOCKHOLDER, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
The Holders consent to the Company making a notation in its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Restricted Securities in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Subsection 2.12.
(c)The holder of such Restricted Securities, by acceptance of ownership thereof, agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 2. Before any proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of any Restricted Securities, unless there is in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the proposed transaction, the Holder thereof shall give notice to the Company of such Holder’s intention to effect such sale, pledge, or transfer. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer in sufficient detail and, if reasonably requested by the Company, shall be accompanied at such Holder’s expense by either (i) a written opinion of legal counsel who shall, and whose legal opinion shall, be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, addressed to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transaction may be effected without registration under the Securities Act; (ii) a “no action” letter from the SEC to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of such Restricted Securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by the staff of the SEC that action be taken with respect thereto; or (iii) any other evidence reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of the Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, whereupon the Holder of such Restricted Securities shall be entitled to sell, pledge, or transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the notice given by the Holder to the Company. The Company will not require such a legal opinion or “no action” letter (x) in any transaction in compliance with SEC Rule 144; or (y) in any transaction in which such Holder
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distributes Restricted Securities to an Affiliate of such Holder for no consideration; provided that each transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Subsection 2.12. Each certificate, instrument, or book entry representing the Restricted Securities transferred as above provided shall be notated with, except if such transfer is made pursuant to SEC Rule 144, the appropriate restrictive legend set forth in Subsection 2.12(b), except that such certificate instrument, or book entry shall not be notated with such restrictive legend if, in the opinion of counsel for such Holder and the Company, such legend is not required in order to establish compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act.
2.13Termination of Registration Rights. The right of any Holder to request registration or inclusion of Registrable Securities in any registration pursuant to Subsections 2.1 or 2.2 shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of:
(a)the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Incorporation;
(b)such time after consummation of the IPO as Rule 144 or another similar exemption under the Securities Act is available for the sale of all of such Holder’s shares without limitation during a three-month period without registration; and
(c)the fifth anniversary of the IPO.
3.Information Rights.
3.1Delivery of Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to each Major Investor, provided that the Board of Directors has not reasonably determined that such Major Investor is a competitor of the Company:
(a)as soon as practicable, but in any event within one hundred fifty (150) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, (i) a balance sheet as of the end of such year, (ii) statements of income and of cash flows for such year, and a comparison between (x) the actual amounts as of and for such fiscal year and (y) the comparable amounts for the prior year and as included in the Budget (as defined in Subsection 3.1(e)) for such year, with an explanation of any material differences between such amounts and a schedule as to the sources and applications of funds for such year, and (iii) a statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such year, all such financial statements audited and certified by independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company, beginning with fiscal year 2018;
(b)as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, unaudited statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and year-to-date, and an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);
(c)as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, a statement showing the number of shares of each class and series of capital stock and securities convertible
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into or exercisable for shares of capital stock outstanding at the end of the period, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of any outstanding securities convertible or exercisable for Common Stock and the exchange ratio or exercise price applicable thereto, and the number of shares of issued stock options and stock options not yet issued but reserved for issuance, if any, all in sufficient detail as to permit the Major Investors to calculate their respective percentage equity ownership in the Company, and certified by the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of the Company as being true, complete, and correct;
(d)as soon as practicable, but in any event forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal year, a budget and business plan for the new fiscal year (collectively, the “Budget”), prepared on a monthly basis, including balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow for such months and, promptly after prepared, any other budgets or revised budgets prepared by the Company; and
(e)such other information relating to the financial condition, business, prospects, or corporate affairs of the Company as any Major Investor may from time to time reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated under this Subsection 3.1 to provide information (i) that the Company reasonably determines in good faith to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in a form acceptable to the Company); or (ii) the disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel.
If, for any period, the Company has any subsidiary whose accounts are consolidated with those of the Company, then in respect of such period the financial statements delivered pursuant to the foregoing sections shall be the consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the Company and all such consolidated subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Subsection 3.1 to the contrary, the Company may cease providing the information set forth in this Subsection 3.1 during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days before the Company’s good-faith estimate of the date of filing of a registration statement if it reasonably concludes it must do so to comply with the SEC rules applicable to such registration statement and related offering; provided that the Company’s covenants under this Subsection 3.1 shall be reinstated at such time as the Company is no longer actively employing its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.
3.2Inspection. The Company shall permit each Major Investor (provided that the Board of Directors has not reasonably determined that such Major Investor is a competitor of the Company), at such Major Investor’s expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties; examine its books of account and records; and discuss the Company’s affairs, finances, and accounts with its officers, during normal business hours of the Company as may be reasonably requested by the Major Investor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Subsection 3.2 to provide access to any information that it reasonably and in good faith considers to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to the Company) or the disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel.
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3.3Termination of Information Rights. The covenants set forth in Subsection 3.1 and Subsection 3.2 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (i) immediately before the consummation of the IPO, (ii) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Sections 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or (iii) upon the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Incorporation, whichever event occurs first.
3.4Confidentiality. Each Investor agrees that such Investor will keep confidential and will not disclose, divulge, or use for any purpose (other than to monitor its investment in the Company) any confidential information obtained from the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including notice of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement), unless such confidential information (a) is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of this Subsection 3.4 by such Investor), (b) is or has been independently developed or conceived by such Investor without use of the Company’s confidential information, or (c) is or has been made known or disclosed to such Investor by a third party without a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Company; provided, however, that an Investor may disclose confidential information (i) to its attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Company; (ii) to any prospective purchaser of any Registrable Securities from such Investor, if such prospective purchaser agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Subsection 3.4; (iii) to any existing or prospective Affiliate, partner, member, stockholder, or wholly owned subsidiary of such Investor in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Investor informs such Person that such information is confidential and directs such Person to maintain the confidentiality of such information; or (iv) as may otherwise be required by law, regulation, rule, court order or subpoena, provided that such Investor promptly notifies the Company of such disclosure and takes reasonable steps to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure.
4.Rights to Future Stock Issuances.
4.1Right of First Offer. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Subsection 4.1 and applicable securities laws, if the Company proposes to offer or sell any New Securities, the Company shall first offer such New Securities to each Major Investor. A Major Investor shall be entitled to apportion the right of first offer hereby granted to it in such proportions as it deems appropriate, among (i) itself, (ii) its Affiliates and (iii) its beneficial interest holders, such as limited partners, members or any other Person having “beneficial ownership,” as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, of such Major Investor (“Investor Beneficial Owners”), provided that each such Affiliate or Investor Beneficial Owner (x) is not a Competitor or FOIA Party, unless such party’s purchase of New Securities is otherwise consented to by the Board of Directors, (y) agrees to enter into this Agreement and each of the Voting Agreement and Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement of even date herewith among the Company, the Investors and the other parties named therein, as an “Investor” under each such agreement (provided that any Competitor or FOIA Party shall not be entitled to any rights as a Major Investor under Subsections 3.1, 3.2 and 4.1 hereof), and (z) agrees to purchase at least such number of New Securities as are allocable hereunder to the Major Investor holding the fewest number of Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities.
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(a)The Company shall give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to each Major Investor, stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer such New Securities, (ii) the number of such New Securities to be offered, and (iii) the price and terms, if any, upon which it proposes to offer such New Securities.
(b)By notification to the Company within twenty (20) days after the Offer Notice is given, each Major Investor may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice, up to that portion of such New Securities which equals the proportion that the Common Stock then held by such Major Investor (including all shares of Common Stock then issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of the Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held by such Major Investor) bears to the total Common Stock of the Company then outstanding (assuming full conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of all Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then outstanding). At the expiration of such twenty (20) day period, the Company shall promptly notify each Major Investor that elects to purchase or acquire all the shares available to it (each, a “Fully Exercising Investor”) of any other Major Investor’s failure to do likewise. During the ten (10) day period commencing after the Company has given such notice, each Fully Exercising Investor may, by giving notice to the Company, elect to purchase or acquire, in addition to the number of shares specified above, up to that portion of the New Securities for which Major Investors were entitled to subscribe but that were not subscribed for by the Major Investors which is equal to the proportion that the Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held, by such Fully Exercising Investor bears to the Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of the Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held, by all Fully Exercising Investors who wish to purchase such unsubscribed shares. The closing of any sale pursuant to this Subsection 4.1(b) shall occur within the later of ninety (90) days of the date that the Offer Notice is given and the date of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Subsection 4.1(c).
(c)If all New Securities referred to in the Offer Notice are not elected to be purchased or acquired as provided in Subsection 4.1(b), the Company may, during the ninety (90) day period following the expiration of the periods provided in Subsection 4.1(b), offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in the Offer Notice. If the Company does not enter into an agreement for the sale of the New Securities within such period, or if such agreement is not consummated within thirty (30) days of the execution thereof, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such New Securities shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Major Investors in accordance with this Subsection 4.1.
(d)The right of first offer in this Subsection 4.1 shall not be applicable to (i) Exempted Securities (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation); (ii) shares of Common Stock issued in the IPO; and (iii) the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock to Additional Purchasers pursuant to Subsection 1.3 of the Purchase Agreement.
4.2Termination. The covenants set forth in Subsection 4.1 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (i) immediately before the consummation of the IPO, (ii) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 12(g) or 15(d) of
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the Exchange Act, or (iii) upon the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Incorporation, whichever event occurs first.
5.Additional Covenants.
5.1Insurance. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, within ninety (90) days of the date hereof, from financially sound and reputable insurers Directors and Officers liability insurance and term “key-person” insurance on Jacob DeWitte and Caroline Cochran, each in an amount and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Board of Directors, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such insurance policies to be maintained until such time as the Board of Directors determines that such insurance should be discontinued. The key-person policies shall name the Company as loss payee. None of these policies shall be cancelable by the Company without prior approval by the Board of Directors including, for so long as one or more Series A Directors are serving on the Board of Directors, at least one Series A Director. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.1 to the contrary, for so long as one or more Series A Directors are serving on the Board of Directors, the Company shall not cease to maintain a Directors and Officers liability insurance policy in an amount of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000) unless approved by the Board of Directors including the then-serving Series A Directors, and the Company shall annually, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, deliver to the Purchasers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) a certification that such a Directors and Officers liability insurance policy remains in effect.
5.2Employee Agreements. The Company will cause each Person now or hereafter employed by it or by any subsidiary (or engaged by the Company or any subsidiary as a consultant/independent contractor) with access to confidential information and/or trade secrets to enter into a nondisclosure and proprietary rights assignment agreement. In addition, the Company shall not amend, modify, terminate, waive, or otherwise alter, in whole or in part, any of the above-referenced agreements or any restricted stock agreement between the Company and any employee, without the consent of the Board of Directors including, for so long as one or more Series A Directors are serving on the Board of Directors, at least one Series A Director.
5.3Employee Stock. Unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors, all future employees and consultants of the Company who purchase, receive options to purchase, or receive awards of shares of the Company’s capital stock after the date hereof shall be required to execute restricted stock or option agreements, as applicable, providing for (i) vesting of shares over a four (4) year period, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of such shares vesting following twelve (12) months of continued employment or service, and the remaining shares vesting in equal monthly installments over the following thirty-six (36) months, and (ii) a market stand-off provision substantially similar to that in Subsection 2.11. In addition, unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors including, for so long as one or more Series A Directors are serving on the Board of Directors, at least one Series A Director, the Company shall retain (and not waive) a “right of first refusal” on employee transfers until the Company’s IPO and shall have the right to repurchase unvested shares at cost upon termination of employment of a holder of restricted stock.
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5.4Board Matters. Unless otherwise determined by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office, the Board of Directors shall meet at least quarterly in accordance with an agreed-upon schedule. The Company shall reimburse the nonemployee directors for all reasonable out-of-pocket travel expenses incurred (consistent with the Company’s travel policy) in connection with attending meetings of the Board of Directors.
5.5Successor Indemnification. If the Company or any of its successors or assignees consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, then to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assignees of the Company assume the obligations of the Company with respect to indemnification of members of the Board of Directors as in effect immediately before such transaction, whether such obligations are contained in the Company’s Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, or elsewhere, as the case may be.
5.6Right to Conduct Activities. The Company hereby agrees and acknowledges that each of Mithril II, L.P. (together with its Affiliates, “Mithril”) and Data Collective IV, L.P. (together with its Affiliates, “Data Collective”) is a professional investment organization, and as such reviews the business plans and related proprietary information of many enterprises, some of which may compete directly or indirectly with the Company’s business (as currently conducted or as currently propose to be conducted). The Company hereby agrees that, to the extent permitted under applicable law, Mithril or Data Collective shall not be liable to the Company for any claim arising out of, or based upon, (i) the investment by it in any entity competitive with the Company, or (ii) actions taken by any partner, officer, employee or other representative of it to assist any such competitive company, whether or not such action was taken as a member of the board of directors of such competitive company or otherwise, and whether or not such action has a detrimental effect on the Company; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve (x) any of the Investors from liability associated with the unauthorized disclosure of the Company’s confidential information obtained pursuant to this Agreement, or (y) any director or officer of the Company from any liability associated with his or her fiduciary duties to the Company.
5.7Harassment Policy. The Company shall, within sixty (60) days following the Initial Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), have adopt and thereafter maintain in effect (i) a Code of Conduct governing appropriate workplace behavior and (ii) an Anti- Harassment and Discrimination Policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment at the Company. Such policies shall be reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors.
5.8Termination of Covenants. The covenants set forth in this Section 5, except for Subsection 5.5, shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (i) immediately before the consummation of the IPO, (ii) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or (iii) upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Incorporation, whichever event occurs first.
6.Miscellaneous.
6.1Successors and Assigns. The rights under this Agreement may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee of Registrable Securities that (i)
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is an Affiliate of a Holder; (ii) is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or one or more of such Holder’s Immediate Family Members; or (iii) after such transfer, holds at least 100,000 shares of Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, and other recapitalizations); provided, however, that (x) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee and the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred; and (y) such transferee agrees in a written instrument delivered to the Company to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Subsection 2.11. For the purposes of determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee, the holdings of a transferee (1) that is an Affiliate or stockholder of a Holder; (2) who is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member; or (3) that is a trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or such Holder’s Immediate Family Member shall be aggregated together and with those of the transferring Holder; provided further that all transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment of rights shall, as a condition to the applicable transfer, establish a single attorney-in- fact for the purpose of exercising any rights, receiving notices, or taking any action under this Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement inure to the benefit of and are binding upon the respective successors and permitted assignees of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.
6.2Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal law of the State of Delaware without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware.
6.3Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
6.4Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
6.5Notices.
(a)All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail or facsimile during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) business day after the business day of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at their addresses as set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable)
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hereto, or to the principal office of the Company and to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer, in the case of the Company, or to such email address, facsimile number, or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Subsection 6.5. If notice is given to the Company, a copy (which shall not constitute notice) shall also be sent to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, Attention: David D. Gammell and if notice is given to Stockholders, a copy (which shall not constitute notice) shall also be given to Cooley LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304, Attention: Kevin K. Rooney.
(b)Consent to Electronic Notice. Each Investor and Key Holder consents to the delivery of any stockholder notice pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), as amended or superseded from time to time, by electronic transmission pursuant to Section 232 of the DGCL (or any successor thereto) at the electronic mail address or the facsimile number set forth below such Investor’s or Key Holder’s name on the Schedules hereto, as updated from time to time by notice to the Company, or as on the books of the Company. To the extent that any notice given by means of electronic transmission is returned or undeliverable for any reason, the foregoing consent shall be deemed to have been revoked until a new or corrected electronic mail address has been provided, and such attempted Electronic Notice shall be ineffective and deemed to not have been given. Each Investor and Key Holder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any change in such stockholder’s electronic mail address, and that failure to do so shall not affect the foregoing.
6.6Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of at least sixty percent (60%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding; provided that the Company may in its sole discretion waive compliance with Subsection 2.12(c) (and the Company’s failure to object promptly in writing after notification of a proposed assignment allegedly in violation of Subsection 2.12(c) shall be deemed to be a waiver); and provided further that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) this Agreement may not be amended, modified, or terminated and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to any Investor without the written consent of such Investor, unless such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver applies to all Investors in the same fashion (it being agreed that a waiver of the provisions of Section 4 with respect to a particular transaction shall be deemed to apply to all Investors in the same fashion if such waiver does so by its terms, notwithstanding the fact that certain Investors may nonetheless, by agreement with the Company, purchase securities in such transaction) and (b) Subsections 3.1 and 3.2, Section 4 and any other section of this Agreement applicable to the Major Investors (including this clause (b) of this Subsection 6.6) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and held by the Major Investors. Further, this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated, and no provision hereof may be waived, in each case, in any way which would adversely affect the rights of the Key Holders hereunder in a manner disproportionate to any adverse effect such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would have on the rights of the Investors hereunder, without also the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Key Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Schedule A hereto may be amended by the Company from time to time to add transferees of any Registrable Securities in compliance with
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the terms of this Agreement without the consent of the other parties; and Schedule A hereto may also be amended by the Company after the date of this Agreement without the consent of the other parties to add information regarding any additional Investor who becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Subsection 6.9. The Company shall give prompt notice of any amendment, modification or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver. Any amendment, modification, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Subsection 6.6 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.
6.7Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be reformed and construed so that it will be valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.
6.8Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such Affiliated persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.
6.9Additional Investors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company issues additional shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock after the date hereof, any purchaser of such shares of Preferred Stock may become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering an additional counterpart signature page to this Agreement, and thereafter shall be deemed an “Investor” for all purposes hereunder. No action or consent by the Investors shall be required for such joinder to this Agreement by such additional Investor, so long as such additional Investor has agreed in writing to be bound by all of the obligations as an “Investor” hereunder.
6.10Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any Schedules and Exhibits hereto) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled.
6.11Dispute Resolution. The parties (a) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of the state courts of Delaware and to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, (b) agree not to commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement except in the state courts of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and (c) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought
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in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL: EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, THE SECURITIES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
6.12Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power, or remedy of such nonbreaching or nondefaulting party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence to any such breach or default, or to any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. All remedies, whether under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| OKLO INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Jacob DeWitte |
| Name: | Jacob DeWitte |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| MITHRIL II, L.P. | |
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| By: | Mithril II GP LP, its General Partner |
| By: | Mithril II UGP LLC, its General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Ajay Royan |
| Name: | Ajay Royan |
| Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| DATA COLLECTIVE IV, L.P. | |
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| affiliated entities | |
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| By: | Data Collective IV GP, LLC |
| Its: | General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Zachary Bogue |
| Name: | Zachary Bogue |
| Title: | Managing Member |
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| Address: | |
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| [ * * * ] |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| YC HOLDINGS II, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Kirsty Nathoo |
| Name: | Kirsty Nathoo |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| YCVC FUND I, L.P. | |
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| By: | YCVC Fund GP, LLC |
| Its: | General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Kirsty Nathoo |
| Name: | Kirsty Nathoo |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| HYDRAZINE CAPITAL | |
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| By: | /s/ Scott Krisiloff |
| Name: | Scott Krisiloff |
| Title: | Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| DUSTIN A. MOSKOVITZ TRUST DTD 12/27/05 | |
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| By: | /s/ Dustin A. Moskovitz |
| Name: | Dustin A. Moskovitz |
| Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| DANIEL S. AEGERTER |
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| /s/ Daniel S. Aegerter |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: |
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| MARK SCIANNA |
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| /s/ Mark Scianna |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| THE EFRUSY FAMILY TRUST D/T/D 10/21/2005 | |
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| By: | /s/ Kevin Efrusy |
| Name: | Kevin Efrusy |
| Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| THE FILLMORE TRUST | |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Uhrhane |
| Name: | Eric Uhrhane |
| Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| SAXON ROAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT IV, LLC | |
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| By: | ZNM Capital Management, LLC |
| Its: | Managing Member |
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| By: | /s/ Zachary Bogue |
| Name: | Zachary Bogue |
| Title: | Managing Member |
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| Address: | |
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| [ * * * ] |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: |
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| PAUL GRAHAM |
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| /s/ Paul Graham |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| THE CONWAY FAMILY TRUST, DTD. 9/25/96 | |
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| By: | /s/ Ronald Conway |
| Name: | Ronald Conway |
| Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: |
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| BRIAN J. POKORNY |
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| /s/ Brian J. Pokorny |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: |
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| ROBERT POLLAK |
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| /s/ Robert Pollak |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| VANDELEY INDUSTRIES TRUST | |
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| By: | /s/ Daniel Conway |
| Name: | Daniel Conway |
| Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| CURTISS-GABRIEL LIVING TRUST DATED APRIL 26, 2013 | |
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| By: | /s/ Michael Curtiss |
| Name: | Michael Curtiss |
| Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| THE RALSTON FAMILY TRUST | |
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| By: | /s/ Geoffrey Ralston |
| Name: | Geoffrey Ralston |
| Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| PAUL BUCHHEIT |
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| /s/ Paul Buchheit |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| EUGENE KUZNETSOV |
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| /s/ Eugene Kuznetsov |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| CRUNCH FUND II, L.P. | |
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| By: | Crunch Fund II GP, L.L.C. |
| Its: | General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Patrick Gallagher |
| Name: | Patrick Gallagher |
| Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| DRAPER ASSOCIATES INVESTMENTS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Timothy C. Draper |
| Name: | Timothy C. Draper |
| Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| DRAPER ASSOCIATES V, L.P. | |
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| By: | Draper Associates V, LLC |
| Its: | General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Timothy C. Draper |
| Name: | Timothy C. Draper |
| Title: | Managing Member |
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| DRAPER ASSOCIATES PARTNERS V, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Timothy C. Draper |
| Name: | Timothy C. Draper |
| Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| TRUST VENTURES FUND I, LP | |
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| By: | /s/ Brian Tochman |
| Name: | Brian Tochman |
| Title: | Managing Director |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| THIGMOTROPISM LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Frank Huang |
| Name: | Frank Huang |
| Title: | Manager |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| SVC FUND II, L.P. | |
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| By: | 8VC GP II, LLC |
| Its: | General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Joe Lonsdale |
| Name: | Joe Lonsdale |
| Title: | Managing Member |
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| SVC ENTREPRENEURS FUND II, L.P. | |
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| By: | 8VC GP II, LLC |
| Its: | General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Joe Lonsdale |
| Name: | Joe Lonsdale |
| Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| BURN3 LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ James R. Swartz |
| Name: | James R. Swartz |
| Title: | Manager |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| TALON ENERGY LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ William Sudhaus |
| Name: | William Sudhaus |
| Title: | Manager |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: |
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| PHILIP CORRIHER |
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| /s/ Philip Corriher |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| INVESTORS: | |
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| NM ENERGY INVESTOR LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Sean Figueroa |
| Name: | Sean Figueroa |
| Title: | Manager |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| FIFTYSIX INVESTMENTS LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Ray A. Rothrock |
| Name: | Ray A. Rothrock |
| Title: | Manager |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| LAUNCH ALASKA FUND II | |
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| By: | /s/ Isaac Vanderburg |
| Name: | Isaac Vanderburg |
| Title: | Funder Manager |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| JACOB DEWITTE |
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| /s/ Jacob DeWitte |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| CAROLINE COCHRAN |
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| /s/ Caroline Cochran |
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SCHEDULE A
Investors
Mithril II, L.P.
c/o Mithril Capital Management LLC
[ * * * ]
Attn: General Counsel
Data Collective IV, L.P.
[ * * * ]
YC Holdings II, LLC
[ * * * ]
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
YCVC FUND I, L.P.
c/o YCVC FUND GP, LLC
[ * * * ]
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Hydrazine Capital
[ * * * ]
Dustin A. Moskovitz Trust DTD 12/27/05
c/o Dustin A. Moskovitz, Trustee
[ * * * ]
Daniel S. Aegerter
[ * * * ]
Mark Scianna
[ * * * ]
S-1
The Efrusy Family Trust D/T/D 10/21/2005
c/o Kevin Efrusy
[ * * * ]
The Fillmore Trust
c/o Eric Uhrhane, Trustee
[ * * * ]
Saxon Road Capital Management IV, LLC
[ * * * ]
Paul Graham
[ * * * ]
The Conway Family Trust, Dtd. 9/25/96
c/o Ronald Conway, Trustee
[ * * * ]
Brian J. Pokorny
[ * * * ]
Robert Pollak
[ * * * ]
Vandeley Industries Trust
c/o Daniel Conway, Trustee
[ * * * ]
Curtiss-Gabriel Living Trust dated April 26, 2013
c/o Michael Curtiss, Trustee
[ * * * ]
S-2
The Ralston Family Trust
c/o Geoffrey Ralston, Trustee
[ * * * ]
Paul Buchheit
[ * * * ]
Eugene Kuznetsov
[ * * * ]
Crunch Fund II, L.P.
Crunch Fund c/o Greenough Group
[ * * * ]
Draper Associates Investments, LLC
[ * * * ]
Draper Associates V, L.P.
[ * * * ]
Draper Associates Partners V, LLC
[ * * * ]
Trust Ventures Fund I, LP
[ * * * ]
Thigmotropism LLC
c/o Freeland Cooper & Foreman
[ * * * ]
S-3
8VC Fund II, L.P.
[ * * * ]
Attn: Vice President, Finance
8VC Entrepreneurs Fund II, L.P.
[ * * * ]
Attn: Vice President, Finance
Burn3 LLC
[ * * * ]
Talon Energy LLC
[ * * * ]
Philip Corriher
[ * * * ]
NM Energy Investor LLC
c/o Sean Figueroa
[ * * * ]
FiftySix Investments LLC
Ray A. Rothrock
[ * * * ]
Launch Alaska Fund II
[ * * * ]
S-4
SCHEDULE B
Key Holders
Jacob DeWitte
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Caroline Cochran
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S-5
Exhibit 10.15
August 1, 2023
Craig Bealmear
Re: Offer of Employment
Dear Craig:
On behalf of Oklo Inc. (the “Company”), I am pleased to offer you the position of Chief Financial Officer. This letter sets forth the terms and conditions of your employment with the Company. It is important that you understand clearly both what your benefits are and what the Company expects of you. By signing this letter, you will be accepting employment on the following terms.
1. | Position. You will be employed to serve on a full-time basis as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 1, 2023. In this role, you will oversee the financial well-being of the Company, including leading financial strategy, financial documentation and reporting, and financial operations, plus such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to you by the Company. While you render services to the Company, you will not engage in any other employment, consulting or other business activity (whether full‑time or part-time) that would create a conflict of interest with the Company. By signing this letter agreement, you confirm to the Company that you have no contractual commitments or other legal obligations that would prohibit you from performing your duties for the Company. |
2. | Cash Compensation. Your base salary will be at the rate of $300,000 per year, subject to tax and other withholdings as required by law, payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll schedule. Such base salary may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with normal business practice and in the sole discretion of the Company. You will be eligible to receive an annual bonus, at a target rate of 50%. |
3. | Employee Benefits. As a regular employee of the Company, you may participate in a number of bonus and benefit programs that the Company establishes and makes available to its employees from time to time, provided you are eligible under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents governing those programs. The bonus and benefit programs made available by the Company, and the rules, terms and conditions for participation in such benefit plans, may be changed by the Company at any time without advance notice. You will be eligible to participate in the Company’s flexible paid time off policy, subject to its terms and conditions, which shall include the requirement that your paid time off not interfere with the performance of your duties. Because the Company provides paid time off on a flexible basis, paid time off does not accrue and, accordingly, there will be no paid time off payable upon termination of employment for any reason. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s flexible paid time off policy permits you to take time off for, among other things, the reasons and amount of time covered under all applicable paid sick leave laws. |
4. | Stock Option. Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company or its Compensation Committee, the Company may grant to you an option (the “Option”) under the Company’s current Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for the purchase of an aggregate of 191,700 shares of common stock of the Company. The exercise price per share of the Option will be determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee when the Option is granted. You will vest in 20% of the Option shares after 12 months of continuous service, and the balance will vest in equal monthly installments over the next 48 months of continuous service, as described in the applicable Stock Option Agreement. The Option shall be subject to all terms, vesting schedules and other provisions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable Stock Option Agreement. |
5. | Invention and Non-Disclosure Agreement and a Non-Solicitation Agreement. Like all Company employees, you will be required to execute an Invention and Non-Disclosure Agreement and a Non-Solicitation Agreement as a condition of employment. |
6. | Employment Relationship. Employment with the Company is for no specific period of time. This letter shall not be construed as an agreement, either expressed or implied, to employ you for any stated term, and shall in no way alter the Company’s policy of employment at will, under which both you and the Company remain free to terminate the employment relationship, with or without cause, at any time, with or without notice. Although your job duties, title, compensation and benefits, as well as the Company's personnel policies and procedures, may change from time to time, the “at-will” nature of your employment may only be changed by a written agreement signed by you and the Company’s CEO or COO, which expressly states the intention to modify the at-will nature of your employment. Similarly, nothing in this letter shall be construed as an agreement, either express or implied, to pay you any compensation or grant you any benefit beyond the end of your employment with the Company. |
7. | Tax Matters. |
a. | Withholding. All forms of compensation referred to in this letter agreement are subject to reduction to reflect applicable withholding and payroll taxes and other deductions required by law. Any amount paid under this offer letter is intended to satisfy the requirements of the “short-term deferral” rule set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations. For purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). |
b. | Section 409A. Any amount paid under this letter agreement is intended to satisfy the requirements of the “short-term deferral” rule set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations. The Company and the Executive agree to work together in good faith to consider amendments to this letter agreement and to take such reasonable actions which are necessary, appropriate or desirable to avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition before actual payment to the Executive under Section 409A. |
c. | Tax Advice. You are encouraged to obtain your own tax advice regarding your compensation from the Company. You agree that the Company does not have a duty to design its compensation policies in a manner that minimizes your tax liabilities, and you will not make any claim against the Company or its Board of Directors related to tax liabilities arising from your compensation. |
8. | No Conflicts. You represent that you are not bound by any employment contract, restrictive covenant or other restriction preventing (or that purports to prevent) you from entering into employment with or carrying out your responsibilities for the Company, or which is in any way inconsistent with the terms of this letter. In return for the compensation payments set forth in this letter, you agree to devote your full business time, best efforts, skill, knowledge, attention, and energies to the advancement of the Company's business and interests and to the performance of your duties and responsibilities as an employee of the Company and not to engage in any other business activities without prior approval from the Company. |
9. | Work Authorization and Background Check . As required by law, you agree to provide to the Company, within three days of your hire date, documentation of your eligibility to work in the United States, as required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. You may need to obtain a work visa in order to be eligible to work in the United States. If that is the case, your employment with the Company will be conditioned upon your obtaining a work visa in a timely manner as determined by the Company. The Company’s offer of at-will employment may be contingent upon your authorization and successful completion of background and reference checks if needed. The Company may obtain background reports both pre-employment and from time to time during your employment with the Company, as necessary. |
10. | Company Policies. As an employee of the Company, you will be required to comply with all Company policies and procedures. Violations of the Company's policies may lead to immediate termination of your employment. Further, the Company's premises, including all workspaces, furniture, documents, and other tangible materials, and all information technology resources of the Company (including computers, data and |
other electronic files, and all internet and email) are subject to oversight and inspection by the Company at any time. Company employees should have no expectation of privacy with regard to any Company premises, materials, resources, or information.
11. | Arbitration. You and the Company agree to resolve through mandatory, final, and binding arbitration, except as specifically excluded herein, any controversy, dispute, or claim directly or indirectly arising out of, relating to, or connected with your employment or separation from employment with the Company, including but not limited to (a) any claim of discrimination under any local, state, or federal law; (b) any claim of wrongful discharge, harassment, or injury to physical, mental or economic interests under any local, state, or federal law; (c) any claim of unpaid or late payment of wages or any violation of federal, state, or local wage and hour laws or regulations; (d) any and all common law claims, including, but not limited to, actions in contract, express or implied (including any claim relating to the interpretation, existence, validity, scope or enforceability of this arbitration provision), estoppel, tort, emotional distress, invasion of privacy, or defamation; and (e) any other claim based on any federal, state, or local ordinance, law, regulation, or constitutional provision. You and the Company understand and agree that arbitration shall be the exclusive method by which to resolve all such claims. The only disputes between the parties not covered by this provision are claims for workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance and claims by either party for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions (“temporary equitable relief”) in cases in which such temporary equitable relief would be otherwise authorized by law. You and the Company understand and agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, neither will assert class, collective, or representative action claims against the other, whether in arbitration or otherwise, and such class, collective, or representative actions are hereby waived. Both you and the Company expressly waive any right that either has or may have to a jury trial of any dispute subject to arbitration under this paragraph. Any such arbitration will be conducted in accordance with American Arbitration Association’s (the “AAA”) Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures, a copy of which will be provided to you upon request, and will be conducted by a neutral arbitrator from the AAA agreed upon by you and the Company in accordance with the AAA rules. Any arbitration under this provision will be conducted in the city closest to where you reside at the time arbitration is demanded in which a United States District Court courthouse is located, unless otherwise agreed by you and the Company. The arbitrator shall: (a) provide for more than minimal discovery and have the authority to compel adequate discovery for the resolution of the dispute and to award such relief as would otherwise be permitted by law; and (b) issue a written decision, including a statement of the award and the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions on which the decision is based. The arbitrator shall have the power to award damages, remedies or relief that would be available in a court otherwise having jurisdiction of the matter, but no other damages, remedies or relief. The parties agree that arbitration shall be the exclusive, final and binding forum for the ultimate resolution of such claims, subject to any rights of appeal that either party may have under the Federal Arbitration Act and/or under applicable state law dealing with the review of arbitration decisions. Each party shall pay its own attorney’s fees and expenses, except that the Company shall pay the fees and expenses related to the arbitration that you would not generally be required to bear if you brought the same action in a court otherwise having jurisdiction. Nothing in this provision is intended to prevent either you or the Company from obtaining injunctive relief in court to prevent irreparable harm pending the conclusion of any such arbitration. |
12. | Entire Agreement; Governing Law . This offer letter is your formal offer of employment and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements, discussions and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter of this letter or your employment with the Company. The resolution of any disputes under this letter will be governed by the laws of the State of California. |
We hope that you will accept our offer to join the Company. You may indicate your agreement with these terms and accept this offer by signing and dating this letter agreement by August 2, 2023. This offer, if not accepted, will expire at the close of business on August 2, 2023. Your employment is also contingent upon your starting work with the Company on or before August 1, 2023.
Sincerely,
Oklo Inc.
/s/ Caroline Cochran | |
Caroline Cochran | |
Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Employment Offer
I accept employment with Oklo Inc. and acknowledge and fully agree to the terms and conditions set forth in this offer letter. The foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of my employment by Oklo Inc..
/s/ Craig Bealmear | |
Craig Bealmear | |
Exhibit 10.16
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of ________________ between Oklo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ________________ (“Indemnitee”).
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve corporations as directors or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers, and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) requires indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”). The Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification;
WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;
WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and
WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Certificate of Incorporation and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as an officer or director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he be so indemnified; and
WHEREAS, Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification and/or insurance provided by Data Collective IV, L.P. (“Data Collective”) which Indemnitee and Data Collective intend to be secondary to the primary obligation of the Company to indemnify Indemnitee as provided herein, with the Company’s acknowledgement and agreement to the foregoing being a material condition to Indemnitee’s willingness to serve on the Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s agreement to serve as a director from and after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.Indemnity of Indemnitee. The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such may be amended from time to time. In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof.
(a)Proceedings Other Than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section l(a) if, by reason of his Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined), the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(a), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses (as hereinafter defined), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him, or on his behalf, in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.
(b)Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 1(b) if, by reason of his Corporate Status, the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(b), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee, or on the Indemnitee’s behalf, in connection with such Proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; provided, however, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification against such Expenses shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall determine that such indemnification may be made.
(c)Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
any Proceeding, he shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law, as such may be amended from time to time, against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
(d)Indemnification of Appointing Stockholder. If (i) Indemnitee is or was affiliated with one or more venture capital funds that has invested in the Company (an “Appointing Stockholder”), (ii) the Appointing Stockholder is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, and (iii) the Appointing Stockholder’s involvement in the Proceeding results from any claim based on the Indemnitee’s service to the Company as a director or other fiduciary of the Company, the Appointing Stockholder will be entitled to indemnification hereunder for Expenses to the same extent as Indemnitee, and the terms of this Agreement as they relate to procedures for indemnification of Indemnitee and advancement of Expenses shall apply to any such indemnification of Appointing Stockholder.
2.Additional Indemnity. In addition to, and without regard to any limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Company shall and hereby does indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf if, by reason of his Corporate Status, he is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company), including, without limitation, all liability arising out of the negligence or active or passive wrongdoing of Indemnitee. The only limitation that shall exist upon the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be that the Company shall not be obligated to make any payment to Indemnitee that is finally determined (under the procedures, and subject to the presumptions, set forth in Sections 6 and 7 hereof) to be unlawful.
3.Contribution.
(a)Whether or not the indemnification provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof is available, in respect of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee. The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.
(b)Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all
or any portion of any judgment or settlement in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion to the relative benefits received by the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the transaction or events from which such action, suit or proceeding arose; provided, however, that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform to law, be further adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the transaction or events that resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which applicable law may require to be considered. The relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the degree to which their actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the degree to which their liability is primary or secondary and the degree to which their conduct is active or passive.
(c)The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors, or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.
(d)To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).
4.Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness, or is made (or asked) to respond to discovery requests, in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.
5.Advancement of Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such
advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Any advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 5 shall be unsecured and interest free.
6.Procedures and Presumptions for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. It is the intent of this Agreement to secure for Indemnitee rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under the DGCL and public policy of the State of Delaware. Accordingly, the parties agree that the following procedures and presumptions shall apply in the event of any question as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement:
(a)To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure of Indemnitee to provide such a request to the Company, or to provide such a request in a timely fashion, shall not relieve the Company of any liability that it may have to Indemnitee unless, and to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the interests of the Company.
(b)Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 6(a) hereof, a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following four methods, which shall be at the election of the Board (1) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (as defined below), even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no Disinterested Directors or if the Disinterested Directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee, or (4) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company.
(c)If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 6(c). The Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board. Indemnitee may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 13 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If a written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Indemnitee to the Company’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 6(b) hereof. The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, and the Company shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 6(c), regardless of the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed.
(d)In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(e)Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise (as hereinafter defined), including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(e) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
(f)If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 6 to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such sixty (60) day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate documentation and/or information relating
thereto; and provided further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(f) shall not apply if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination, the Board or the Disinterested Directors, if appropriate, resolve to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat.
(g)Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any Independent Counsel, member of the Board or stockholder of the Company shall act reasonably and in good faith in making a determination regarding the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
(h)The Company acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. In the event that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including, without limitation, settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such action, suit or proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
(i)The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
7.Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a)In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification is made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv)
payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an
(b)appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 7(a). The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication.
(c)In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of the adverse determination under Section 6(b).
(d)If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s misstatement not materially misleading in connection with the application for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(e)In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 7, seeks a judicial adjudication of his rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, or to recover under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, the Company shall pay on his behalf, in advance, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Section 13 of this Agreement) actually and reasonably incurred by him in such judicial adjudication, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance recovery.
(f)The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be.
(g)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.
8.Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Primacy of Indemnification; Subrogation.
(a)The rights of indemnification as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders, a resolution of directors of the Company, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in the DGCL, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
(b)To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents or fiduciaries of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.
(c)The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by Data Collective and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Fund Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Fund Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company (or any other agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Fund Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably
waives, relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Fund Indemnitors on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Fund Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company. The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Fund Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 8(c).
(d)Except as provided in paragraph (c) above, in the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (other than against the Fund Indemnitors), who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
(e)Except as provided in paragraph (c) above, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
(f)Except as provided in paragraph (c) above, the Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.
9.Exception to Right of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
(a)for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, provided, that the foregoing shall not affect the rights of Indemnitee or the Fund Indemnitors set forth in Section 8(c) above; or
(b)for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or
(c)in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, or (ii) the Company
provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.
10.Duration of Agreement. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee is an officer or director 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 or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any Proceeding (or any proceeding commenced under Section 7 hereof) by reason of his Corporate Status, whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives.
11.Security. To the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.
12.Enforcement.
(a)The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as an officer or director of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as an officer or director of the Company.
(b)This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(c)The Company shall not seek from a court, or agree to, a “bar order” which would have the effect of prohibiting or limiting the Indemnitee’s rights to receive advancement of expenses under this Agreement.
13.Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a)“Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving at the express written request of the Company.
(b)“Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
(c)“Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that Indemnitee is or was serving at the express written request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
(d)“Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
(e)“Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
(f)“Proceeding” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, by reason of any action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting in his or her Corporate Status; in each case whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement; including one pending on or before the date of this Agreement, but excluding one initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement to enforce his rights under this Agreement.
14.Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Further, the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof as to either Indemnitee or Appointing Stockholder shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any provision hereof as to the other. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to confer upon Indemnitee and Appointing Stockholder indemnification rights to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws. In the event any provision hereof conflicts with any applicable law, such provision shall be deemed modified, consistent with the aforementioned intent, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict.
15.Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
16.Notice By Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with or otherwise receiving any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification covered hereunder. The failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise unless and only to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company.
17.Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not so confirmed, then on the next business day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent:
(a)To Indemnitee at the address set forth below Indemnitee signature hereto.
(b)To the Company at:
230 East Caribbean Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Attention: David D. Gammell
or to such other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company or to the Company by Indemnitee, as the case may be.
18.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g.,
www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
19.Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
20.Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, and maintain an agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Indemnification Agreement on and as of the day and year first above written.
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| Name: | Jacob DeWitte |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 10.17
SUBLEASE
THIS SUBLEASE is entered into September 10, 2021, between Paxio, Inc., a California corporation (“Landlord”) and Oklo Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Tenant”).
1.BASIC LEASE PROVISIONS AND CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
A.Property Address: 3190 Coronado Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054
B.Premises: Suite No. 3190 containing approximately 7,350 rentable square feet
C. | Tenant’s Address until the Commencement Date: 230 East Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089; thereafter, the Premises. |
D.Landlord’s Address (for notices): 2010 El Camino Real #624, Santa Clara, CA 95050
E.Prime Landlord: 3130 CORONADO DRIVE, LLC
F.Prime Landlord’s Address (for notices):
The Irvine Company LLC
550 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Attn:Senior Vice President, Property Operations
Irvine Office Properties
G.Identification of Prime Lease and all amendments thereto:
Lease made as of November 27, 2017 by and between 3130 Coronado Drive, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company and PAXIO, INC., a California corporation.
H.Sublease Term: Approximately thirty-three (33) months.
I. | Commencement Date (subject to change as specified in Section 4 or Section 5): 5 days following the issuance of Prime Landlord’s consent, anticipated to occur on September 1, 2021 |
J.[Reserved]
K.Expiration Date: May 31, 2024
L.Base Rent: To be paid in accordance with the following schedule:
Months | Monthly Base Rent |
01 – 03 | $0.00 |
04 – 12 | $18,007.50 |
13 – 24 | $18,522.00 |
25 – 33 | $19,110.00 |
M.Payee of Rent: Paxio, Inc.
N.Payment Address: 2010 El Camino Real #624, Santa Clara, CA 95050
O.Sublease Share: 100%
P.Security Deposit: $36,015.00, to be provided in cash or a letter of credit, at Tenant’s option
Q.Tenant’s Use: Uses permitted under Prime Lease.
R.Broker(s): Cushman & Wakefield, on behalf of Landlord; Colliers International, on behalf of Tenant.
2.PRIME LEASE. Landlord is the tenant under a Prime Lease with the Prime Landlord. Landlord warrants that (a) Landlord has delivered to Tenant a complete copy of the Prime Lease and all other agreements between Prime Landlord and Landlord relating to the leasing, use or occupancy of the Premises, (b) the Prime Lease is, as of the date of this Sublease, in full force and effect, and (c) no event of default has occurred under the Prime Lease and, to Landlord’s knowledge, no event has occurred and is continuing that would constitute an event of default by Landlord, but for the requirement of the giving of notice and the expiration of the period of time to cure.
3.SUBLEASE. Landlord, in consideration of the rents and the agreements to be performed by Tenant, subleases to Tenant the Premises that are located in the building (the “Building”), and being a part of the property (the “Property”) as more particularly described in the Prime Lease.
4.SUBLEASE TERM; EARLY ACCESS. Subject to Section 5, the Sublease Term shall commence on the date (the “Commencement Date”) that is 5 days following the issuance of Prime Landlord’s consent. Tenant shall be allowed access to the Premises immediately following the issuance of Prime Landlord’s consent, at no charge, for the purpose of installing furniture, computers, cabling, and phone equipment to the Premises.
The Sublease Term expires on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated as provided elsewhere in this Sublease.
5.POSSESSION. Landlord agrees to perform the work (the “Work”), if any, described in Exhibit B attached. Except for the Work, the Premises are to be delivered by Landlord in its condition as of the execution and delivery of this Sublease by Landlord.
6.TENANT’S USE. The Premises shall be used and occupied only for the Tenant’s Use.
7.RENT. Beginning on the Commencement Date, Tenant agrees to pay the Base Rent to the Payee of Rent at the Payment Address, or to another payee or at another address designated by notice from Landlord to Tenant, without prior demand and without any deduction. Base Rent shall be paid in equal monthly installments in advance on the first day of each month of the Sublease Term, except that the first installment of Base Rent shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord upon execution of this Sublease by Tenant. Base Rent shall be pro-rated for partial months at the beginning and end of the Sublease Term. All charges, costs, and sums required to be paid by Tenant to Landlord under this Sublease in addition to Base Rent shall be deemed “Additional Rent,” and Base Rent and Additional Rent are collectively referred to as
“Rent.” Tenant’s covenant to pay Rent is independent of every other covenant in this Lease. If Rent is not paid when due, Tenant shall pay, relative to the delinquent payment, an amount equal to the sum that would be payable by Landlord to Prime Landlord for late payment under the Prime Lease.
8.ADDITIONAL RENT.
A.If and to the extent that Landlord is obligated to pay additional rent under the Prime Lease, whether the additional rent is to reimburse Prime Landlord for taxes, operating expenses, common area maintenance charges, or other expenses incurred by the Prime Landlord in connection with the Property, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the Sublease Share of that additional rent (to the extent that additional rent is attributable to events occurring during the Sublease Term). The payment shall be due from Tenant to Landlord no fewer than 2 business days before Landlord’s payment of such additional rent is due to the Prime Landlord, provided that Tenant shall have been billed at least 10 days before that date (the bill shall be accompanied by a copy of Prime Landlord’s bill and other material furnished to Landlord in connection with the bill). In all other instances, payments from Tenant shall be due in accordance with the timelines set forth in the Prime Lease.
B.The Sublease Share has been calculated by dividing the rentable area of the Premises by the rentable area of the premises leased by Prime Landlord to Landlord pursuant to the Prime Lease. If the rentable area of the Premises or the area of the premises leased pursuant to the Prime Lease shall be changed during the Sublease Term, then the Sublease Share shall be recalculated.
9.TENANT’S OBLIGATIONS. TENANT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND SHALL PAY THE FOLLOWING, DURING THE SUBLEASE TERM:
A.All utility consumption costs, including electric and other charges incurred in connection with lighting and providing electrical power to the Premises. Tenant shall timely pay utility bills and perform its obligations with respect to the purchase of utilities.
B.All maintenance, repairs, and replacements to the Premises and its equipment, to the extent Landlord is obligated to perform them under the Prime Lease.
10.QUIET ENJOYMENT. Landlord represents that it has full power and authority to enter into this Sublease, subject to the consent of the Prime Landlord. So long as no Event of Default (defined in Section 23) has occurred, Tenant’s quiet and peaceable enjoyment of the Premises shall not be disturbed by Landlord or by anyone claiming through Landlord.
11.TENANT’S INSURANCE. Tenant shall procure and maintain at its expense liability insurance such as Landlord is required to carry under the Prime Lease, naming Landlord and Prime Landlord as additional insureds and otherwise complying with the requirements set forth in the Prime Lease. Tenant shall also procure and maintain property insurance such as Landlord is required to carry under the Prime Lease to the extent the property insurance pertains to the Premises. If the Prime Lease requires Landlord to insure leasehold improvements or alterations, then Tenant shall insure the leasehold improvements and alterations made by Tenant in the Premises, and Landlord shall insure the balance of the leasehold improvements and alterations. Tenant shall furnish to Landlord a certificate of Tenant’s insurance not later than one (1) business day prior to Tenant’s taking possession of the Premises. Tenant will not be given possession of the Premises unless and until it demonstrates that it is carrying the required insurance coverages. Each party waives claims against the other for property damage, provided the waiver does not invalidate the waiving party’s property insurance; each party shall attempt to obtain from its insurance
carrier a waiver of its right of subrogation. Tenant waives claims against Prime Landlord and Landlord for property damage to the Premises or its contents if and to the extent that Landlord waives such claims against Prime Landlord under the Prime Lease. Tenant agrees to obtain for the benefit of Prime Landlord and Landlord waivers of subrogation rights from its insurer to the extent they are required of Landlord under the Prime Lease. Landlord agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from Prime Landlord a waiver of claims for insurable property damage losses and an agreement from Prime Landlord to obtain a waiver of subrogation rights in Prime Landlord’s property insurance, if and to the extent that Prime Landlord waives such claims against Landlord under the Prime Lease or is required under the Prime Lease to obtain a waiver of subrogation rights.
12.ASSIGNMENT OR SUBLETTING. Tenant shall not (i) assign, convey, or mortgage this Sublease or any interest under it; (ii) allow any transfer of the Sublease or any lien upon Tenant’s interest by operation of law; (iii) sub-sublet all or any part of the Premises; or (iv) permit the occupancy of all or any part of the Premises by anyone other than Tenant, except with Landlord’s prior written consent and Prime Landlord’s consent, in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph 12 and the Prime Lease; provided that consent from Landlord shall not be required in connection with any “Permitted Transfer,” as such term is defined under Section 9.1(e) of the Prime Lease. Landlord’s consent to an assignment of this Sublease or a sub-subletting of the Premises shall not be unreasonably withheld, and Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of Prime Landlord if its consent is required under the Prime Lease. If Prime Landlord grants its consent to any such transfer, Landlord shall be deemed to have granted its consent. Any reasonably incurred cost of obtaining Prime Landlord’s consent shall be borne by Tenant. No permitted assignment shall be effective and no permitted sub- subletting shall commence unless and until any default by Tenant shall have been cured. No permitted assignment or sub-subletting shall relieve Tenant from its obligations under this Sublease, and Tenant shall continue to be liable as a principal and not as a guarantor or surety, as though no assignment or sub-subletting had occurred.
13.RULES. Tenant agrees to comply with all rules and regulations that Prime Landlord has made or may in the future make for the Building in accordance with the terms of the Prime Lease. Landlord shall not be liable for damage caused to Tenant by the nonobservance of similar covenants in their leases or of rules and regulations by any other tenants.
14.REPAIRS AND COMPLIANCE. Tenant shall promptly pay for the repairs provided for in Section 9(B) and Tenant shall, at its expense, comply with all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, requirements, and orders of all governmental authorities and, where applicable, all insurance bodies and their loss prevention personnel in force at any time during the Sublease Term that are applicable to the Premises to the same extent required of Landlord as tenant under the Prime Lease (“Legal Requirements”). Tenant shall not be obligated to comply with any Legal Requirement requiring any structural alteration of or in connection with the Premises if the alteration is required other than by reason of Tenant’s particular use or manner of use of the Premises, or a condition that has been created by or at the sufferance of Tenant, or is required by reason of an Event of Default. “Structural” is defined in Section 32.
15.FIRE OR CASUALTY OR EMINENT DOMAIN. In the event of a fire or other casualty affecting the Building or the Premises, or of a taking of all or a part of the Building or Premises by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, Landlord shall not exercise any right that may have the effect of terminating the Prime Lease without first obtaining the prior consent of Tenant. If Landlord is entitled under the Prime Lease to a rent abatement as a result of a fire or other casualty or as a result of a taking under the power of eminent domain, then Tenant shall be entitled to the same rent abatement on a percentage basis, prorated based on the difference, if any, between the rent payable under the Prime Lease and the
Sublease. If the Prime Lease imposes on Landlord the obligation to repair or restore leasehold improvements or alterations, Tenant shall be responsible for repair or restoration of leasehold improvements or alterations it shall have installed in the Premises following the Sublease Commencement Date, and Landlord shall be responsible for the repair or restoration of the balance of the leasehold improvements or alterations it installed prior to the Sublease Commencement Date.
Tenant shall make any insurance proceeds resulting from the loss that Landlord is obligated to repair or restore available to Landlord and Landlord shall deliver such proceeds to Prime Landlord as required under Section 11.1 of the Prime Lease to enter the Premises to perform them, subject to reasonable conditions that Tenant may impose.
16.ALTERATIONS. Tenant shall not make any alterations or additions to the Premises (“Alterations”) if to do so would create a default under the Prime Lease. If Tenant’s proposed Alterations would not create a default under the Prime Lease, Landlord’s consent shall nonetheless be required, but it shall not be unreasonably withheld, and if Landlord consents, Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of Prime Landlord if its consent is required under the Prime Lease. If Alterations by Tenant are permitted or consented to as provided above, Tenant shall comply with all of the obligations of Landlord in the Prime Lease pertaining to the performance of the Alterations. In addition, Tenant shall Indemnify (defined in Section 32) Landlord as to the performance of the Alterations by Tenant. Tenant shall not have any obligation to remove any alterations or improvements installed by Landlord prior to the Sublease Commencement Date.
17.SURRENDER. At the expiration or termination of this Sublease or of the Tenant’s right to possession of the Premises, Tenant will at once surrender and deliver the Premises, together with their improvements, to Landlord in good condition and repair, reasonable wear and tear excepted; conditions existing because of Tenant’s failure to perform maintenance, repairs, or replacements as required of Tenant under this Sublease shall not be deemed “reasonable wear and tear.” The improvements shall mean all systems and equipment for which Landlord, as tenant, is responsible for maintaining under Section 7.1 of the Prime Lease. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord all keys, lock combination, and key card access information for the Premises. All Alterations to the Premises made by Tenant shall become a part of and shall remain upon the Premises without compensation to Tenant, provided that Landlord shall have the right to require Tenant to remove all or a portion of any Alterations made by Tenant solely to the extent Prime Landlord requires Tenant remove the same. If Tenant is required to remove Alterations by Prime Landlord, Tenant shall restore the Premises to their condition prior to the making of the Alteration, repairing any damage resulting from the removal or restoration. If Tenant does not perform the removal in accordance with this Section, Landlord may remove the Alterations (and repair any damage occasioned thereby) and dispose of them, and Tenant shall pay the costs of the removal, repair, and disposal on demand. Landlord shall be solely responsible for removal of any alterations performed by Landlord prior to the Commencement Date.
18.REMOVAL OF TENANT’S PROPERTY. Upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Sublease, Tenant shall remove all of its contents, including trade fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, and furnishings (“Personalty”). Tenant shall repair any damage to the Premises or Building resulting from the removal and shall restore the Premises to the same condition as prior to their installation subject to ordinary wear and tear. If Tenant does not remove the Personalty prior to the expiration or earlier termination of the Sublease, Landlord may, at its option, remove them (and repair any resulting damage) and store, dispose of, or deliver the Personalty to any other place of business of Tenant, and Tenant shall pay the cost to Landlord on demand.
19.HOLDING OVER. Tenant shall have no right to occupy all or any part of the Premises after the expiration of the Sublease Term or after termination of this Sublease or of Tenant’s right to possession in consequence of an Event of Default. If Tenant or any party claiming by, through, or under Tenant holds over, Landlord may exercise any remedies available to it to recover possession of the Premises, and to recover damages, including damages payable by Landlord to Prime Landlord by reason of the holdover. For each month or partial month that Tenant or any party claiming by, through, or under Tenant holds over, Tenant shall pay, as minimum damages and not as a penalty, monthly rental at a rate equal to one hundred percent (100%) the rate of Base Rent and Additional Rent payable by Landlord under Section 15.1 of the Prime Lease during such holdover. The acceptance by Landlord of any lesser sum shall be construed as payment on account and not in satisfaction of damages for such holding over.
20.ENCUMBERING TITLE. Tenant shall not do anything that shall encumber the title of Prime Landlord in and to the Building or the Property, nor shall the interest or estate of Prime Landlord or Landlord be subject to any claim by way of lien or encumbrance caused by Tenant. The provisions of Section 7.4 of the Prime Lease shall apply with respect to the foregoing.
21.INDEMNITY. Tenant agrees to Indemnify Landlord if Landlord is liable to Prime Landlord because of acts or omissions of Tenant during the Sublease Term that are the subject matter of any indemnity or hold harmless of Landlord to Prime Landlord under the Prime Lease except to the extent arising out of or in connection with the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord. Landlord agrees to protect, defend, indemnify and hold Tenant harmless from all claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses which Tenant may incur, or for which Tenant may be liable to Prime Landlord, arising from (a) a default by Landlord under the Prime Lease or this Sublease (other than if such default is caused by a Default by Tenant under this Sublease), (b) the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, its employees, agents or contractors, and (c) any claim for any injury to or death of any person or damage to property arising out of, pertaining to, or resulting from the negligent acts or omissions of Landlord, its agents or employees arising from the use or occupancy of the Premises and occurring prior to the Commencement Date.
22.LANDLORD’S RESERVED RIGHTS. Landlord reserves the right, on reasonable prior notice of not less than 24 hours, to inspect the Premises to ensure Tenant is complying with all of its obligations hereunder during the Sublease Term.
23.DEFAULTS. Tenant agrees that any one or more of the following events shall be considered Events of Default:
A.Tenant is adjudged an involuntary bankrupt, or a decree or order approving, as properly filed, a petition or answer filed against Tenant asking for reorganization of Tenant under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter amended, or under the laws of any State, shall be entered, and any such decree or judgment or order shall not have been vacated or stayed within 60 days.
B.Tenant files, or admits the jurisdiction of the court and the material allegations contained in, any petition in bankruptcy, or any petition pursuant or purporting to be pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter amended, or Tenant shall institute any proceedings for relief of Tenant under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws or any laws relating to the relief of debtors, readjustment of indebtedness, reorganization, arrangements, composition, or extension.
C.Tenant makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or applies for or consents to the appointment of a receiver for Tenant or any of the property of Tenant.
D.Tenant admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due.
E.The Premises are levied on by any revenue officer or similar officer.
F.A decree or order appointing a receiver of the property of Tenant is made, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated, stayed, or set aside within 60 days.
G.Tenant abandons the Premises during the Sublease Term.
H.Tenant defaults in any payment of Rent when due, and the default continues for 3 business days after receipt of written notice.
I.Tenant defaults in securing insurance or in providing evidence of insurance as required in Section 11, and the default continues for 5 business days after receipt of written notice.
J.Tenant by its act or omission to act causes a default under the Prime Lease, and such default, if curable, is not cured within the time, if any, permitted for cure under the Prime Lease.
K.Tenant defaults in any of the other agreements contained in this Lease to be performed by Tenant, and the default continues for 30 days after receipt of written notice.
L.The occurrence of any other event or circumstance denominated an “Event of Default” in this Sublease.
24.REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence of any one or more Events of Default, Landlord may exercise any remedy against Tenant that Prime Landlord may exercise for default by Landlord under the Prime Lease.
25.SECURITY DEPOSIT. To secure the faithful performance by Tenant of all its obligations under this Sublease, including the obligations that become applicable upon the expiration or termination of the Sublease, Tenant has deposited the Security Deposit with Landlord on the understanding that: (a) all or any portion of the Security Deposit not previously applied may from time to time be applied to the curing of any default that may then exist, without prejudice to any other remedies that Landlord may have, and upon application, Tenant shall pay Landlord on demand the amount applied, which shall be added to the Security Deposit so it is restored to its original amount; (b) if the Lease is assigned by Landlord, the Security Deposit or any portion not previously applied may be turned over to Landlord’s assignee and if the same is turned over, Tenant releases Landlord from any liability with respect to the Security Deposit and its application or return; (c) if permitted by law, Landlord or its successor shall not be obligated to hold the Security Deposit as a separate fund, but may commingle it with its other funds; (d) the sum deposited or the portion not previously applied shall be returned to Tenant without interest no later than 30 days after the expiration of the Sublease Term, provided Tenant has vacated and surrendered possession of the Premises to Landlord as required in this Sublease; (e) if Landlord terminates this Sublease or Tenant’s right to possession by reason of an Event of Default by Tenant, Landlord may apply the Security Deposit against damages suffered to the date of the termination and may retain the Security Deposit to apply against damages as may be suffered or shall accrue thereafter by reason of Tenant’s default; (f) if any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other creditor-debtor proceedings are instituted by or against Tenant, or its successors or assigns, the Security Deposit shall be deemed to be applied first to the payment of any Rent due Landlord for all periods prior to the institution of the proceedings, and the balance, if any, may be retained or paid to Landlord in partial liquidation of Landlord’s damages. At Tenant’s option, the Security Deposit may be provided either in the form of cash or as a letter of credit.
26.COMMUNICATIONS. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, agreements, or other communications (“Communications”) that may or are required to be given by either party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when received or refused if sent by United States registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or if sent by overnight commercial courier service (a) if to Tenant, addressed to Tenant at Tenant’s Address or at such other place as Tenant may from time to time designate by notice to Landlord or (b) if to Landlord, addressed to Landlord at Landlord’s Address or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate by notice to Tenant. Each party agrees to deliver promptly a copy of each Communication from the other party to Prime Landlord, and to deliver promptly to the other party a copy of any Communication received from Prime Landlord. The copies shall be delivered by commercial courier for delivery on the next business day.
27.PROVISIONS REGARDING SUBLEASE. This Sublease and all the rights of parties under it are subject and subordinate to the Prime Lease. Each party agrees that it will not, by its act or omission to act, cause a default under the Prime Lease. In furtherance of the foregoing, the parties confirm, each to the other, that it is not practical in this Sublease agreement to enumerate all of the rights and obligations of the various parties under the Prime Lease and to specifically allocate those rights and obligations in this Sublease agreement. Accordingly, in order to afford to Tenant the benefits of this Sublease and of those provisions of the Prime Lease that by their nature are intended to benefit the party in possession of the Premises, and in order to protect Landlord against a default by Tenant that might cause a default or event of default by Landlord under the Prime Lease, the parties agree:
A.Landlord shall pay, when due, all base rent, additional rent and other charges payable by Landlord to Prime Landlord under the Prime Lease.
B.Landlord shall fully and timely perform its covenants and obligations under the Prime Lease that do not require possession of the Premises for their performance. For example, Landlord shall at all times keep in full force and effect all insurance required of Landlord as tenant under the Prime Lease unless that requirement is waived in writing by Prime Landlord. In the event that Landlord receives a notice of default from Prime Landlord under the Prime Lease, Landlord shall promptly deliver a true and correct copy of the same to Tenant. If Landlord is unable or unwilling to so cure such default, Landlord shall deliver such notice to Tenant, who shall have the right, but not the obligation, to so cure such default and offset any related costs under this Sublease; provided, however, that any such actions to cure shall comply in all respects with the terms and obligations of Landlord as tenant under the Prime Lease. Landlord further covenants and agrees that it will not terminate, modify or amend the Prime Lease during the Term of the Sublease. Provided Tenant shall timely pay to Landlord all Rent due under this Sublease, Landlord further covenants and agrees to pay Prime Landlord all Rent and other charges that may become due and payable by Landlord pursuant to the Prime Lease, as and when such amounts become due and payable thereunder.
C.Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Sublease, to the extent the terms of the Prime Lease are incorporated herein, during the Sublease Term, Tenant shall perform all affirmative covenants and shall refrain from performing any act that is prohibited by the negative covenants of the Prime Lease, where the obligation to perform or refrain from performing is by its nature imposed upon the party in possession of the Premises. If practicable, Tenant shall perform affirmative covenants that are also covenants of Landlord under the Prime Lease prior to the date when Landlord’s performance is required under the Prime Lease. Landlord shall have the right to enter the Premises upon reasonable notice of not less than 24 hours (except in the event of an emergency) after the occurrence of an Event of Default to cure any Event of Default by Tenant under this Section.
D.The Subject to the terms and conditions of this Sublease as set forth herein, during the Term, the remaining Articles, Sections and paragraphs of the Prime Lease are hereby incorporated into this Sublease by this reference; however, the following provisions of the Prime Lease are hereby excluded from incorporation: Basic Lease Information, 4.3 and Article 18, Exhibit G and Exhibit X.
E.Landlord shall not agree to any amendment to the Prime Lease that might have an adverse effect on Tenant’s occupancy of the Premises or its use of the Premises for their intended purpose, unless Landlord shall first obtain Tenant’s prior approval.
F.Landlord grants to Tenant the right to receive all of the services and benefits with respect to the Premises that are to be provided by Prime Landlord under the Prime Lease. Landlord shall have no duty to perform any obligations of Prime Landlord that are, by their nature, the obligation of an owner or manager of real property. For example, Landlord shall not be required to provide the services or repairs that the Prime Landlord is required to provide under the Prime Lease. Landlord shall have no responsibility for or be liable to Tenant for any default, failure, or delay on the part of Prime Landlord in the performance or observance by Prime Landlord of any of its obligations under the Prime Lease, nor shall any default by Prime Landlord affect this Sublease or waive or defer the performance of any of Tenant’s obligations under this Sublease, except to the extent that the default by Prime Landlord excuses performance by Landlord as tenant under the Prime Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties contemplate that Prime Landlord will perform its obligations under the Prime Lease and in the event of any default or failure of performance by Prime Landlord, Landlord agrees that it will, upon notice from Tenant, make demand upon Prime Landlord to perform its obligations under the Prime Lease, and if Tenant agrees to pay all costs and expenses of Landlord (to be shared by Landlord pro rata if Prime Landlord’s default adversely affects Landlord), and provides Landlord with security for that payment reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, Landlord will take appropriate legal action to enforce the Prime Lease.
28.ADDITIONAL SERVICES. Landlord shall cooperate with Tenant to cause Prime Landlord to provide services required by Tenant in addition to those otherwise required to be provided by Prime Landlord under the Prime Lease (such as after-hours heating or cooling). Tenant shall pay Prime Landlord’s charge for those services promptly after having been billed by Prime Landlord or by Landlord. If at any time a charge for the additional services is attributable to the use of the services both by Landlord and by Tenant, the cost shall be equitably divided between them.
29.PRIME LANDLORD’S CONSENT. This Sublease and the obligations of the parties under it are expressly conditioned upon Landlord’s obtaining Prime Landlord’s consent to this Sublease. Tenant shall promptly deliver to Landlord any information reasonably requested by Prime Landlord (in connection with Prime Landlord’s approval of this Sublease) with respect to the nature and operation of Tenant’s business, the financial condition of Tenant, or both. Landlord and Tenant agree, for the benefit of Prime Landlord, that this Sublease and Prime Landlord’s consent hereto shall not: (a) create privity of contract between Prime Landlord and Tenant; (b) be deemed to have amended the Prime Lease in any regard (unless Prime Landlord shall have expressly agreed to the amendment); or (c) be construed as a waiver of Prime Landlord’s right to consent to any assignment of the Prime Lease by Landlord or any further subletting of premises leased pursuant to the Prime Lease, or as a waiver of Prime Landlord’s right to consent to any assignment by Tenant of this Sublease or any sub-subletting of all or any part of the Premises. Prime Landlord’s consent shall, however, be deemed to evidence Prime Landlord’s agreement that Tenant may use the Premises for Tenant’s Use and Tenant shall be entitled to any waiver of claims and of the right of subrogation for damage to Prime Landlord’s property if and to the extent that the Prime Lease provides
such waivers for the benefit of Landlord. Landlord shall use good faith, commercially reasonable efforts to secure Prime Landlord’s consent. If, despite such efforts, Prime Landlord fails to consent to this Sublease within 45 days after the execution and delivery of this Sublease, either party may terminate this Sublease by giving ten (10) days’ written notice to the other at any time thereafter, but before Prime Landlord grants consent.
30.BROKERAGE. Each party warrants to the other that it has had no dealings with any broker in connection with this Sublease other than the Broker(s), whose commission shall be paid by Landlord. Each party agrees to Indemnify the other party from and as to any liability for any compensation claimed by any broker or agent other than Broker(s) with respect to this Sublease or its negotiation on behalf of the party through whom the claim is made.
31.FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party shall be deemed in default with respect to any of its obligations under this Sublease if that party’s failure to perform timely is due in whole or in part to any strike, lockout, labor trouble (whether legal or illegal), civil disorder, failure of power, restrictive governmental laws and regulations, riots, insurrections, war, shortages, accidents, casualties, acts of God, acts caused directly by the other party or its agents, employees, and invitees, or any other cause beyond that party’s reasonable control.
32.DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.
A.The words “including,” “include,” or “includes” or words of similar import shall not, unless otherwise provided, be construed as words of limitation.
B.The words “structure” or “structural” shall have the definition ascribed to it in the Prime Lease or, if no definition is given there, “structure” or “structural” shall mean that portion of the Building that is integral to the integrity of the Building as an existing enclosed unit and shall include footings, foundation, outside walls, skeleton, bearing columns and interior bearing walls, floor slabs, roof, and roofing system.
C.The phrase “not unreasonably withheld” means “not unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned”.
D.“Indemnify” includes indemnify, hold harmless, and defend against any loss, liability, claim, charge, cost, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses).
33.FF&E. Upon the Commencement Date, Landlord shall convey to Tenant with this Sublease as a Bill of Sale, without further payment or credit by Tenant to Landlord, that certain furniture, fixtures and equipment (“FF&E”) located in the Premises and listed on the attached Exhibit A (“Inventory”). Tenant agrees that it is accepting the FF&E in its “as is, where is, with all faults” condition without any representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied, from Landlord including, without limitation, any warranties as to condition or fitness, except that Landlord represents and warrants that it holds title to the FF&E free and clear of all encumbrances. Landlord shall have no obligation to repair, maintain, or replace the FF&E. Tenant shall remove the FF&E upon surrender of the Premises.
34.SECURITY/BADGE ACCESS: Landlord shall transfer to Tenant its existing security/badge access equipment installed at the Premises without further payment or credit by Tenant to Landlord.
The parties have executed this Sublease the day and year first above written. LANDLORD:
Paxio, Inc., a California corporation
By: | /s/ Philip Clark | |
Name: | Phillip Clark | |
Title: | CEO | |
TENANT:
Oklo Inc., a Delaware corporation
By: | /s/ Jacob DeWitte | |
Name: | Jacob DeWitte | |
Title: | CEO | |
EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT B
Exhibit 23.2
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent
We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of AltC Acquisition Corp. on Form S-4 of our report dated March 31, 2023, which includes an explanatory paragraph as to AltC Acquisition Corp.’s ability to continue as a going concern, with respect to our audits of the financial statements of AltC Acquisition Corp. as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from February 1, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, which report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.
/s/ Marcum llp
Marcum llp
New York, NY
September 27, 2023
Exhibit 23.3
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent
We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of Oklo Inc. on Form S-4 of our report dated September 27, 2023, which includes an explanatory paragraph as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, with respect to our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Oklo Inc. as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, which report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.
Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in the method of accounting for leases effective January 1, 2021 due to the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02 (Topic 842).
/s/ Marcum llp
Marcum llp
Los Angeles, CA
September 27, 2023
Exhibit 99.1
September 27, 2023
AltC Acquisition Corp.
640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Consent to Reference in Proxy Statement/Prospectus/Consent Solicitation Statement
AltC Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is filing a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In connection therewith, I hereby consent, pursuant to Rule 438 promulgated under the Securities Act, to being named and described in the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement, and any and all amendments or supplements thereto, included in such Registration Statement, as a future member of the board of directors of the Company, such appointment to commence immediately upon the closing of the business combination described in the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jacob DeWitte | |
Jacob DeWitte | |
Exhibit 99.2
September 27, 2023
AltC Acquisition Corp.
640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Consent to Reference in Proxy Statement/Prospectus/Consent Solicitation Statement
AltC Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is filing a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In connection therewith, I hereby consent, pursuant to Rule 438 promulgated under the Securities Act, to being named and described in the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement, and any and all amendments or supplements thereto, included in such Registration Statement, as a future member of the board of directors of the Company, such appointment to commence immediately upon the closing of the business combination described in the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement.
Sincerely,
/s/ Caroline Cochran |
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Caroline Cochran | | |
Exhibit 99.3
CONSENT OF OCEAN TOMO, A PART OF J.S. HELD
AltC Acquisition Corp.
10 East 53rd Street
17th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Board of Directors of AltC Acquisition Corp:
Ocean Tomo, a Part of J.S. Held, hereby consents to the inclusion of (i) summaries of and excerpts from our fairness opinion (the “Opinion”), dated July 11, 2023, to the Board of Directors of AltC Acquisition Corp. (“AltC”) in the filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of AltC that is being filed on or promptly after the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Registration Statement”), including, (A) the description of certain financial analyses underlying the Opinion and (B) certain terms of our engagement by AltC, and (ii) the Opinion as Annex H to the Registration Statement .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that our consent is being delivered solely in connection with the filing of the above–mentioned version of the Registration Statement and that our opinions are not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to in whole or in part in any registration statement (including any subsequent amendments to the above–mentioned Registration Statement), proxy statement/prospectus or any other document, except in accordance with our prior written consent. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under, and we do not admit that we are “experts” for purposes of, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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| /s/ Gregory Campanella |
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| | Gregory Campanella |
| | Managing Director |
| | Ocean Tomo, a Part of J.S. Held |
Exhibit 107
EX-FILING FEES
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
Form S-4
(Form Type)
AltC Acquisition Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities
Security Type |
Security Class Title | Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule |
Amount Registered(1) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Fee Rate(4) | Amount of Registration Fee | |
Fees to be paid | Equity |
Post-Closing Company Class A common stock |
Rule 457(f)(2) | 92,832,673(2) | N/A(3) | $3,094.42 | 0.0001102 | $0.34 |
Total Offering Amounts | $3,094.42 | $0.34 | ||||||
Total Fees Previously Paid | — | |||||||
Total Fee Offsets | — | |||||||
Net Fee Due | $0.34 |
(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from share splits, share dividends or similar transactions. |
(2) | The number of shares Post-Closing Company Class A common stock (as defined in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement) being registered is equal to 92,832,673 and represents (i) 77,832,673 shares of AltC Class A common stock (as defined in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement) issued as Closing Merger Consideration (as defined in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement) and (ii) up to 15,000,000 shares of Post-Closing Company Class A common stock that may be issued as Earnout Consideration (as defined in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement). |
(3) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(f)(2) of the Securities Act. Oklo (as defined in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement) is a private company, no market exists for its securities, and it has an accumulated deficit. Therefore, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price is one-third of the aggregate par value of the Oklo shares expected to be exchanged in connection with the business combination. |
(4) | Determined in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Securities Act at a rate equal to $110.20 per $1,000,000 of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. |