Cayman Islands
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6770
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98-1590223
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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
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Michael R. Littenberg, Esq.
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Alan I. Annex, Esq.
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Ropes & Gray LLP
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Joseph A. Herz, Esq.
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1211 Avenue of the Americas
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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New York, New York 10036
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MetLife Building
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Tel: (212) 596-6000
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200 Park Ave
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Fax: (212) 596-9090
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New York, New York 10166
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Tel: (305) 579-0200
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Fax: (305) 579-0500
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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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Title of Each Class of Security Being Registered
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Amount Being
Registered
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Proposed Maximum
Offering Price per
Security(1)
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Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price(1)
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Amount of
Registration
Fee
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Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant to acquire one Class A ordinary share(2)
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23,000,000 units
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$10.00
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$230,000,000
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$21,321
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Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units(3)
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23,000,000 shares
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Redeemable warrants to acquire one Class A ordinary share included as part of the units(3)
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11,500,000 warrants
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—(4)
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Total
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$230,000,000
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$21,321
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(1)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
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(2)
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Includes 3,000,000 units, consisting of 3,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 1,500,000 redeemable warrants, which may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any.
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Pursuant to Rule 416(a), there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from share sub-division, share dividend, or similar transactions.
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(4)
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No fee pursuant to Rule 457(g).
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Per Unit
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Total
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Public offering price
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$10.00
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$200,000,000
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Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)
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$0.55
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$11,000,000
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Proceeds, before expenses, to us
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$9.45
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$189,000,000
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Includes $0.35 per unit, or $7,000,000 in the aggregate (or $8,050,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein and released to the underwriters only upon the consummation of an initial business combination. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters.
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“amended and restated memorandum and articles of association” are to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the company in place upon the consummation of this offering;
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“Companies Act” are to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended from time to time;
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“completion window” are to (i) the 18-month period from the closing of this offering in which we must complete an initial business combination (or within 21 months from the closing of this offering if we have executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering, but have not yet completed our initial business combination within such 18-month period), (ii) the 21-month or 24-month period from the closing of this offering in which we must complete an initial business combination if we extend the period of time for us to consummate our initial business combination one or two times, respectively, as described herein (or within 24 months or 27 months, as applicable, from the closing of this offering if we have executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for our initial business combination within 21 months or 24 months, respectively, from the closing of this offering but have not completed our initial business combination within the applicable period), and (iii) such other time period in which we must consummate an initial business combination pursuant to an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association;
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“extension loans” are to any loans that may be made by our sponsor or its affiliates or designees to us in respect of any amounts deposited into the trust account to effect any extensions to the applicable deadlines of the completion window to complete an initial business combination as further described in this prospectus;
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“founder shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares initially issued to our sponsor in a private placement prior to this offering and the Class A ordinary shares that will be issued upon the automatic conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof (for the avoidance of doubt, such Class A ordinary shares will not be “public shares”);
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“initial shareholders” are to our sponsor and our independent directors holding founder shares at the closing of this offering;
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“management” or our “management team” are to our executive officers and directors (including our directors nominees that will become directors in connection with the consummation of this offering);
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“ordinary resolution” are to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy at a general meeting of the company and entitled to vote on such matter or a resolution approved in writing by all of the holders of the issued shares entitled to vote on such matter;
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“ordinary shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares and our Class B ordinary shares;
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“private placement warrants” are to the warrants to be issued to our sponsor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of this offering and upon conversion of working capital loans and extension loans, if any;
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“public shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market);
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“public shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our sponsor and management team to the extent our sponsor and/or members of our management team purchase public shares, provided that our sponsor’s and each member of our management team’s status as a “public shareholder” will only exist with respect to such public shares;
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“Sculptor” or “Sculptor Capital” are to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation, an affiliate of our sponsor;
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“Sculptor Funds” are to, collectively, investment funds, vehicles and accounts advised, managed or sponsored by Sculptor Capital LP and its relying advisers, indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Sculptor;
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“Sculptor Real Estate” are to Sculptor Real Estate Advisors LP, a Delaware limited partnership;
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“special resolution” are to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority (or such higher threshold as specified in the company’s amended and restated articles of association) of the votes cast by the holders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy at a general meeting of the company and entitled to vote on such matter or a resolution approved in writing by all of the holders of the issued shares entitled to vote on such matter;
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“sponsor” are to Sculptor Acquisition Sponsor I, a Cayman Islands limited liability company;
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“we,” “us,” “our,” “company,” “Company,” or “our company” are to Sculptor Acquisition Corp I, a Cayman Islands exempted company; and
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“ working capital loans” are to any loans that may be made by our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors to us in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination as further described in this prospectus.
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Breadth of Experience. Throughout Sculptor Real Estate’s history, it has invested in 24 different real estate asset classes and has shifted its focus between traditional and non-traditional asset classes based on where it has found the most compelling opportunities at different points in time. It was this strategy that led Sculptor Real Estate to generate above market returns during the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 by finding compelling opportunistic investments in less correlated, non-traditional real estate asset classes, such as cellular towers and Native American gaming. Similarly, after a rebound in market conditions following the Global Financial Crisis, this same strategy led Sculptor Real Estate to target less correlated, real estate-related asset classes, such as drive-to ski, golf, marina and stadium and exhibition.
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Extensive Network. Sculptor Real Estate has one of the real estate industry’s most diverse networks of strategic partners, including advisors, directors, operators, consultants and capital providers, across each of the 25 real estate-related asset classes in which it has invested as well as the new sectors that it is constantly exploring. We will utilize Sculptor Real Estate’s extensive network by tapping into the collective talent, expertise, and entrepreneurism of its relationships, which provides access to technology-augmented, high growth businesses on the forefront of space utilization, experiential consumer trends and innovative services.
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Operational Expertise. Since inception, Sculptor Real Estate has focused on certain investment strategies that leverage Sculptor Real Estate’s operational expertise, the possession of which has allowed Sculptor Real Estate to differentiate itself from other capital providers and to secure proprietary deal flow. Historically, this has included a wide range of investment strategies, including homebuilding, cell towers, cold chain logistics, senior care, Native American casinos, distributed gaming, stadium and exhibition, outdoor leisure, and various others. We expect to benefit from the continued application of, and differentiation provided by, the operating expertise that the Sculptor Real Estate platform has developed.
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Team Continuity. The senior members of Sculptor Real Estate’s team have been working together since Sculptor Real Estate’s first fund, which launched in 2005, enhancing consistency in sourcing, underwriting, structuring, diligence, and, most importantly, returns. Sculptor Real Estate has historically been able to attract and retain top talent by providing exceptional development opportunities by allowing team members to take ownership over certain asset classes or product types. The historic increase in the size of Sculptor Real Estate’s funds has been driven by the growth of its team and its capabilities, not vice versa.
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Sculptor Platform. We will seek to leverage the full breadth of Sculptor’s investment platform, which we believe will provide a competitive advantage over other blank check companies that do not enjoy similar benefits from having a deep relationship with a diverse global asset management platform. Sculptor’s 100+ investment professionals and their comprehensive network of business contacts with leading financial institutions and major multinational corporations have proven valuable in sourcing, evaluating and managing investments throughout
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Innovative, market-leading companies that are positioned to create sustainable competitive advantages;
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Strong management teams with a proven track record establishing and growing businesses;
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Ability to deliver strong revenue growth and profitable unit economics;
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Shared vision that will benefit from Sculptor’s operating and capital markets expertise and differentiated industry network;
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Will benefit from access to capital in order to accelerate growth and shareholder value creation; and
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Attractive valuations based on disciplined and highly informed underwriting that provide significant upside potential.
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one Class A ordinary share; and
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one-half of one redeemable warrant.
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(1)
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Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
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Founder shares are currently classified as Class B ordinary shares, which shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described below adjacent to the caption “Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights” and in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account if we do not consummate an initial business combination.
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Includes 750,000 founder shares that are subject to forfeiture.
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Includes 20,000,000 public shares and 5,000,000 founder shares, assuming 750,000 founder shares have been forfeited.
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30 days after the completion of our initial business combination; and
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twelve months from the closing of this offering;
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in whole and not in part;
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at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
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upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, which we refer to as the “30-day redemption period”; and
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if, and only if, the last reported sale price (the “closing price”) of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “Description of Securities—Warrants—Public Shareholders’ Warrants—Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 10 trading days within a 20-trading day period commencing no earlier than the date the warrants become exercisable and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders (the “20-day Reference Period”).
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in whole and not in part;
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at $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of Class A ordinary shares determined by reference to the table set forth under “Description of Securities—Warrants—Public Shareholders’ Warrants— Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00” based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of our Class A ordinary shares (as defined below) except as otherwise described in “Description of Securities—Warrants—Public Shareholders’ Warrants— Redemption of warrants when the price per of Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00”; and
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if, and only if, the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “Description of Securities—Warrants—Public Shareholders’ Warrants—Antidilution Adjustments”) for any 10 trading days within the 20-day Reference Period.
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The founder shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering, except that:
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prior to our initial business combination, only holders of the founder shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors and holders of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason by way of ordinary resolution;
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in a vote to continue the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (which requires a special resolution), holders of our founder shares will have ten votes for every founder share and holders of our Class A ordinary shares will have one vote for every Class A ordinary share;
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the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below;
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our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination within the completion window (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame). If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution, subject to any higher consent threshold as may be required by Cayman Islands or other applicable law, and pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. In such case, our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and public shares in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares, we would need 7,500,001, or 37.5% (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), or 1,250,001, or 6.3% (assuming only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), of the 20,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved, subject to any higher consent threshold as may be required
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the founder shares will automatically convert into our Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described below adjacent to the caption “Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights” and in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association; and
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the founder shares are entitled to registration rights.
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the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not held in the trust account, which will be approximately $850,000 in working capital after the payment of approximately $1,150,000 in expenses relating to this offering; and
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any loans or additional investments from our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors, although they are under no obligation to advance funds to us in such circumstances, and provided any such loans will not have any claim on the proceeds held in the trust account unless such proceeds are released to us upon completion of our initial business combination.
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conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and
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file proxy materials with the SEC.
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conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and
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file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination that contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies.
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Repayment of up to an aggregate of $300,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses;
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Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating, negotiating and completing an initial business combination; and
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Repayment of loans which may be made by our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or
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We are a recently incorporated company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.
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Past performance by Sculptor and the Sculptor Funds, as well as our management team, directors and advisors, is not indicative of future performance of an investment in the company or in the future performance of any business we may acquire.
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Our shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our shareholders do not support such a combination.
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Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash.
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If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor and members of our management team have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.
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The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.
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The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.
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The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.
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The requirement that we consummate an initial business combination within the completion window may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.
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Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the status of debt and equity markets.
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We may not be able to consummate an initial business combination within the completion window , in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate.
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If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase public shares or warrants, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants.
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If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
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You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. Therefore, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
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The NYSE may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
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The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares may significantly dilute the implied value of your public shares in the event we complete an initial business combination. In addition, the value of the sponsor’s founder shares will be significantly greater than the amount our sponsor paid to purchase such shares in the event we complete an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our Class A ordinary shares to materially decline.
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You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies.
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If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares, you will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares.
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Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per public share (or $10.30 or $10.40 per share, as applicable, if we extend the completion window), or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
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If the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate for the completion window, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and our ability to complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination.
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We have the right to extend the term we have to consummate our initial business combination up to two times for up to an additional 3 months each time, without providing our shareholders with voting or redemption rights relating thereto.
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The other risks and uncertainties discussed in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus.
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June 30, 2021
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Balance Sheet Data:
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Working capital (deficiency)
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$(417,717)
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Total assets
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$373,988
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Total liabilities
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$417,717
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Shareholder’s deficit
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$(43,729)
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restrictions on the nature of our investments; and
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restrictions on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
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registration as an investment company with the SEC;
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adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and
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reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations that we are currently not subject to.
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may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares;
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may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;
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could cause a change in control if a substantial number of Class A ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
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may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us;
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may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants; and
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may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants.
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solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset; or
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dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services.
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default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
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acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
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our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand;
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our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding;
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our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares;
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using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our Class A ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
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limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;
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increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and
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limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.
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costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations;
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rules and regulations regarding currency redemption;
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complex corporate withholding taxes on individuals;
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laws governing the manner in which future business combinations may be effected;
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exchange listing and/or delisting requirements;
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tariffs and trade barriers;
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regulations related to customs and import/export matters;
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local or regional economic policies and market conditions;
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unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;
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longer payment cycles;
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tax issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States;
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currency fluctuations and exchange controls;
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rates of inflation;
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challenges in collecting accounts receivable;
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cultural and language differences;
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employment regulations;
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underdeveloped or unpredictable legal or regulatory systems;
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corruption;
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protection of intellectual property;
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social unrest, crime, strikes, riots and civil disturbances;
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regime changes and political upheaval;
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terrorist attacks, natural disasters, pandemics and wars; and
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•
|
deterioration of political relations with the United States.
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•
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a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
|
•
|
reduced liquidity for our securities;
|
•
|
a determination that our Class A ordinary shares are a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;
|
•
|
a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and
|
•
|
a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
|
•
|
we have a board that includes a majority of “independent directors,” as defined under the NYSE rules;
|
•
|
require a compensation committee of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and
|
•
|
require a nominating and corporate governance committee of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities.
|
Public shares
|
| |
20,000,000
|
Founder shares
|
| |
5,000,000
|
Total shares
|
| |
25,000,000
|
Total funds in trust available for initial business combination (less deferred underwriting commissions)
|
| |
$197,000,000
|
Public shareholders’ investment per Class A ordinary share(1)
|
| |
$10.20
|
Our sponsor’s investment per Class B ordinary share(2)
|
| |
$0.005
|
Implied value per Class A ordinary share upon the initial business combination(3)
|
| |
$7.88
|
(1)
|
While the public shareholders’ investment is in both the public shares and the public warrants, for purposes of this table the full investment amount is ascribed to the public shares only.
|
(2)
|
The sponsor’s total investment in the equity of the Company, inclusive of the founder shares and the sponsor’s $10,000,000 (assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised) investment in the private placement warrants, is $10,025,000 (assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised). For purposes of this table, the full investment amount is ascribed to the founder shares only.
|
(3)
|
All founder shares held by our initial shareholders would automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares upon completion of our initial business combination.
|
•
|
the history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies;
|
•
|
prior offerings of those companies;
|
•
|
our prospects for acquiring an operating business at attractive values;
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•
|
a review of debt-to-equity ratios in leveraged transactions;
|
•
|
our capital structure;
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•
|
an assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies;
|
•
|
general conditions of the securities markets at the time of this offering; and
|
•
|
other factors as were deemed relevant.
|
•
|
our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses;
|
•
|
our ability to complete our initial business combination;
|
•
|
our expectations around the performance of a prospective target business or businesses;
|
•
|
our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;
|
•
|
our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination;
|
•
|
our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination;
|
•
|
our pool of prospective target businesses;
|
•
|
our ability to consummate an initial business combination due to the continued uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic;
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•
|
the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential business combination opportunities;
|
•
|
our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;
|
•
|
the lack of a market for our securities;
|
•
|
the use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance;
|
•
|
the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; or
|
•
|
our financial performance following this offering.
|
|
| |
Without
Over-allotment
Option
|
| |
Over-allotment
Option
Exercised
|
Gross proceeds
|
| |
|
| |
|
Gross proceeds from units offered to public(1)
|
| |
$200,000,000
|
| |
$230,000,000
|
Gross proceeds from private placement warrants offered in the private placement
|
| |
$10,000,000
|
| |
$11,200,000
|
Total gross proceeds
|
| |
$210,000,000
|
| |
$241,200,000
|
Estimated offering expenses(2)
|
| |
|
| |
|
Underwriting commissions (2.0% of gross proceeds from units offered to public, excluding deferred portion)(3)
|
| |
$4,000,000
|
| |
$4,600,000
|
Legal fees and expenses
|
| |
$400,000
|
| |
$400,000
|
Printing and engraving expenses
|
| |
$40,000
|
| |
$40,000
|
Accounting fees and expenses
|
| |
$65,000
|
| |
$65,000
|
SEC/FINRA Expenses
|
| |
$60,093
|
| |
$60,093
|
NYSE listing and filing fees
|
| |
$85,000
|
| |
$85,000
|
Miscellaneous
|
| |
$499,907
|
| |
$499,907
|
Total estimated offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions)
|
| |
$1,150,000
|
| |
$1,150,000
|
Proceeds after estimated offering expenses
|
| |
$204,850,000
|
| |
$235,450,000
|
Held in trust account(3)
|
| |
$204,000,000
|
| |
$234,600,000
|
% of public offering size
|
| |
102%
|
| |
102%
|
Not held in trust account
|
| |
$850,000
|
| |
$850,000
|
|
| |
Amount
|
| |
% of Total
|
Legal, accounting, due diligence, travel, and other expenses in connection with any business combination(7)
|
| |
$150,000
|
| |
17.6%
|
Legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations
|
| |
$50,000
|
| |
5.9%
|
Director & Officer liability insurance premiums(4)
|
| |
$350,000
|
| |
41.2%
|
Payment for continued listing fees
|
| |
$85,000
|
| |
10.0%
|
Working capital to cover miscellaneous expenses and reserves
|
| |
$215,000
|
| |
25.3%
|
Total
|
| |
$850,000
|
| |
100.0%
|
(1)
|
Includes amounts payable to public shareholders who properly redeem their shares in connection with our successful completion of our initial business combination.
|
(2)
|
A portion of the offering expenses will be paid from the proceeds of loans from our sponsor of up to $300,000 as described in this prospectus. To date, we have borrowed approximately $121,000 under the promissory note with our sponsor. These amounts will be repaid upon completion of this offering out of the offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) and not to be held in the trust account. In the event that offering expenses are less than as set forth in this table, any such amounts will be used for post-closing working capital expenses. In the event that the offering expenses are more than as set forth in this table, we may fund such excess with funds not held in the trust account.
|
(3)
|
The underwriter has agreed to defer underwriting commissions of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering. Upon and concurrently with the completion of our initial business combination, $7,000,000, which constitutes the underwriters’ deferred commissions (or $8,050,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be paid to the underwriters from the funds held in the trust account. See “Underwriting.” The remaining funds, less amounts released to the trustee to pay redeeming shareholders, will be released to us and can be used to pay all or a portion of the purchase price of the business or
|
(4)
|
This amount represents the approximate amount of annualized director and officer liability insurance premiums we anticipate paying following the completion of this offering and until we complete a business combination.
|
(5)
|
These expenses are estimates only. Our actual expenditures for some or all of these items may differ from the estimates set forth herein. For example, we may incur greater legal and accounting expenses than our current estimates in connection with negotiating and structuring our initial business combination based upon the level of complexity of such business combination. In the event we identify a business combination target in a specific industry subject to specific regulations, we may incur additional expenses associated with legal due diligence and the engagement of special legal counsel. In addition, our staffing needs may vary and as a result, we may engage a number of consultants to assist with legal and financial due diligence. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the current categories of allocated expenses, which fluctuations, to the extent they exceed current estimates for any specific category of expenses, would not be available for our expenses. The amount in the table above does not include interest available to us from the trust account. We do not expect to invest the proceeds held in the trust account. However, we may, in our sole discretion, decide to invest the proceeds in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Assuming an interest rate of 0.2% per year, we estimate the interest earned on the trust account will be approximately $408,000 per year; however, we can provide no assurances regarding this amount.
|
(6)
|
Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
|
(7)
|
Includes estimated amounts that may also be used in connection with our initial business combination to fund a “no shop” provision and commitment fees for financing.
|
|
| |
Without
Over-allotment
|
| |
With
Over-allotment
|
Public offering price
|
| |
$10.00
|
| |
$10.00
|
Net tangible book deficit before this offering
|
| |
(0.07)
|
| |
(0.07)
|
Decrease attributable to public shareholders
|
| |
(6.55)
|
| |
(6.50)
|
Pro forma net tangible book deficit after this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants
|
| |
(6.62)
|
| |
(6.57)
|
Dilution to public shareholders
|
| |
$16.62
|
| |
$16.57
|
Percentage of dilution to public shareholders
|
| |
166.2%
|
| |
165.7%
|
|
| |
Shares Purchased
|
| |
Total Consideration
|
| |
Average
Price
per
Share
|
||||||
|
| |
Number
|
| |
Percentage
|
| |
Amount
|
| |
Percentage
|
| ||
Class B Ordinary Shares(1)
|
| |
5,000,000
|
| |
20.0%
|
| |
$25,000
|
| |
0.01%
|
| |
$0.005
|
Public Shareholders
|
| |
20,000,000
|
| |
80.0%
|
| |
200,000,000
|
| |
99.99%
|
| |
$10.00
|
|
| |
25,000,000
|
| |
100.0%
|
| |
$200,025,000
|
| |
100.00%
|
| |
|
(1)
|
Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and the corresponding forfeiture of 750,000 Class B ordinary shares held by our sponsor.
|
|
| |
Without Over-
allotment
|
| |
With Over-
allotment
|
Numerator:
|
| |
|
| |
|
Net tangible book deficit before this offering
|
| |
$(417,717)
|
| |
$(417,717)
|
Net proceeds from this offering and sale of the private placement warrants(1)
|
| |
204,850,000
|
| |
235,450,000
|
Plus: Offering costs paid in advance, excluded from tangible book deficit
|
| |
373,988
|
| |
373,988
|
Less: Deferred underwriting commissions
|
| |
(7,000,000)
|
| |
(8,050,000)
|
Less: Derivative warrant liabilities(2)
|
| |
(26,900,000)
|
| |
(30,518,000)
|
Less: Proceeds held in trust subject to redemption(3)
|
| |
(204,000,000)
|
| |
(234,600,000)
|
|
| |
$(33,093,729)
|
| |
$(37,761,729)
|
Denominator:
|
| |
|
| |
|
Ordinary shares outstanding prior to this offering
|
| |
5,750,000
|
| |
5,750,000
|
Ordinary shares forfeited if over-allotment is not exercised
|
| |
(750,000)
|
| |
—
|
Ordinary shares included in the units offered
|
| |
20,000,000
|
| |
23,000,000
|
Less: Ordinary shares subject to redemption
|
| |
(20,000,000)
|
| |
(23,000,000)
|
|
| |
5,000,000
|
| |
5,750,000
|
(1)
|
Expenses applied against gross proceeds include offering expenses of $1,150,000 and underwriting commissions of $4,000,000 or $4,600,000 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option (excluding deferred underwriting fees). See ”Use of Proceeds.”
|
(2)
|
Based on a valuation as of October 4, 2021.
|
(3)
|
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares or warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. In the event of any such purchases of our shares prior to the completion of our initial business combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption will be reduced by the amount of any such purchases, increasing the pro forma net tangible book value per share. See “Proposed Business Effecting Our Initial Business Combination—Effecting Our Initial Business Combination—Permitted Purchases and Other Transactions with Respect to Our Securities.”
|
|
| |
June 30, 2021
|
|||
|
| |
Actual
|
| |
As Adjusted(1)
|
Note payable to related party(2)
|
| |
$100,943
|
| |
$—
|
Deferred underwriting commissions
|
| |
—
|
| |
7,000,000
|
Derivative warrant liabilities(3)
|
| |
|
| |
26,900,000
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized; -0- and 20,000,000 shares are subject to possible redemption, respectively(4)
|
| |
—
|
| |
204,000,000
|
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 5,750,000 and 5,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted, respectively
|
| |
575
|
| |
500
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
| |
24,425
|
| |
—
|
Accumulated deficit(5)
|
| |
(68,729)
|
| |
(33,094,229)
|
Total shareholders’ deficit
|
| |
$(43,729)
|
| |
$(33,093,729)
|
Total capitalization
|
| |
$57,214
|
| |
$204,806,271
|
(1)
|
Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and the corresponding forfeiture of 750,000 Class B ordinary shares held by our sponsor.
|
(2)
|
Our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. To date, we have borrowed approximately $121,000 under the promissory note with our sponsor.
|
(3)
|
We will account for the 20,000,000 warrants to be issued in connection with this offering (comprised of 10,000,000 warrants included in the units and 10,000,000 private placement warrants, assuming the underwriters’ overallotment option is not exercised) in accordance with the guidance contained in the Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815- 40. Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a liability. Accordingly, we will classify each warrant as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in our statement of operations. The warrants are also subject to re-evaluation of the proper classification and accounting treatment at each reporting period.
|
(4)
|
All of the 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in the offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such public shares in connection with our liquidation, if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with our initial business combination and in connection with certain amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. In accordance with SEC and its guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in the offering will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants), the initial carrying value of Class A ordinary shares classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. Our Class A ordinary shares are subject to ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, we have the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. We have elected to recognize the changes immediately. The accretion or remeasurement will be treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital).
|
(5)
|
As adjusted accumulated deficit includes transaction costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities and the immediate accretion of the carry value of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption value.
|
•
|
may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares;
|
•
|
may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;
|
•
|
could cause a change in control if a substantial number of our Class A ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
|
•
|
may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us;
|
•
|
may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants; and
|
•
|
may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants.
|
•
|
default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
|
•
|
acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
|
•
|
our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand;
|
•
|
our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding;
|
•
|
our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares;
|
•
|
using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our Class A ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
|
•
|
limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;
|
•
|
increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and
|
•
|
limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.
|
•
|
staffing for financial, accounting and external reporting areas, including segregation of duties;
|
•
|
reconciliation of accounts;
|
•
|
proper recording of expenses and liabilities in the period to which they relate;
|
•
|
evidence of internal review and approval of accounting transactions;
|
•
|
documentation of processes, assumptions and conclusions underlying significant estimates; and
|
•
|
documentation of accounting policies and procedures.
|
•
|
Breadth of Experience. Throughout Sculptor Real Estate’s history, it has invested in 24 different real estate asset classes and has shifted its focus between traditional and non-traditional asset classes based on where it has found the most compelling opportunities at different points in time. It was this strategy that led Sculptor Real Estate to generate above market returns during the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 by finding compelling opportunistic investments in less correlated, non-traditional real estate asset classes, such as cellular towers and Native American gaming. Similarly, after a rebound in market conditions following the Global Financial Crisis, this same strategy led Sculptor Real Estate to target less correlated, real estate-related asset classes, such as drive-to ski, golf, marina and stadium and exhibition.
|
•
|
Extensive Network. Sculptor Real Estate has one of the real estate industry’s most diverse networks of strategic partners, including advisors, directors, operators, consultants and capital providers, across each of the 25 real estate-related asset classes in which it has invested as well as the new sectors that it is constantly exploring. We will utilize Sculptor Real Estate’s extensive network by tapping into the collective talent, expertise, and entrepreneurism of its relationships, which provides access to technology-augmented, high growth businesses on the forefront of space utilization, experiential consumer trends and innovative services.
|
•
|
Operational Expertise. Since inception, Sculptor Real Estate has focused on certain investment strategies that leverage Sculptor Real Estate’s operational expertise, the possession of which
|
•
|
Team Continuity. The senior members of Sculptor Real Estate’s team have been working together since Sculptor Real Estate’s first fund in 2005, enhancing consistency in sourcing, underwriting, structuring, diligence, and, most importantly, returns. Sculptor Real Estate has historically been able to attract and retain top talent by providing exceptional development opportunities by allowing team members to take ownership over certain asset classes or product types. The historic increase in the size of Sculptor Real Estate’s funds has been driven by the growth of its team and its capabilities, not vice versa.
|
•
|
Sculptor Platform. We will seek to leverage the full breadth of Sculptor’s investment platform, which we believe will provide a competitive advantage over other blank check companies that do not enjoy similar benefits from having a deep relationship with a diverse global asset management platform. Sculptor’s 100+ investment professionals and their comprehensive network of business contacts with leading financial institutions and major multinational corporations have proven valuable in sourcing, evaluating and managing investments throughout its history. Moreover, Sculptor’s extensive capital markets presence, “cross-pollination” of credit, private investment, public markets and real estate investment disciplines, risk management abilities, public company infrastructure and controls and Sculptor’s “One Firm” culture have allowed Sculptor to quickly identify and capitalize on differentiated investment trends and opportunities across multiple sectors.
|
•
|
Innovative, market-leading companies that are positioned to create sustainable competitive advantages;
|
•
|
Strong management teams with a proven track record establishing and growing businesses;
|
•
|
Ability to deliver strong revenue growth and profitable unit economics;
|
•
|
Shared vision that will benefit from Sculptor’s operating and capital markets expertise and differentiated industry network;
|
•
|
Will benefit from access to capital in order to accelerate growth and shareholder value creation; and
|
•
|
Attractive valuations based on disciplined and highly informed underwriting that provide significant upside potential.
|
•
|
subject us to negative economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our initial business combination; and
|
•
|
cause us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products or services.
|
•
|
We issue ordinary shares that will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of our ordinary shares then-outstanding (other than in a public offering);
|
•
|
Any of our directors, officers or substantial security holder (as defined by the NYSE rules) has a 5% or greater interest (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater interest), directly or
|
•
|
The issuance or potential issuance of ordinary shares will result in our undergoing a change of control.
|
•
|
the timing of the transaction, including in the event we determine shareholder approval would require additional time and there is either not enough time to seek shareholder approval or doing so would place the company at a disadvantage in the transaction or result in other additional burdens on the company;
|
•
|
the expected cost of holding a shareholder vote;
|
•
|
the risk that the shareholders would fail to approve the proposed business combination;
|
•
|
other time and budget constraints of the company; and
|
•
|
additional legal complexities of a proposed business combination that would be time-consuming and burdensome to present to shareholders.
|
•
|
conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and
|
•
|
file proxy materials with the SEC.
|
•
|
conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and
|
•
|
file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies.
|
|
| |
Redemptions in
connection with Our
Initial Business
Combination
|
| |
Other Permitted
Purchases of Public
Shares by Our
Affiliates
|
| |
Redemption if We Fail
to Complete an Initial
Business Combination
|
Impact to remaining shareholders
|
| |
The redemptions in connection with our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for our remaining shareholders, who will bear the burden of the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable.
|
| |
If the permitted purchases described above are made, there would be no impact to our remaining shareholders because the purchase price would not be paid by us.
|
| |
The redemption of our public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for the shares held by our sponsor, who will be our only remaining shareholder after such redemptions.
|
|
| |
Terms of Our Offering
|
| |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
|
Escrow of offering proceeds
|
| |
$204,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants will be deposited into a trust account located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
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$170,100,000 of the offering proceeds, would be required to be deposited into either an escrow account with an insured depositary institution or in a separate bank account established by a broker-dealer in which the broker- dealer acts as trustee for persons having the beneficial interests in the account.
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Investment of net proceeds
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We do not expect to invest the $204,000,000 of net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants held in trust. However, we may decide, in our sole discretion, to invest the proceeds in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment
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Proceeds could be invested only in specified securities such as a money market fund meeting conditions of the Investment Company Act or in securities that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by, the United States.
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Terms of Our Offering
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Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
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Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.
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Receipt of interest on escrowed funds
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Interest income (if any) on proceeds from the trust account to be paid to shareholders is reduced by (i) any income taxes paid or payable and (ii) in the event of our liquidation for failure to complete our initial business combination within the allotted time, up to $100,000 of net interest that may be released to us should we have no or insufficient working capital to fund the costs and expenses of our dissolution and liquidation.
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Interest income on funds in escrow account would be held for the sole benefit of investors, unless and only after the funds held in escrow were released to us in connection with our completion of a business combination.
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Limitation on fair value or net assets of target business
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So long as our securities are then listed on the NYSE, our initial business combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriters fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. If our securities are not then listed on the NYSE for whatever reason, we would no longer be required to meet the foregoing 80% of net asset test.
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The fair value or net assets of a target business must represent at least 80% of the maximum offering proceeds.
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Trading of securities issued
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The units are expected to begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. We will file the
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No trading of the units or the underlying Class A ordinary shares and warrants would be permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this period, the securities would be held in the escrow or trust account.
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Terms of Our Offering
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Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
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Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the over-allotment option.
The units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination.
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Exercise of the warrants
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The warrants cannot be exercised until the later of 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination or twelve months from the closing of this offering.
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The warrants could be exercised prior to the completion of a business combination, but securities received and cash paid in connection with the exercise would be deposited in the escrow or trust account.
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Election to remain an investor
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We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash at a per share price equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our tax obligations, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described herein. We may not be required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement to hold a shareholder vote. If we are not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement and do not otherwise decide to hold a shareholder vote, we will, pursuant to our amended and
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A prospectus containing information pertaining to the business combination required by the SEC would be sent to each investor. Each investor would be given the opportunity to notify the company in writing, within a period of no less than 20 business days and no more than 45 business days from the effective date of a post-effective amendment to the company’s registration statement, to decide if he, she or it elects to remain a shareholder of the company or require the return of his, her or its investment. If the company has not received the notification by the end of the 45th business day, funds and interest or dividends, if any, held in the trust or escrow account are automatically returned to the shareholder. Unless a sufficient number of investors elect to remain investors, all funds on deposit in the escrow account must be returned to all of the investors
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Terms of Our Offering
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Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
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restated memorandum and articles of association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC and file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. If, however, we hold a shareholder vote, we will, like many blank check companies, offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution, subject to any higher consent threshold as may be required by Cayman Islands or other applicable law, and pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association require that at least five days’ notice will be given of any such general meeting.
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and none of the securities are issued.
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Business combination deadline
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If we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust
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If an acquisition has not been completed within 18 months after the effective date of the company’s registration statement, funds held in the trust or escrow account are returned to investors.
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Terms of Our Offering
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Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
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account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our tax obligations, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
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Release of funds
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Except for the withdrawal of interest income (if any) to pay our tax obligations, if any, none of the funds held in trust will be released from the trust account until the earliest of: (i) the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law, and (iii) the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within
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The proceeds held in the escrow account are not released until the earlier of the completion of a business combination or the failure to effect a business combination within the allotted time.
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Terms of Our Offering
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Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
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the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares.
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Name
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Age
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Position
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Steven Orbuch
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55
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Chief Executive Officer, Director
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Nicholas Hecker
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45
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Chief Investment Officer
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Dava Ritchea
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37
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Chief Financial Officer
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James Levin
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38
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Chairman, Director
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Wayne Cohen
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46
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Director
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Kristi Jackson
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53
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Independent Director Nominee
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Charmel Maynard
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36
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Independent Director Nominee
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Adam Rosenberg
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53
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Independent Director Nominee
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Ivy Zelman
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55
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Independent Director Nominee
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meeting with our independent registered public accounting firm regarding, among other issues, audits, and adequacy of our accounting and control systems;
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monitoring the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm;
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verifying the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law;
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inquiring and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
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pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed;
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appointing or replacing the independent registered public accounting firm;
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determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm (including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work;
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establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies;
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monitoring compliance on a quarterly basis with the terms of this offering and, if any noncompliance is identified, immediately taking all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise causing compliance with the terms of this offering; and
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reviewing and approving all payments made to our existing shareholders, executive officers or directors and their respective affiliates. Any payments made to members of our audit committee will be reviewed and approved by our board of directors, with the interested director or directors abstaining from such review and approval.
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should have demonstrated notable or significant achievements in business, education or public service;
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should possess the requisite intelligence, education and experience to make a significant contribution to the board of directors and bring a range of skills, diverse perspectives and backgrounds to its deliberations; and
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should have the highest ethical standards, a strong sense of professionalism and intense dedication to serving the interests of the shareholders.
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reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation;
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reviewing and approving the compensation of all of our other Section 16 executive officers;
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reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans;
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implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;
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assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
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approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive officers and employees;
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producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
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reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.
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duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole;
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duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose;
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directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion;
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duty to exercise powers fairly as between different sections of shareholders;
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duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the company and their personal interests; and
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duty to exercise independent judgment.
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Individual
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Entity
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Entity’s Business
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Affiliation
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Steven Orbuch
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Sculptor Real Estate Advisers LP
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Investment Firm
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President
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Nicholas Hecker
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Sculptor Real Estate Advisors LP
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Investment Firm
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Chief Investment Officer
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Dava Ritchea
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Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
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Investment Firm
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Chief Financial Officer
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James Levin
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Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
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Investment Firm
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Chief Investment Officer, Chief Executive Officer
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Wayne Cohen
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Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
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Investment Firm
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Chief Operating Officer
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Kristi Jackson
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TFA Capital Partners
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Investment Bank
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Co-Founder, Chairman
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Charmel Maynard
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University of Miami
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University
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Chief Investment Officer, Treasurer
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Adam Rosenberg
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GameCo
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Video Game Gambling
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Chief Executive Officer
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Ivy Zelman
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WDIB, LLC dba Zelman & Associates, a Walker & Dunlop Company
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Research Firm
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Executive Vice President, Research and Securities
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Our executive officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our executive officers is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation, and our executive officers are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs nor are they prohibited from sponsoring, or otherwise becoming involved with, any other blank check companies prior to us completing our initial business combination. See “Risk Factors—Our executive officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.”
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Our sponsor subscribed for founder shares prior to the date of this prospectus and will purchase private placement warrants in a transaction that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering.
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Our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with (i) the completion of our initial business combination, and (ii) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares. Additionally, our sponsor has agreed to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to its founder shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, the private placement warrants will expire worthless. Except as described herein, our sponsor and our directors and executive officers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Except as described herein, the private placement warrants and the warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and extension loans (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of such warrants) will not be transferable until 30 days following the completion of our initial business combination. Because each of our executive officers and director nominees will own ordinary shares or warrants directly or indirectly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination.
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Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors is included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.
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each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares;
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each of our executive officers, directors and director nominees that beneficially owns ordinary shares; and
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all our executive officers and directors as a group.
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Approximate Percentage of
Issued and Outstanding
Ordinary Shares
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
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Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned(2)
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Before
Offering
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After
Offering
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Sculptor Acquisition Sponsor I
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5,650,000(3)(4)
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98.2%
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19.6%
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Steven Orbuch
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Nicholas Hecker
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—
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—
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—
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Dava Ritchea
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—
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—
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—
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James Levin
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—
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—
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—
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Wayne Cohen
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—
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—
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—
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Kristi Jackson
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25,000
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*
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*
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Charmel Maynard
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25,000
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*
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*
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Adam Rosenberg
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25,000
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*
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*
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Ivy Zelman
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25,000
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*
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*
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All officers, directors and director nominees as a group (9 individuals)
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5,750,000
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100%
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20%
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Less than one percent.
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(1)
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Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of our shareholders is 9 West 57th Street, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
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(2)
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Interests shown consist solely of founder shares, classified as Class B ordinary shares. Such shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described in the section entitled “Description of Securities.”
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The shares reported above are held in the name of our sponsor. Our sponsor is controlled by Sculptor Capital LP. Sculptor Capital Holding Corporation is the general partner of Sculptor Capital LP and controls Sculptor Capital LP by virtue of its holdings and written agreements. Sculptor Capital Holding Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sculptor Capital and is controlled by
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Includes up to 750,000 founder shares that will be surrendered to us for no consideration by our sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised.
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20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares underlying the units issued as part of this offering; and
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5,000,000 Class B ordinary shares held by our initial shareholders.
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the names and addresses of the members, a statement of the shares held by each member, and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid, on the shares of each member and the voting rights of shares of each member (and whether such voting rights are conditional);
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whether voting rights attach to the shares in issue;
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the date on which the name of any person was entered on the register as a member; and
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the date on which any person ceased to be a member.
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in whole and not in part;
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at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
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upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and
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if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “—Warrants—Public Shareholders’ Warrants—Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 10 trading days within a 20-trading day period commencing no earlier than the date the warrants become exercisable and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders (the “20-day Reference Period”).
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in whole and not in part;
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at $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of Class A ordinary shares determined by reference to the table below, based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of our Class A ordinary shares (as defined below) except as otherwise described below; and
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if, and only if, the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “—Warrants—Public Shareholders’ Warrants—Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 10 trading days within the 20-day Reference Period.
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we are not proposing to act illegally or beyond the scope of our corporate authority and the statutory provisions as to majority vote have been complied with;
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the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question;
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the arrangement is such as a businessman would reasonably approve; and
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the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Act or that would amount to a “fraud on the minority.”
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a company is acting, or proposing to act, illegally or beyond the scope of its authority;
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the act complained of, although not beyond the scope of the authority, could be effected if duly authorized by more than the number of votes which have actually been obtained; or
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those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.”
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annual reporting requirements are minimal and consist mainly of a statement that the company has conducted its operations mainly outside of the Cayman Islands and has complied with the provisions of the Companies Act;
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an exempted company’s register of members is not open to inspection and can be kept outside of the Cayman Islands;
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an exempted company does not have to hold an annual general meeting;
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an exempted company may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 30 years in the first instance); and
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an exempted company may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.
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If we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our tax obligations that were paid by us or are payable by us, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law;
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Prior to or in connection with our initial business combination, we may not issue additional securities that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote as a class with our public shares (a) on our initial business combination or on any other proposal presented to shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of an initial business combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (x) extend the time we have to consummate a business combination beyond the completion window or (y) amend the foregoing provisions;
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Although we do not intend to enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our sponsor, our directors or our officers, we are not prohibited from doing so. In the event we enter into such a transaction, we, or a committee of independent and disinterested directors will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA, another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions for the type of company we are seeking to acquire, or an independent accounting firm that such a business combination is fair to us from a financial point of view;
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If a shareholder vote on our initial business combination is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, we will offer to redeem our public shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, and will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about our initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act;
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So long as our securities are then listed on the NYSE, our initial business combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriters fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination;
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If our shareholders approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their ordinary shares upon such approval at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our tax obligations, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein; and
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We will not effectuate our initial business combination solely with another blank check company or a similar company with nominal operations.
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where this is necessary for the performance of our rights and obligations under any purchase agreements;
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where this is necessary for compliance with a legal and regulatory obligation to which we are subject (such as compliance with anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, prevention of proliferation financing, financial sanctions and FATCA/CRS requirements); and/or
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where this is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests and such interests are not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms.
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be informed about the purposes for which your personal data are processed;
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access your personal data;
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stop direct marketing;
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restrict the processing of your personal data;
|
•
|
have incomplete or inaccurate personal data corrected;
|
•
|
ask us to stop processing your personal data;
|
•
|
be informed of a personal data breach (unless the breach is unlikely to be prejudicial to you);
|
•
|
complain to the Data Protection Ombudsman; and
|
•
|
require us to delete your personal data in some limited circumstances.
|
•
|
1% of the total number of ordinary shares then-outstanding, which will equal 200,000 shares immediately after this offering (or 230,000) shares if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full); or
|
•
|
the average weekly reported trading volume of the Class A ordinary shares during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.
|
•
|
the issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company;
|
•
|
the issuer of the securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and
|
•
|
the issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and material required to be filed, as applicable, during the preceding twelve months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Form 8-K reports; and at least one year has elapsed from the time that the issuer filed current Form 10 type information with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.
|
1.
|
That no law which is hereafter enacted in the Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall apply to the Company or its operations; and
|
2.
|
In addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable:
|
2.1
|
on or in respect of the shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company; or
|
2.2
|
by way of the withholding in whole or part of any relevant payment as defined in the Tax Concessions Act.
|
•
|
our sponsor, officers or directors;
|
•
|
banks, financial institutions or financial services entities;
|
•
|
broker-dealers;
|
•
|
taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market accounting rules;
|
•
|
tax-exempt entities;
|
•
|
S-corporations;
|
•
|
governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof;
|
•
|
insurance companies;
|
•
|
regulated investment companies;
|
•
|
real estate investment trusts;
|
•
|
controlled foreign corporations or passive foreign investment companies;
|
•
|
persons that are required to accelerate the recognition of any item of income with respect to our securities as a result of such income being recognized on an applicable financial statement;
|
•
|
expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States;
|
•
|
persons that actually or constructively own five percent or more of our shares by vote or value;
|
•
|
persons that hold our securities as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated or similar transaction; or
|
•
|
U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.
|
•
|
an individual citizen or resident of the United States;
|
•
|
a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
|
•
|
an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
|
•
|
a trust if (A) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (B) it has in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations a valid election to be treated as a U.S. person.
|
•
|
the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary shares or warrants;
|
•
|
the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the period in the U.S. Holder’s holding period before the first day of our first taxable year in which we are a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income;
|
•
|
the amount allocated to other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the U.S. Holder and included in its holding period will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the U.S. Holder; and
|
•
|
an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the U.S. Holder with respect to the tax attributable to each such other taxable year of the U.S. Holder.
|
•
|
a non-resident alien individual (other than certain former citizens and residents of the United States subject to U.S. tax as expatriates);
|
•
|
a foreign corporation; or
|
•
|
an estate or trust that is not a U.S. Holder;
|
Underwriter
|
| |
Number of
Units
|
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
|
| |
20,000,000
|
Total
|
| |
20,000,000
|
|
| |
Per Unit(1)
|
| |
Total
|
||||||
|
| |
Without
Over-allotment
|
| |
With
Over-allotment
|
| |
Without
Over-allotment
|
| |
With
Over-allotment
|
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions paid by us
|
| |
$0.55
|
| |
$0.55
|
| |
$11,000,000
|
| |
$12,650,000
|
(1)
|
Includes $0.35 per unit, or $7,000,000 (or $8,050,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate, payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein. The deferred commissions will be released to the underwriters only on completion of an initial business combination.
|
(a)
|
to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the Prospectus Regulation;
|
(b)
|
to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives; or
|
(c)
|
in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation,
|
•
|
to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation;
|
•
|
to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation); or
|
•
|
in any other circumstances falling within Section 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”),
|
•
|
released, issued, distributed or caused to be released, issued or distributed to the public in France; or
|
•
|
used in connection with any offer for subscription or sale of the units to the public in France.
|
•
|
to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) and/or to a restricted circle of investors (cercle restreint d’investisseurs), in each case investing for their own account, all as defined in, and in accordance with, articles L.411-2, D.411-1, D.411-2, D.734-1, D.744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Code monétaire et financier;
|
•
|
to investment services providers authorized to engage in portfolio management on behalf of third parties; or
|
•
|
in a transaction that, in accordance with article L.411-2-II-1° -or-2° -or 3° of the French Code monétaire et financier and article 211-2 of the General Regulations (Règlement Général) of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, does not constitute a public offer (appel public à l’épargne).
|
|
| |
June 30, 2021
|
| |
March 15, 2021
|
|
| |
(unaudited)
|
| |
(audited)
|
Assets
|
| |
|
| |
|
Current assets:
|
| |
|
| |
|
Prepaid expenses
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$14,881
|
Total current assets
|
| |
—
|
| |
14,881
|
Deferred offering costs associated with proposed public offering
|
| |
373,988
|
| |
100,000
|
Total Assets
|
| |
$373,988
|
| |
$114,881
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity (Deficit)
|
| |
|
| |
|
Current liabilities:
|
| |
|
| |
|
Accounts payable
|
| |
$19,709
|
| |
$—
|
Accrued expenses
|
| |
297,065
|
| |
100,000
|
Note payable - related party
|
| |
100,943
|
| |
—
|
Total current liabilities
|
| |
417,717
|
| |
100,000
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Shareholder's Equity (Deficit):
|
| |
|
| |
|
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding(1)(2)
|
| |
575
|
| |
575
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
| |
24,425
|
| |
24,425
|
Accumulated deficit
|
| |
(68,729)
|
| |
(10,119)
|
Total shareholder's equity (deficit)
|
| |
(43,729)
|
| |
14,881
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity (Deficit)
|
| |
$373,988
|
| |
$114,881
|
(1)
|
This number includes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5).
|
(2)
|
In October 2021, the sponsor surrendered to the Company for no consideration an aggregate of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, which the Company accepted and cancelled. All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share surrender (see Note 5).
|
|
| |
For The Period From March 8, 2021 (Inception) Through
|
|||
|
| |
June 30, 2021
|
| |
March 15, 2021
|
|
| |
(unaudited)
|
| |
(audited)
|
General and administrative expenses
|
| |
$ 68,729
|
| |
$10,119
|
Net loss
|
| |
$(68,729)
|
| |
$(10,119)
|
Weighted average Class B ordinary shares outstanding, basic and diluted(1)(2)
|
| |
5,000,000
|
| |
5,000,000
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share
|
| |
$(0.01)
|
| |
$(0.00)
|
(1)
|
This number excludes an aggregate of up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5).
|
(2)
|
In October 2021, the sponsor surrendered to the Company for no consideration an aggregate of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, which the Company accepted and cancelled. All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share surrender (see Note 5).
|
|
| |
For the period from March 8, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
| |
Ordinary Shares
|
| |
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
|
| |
Accumulated
Deficit
|
| |
Total
Shareholder’s
Deficit
|
|||||||||
|
| |
Class A
|
| |
Class B
|
| ||||||||||||||
|
| |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| ||||||||
Balance - March 8, 2021 (inception)
|
| |
—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$—
|
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor(1)(2)
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
5,750,00
|
| |
575
|
| |
24,425
|
| |
—
|
| |
25,000
|
Net loss
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
(68,729)
|
| |
(68,729)
|
Balance - June 30, 2021 (unaudited)
|
| |
—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
5,750,000
|
| |
$575
|
| |
$24,425
|
| |
$(68,729)
|
| |
$(43,729)
|
(1)
|
This number includes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5).
|
(2)
|
In October 2021, the sponsor surrendered to the Company for no consideration an aggregate of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, which the Company accepted and cancelled. All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share surrender (see Note 5).
|
|
| |
For the period from March 8, 2021 (inception) through March 15, 2021
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
| |
Ordinary Shares
|
| |
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
|
| |
Accumulated
Deficit
|
| |
Total
Shareholder’s
Equity
|
|||||||||
|
| |
Class A
|
| |
Class B
|
| ||||||||||||||
|
| |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| |
Shares
|
| |
Amount
|
| ||||||||
Balance - March 8, 2021 (inception)
|
| |
—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$—
|
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor(1)(2)
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
5,750,000
|
| |
575
|
| |
24,425
|
| |
—
|
| |
25,000
|
Net loss
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
(10,119)
|
| |
(10,119)
|
Balance - March 15, 2021 (Audited)
|
| |
—
|
| |
$—
|
| |
5,750,000
|
| |
$575
|
| |
$24,425
|
| |
$(10,119)
|
| |
$14,881
|
(1)
|
This number includes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5).
|
(2)
|
In October 2021, the sponsor surrendered to the Company for no consideration an aggregate of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, which the Company accepted and cancelled. All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share surrender (see Note 5).
|
|
| |
For The Period From March 8, 2021 (Inception) Through
|
|||
|
| |
June 30, 2021
|
| |
March 15, 2021
|
|
| |
(unaudited)
|
| |
(audited)
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
|
| |
|
| |
|
Net loss
|
| |
$(68,729)
|
| |
$(10,119)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
| |
|
| |
|
General and administrative expenses paid in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor
|
| |
25,000
|
| |
10,119
|
General and administrative expenses paid by Sponsor under promissory note
|
| |
4,418
|
| |
—
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
| |
|
| |
|
Accrued expenses
|
| |
39,311
|
| |
—
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Net change in cash
|
| |
—
|
| |
|
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
Cash - beginning of the period
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
Cash - end of the period
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$—
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
|
| |
|
| |
|
Prepaid expenses paid in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor
|
| |
$—
|
| |
$14,881
|
Deferred offering costs included in accounts payable
|
| |
$ 19,709
|
| |
$—
|
Deferred offering costs included in accrued expenses
|
| |
$ 257,754
|
| |
$ 100,000
|
Deferred offering costs paid by Sponsor under promissory note
|
| |
$ 96,525
|
| |
$ —
|
•
|
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
|
•
|
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
|
•
|
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
|
•
|
in whole and not in part;
|
•
|
at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
|
•
|
upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and
|
•
|
if, and only if, the last reported sale price (the “closing price”) of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
|
•
|
in whole and not in part;
|
•
|
at a price of $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares determined by reference to an agreed table based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of Class A ordinary shares;
|
•
|
if, and only if, the closing price of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per Public Share (as adjusted) for any 10 trading days within a 20-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and;
|
•
|
if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for any 10 trading days within a 20-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrantholders is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted), the Private Placement Warrants must also concurrently be called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants, as described above.
|
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
|
SEC expenses
|
| |
$21,321
|
FINRA expenses
|
| |
$43,626
|
Accounting fees and expenses
|
| |
$65,000
|
Printing and engraving expenses
|
| |
$40,000
|
Legal fees and expenses
|
| |
$400,000
|
the NYSE listing and filing fees
|
| |
$85,000
|
Miscellaneous
|
| |
$495,053
|
Total
|
| |
$1,150,000
|
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
|
Item 15.
|
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
|
Item 16.
|
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
|
(a)
|
The Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
|
Item 17.
|
Undertakings.
|
(i)
|
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
|
(ii)
|
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
|
(iii)
|
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
|
1.
|
For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
|
2.
|
For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
|
Exhibit
No.
|
| |
Description
|
| |
Form of Underwriting Agreement.
|
|
| |
Memorandum and Articles of Association.
|
|
| |
Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
|
|
| |
Specimen Unit Certificate.
|
|
| |
Specimen Class A Ordinary Share Certificate.
|
|
| |
Specimen Warrant Certificate.
|
|
| |
Form of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
|
|
| |
Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP.
|
|
5.2
|
| |
Opinion of Walkers (Cayman) LLP, Cayman Islands Legal Counsel to the Registrant.*
|
| |
Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
|
|
| |
Form of Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement among the Registrant, the Sponsor and the Holders signatory thereto.
|
|
| |
Form of Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and the Sponsor.
|
|
| |
Form of Indemnity Agreement.
|
|
| |
Promissory Note, dated as of March 15, 2021, between the Registrant and the Sponsor.
|
|
| |
Securities Subscription Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2021, between the Registrant and the Sponsor.
|
|
| |
Form of Letter Agreement between the Registrant, the Sponsor and each director and executive officer of the Registrant.
|
|
| |
Consent of Marcum LLP.
|
|
| |
Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included on Exhibit 5.1).
|
|
23.3
|
| |
Consent of Walkers (Cayman) LLP (included on Exhibit 5.2).*
|
| |
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to the initial filing of this Registration Statement).
|
|
| |
Consent of Kristi Jackson.
|
|
| |
Consent of Charmel Maynard.
|
|
| |
Consent of Adam Rosenberg.
|
|
| |
Consent of Ivy Zelman.
|
*
|
To be filed by amendment.
|
|
| |
Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
|
|||
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
| |
By:
|
| |
/s/ Steven Orbuch
|
|
| |
Name:
|
| |
Steven Orbuch
|
|
| |
Title:
|
| |
Chief Executive Officer
|
Signature
|
| |
Title
|
| |
Date
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
/s/ Steven Orbuch
|
| |
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
| |
October 15, 2021
|
Steven Orbuch
|
| |
|
|||
|
| |
|
| |
|
/s/ Dava Ritchea
|
| |
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
| |
October 15, 2021
|
Dava Ritchea
|
| |
|
|||
|
| |
|
| |
|
/s/ James Levin
|
| |
Chairman
|
| |
October 15, 2021
|
James Levin
|
| |
|
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/s/ Wayne Cohen
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Director
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October 15, 2021
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Wayne Cohen
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Very truly yours,
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SCULPTOR ACQUISITION CORP I
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Accepted as of the date hereof:
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Underwriter
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Total Number of
Firm Units
to be Purchased
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Number of
Optional
Units to be
Purchased if
Maximum
Option
Exercised
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
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20,000,000
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3,000,000
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Total
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20,000,000
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3,000,000
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1. |
The name of the company is Sculptor Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”).
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The registered office of the Company will be situated at the offices of Walkers Corporate Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008, Cayman Islands or at such other location as the Directors may from time to time
determine.
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The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law as provided by Section 7(4) of the Companies Act (as amended) of the
Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”).
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The Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit as provided by Section 27(2) of the Companies Act.
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The Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as
to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.
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The liability of the shareholders of the Company is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.
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The authorised share capital of the Company is US$55,500 divided into 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a nominal or par
value of US$0.0001, and 5,000,000 preference shares with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 provided always that subject to the Companies Act and the Articles of Association the Company shall have power to redeem or purchase any of
its shares and to sub-divide or consolidate the said shares or any of them and to issue all or any part of its capital whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced with or without any preference, priority, special privilege or other
rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions whatsoever and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide every issue of shares whether stated to be ordinary, preference or
otherwise shall be subject to the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided.
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The Company may exercise the power contained in Section 206 of the Companies Act to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in some other jurisdiction.
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NAME, ADDRESS AND DESCRIPTION
OF SUBSCRIBER
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NUMBER OF SHARES TAKEN BY
SUBSCRIBER
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WNL Limited
190 Elgin Avenue, George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-9001
Cayman Islands
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ONE CLASS B ORDINARY SHARE
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/s/ M D S Beck
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Michael Beck
as Authorised Signatory of WNL Limited
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Dated:
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8 March 2021
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/s/ L Bootsma
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Signature of Witness
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Name:
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Leah Bootsma
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Address:
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190 Elgin Avenue
George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-9001
Cayman Islands
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Occupation:
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Secretary
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CLAUSE
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PAGE
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TABLE A
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1
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INTERPRETATION
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1
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PRELIMINARY
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4
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SHARES
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4
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MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS
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6
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CERTIFICATES
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7
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FRACTIONAL SHARES
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7
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LIEN
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7
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CALLS ON SHARES
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7
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FORFEITURE OF SHARES
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8
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TRANSFER OF SHARES
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9
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TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
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9
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ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL
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10
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REDEMPTION, PURCHASE AND SURRENDER OF SHARES
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10
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TREASURY SHARES
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11
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GENERAL MEETINGS
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11
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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
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12
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PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
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12
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VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
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14
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CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS
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15
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DIRECTORS
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15
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ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
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15
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In these Articles the following defined terms will have the meanings ascribed to them, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:
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passed by a simple majority of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority
to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled; or
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approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the resolution so adopted shall be the
date on which the instrument, or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed.
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passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to
propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled; or
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approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the special resolution so adopted shall
be the date on which the instrument or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed.
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In these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise:
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words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa;
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words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender and any Person as the context may require;
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the word “may” shall be construed as permissive and the word “shall” shall be construed as imperative;
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reference to a dollar or dollars or USD (or $) and to a cent or cents is reference to dollars and cents of the United States of America;
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reference to a statutory enactment shall include reference to any amendment or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;
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reference to any determination by the Directors shall be construed as a determination by the Directors in their sole and absolute discretion and shall be applicable either generally or in any particular case; and
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reference to “in writing” shall be construed as written or represented by any means reproducible in writing, including any form of print, lithograph, email, facsimile, photograph or telex or represented by any other substitute or format
for storage or transmission for writing or partly one and partly another.
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Subject to the preceding Articles, any words defined in the Companies Act shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.
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The business of the Company may be commenced at any time after incorporation.
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The Office shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the
Directors may from time to time determine.
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The expenses incurred in the formation of the Company and in connection with the offer for subscription and issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses may be amortised over such period as the Directors may determine and
the amount so paid shall be charged against income and/or capital in the accounts of the Company as the Directors shall determine.
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The Directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register at such place or (subject to compliance with the Companies Act and these Articles) places as the Directors may from time to time determine. In the absence of any such
determination, the Register shall be kept at the Office. The Directors may keep, or cause to be kept, one or more Branch Registers as well as the Principal Register in accordance with the Companies Act, provided always that a duplicate of
such Branch Register(s) shall be maintained with the Principal Register in accordance with the Companies Act.
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Subject to these Articles, all Shares for the time being unissued shall be under the control of the Directors who may:
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issue, allot and dispose of the same to such Persons, in such manner, on such terms and having such rights and being subject to such restrictions as they may from time to time determine; and
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grant options with respect to such Shares and issue warrants or similar instruments with respect thereto;
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The Directors, or the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution, may authorise the division of Shares into any number of Classes and sub-classes and Series and sub-series and the different Classes and sub-classes and Series and sub-series shall
be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges and
payment obligations as between the different Classes and Series (if any) may be fixed and determined by the Directors or the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution.
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The Company may insofar as may be permitted by law, pay a commission to any Person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the
payment of cash or the lodgement of fully or partly paid-up Shares or partly in one way and partly in the other. The Company may also pay such brokerage as may be lawful on any issue of Shares.
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The Directors may refuse to accept any application for Shares, and may accept any application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.
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At the time of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, the issued and outstanding Class B Shares shall automatically be converted into such number of Class A Shares as is equal to, on an as-converted basis, 20% of
the sum of:
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the total number of Class A Shares and Class B Shares in issue at the time of the IPO (including pursuant to an over-allotment option granted to an underwriter of the IPO), plus
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the total number of Class A Shares issued or deemed issued, or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the
initial Business Combination, excluding (x) any Class A Shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A Shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and (y) any private
placement warrants issued to the Sponsor.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein in no event shall the Class B Shares convert into Class A Shares at a ratio that is less than one-for-one.
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References in Articles 12 to Article 16 to “converted”, “conversion” or “exchange” shall mean the compulsory redemption without notice of Class B Shares of any Member and, on behalf of such Members, automatic application of such redemption
proceeds in paying for such new Class A Shares into which the Class B Shares have been converted or exchanged at a price per Class B Share necessary to give effect to a conversion or exchange calculated on the basis that the Class A Shares to
be issued as part of the conversion or exchange will be issued at par. The Class A Shares to be issued on an exchange or conversion shall be registered in the name of such Member or in such name as the Member may direct.
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Each Class B Share shall convert into its pro rata number of Class A Shares as set forth in this Article 15. The pro rata share for each holder of Class B Shares will be determined as follows: Each Class B Ordinary Share shall convert into
such number of Class A Shares as is equal to the product of 1 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of Class A Shares into which all of the issued and outstanding Class B Shares shall be converted pursuant
to this Article 15 and the denominator of which shall be the total number of issued and outstanding Class B Shares at the time of conversion.
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The Directors may effect such conversion in any manner available under applicable law, including redeeming or repurchasing the relevant Class B Shares and applying the proceeds thereof towards payment for the new Class A Shares. For
purposes of the repurchase or redemption, the Directors may, subject to the Company being able to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, make payments out of amounts standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account or
out of its capital.
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Whenever the capital of the Company is divided into different Classes (and as otherwise determined by the Directors) the rights attached to any such Class may, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any Class
only be materially adversely varied or abrogated with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares of the relevant Class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed at a separate meeting of the
holders of the Shares of such Class by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast at such a meeting. To every such separate meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company or to the proceedings
thereat shall, mutatis mutandis, apply, except that the necessary quorum shall be one or more Persons at least holding or representing by proxy one-third in nominal or par value amount of the issued
Shares of the relevant Class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such holders a quorum as above defined is not present, those Shareholders who are present shall form a quorum) and that, subject to any rights or restrictions for the
time being attached to the Shares of that Class, every Shareholder of the Class shall on a poll have one vote for each Share of the Class held by him. For the purposes of this Article the Directors may treat all the Classes or any two or
more Classes as forming one Class if they consider that all such Classes would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate Classes. The Directors may vary the rights
attaching to any Class without the consent or approval of Shareholders provided that the rights will not, in the determination of the Directors, be materially adversely varied or abrogated by such action.
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The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the Shares of that Class, be deemed to be materially
adversely varied or abrogated by, inter alia, the creation, allotment or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with or subsequent to them or the
redemption or purchase of any Shares of any Class by the Company.
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No Person shall be entitled to a certificate for any or all of his Shares, unless the Directors shall determine otherwise.
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The Directors may issue fractions of a Share and, if so issued, a fraction of a Share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium, contributions, calls or
otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share. If more than one
fraction of a Share of the same Class is issued to or acquired by the same Shareholder such fractions shall be accumulated.
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The Company has a first and paramount lien on every Share (whether or not fully paid) for all amounts (whether presently payable or not) payable at a fixed time or called in respect of that Share. The Company also has a first and
paramount lien on every Share (whether or not fully paid) registered in the name of a Person indebted or under liability to the Company (whether he is the sole registered holder of a Share or one of two or more joint holders) for all amounts
owing by him or his estate to the Company (whether or not presently payable). The Directors may at any time declare a Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company’s lien on a Share extends to any
amount payable in respect of it.
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The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors may determine, any Share on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless an amount in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable nor until the expiration of
fourteen days after a notice in writing, demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, has been given to the registered holder for the time being of the Share, or the Persons
entitled thereto by reason of his death or bankruptcy.
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For giving effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise some Person to transfer the Shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer and he shall not
be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale.
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The proceeds of the sale after deduction of expenses, fees and commission incurred by the Company shall be received by the Company and applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently
payable, and the residue shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares prior to the sale) be paid to the Person entitled to the Shares immediately prior to the sale.
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The Directors may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys unpaid on their Shares, and each Shareholder shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment)
pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on such Shares.
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The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay calls in respect thereof.
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If a sum called in respect of a Share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof, the Person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest upon the sum at the rate of eight percent per annum from the day appointed for the
payment thereof to the time of the actual payment, but the Directors shall be at liberty to waive payment of that interest wholly or in part.
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The provisions of these Articles as to the liability of joint holders and as to payment of interest shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on
account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if the same had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
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The Directors may make arrangements on the issue of partly paid Shares for a difference between the Shareholders, or the particular Shares, in the amount of calls to be paid and in the times of payment.
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The Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any Shareholder willing to advance the same all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid upon any partly paid Shares held by him, and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced may
(until the same would, but for such advance, become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (not exceeding without the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution, eight percent per annum) as may be agreed upon between the Shareholder paying the
sum in advance and the Directors.
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If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call in respect of any Shares on the day appointed for payment, the Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid,
serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.
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The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of non-payment at or
before the time appointed the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.
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If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any Share in respect of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required by notice has been made, be forfeited by a
resolution of the Directors to that effect.
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A forfeited Share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit, and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit.
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A Person whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect of the forfeited Shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to
the Company in respect of the Shares forfeited, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company receives payment in full of the amount unpaid on the Shares forfeited.
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A statutory declaration in writing that the declarant is a Director, and that a Share has been duly forfeited on a date stated in the declaration, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts in the declaration as against all Persons claiming
to be entitled to the Share.
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The Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for a Share on any sale or disposition thereof pursuant to the provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture and may execute a transfer of the Share in favour of the Person to whom
the Share is sold or disposed of and that Person shall be registered as the holder of the Share, and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity
or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the disposition or sale.
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The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which by the terms of issue of a Share becomes due and payable, whether on account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if
the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
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The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may determine and be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and if in respect of a nil or partly paid up Share, or if so
required by the Directors, shall also be executed on behalf of the transferee and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the
right of the transferor to make the transfer. The transferor shall be deemed to remain a Shareholder until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of the relevant Shares.
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Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any Class, no Shares may be transferred, assigned or disposed of without the prior consent in writing of the Directors or their agents, which may be withheld on their
determination.
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The registration of transfers may be suspended at such times and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time determine.
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All instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company, but any instrument of transfer that the Directors decline to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be returned to the Person depositing the same.
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The legal personal representative of a deceased sole holder of a Share shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. In the case of a Share registered in the name of two or more holders, the
survivors or survivor, or the legal personal representatives of the deceased holder of the Share, shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share.
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Any Person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors, have the right either to be registered as a
Shareholder in respect of the Share or, instead of being registered himself, to make such transfer of the Share as the deceased or bankrupt Person could have made; but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or
suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the deceased or bankrupt Person before the death or bankruptcy.
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A Person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered Shareholder, except that he
shall not, before being registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company.
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The Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe.
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The Company may by Ordinary Resolution:
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consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger amount than its existing Shares;
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convert all or any of its paid up Shares into stock and reconvert that stock into paid up Shares of any denomination;
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subdivide its existing Shares, or any of them into Shares of a smaller amount provided that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same as it was in case
of the Share from which the reduced Share is derived; and
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cancel any Shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any Person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled.
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The Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner authorised by law.
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Subject to the Companies Act, the Company may:
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issue Shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Shareholder on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine;
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purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine and agree with the Shareholder;
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make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised by the Companies Act, including out of its capital; and
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accept the surrender for no consideration of any paid up Share (including any redeemable Share) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine.
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Any Share in respect of which notice of redemption has been given shall not be entitled to participate in the profits of the Company in respect of the period after the date specified as the date of redemption in the notice of redemption.
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The redemption, purchase or surrender of any Share shall not be deemed to give rise to the redemption, purchase or surrender of any other Share.
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The Directors may when making payments in respect of redemption or purchase of Shares, if authorised by the terms of issue of the Shares being redeemed or purchased or with the agreement of the holder of such Shares, make such payment
either in cash or in specie including, without limitation, interests in a special purpose vehicle holding assets of the Company or holding entitlement to the proceeds of assets held by the Company or in a liquidating structure.
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Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires (by way of surrender or otherwise) may, at the option of the Company, be cancelled immediately or held as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Companies Act. In the event that the
Directors do not specify that the relevant Shares are to be held as Treasury Shares, such Shares shall be cancelled.
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No dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) of the Company’s assets (including any distribution of assets to members on a winding up) may be declared or paid in respect of a Treasury Share.
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The Company shall be entered in the Register as the holder of the Treasury Shares provided that:
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the Company shall not be treated as a member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void;
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a Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued shares at any given time, whether for the purposes of these Articles or the
Companies Act, save that an allotment of Shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Share is permitted and Shares allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a treasury share shall be treated as Treasury Shares.
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Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions as determined by the Directors.
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The Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene a general meeting of the Company.
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The Directors may cancel or postpone any duly convened general meeting at any time prior to such meeting, except for general meetings requisitioned by the Shareholders in accordance with these Articles, for any reason or for no reason at
any time prior to the time for holding such meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned, the time for holding such adjourned meeting. The Directors shall give Shareholders notice in writing of any cancellation or postponement. A postponement may
be for a stated period of any length or indefinitely as the Directors may determine.
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General meetings shall also be convened on the requisition in writing of any Shareholder or Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company holding at least ten percent of the paid up voting share capital of the
Company deposited at the Office specifying the objects of the meeting by notice given no later than 21 days from the date of deposit of the requisition signed by the requisitionists, and if the Directors do not convene such meeting for a date
not later than 45 days after the date of such deposit, the requisitionists themselves may convene the general meeting in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors, and all
reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionists as a result of the failure of the Directors to convene the general meeting shall be reimbursed to them by the Company.
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If at any time there are no Directors, any two Shareholders (or if there is only one Shareholder then that Shareholder) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Company may convene a general meeting in the same manner as nearly as
possible as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors.
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61. |
At least seven clear days’ notice in writing counting from the date service is deemed to take place as provided in these Articles specifying the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business, shall be
given in the manner hereinafter provided or in such other manner (if any) as may be prescribed by the Company by Ordinary Resolution to such Persons as are, under these Articles, entitled to receive such notices from the Company, but with the
consent of all the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of some particular meeting and attend and vote thereat, that meeting may be convened by such shorter notice or without notice and in such manner as those Shareholders may think fit.
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62. |
The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to or the non-receipt of a notice of a meeting by any Shareholder shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting.
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63. |
All business carried out at a general meeting shall be deemed special with the exception of sanctioning a dividend, the consideration of the accounts, balance sheets, any report of the Directors or of the Company’s auditors, and the fixing
of the remuneration of the Company’s auditors. No special business shall be transacted at any general meeting without the consent of all Shareholders entitled to receive notice of that meeting unless notice of such special business has been
given in the notice convening that meeting.
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64. |
No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Shareholders is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as otherwise provided by these Articles, one or more Shareholders holding at least a
majority of the paid up voting share capital of the Company present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at that meeting shall form a quorum.
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65. |
If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Shareholders, shall be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the
next week, at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting the Shareholder or Shareholders present and entitled to vote shall form a quorum.
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66. |
If the Directors wish to make this facility available for a specific general meeting or all general meetings of the Company, participation in any general meeting of the Company may be by means of a telephone or similar communication
equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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67. |
The chairman, if any, of the Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company.
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68. |
If there is no such chairman, or if at any general meeting he is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as chairman, any Director or Person nominated by the Directors
shall preside as chairman, failing which the Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall choose any Person present to be chairman of that meeting.
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69. |
The chairman may adjourn a meeting from time to time and from place to place either:
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with the consent of any general meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting); or
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without the consent of such meeting if, in his sole opinion, he considers it necessary to do so to:
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(i) |
secure the orderly conduct or proceedings of the meeting; or
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give all persons present in person or by proxy and having the right to speak and / or vote at such meeting, the ability to do so,
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70. |
At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded by the chairman or one or more Shareholders
present in person or by proxy entitled to vote, and unless a poll is so demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has, on a show of hands, been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an
entry to that effect in the book of the proceedings of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of, or against, that resolution.
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71. |
If a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.
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72. |
In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded, shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.
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73. |
A poll demanded on the election of a chairman of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time as the chairman of the meeting directs.
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74. |
Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, on a show of hands every Shareholder present in person and every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall, at a general meeting of the Company, each
have one vote and on a poll every Shareholder and every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall have one vote for each Share of which he or the Person represented by proxy is the holder.
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In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order
in which the names stand in the Register.
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76. |
A Shareholder of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote in respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by him, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his
committee, or other Person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other Person, may vote in respect of such Shares by proxy.
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77. |
No Shareholder shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company unless all calls, if any, or other sums presently payable by him in respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by him have been paid.
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78. |
On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy.
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79. |
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under Seal or under the hand of an Officer or attorney duly
authorised. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
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80. |
An instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve.
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81. |
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Office or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting no later than the time for holding the meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned,
the time for holding such adjourned meeting.
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82. |
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll.
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83. |
A resolution in writing signed by all the Shareholders for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company (or being corporations by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as
valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.
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84. |
Any corporation which is a Shareholder or a Director may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such Person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any meeting of holders
of a Class or of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, and the Person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an
individual Shareholder or Director.
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85. |
The name(s) of the first Director(s) shall either be determined in writing by a majority (or in the case of a sole subscriber that subscriber) of, or elected at a meeting of, the subscribers of the Memorandum of Association.
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86. |
The Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any Person to be a Director.
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87. |
Subject to these Articles, a Director shall hold office until such time as he is removed from office by Ordinary Resolution.
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88. |
The Company may by Ordinary Resolution from time to time fix the maximum and minimum number of Directors to be appointed but unless such numbers are fixed as aforesaid the minimum number of Directors shall be one and the maximum number of
Directors shall be unlimited.
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89. |
The remuneration of the Directors may be determined by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.
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90. |
There shall be no shareholding qualification for Directors unless determined otherwise by Ordinary Resolution.
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91. |
The Directors shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any Person to be a Director, either as a result of a casual vacancy or as an additional Director, subject to the maximum number (if any) imposed by Ordinary
Resolution.
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92. |
Any Director may in writing appoint another Person to be his alternate and, save to the extent provided otherwise in the form of appointment, such alternate shall have authority to sign written resolutions on behalf of the appointing
Director, but shall not be authorised to sign such written resolutions where they have been signed by the appointing Director, and to act in such Director’s place at any meeting of the Directors. Every such alternate shall be entitled to
attend and vote at meetings of the Directors as the alternate of the Director appointing him and where he is a Director to have a separate vote in addition to his own vote. A Director may at any time in writing revoke the appointment of an
alternate appointed by him. Such alternate shall not be an Officer solely as a result of his appointment as an alternate other than in respect of such times as the alternate acts as a Director. The remuneration of such alternate shall be
payable out of the remuneration of the Director appointing him and the proportion thereof shall be agreed between them.
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93. |
Subject to the Companies Act, these Articles and to any resolutions passed in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and
may exercise all powers of the Company. No resolution passed by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors that would have been valid if that resolution had not been passed.
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94. |
The Directors may from time to time appoint any Person, whether or not a Director to hold such office in the Company as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including but not limited to, the office of
president, one or more vice-presidents, treasurer, assistant treasurer, manager or controller, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in
another), and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think fit. Any Person so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors or by the Company by Ordinary Resolution. The Directors may also appoint one or more of their
number to the office of managing director upon like terms, but any such appointment shall ipso facto terminate if any managing director ceases from any cause to be a Director, or if the Company by Ordinary Resolution resolves that his tenure
of office be terminated.
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95. |
The Directors may appoint any Person to be a Secretary (and if need be an assistant Secretary or assistant Secretaries) who shall hold office for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions and with such powers as they think
fit. Any Secretary or assistant Secretary so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors or by the Company by Ordinary Resolution.
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96. |
The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may
be imposed on it by the Directors.
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97. |
The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether under Seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any company, firm or Person or body of Persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to
be the attorney or attorneys or authorised signatory (any such person being an “Attorney” or “Authorised Signatory”, respectively) of the Company for such
purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of
attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of Persons dealing with any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such Attorney or
Authorised Signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him.
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98. |
The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the three next following Articles shall not limit the general powers
conferred by this Article.
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99. |
The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company and may appoint any Person to be a member of such committees or local boards and may
appoint any managers or agents of the Company and may fix the remuneration of any such Person.
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100. |
The Directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such committee, local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors and may authorise the members for
the time being of any such local board, or any of them to fill any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may
think fit and the Directors may at any time remove any Person so appointed and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no Person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby.
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101. |
Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion for the time being vested in them.
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102. |
The Directors may agree with a Shareholder to waive or modify the terms applicable to such Shareholder’s subscription for Shares without obtaining the consent of any other Shareholder; provided that such waiver or modification does not
amount to a variation or abrogation of the rights attaching to the Shares of such other Shareholders.
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103. |
The Directors shall have the authority to present a winding up petition on behalf of the Company without the sanction of a resolution passed by the Company in general meeting.
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104. |
The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, or to otherwise provide for a security interest to be taken in such
undertaking, property or uncalled capital, and to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
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105. |
The Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form
confirming a number of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and
every Person as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal is so affixed in their presence.
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106. |
The Company may maintain a facsimile of the Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided
always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal. The facsimile Seal shall be affixed in the
presence of such Person or Persons as the Directors shall for this purpose appoint and such Person or Persons as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the facsimile Seal is so affixed in their presence and such affixing of the
facsimile Seal and signing as aforesaid shall have the same meaning and effect as if the Seal had been affixed in the presence of and the instrument signed by a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one
or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose.
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107. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Secretary or any assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but which
does not create any obligation binding on the Company.
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108. |
The office of Director shall be vacated, if the Director:
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(a) |
becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors;
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(b) |
dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind;
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(c) |
resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company;
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(d) |
is removed from office by Ordinary Resolution;
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(e) |
is removed from office by notice addressed to him at his last known address and signed by all of his co-Directors (not being less than two in number); or
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is removed from office pursuant to any other provision of these Articles.
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109. |
The Directors may meet together (either within or outside the Cayman Islands) for the despatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be
decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. A Director may, and a Secretary or assistant Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of
the Directors.
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110. |
A Director may participate in any meeting of the Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Directors of which such Director is a member, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons
participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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111. |
The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed, if there be two or more Directors the quorum shall be two, and if there be one Director the quorum shall be one.
A Director represented by an alternate Director at any meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining whether or not a quorum is present.
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112. |
A Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Company shall declare the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Directors. A general notice given to the Directors
by any Director to the effect that he is to be regarded as interested in any contract or other arrangement which may thereafter be made with that company or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in regard to any contract
so made. A Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that he may be interested therein and if he does so his vote shall be counted and he may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of
the Directors at which any such contract or proposed contract or arrangement shall come before the meeting for consideration.
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113. |
A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors
may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his tenure of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor
shall any such contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director is in any way interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to
the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director, notwithstanding his interest, may be counted in the quorum
present at any meeting of the Directors whereat he or any other Director is appointed to hold any such office or place of profit under the Company or whereat the terms of any such appointment are arranged and he may vote on any such
appointment or arrangement.
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114. |
Any Director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director; provided that nothing herein contained
shall authorise a Director or his firm to act as auditor to the Company.
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115. |
The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided for the purpose of recording:
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all appointments of Officers made by the Directors;
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(b) |
the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and
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(c) |
all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors and of committees of Directors.
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116. |
When the chairman of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding that all the Directors have not actually come together or that there may have been a
technical defect in the proceedings.
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117. |
A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of Directors entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case may be (an alternate Director, subject as
provided otherwise in the terms of appointment of the alternate Director, being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of his appointer), shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a duly called and constituted meeting
of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case may be. When signed a resolution may consist of several documents each signed by one or more of the Directors or his duly appointed alternate.
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118. |
The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and for so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing
Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.
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119. |
The Directors may elect a chairman of their meetings and determine the period for which he is to hold office but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the time
appointed for holding the meeting, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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120. |
Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, a committee appointed by the Directors may elect a chairman of its meetings. If no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen
minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the committee members present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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121. |
A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee
members present and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
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122. |
All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any Person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director
or Person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such Person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director.
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123. |
Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, or as otherwise provided for in the Companies Act and these Articles, the Directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and
other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor.
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124. |
Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, the Company by Ordinary Resolution may declare dividends, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors.
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125. |
The Directors may determine, before recommending or declaring any dividend, to set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall be applicable for meeting
contingencies, or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied and pending such application may, at the determination of the Directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or be
invested in such investments as the Directors may from time to time think fit.
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126. |
Any dividend may be paid in any manner as the Directors may determine. If paid by cheque it will be sent through the post to the registered address of the Shareholder or Person entitled thereto, or in the case of joint holders, to any one
of such joint holders at his registered address or to such Person and such address as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. Every such cheque shall be made payable to the order of the
Person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other Person as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct.
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127. |
The Directors when paying dividends to the Shareholders in accordance with the foregoing provisions of these Articles may make such payment either in cash or in specie and may determine the extent to which amounts may be withheld therefrom
(including, without limitation, any taxes, fees, expenses or other liabilities for which a Shareholder (or the Company, as a result of any action or inaction of the Shareholder) is liable).
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128. |
Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the Shares, but if and for so long as nothing is paid up on any of the Shares
dividends may be declared and paid according to the par value of the Shares.
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129. |
If several Persons are registered as joint holders of any Share, any of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the Share.
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130. |
No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.
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131. |
The books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors.
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132. |
The books of account shall be kept at the Office, or at such other place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors.
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133. |
The Directors may from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of
Shareholders not being Directors, and no Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.
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134. |
The accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall only be audited if the Directors so determine, in which case the accounting principles will be determined by the Directors. The financial year of the Company shall end on 31 December of
each year or such other date as the Directors may determine.
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135. |
The Directors in each year shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual return and declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Companies Act and deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.
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136. |
Subject to the Companies Act and these Articles, the Directors may:
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resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a Share Premium Account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution;
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(b) |
appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Shareholders in proportion to the nominal amount of Shares (whether or not fully paid) held by them respectively and apply that sum on their behalf in or towards:
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(i) |
paying up the amounts (if any) for the time being unpaid on Shares held by them respectively, or
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(ii) |
paying up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum,
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(c) |
make any arrangements they think fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution of a capitalised reserve and in particular, without limitation, where Shares or debentures become distributable in fractions the Directors may deal
with the fractions as they think fit;
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(d) |
authorise a Person to enter (on behalf of all the Shareholders concerned) into an agreement with the Company providing for either:
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(i) |
the allotment to the Shareholders respectively, credited as fully paid, of Shares or debentures to which they may be entitled on the capitalisation, or
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(ii) |
the payment by the Company on behalf of the Shareholders (by the application of their respective proportions of the reserves resolved to be capitalised) of the amounts or part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing Shares,
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(e) |
generally do all acts and things required to give effect to any of the actions contemplated by this Article.
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137. |
The Directors shall in accordance with the Companies Act establish a Share Premium Account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share.
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138. |
There shall be debited to any Share Premium Account on the redemption or purchase of a Share the difference between the nominal value of such Share and the redemption or purchase price provided always that at the determination of the
Directors such sum may be paid out of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by the Companies Act, out of capital.
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139. |
Any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled to give notice to any Shareholder either personally, or by posting it airmail or air courier service in a prepaid letter addressed to such Shareholder at his
address as appearing in the Register, or by electronic mail to any electronic mail address such Shareholder may have specified in writing for the purpose of such service of notices, or by facsimile should the Directors deem it appropriate. In
the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint
holders.
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140. |
Any Shareholder present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened.
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141. |
Any notice or other document, if served by:
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post, shall be deemed to have been served five clear days after the time when the letter containing the same is posted;
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(b) |
facsimile, shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient;
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(c) |
recognised courier service, shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service; or
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(d) |
electronic mail, shall be deemed to have been served immediately upon the time of the transmission by electronic mail.
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142. |
Any notice or document delivered or sent in accordance with the terms of these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his death or bankruptcy, be deemed
to have been duly served in respect of any Share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder, unless his name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register as the holder
of the Share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the Share.
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143. |
Notice of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to:
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all Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them; and
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(b) |
every Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder, who but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting.
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144. |
Every Director (including for the purposes of this Article any alternate Director appointed pursuant to the provisions of these Articles), Secretary, assistant Secretary, or other Officer (but not including the Company’s auditors) and the
personal representatives of the same (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and funds of the Company against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or
liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, in or about the conduct of the
Company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs,
expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.
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145. |
No Indemnified Person shall be liable:
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for the acts, receipts, neglects, defaults or omissions of any other Director or Officer or agent of the Company; or
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(b) |
for any loss on account of defect of title to any property of the Company; or
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(c) |
on account of the insufficiency of any security in or upon which any money of the Company shall be invested; or
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(d) |
for any loss incurred through any bank, broker or other similar Person; or
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(e) |
for any loss occasioned by any negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust, error of judgement or oversight on such Indemnified Person’s part; or
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for any loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which may happen in or arise from the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities, or discretions of such Indemnified Person’s office or in relation thereto;
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146. |
Subject to the proviso hereto, no Person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share upon any trust and the Company shall not, unless required by law, be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice
thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or as the Companies Act requires) any other right in respect of any Share except an absolute right to the
entirety thereof in each Shareholder registered in the Register, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to recognise any such interests as shall be determined by the Directors.
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147. |
If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in such manner and order as he thinks fit in satisfaction of creditors’ claims.
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148. |
If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property
of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different Classes. The
liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Shareholders as the liquidator, with the like sanction shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be
compelled to accept any assets whereon there is any liability.
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149. |
Subject to the Companies Act and the rights attaching to the various Classes, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution alter or amend these Articles in whole or in part.
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150. |
For the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend,
or in order to make a determination as to who is a Shareholder for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not exceed in any case 40 days. If the Register
shall be so closed for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders the Register shall be so closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting
and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register.
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151. |
In lieu of or apart from closing the Register, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of the
Shareholders and for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend the Directors may, at or within 90 days prior to the date of declaration of such dividend, fix a subsequent date as the
record date for such determination.
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152. |
If the Register is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of those Shareholders entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment
of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is posted or the date on which the resolution of the Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholders.
When a determination of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.
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153. |
The Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing. In
furtherance of a resolution adopted pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the
time being incorporated, registered or existing and may cause all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company.
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154. |
The Company may merge or consolidate in accordance with the Companies Act.
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155. |
To the extent required by the Companies Act, the Company may by Special Resolution resolve to merge or consolidate the Company.
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156. |
The Directors, or any authorised service providers (including the Officers, the Secretary and the registered office agent of the Company), shall be entitled to disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority, or to any stock exchange on
which the Shares may from time to time be listed, any information regarding the affairs of the Company including, without limitation, information contained in the Register and books of the Company.
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NAME, ADDRESS AND DESCRIPTION OF
SUBSCRIBER
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WNL Limited
190 Elgin Avenue, George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-9001
Cayman Islands
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/s/ M D S Beck
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Michael Beck
as Authorised Signatory for and on behalf of WNL Limited
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Dated:
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8 March 2021
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/s/ L Bootsma
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Signature of Witness
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Name:
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Leah Bootsma
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Address
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190 Elgin Avenue
George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-9001
Cayman Islands
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Occupation:
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Secretary
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1. |
The name of the company is Sculptor Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”).
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2. |
The registered office of the Company will be situated at the offices of Walkers Corporate Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008, Cayman Islands or at such other location as the Directors may from time to time
determine.
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3. |
The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law as provided by Section 7(4) of the Companies Act (as amended) of the
Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”).
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4. |
The Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit as provided by Section 27(2) of the Companies Act.
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5. |
The Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as
to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.
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6. |
The liability of the shareholders of the Company is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.
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7. |
The authorised share capital of the Company is US$55,500 divided into 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001, and 5,000,000 preference shares with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 provided that subject to the Companies Act and the Articles of Association the Company shall have power to
redeem or purchase any of its shares and to sub-divide or consolidate the said shares or any of them and to issue all or any part of its capital whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced with or without any preference, priority,
special privilege or other rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions whatsoever and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide every issue of shares whether stated to
be ordinary, preference or otherwise shall be subject to the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided.
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8. |
The Company may exercise the power contained in Section 206 of the Companies Act to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in some other jurisdiction.
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CLAUSE
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PAGE
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TABLE A
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4
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INTERPRETATION
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4
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PRELIMINARY
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9
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SHARES
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9 |
FOUNDER SHARES CONVERSION AND ANTI-DILUTION RIGHTS
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11
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MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS
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12
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CERTIFICATES
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13
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FRACTIONAL SHARES
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13
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LIEN
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13
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CALLS ON SHARES
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14
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FORFEITURE OF SHARES
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15
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TRANSFER OF SHARES
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16
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TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
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16
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ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL
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17
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REDEMPTION, PURCHASE AND SURRENDER OF SHARES
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18
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TREASURY SHARES
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18
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GENERAL MEETINGS
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19
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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
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20
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PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
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20
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1
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NTD: To be updated.
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VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
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21
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CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS
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22
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CLEARING HOUSES
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22
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DIRECTORS
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23
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ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
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24
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POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
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24
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BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS
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26
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THE SEAL
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26
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DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
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26
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PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
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27
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DIVIDENDS
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29
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ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION
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30
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CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES
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31
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SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT
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31
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NOTICES
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32
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INDEMNITY
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33
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NON-RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS
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35
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BUSINESS COMBINATION REQUIREMENTS
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35
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
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38
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WINDING UP
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39
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AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
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39
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CLOSING OF REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE
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40
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REGISTRATION BY WAY OF CONTINUATION
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40
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MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATION
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40
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DISCLOSURE
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41
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EXLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND FORUM
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41
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1. |
In these Articles the following defined terms will have the meanings ascribed to them, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:
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(a) |
passed by a simple majority of the votes cast of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in
computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled; or
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(b) |
approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the resolution so adopted shall be
the date on which the instrument, or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed.
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(a) |
passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds (or, with respect to amending Articles 95, 113(d), 180 and 181 prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, a majority of not less than 90% of the votes cast at a meeting of the
Shareholders) of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special
resolution has been duly given and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled; or
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(b) |
approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the special resolution so adopted
shall be the date on which the instrument or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed.
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2. |
In these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise:
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(a) |
words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa;
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(b) |
words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender, and vice versa, and any Person as the context may require;
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(c) |
the word “may” shall be construed as permissive and the word “shall” shall be construed as imperative;
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(d) |
reference to a dollar or dollars or US$ (or $) and to a cent or cents is reference to dollars and cents of the United States of America;
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(e) |
reference to a statutory enactment shall include reference to any amendment or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;
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(f) |
reference to any determination by the Directors shall be construed as a determination by the Directors in their sole and absolute discretion and shall be applicable either generally or in any particular case; and
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(g) |
reference to “in writing” shall be construed as written or represented by any means reproducible in writing, including any form of print, lithograph, email, facsimile, photograph or telex or represented by any other substitute or format
for storage or transmission for writing or partly one and partly another.
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3. |
Subject to the preceding Articles, any words defined in the Companies Act shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.
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4. |
The business of the Company may be commenced at any time after incorporation.
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5. |
The Office shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the
Directors may from time to time determine.
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6. |
The expenses incurred in the formation of the Company and in connection with the offer for subscription and issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses may be amortised over such period as the Directors may determine and
the amount so paid shall be charged against income and/or capital in the accounts of the Company as the Directors shall determine.
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7. |
The Directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register at such place or (subject to compliance with the Companies Act and these Articles) places as the Directors may from time to time determine. In the absence of any such
determination, the Register shall be kept at the Office. The Directors may keep, or cause to be kept, one or more Branch Registers as well as the Principal Register in accordance with the Companies Act; provided that a duplicate of such
Branch Register(s) shall be maintained with the Principal Register in accordance with the Companies Act and the rules or requirements of any Designated Stock Exchange.
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8. |
Subject to these Articles, and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or any competent regulatory authority, all Shares for the time being unissued shall be under the control of the Directors who may:
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(a) |
issue, allot and dispose of the same to such Persons, in such manner, on such terms and having such rights and being subject to such restrictions as they may from time to time determine; and
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(b) |
grant options with respect to such Shares and issue warrants or similar instruments with respect thereto;
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9. |
The Company may issue units of securities in the Company, which may be comprised of whole or fractional Shares, rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders
thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company, upon such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine. The securities comprising any such units which are issued pursuant to
the IPO can only be traded separately from one another on the 52nd day following the date of the prospectus relating to the IPO (or the immediately following
business day if such 52nd day is not a business day) unless the Underwriters determine that an earlier date is acceptable, subject to the Company having filed
a current report on Form 8-K with the SEC and a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Prior to such date, the units can be traded, but the securities comprising such units cannot be traded separately from one
another.
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10. |
The Directors, or the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution, may authorise the division of Shares into any number of Classes and sub-classes and Series and sub-series and the different Classes and sub-classes and Series and sub-series
shall be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges
and payment obligations as between the different Classes and Series (if any) may be fixed and determined by the Directors or the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution.
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11. |
The Company may insofar as may be permitted by law, pay a commission to any Person in consideration of his or her subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied
by the payment of cash or the lodgement of fully or partly paid-up Shares or partly in one way and partly in the other. The Company may also pay such brokerage as may be lawful on any issue of Shares.
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12. |
The Directors may refuse to accept any application for Shares, and may accept any application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.
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13. |
Except as otherwise specified in these Articles or required by law or Designated Stock Exchange rule, the holders of the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares (on an as converted basis) shall vote as a single class.
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14. |
Subject to adjustment as provided in Article 15, Class B Shares shall automatically convert into Class A Shares on a one-for-one basis (the “Initial Conversion Ratio”) at the time of a Business
Combination (or immediately following the consummation thereof), or earlier at the option of the holders thereof, subject to adjustment to account for share subdivisions, share capitalisations, reorganisations, recapitalisations or other
adjustments to the aggregate authorised or issued share capital of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, such Class A Shares issued upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to proceeds of liquidation from the
Trust Fund if the Company does not consummate the Business Combination.
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15. |
Notwithstanding the Initial Conversion Ratio, in the case that additional Class A Shares or Equity Linked Securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination, the number of Class A Shares issuable
upon conversion of all Class B Shares will equal, in aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of:
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(a) |
the total number of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding upon the consummation of the IPO, plus
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(b) |
the total number of Class A Shares issued or deemed issued, or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any Equity-Linked Securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the
consummation of the initial Business Combination, excluding (x) any Class A Shares or Equity-Linked Securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A Shares issued, deemed issued or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business
Combination and (y) any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, its affiliates or the Company’s Officers or Directors, including upon conversion of working capital loans and extension loans.
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16. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein in no event shall the Class B Shares convert into Class A Shares at a ratio that is less than one-for-one.
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17. |
References in Articles 14 to Article 19 to “converted”, “conversion” or “exchange” shall mean the compulsory redemption without notice of Class B Shares of any Member and, on behalf of such Members, automatic application of such
redemption proceeds in paying for such new Class A Shares into which the Class B Shares have been converted or exchanged at a price per Class B Share necessary to give effect to a conversion or exchange calculated on the basis that the
Class A Shares to be issued as part of the conversion or exchange will be issued at par. The Class A Shares to be issued on an exchange or conversion shall be registered in the name of such Member or in such name as the Member may direct.
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18. |
Each Class B Share shall convert into its pro rata number of Class A Shares as set forth in this Article 18. The pro rata share for each holder of Class B Shares will be determined as follows: each Class B Share shall convert into such
number of Class A Shares as is equal to the product of 1 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of Class A Shares into which all of the issued and outstanding Class B Shares shall be converted pursuant to
these Articles and the denominator of which shall be the total number of issued and outstanding Class B Shares at the time of conversion.
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19. |
The Directors may effect such conversion in the manner contemplated by Article 17 or in any other manner available under applicable law, including redeeming or repurchasing the relevant Class B Shares and applying the proceeds thereof
towards payment for the new Class A Shares. For the purposes of the repurchase or redemption, the Directors may, subject to the Company being able to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, make payments out of amounts standing to
the credit of the Company’s share premium account or out of its capital.
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20. |
Whenever the capital of the Company is divided into different Classes (and as otherwise determined by the Directors) the rights attached to any such Class may, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any
Class only be materially adversely varied or abrogated with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares of the relevant Class (other than with respect to a
waiver of the provisions of Article 15 hereof, which as stated therein shall only require the consent in writing of the holders of a majority of the issued Shares of that class), or with the sanction of a resolution passed at a
separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of such Class by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast at such a meeting. To every such separate meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company or
to the proceedings thereat shall, mutatis mutandis, apply, except that the necessary quorum shall be one or more Persons at least holding or representing by proxy one-third in nominal or par value
amount of the issued Shares of the relevant Class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such holders a quorum as above defined is not present, those Shareholders who are present shall form a quorum) and that, subject to any rights or
restrictions for the time being attached to the Shares of that Class, every Shareholder of the Class shall on a poll have one vote for each Share of the Class held by him or her. For the purposes of this Article the Directors may treat all
the Classes or any two or more Classes as forming one Class if they consider that all such Classes would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate Classes. The
Directors may vary the rights attaching to any Class without the consent or approval of Shareholders; provided that the rights will not, in the determination of the Directors, be materially adversely varied or abrogated by such action.
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21. |
The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the Shares of that Class, be deemed to be materially
adversely varied or abrogated by, inter alia, (i) the creation, allotment or issue of further Shares ranking parri passu with or subsequent to them, or (ii)
any variation of the rights conferred upon the holders of Shares of any other Class or the redemption or purchase of any Shares of any Class by the Company.
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22. |
If so determined by the Directors, any Person whose name is entered as a member in the Register may receive a certificate in the form determined by the Directors. All certificates shall specify the Share or Shares held by that person and
the amount paid up thereon; provided that in respect of a Share or Shares held jointly by several persons the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate, and delivery of a certificate for a Share to one of several joint
holders shall be sufficient delivery to all. All certificates for Shares shall be delivered personally or sent through the post addressed to the member entitled thereto at the Member’s registered address as appearing in the Register.
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23. |
Every share certificate of the Company shall bear legends required under the applicable laws, including the Exchange Act.
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24. |
Any two or more certificates representing Shares of any one Class held by any Member may at the Member’s request be cancelled and a single new certificate for such Shares issued in lieu of payment (if the Directors shall so require) of
$1.00 or such smaller sum as the Directors shall determine.
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25. |
If a share certificate shall be damaged or defaced or alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, a new certificate representing the same Shares may be issued to the relevant Member upon request subject to delivery of the old
certificate or (if alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed) compliance with such conditions as to evidence and indemnity and the payment of out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in connection with the request as the Directors may
think fit.
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26. |
In the event that Shares are held jointly by several persons, any request may be made by any one of the joint holders and if so made shall be binding on all of the joint holders.
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27. |
The Directors may issue fractions of a Share and, if so issued, a fraction of a Share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium, contributions, calls or
otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share. If more than
one fraction of a Share of the same Class is issued to or acquired by the same Shareholder such fractions shall be accumulated.
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28. |
The Company has a first and paramount lien on every Share (whether or not fully paid) for all amounts (whether presently payable or not) payable at a fixed time or called in respect of that Share. The Company also has a first and
paramount lien on every Share (whether or not fully paid) registered in the name of a Person indebted or under liability to the Company (whether he or she is the sole registered holder of a Share or one of two or more joint holders) for all
amounts owing by him or her or his or her estate to the Company (whether or not presently payable). The Directors may at any time declare a Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company’s lien on a
Share extends to any amount payable in respect of it.
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29. |
The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors may determine, any Share on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless an amount in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable nor until the expiration
of fourteen days after a notice in writing, demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, has been given to the registered holder for the time being of the Share, or the Persons
entitled thereto by reason of his or her death or bankruptcy.
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30. |
For giving effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise some Person to transfer the Shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer and he or she
shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his or her title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale.
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31. |
The proceeds of the sale after deduction of expenses, fees and commission incurred by the Company shall be received by the Company and applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently
payable, and the residue shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares prior to the sale) be paid to the Person entitled to the Shares immediately prior to the sale.
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32. |
Subject to the terms of the allotment and issuance of any Shares, the Directors may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys unpaid on their Shares, and each Shareholder shall (subject to receiving at
least fourteen days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on such Shares.
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33. |
The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay calls in respect thereof.
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34. |
If a sum called in respect of a Share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof, the Person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest upon the sum at the rate of eight percent per annum from the day appointed for
the payment thereof to the time of the actual payment, but the Directors shall be at liberty to waive payment of that interest wholly or in part.
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35. |
The provisions of these Articles as to the liability of joint holders and as to payment of interest shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on
account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if the same had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
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36. |
The Directors may make arrangements on the issue of partly paid Shares for a difference between the Shareholders, or the particular Shares, in the amount of calls to be paid and in the times of payment.
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37. |
The Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any Shareholder willing to advance the same all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid upon any partly paid Shares held by him or her, and upon all or any of the moneys so
advanced may (until the same would, but for such advance, become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (not exceeding without the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution, eight percent per annum) as may be agreed upon between the
Shareholder paying the sum in advance and the Directors.
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If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call in respect of any Shares on the day appointed for payment, the Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid,
serve a notice on him or her requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.
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The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of non-payment at
or before the time appointed the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.
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40. |
If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any Share in respect of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required by notice has been made, be forfeited by a
resolution of the Directors to that effect.
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41. |
A forfeited Share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit, and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit.
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42. |
A Person whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect of the forfeited Shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him
or her to the Company in respect of the Shares forfeited, but his or her liability shall cease if and when the Company receives payment in full of the amount unpaid on the Shares forfeited.
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A statutory declaration in writing that the declarant is a Director, and that a Share has been duly forfeited on a date stated in the declaration, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts in the declaration as against all Persons
claiming to be entitled to the Share.
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44. |
The Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for a Share on any sale or disposition thereof pursuant to the provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture and may execute a transfer of the Share in favour of the Person to whom
the Share is sold or disposed of and that Person shall be registered as the holder of the Share, and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his or her title to the Shares be affected by any
irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the disposition or sale.
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The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which by the terms of issue of a Share becomes due and payable, whether on account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as
if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
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46. |
Subject to these Articles and the rules or regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or any relevant rules of the SEC or securities laws (including, but not limited to, the Exchange Act), a Shareholder may transfer all or any of his
or her Shares. If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to the Articles on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the
transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such option or warrant.
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47. |
The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in (i) any usual or common form; (ii) such form as is prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange; or (iii) in any other form the Directors may determine and shall be executed by or on
behalf of the transferor (or otherwise as prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange) and if in respect of a nil or partly paid up Share, or if so required by the Directors, shall also be executed on behalf of
the transferee and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer. The transferor
shall be deemed to remain a Shareholder until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of the relevant Shares.
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Subject to the terms of issue thereof and the rules or regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or any relevant rules of the SEC or securities laws (including, but not limited to the Exchange Act), the Directors may determine to
decline to register any transfer of Shares without assigning any reason therefor.
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49. |
The registration of transfers may be suspended at such times and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time determine.
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50. |
All instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company, but any instrument of transfer that the Directors decline to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be returned to the Person depositing the same.
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51. |
The legal personal representative of a deceased sole holder of a Share shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. In the case of a Share registered in the name of two or more holders, the
survivors or survivor, or the legal personal representatives of the deceased holder of the Share, shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share.
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Any Person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors, have the right either to be registered as a
Shareholder in respect of the Share or, instead of being registered himself or herself, to make such transfer of the Share as the deceased or bankrupt Person could have made; but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to
decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the deceased or bankrupt Person before the death or bankruptcy.
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A Person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he or she would be entitled if he or she were the registered Shareholder,
except that he or she shall not, before being registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company.
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The Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe.
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55. |
The Company may by Ordinary Resolution:
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consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger amount than its existing Shares;
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convert all or any of its paid up Shares into stock and reconvert that stock into paid up Shares of any denomination;
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subdivide its existing Shares, or any of them into Shares of a smaller amount; provided that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same as it was in
case of the Share from which the reduced Share is derived; and
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cancel any Shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any Person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled.
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56. |
The Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner authorised by law.
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57. |
Subject to the Companies Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company may:
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issue Shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Shareholder on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine;
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purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine and agree with the Shareholder;
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make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised by the Companies Act, including out of its capital; and
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accept the surrender for no consideration of any paid up Share (including any redeemable Share) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine.
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With respect to redeeming, repurchasing or the surrender of Shares:
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Members who hold Public Shares are entitled to request the redemption of such Shares in the circumstances described in Articles 161 and 163;
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Shares held by the Sponsor shall be surrendered on a pro rata basis for no consideration to the extent that the Over-Allotment Option is not exercised in full so that the Founders will own, on an as converted basis, 20% of the Company’s
issued Shares after the IPO, pursuant to Articles 14 to Article 19; and
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Public Shares shall be repurchased by way of tender offer in the circumstances set out in Article 157(b).
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Any Share in respect of which notice of redemption has been given shall not be entitled to participate in the profits of the Company in respect of the period after the date specified as the date of redemption in the notice of redemption.
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60. |
The redemption, purchase or surrender of any Share shall not be deemed to give rise to the redemption, purchase or surrender of any other Share.
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61. |
The Directors may when making payments in respect of redemption or purchase of Shares, if authorised by the terms of issue of the Shares being redeemed or purchased or with the agreement of the holder of such Shares, make such payment
either in cash or in specie including, without limitation, interests in a special purpose vehicle holding assets of the Company or holding entitlement to the proceeds of assets held by the Company or in a liquidating structure.
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Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires (by way of surrender or otherwise) may, at the option of the Company, be cancelled immediately or held as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Companies Act. In the event that the
Directors do not specify that the relevant Shares are to be held as Treasury Shares, such Shares shall be cancelled.
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63. |
No dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) of the Company’s assets (including any distribution of assets to Members on a winding up) may be declared or paid in respect of a Treasury
Share.
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64. |
The Company shall be entered in the Register as the holder of the Treasury Shares; provided that:
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the Company shall not be treated as a member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void;
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a Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued shares at any given time, whether for the purposes of these Articles or the
Companies Act, save that an allotment of Shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Share is permitted and Shares allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a treasury share shall be treated as Treasury Shares.
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65. |
Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions as determined by the Directors.
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66. |
The Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene a general meeting of the Company and, for the avoidance of doubt, Members shall not have the ability to call general meetings except as provided in Article 69. Members seeking to bring
business before an annual general meeting or to nominate candidates for appointment as Directors at the annual general meeting must provide written notice of such business to the Company, and otherwise satisfy the procedures and eligibility
requirements of Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act and any other applicable laws.
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For so long as the Company’s Shares are traded on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting at such time and place (including any Electronic Facility) as may be
determined by the Directors in accordance with the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, unless such Designated Stock Exchange does not require the holding of an annual general meeting.
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The Directors may cancel or postpone any duly convened general meeting at any time prior to such meeting, for any reason or for no reason at any time prior to the time for holding such meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned, the time
for holding such adjourned meeting. The Directors shall give Shareholders notice in writing of any cancellation or postponement. A postponement may be for a stated period of any length or indefinitely as the Directors may determine.
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If at any time there are no Directors, any two Shareholders (or if there is only one Shareholder then that Shareholder) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Company may convene a general meeting in the same manner as nearly as
possible as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors.
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At least five days’ notice in writing counting from the date service is deemed to take place as provided in these Articles specifying the place (including any Electronic Facility), the day and the hour of the meeting and the general
nature of the business, shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided or in such other manner (if any) as may be prescribed by the Company by Ordinary Resolution to such Persons as are, under these Articles, entitled to receive such
notices from the Company, but with the consent of all the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of some particular meeting and attend and vote thereat, that meeting may be convened by such shorter notice or without notice and in such
manner as those Shareholders may think fit.
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The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to or the non-receipt of a notice of a meeting by any Shareholder shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting.
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72. |
All business carried out at a general meeting shall be deemed special with the exception of sanctioning a dividend, the consideration of the accounts, balance sheets, any report of the Directors or of the Company’s auditors, and the
fixing of the remuneration of the Company’s auditors. No special business shall be transacted at any general meeting without the consent of all Shareholders entitled to receive notice of that meeting unless notice of such special business
has been given in the notice convening that meeting.
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73. |
No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Shareholders is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as otherwise provided in these Articles, one or more Shareholders holding at least
a majority of the paid up voting share capital of the Company present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at that meeting shall form a quorum.
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If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Shareholders, shall be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the
next week, at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting the Shareholder or Shareholders present and entitled to vote shall form a quorum.
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75. |
If the Directors wish to make this facility available for a specific general meeting or all general meetings of the Company, participation in any general meeting of the Company may be by means of any Electronic Facility by way of which
all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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76. |
The chairman, if any, of the Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company.
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77. |
If there is no such chairman, or if at any general meeting he or she is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as chairman, any Director or Person nominated by the
Directors shall preside as chairman, failing which the Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall choose any Person present to be chairman of that meeting.
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78. |
The chairman may adjourn a meeting from time to time and from place to place (including any Electronic Facility) either:
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with the consent of any general meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting); or
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without the consent of such meeting if, in his or her sole opinion, he or she considers it necessary to do so to:
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secure the orderly conduct or proceedings of the meeting; or
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give all persons present in person or by proxy and having the right to speak and/or vote at such meeting, the ability to do so,
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79. |
A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall only be decided on a poll in such manner as the chairman directs and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting.
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80. |
In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.
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81. |
Subject to Article 181 and subject further to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, every Shareholder present in person and every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall, at a general meeting of
the Company, have one vote for each Share of which he or she or the Person represented by proxy is the holder.
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82. |
In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the
order in which the names stand in the Register.
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A Shareholder of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote in respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by him or her, by his or her committee, or other Person
in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other Person, may vote in respect of such Shares by proxy.
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84. |
No Shareholder shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company unless all calls, if any, or other sums presently payable by him or her in respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by him or her have been paid.
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85. |
On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy.
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86. |
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his or her attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under Seal or under the hand of an Officer or
attorney duly authorised or given in such other manner as the Directors may approve. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
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An instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve.
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88. |
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Office or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting no later than the time for holding the meeting or, if the meeting is
adjourned, the time for holding such adjourned meeting.
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89. |
A resolution in writing signed by all the Shareholders for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company (or being corporations by their duly authorised representatives) shall be
as valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.
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90. |
Any corporation which is a Shareholder or a Director may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such Person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any meeting of
holders of a Class or of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, and the Person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he or she represents as that corporation could exercise if
it were an individual Shareholder or Director.
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91. |
If a clearing house (or its nominee) is a Member of the Company it may, by resolution of its directors or other governing body or by power of attorney, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative or
representatives at any general meeting of the Company or at any general meeting of any Class of Members of the Company; provided that, if more than one person is so authorised, the authorisation shall specify the number and Class of Shares
in respect of which each such person is so authorised. A person so authorised pursuant to this Article shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the clearing house (or its nominee) which he or she represents as that
clearing house (or its nominee) could exercise if it were an individual Member holding the number and Class of Shares specified in such authorisation.
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92. |
The Company may by Ordinary Resolution from time to time fix the maximum and minimum number of Directors to be appointed but unless such numbers are fixed as aforesaid the minimum number of Directors shall be one and the maximum number
of Directors shall be unlimited.
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93. |
There shall be no shareholding qualification for Directors.
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94. |
For so long as the Company’s Shares are traded on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be assigned to each class
in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of Directors. At the first annual general meeting of Members after the IPO, the term of office of the Class I Directors shall expire and Class I Directors shall be elected
for a full term of three (3) years. At the second annual general meeting of Members after the IPO, the term of office of the Class II Directors shall expire and Class II Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At the
third annual general meeting of Members after the IPO, the term of office of the Class III Directors shall expire and Class III Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At each succeeding annual general meeting of
Members, Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years to succeed the Directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual general meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each Director shall
hold office until the expiration of his or her term, until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the
board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
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Prior to the closing of an initial Business Combination, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution of the holders of the Class B Shares (only) appoint any person to be a Director or remove any Director for any reason. For the avoidance of
doubt (i) prior to the closing of an initial Business Combination, holders of Class A Shares shall have no right to vote on the appointment or removal of any Director; provided, however, that if all of the Class B Shares are converted prior
to the date of the initial Business Combination, the holders of Class A Shares will have the right to vote on the election of Directors and (ii) following the closing of an initial Business Combination, the Company may by Ordinary
Resolution (of all Shareholders entitled to vote) appoint or remove any Director in accordance with these Articles.
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96. |
The Directors by affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, even if less than a
quorum, may appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director; provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles
as the maximum number of Directors. Any Director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of Directors in
which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such Director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, death or removal. When the number of Directors is
increased or decreased, the board of Directors shall, subject to Article 94 above, determine the class or classes to which the increased or decreased number of Directors shall be apportioned; provided, however, that no decrease in the
number of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director. In the event of a vacancy in the board of Directors, the remaining Directors who constitute a quorum of the directors, except as otherwise provided by law, may exercise
the powers of the full board of Directors until the vacancy is filled.
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Any Director may in writing appoint another Person to be his or her alternate and, save to the extent provided otherwise in the form of appointment, such alternate shall have authority to sign written resolutions on behalf of the
appointing Director, but shall not be authorised to sign such written resolutions where they have been signed by the appointing Director, and to act in such Director’s place at any meeting of the Directors. Every such alternate shall be
entitled to attend and vote at meetings of the Directors as the alternate of the Director appointing him or her and where he or she is a Director to have a separate vote in addition to his or her own vote. A Director may at any time in
writing revoke the appointment of an alternate appointed by him or her. Such alternate shall not be an Officer solely as a result of his or her appointment as an alternate other than in respect of such times as the alternate acts as a
Director. The remuneration of such alternate shall be payable out of the remuneration of the Director appointing him or her and the proportion thereof shall be agreed between them.
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98. |
Subject to the Companies Act, these Articles and to any resolutions passed in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company
and may exercise all powers of the Company. No resolution passed by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors that would have been valid if that resolution had not been passed.
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99. |
The Directors may from time to time appoint any Person, whether or not a Director to hold such office in the Company as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt and
without limitation, any chairman of the board of Directors, vice chairman of the board of Directors, a chief executive officer, president, a chief financial officer, a secretary, a treasurer, one or more vice-presidents, or any other
Officers as may be determined by the Directors), and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as
the Directors may think fit. Any Person so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors. The Directors may also appoint one or more of their number to the office of managing director upon like terms, but any such appointment
shall ipso facto terminate if any managing director ceases from any cause to be a Director, or if the Company by Ordinary Resolution resolves that his or her tenure of office be terminated.
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100. |
The Directors may appoint any Person to be a Secretary (and if need be an assistant Secretary or assistant Secretaries) who shall hold office for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions and with such powers as they think
fit. Any Secretary or assistant Secretary so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors.
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101. |
The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that
may be imposed on it by the Directors.
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102. |
The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether under Seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any company, firm or Person or body of Persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors,
to be the attorney or attorneys or authorised signatory (any such person being an “Attorney” or “Authorised Signatory”, respectively) of the Company for such
purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of
attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of Persons dealing with any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such Attorney or
Authorised Signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him or her.
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103. |
The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the three next following Articles shall not limit the general powers
conferred by this Article.
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104. |
The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company and may appoint any Person to be a member of such committees or local boards and may
appoint any managers or agents of the Company and may fix the remuneration of any such Person.
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105. |
The Directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such committee, local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors and may authorise the members for
the time being of any such local board, or any of them to fill any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may
think fit and the Directors may at any time remove any Person so appointed and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no Person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby.
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106. |
Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion for the time being vested in them.
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107. |
The Directors may agree with a Shareholder to waive or modify the terms applicable to such Shareholder’s subscription for Shares without obtaining the consent of any other Shareholder; provided that such waiver or modification does not
amount to a variation or abrogation of the rights attaching to the Shares of such other Shareholders.
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108. |
The Directors shall have the authority to present a winding up petition on behalf of the Company without the sanction of a resolution passed by the Company in general meeting.
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109. |
The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, or to otherwise provide for a security interest to be taken in such
undertaking, property or uncalled capital, and to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
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110. |
The Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors; provided that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form
confirming a number of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and
every Person as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal is so affixed in their presence.
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111. |
The Company may maintain a facsimile of the Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors; provided
that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal. The facsimile Seal shall be affixed in the presence
of such Person or Persons as the Directors shall for this purpose appoint and such Person or Persons as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the facsimile Seal is so affixed in their presence and such affixing of the facsimile
Seal and signing as aforesaid shall have the same meaning and effect as if the Seal had been affixed in the presence of and the instrument signed by a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one or more
Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Secretary or any assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but
which does not create any obligation binding on the Company.
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113. |
The office of Director shall be vacated, if the Director:
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becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his or her creditors;
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dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind;
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(c) |
resigns his or her office by notice in writing to the Company;
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(d) |
prior to the closing of an initial Business Combination, is removed from office by Ordinary Resolution of the holders of the Class B Shares (only);
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following the closing of an initial Business Combination, is removed from office by Ordinary Resolution of all Shareholders entitled to vote; or
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is removed from office pursuant to any other provision of these Articles.
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The Directors may meet together (either within or outside the Cayman Islands) for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be
decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. A Director may, and a Secretary or assistant Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting
of the Directors.
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A Director may participate in any meeting of the Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Directors of which such Director is a member, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons
participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed, if there be two or more Directors the quorum shall be two, and if there be one Director the quorum shall be
one. A Director represented by an alternate Director at any meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining whether or not a quorum is present.
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A Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Company shall declare the nature of his or her interest at a meeting of the Directors. A general notice given to the
Directors by any Director to the effect that he or she is to be regarded as interested in any contract or other arrangement which may thereafter be made with that company or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in
regard to any contract so made. A Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that he or she may be interested therein and if he or she does so his or her vote shall be counted and he or
she may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of the Directors at which any such contract or proposed contract or arrangement shall come before the meeting for consideration.
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A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his or her office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the
Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his or her office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his or her tenure of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor,
purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director is in any way interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so
interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director, notwithstanding his or
her interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting of the Directors whereat he or she or any other Director is appointed to hold any such office or place of profit under the Company or whereat the terms of any such
appointment are arranged and he or she may vote on any such appointment or arrangement.
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Any Director may act by himself or herself or his or her firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and he or she or his or her firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he or she were not a Director;
provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or his or her firm to act as auditor to the Company.
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The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided for the purpose of recording:
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all appointments of Officers made by the Directors;
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the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and
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all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors and of committees of Directors.
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When the chairman of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding that all the Directors have not actually come together or that there may have been a
technical defect in the proceedings.
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122. |
A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of Directors entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case may be (an alternate Director, subject as
provided otherwise in the terms of appointment of the alternate Director, being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of his or her appointer), shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a duly called and constituted
meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case may be. When signed a resolution may consist of several documents each signed by one or more of the Directors or his or her duly appointed alternate.
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The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and for so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing
Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.
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The Directors may elect a chairman of their meetings and determine the period for which he or she is to hold office but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the
time appointed for holding the meeting, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, a committee appointed by the Directors may elect a chairman of its meetings. If no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen
minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the committee members present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee
members present and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
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All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any Person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such
Director or Person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such Person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director.
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Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, or as otherwise provided for in the Companies Act and these Articles, the Directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends)
and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor.
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Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, the Company by Ordinary Resolution may declare dividends, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors.
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The Directors may determine, before recommending or declaring any dividend, to set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall be applicable for meeting
contingencies, or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied and pending such application may, at the determination of the Directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or
be invested in such investments as the Directors may from time to time think fit.
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Any dividend may be paid in any manner as the Directors may determine. If paid by check it will be sent through the post to the registered address of the Shareholder or Person entitled thereto, or in the case of joint holders, to any
one of such joint holders at his or her registered address or to such Person and such address as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. Every such check shall be made payable to the order
of the Person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other Person as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct.
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The Directors when paying dividends to the Shareholders in accordance with the foregoing provisions of these Articles may make such payment either in cash or in specie and may determine the extent to which amounts may be withheld
therefrom (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees, expenses or other liabilities for which a Shareholder (or the Company, as a result of any action or inaction of the Shareholder) is liable).
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Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the Shares, but if and for so long as nothing is paid up on any of the Shares
dividends may be declared and paid according to the par value of the Shares.
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If several Persons are registered as joint holders of any Share, any of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the Share.
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No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.
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The books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors.
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The books of account shall be kept at the Office, or at such other place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors.
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The Directors may from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of
Shareholders not being Directors, and no Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary
Resolution.
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The accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall only be audited if the Directors so determine, in which case the financial year end and the accounting principles will be determined by the Directors. The financial year of the
Company shall end on 31 December of each year or such other date as the Directors may determine.
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Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committee, if the Shares are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors shall establish and
maintain an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) as a committee of the board of Directors and shall adopt a formal written Audit Committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal
written charter on an annual basis. The composition and responsibilities of the Audit Committee shall comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Designated Stock Exchange. The Audit Committee shall meet at least once every
financial quarter, or more frequently as circumstances dictate.
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The Directors in each year shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual return and declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Companies Act and deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman
Islands.
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Subject to the Companies Act and these Articles, the Directors may:
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resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a Share Premium Account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution;
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appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Shareholders in proportion to the nominal amount of Shares (whether or not fully paid) held by them respectively and apply that sum on their behalf in or towards:
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paying up the amounts (if any) for the time being unpaid on Shares held by them respectively, or
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paying up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum,
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make any arrangements they think fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution of a capitalised reserve and in particular, without limitation, where Shares or debentures become distributable in fractions the Directors may deal
with the fractions as they think fit;
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authorise a Person to enter (on behalf of all the Shareholders concerned) into an agreement with the Company providing for either:
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the allotment to the Shareholders respectively, credited as fully paid, of Shares or debentures to which they may be entitled on the capitalisation, or
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the payment by the Company on behalf of the Shareholders (by the application of their respective proportions of the reserves resolved to be capitalised) of the amounts or part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing Shares,
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generally do all acts and things required to give effect to any of the actions contemplated by this Article.
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The Directors shall in accordance with the Companies Act establish a Share Premium Account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share.
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There shall be debited to any Share Premium Account on the redemption or purchase of a Share the difference between the nominal value of such Share and the redemption or purchase price; provided that at the determination of the Directors
such sum may be paid out of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by the Companies Act, out of capital.
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Any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled to give notice to any Shareholder either personally, or by posting it airmail or air courier service in a prepaid letter addressed to such Shareholder at his
or her address as appearing in the Register, or by electronic mail, or by facsimile should the Directors deem it appropriate. Notice may also be served by electronic communication in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or by placing it on the Company’s website. In the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to that
one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.
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Any Shareholder present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened.
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Any notice or other document, if served by:
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post, shall be deemed to have been served five clear days after the time when the letter containing the same is posted;
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facsimile, shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient;
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recognised courier service, shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service;
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electronic mail or other electronic communication (such as transmission to any number, address or internet website (including the website of the SEC) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise
decided and approved by the Directors), shall be deemed to have been served immediately upon the time of the transmission by electronic mail or approved electronic communication, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the
e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient; or
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placing it on the Company’s website; service of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected one hour after the notice or document was placed on the Company’s website.
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Any notice or document delivered or sent in accordance with the terms of these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his or her death or bankruptcy, be
deemed to have been duly served in respect of any Share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder, unless his or her name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the
Register as the holder of the Share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him or her) in the Share.
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Notice of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to:
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all Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them; and
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every Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder, who but for his or her death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting.
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150. |
To the fullest extent permitted by law, every Director (including for the purposes of this Article any alternate Director appointed pursuant to the provisions of these Articles), Secretary, assistant Secretary, or other Officer (but not
including the Company’s auditors) and the personal representatives of the same (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and funds of the Company against all actions or proceedings whether
threatened, pending or completed (a “Proceeding”), costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified
Person’s own actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, (i) in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment), (ii)
arising as a consequence of such Indemnified Person becoming aware of any business opportunity and failing to present such business opportunity to the Company or otherwise taking any of the actions or omitting to take any of the actions
permitted by the Articles under the heading “Business Opportunities”, (iii) in the execution or discharge of his or her duties, powers, authorities or discretions, or (iv) in respect of any actions or activities undertaken by an Indemnified
Person provided for and in accordance with the provisions set out above (inclusive) including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending
or otherwise being involved in, (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. Each Member agrees to waive any claim or right of
action he or she might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Director on account of any action taken by such Director, or the failure of such Director to take any action in the performance of his or
her duties with or for the Company; provided that such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect which may attach to such Director.
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No Indemnified Person shall be liable:
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for the acts, receipts, neglects, defaults or omissions of any other Director or Officer or agent of the Company; or
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for any loss on account of defect of title to any property of the Company; or
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on account of the insufficiency of any security in or upon which any money of the Company shall be invested; or
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for any loss incurred through any bank, broker or other similar Person; or
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for any loss occasioned by any negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust, error of judgement or oversight on such Indemnified Person’s part; or
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for any liability, obligation or duty to the Company that may arise as a consequence of such Indemnified Person becoming aware of any business opportunity and failing to present such business opportunity to the Company or otherwise
taking any of the actions or omitting to take any of the actions permitted by the Articles under the heading “Business Opportunities”; or
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for any loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which may happen in or arise from the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities, or discretions of such Indemnified Person’s office or in relation thereto;
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The Company will pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, such
payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Indemnified Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Indemnified
Person is not entitled to be indemnified under these Articles or otherwise.
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The Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or Officer of the Company against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in
respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company.
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The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any Indemnified Person as set out above will not be exclusive of any other rights that any Indemnified Person may have or hereafter acquire. The rights to
indemnification and advancement of expenses set out above will be contract rights and such rights will continue as to an Indemnified Person who has ceased to be a Director or Officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs,
executors and administrators.
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Subject to the proviso hereto, no Person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share upon any trust and the Company shall not, unless required by law, be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having
notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or as the Companies Act requires) any other right in respect of any Share except an absolute right to
the entirety thereof in each Shareholder registered in the Register; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to recognise any such interests as shall be determined by the Directors.
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156. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles, the Articles under this heading “Business Combination Requirements” shall apply during the period commencing upon the adoption of the Articles and terminating upon the first to occur
of the consummation of any Business Combination and the distribution of the Trust Fund pursuant to Article 163. In the event of a conflict between the Articles under this heading “Business Combination Requirements” and any other Articles,
the provisions of the Articles under this heading “Business Combination Requirements” shall prevail.
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Prior to the consummation of any Business Combination, the Company shall either:
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submit such Business Combination to its Members for approval; or
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provide Members with the opportunity to have their Shares repurchased by means of a tender offer for a per-Share repurchase price payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Fund, calculated as of two
business days prior to the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the Trust Fund and not previously released to the Company to pay income tax obligations, if any, (less up to $100,000 of
interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of Public Shares then in issue; provided that the Company shall not repurchase Public Shares in an amount that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than
US$5,000,001.
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If the Company initiates any tender offer in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act in connection with a proposed Business Combination, it shall file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing such
Business Combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about such Business Combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act.
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159. |
If, alternatively, the Company holds a general meeting to approve a proposed Business Combination, the Company will conduct any redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, not
pursuant to the tender offer rules, and will file such proxy materials with the SEC.
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160. |
At a general meeting called for the purposes of approving a Business Combination pursuant to these Articles, in the event that a majority of the Shares voted are voted for the approval of a Business Combination, the Company shall be
authorised to consummate a Business Combination.
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Any Member holding Public Shares who is not a Founder, Director or Officer of the Company may, contemporaneously with any vote on a Business Combination, elect to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash (the “IPO Redemption”); provided that no such Member acting together with any affiliate or any other person with whom such Member is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) may exercise
this redemption right with respect to more than an aggregate of 15.0% of the Public Shares without the consent of the Company; provided further that any holder that holds Public Shares beneficially through a nominee must identify itself to
the Company in connection with any redemption election in order to validly redeem such Public Shares. In connection with any vote held to approve a proposed Business Combination, holders of Public Shares seeking to exercise their redemption
rights will be required to either tender their certificates (if any) to the Company’s transfer agent or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian)
System, at the holder’s option, in each case up to two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote on the proposal to approve a Business Combination. If so demanded, the Company shall pay any such redeeming Member, regardless of
whether he or she is voting for or against such proposed Business Combination, a per-Share redemption price payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Fund calculated as of two business days prior to the
consummation of a Business Combination, including interest earned on the Trust Fund and not previously released to the Company to pay income taxes, if any, (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number
of Public Shares then in issue (such redemption price being referred to herein as the “Redemption Price”).
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The Redemption Price shall be paid promptly following the consummation of the relevant Business Combination. If the proposed Business Combination is not approved or completed for any reason then such redemptions shall be cancelled and
share certificates (if any) returned to the relevant Members as appropriate.
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(a) In the event that either the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within the Completion Window or a resolution of the Company’s Members is passed pursuant to the Companies Act to
commence the voluntary liquidation of the Company prior to the consummation of a Business Combination for any reason, the Company shall: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible
but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Fund, including
interest earned on the Trust Fund and not previously released to the Company to pay tax obligations, if any, (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of Public Shares then in issue, which
redemption will completely extinguish public Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the
approval of the Company’s remaining Members and the Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of sub-articles (ii) and (iii), to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases
subject to the other requirements of applicable law.
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164. |
Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay income tax obligations, if any, none of the funds held in the Trust Fund shall be released from the Trust Fund:
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to us, until the completion of a Business Combination;
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to a holder of Public Shares, until the earlier of an IPO Redemption pursuant to Article 162, a repurchase of Shares by means of a tender offer pursuant to Article 157(b), a distribution of the Trust Fund pursuant to Article 163(a) or an
amendment under Article 163(b). In no other circumstance shall a holder of Public Shares have any right or interest of any kind in the Trust Fund.
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Prior to or in connection with our initial Business Combination, the Directors shall not issue additional Shares or any other securities that would entitle the holders thereof to: (a) receive funds from the Trust Fund; or (b) vote on any
Business Combination or any other proposal presented to the Shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.
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For so long as the securities of the Company are listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Company must complete one or more Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust
Fund (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in the Trust Fund and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Fund) at the time of the Company’s signing a definitive agreement in connection with a Business
Combination. An initial Business Combination must not be effectuated solely with another blank check company or a similar company with nominal operations. In the event the Company enters into a Business
Combination with an entity that is affiliated with the Sponsor, Officers or Directors, or the Company otherwise determines it is necessary, the Company, or a committee of independent and disinterested directors (as defined
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange) (“Independent Directors”), will obtain an opinion
that the Company’s initial Business Combination is fair to the Company from a financial point of view from either an independent investment banking firm which is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., another
independent firm that commonly renders such opinions for the type of company the Company is seeking to acquire, or an independent accounting firm.
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167. |
A Director may vote in respect of any Business Combination in which such Director has a conflict of interest with respect to the evaluation of such Business Combination. Such Director must disclose such interest or conflict to the other
Directors.
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168. |
The Audit Committee shall monitor compliance with the terms of the IPO and, if any non‑compliance is identified, the Audit Committee shall be charged with the responsibility to take all action necessary to rectify such non-compliance or
otherwise cause compliance with the terms of the IPO.
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The Company may enter into a Business Combination with a target business that is affiliated with the Sponsor, the Directors or Officers of the Company if such transaction were approved by a majority of the Independent Directors and the
directors that did not have an interest in such transaction.
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In recognition and anticipation of the facts that: (a) directors, managers, officers, members, partners, managing members, employees and/or agents of one or more other organizations, including members of the Investor Group (each of the
foregoing, an “Officer and Director Related Person”) may serve as Directors and/or Officers of the Company; and (b) such organizations (the “Officer and Director
Related Entities”) and the Investor Group engage, and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, and/or other business activities
that overlap with or compete with those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage, the Articles under this heading “Business Opportunities” are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Company as
they may involve the Members and the Officer and Director Related Persons, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Company and its Officers, Directors and Members in connection therewith.
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171. |
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Investor Group, the Officer and Director Related Entities and the Officer and Director Related Persons shall have no duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain
from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being
offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any of the Investor Group or the Officer and Director Related Entities, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Investor Group, Officer and Director Related Entities and the Officer and Director Related Persons shall have no duty to communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Company and
shall not be liable to the Company or its Members for breach of any fiduciary duty as a Member, Director and/or Officer of the Company solely by reason of the fact that such party pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself,
himself or herself, directs such corporate opportunity to another Person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company and further, the Company hereby waives any claim or cause of action it may
have with respect to the foregoing.
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172. |
Except as provided elsewhere in these Articles, the Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate
opportunity for both the Company and another entity, including any of the Investor Group or any Officer and Director Related Entity, about which a Director and/or Officer of the Company acquires knowledge.
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173. |
To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that is renounced in this Article to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the provisions of this Article apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that
have been conducted in the past.
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174. |
If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in such manner and order as he or she thinks fit in satisfaction of creditors’ claims.
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175. |
If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of
property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose set such value as he or she deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or
different Classes. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Shareholders as the liquidator, with the like sanction shall think fit, but so
that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any assets whereon there is any liability.
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176. |
Subject to the Companies Act and the rights attaching to the various Classes, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution alter or amend these Articles in whole or in part.
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177. |
For the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any
dividend, or in order to make a determination as to who is a Shareholder for any other purpose, the Directors may, by any means in accordance with the requirements of any Designated Stock Exchange, provide that the Register shall be closed
for transfers for a stated period which shall not exceed in any case 40 days. If the Register shall be so closed for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of
Shareholders the Register shall be so closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register.
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178. |
In lieu of or apart from closing the Register, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of the
Shareholders and for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend the Directors may, at or within 90 days prior to the date of declaration of such dividend, fix a subsequent date as the
record date for such determination.
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179. |
If the Register is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of those Shareholders entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive
payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is posted or the date on which the resolution of the Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of
Shareholders. When a determination of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment
thereof.
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180. |
The Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing. In
furtherance of a resolution adopted pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the
time being incorporated, registered or existing and may cause all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company.
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181. |
With respect to any vote or votes to continue the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands in accordance with Article 180 (including any ancillary votes or approvals required in connection with any such continuation to
another jurisdiction including, but not limited to, the approval of the organisational documents of the Company in such other jurisdiction), holders of Class B Shares will have ten votes for every Class B Share and holders of Class A Shares
will have one vote for every Class A Share.
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182. |
The Company may merge or consolidate in accordance with the Companies Act.
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183. |
To the extent required by the Companies Act, the Company may by Special Resolution resolve to merge or consolidate the Company.
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184. |
The Directors, or any authorised service providers (including the Officers, the Secretary and the registered office agent of the Company), shall be entitled to disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority, or to any stock exchange on
which the Shares may from time to time be listed, any information regarding the affairs of the Company including, without limitation, information contained in the Register and books of the Company.
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185. |
Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum:
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(a) |
the federal courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear, settle and/or determine any dispute, controversy or claim arising under the provisions of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act (and each
Member irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts of the United States over all such claims, controversies or disputes);
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(b) |
the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with the Memorandum, the Articles or otherwise related in any way to each Member’s shareholding in the Company
(and each Member irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes), including but not limited to:
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(i) |
any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company;
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(ii) |
any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any current or former Director, Officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Members;
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(iii) |
any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Companies Act of the Cayman Islands, the Memorandum or the Articles; or
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(iv) |
any action asserting a claim against the Company concerning its internal affairs.
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186. |
Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the Company may have, each Member acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the exclusive jurisdiction and forum provisions set out in Article
185 above and that accordingly the Company shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of those provisions.
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SEE REVERSE FOR
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
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Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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By
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Chief Financial Officer
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TEN
COM
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—
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as tenants in common
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UNIF GIFT
MIN ACT
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—
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Custodian
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(Cust)
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(Minor)
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TEN
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as tenants by the entireties
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under Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act
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JT TEN
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—
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as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
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(State)
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Dated
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Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatever.
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Signature(s) Guaranteed:
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THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM,
PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULES).
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NUMBER
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SHARES
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Dated:
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Chief Financial Officer
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TEN COM - as tenants in common
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UNIF GIFT - Custodian
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MIN ACT | ||||
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(Cust)
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(Minor)
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(State)
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Dated
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Shareholder
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
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Signature(s) Guaranteed:
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By
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Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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By:
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Name:
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Title: Director
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CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, AS WARRANT AGENT
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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(Signature)
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(Address)
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(Tax Identification Number)
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Signature Guaranteed:
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Redemption Date
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Redemption Fair Market Value of Ordinary Shares
(period to expiration of warrants)
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≤ 10.00
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11.00
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12.00
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13.00
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14.00
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15.00
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16.00
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17.00
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≥ 18.00
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60 months
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0.261
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0.280
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0.297
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0.311
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0.324
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0.337
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0.348
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0.358
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0.361
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57 months
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0.257
|
0.277
|
0.294
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0.310
|
0.324
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0.337
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0.348
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0.358
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0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 months
|
0.252
|
0.272
|
0.291
|
0.307
|
0.322
|
0.335
|
0.347
|
0.357
|
0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 months
|
0.246
|
0.268
|
0.287
|
0.304
|
0.320
|
0.333
|
0.346
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0.357
|
0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 months
|
0.241
|
0.263
|
0.283
|
0.301
|
0.317
|
0.332
|
0.344
|
0.356
|
0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 months
|
0.235
|
0.258
|
0.279
|
0.298
|
0.315
|
0.330
|
0.343
|
0.356
|
0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 months
|
0.228
|
0.252
|
0.274
|
0.294
|
0.312
|
0.328
|
0.342
|
0.355
|
0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 months
|
0.221
|
0.246
|
0.269
|
0.290
|
0.309
|
0.325
|
0.340
|
0.354
|
0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 months
|
0.213
|
0.239
|
0.263
|
0.285
|
0.305
|
0.323
|
0.339
|
0.353
|
0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 months
|
0.205
|
0.232
|
0.257
|
0.280
|
0.301
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0.320
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0.337
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0.352
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0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 months
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0.196
|
0.224
|
0.250
|
0.274
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0.297
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0.316
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0.335
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0.351
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0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 months
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0.185
|
0.214
|
0.242
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0.268
|
0.291
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0.313
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0.332
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0.350
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0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 months
|
0.173
|
0.204
|
0.233
|
0.260
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0.285
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0.308
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0.329
|
0.348
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0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 months
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0.161
|
0.193
|
0.223
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0.252
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0.279
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0.304
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0.326
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0.347
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0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 months
|
0.146
|
0.179
|
0.211
|
0.242
|
0.271
|
0.298
|
0.322
|
0.345
|
0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 months
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0.130
|
0.164
|
0.197
|
0.230
|
0.262
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0.291
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0.317
|
0.342
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0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 months
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0.111
|
0.146
|
0.181
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0.216
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0.250
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0.282
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0.312
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0.339
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0.361
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 months
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0.090
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0.125
|
0.162
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0.199
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0.237
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0.272
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0.305
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0.336
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0.361
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6 months
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0.065
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0.099
|
0.137
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0.178
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0.219
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0.259
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0.296
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0.331
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0.361
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3 months
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0.034
|
0.065
|
0.104
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0.150
|
0.197
|
0.243
|
0.286
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0.326
|
0.361
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0 months
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—
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—
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0.042
|
0.115
|
0.179
|
0.233
|
0.281
|
0.323
|
0.361
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Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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By:
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Name: Steven Orbuch
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Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director
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CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
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By:
|
||
Name:
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||
Title:
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Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
|
||
By:
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Name:
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Title: Director
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CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, AS WARRANT AGENT
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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(Signature)
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||
(Address)
|
||
(Tax Identification Number)
|
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Signature Guaranteed:
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Very truly yours,
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/s/ Ropes & Gray LLP | ||
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Ropes & Gray LLP |
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CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
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By:
|
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Name:
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Francis Wolf
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Title:
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Vice President
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SCULPTOR ACQUISITION CORP I
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By:
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Name:
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Steven Orbuch
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Fee Item
|
Time and method of payment
|
Amount
|
||
Initial acceptance fee
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Initial closing of the Offering by wire transfer
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$3,500.00
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Annual fee
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First year, initial closing of the Offering by wire transfer; thereafter on the anniversary of the effective date of the Offering by wire transfer or check
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$10,000.00
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||
Transaction processing fee for disbursements to Company under Sections 1(i),(j), and (k)
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Billed by Trustee to Company under Section 1
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$250.00
|
||
Paying Agent services as required pursuant to Section 1(i) and 1(k)
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Billed to Company upon delivery of service pursuant to Section 1(i) and 1(k)
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Prevailing rates
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Very truly yours,
|
||
Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
Agreed and acknowledged by:
|
||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
Very truly yours,
|
||
Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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By:
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||
Name:
|
||
Title:
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cc: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
|
[WIRE INSTRUCTION INFORMATION]
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||
Very truly yours,
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||
Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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||
By:
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||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
||
cc: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
|
Very truly yours,
|
||
Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
||
cc: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
|
Very truly yours,
|
||
Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
||
cc: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
|
COMPANY:
|
||
Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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By:
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Name:
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Steven Orbuch
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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HOLDERS: | |
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Sculptor Acquisition Sponsor I | |
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By: | |
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Name: | |
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Title: |
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By: | |
Adam Rosenberg
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By: | |
Kristi Jackson
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By: | |
Ivy Zelman
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By: | |
Charmel Maynard
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COMPANY:
|
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Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
|
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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PURCHASER:
|
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Sculptor Acquisition Sponsor I
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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1. |
SERVICES TO THE COMPANY
|
2. |
DEFINITIONS
|
|
(a) |
References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director or officer of, or who serves or served in any other capacity for, the Company or a subsidiary of the Company
or other person authorized by the Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity as a director or officer of or in any other capacity for another company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.
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(b) |
The terms “Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated
under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof.
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(c) |
A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
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(i) |
Acquisition of Shares by Third Party. Other than Sculptor Acquisition Sponsor I, a limited liability company registered in the Cayman Islands (the “Sponsor”) or any of its affiliates, any Person
is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in
the appointment of directors, unless (1) the change in the relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to
vote generally in the appointment of directors, or (2) such acquisition was approved in advance by the Continuing Directors and such acquisition would not constitute a Change in Control under part (iii) of this definition;
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(ii) |
Change in Board of Directors. Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board, and any new director whose appointment by the Board or nomination for appointment by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the
directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment on or nomination for appointment was previously so approved (collectively, the “Continuing
Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;
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(iii) |
Corporate Transactions.
The effective date of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination: (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of securities entitled to vote
generally in the appointment of directors immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 51% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to
vote generally in the appointment of directors resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a company or corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets either directly or through one or more Subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the securities entitled to vote generally in the appointment
of directors; (2) other than an affiliate of the Sponsor, no Person (excluding any company or corporation resulting from such Business Combination) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 15% or more of the combined voting
power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the appointment of directors of the surviving company or corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination; and (3) at
least a majority of the board of directors of the company or corporation resulting from such Business Combination were Continuing Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing
for such Business Combination;
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(iv) |
Liquidation. The approval
by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement or series of agreements for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than factoring the
Company’s current receivables or escrows due (or, if such approval is not required, the decision by the Board to proceed with such a liquidation, sale, or disposition in one transaction or a series of related transactions); or
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(v) |
Other Events. There occurs
any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act, whether
or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.
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(d) |
“Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director or officer of, or who serves or served in any other capacity for, the Company or any other
Enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.
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(e) |
“Delaware Court” shall mean the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.
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(f) |
“Disinterested Director” shall mean 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.
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(g) |
“Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other company or corporation, constituent company or corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation
or merger to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director or officer or in any other capacity.
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(h) |
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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(i) |
“Expenses” shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery
service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness
in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding, including reasonable compensation for time spent by the Indemnitee for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses also
shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas 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.
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(j) |
References to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed on Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan.
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(k) |
References to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director or officer of or in any other capacity for the Company which imposes duties on, or
involves services by, such director, officer or person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best
interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company”
as referred to in this Agreement.
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(l) |
“Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm or a member of a law firm with significant experience in matters of corporate law and that 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.
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(m) |
The term “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that “Person” shall exclude: (i) the Company; (ii) any Subsidiaries of the Company; (iii) any employment benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary of the Company or of any company or
corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company; and (iv) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary of the Company or of a company or corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company.
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The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry,
administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative
or investigative or related nature, in which Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of, or serves or served in any other capacity for, the
Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him or her or of any action (or failure to act) on his or her part while acting as a director or officer of, or in any other capacity for, the Company, or by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of or in any other capacity for any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is
incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.
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The term “Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, shall mean any company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity of which a
majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.
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The phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles” shall include, but not be limited to: (a) to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the provision of applicable Cayman Islands law that authorizes or
contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of applicable Cayman Islands law, and (b) to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or
replacements of applicable Cayman Islands law adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a company or corporation may indemnify its officers or directors or those who serve it in any other capacity.
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INDEMNITY IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS
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INDEMNITY IN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY
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INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL
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INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS
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ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND EXONERATION RIGHTS
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8. |
CONTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY
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To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law and the Articles, if the indemnification, hold harmless and/or exoneration rights provided for in this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part for any reason
whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying, holding harmless or exonerating Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid or
to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have at any time
against Indemnitee.
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(b) |
The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all
claims asserted against Indemnitee.
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(c) |
The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may be brought by directors or officers of, or by those who serve in any other capacity for, the Company other
than Indemnitee who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall seek payments or advances from the Company only to the extent that such payments or advances are unavailable from any insurance policy of the Company covering
Indemnitee.
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EXCLUSIONS
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for which payment has actually been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity or advancement provision and which payment has not subsequently been returned, except with respect to any excess
beyond the amount actually received under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other indemnity or advancement provision or otherwise;
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(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 Exchange Act (or any successor rule) or similar provisions of state
statutory law or common law; or
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(c) |
except as otherwise provided in Sections 14(f) and (g) hereof, prior to a Change in Control, 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 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, hold harmless or exoneration payment, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law and the Articles.
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ADVANCES OF EXPENSES; DEFENSE OF CLAIM
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Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to Section 27, and to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law and the Articles, the Company shall pay the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee (or
reasonably expected by Indemnitee to be incurred by Indemnitee within three months) in connection with any Proceeding within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to
time, prior to the final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles, be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
and the Articles, be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to be indemnified, held harmless or exonerated under the other provisions of this Agreement.
Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing a Proceeding to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. To
the fullest extent required by applicable law and the Articles, such payments of Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon the Company’s receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of Indemnitee,
to repay the advanced amounts to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, held harmless or exonerated by the Company under the provisions of this Agreement, applicable law and the
Articles or otherwise. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that Indemnitee was not so entitled to indemnification or to be held harmless or exonerated, any advancement shall be returned to the Company
(without interest) by the Indemnitee. This Section 10(a) shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payment is excluded pursuant to Section 9, but shall apply to any Proceeding
referenced in Section 9(b) prior to a final determination that Indemnitee is liable therefor.
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(b) |
The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.
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(c) |
The Company shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) which would impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written
consent.
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PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION AND APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION
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(a) |
Indemnitee agrees to notify promptly the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding, claim, issue or matter therein which may
be subject to indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights, or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to
Indemnitee under this Agreement, or otherwise.
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(b) |
Indemnitee may deliver to the Company a written application to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with this Agreement. Such application(s) may be delivered from time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee
deems appropriate in his or her sole discretion. Following such a written application for indemnification by Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be determined according to Section 12(a) of this Agreement.
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PROCEDURE UPON APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION
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A determination, if required by applicable law and the Articles, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made in the specific case by one of the following methods, which shall be at the election of
Indemnitee: (i) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, (iii) if there are no Disinterested
Directors or if such directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee, or (iv) by vote of the shareholders by ordinary resolution. The Company promptly will
advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied. If it is so determined that
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall reasonably 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 costs or Expenses (including reasonable 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 agrees to indemnify and to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
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(b) |
In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12(b). The Independent Counsel
shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and
certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement. If the Independent Counsel is selected by the Board, the Company shall give written notice to
Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement. In
either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been received, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, 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 2 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 such written objection is so made and substantiated, the
Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction 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 11(b) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court for
resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Delaware Court, and the person
with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 12(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of
this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
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(c) |
The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel and to fully indemnify and hold harmless such Independent Counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating
to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
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PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS
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(a) |
In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee
has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(b) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of
any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by the Disinterested Directors or Independent 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 the Disinterested Directors or Independent 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.
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(b) |
If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 12 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within thirty (30) days after receipt by the
Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles, 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
final judicial determination that any or all such indemnification is expressly prohibited under applicable law and the Articles; provided, however, that such 30-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional
fifteen (15) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information
relating thereto.
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(c) |
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 or she 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 or her conduct was unlawful.
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(d) |
For purposes of any determination of good faith, 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, including financial statements, or on
information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors or officers of, or by those who serve in any other capacity for, the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise, its Board, any
committee of the Board or any director or officer of, or any person who serves in any capacity for, the Enterprise, or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director
or officer of, or any person who serves in any capacity for, the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected by the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director
or officer of, or person who serves in any capacity for, the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed or found to
have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.
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(e) |
The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director or officer of or any other person who serves in any capacity for the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to
indemnification under this Agreement.
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REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE
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(a) |
In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law and the Articles, is not timely made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after
receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Sections 5, 6, 7 or the last sentence of Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of
a written request therefor, (v) a contribution payment is not made in a timely manner pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, (vi) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement is not made within ten (10) days
after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vii) payment to Indemnitee pursuant to any hold harmless or exoneration rights under this Agreement or otherwise is not made in accordance with this
Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the Delaware Court to such indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or
advancement rights. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American Arbitration
Association. Except as set forth herein, the Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American Arbitration Association shall apply to any such arbitration. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such
adjudication or award in arbitration.
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(b) |
In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be
conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination.
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(c) |
In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to be indemnified, held harmless, exonerated to receive advancement of Expenses under this Agreement and the
Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, held harmless, exonerated and to receive advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any
determination pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement adverse to Indemnitee for any purpose. If Indemnitee commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the
Company for any advances pursuant to Section 10 until a final determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed).
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(d) |
If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced
pursuant to this Section 14, 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 and the Articles.
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(e) |
The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall
stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.
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(f) |
The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles against all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of
such written request) pay to Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles, such Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any judicial proceeding or arbitration brought by Indemnitee: (i)
to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement or any other indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement or contribution agreement or provision of the Articles now or hereafter in effect;
or (ii) for recovery or advances under any insurance policy maintained by any person for the benefit of Indemnitee, regardless of the outcome and whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, hold
harmless or exoneration right, advancement, contribution or insurance recovery, as the case may be (unless such judicial proceeding or arbitration was not brought by Indemnitee in good faith).
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(g) |
Interest shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the legal rate under Delaware law for amounts which the Company indemnifies, holds harmless or exonerates, or advances, or is obliged to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate or
advance for the period commencing with the date on which Indemnitee requests indemnification, to be held harmless, exonerated, contribution, reimbursement or advancement of any Expenses and ending with the date on which such payment is made
to Indemnitee by the Company.
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SECURITY
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NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; SUBROGATION; PRIORITY OF OBLIGATIONS
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(a) |
The rights of Indemnitee 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 and the Articles, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or a
resolution of directors, 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 Proceeding (regardless of when
such Proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) or claim, issue or matter therein arising out of, or related to, any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration
or repeal. To the extent that a change in applicable law and the Articles, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded
currently under the Articles or this Agreement, then this Agreement (without any further action by the parties hereto) shall automatically be deemed to be amended to require that the Company indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law and the Articles. 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.
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(b) |
The Articles permit the Company to purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection or make other arrangements including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond (“Indemnification Arrangements”) on behalf of Indemnitee against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by or on behalf of him or her or in such capacity as a director,
officer or agent of the Company, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement and the Articles. The
purchase, establishment, and maintenance of any such Indemnification Arrangement shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or of Indemnitee under this Agreement except as expressly provided herein, and
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or the other party or parties thereto under any such Indemnification Arrangement.
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(c) |
To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors or officers of, or those who serve in any other capacity for, any other Enterprise which 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 such director or officer or person serving in any other capacity
under such policy or policies. If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise), the Company has director and officer
liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter use commercially reasonable efforts
to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.
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In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, 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. No such payment by the Company shall
be deemed to relieve any insurer of its obligations.
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(e) |
The Company’s obligation to indemnify, hold harmless, exonerate or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of or in any other capacity for any other Enterprise
shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payments or advancement of expenses from such Enterprise. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, but subject to Section 27, (i) Indemnitee shall have no obligation to reduce, offset, allocate, pursue or apportion any indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement, contribution or insurance coverage among multiple
parties possessing such duties to Indemnitee prior to the Company’s satisfaction and performance of all its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) the Company shall perform fully its obligations under this Agreement without regard to
whether Indemnitee holds, may pursue or has pursued any indemnification, advancement, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or insurance coverage rights against any person or entity other than the Company.
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(f) |
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Company is the primary indemnitor, and any indemnification or advancement obligation of the Sponsor or its affiliates or members or any other Person is
secondary.
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DURATION OF AGREEMENT
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18. |
SEVERABILITY
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19. |
ENFORCEMENT AND BINDING EFFECT
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(a) |
The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of or in another capacity for the Company,
and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director or officer of or in another capacity for the Company.
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(b) |
Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Articles as they may be amended from time to time, 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.
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(c) |
The indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a
director or officer of or to serve in any other capacity for the Company or ceased to be a director or officer of or to serve in any other capacity for any other Enterprise at the Company’s request, and shall inure to the benefit of
Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.
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The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken
place.
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(e) |
The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult to prove, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable
harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles, enforce this Agreement by seeking, among other things, injunctive relief and/or specific performance
hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he or she
may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles, be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary
restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may
be required of Indemnitee by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Articles.
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MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
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NOTICES
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(a) |
If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide in writing to the Company.
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(b) |
If to the Company, to:
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22. |
APPLICABLE LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
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23. |
IDENTICAL COUNTERPARTS
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24. |
MISCELLANEOUS
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25. |
PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS
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26. |
ADDITIONAL ACTS
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27. |
WAIVER OF CLAIMS TO TRUST ACCOUNT
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28. |
MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE
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SCULPTOR ACQUISITION CORP I
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By:
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Name:
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Steven Orbuch
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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INDEMNITEE
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Principal Amount: up to $300,000
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Dated as of March 15, 2021
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(as set forth on the Schedule of Borrowings attached hereto) |
Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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A Cayman Islands exempted company
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By:
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/s/ Steven Orbuch
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Name: Steven Orbuch
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Title: President
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Date of
Increase or
Decrease
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Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Promissory Note
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Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Promissory Note
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Principal Amount of this
Promissory Note following such
decrease or increase
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Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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March 15, 2021 |
RE:
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Securities Subscription Agreement
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Very truly yours,
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Sculptor Acquisition Corp I
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By:
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/s/ Steven Orbuch
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Name: Steven Orbuch
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Title: President
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Sculptor Acquisition Sponsor I
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By:
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/s/ Wayne Cohen
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Name: Wayne Cohen
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Title: Officer
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Re:
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Initial Public Offering
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Sincerely,
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SCULPTOR ACQUISITION SPONSOR I
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name: Steven Orbuch
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By:
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Name: Nicholas Hecker
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By:
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Name: Dava Ritchea
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By:
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Name: James Levin
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By:
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Name: Wayne Cohen
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By:
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Name: Kristi Jackson
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By:
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Name: Charmel Maynard
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By:
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Name: Adam Rosenberg
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By:
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Name: Ivy Zelman
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Acknowledged and Agreed:
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SCULPTOR ACQUISITION CORP I
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Dated: October 13, 2021
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/s/ Kristi Jackson
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Name: Kristi Jackson
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Dated: October 13, 2021
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/s/ Charmel Maynard
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Name: Charmel Maynard
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Dated: October 13, 2021
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/s/ Adam Rosenberg
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Name: Adam Rosenberg
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Dated: October 13, 2021
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/s/ Ivy Zelman
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Name: Ivy Zelman
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