As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2015

Registration No. 333-203599

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



 

AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-1
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



 

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION



 

   
British Virgin Islands   6770   N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

c/o The Electrum Group LLC
700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor
New York, NY 10065
(646) 365-1600

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)



 

Eric N. Vincent, Chief Executive Officer
Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation
c/o The Electrum Group LLC
700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor
New York, NY 10065
(646) 365-1600

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



 

Copies to:

 
Alan I. Annex, Esq.
Jason T. Simon, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(212) 801-9200
  Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.
Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
(212) 370-1300


 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. o

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

     
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer x   Smaller reporting company o
          (Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
    

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 


 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form S-1 (File No. 333-203599) is to file additional exhibits and amend and restate the list of exhibits set forth in Item 16 of Part II of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 2 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, the signature pages to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. The prospectus and financial statements are unchanged and have been omitted.

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwriting discount and commissions) will be as follows:

 
SEC Registration Fee     20,045  
FINRA filing fee     26,375  
Accounting fees and expenses     45,000  
Nasdaq listing fees     75,000  
Printing and engraving expenses     55,000  
Directors & Officers liability insurance premiums     125,000 (1)  
Legal fees and expenses     340,000  
Miscellaneous     38,580 (2)  
Total   $ 725,000  

(1) This amount represents the approximate amount of director and officer liability insurance premiums the registrant anticipates paying following the consummation of its initial public offering and until it consummates a business combination.
(2) This amount represents additional expenses that may be incurred by the Company in connection with the offering over and above those specifically listed above, including distribution and mailing costs.

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

British Virgin Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the British Virgin Islands Court to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our memorandum and articles of association provide that, subject to certain limitations, the company shall indemnify its directors and officers against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings. Such indemnity only applies if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was unlawful.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is theretofore unenforceable.

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

(a) During the past three years, we sold the following ordinary shares without registration under the Securities Act:

 
Name   Number of
Shares
ESAC Holdings LLC     3,750,000  
David W. Peat     23,000  
Thomas A. Ronzetti III     23,000  
Marc S. Goodman     23,000  
Diana J. Walters     23,000  
Ospraie Partners LLC     346,385  

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The shares sold to ESAC Holdings LLC were issued in December 2014 and the remainder of such shares were issued in April 2015, in each case in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act as they were sold to an accredited investor. The shares issued to the entity and persons above were sold for an aggregate offering price of $27,932 at a purchase price of approximately $0.007 per share.

In addition, the Company’s sponsor and its designees and Ospraie Partners LLC have committed to purchase an aggregate of 12,450,000 private warrants from the Company on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering, for an aggregate purchase price of $6,225,000. These issuances will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

 
Exhibit
No.
  Description
1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement.*
1.2   Form of Advisory Services Agreement with Brock Securities.
3.1   Memorandum and articles of association.**
3.2   Form of Amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
4.1   Specimen Unit Certificate.
4.2   Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate.
4.3   Specimen Warrant Certificate.
4.4   Form of Warrant Agreement among the Registrant and Continental Transfer & Trust Company.
5.1   Form of Opinion of Ogier.
5.2   Form of Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
10.1    Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Ospraie Partners LLC, Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund L.P. and each of the Registrant’s Officers, Directors and Sponsor.
10.2    Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
10.3    Form of Letter Agreement between The Electrum Group LLC and Registrant regarding administrative support.
10.4    Form of Promissory Note issued to the Sponsor.
10.5    Form of Registration Rights Agreement between the Registrant and the Sponsor.
10.6    Subscription Agreement, dated December 12, 2014, between the Registrant and the Sponsor.
10.7    Form of Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement
10.8    Subscription Agreement, dated April 22, 2015, between the Registrant and David W. Peat.
10.9    Subscription Agreement, dated April 22, 2015, between the Registrant and Ospraie Partners LLC.
10.10   Subscription Agreement, dated April 22, 2015, between the Registrant and Thomas A. Ronzetti III.
10.11   Subscription Agreement, dated April 22, 2015, between the Registrant and Marc S. Goodman.
10.12   Subscription Agreement, dated April 22, 2015, between the Registrant and Diana J. Walters.
14      Code of Ethics.
23.1    Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC.**
23.2     Consent of Ogier (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.3    Consent of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).
24      Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).**

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Exhibit
No.
  Description
99.1    Consent of David W. Peat.**
99.2    Consent of Dwight W. Anderson.**
99.3    Consent of Thomas A. Ronzetti III.**
99.4    Consent of Marc S. Goodman.**
99.5    Consent of Diana J. Walters.**
99.6    Form of Audit Committee Charter.
99.7    Form of Compensation Committee Charter.
99.8    Form of Nominating Committee Charter.

* To be filed by amendment.
** Previously filed.

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Item 17. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

i. To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

ii. To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment 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.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(5) That for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale

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prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(b) The undersigned hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

(c) 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 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.

(d) 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.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on the 4 th day of June, 2015.

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By: /s/ Eric N. Vincent

Name: Eric N. Vincent
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

   
Name   Position   Date
/s/ Thomas S. Kaplan

Thomas S. Kaplan
  Chairman of the Board   June 4, 2015
/s/ Eric N. Vincent

Eric N. Vincent
  Chief Executive Officer
(Principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer)
  June 4, 2015

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Exhibit 1.2

 

May 27, 2015

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

c/o The Electrum Group LLC

535 Madison Avenue, 11 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

 

Attn: Eric N. Vincent, CEO

 

  

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter agreement (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, this “ Agreement ”) confirms the engagement of Brock Capital Group LLC, together with Brock Securities LLC, (“ Brock ”) by Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (together with any subsidiaries, affiliated parties and any entity formed by Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation to effect any of the transactions which are the subject of this Agreement, the “ Company ”) to provide the Company with certain financial advisory services in connection with its initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) and potential merger and acquisition opportunities in connection with the Company's purpose to seek to acquire, engage in a capital stock exchange with, purchase all or substantially all of the assets of, engage in contractual arrangements with, or engage in any other similar business combination with a single entity, or one or more related or unrelated entities (a “ Business Combination ”). In consideration of such services, the Company desires to pay Brock a fee for such services as follows: (1) Upon closing of the IPO, the Company shall pay to Brock a cash financial advisory fee equal to three-quarters of one percent (0.75%) of the gross proceeds of the IPO (excluding proceeds from any shares issued in connection with the exercise of the overallotment granted to the underwriters of the IPO), (2) upon the closing date of the Company’s first Business Combination, the Company shall pay to Brock a cash financial advisory fee equal to three-quarters of one percent (0.75%) of the gross proceeds of the IPO (excluding proceeds from any shares issued in connection with the exercise of the overallotment granted to the underwriters of the IPO), and (3) upon the closing date of the first Business Combination, the Company shall pay to Brock a cash financial advisory fee equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the proceeds from the sale of any shares issued in connection with the exercise of the overallotment granted to the underwriters of the IPO. In addition to the fees described above, the Company agrees to reimburse Brock, within 10 business days of each written request, for out-of-pocket expenses incurred (including, without limitation, all reasonable travel and lodging expenses, and reasonable fees, costs and disbursements of counsel, retained by Brock) in connection with our services pursuant to this Agreement, provided however that in no event shall expenses exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate, in any one month, without the Company’s prior written consent, with a cap on total reimbursements not to exceed $25,000.

 

 
 

 

In consideration of and as a condition precedent to Brock providing the services set forth in this letter, the Company agrees to the indemnification provisions set forth in Annex A, which is incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

 

Nothing in this agreement shall obligate the Company to retain Brock for any other services, nor shall Brock be obligated to provide any such services. Any future services shall be the subject of a separate agreement between the parties in a form satisfactory to each in its sole discretion.

 

Brock acknowledges that the Company will establish a trust fund (the “ Trust Fund ”), initially in an amount expected to be $150,000,000 for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and that the Company will only be able to disburse monies from the Trust Fund as set forth in the Registration Statement submitted to the SEC on the effective date of the IPO. For and in consideration of the Company’s engagement of Brock to provide financial advisory services to the Company, Brock hereby agrees that it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies deposited in the Trust Fund (“ Claim ”) and waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreement with the Company or the Company’s representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Fund for any reason whatsoever. Nothing herein shall limit the ability of Brock to pursue any claim seeking as its remedy the Company’s non-Trust Fund assets or funds, and nothing herein shall waive or impact any claims that Brock may have in the future against the Company’s assets or funds that are not held in the Trust Fund (including any funds that have been released from the Trust Fund and any assets that have been purchased or acquired with any such funds). This paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

Either party may terminate this Agreement (i) at any time upon a material breach by the other party that is not cured within thirty (30) days of such breach by providing thirty (30) days’ written notice of such intent to terminate to the other party and (ii) beginning after July 21, 2015, either party may at any time terminate this Agreement and any further participation in the proposed transactions described herein unless such participation is already earned by Brock by providing thirty (30) days’ written notice of such intent to terminate to the other party; provided, however, that notwithstanding any such termination, any and all fees and expenses that are due and owing at such time of termination to Brock and, if such termination occurs after the IPO, any and all fees that may continue to be earned by Brock as described herein shall be paid to Brock on the dates described herein or modified as required by FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(D).

 

This Agreement and all controversies arising hereunder or relating hereto will be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

 
 

 

If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign where indicated below and return to the undersigned.

 

Very truly yours,

 

    BROCK CAPITAL GROUP LLC
     
  By: /s/ Charles S. Brock
    Charles L. Brock
    Chairman & CEO
     
    BROCK SECURITIES LLC
     
  By: /s/ Charles O. Svenson
    Charles O. Svenson
    President

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED AS OF

THE DATE FIRST WRITTEN ABOVE:

 

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

By: /s/ Eric N. Vincent  
  Name Eric N. Vincent  
  Title   Director  

 

 
 

 

ANNEX A

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (the “ Company ”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Brock Capital Group LLC and Brock Securities LLC (together “ Brock ”) from and against any and all losses (except for loss or non-receipt of all or part of the Initial Advisory Fee and the Deferred Advisory Fee), claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses and disbursements (and any and all actions, suits, proceedings and investigations in respect thereof and any and all legal and other costs, expenses and disbursements in giving testimony or furnishing documents in response to a subpoena or otherwise), including, without limitation, the costs, expenses and disbursements, reasonably incurred, as and when incurred, of investigating, preparing or defending any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether or not in connection with litigation in which Brock is a party), directly or indirectly, caused by, relating to, based upon, arising out of, or in connection with Brock's acting for the Company in connection with the Agreement between the Company and Brock to which these indemnification provisions are attached and of which they form a part (the “ Agreement ”), except to the extent primarily caused (as determined in a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction not subject to appeal) by the negligence or willful misconduct of Brock. The Company also agrees that Brock shall not have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors or shareholders for or in connection with the engagement of Brock, except to the extent that any such liability is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) to have resulted primarily from Brock's negligence or willful misconduct.

 

The indemnification provisions contained herein shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to Brock or the persons indemnified below in this sentence and shall extend to the following: Brock, its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, and their members, managing directors, employees, legal counsel, agents and controlling persons (within the meaning of the federal securities laws), and the partners, members, officers, directors, employees, legal counsel, agents and controlling persons of any of them. All references to Brock in these indemnification provisions shall be understood to include any and all of the foregoing.

 

If any action, suit, proceeding or investigation is commenced, as to which Brock proposes to demand indemnification, it shall notify the Company with reasonable promptness; provided, however, that any failure by Brock to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is materially prejudiced thereby. If the Company so elects, or is requested by Brock, the Company will assume the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, including the employment of counsel reasonably acceptable to Brock, and the payment of the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel. In the event, however, that the Company fails to promptly assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably acceptable to Brock, or Brock determines in its reasonable judgment that it has one or more material defenses different from or in addition to those of the Company, then Brock shall have the right to retain one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) of its own choice to represent it, and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of such counsel; and such counsel shall, to the extent consistent with its professional responsibilities, cooperate with the Company and any counsel designated by the Company. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim against Brock without the Company's prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Brock, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, settle or compromise any claim, or permit a default or consent to the entry of any judgment in respect thereof, unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes, as a unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant to Brock of an unconditional release from all liability in respect of such claim.

 

 
 

 

In order to provide for just and equitable contribution, if a claim for indemnification pursuant to these indemnification provisions is made but it is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, even though the express provisions hereof provide for indemnification in such case, then the Company, on the one hand, and Brock, on the other hand, shall contribute to the losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses, and disbursements to which the indemnified persons may be subject in accordance with the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and Brock, on the other hand, and also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and Brock, on the other hand, in connection with the statements, acts or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements and the relevant equitable considerations shall also be considered. No person found liable for a fraudulent misrepresentation shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not also found liable for such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Brock shall not be obligated to contribute any amount hereunder that exceeds the amount of fees previously received by Brock pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Neither termination nor completion of the engagement of Brock referred to above shall affect these indemnification provisions which shall, notwithstanding such termination or completion, remain operative and in full force and effect.

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

 

a company limited by shares

 

Amended and restated on [ ] 2015

 

1 NAME

 

The name of the Company is Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation.

 

2 STATUS

 

The Company shall be a company limited by shares.

 

3 REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT

 

3.1 The first registered office of the Company is at Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, the office of the first registered agent.

 

3.2 The first registered agent of the Company is Elian Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited of Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

3.3 The Company may change its registered office or registered agent by a Resolution of Directors or a Resolution of Members.  The change shall take effect upon the Registrar registering a notice of change filed under section 92 of the Act.

 

4 CAPACITY AND POWER

 

4.1 The Company has, subject to the Act and any other British Virgin Islands legislation for the time being in force, irrespective of corporate benefit:

 

(a) full capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any transaction; and

 

(b) for the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and privileges.

 

4.2 There are subject to Clause 4.1 and Regulation 23, no limitations on the business that the Company may carry on.

 

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5 NUMBER AND CLASSES OF SHARES

 

5.1 The Company is authorised to issue an unlimited number of shares of no par value divided into six classes of shares as follows:

 

(a) Ordinary shares of no par value ( Ordinary Shares );

 

(b) Class A preferred shares of no par value ( Class A Preferred Shares );

 

(c) Class B preferred shares of no par value ( Class B Preferred Shares );

 

(d) Class C preferred shares of no par value ( Class C Preferred Shares );

 

(e) Class D preferred shares of no par value ( Class D Preferred Shares ); and

 

(f) Class E preferred shares of no par value ( Class E Preferred Shares and together with the Class A Preferred Shares, the Class B Preferred Shares, Class C Preferred Shares and the Class D Preferred Shares being referred to as the Preferred Shares ).

 

5.2 The Company may at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but shall not otherwise be obliged to, issue fractional Shares or round up or down fractional holdings of Shares to its nearest whole number and a fractional Share (if authorised by the Board of Directors) may have the corresponding fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole share of the same class or series of shares.

 

6 DESIGNATIONS POWERS PREFERENCES OF SHARES

 

6.1 Each Ordinary Share in the Company confers upon the Member (unless waived by such Member):

 

(a) Subject to Clause 11, the right to one vote at a meeting of the Members of the Company or on any Resolution of Members;

 

(b) the right to be redeemed on an Automatic Redemption Event in accordance with Regulation 23.2 or pursuant to either a Tender Redemption Offer or Redemption Offer in accordance with Regulation 23.5 or pursuant to an Amendment Redemption Event in accordance with Regulation 23.11;

 

(c) the right to an equal share with each other Ordinary Share in any dividend paid by the Company; and

 

(d) subject to satisfaction of and compliance with Regulation 23, the right to an equal share with each other Ordinary Share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company on its liquidation.

 

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6.2 The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Preferred Shares shall be stated in this Memorandum, which shall be amended accordingly prior to the issue of such Preferred Shares.  Such rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions may include:

 

(a) the number of shares and series constituting that class and the distinctive designation of that class;

 

(b) the dividend rate of the Preferred Shares of that class, if any, whether dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and whether they shall be payable in preference to, or in relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes of Preferred Shares;

 

(c) whether that class shall have voting rights, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

 

(d) whether that class shall have conversion or exchange privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

 

(e) whether or not the Preferred Shares of that class shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the manner of selecting Shares for redemption if less than all Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount maybe less than fair value and which may vary under different conditions and at different dates;

 

(f) whether that class shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of Preferred Shares of that class, and, if so, the terms and amounts of such sinking fund;

 

(g) the right of the Preferred Shares of that class to the benefit of conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional Preferred Shares (including additional Preferred Shares of such class of any other class) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or any subsidiary of any outstanding Preferred Shares of the Company;

 

(h) the right of the Preferred Shares of that class in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and whether such rights be in preference to, or in relation to, the comparable rights or any other class or classes of Preferred Shares; and

 

(i) any other relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of that class.

 

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6.3 The Directors may at their discretion by Resolution of Directors redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire all or any of the Shares in the Company subject to Regulation 6 and Regulation 23 of the Articles.

 

6.4 The Directors have the authority and the power by Resolution of Directors:

 

(a) to authorise and create additional classes of shares; and

 

(b) (subject to the provisions of Clause 6.2) to fix the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions, if any, appertaining to any and all classes of shares that may be authorised to be issued under this Memorandum.

 

7 VARIATION OF RIGHTS

 

7.1 Unless the proposed variation is for the purposes of approving, or in conjunction with, the consummation of a Business Combination, prior to a Business Combination but subject always to the limitations set out in Clause 11 in respect of amendments to the Memorandum and Articles, the rights attached to the Ordinary Shares as specified in Clause 6.1 may only, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the total number of Ordinary Shares that have voted (and are entitled to vote thereon) in relation to any such resolution, unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class.

 

7.2 In the case of a proposed variation that (a) is for the purposes of approving, or in conjunction with, the consummation of a Business Combination; or is after the consummation of a Business Combination, the rights attached to the Ordinary Shares as specified in Clause 6.1 may only, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares present at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company holding Ordinary Shares which were present at the meeting and voted unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class.

 

7.3 The rights attached to any class of Preferred Shares in issue as specified in Clause 6.2 may only, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Preferred Shares of that same class present at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company holding Preferred Shares in such class which were present at the meeting and voted unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class.

 

8 RIGHTS NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU

 

The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

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9 REGISTERED SHARES

 

9.1 The Company shall issue registered shares only.

 

9.2 The Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares, convert registered shares to bearer shares or exchange registered shares for bearer shares.

 

10 TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

A Share may be transferred in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Articles.

 

11 AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES

 

11.1 The Company may amend its Memorandum or Articles by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors, save that no amendment may be made by a Resolution of Directors:

 

(a) to restrict the rights or powers of the Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles;

 

(b) to change the percentage of Members required to pass a Resolution of Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles;

 

(c) in circumstances where the Memorandum or Articles cannot be amended by the Members; or

 

(d) to change Clauses 7 or 8, this Clause 11 or Regulation 23 (or any of the defined terms used in any such Clause or Regulation).

 

11.2 Notwithstanding Clause 11.1, no amendment may be made to the Memorandum or Articles by a Resolution of Members to amend:

 

(a) Regulation 23 prior to the Business Combination unless the holders of the Public Shares are provided with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon the approval of any such amendment in the manner and for the price as set out in Regulation 23.11; or

 

(b) Regulation 9.1(b) during the Target Business Acquisition Period.

 

12 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

12.1 In this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of Association, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:

 

(a) Act means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 and includes the regulations made under the Act;

 

(b) AGM means an annual general meeting of the Members;

 

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(c) Amendment has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.11;

 

(d) Amendment Redemption Event has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.11;

 

(e) Approved Amendment has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.11;

 

(f) Articles means the attached Articles of Association of the Company;

 

(g) Automatic Redemption Event shall have the meaning given to it in Regulation 23.2;

 

(h) Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company;

 

(i) Business Combination shall mean the initial acquisition by the Company, whether through a merger, share reconstruction or amalgamation, asset or share acquisition, exchangeable share transaction, contractual control arrangement or other similar type of transaction, with a Target Business at Fair Value;

 

(j) Business Combination Articles means Regulation 23 relating to the Company's obligations regarding the consummation of a Business Combination;

 

(k) Business Days means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York are required or are authorised to be closed for business;

 

(l) Chairman means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a meeting of the Company and Chairman of the Board means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company, in each case, in accordance with the Articles;

 

(m) Class A Preferred Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(n) Class B Preferred Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(o) Class C Preferred Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(p) Class D Preferred Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(q) Class E Preferred Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(r) Class I Directors has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 9.1(b);

 

(s) Class II Directors has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 9.1(b);

 

(t) Class III Directors has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 9.1(b);

 

(u) Designated Stock Exchange means the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Global Select System, Global System or the Capital Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC., the NYSE MKT or the New York Stock Exchange, as applicable; provided, however, that until the Shares are listed on any such Designated Stock Exchange, the rules of such Designated Stock Exchange shall be inapplicable to the Company and this Memorandum or the Articles;

 

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(v) Director means any director of the Company, from time to time;

 

(w) Distribution in relation to a distribution by the Company means the direct or indirect transfer of an asset, other than Shares, to or for the benefit of a Member in relation to Shares held by a Member, and whether by means of a purchase of an asset, the redemption or other acquisition of Shares, a distribution of indebtedness or otherwise, and includes a dividend;

 

(x) Eligible Person means individuals, corporations, trusts, the estates of deceased individuals, partnerships and unincorporated associations of persons;

 

(y) Enterprise means the Company and any other corporation, constituent 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 an Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent;

 

(z) Exchange Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

(aa) Expenses shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all legal 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 each case reasonably incurred 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 shall also include any or all of the foregoing expenses incurred in connection with all judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred (whether by an Indemnitee, or on his behalf) in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, or 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, but shall not include amounts paid in settlement by an Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against an Indemnitee;

 

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(bb) Fair Value shall mean a value at least equal to 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for a Business Combination;

 

(cc) FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the United States;

 

(dd) Initial Shareholder means the Sponsor and the Directors or their respective affiliates who hold Shares prior to the IPO;

 

(ee) Indemnitee means any person detailed in sub regulations (a) and (b) of Regulation 15;

 

(ff) Insider means any Officer, Director or pre-IPO shareholder (and their respective affiliates);

 

(gg) IPO means the initial public offering of securities and rights to receive or subscribe for securities of the Company;

 

(hh) Member means an Eligible Person whose name is entered in the share register of the Company as the holder of one or more Shares or fractional Shares;

 

(ii) Memorandum means this Memorandum of Association of the Company;

 

(jj) Officer means any officer of the Company, from time to time;

 

(kk) Ordinary Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(ll) Per-Share Redemption Price means:

 

(i) with respect to an Automatic Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account (including any interest earned thereon not previously released to the Company for the payment of taxes) divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares;

 

(ii) with respect to an Amendment Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account (including any interest earned thereon not previously released to the Company for the payment of taxes) divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares; and

 

(iii) with respect to either a Tender Redemption Offer or a Redemption Offer, the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account on the date that is two Business Days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination (including any interest earned thereon not previously released to the Company for the payment of taxes), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares;

 

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(mm) Proceeding means 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 name of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in which an Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that such Indemnitee is or was a Director or Officer of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him or of any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting as a Director, Officer, employee or adviser of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee, adviser or agent of 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 these Articles;

 

(nn) Public Shares means the Shares issued in the IPO;

 

(oo) Preferred Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(pp) Redemption Offer has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.5(b);

 

(qq) Registration Statement has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.10;

 

(rr) relevant system means a relevant system for the holding and transfer of shares in uncertificated form;

 

(ss) Resolution of Directors means either:

 

(i) Subject to sub-paragraph (ii) below, a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of Directors of the Company or of a committee of Directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting who voted except that where a Director is given more than one vote, he shall be counted by the number of votes he casts for the purpose of establishing a majority; or

 

(ii) a resolution consented to in writing by all Directors or by all members of a committee of Directors of the Company, as the case may be;

 

(tt) Resolution of Members means:

 

(i) prior to the consummation of a Business Combination in relation to any resolution seeking to amend or vary the rights of the Ordinary Shares (unless such amendment or variation is for the purposes or approving, or in conjunction with, the consummation of a Business Combination), a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted; or

 

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(ii) in all other cases, a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted;

 

(uu) Seal means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company;

 

(vv) SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

(ww) Securities means Shares, other securties and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and including without limitation options, warrants and rights to acquire shares or debt obligations;

 

(xx) Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

(yy) Share means a share issued or to be issued by the Company and Shares shall be construed accordingly;

 

(zz) Sponsor means ESAC Holdings LLC;

 

(aaa) Target Business means any businesses or entity with whom the Company wishes to undertake a Business Combination;

 

(bbb) Target Business Acquisition Period shall mean the period commencing from the effectiveness of the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Company's IPO up to and including the first to occur of (i) a Business Combination; or (ii) the Termination Date.

 

(ccc) Tender Redemption Offer has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.5(a);

 

(ddd) Termination Date has the meaning given to it in Regulation 23.2;

 

(eee) Treasury Share means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled;

 

(fff) Trust Account shall mean the trust account established by the Company prior to the IPO and into which a certain amount of the IPO proceeds and proceeds from a simultaneous private placement of warrants by the Company are deposited, as may be reduced from time to time for amounts reserved for income taxes and other tax obligations; and

 

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(ggg) written or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy, and "in writing" shall be construed accordingly.

 

12.2 In the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to:

 

(a) a Regulation is a reference to a regulation of the Articles;

 

(b) a Clause is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum;

 

(c) voting by Member is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to the Shares held by the Member voting;

 

(d) the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended; and

 

(e) the singular includes the plural and vice versa.

 

12.3 Any words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the same meaning in the Memorandum and Articles unless otherwise defined herein.

 

12.4 Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the Memorandum and Articles.

 

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We, Elian Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited of Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, for the purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association.

 

Dated the 12 day of December, 2014

 

Incorporator

 

Signed for and on behalf of Elian Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited of

Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

 

   
Signature of authorised signatory  
   
Kay Eade  
Print name  

  

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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

Electrum Special Acquistion Corporation

 

a company limited by shares

 

Amended and restated on [ ] 2015

 

1 REGISTERED SHARES

 

1.1 Every Member is entitled to a certificate signed by a Director of the Company or under the Seal specifying the number of Shares held by him and the signature of the Director and the Seal may be facsimiles.

 

1.2 Any Member receiving a certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its Directors and officers harmless from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of any wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession thereof.  If a certificate for Shares is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production of the worn out certificate or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity as may be required by a Resolution of Directors.

 

1.3 If several Eligible Persons are registered as joint holders of any Shares, any one of such Eligible Persons may give an effectual receipt for any Distribution.

 

1.4 Nothing in these Articles shall require title to any Shares or other Securities to be evidenced by a certificate if the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange permit otherwise.

 

1.5 Subject to the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board of Directors without further consultation with the holders of any Shares or Securities may resolve that any class or series of Shares or other Securities in issue or to be issued from time to time may be issued, registered or converted to uncertificated form and the practices instituted by the operator of the relevant system.  No provision of these Articles will apply to any uncertificated shares or Securities to the extent that they are inconsistent with the holding of such shares or securities in uncertificated form or the transfer of title to any such shares or securities by means of a relevant system.

 

1.6 Conversion of Shares held in certificated form into Shares held in uncertificated form, and vice versa, may be made in such manner as the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, may think fit (subject always to the requirements of the relevant system concerned). The Company or any duly authorised transfer agent shall enter on the register of members how many Shares are held by each member in uncertificated form and certificated form and shall maintain the register of members in each case as is required by the relevant system concerned. Notwithstanding any provision of these Articles, a class or series of Shares shall not be treated as two classes by virtue only of that class or series comprising both certificated shares and uncertificated shares or as a result of any provision of these Articles which applies only in respect of certificated shares or uncertificated shares.

 

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1.7 Nothing contained in Regulation 1.5 and 1.6 is meant to prohibit the Shares from being able to trade electronically. For the avoidance of doubt, Shares shall only be traded and transferred electronically upon consummation of the IPO.

 

2 SHARES

 

2.1 Subject to the provisions of these Articles and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the unissued Shares of the Company shall be at the disposal of the Directors and Shares and other Securities may be issued and option to acquire Shares or other Securities may be granted at such times, to such Eligible Persons, for such consideration and on such terms as the Directors may by Resolution of Directors determine.

 

2.2 Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing Preferred Shares or class of Preferred Shares, any class of Preferred Shares may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting or otherwise as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

2.3 Section 46 of the Act does not apply to the Company.

 

2.4 A Share may be issued for consideration in any form, including money, a promissory note, real property, personal property (including goodwill and know-how) or a contract for future services.

 

2.5 No Shares may be issued for a consideration other than money, unless a Resolution of Directors has been passed stating:

 

(a) the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares;

 

(b) their determination of the reasonable present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue; and

 

(c) that, in their opinion, the present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue is not less than the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares.

 

2.6 The Company shall keep a register (the share register ) containing:

 

(a) the names and addresses of the persons who hold Shares;

 

(b) the number of each class and series of Shares held by each Member;

 

(c) the date on which the name of each Member was entered in the share register; and

 

(d) the date on which any Eligible Person ceased to be a Member.

 

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2.7 The share register may be in any such form as the Directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents.  Until the Directors otherwise determine, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage form shall be the original share register.

 

2.8 A Share is deemed to be issued when the name of the Member is entered in the share register.

 

2.9 Subject to the provisions of the Act and the Business Combination Articles, Shares may be issued on the terms that they are redeemable, or at the option of the Company be liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the Directors before or at the time of the issue of such Shares may determine. The Directors may issue options, warrants or convertible securities or securities or a similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or Securities on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Directors may also issue warrants in connection with the Company's IPO.

 

3 FORFEITURE

 

3.1 Shares that are not fully paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in this Regulation and for this purpose Shares issued for a promissory note or a contract for future services are deemed to be not fully paid.

 

3.2 A written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the Member who defaults in making payment in respect of the Shares.

 

3.3 The written notice of call referred to in Regulation 3.2 shall name a further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from the date of service of the notice on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement that in the event of non-payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment is not made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

3.4 Where a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Regulation 3.2 and the requirements of the notice have not been complied with, the Directors may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and cancel the Shares to which the notice relates.

 

3.5 The Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the Member whose Shares have been cancelled pursuant to Regulation 3.4 and that Member shall be discharged from any further obligation to the Company.

 

4 TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

4.1 Subject to the Memorandum, certificated shares may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the transferee, which shall be sent to the Company for registration.  A member shall be entitled to transfer uncertificated shares by means of a relevant system and the operator of the relevant system shall act as agent of the Members for the purposes of the transfer of such uncertificated shares.

 

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4.2 The transfer of a Share is effective when the name of the transferee is entered on the share register.

 

4.3 If the Directors of the Company are satisfied that an instrument of transfer relating to Shares has been signed but that the instrument has been lost or destroyed, they may resolve by Resolution of Directors:

 

(a) to accept such evidence of the transfer of Shares as they consider appropriate; and

 

(b) that the transferee's name should be entered in the share register notwithstanding the absence of the instrument of transfer.

 

4.4 Subject to the Memorandum, the personal representative of a deceased Member may transfer a Share even though the personal representative is not a Member at the time of the transfer.

 

5 DISTRIBUTIONS

 

5.1 Subject to the Business Combination Articles, the Directors of the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, authorise a distribution at a time and of an amount they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of the Company's assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

 

5.2 Dividends may be paid in money, shares, or other property.

 

5.3 The Company may, by Resolution of Directors, from time to time pay to the Members such interim dividends as appear to the Directors to be justified by the profits of the Company, provided always that they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of the Company's assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

 

5.4 Notice in writing of any dividend that may have been declared shall be given to each Member in accordance with Regulation 21 and all dividends unclaimed for three years after such notice has been given to a Member may be forfeited by Resolution of Directors for the benefit of the Company.

 

5.5 No dividend shall bear interest as against the Company.

 

6 REDEMPTION OF SHARES AND TREASURY SHARES

 

6.1 The Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire and hold its own Shares save that the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its own Shares without the consent of the Member whose Shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired unless the Company is permitted or required by the Act or any other provision in the Memorandum or Articles to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire the Shares without such consent.

 

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6.2 The purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of its own Shares is deemed not to be a distribution where:

 

(a) the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares pursuant to a right of a Member to have his Shares redeemed or to have his shares exchanged for money or other property of the Company, or

 

(b) the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares by virtue of the provisions of section 179 of the Act.

 

6.3 Sections 60, 61 and 62 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.

 

6.4 Subject to the provisions of Regulation 23, shares that the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires pursuant to this Regulation may be cancelled or held as Treasury Shares except to the extent that such Shares are in excess of 50 percent of the issued Shares in which case they shall be cancelled but they shall be available for reissue.

 

6.5 All rights and obligations attaching to a Treasury Share are suspended and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds the Share as a Treasury Share.

 

6.6 Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions (not otherwise inconsistent with the Memorandum and Articles) as the Company may by Resolution of Directors determine.

 

6.7 Where Shares are held by another body corporate of which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, shares having more than 50 per cent of the votes in the election of Directors of the other body corporate, all rights and obligations attaching to the Shares held by the other body corporate are suspended and shall not be exercised by the other body corporate.

 

7 MORTGAGES AND CHARGES OF SHARES

 

7.1 A Member may by an instrument in writing mortgage or charge his Shares.

 

7.2 There shall be entered in the share register at the written request of the Member:

 

(a) a statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or charged;

 

(b) the name of the mortgagee or chargee; and

 

(c) the date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the share register.

 

7.3 Where particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the share register, such particulars may be cancelled:

 

(a) with the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his behalf; or

 

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(b) upon evidence satisfactory to the Directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the Directors shall consider necessary or desirable.

 

7.4 Whilst particulars of a mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the share register pursuant to this Regulation:

 

(a) no transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be effected;

 

(b) the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such Share; and

 

(c) no replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such Shares,

 

without the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.

 

8 MEETINGS AND CONSENTS OF MEMBERS

 

8.1 Any Director of the Company may convene meetings of the Members at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the Director considers necessary or desirable. Following consummation of the Business Combination, an AGM shall be held annually at such date and time as may be determined by the Directors.

 

8.2 Upon the written request of the Members entitled to exercise 50 percent or more of the voting rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested the Directors shall convene a meeting of Members.

 

8.3 The Director convening a meeting of Members shall give not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' written notice of such meeting to:

 

(a) those Members whose names on the date the notice is given appear as Members in the share register of the Company and are entitled to vote at the meeting; and

 

(b) the other Directors.

 

8.4 The Director convening a meeting of Members shall fix in the notice of the meeting the record date for determining those Members that are entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

8.5 A meeting of Members held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if Members holding at least 90 per cent of the total voting rights on all the matters to be considered at the meeting have waived notice of the meeting and, for this purpose, the presence of a Member at the meeting shall constitute waiver in relation to all the Shares which that Member holds.

 

8.6 The inadvertent failure of a Director who convenes a meeting to give notice of a meeting to a Member or another Director, or the fact that a Member or another Director has not received notice, does not invalidate the meeting.

 

8.7 A Member may be represented at a meeting of Members by a proxy who may speak and vote on behalf of the Member.

 

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8.8 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place designated for the meeting before the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote.

 

8.9 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other form as the chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the Member appointing the proxy.

 

DT Asia Investments Limited

 

I/We being a Member of the above Company HEREBY APPOINT _____________________________________ of  ___________________________________ or failing him _____________________________________ of _______________________________________________ to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of Members to be held on the _____ day of __________________, 20____ and at any adjournment thereof.

 

(Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here.)

 

Signed this ____ day of ________________________, 20___

 

 

 ___________________________

 

Member

 

8.10 The following applies where Shares are jointly owned:

 

(a) if two or more persons hold Shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy at a meeting of Members and may speak as a Member;

 

(b) if only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all joint owners; and

 

(c) if two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one and in the event of disagreement between any of the joint owners of Shares then the vote of the joint owner whose name appears first (or earliest) in the share register in respect of the relevant Shares shall be recorded as the vote attributable to the Shares.

 

8.11 A Member shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of Members if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Members participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

8.12 A meeting of Members is duly constituted if, at the commencement of the meeting, there are present in person or by proxy not less than 35 per cent of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote on Resolutions of Members to be considered at the meeting.  If the Company has two or more classes of shares, a meeting may be quorate for some purposes and not for others.  A quorum may comprise a single Member or proxy and then such person may pass a Resolution of Members and a certificate signed by such person accompanied where such person holds a proxy by a copy of the proxy instrument shall constitute a valid Resolution of Members.

 

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8.13 If within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting of Members, a quorum is not present, the meeting, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall either be dissolved or stand adjourned to a business day in the jurisdiction in which the meeting was to have been held at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting there are present within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than one third of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote or each class or series of Shares entitled to vote, as applicable, on the matters to be considered by the meeting, those present shall constitute a quorum but otherwise the meeting shall either be dissolved or stand further adjourned at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

8.14 At every meeting of Members, the Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman of the meeting.  If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the meeting, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman.  If the Members are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the person representing the greatest number of voting Shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall preside as chairman failing which the oldest individual Member or representative of a Member present shall take the chair.

 

8.15 The person appointed as chairman of the meeting pursuant to Regulation 8.14 may adjourn any meeting from time to time, and from place to place. For the avoidance of doubt, a meeting can be adjourned for as many times as may be determined to be necessary by the chairman and a meeting may remain open indefinitely for as long a period as may be determined by the chairman.

 

8.16 At any meeting of the Members the chairman of the meeting is responsible for deciding in such manner as he considers appropriate whether any resolution proposed has been carried or not and the result of his decision shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.  If the chairman has any doubt as to the outcome of the vote on a proposed resolution, he shall cause a poll to be taken of all votes cast upon such resolution.  If the chairman fails to take a poll then any Member present in person or by proxy who disputes the announcement by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand that a poll be taken and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken.  If a poll is taken at any meeting, the result shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

 

8.17 Subject to the specific provisions contained in this Regulation for the appointment of representatives of Members other than individuals the right of any individual to speak for or represent a Member shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by which, the Member is constituted or derives its existence.  In case of doubt, the Directors may in good faith seek legal advice and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise rule, the Directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any liability to any Member or the Company.

 

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8.18 Any Member other than an individual may by resolution of its Directors or other governing body authorise such individual as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of Members or of any class of Members, and the individual so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same rights on behalf of the Member which he represents as that Member could exercise if it were an individual.

 

8.19 The chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on behalf of any Member other than an individual may at the meeting but not thereafter call for a notarially certified copy of such proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being so requested or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such Member shall be disregarded.

 

8.20 Directors of the Company may attend and speak at any meeting of Members and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class or series of Shares.

 

8.21 Until the consummation of the Company's IPO, any action that may be taken by the Members at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Members consented to in writing, without the need for any prior notice.  If any Resolution of Members is adopted otherwise than by the unanimous written consent of all Members, a copy of such resolution shall forthwith be sent to all Members not consenting to such resolution.  The consent may be in the form of counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more Members.  If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the earliest date upon which Eligible Persons holding a sufficient number of votes of Shares to constitute a Resolution of Members have consented to the resolution by signed counterparts.  Following the Company's IPO, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Members of the Company must be effected by a meeting of the Company, such meeting to be duly convened and held in accordance with these Articles.

 

9 DIRECTORS

 

9.1 The first Directors of the Company shall be appointed by the first registered agent within 30 days of the incorporation of the Company; and thereafter, the Directors shall be elected:

 

(a) subject to Regulation 9.1 (b), by Resolution of Members or by Resolution of Directors for such term as the Members or Directors determine;

 

(b) immediately prior to the consummation of an IPO, the Directors shall pass a Resolution of Directors dividing themselves into three classes, being the class I directors (the Class I Directors ), the class II directors (the Class II Directors ) and the class III directors (the Class III Directors ). The number of Directors in each class shall be as nearly equal as possible. The Class I Directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company's first AGM, the Class II Directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company's second AGM and the Class III Directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company's third AGM. Commencing at the First AGM, and at each following AGM, Directors elected to succeed those Directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third AGM following their election. Except as the Act or any applicable law may otherwise require, in the interim between an AGM or general meeting called for the election of Directors and/or the removal of one or more Directors any vacancy on the Board of Directors, may be filled by the majority vote of the remaining Directors.

 

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9.2 No person shall be appointed as a Director of the Company unless he has consented in writing to act as a Director.

 

9.3 The minimum number of Directors shall be one and there shall be no maximum number of Directors.

 

9.4 Each Director holds office for the term, if any, fixed by the Resolution of Members or Resolution of Directors appointing him, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal (provided that no director may be removed by a Resolution of Members prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination). If no term is fixed on the appointment of a Director, the Director serves indefinitely until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

9.5 A Director may be removed from office with or without cause by:

 

(a) (following the consummation of the initial Business Combination but not at any time before) a Resolution of Members passed at a meeting of Members called for the purposes of removing the Director or for purposes including the removal of the Director; or

 

(b) subject to Regulation 9.1 (b), a Resolution of Directors passed at a meeting of Directors.

 

9.6 A Director may resign his office by giving written notice of his resignation to the Company and the resignation has effect from the date the notice is received by the Company at the office of its registered agent or from such later date as may be specified in the notice.  A Director shall resign forthwith as a Director if he is, or becomes, disqualified from acting as a Director under the Act.

 

9.7 Subject to Regulation 9.1 (b), the Directors may at any time appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors.  Where the Directors appoint a person as Director to fill a vacancy, the term shall not exceed the term that remained when the person who has ceased to be a Director ceased to hold office.

 

9.8 A vacancy in relation to Directors occurs if a Director dies or otherwise ceases to hold office prior to the expiration of his term of office.

 

9.9 The Company shall keep a register of Directors containing:

 

(a) the names and addresses of the persons who are Directors of the Company;

 

(b) the date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was appointed as a Director of the Company;

 

(c) the date on which each person named as a Director ceased to be a Director of the Company; and

 

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(d) such other information as may be prescribed by the Act.

 

9.10 The register of Directors may be kept in any such form as the Directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents.  Until a Resolution of Directors determining otherwise is passed, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage shall be the original register of Directors.

 

9.11 The Directors, or if the Shares (or depository receipts therefore) are listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the Designated Stock Exchange, any committee thereof, may, by a Resolution of Directors, fix the emoluments of Directors with respect to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company.

 

9.12 A Director is not required to hold a Share as a qualification to office.

 

9.13 Prior to the consummation of any transaction with:

 

(a) any affiliate of the Company;

 

(b) any Member owning an interest in the voting power of the Company that gives such Member a significant influence over the Company;

 

(c) any Director or executive officer of the Company and any relative of such Director or executive officer; and

 

(d) any person in which a substantial interest in the voting power of the Company is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person referred to in Regulations 9.13(b) and (c) or over which such a person is able to exercise significant influence,

 

such transaction must be approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who do not have an interest in the transaction, such directors having been provided with access (at the Company's expense) to the Company's attorney or independent legal counsel, unless the disinterested directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favourable to the Company than those that would be available to the Company with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.

 

10 POWERS OF DIRECTORS

 

10.1 The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, or under the direction or supervision of, the Directors of the Company.  The Directors of the Company have all the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, the business and affairs of the Company. The Directors may pay all expenses incurred preliminary to and in connection with the incorporation of the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Act or by the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Members.

 

10.2 If the Company is the wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company, a Director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing duties as a Director, act in a manner which he believes is in the best interests of the holding company even though it may not be in the best interests of the Company.

 

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10.3 Each Director shall exercise his powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the Company acting in a manner that contravenes the Memorandum, the Articles or the Act.  Each Director, in exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly and in good faith in what the Director believes to be the best interests of the Company.

 

10.4 Any Director which is a body corporate may appoint any individual as its duly authorised representative for the purpose of representing it at meetings of the Directors, with respect to the signing of consents or otherwise.

 

10.5 The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body.

 

10.6 Subject to Regulation 23.7, the Directors may by Resolution of Directors exercise all the powers of the Company to incur indebtedness, liabilities or obligations and to secure indebtedness, liabilities or obligations whether of the Company or of any third party, provided always that if the same occurs prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company must first obtain from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account.

 

10.7 All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by Resolution of Directors.

 

10.8 Section 175 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.

 

11 PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

11.1 Any one Director of the Company may call a meeting of the Directors by sending a written notice to each other Director.

 

11.2 The Directors of the Company or any committee thereof may meet at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the notice calling the meeting provides.

 

11.3 A Director is deemed to be present at a meeting of Directors if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Directors participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

11.4 Until the consummation of a Business Combination, a Director may not appoint an alternate. Following the consummation of a Business Combination, a Director may by a written instrument appoint an alternate who need not be a Director, any such alternate shall be entitled to attend meetings in the absence of the Director who appointed him and to vote or consent in place of the Director until the appointment lapses or is terminated.

 

11.5 A Director shall be given not less than three days' notice of meetings of Directors, but a meeting of Directors held without three days' notice having been given to all Directors shall be valid if all the Directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do not attend waive notice of the meeting, and for this purpose the presence of a Director at a meeting shall constitute waiver by that Director.  The inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a Director, or the fact that a Director has not received the notice, does not invalidate the meeting.

 

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11.6 A meeting of Directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting there are present in person or, following the consummation of a Business Combination, by alternate not less than one-half of the total number of Directors, unless there are only two Directors in which case the quorum is two.

 

11.7 If the Company has only one Director the provisions herein contained for meetings of Directors do not apply and such sole Director has full power to represent and act for the Company in all matters as are not by the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Members.  In lieu of minutes of a meeting the sole Director shall record in writing and sign a note or memorandum of all matters requiring a Resolution of Directors.  Such a note or memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution for all purposes.

 

11.8 At meetings of Directors at which the Chairman of the Board is present, he shall preside as chairman of the meeting.  If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.  If the Directors are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the oldest individual Director present (and for this purpose an alternate Director shall be deemed to be the same age as the Director that he represents) shall take the chair.

 

11.9 An action that may be taken by the Directors or a committee of Directors at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Directors or a resolution of a committee of Directors consented to in writing by all Directors or by all members of the committee, as the case may be, without the need for any notice.  The consent may be in the form of counterparts each counterpart being signed by one or more Directors.  If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the date upon which the last Director has consented to the resolution by signed counterparts.

 

12 COMMITTEES

 

12.1 The Directors may, by Resolution of Directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of one or more Directors, and delegate one or more of their powers, including the power to affix the Seal, to the committee.

 

12.2 The Directors have no power to delegate to a committee of Directors any of the following powers:

 

(a) to amend the Memorandum or the Articles;

 

(b) to designate committees of Directors;

 

(c) to delegate powers to a committee of Directors;

 

(d) to appoint Directors;

 

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(e) to appoint an agent;

 

(f) to approve a plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement; or

 

(g) to make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation plan.

 

12.3 Regulations 12.2(b) and (c) do not prevent a committee of Directors, where authorised by the Resolution of Directors appointing such committee or by a subsequent Resolution of Directors, from appointing a sub-committee and delegating powers exercisable by the committee to the sub-committee.

 

12.4 The meetings and proceedings of each committee of Directors consisting of 2 or more Directors shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the Resolution of Directors establishing the committee.

 

13 OFFICERS AND AGENTS

 

13.1 The Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as may be considered necessary or expedient.  Such officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer (in each case there may be more than one of such officers), one or more vice-presidents, secretaries and treasurers and such other officers as may from time to time be considered necessary or expedient.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

13.2 The officers shall perform such duties as are prescribed at the time of their appointment subject to any modification in such duties as may be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors.  In the absence of any specific prescription of duties it shall be the responsibility of the Chairman of the Board (or Co-Chairman, as the case may be) to preside at meetings of Directors and Members, the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be) to manage the day to day affairs of the Company, the vice-presidents to act in order of seniority in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be) but otherwise to perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be), the secretaries to maintain the share register, minute books and records (other than financial records) of the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural requirements imposed on the Company by applicable law, and the treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Company.

 

13.3 The emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors.

 

13.4 The officers of the Company shall hold office until their death, resignation or removal.  Any officer elected or appointed by the Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by Resolution of Directors.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by Resolution of Directors.

 

13.5 The Directors may, by a Resolution of Directors, appoint any person, including a person who is a Director, to be an agent of the Company.  An agent of the Company shall have such powers and authority of the Directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in the Articles or in the Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except that no agent has any power or authority with respect to the matters specified in Regulation 12.1.  The Resolution of Directors appointing an agent may authorise the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the agent by the Company.  The Directors may remove an agent appointed by the Company and may revoke or vary a power conferred on him.

 

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14 CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

 

14.1 A Director of the Company shall, forthwith after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company, disclose the interest to all other Directors of the Company.

 

14.2 For the purposes of Regulation 14.1, a disclosure to all other Directors to the effect that a Director is a member, Director or officer of another named entity or has a fiduciary relationship with respect to the entity or a named individual and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction which may, after the date of the entry or disclosure, be entered into with that entity or individual, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that transaction.

 

14.3 Provided that the requirements of Regulation 9.13 have first been satisfied, a Director of the Company who is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company may:

 

(a) vote on a matter relating to the transaction;

 

(b) attend a meeting of Directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the Directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and

 

(c) sign a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a Director, that relates to the transaction,

 

and, subject to compliance with the Act and these Articles shall not, by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from such transaction and no such transaction shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any such interest or benefit.

 

15 INDEMNIFICATION

 

15.1 Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company may indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate against all direct and indirect costs, fees and Expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, any person who:

 

(a) is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Director, officer, key employee, adviser of the Company or who at the request of the Company; or

 

(b) is or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a Director of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another Enterprise.

 

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15.2 The indemnity in Regulation 15.1 only applies if the relevant Indemnitee acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

15.3 The decision of the Directors as to whether an Indemnitee acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company and as to whether such Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of the Articles, unless a question of law is involved.

 

15.4 The termination of any Proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the relevant Indemnitee did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company or that such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

15.5 The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, purchase or furnish similar protection or make other arrangements including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond in relation to any Indemnitee or who at the request of the Company is or was serving as a Director, officer or liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another Enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by him in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to indemnify him against the liability as provided in these Articles.

 

16 RECORDS

 

16.1 The Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent:

 

(a) the Memorandum and the Articles;

 

(b) the share register, or a copy of the share register;

 

(c) the register of Directors, or a copy of the register of Directors; and

 

(d) copies of all notices and other documents filed by the Company with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the previous 10 years.

 

16.2 If the Company maintains only a copy of the share register or a copy of the register of Directors at the office of its registered agent, it shall:

 

(a) within 15 days of any change in either register, notify the registered agent in writing of the change; and

 

(b) provide the registered agent with a written record of the physical address of the place or places at which the original share register or the original register of Directors is kept.

 

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16.3 The Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the Directors may determine:

 

(a) minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Members and classes of Members;

 

(b) minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees of Directors; and

 

(c) an impression of the Seal, if any.

 

16.4 Where any original records referred to in this Regulation are maintained other than at the office of the registered agent of the Company, and the place at which the original records is changed, the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the new location of the records of the Company within 14 days of the change of location.

 

16.5 The records kept by the Company under this Regulation shall be in written form or either wholly or partly as electronic records complying with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions Act.

 

17 REGISTERS OF CHARGES

 

17.1 The Company shall maintain at the office of its registered agent a register of charges in which there shall be entered the following particulars regarding each mortgage, charge and other encumbrance created by the Company:

 

(a) the date of creation of the charge;

 

(b) a short description of the liability secured by the charge;

 

(c) a short description of the property charged;

 

(d) the name and address of the trustee for the security or, if there is no such trustee, the name and address of the chargee;

 

(e) unless the charge is a security to bearer, the name and address of the holder of the charge; and

 

(f) details of any prohibition or restriction contained in the instrument creating the charge on the power of the Company to create any future charge ranking in priority to or equally with the charge.

 

18 CONTINUATION

 

The Company may by Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner provided under those laws.

 

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19 SEAL

 

The Company may have more than one Seal and references herein to the Seal shall be references to every Seal which shall have been duly adopted by Resolution of Directors.  The Directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal and for an imprint thereof to be kept at the registered office.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein the Seal when affixed to any written instrument shall be witnessed and attested to by the signature of any one Director or other person so authorised from time to time by Resolution of Directors.  Such authorisation may be before or after the Seal is affixed, may be general or specific and may refer to any number of sealings.  The Directors may provide for a facsimile of the Seal and of the signature of any Director or authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the Seal had been affixed to such instrument and the same had been attested to as hereinbefore described.

 

20 ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

 

20.1 The Company shall keep records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and that will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy.

 

20.2 The Company may by Resolution of Members call for the Directors to prepare periodically and make available a profit and loss account and a balance sheet.  The profit and loss account and balance sheet shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit and loss of the Company for a financial period and a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities of the Company as at the end of a financial period.

 

20.3 The Company may by Resolution of Members call for the accounts to be examined by auditors.

 

20.4 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 as a committee of the Board of Directors, the composition and responsibilities of which shall comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Designated Stock Exchange subject to any available exemptions therefrom and the operation of the Act.  The audit committee shall meet at least once every financial quarter, or more frequently as circumstances dictate.

 

20.5 If the Shares are listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange that requires the Company to have an audit committee, the Directors shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis.

 

20.6 If the Shares are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and, if required, shall utilise the audit committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest.

 

20.7 If applicable, and subject to applicable law and the rules of the SEC and the Designated Stock Exchange:

 

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(a) at the AGM or at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting in each year, the Members shall appoint an auditor who shall hold office until the Members appoint another auditor. Such auditor may be a Member but no Director or officer or employee of the Company shall during, his continuance in office, be eligible to act as auditor;

 

(b) a person, other than a retiring auditor, shall not be capable of being appointed auditor at an AGM unless notice in writing of an intention to nominate that person to the office of auditor has been given not less than ten days before the AGM and furthermore the Company shall send a copy of such notice to the retiring auditor; and

 

(c) the Members may, at any meeting convened and held in accordance with these Articles, by resolution remove the auditor at any time before the expiration of his term of office and shall by resolution at that meeting appoint another auditor in his stead for the remainder of his term.

 

20.8 The remuneration of the auditors shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors in such manner as the Directors may determine or in a manner required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and the SEC.

 

20.9 The auditors shall examine each profit and loss account and balance sheet required to be laid before a meeting of the Members or otherwise given to Members and shall state in a written report whether or not:

 

(a) in their opinion the profit and loss account and balance sheet give a true and fair view respectively of the profit and loss for the period covered by the accounts, and of the assets and liabilities of the Company at the end of that period; and

 

(b) all the information and explanations required by the auditors have been obtained.

 

20.10 The report of the auditors shall be annexed to the accounts and shall be read at the meeting of Members at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be otherwise given to the Members.

 

20.11 Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books of account and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.

 

20.12 The auditors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend any meetings of Members at which the Company's profit and loss account and balance sheet are to be presented.

 

21 NOTICES

 

21.1 Any notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company to Members may be given by personal service by mail, facsimile or other similar means of electronic communication, addressed to each Member at the address shown in the share register.

 

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21.2 Any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company, at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered mail to, the registered agent of the Company.

 

21.3 Service of any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be proved by showing that the summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement was delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company or that it was mailed in such time as to admit to its being delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course of delivery within the period prescribed for service and was correctly addressed and the postage was prepaid.

 

22 VOLUNTARY WINDING UP

 

The Company may by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors appoint a voluntary liquidator.

 

23 BUSINESS COMBINATION

 

23.1 Regulations 23.1 to 23.11 and Regulation 9.1(b) shall terminate upon consummation of any Business Combination and may not be amended during the Target Business Acquisition Period except as otherwise provided in these Articles.

 

23.2 In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination prior to the expiration of 24 months after the closing of the IPO (such date being referred to as the Termination Date ), such failure shall trigger an automatic redemption of the Public Shares (an Automatic Redemption Event ) and the Directors of the Company shall take all such action necessary (i) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten (10) Business Days thereafter to redeem the Public Shares (as defined below) or distribute the Trust Account to the holders of Public Shares, on a pro rata basis, in cash at a per-share amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price; and (ii) as promptly as practicable, to cease all operations except for the purpose of making such distribution and any subsequent winding up of the Company's affairs. In the event of an Automatic Redemption Event, only the holders of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive pro rata redeeming distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Public Shares.

 

23.3 Unless a shareholder vote is required by law or the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, or, at the sole discretion of the Directors, the Directors determine to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company may enter into a Business Combination without submitting such Business Combination to its Members for approval.

 

23.4 Although not required, in the event that a shareholder vote is held, and a majority of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting to approve the Business Combination are voted for the approval of such Business Combination, the Company shall be authorised to consummate the Business Combination.

 

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23.5

 

(a) In the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company, the Company will offer to redeem the Public Shares, other than those Shares held by Initial Shareholders or their affiliates or the Directors or officers of the Company, for cash in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act and subject to any limitations (including but not limited to cash requirements) set forth in the definitive transaction agreements related to the initial Business Combination (the Tender Redemption Offer ). The Company will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to consummating the Business Combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the Business Combination and the redemption rights as would be required in a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act. In accordance with the Exchange Act, the Tender Redemption Offer will remain open for a minimum of 20 Business Days and the Company will not be permitted to consummate its Business Combination until the expiry of such period.  If in the event a Member holding Public Shares accepts the Tender Redemption Offer and the Company has not otherwise withdrawn the tender offer, the Company shall, promptly after the consummation of the Business Combination, pay such redeeming Member, on a pro rata basis, cash equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price.

 

(b) In the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company in connection with a shareholder vote held pursuant to Regulation 23.4 in accordance with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act (the Redemption Offer ), the Company will offer to redeem the Public Shares, other than those Shares held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates or the Directors or officers of the Company, regardless of whether such shares are voted for or against the Business Combination, for cash, on a pro rata basis, at a per-share amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price; provided, that any such redeeming Member who either individually or together with any affiliate of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a "group" (as such term is defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) shall not be permitted to redeem more than twenty percent (20%) of the total Public Shares sold in the IPO.

 

(c) In no event will the Company consummate the Tender Redemption Offer or the Redemption Offer under Regulation 23.5(a) or 23.5(b) or an Amendment Redemption Event under Regulation 23.11 if such redemptions would cause the Company to have net tangible assets to be less than US$5,000,001.

 

23.6 A holder of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Trust Account only in the event of an Automatic Redemption Event, an Amendment Redemption Event or in the event he accepts a Tender Redemption Offer or a Redemption Offer where the Business Combination is consummated. In no other circumstances shall a holder of Public Shares have any right or interest of any kind in or to the Trust Account.

 

23.7 Prior to a Business Combination, the Company will not issue any Securities (other than Public Shares) that would entitle the holder thereof to (i) receive funds from the Trust Account; or (ii) vote on any Business Combination.

 

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23.8 The Business Combination must be approved by a majority of the independent members of the Board of Directors. In the event the Company enters into a Business Combination with a company that is affiliated with the Sponsor or any of the Directors or officers of the Company, the Company will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA that such a Business Combination is fair to the holders of the Public Shares from a financial point of view.

 

23.9 The Company will not effectuate a Business Combination with another "blank cheque" company or a similar company with nominal operations.

 

23.10 Immediately after the Company's IPO, up to 172,500,000 of the offering proceeds received by the Company in the IPO (including proceeds of any exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment option and any proceeds from the simultaneous private placement of certain warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares) as described in the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC (the Registration Statement ) at the time it goes effective shall be deposited and thereafter held in the Trust Account.  Neither the Company nor any officer, Director or employee of the Company will disburse any of the proceeds held in the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) a Business Combination, or (ii) an Automatic Redemption Event or in payment of the acquisition price for any shares which the Company elects to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire in accordance with these Articles, in each case in accordance with the trust agreement governing the Trust Account; provided that interest earned on the Trust Account (as described in the Registration Statement) may be released from time to time to the Company for the payment of income taxes and other tax obligations incurred by the Company.

 

23.11 In the event the Directors of the Company propose any amendment to Regulation 23 or to any of the other rights of the Ordinary Shares as set out at Clause 6.1 of the Memorandum prior to, but not for the purposes of approving or in conjunction with the consummation of, a Business Combination that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligations as described in this Regulation 23 to pay or to offer to pay the Per-Share Redemption Price to any holder of the Public Shares (an Amendment ) and such Amendment is (i) duly approved by a Resolution of Members; and (ii) the amended Memorandum and Articles reflecting such amendment are filed at the Registry of Corporate Affairs (an Approved Amendment ), the Company will offer to redeem the Public Shares (other than those Shares held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates or the Directors or officers of the Company) of any Member for cash, on a pro rata basis, at a per-share amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price (an Amendment Redemption Event ).

 

We, Elian Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited of Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, for the purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign these Articles of Association.

 

Dated the 12 day of December, 2014

 

Incorporator

 

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Signed for and on behalf of Elian Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited of Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

 

   
Signature of authorised signatory  
   
Kay Eade  
Print name  

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

NUMBER

U-__________

  UNITS

SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION  

 

    CUSIP G3105C 120

 

UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE ORDINARY SHARE AND
ONE WARRANT

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT ___________________________________________________________________________

is the owner of

_______________________________________________________________ Units.

 

Each Unit (“Unit”) consists of one (1) ordinary share of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), and one (1) warrant (the “Warrants”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one half (1/2) of one ordinary share for $5.75 per half share (subject to adjustment) and may only be exercised for a whole number of ordinary shares. Each Warrant will become exercisable commencing on the later of (a) __________ __, 2016, 12 months from the date of the final prospectus and (b) thirty (30) days after the Company’s completion of a, share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets, contractual arrangement, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”), and will expire unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, five years after the completion by Company of an initial Business Combination (the “Expiration Date”). The ordinary share and Warrant(s) comprising the Unit(s) represented by this certificate are not transferable separately until ________ the 52 nd day after the date of the final prospectus, unless Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. informs the Company of its decisions to allow earlier separate trading , except that in no event will the Ordinary Shares and Warrants be separately tradable until the Company has filed an audited balance sheet reflecting the Company’s receipt of the gross proceeds of its initial public offering and issued a press release announcing when such separate trading shall commence. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of _______, 2015, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the Warrant Agent at 17 Battery Place, New York, New York 10004, and are available to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost.

 

This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Company.

 

Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

 

By      
  Chairman   Secretary
       

 

1
 

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

 

The Company will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____ Custodian ______
TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties   (Cust)            (Minor)
JT TEN –

as joint tenants with right of survivorship

and not as tenants in common

 

under Uniform Gifts to Minors and not as tenants in common

Act __________________

(State)

 

Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

For value received, ___________________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE    
     
     
     

 

 
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
 
 
 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Units
represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said Units on the books of the within named Company will full power of substitution in the premises.  

 

Dated:      
      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
Signature(s) Guaranteed:  
   

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD 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).

 

The holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust fund only in the event of the Company’s liquidation upon failure to consummate a business combination or if the holder seeks to redeem his shares upon consummation of such business combination or in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association. In no other circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust fund.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

NUMBER SHARES

 

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF the british virgin islands

 

ordinary shares

 

SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

This Certifies that

 

is the owner of

CUSIP G3105C 104

 

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE ORDINARY SHARES OF NO PAR VALUE OF

 

electrum special acquisition corporation

 

transferable on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.

 

The Company will be forced to liquidate if it is unable to complete an initial business combination within twenty-four months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering, all as more fully described in the Company’s final prospectus dated ________, 2015.

 

This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.

 

Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

 

Dated:    
     
     
CHAIRMAN   Chief Executive Officer

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____ Custodian ______
TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties   (Cust)            (Minor)
JT TEN –

as joint tenants with right of survivorship

and not as tenants in common

 

under Uniform Gifts to Minors and not as tenants in common

Act _________________

(State)

 

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Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

 

The Company will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of shares or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the shares represented thereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and all amendments thereto and resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issue of Preferred Shares (copies of which may be obtained from the secretary of the Company), to all of which the holder of this certificate by acceptance hereof assents.

 

For value received, ___________________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF
ASSIGNEE
   
     
     
     

 

 
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
 

 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ shares

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Units

of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Attorney

to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Company will full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

     
      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

 

Signature(s) Guaranteed:  
   

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD 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).

 

The holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust fund only in the event of the Company’s liquidation upon failure to consummate a business combination or if the holder seeks to redeem his respective shares upon consummation of such business combination or in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association. In no other circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust fund.

 

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Exhibit 4.3

  

NUMBER

________-

(SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR LEGEND)
THIS WARRANT WILL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE (DEFINED BELOW)
WARRANTS

 

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

CUSIP G3105C 112

 

WARRANT

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received

 

is the registered holder of a warrant or warrants (the “Warrant”), expiring at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the five year anniversary of the completion by Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), of a, share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets, contractual arrangement, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”), to purchase one-half (1/2) of one fully paid and non-assessable ordinary share, no par value (“Shares”), of the Company for each Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate. The Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase from the Company, commencing on the later of (a) _________, 2015 12 months from the date of the final prospectus and (b) thirty (30) days after the Company’s completion a Business Combination, such number of Shares of the Company at the price of $5.75 per half share (the “Warrant Price”); provided however, that a Warrant may not be exercised for a fractional share, so that only an even number of Warrants may be exercised at any given time, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Warrant Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant exercise. The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the Warrant Price and the number of Shares purchasable hereunder, set forth on the face hereof, may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. The term Warrant Price as used in this Warrant Certificate refers to the price per Share at which Shares may be purchased at the time the Warrant is exercised.

 

Upon any exercise of the Warrant for less than the total number of full Shares provided for herein, there shall be issued to the registered holder hereof or the registered holder’s assignee a new Warrant Certificate covering the number of Shares for which the Warrant has not been exercised.

 

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent by the registered holder hereof in person or by attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of the Warrant Certificate at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any applicable tax or other governmental charge.

 

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder as the absolute owner of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the registered holder, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Warrant does not entitle the registered holder to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company.

 

 
 

 

The Company reserves the right to call the Warrant at any time prior to its exercise with a notice of call in writing to the holders of record of the Warrant, giving at least 30 days’ notice of such call, at any time while the Warrant is exercisable, if the last sale price of the Shares has been at least $24.00 per share on each of 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period (the “30-day trading period”) ending on the third business day prior to the date on which notice of such call is given and if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the Shares underlying the Warrants commencing five business days prior to the 30-day trading period and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption. The call price of the Warrants is to be $.01 per Warrant. Any Warrant either not exercised or tendered back to the Company by the end of the date specified in the notice of call shall be canceled on the books of the Company and have no further value except for the $.01 call price.

 

By

  President   Secretary

 

SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Exercise Warrants

 

The undersigned Registered Holder irrevocably elects to exercise ______________ Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that Certificates for such shares shall be issued in the name of

 

 
(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)
 
 
 
(SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
and be delivered to
 
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS)
 

 

and, if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder at the address stated below:

 

Dated:     (SIGNATURE)
       
      (ADDRESS)
       
       
      (TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)

 

 
 

 

ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Assign Warrants

 

For Value Received, _______________________ hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto

 

 
(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)
 
 
 
(SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
and be delivered to
 
 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS)

 

______________________ of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _________________________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:      
       (SIGNATURE)

 

The signature to the assignment of the Subscription Form must correspond to the name written upon the face of this Warrant Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or a member firm of the NYSE Amex, New York Stock Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange or Chicago Stock Exchange .

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.4

 

FORM OF WARRANT AGREEMENT

 

Agreement made as of ______, 2015 between Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company, with offices at c/o The Electrum Group LLC, 700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor, New York, NY 10065 (“Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, with offices at 17 Battery Place, New York, New York 10004 (“Warrant Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, on the _____, 2015, the Company has entered into that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement (the “Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement”), with ESAC Holdings LLC (the “Sponsor”), Dwight Anderson, a director of the Company, pursuant to which the Sponsor and Mr. Anderson will purchase 12,450,000 warrants in the aggregate, simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering (as defined below) bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto (the “Private Warrants”), at a price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant, to purchase one-half of one ordinary share of the Company, no par value (“Ordinary Share”), at $5.75 per half share, subject to adjustment as described herein, upon consummation of such private placement (“Private Offering”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in a public offering (“Public Offering”) of Units and, in connection therewith, will issue and deliver up to 15,000,000 warrants to purchase one-half of one share of the Company’s Ordinary Shares, at $5.75 per half share, subject to adjustment as described herein (“Public Warrants” and together with the Private Warrants, the “Warrants”) to the public investors in the Company’s proposed initial public offering (the “Offering“”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-203599 (“Registration Statement”), and prospectus (the “Prospectus”) for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Act”) of, among other securities, the Public Warrants to be issued in the Offering; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.            Appointment of Warrant Agent . The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company for the Warrants, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.            Warrants .

 

2.1            Form of Warrant . Each Warrant shall be issued in registered form only, shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated herein and shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company and shall bear a facsimile of the Company’s seal. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance. All of the Public Warrants shall initially be represented by one or more book-entry certificates deposited with The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of the Depositary (each a “Book-Entry Warrant Certificate”).

 

 
 

 

2.2            Uncertificated Warrants . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Warrant, or portion thereof, may be issued as part of, and be represented by, a Unit, and any Warrant may be issued in uncertificated or book-entry form through the Warrant Agent and/or the facilities of the Depositary or other book-entry depositary system, in each case as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or by an authorized committee thereof. Any Warrant so issued shall have the same terms, force and effect as a certificated Warrant that has been duly countersigned by the Warrant Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.3            Effect of Countersignature . Unless and until countersigned by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Warrant shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the holder thereof.

 

2.4            Registration .

 

2.4.1            Warrant Register . The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (“Warrant Register”) for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrants in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in the Public Warrants shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained by (i) the Depositary or its nominee for each Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, or (ii) institutions that have accounts with the Depositary.

 

2.4.2            Registered Holder . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant shall be registered upon the Warrant Register (“registered holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on the Warrant Certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

2.5            Detachability of Warrants . The securities comprising the Units will not be separately transferable until the fifty-second (52 nd ) day after the date hereof or, if such 52 nd day is not on a day on which banks in New York City are generally open for business (including Saturdays, Sundays or federal holidays) (a “Business Day”), then on the immediately succeeding Business Day following such date, unless Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. informs the Company of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, but in no event will separate trading of the securities comprising the Units begin until (i) the Company files a Current Report on Form 8-K which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting the receipt by the Company of the gross proceeds of the Public Offering and (ii) the Company issues a press release and files a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing when such separate trading shall begin.

 

2.6            Private Warrant Attributes . The Private Warrants will be issued in the same form as the Public Warrants but they (i) will be exercisable either for cash or on a cashless basis at the holder’s option pursuant to Section 3.3.1(c) and (ii) will not be redeemable by the Company, in either case as long as such warrants are held by the initial purchasers or their affiliates and permitted transferees (as prescribed in Section 5.6 hereof). The provisions of this Section 2.6 may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

 

3.            Terms and Exercise of Warrants .

 

3.1            Warrant Price . Each Warrant shall, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, entitle the registered holder thereof, subject to the provisions of such Warrant and of this Warrant Agreement, to purchase from the Company the number of Ordinary Shares stated therein, at the price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 4 hereof and in the last sentence of this Section 3.1. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Warrant Agreement refers to the price per share at which Ordinary Shares may be purchased at the time a Warrant is exercised. The Company in its sole discretion may lower the Warrant Price at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) for a period of not less than 10 Business Days; provided, however, that the Company shall provide at least 10 Business Days prior written notice of such reduction to registered holders of the Warrants; provided, further, however, that any such reduction shall be applied consistently to all of the Warrants.

 

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3.2            Duration of Warrants . A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (“Exercise Period”) commencing on the later of _______, 2016, one year from the date of this agreement, 30 days after the consummation by the Company of a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets, contractual arrangement, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (“Business Combination”) (as described more fully in the Registration Statement and Prospectus), and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the earlier to occur of (i) five years after the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination, (ii) the liquidation of the Company, and (iii) the Redemption Date as provided in Section 6.2 of this Agreement (“Expiration Date”); provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions, as set forth in Section 7.4 below. Except with respect to the right to receive the Redemption Price (as set forth in Section 6 hereunder), each Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at the close of business on the Expiration Date. The Company in its sole discretion may extend the duration of the Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided, however, that the Company will provide written notice to registered holders of the Warrants of such extension of not less than 20 days.

 

3.3            Exercise of Warrants .

 

3.3.1            Payment . Subject to the provisions of the Warrant and this Warrant Agreement, a Warrant, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, may be exercised by the registered holder thereof by surrendering it, at the office of the Warrant Agent, or at the office of its successor as Warrant Agent, in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, with the subscription form, as set forth in the Warrant, duly executed, and by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full Ordinary Share as to which the Warrant is exercised and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Warrant, as follows:

 

(a)          In lawful money of the United States, in good certified check or good bank draft payable to the order of the Warrant Agent (or as otherwise agreed to by the Company); or

 

(b)          in the event of redemption pursuant to Section 6 hereof in which the Company’s management has elected to require all holders of Warrants to exercise such Warrants on a “cashless basis,” by surrendering the Warrants for that number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the Warrant Price and the “Fair Market Value” (defined below) by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this Section 3.3.1(b), the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Ordinary Shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to holders of Warrant pursuant to Section 6 hereof; or

 

(c)          with respect to any Private Warrants, so long as such Private Warrants are held by the initial purchasers or their affiliates and permitted transferees (as prescribed in Section 5.6 hereof), by surrendering such Private Warrants for that number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the Warrants and the “Fair Market Value” by (y) the Fair Market Value; provided, however, that no cashless exercise shall be permitted unless the Fair Market Value is higher than the exercise price. Solely for purposes of this Section 3.3.1(c), the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Ordinary Shares for the 10 trading days ending on the day prior to the Company’s receipt of the applicable exercise notice; or

 

(d)          in the event the post-effective amendment or registration statement required by Section 7.4 hereof is not effective and current, then during the period beginning on the 91 st day after the closing of the Business Combination and ending upon the effectiveness of such post-effective amendment or registration statement, and during any other period after such date of effectiveness when the Company shall fail to have maintained an effective registration statement covering the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, by surrendering such Warrants for that number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the Warrants and the “Fair Market Value” by (y) the Fair Market Value; provided, however, that no cashless exercise shall be permitted unless the Fair Market Value is higher than the exercise price. Solely for purposes of this Section 3.3.1(d), the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Ordinary Shares for the 10 trading days ending on the day prior to the date of exercise.

 

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3.3.2            Issuance of Certificates . As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if any), the Company shall issue to the registered holder of such Warrant a certificate or certificates for the number of full Ordinary Shares to which he is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if such Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new countersigned Warrant for the number of shares as to which such Warrant shall not have been exercised. Subject to Section 4.7 of this Agreement, a registered holder of Warrants may exercise its Warrants only for a whole number of Ordinary Shares (i.e., only an even number of Warrants may be exercised at any given time by a registered holder). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant exercise. Warrants may not be exercised by, or securities issued to, any registered holder in any state in which such exercise would be unlawful.

 

3.3.3            Valid Issuance . All Ordinary Shares issued upon the proper exercise of a Warrant in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

3.3.4            Date of Issuance . Each person in whose name any such certificate for Ordinary Shares is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date on which the Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the share transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the share transfer books are open.

 

3.3.5            Maximum Percentage . A holder of Warrants may notify the Company in writing in the event it elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this Section 3.3.5. No holder of Warrants shall be subject to this Section 3.3.5 unless he, she or it makes such election. If the election is made by a holder, the Warrant Agent shall not effect the exercise of this Warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of nine and eight-tenths percent (9.8%) (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the Warrant beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred shares or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For purposes of the Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, and quarterly report on Form 10-Q, Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days, confirm orally and in writing to such holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company by the holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. By written notice to the Company, the holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided that any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

 

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4.            Adjustments .

 

4.1            Share Dividends - Split Ups . If after the date hereof, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares is increased by a share dividend payable in Ordinary Shares, or by a split up of the Ordinary Shares, or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share dividend, split up or similar event, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding Ordinary Shares. A rights offering to all holders of the Ordinary Shares entitling holders to purchase Ordinary Shares at a price less than the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) shall be deemed a share dividend of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Ordinary Shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Ordinary Shares) multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Ordinary Shares paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 4.1, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for the Ordinary Shares, in determining the price payable for the Ordinary Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Ordinary Shares trades on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, with the right to receive such rights.

 

4.2            Aggregation of Shares . If after the date hereof, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse share split or reclassification of the Ordinary Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse share split, reclassification or similar event, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

4.3            Extraordinary Dividends . If the Company, at any time while the Warrants (or rights to purchase the Warrants) are outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the Ordinary Shares on account of such Ordinary Shares (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which the Warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 4.1 above, (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below), (c) to satisfy the conversion rights of the holders of the Ordinary Shares in connection with a proposed initial Business Combination, (d) as a result of the repurchase of Ordinary Shares by the Company in connection with an initial Business Combination or as otherwise permitted by the Investment Management Trust Agreement between the Company and the Warrant Agent dated of even date herewith or (e) in connection with the Company’s liquidation and the distribution of its assets upon its failure to consummate a Business Combination (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s board of directors, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of the Ordinary Shares in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 4.3, “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Ordinary Shares during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 4 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant) does not exceed $0.50 (being 5% of the offering price of the Units in the Offering).

 

4.4            Adjustments in Exercise Price . Whenever the number of Ordinary Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in Section 4.1 and 4.2 above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Ordinary Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of Ordinary Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.

 

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4.5            Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc . In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (other than a change covered by Section 4.1 or 4.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Ordinary Shares), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Ordinary Shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Warrant holders shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the Warrants and in lieu of the Ordinary Shares of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the Warrant holder would have received if such Warrant holder had exercised his, her or its Warrant(s) immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance” );  provided however , that (i) if the holders of the Ordinary Shares were entitled to exercise a right of election as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other assets receivable upon such consolidation or merger, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets constituting the Alternative Issuance for which each Warrant shall become exercisable shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the kind and amount received per share by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in such consolidation or merger that affirmatively make such election, and (ii) if a tender, exchange or redemption offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the Ordinary Shares (other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made by the Company in connection with redemption rights held by shareholders of the Company as provided for in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as a result of the repurchase of Ordinary Shares by the Company if a proposed initial Business Combination is presented to the shareholders of the Company for approval) under circumstances in which, upon completion of such tender or exchange offer, the maker thereof, together with members of any group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) of which such maker is a part, and together with any affiliate or associate of such maker (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) and any members of any such group of which any such affiliate or associate is a part, own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holder of a Warrant shall be entitled to receive as the Alternative Issuance, the highest amount of cash, securities or other property to which such holder would actually have been entitled as a shareholder if such Warrant holder had exercised the Warrant prior to the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, accepted such offer and all of the Ordinary Shares held by such holder had been purchased pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, subject to adjustments (from and after the consummation of such tender or exchange offer) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in this  Section 4 provided further , that if less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in the applicable event is payable in the form of Ordinary Shares in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the registered holder properly exercises the Warrant within thirty (30) days following the public disclosure of the consummation of such applicable event by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Warrant Price shall be reduced by an amount (in dollars) equal to the difference of (i) the Warrant Price in effect prior to such reduction minus (ii) (A) the Per Share Consideration (as defined below) (but in no event less than zero) minus (B) the Black-Scholes Warrant Value (as defined below). The “Black-Scholes Warrant Value” means the value of a Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of the applicable event based on the Black-Scholes Warrant Model for a Capped American Call on Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”). For purposes of calculating such amount, (1)  Section 6  of this Agreement shall be taken into account, (2) the price of each Ordinary Share shall be the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event, (3) the assumed volatility shall be the 90 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg determined as of the trading day immediately prior to the day of the announcement of the applicable event, and (4) the assumed risk-free interest rate shall correspond to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the Warrant. “Per Share Consideration” means (i) if the consideration paid to holders of the Ordinary Shares consists exclusively of cash, the amount of such cash per Ordinary Share, and (ii) in all other cases, the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event. If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in Ordinary Shares covered by Section 4.1 or 4.2, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.4 and this Section 4.5. The provisions of this Section 4.5 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. In no event will the Warrant Price be reduced to less than the par value per share issuable upon exercise of such Warrant.

 

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4.6            Notices of Changes in Warrant . Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Warrant Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5, then, in any such event, the Company shall give written notice to each Warrant holder, at the last address set forth for such holder in the warrant register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

 

4.7            No Fractional Shares . Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares upon exercise of Warrants. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round up to the nearest whole number the number of the Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Warrant holder.

 

4.8            Form of Warrant . The form of Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, and Warrants issued after such adjustment may state the same Warrant Price and the same number of shares as is stated in the Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the form of Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.

 

4.9            Other Events . In case any event shall occur affecting the Company as to which none of the provisions of preceding subsections of this Section 4 are strictly applicable, but which would require an adjustment to the terms of the Warrants in order to (i) avoid an adverse impact on the Warrants and (ii) effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4, then, in each such case, the Company shall appoint a firm of independent public accountants, investment banking or other appraisal firm of recognized national standing, which shall give its opinion as to whether or not any adjustment to the rights represented by the Warrants is necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4 and, if such firm determines that an adjustment is necessary, the terms of such adjustment. The Company shall adjust the terms of the Warrants in a manner that is consistent with any adjustment recommended in such opinion.

 

5.            Transfer and Exchange of Warrants .

 

5.1            Registration of Transfer . The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of such Warrant for transfer, properly endorsed with signatures properly guaranteed and accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. The Warrants so cancelled shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company from time to time upon request.

 

5.2            Procedure for Surrender of Warrants . Warrants may be surrendered to the Warrant Agent, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants as requested by the registered holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants; provided, however, that in the event that a Warrant surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend, the Warrant Agent shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange therefor until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.

 

5.3            Fractional Warrants . The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which will result in the issuance of a warrant certificate for a fraction of a warrant.

 

5.4            Service Charges . No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrants.

 

5.5            Warrant Execution and Countersignature . The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Warrants required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.

 

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5.6            Private Warrants . The Warrant Agent shall not register any transfer of Private Warrants until 30 days after the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination, except for transfers (1) as gift to such person’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of such person’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization, (2) to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliate or family member of any of the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliate of the Sponsor or Mr. Anderson or to any member(s) of the Sponsor or any of their affiliates, (3) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death of such person; (4) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (5) to any descendent of Thomas Kaplan, Eric Vincent and Dwight Anderson, (6) through private sales or transfers made in connection with the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the Warrants were originally purchased, (7) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or (8) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of an initial Business Combination, in each case (except for clause 8) on the condition that prior to such registration for transfer, the Warrant Agent shall be presented with written documentation pursuant to which each transferee or the trustee or legal guardian for such transferee agrees to be bound by the restrictions on transfer set forth in the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the original holder of the Private Warrants purchased such securities.

 

6.            Redemption .

 

6.1            Redemption . Subject to Section 6.4 hereof, not less than all of the outstanding Warrants may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, at any time while they are exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon the notice referred to in Section 6.2, at the price of $.01 per Warrant (“Redemption Price”), provided that the last sales price of the Ordinary Shares has been at least $24.00 per share (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 4 hereof), on each of twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period (“30-Day Trading Period”) ending on the third Business Day prior to the date on which notice of redemption is given and provided further that there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants commencing five Business Days prior to the 30-Day Trading Period and continuing each day thereafter until the Redemption Date (defined below).

 

6.2            Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Redemption . In the event the Company shall elect to redeem all of the Warrants, the Company shall fix a date for the redemption (the “Redemption Date”). Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date to the registered holders of the Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the registered holder received such notice.

 

6.3            Exercise After Notice of Redemption . The Warrants may be exercised, for cash (or on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement) at any time after notice of redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof and prior to the Redemption Date. In the event the Company determines to require all holders of Warrants to exercise their Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to Section 3.3.1(b), the notice of redemption will contain the information necessary to calculate the number of Ordinary Shares to be received upon exercise of the Warrants, including the “Fair Market Value” in such case. On and after the Redemption Date, the record holder of the Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrants, the Redemption Price.

 

6.4            Exclusion of Private Placement Warrants. The Company agrees that the redemption rights provided in this Section 6 shall not apply to the Private Warrants if at the time of the redemption such Private Warrants continue to be held by the Sponsor, Mr. Anderson or their permitted transferees. However, once such Private Warrants are transferred (other than to permitted transferees under Section 5.6), the Company may redeem the Private Warrants, provided that the criteria for redemption are met, including the opportunity of the holder of such Private Warrants to exercise the Private Warrants prior to redemption pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Private Warrants that are transferred to persons other than permitted transferees shall upon such transfer cease to be Private Placement Warrants and shall become Public Warrants under this Agreement.

 

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7.            Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants .

 

7.1            No Rights as Shareholder . A Warrant does not entitle the registered holder thereof to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.

 

7.2            Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Warrants . If any Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as they may in their discretion impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination, tenor, and date as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

 

7.3            Reservation of Ordinary Shares . The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

7.4            Registration of Ordinary Shares . The Company agrees that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the closing of a Business Combination, it shall use its best efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a new registration statement, for the registration, under the Act, of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and it shall use its best efforts to take such action as is necessary to qualify for sale, in those states in which the Warrants were initially offered by the Company, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. In either case, the Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to register such securities under the blue sky laws of the states of residence of the exercising warrant holders to the extent an exemption is not available. If any such post-effective amendment or registration statement has not been declared effective by the 90-day anniversary following the closing of the Business Combination, holders of the Warrants shall have the right, during the period beginning on the 91 st day after the closing of the Business Combination and ending upon such post-effective amendment or registration statement being declared effective by the SEC, and during any other period after such date of effectiveness when the Company shall fail to have maintained an effective registration statement covering the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, to exercise such Warrants on a “cashless basis” as determined in accordance with Section 3.3.1(d). The Company shall provide the Warrant Agent with an opinion of counsel for the Company (which shall be an outside law firm with securities law experience) stating that (i) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of the Warrants on a cashless basis in accordance with this Section 7.4 is not required to be registered under the Act and (ii) the Ordinary Shares issued upon such exercise will be freely tradable under U.S. federal securities laws by anyone who is not an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Act) of the Company and, accordingly, will not be required to bear a restrictive legend. For the avoidance of any doubt, unless and until all of the Warrants have been exercised on a cashless basis, the Company shall continue to be obligated to comply with its registration obligations under the first three sentences of this Section 7.4.

 

8.           Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters .

 

8.1            Payment of Taxes . The Company will from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Warrants or such shares.

 

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8.2            Resignation, Consolidation, or Merger of Warrant Agent .

 

8.2.1            Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent . The Warrant Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving sixty (60) days’ notice in writing to the Company. If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of the Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any Warrant may apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York for the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such court, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, in good standing and having its principal office in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such predecessor Warrant Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Warrant Agent the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Warrant Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.

 

8.2.2            Notice of Successor Warrant Agent . In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares not later than the effective date of any such appointment.

 

8.2.3            Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent . Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act.

 

8.3            Fees and Expenses of Warrant Agent .

 

8.3.1            Remuneration . The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable remuneration for its services as such Warrant Agent hereunder and will reimburse the Warrant Agent upon demand for all expenditures that the Warrant Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of its duties hereunder.

 

8.3.2            Further Assurances . The Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged, and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

8.4            Liability of Warrant Agent .

 

8.4.1            Reliance on Company Statement . Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may rely upon such statement for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

8.4.2            Indemnity . The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Agreement except as a result of the Warrant Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith.

 

8.4.3            Exclusions . The Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution of any Warrant (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant; nor shall it be responsible to make any adjustments required under the provisions of Section 4 hereof or responsible for the manner, method, or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant or as to whether any Ordinary Shares will when issued be valid and fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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8.5            Acceptance of Agency . The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth and among other things, shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account for, and pay to the Company, all moneys received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of Ordinary Shares through the exercise of Warrants.

 

8.6            Waiver . The Warrant Agent hereby waives any right of set-off or any other right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in, or to any distribution of, the Trust Account (as defined in that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Warrant Agent as trustee thereunder) and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.

 

9.           Miscellaneous Provisions .

 

9.1            Successors . All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

9.2            Notices . Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Warrant Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation
c/o The Electrum Group, LLC

700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor

New York, NY 10065
Attn: Eric N. Vincent, Chief Executive Officer

 

Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by the Company to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company), as follows:

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Compliance Department

 

with a copy in each case to:

 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
The MetLife Building
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Attn: Alan A. Annex, Esq.

 

and

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
Attn: Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.

 

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9.3            Applicable Law . The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 9.2 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim.

 

9.4            Persons Having Rights under this Agreement . Nothing in this Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the registered holders of the Warrants, any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Warrant Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of the registered holders of the Warrants.

 

9.5            Examination of the Warrant Agreement . A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, for inspection by the registered holder of any Warrant. The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit his Warrant for inspection by it.

 

9.6            Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

9.7            Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

9.8            Amendments . This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of any registered holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the registered holders. All other modifications or amendments, including any amendment to increase the Warrant Price or shorten the Exercise Period, shall require the written consent or vote of the registered holders of a majority of the then outstanding Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may lower the Warrant Price or extend the duration of the Exercise Period pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, without the consent of the registered holders.

 

9.9            Severability . This Warrant Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Warrant Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Warrant Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

Exhibit A Form of Warrant Certificate

Exhibit B Legend – Private Warrants

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.

 

  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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NUMBER

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Exhibit A

 

(SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR LEGEND)
THIS WARRANT WILL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE (DEFINED BELOW)

 

 

WARRANTS

 

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

CUSIP G3105C 112

 

WARRANT

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received

 

is the registered holder of a warrant or warrants (the “Warrant”), expiring at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the five year anniversary of the completion by Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), of a, share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets, contractual arrangement, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”), to purchase one-half (1/2) of one fully paid and non-assessable ordinary share, no par value (“Shares”), of the Company for each Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate. The Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase from the Company, commencing on the later of (a) _________, 2015 12 months from the date of the final prospectus and (b) thirty (30) days after the Company’s completion a Business Combination, such number of Shares of the Company at the price of $5.75 per half share (the “Warrant Price”); provided however, that a Warrant may not be exercised for a fractional share, so that only an even number of Warrants may be exercised at any given time, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Warrant Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant exercise. The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the Warrant Price and the number of Shares purchasable hereunder, set forth on the face hereof, may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. The term Warrant Price as used in this Warrant Certificate refers to the price per Share at which Shares may be purchased at the time the Warrant is exercised.

 

Upon any exercise of the Warrant for less than the total number of full Shares provided for herein, there shall be issued to the registered holder hereof or the registered holder’s assignee a new Warrant Certificate covering the number of Shares for which the Warrant has not been exercised.

 

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent by the registered holder hereof in person or by attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of the Warrant Certificate at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any applicable tax or other governmental charge.

 

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder as the absolute owner of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the registered holder, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Warrant does not entitle the registered holder to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company.

 

 
 

 

The Company reserves the right to call the Warrant at any time prior to its exercise with a notice of call in writing to the holders of record of the Warrant, giving at least 30 days’ notice of such call, at any time while the Warrant is exercisable, if the last sale price of the Shares has been at least $24.00 per share on each of 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period (the “30-day trading period”) ending on the third business day prior to the date on which notice of such call is given and if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the Shares underlying the Warrants commencing five business days prior to the 30-day trading period and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption. The call price of the Warrants is to be $.01 per Warrant. Any Warrant either not exercised or tendered back to the Company by the end of the date specified in the notice of call shall be canceled on the books of the Company and have no further value except for the $.01 call price.

 

By      
  President   Secretary

 

SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Exercise Warrants

 

The undersigned Registered Holder irrevocably elects to exercise ______________ Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that Certificates for such shares shall be issued in the name of

 

 
(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)
 
 
 
 
 
(SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
and be delivered to
 
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS)
 

 

and, if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder at the address stated below:

 

Dated:       
    (SIGNATURE)
     
     
    (ADDRESS)
     
     
     
    (TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)

 

ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Assign Warrants

 

For Value Received, _______________________ hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto

 

 
 

  

 
(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)
 
 
 
 
 
(SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
and be delivered to
 
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS)

 

 

______________________ of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _________________________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:       
    (SIGNATURE)

 

The signature to the assignment of the Subscription Form must correspond to the name written upon the face of this Warrant Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or a member firm of the NYSE Amex, New York Stock Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange or Chicago Stock Exchange .

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

Direct line: +1 284 852 7309

Direct Email: michael.killourhy@ogier.com

 

[.] June 2015

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

c/o The Electrum Group LLC

700 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor

New York, NY 10065

 

Dear Sirs

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (the Company)

 

We have acted as counsel as to British Virgin Islands law to the Company in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, including all amendments or supplements to such form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ( Commission ) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended ( Act ) (File No. 333-203599) ( Registration Statement ), related to the offering and sale of (i) up to 17,250,000 units (including up to 2,250,000 units included in the over-allotment option granted to the Underwriters (as defined below)) (each a Unit and together the Units ) with each Unit consisting of: one ordinary share of no par value in the Company, (each a Share and together the Shares ); and one warrant, exercisable on the later of 30 days after the consummation of an initial business combination by the Company or 12 months from the date of the prospectus in respect of the Units, to purchase one half of one Share (each a Warrant and together the Warrants ) to the underwriters for whom Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the Representative ) is acting as representative (together, the Underwriters ); and (ii) all Shares and Warrants issued as part of the Units (which together constitute all of the ordinary shares or rights to acquire the same in the Company being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement). This opinion is given in accordance with the terms of the legal matters section of the Registration Statement.

 

1 Documents

 

In preparing this opinion, we have reviewed copies of the following documents:

 

(a) the Registration Statement;

 

(b) (i) the constitutional documents and public records of the Company obtained from the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands on [.] June 2015;

 

(ii) the public information revealed from searches (the Court Searches ) of the electronic records of the Civil Division and the Commercial Division of the Registry of the High Court and of the Court of Appeal (Virgin Islands) Register, each from 1 January 2000, as maintained on the Judicial Enforcement Management System (JEMS) by the Registry of the High Court of the Virgin Islands on [.] June 2015;

 

(each of the searches in (b)(i) and (ii) together, the Public Records );

 

(iii) a registered agent’s certificate issued by the Company’s registered agent dated [.] June 2015 (the Registered Agent’s Certificate );

 

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(iv) written resolutions of the sole director of the Company containing resolutions of the directors of the Company dated [.] June 2015 approving, inter alia , the Registration Statement ( Directors’ Resolutions ); and

 

(v) written resolutions of the shareholders of the Company containing resolutions of the shareholders of the Company dated [.] June 2015 amending and restating the memorandum and articles of association of the Company (the Shareholders' Resolutions and together with the Directors' Resolutions, the Resolutions ).

 

We have not made any enquiries or undertaken any searches concerning, and have not examined any other documents entered into by or affecting the Company or any other person, save for the examinations referred to in paragraph 1 above. In particular, but without limitation, we have not examined any documents referred to within the Registration Statement save as expressly referred to above and our opinion is limited accordingly.

 

2 Assumptions

 

This opinion is given only as to the circumstances existing on the date hereof and as to British Virgin Islands law in force on this date. We have relied on each of the Registered Agent's Certificate and the Directors’ Certificate without further enquiry and upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

 

(a) all parties to the Registration Statement (other than the Company) have the capacity, power and authority to exercise their rights and perform their obligations under such Registration Statement;

 

(b) the Registration Statement has been or, as the case may be, will be duly authorised by or on behalf of all relevant parties (other than the Company);

 

(c) copies of documents or records provided to us are true copies of the originals which are authentic and complete;

 

(d) all signatures and seals on all documents are genuine and authentic and in particular that any signatures on the documents we have reviewed are the true signatures of the persons authorised to execute the same;

 

(e) the accuracy and completeness of the representations made by the directors of the Company in the Directors’ Certificate as at the date hereof;

 

(f) the Resolutions remain in full force and effect;

 

(g) the accuracy and completeness of the Registered Agent's Certificate as at the date hereof; and

 

(h) the information and documents disclosed by the searches of the Public Records was and is accurate, up-to-date and remains unchanged as at the date hereof and there is no information or document which has been delivered for registration by any party (other than the Company), or which is required by the laws of the British Virgin Islands to be delivered for registration by any party (other than the Company), which was not included and available for inspection in the Public Records; and

 

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3 Opinion

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications expressed below, we are of the opinion that:

 

(a) The Company is a company duly incorporated with limited liability under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. It is a separate legal entity and is subject to suit in its own name.

 

(b) The Company has the capacity and power to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under the Registration Statement.

 

(c) The Shares to be offered and sold by the Company as contemplated by the Registration Statement have been duly authorised for issue and, when issued by the Company against payment in full of the consideration in accordance with the terms set out in the Registration Statement and the terms in the underwriting agreement referred to within the Registration Statement and duly registered in the Company’s register of members, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(d) The Shares to be issued pursuant to the Warrants when exercisable under the terms thereof have been duly authorised for issue and, when issued by the Company in accordance with the terms set out in the Registration Statement and the terms of the Warrants Agreement referred to within the Registration Statement and duly registered in the Company’s register of members, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(e) The performance of the Company's obligations under the Registration Statement do not and will not conflict with or result in any breach of:

 

(i) the amended and restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company; or

 

(ii) any law of the British Virgin Islands applicable to the Company.

 

(f) There were no actions pending against the Company based on our search of each of the Civil Index Book and the Commercial Book maintained by the British Virgin Islands High Court Registry.

 

(g) On the basis of our searches conducted at the Registry of Corporate Affairs and the Court Searches, no currently valid order or resolution for the winding-up of the Company and no current notice of appointment of a receiver in the British Virgin Islands over the Company, or any of its assets, appears on the records maintained in respect of the Company. It is a requirement under section 118 of the Insolvency Act 2003 that notice of appointment of a receiver be registered with the Registry of Corporate Affairs, however, it should be noted that failure to file a notice of appointment of a receiver does not invalidate the receivership but gives rise to penalties on the part of the receiver.

 

4 Limitations

 

We offer no opinion:

 

(a) in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the British Virgin Islands (and we have not made any investigation into such laws);

 

(b) in relation to any representation or warranty made or given by the Company in the Registration Statement; or

 

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(c) as to the commerciality of the transactions envisaged in the Registration Statement or, save as expressly stated in this opinion, whether the Registration Statement and the transaction envisaged therein achieve the commercial, tax, legal, regulatory or other aims of the parties to the Registration Statement.

 

5 Governing Law and Reliance

 

(a) This opinion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands and is limited to the matters expressly stated herein. This opinion is confined to and given on the basis of the laws and practice in the British Virgin Islands at the date hereof.

 

(b) We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the legal matters and taxation sections of the Registration Statement. In the giving of our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Ogier

 

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Exhibit 5.2

  

June [__], 2015

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor

New York, NY 10065

 

Re: Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

Registration Statement on Form S-1

(File Number 333-203599)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Company ”), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-203599) (the “ Registration Statement ”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”). The Registration Statement relates to the underwritten public offering by the Company of up to 15,000,000 units of the Company (the “ Units ”) (including up to 2,250,000 Units subject to the Underwriters’ (as defined below) over-allotment option), each Unit consisting of:

 

(i)          one ordinary share of the Company, no par value (“ Ordinary Shares ,” and the Ordinary Shares underlying the Units, the “ Shares ”), for an aggregate of up to 15,000,000 Shares (including up to 2,250,000 Shares included in the Units subject to the Underwriters’ over-allotment option); and

 

(ii)         one warrant (“ Warrant ”) entitling the holder to purchase one-half of one Ordinary Share, at a price of $5.75 per half share, for an aggregate of up to 17,250,000 Warrants (including up to 2,250,000 Warrants included in the Units subject to the Underwriters’ over-allotment option) to be issued under a Warrant Agreement (the “ Warrant Agreement ”) to be entered into by the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) to be executed by the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as representative of the underwriters named therein (the “ Underwriters ”). We have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and this opinion is being furnished in accordance with the “Legal Matters” section of the Registration Statement, as it pertain to the portions of New York law set forth below and with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.

 

 
 

 

We have examined originals or certified copies of such corporate records of the Company and other certificates and documents of officials of the Company, public officials, and others, as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of this letter. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed, certified, or reproduced copies. We have also assumed that (i) upon sale and delivery of the Units, the Shares, and the Warrants, the certificates representing such Units, Shares, and Warrants will conform to the specimens thereof filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement and will have been duly countersigned by the transfer agent and duly registered by the registrar or, if uncertificated, valid book-entry notations for the issuance of the Units, the Shares, and the Warrants in uncertificated form will have been duly made in the register of the Company and (ii) at the time of execution, countersigning, issuance, and delivery of the Warrants, the Warrant Agreement will be a valid and binding obligation of the Warrant Agent, enforceable against the Warrant Agent in accordance with its terms. In addition, in providing the opinions herein, we have relied, with respect to matters related to the Company’s existence, upon the certificates referenced above.

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications, and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.   When the Underwriting Agreement and the Warrant Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto and the Units, the Shares, and the Warrants have been issued and delivered in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement against payment in full of the consideration payable therefor as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof and as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Units and the Shares and Warrants included in the Units will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

 2.    When the Underwriting Agreement and the Warrant Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto and the Warrants have been duly executed by the Company and duly countersigned by the Warrant Agent in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Warrants will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

The opinions and other matters in this letter are qualified in their entirety and subject to the following:

 

A. We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York.

 

B. The matters expressed in this letter are subject to and qualified and limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally; and (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

C. This opinion letter is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinion is to be inferred or implied beyond the opinions expressly set forth herein. We undertake no, and hereby disclaim any, obligation to make any inquiry after the date hereof or to advise you of any changes in any matter set forth herein, whether based on a change in the law, a change in any fact relating to the Company or any other person or any other circumstance.

 

 
 

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus comprising a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

 

 

 

E xhibit 10.1

 

FORM OF INSIDER LETTER AGREEMENT

 

____________ __, 2015

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation
c/o The Electrum Group LLC

700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor
New York, NY 10065

 

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
499 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022

 

Re: Initial Public Offering :

 

This letter (“ Letter Agreement ”) is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) entered into by and between Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Company ”), and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as representative (the “ Representative ”) of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “ Underwriters ”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of the Company’s units (the “ Units ”), each comprised of one ordinary share of the Company, no par value (the “ Ordinary Shares ”), and one warrant (“ Warrant ”) to purchase one-half of one Ordinary Share at a price of $5.75 per half share, subject to adjustment. The Units shall be sold in the IPO pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “ Registration Statement ”) and prospectus (the “ Prospectus ”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) as described in the Company’s final prospectus (the “ Prospectus ”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 15 hereof.

 

In order to induce the Company and the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the IPO, and in recognition of the benefit that such IPO will confer upon the undersigned as a shareholder of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees with the Company as follows:

 

1.          If the Company solicits approval of its shareholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned will vote all Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by him, her or it, whether acquired before, in or after the IPO, in favor of such Business Combination.

 

2.          (a) In the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, the undersigned shall take all reasonable steps to (i) cause the Company to cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as possible, but no more than ten business days after the expiration of such period, cause the Trust Fund, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) to be liquidated and distributed to the holders of IPO Shares and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining holders of Ordinary Shares and the Board of Directors, cause the Company to dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to the Company’s obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable laws.

 

(b) The undersigned hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distribution of the Trust Fund and any remaining net assets of the Company as a result of such liquidation with respect to his, her or its Insider Shares or [Private Warrants (and the underlying Ordinary Shares)] 1 (“ Claim ”) and hereby waives any Claim the undersigned may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any contracts or agreements with the Company and will not seek recourse against the Trust Fund for any reason whatsoever. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that there will be no distribution from the Trust Fund with respect to any Private Warrants, which will terminate upon the Company’s liquidation.

 

 

1 To be included in the ESAC Holdings LLC/Electrum Special Opportunities Fund L.P. and Ospraie Partners LLC Letters only.

 

 
 

  

3.             To the extent that the Underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 2,250,000 Units (as described in the Prospectus), the undersigned agrees that it shall return to the Company, on a pro rata basis in accordance with the percentage of Insider Shares held by him, her or it, for cancellation at no cost, a number of Insider Shares equal to [___] multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is 2,250,000 minus the number of Units purchased by the Underwriters upon the exercise of their over-allotment option, and (ii) the denominator of which is 2,250,000.  The undersigned further agrees that to the extent that (a) the size of the IPO is increased or decreased and (b) the undersigned has either purchased or sold Ordinary Shares or an adjustment to the number of Insider Shares has been effected by way of a share split, share dividend, reverse share split, contribution back to capital or otherwise, in each case in connection with such increase or decrease in the size of the IPO, then (A) the references to 2,250,000 in the numerator and denominator of the formula in the immediately preceding sentence shall be changed to a number equal to 15% of the number of Ordinary Shares included in the Units issued in the IPO and (B) the reference to [___] in the formula set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be adjusted to such number of Ordinary Shares that the undersigned and the Insiders would have to collectively return to the Company in order to hold an aggregate of 20.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the IPO.

 

4.          (a) The undersigned agrees that he, she or it shall not effectuate a Transfer of the Insider Shares until the earlier to occur of (i) one year after the date of the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) 150 days after the Business Combination, the closing price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period (the “ Lock-up ”).

 

(b)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lock-up restrictions will be removed earlier if, after a Business Combination, the Company consummate a subsequent (i) liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property or (ii) consolidation, merger or other change in the majority of the Company’s management team.

 

(c)          [The undersigned agrees that he, she or it shall not effectuate a Transfer of the Private Warrants or the Ordinary Shares underlying such warrants, until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination and as further subject to the transfer restrictions described in the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement relating to the Private Warrants.] 2

 

(d)          Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in this paragraph 4, Transfers of the Insider Shares, [Private Warrants (and the underlying Ordinary Shares) are permitted to (i) amongst other holders of Insider Shares, to the Company’s officers, directors and employees or to the undersigned’s officers, directors, members, employees and affiliates, (ii) to the undersigned’s relatives and trusts for estate planning purposes, (iii) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (iv) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (v) by certain pledges to secure obligations incurred in connection with purchases of the Company’s securities, (vi) by private sales made at or prior to the consummation of a Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased or (vii) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, in each case (except for clause vii) where the transferee agrees to the terms of the Lock-up, but will retain all other rights as the Company’s shareholders, including, without limitation, the right to vote his, her or its Ordinary Shares and the right to receive cash dividends, if declared. If dividends are declared and payable in Ordinary Shares, such dividends will also be subject to the Lock-up.

 

5.          In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple affiliations, the undersigned agrees to present to the Company for its consideration, prior to presentation to any other person or entity, any suitable opportunity to acquire a target business, until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company, subject to any pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations the undersigned might have.

 

 

2 To be included in the ESAC Holdings LLC/Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund L.P. and Ospraie Partners LLC Letters only.

 

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6.          The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that prior to entering into a Business Combination with a target business that is affiliated with the undersigned or any Insiders of the Company or their affiliates, including any company that is a portfolio company of, or otherwise affiliated with, or has received financial investment from, an entity with which the undersigned or any Insider or their affiliates is affiliated, such transaction must be approved by a majority of the Company’s disinterested independent directors and the Company must obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that such Business Combination is fair to the Company’s unaffiliated shareholders from a financial point of view.

 

7.          Neither the undersigned, nor any family member of the undersigned, nor any affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive and will not accept any compensation or other cash payment for services rendered prior to, or in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination; [ provided, that the Company shall be allowed to (i) repay a non-interest bearing loan in an aggregate amount of up to $200,000 made to the Company by The Electrum Group LLC, an affiliate of the undersigned, to cover the IPO expenses and (ii) pay $10,000 per month to The Electrum Group LLC, for office space and related services; provided , further , that the Company shall be allowed to repay working capital loans made by the undersigned or its affiliates to the Company in cash upon consummation of the Business Combination or, at the undersigned’s or its affiliates’ discretion, with respect to up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 of working capital loans from all lenders, by converting such loans into additional Private Warrants at a price of $0.50 per Private Warrant, as more fully described in the Registration Statement.] 3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned and any affiliates of the undersigned shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with identifying, investigating and consummating a Business Combination.

 

8.          Neither the undersigned, nor any member of the family of the undersigned, nor any affiliate of the undersigned, will be entitled to receive or accept a finder’s fee or any other compensation in the event the undersigned, or any member of the family of the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned originates a Business Combination.

 

9.          The undersigned agrees to be the ______ of the Company until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company. The undersigned’s biographical information previously furnished to the Company and the Representative is true and accurate in all material respects, does not omit any material information with respect to the undersigned’s biography and contains all of the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401 of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”). Each undersigned’s Director and Officer General Questionnaire previously furnished to the Company is true and accurate in all material respects. The undersigned represents and warrants that:

 

(a) he, she or it has never had a petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state or foreign insolvency law been filed by or against (i) him, her or it or any partnership in which he, she or it was a general partner at or within two years before the time of filing; or (ii) any corporation or business association of which he, she or it was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such filing;

 

(b) he, she or it has never had a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer been appointed by a court for his, her or its business or property, or any such partnership;

 

(c) he, she or it has never been convicted of fraud in a civil or criminal proceeding;

 

(d) he, she or it has never been convicted in a criminal proceeding or named the subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and minor offenses);

 

(e) he, she or it has never been the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining or otherwise limiting him/her/it from (i) acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“ CFTC ”) or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with any such activity; or (ii) engaging in any type of business practice; or (iii) engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of federal or state securities or federal commodities laws;

 

 

3 To be included in the ESAC Holdings LLC/Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund L.P. Letter only.

 

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(f) he, she or it has never been the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any federal or state authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days his, her or its right to engage in any activity described in paragraph 9(e)(i) above, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

 

(g) he, she or it has never been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC to have violated any federal or state, or foreign securities law, where the judgment in such civil action or finding by the SEC has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;

 

(h) he, she or it has never been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the CFTC to have violated any federal commodities law, where the judgment in such civil action or finding by the CFTC has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;

 

(i) he, she or it has never been the subject of, or a party to, any federal, state or foreign judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of (i) any federal, state or foreign securities or commodities law or regulation, (ii) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and desist order, or removal or prohibition order or (iii) any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity;

 

(j) he, she or it has never been the subject of, or party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, or any self-regulatory organization, any registered entity, or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member;

 

(k) he, she or it has never been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor: (i) in connection with the purchase or sale of any security; (ii) involving the making of any false filing with the SEC; or (iii) arising out of the conduct of the business of an underwriter, broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, investment advisor or paid solicitor of purchasers of securities;

 

(l) he, she or it was never subject to a final order of a state or foreign securities commission (or an agency of officer of a state performing like functions); a state or foreign authority that supervises or examines banks, savings associations, or credit unions; a state or foreign insurance commission (or an agency or officer of a state performing like functions); an appropriate federal or foreign banking agency; the CFTC; or the National Credit Union Administration that is based on a violation of any law or regulation that prohibits fraudulent, manipulative, or deceptive conduct;

 

(m) he, she or it has never been subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, that, at the time of such sale, restrained or enjoined him, her or it from engaging or continuing to engage in any conduct or practice: (i) in connection with the purchase or sale of any security; (ii) involving the making of any false filing with the SEC; or (iii) arising out of the conduct of the business of an underwriter, broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, investment adviser or paid solicitor of purchasers of securities;

 

(n) he, she or it has never been subject to any order of the SEC or any foreign regulatory agency with similar functions that orders him, her or it to cease and desist from committing or causing a future violation of: (i) any scienter-based anti-fraud provision of the foreign or federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 17(a)(1) of the Securities Act, Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Section 206(1) of the Advisers Act or any other rule or regulation thereunder; or (ii) Section 5 of the Securities Act;

 

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(o) he, she or it has never been named as an underwriter in any registration statement or Regulation A offering statement filed with the SEC or any foreign regulatory agency with similar function that was the subject of a refusal order, stop order, or order suspending the Regulation A exemption, or is, currently, the subject of an investigation or proceeding to determine whether a stop order or suspension order should be issued;

 

(p) he, she or it has never been subject to a United States Postal Service false representation order, or is currently subject to a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction with respect to conduct alleged by the United States Postal Service to constitute a scheme or device for obtaining money or property through the mail by means of false representations;

 

(q) he, she or it is not subject to a final order of a state securities commission (or an agency of officer of a state performing like functions); a state authority that supervises or examines banks, savings associations, or credit unions; a state insurance commission (or an agency or officer of a state performing like functions); an appropriate federal banking agency; the CFTC; or the National Credit Union Administration that bars the Insider from: (i) association with an entity regulated by such commission, authority, agency or officer; (ii) engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking; or (iii) engaging in savings association or credit union activities;

 

(r) he, she or it is not subject to an order of the SEC entered pursuant to section 15(b) or 15B(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ Exchange Act ”) or section 203(e) or 203(f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “ Advisers Act ”) that: (i) suspends or revokes the undersigned’s registration as a broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer or investment adviser; (ii) places limitations on the activities, functions or operations of, or imposes civil money penalties on, such person; or (iii) bars the Insider from being associated with any entity or from participating in the offering of any penny stock; and

 

(s) he, she or it has never been suspended or expelled from membership in, or suspended or barred from association with a member of, a securities self-regulatory organization (e.g., a registered national securities exchange or a registered national or affiliated securities association) for any act or omission to act constituting conduct inconsistent with just and equitable principles of trade.

 

10.         The undersigned has full right and power, without violating any agreement by which he, she or it is bound (including, without limitation, any non-competition or non-solicitation with any employer or former employer), to enter into this Letter Agreement and to serve and hold the current position/title of the Company, as applicable.

 

11.         The undersigned hereby waives his, her or its right to exercise redemption rights with respect to any Ordinary Shares owned or to be owned by the undersigned, directly or indirectly, whether purchased prior to the IPO, in the IPO or in the aftermarket, and agrees that he, she or it will not seek redemption with respect to or otherwise sell such shares to the Company in connection with any Business Combination.

 

12.         The undersigned hereby agrees to not propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Memorandum and Articles of Association with respect to pre Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of a Business Combination that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligations to redeem 100% of the Ordinary Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination with 24 months of the closing of the IPO, unless the Company provides dissenting holders of IPO Ordinary Shares with the opportunity to redeem their IPO Shares in connection with any such vote.

 

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13.         [In the event of the liquidation of the Trust Fund, Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund L.P (the “ Indemnitor ”), agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any and all loss, liability, claims, damage and expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, whether pending or threatened, or any claim whatsoever) to which the Company may become subject as a result of any claim by (i) a prospective target business with which the Company has had discussions or entered into an acquisition agreement (a “ Target ”) or (ii) any vendor or other person who is owed money by the Company for services rendered or products sold to, or contracted for, the Company, but only to the extent necessary to ensure that such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense does not reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Fund; provided , that such indemnity shall not apply if such Target, vendor or other person has executed an agreement waiving any claims against the Trust Fund and all rights to seek access to the Trust Fund whether or not such agreement is enforceable. In the event that any such executed waiver is deemed unenforceable against such third party, the Indemnitor shall not be responsible for any liability as a result of any such third party claims. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, such indemnification of the Company by the Indemnitor shall not apply as to any claims under the Company’s obligation to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, as amended. In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination and must liquidate and its remaining net assets are insufficient to complete such liquidation, Indemnitor agrees to advance such funds necessary to complete such liquidation and agrees not to seek repayment for such expenses.] 4

 

14.         This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.  The parties hereto (i) all agree that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Letter Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of New York City, in the State of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive, and (ii) waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and venue or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

15.         As used herein, (i) a “ Business Combination ” shall mean a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities; (ii) “ Memorandum and Articles of Association ” shall mean the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as the same shall be amended from time to time; (iii) “ Insiders ” shall mean all officers, directors and shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the IPO; (iv) “ Insider Shares ” shall mean all of the Ordinary Shares of Common Stock of the Company acquired by the undersigned prior to the consummation of the IPO; (v) “ IPO Shares ” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued in the Company’s IPO; (vi) “ Private Warrants ” shall mean the warrants purchased in the private placement taking place simultaneously with the consummation of the Company’s IPO and the over-allotment option, if any; (vii) “ Trust Fund ” shall mean the trust fund into which a portion of the net proceeds of the Company’s IPO will be deposited; and (viii) “ Transfer ” shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder with respect to any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) and (b).

 

16.         Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this letter agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by express mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand delivery or facsimile transmission.

 

17.         No party hereto may assign either this Letter Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph 17 shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Letter Agreement shall be binding on the parties hereto and any successors and assigns thereof.

 

18.         This Letter Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Lock-up or (ii) the liquidation of the Company; provided, however, that this Letter Agreement shall earlier terminate in the event that the IPO is not consummated and closed by October 31, 2015, provided further that paragraph 13 of this Letter Agreement shall survive such liquidation.

 

 

4 To be included in the ESAC Holdings LLC/Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund L.P. Letter only.

 

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19.         The undersigned acknowledge and understand that the Underwriters and the Company will rely upon the agreements, representations and warranties set forth herein in proceeding with the IPO.

 

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      Sincerely,
       
       
      Print Name of Insider
       
       
      Signature
       
Acknowledged and Agreed:  
     
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION  
       
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  
       

 

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E xhibit 10.2

 

FORM OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is made as of ________, 2015 by and between Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, No. 333-203599 (“Registration Statement”) for its initial public offering of securities (“IPO”) has been declared effective as of the date hereof (“Effective Date”) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement); and

 

WHEREAS, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the “Underwriter”) is acting as the representative of the underwriters in the IPO; and

 

WHEREAS, substantially simultaneously with the IPO, the Company’s sponsor and one of the Company’s directors and their designees will be purchasing an aggregate of 12,450,000 warrants at $0.50 per warrant for a total purchase price of $6,225,000 in a private placement (the “Private Placement”).

 

WHEREAS, as described in the Registration Statement, and in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, $150,000,000 of the gross proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement ($172,500,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in a trust account for the benefit of the Company and the holders of the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value (“Ordinary Shares”), issued in the IPO as hereinafter provided (the amount to be delivered to the Trustee will be referred to herein as the “Property”; the shareholders for whose benefit the Trustee shall hold the Property will be referred to as the “Public Shareholders,” and the Public Shareholders and the Company will be referred to together as the “Beneficiaries”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, a portion of the Property equal to $3,375,000 million in the aggregate (or $4,387,500, if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) is attributable to deferred underwriting discounts and commissions that may be payable by the Company to the Underwriters upon the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined below) (the “Deferred Discount”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Trustee shall hold the Property;

 

IT IS AGREED:

 

1.            Agreements and Covenants of Trustee . The Trustee hereby agrees and covenants to:

 

(a)          Hold the Property in trust for the Beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in a segregated trust account (“Trust Account”) established by the Trustee at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank NA in the United States, maintained by Trustee, and at a brokerage institution selected by the Trustee that is satisfactory to the Company;

 

(b)          Manage, supervise and administer the Trust Account subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

(c)          In a timely manner, upon the instruction of the Company, invest and reinvest the Property (i) in United States government treasury bills, notes or bonds having a maturity of 180 days or less and/or (ii) in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and that invest solely in U.S. treasuries, as determined by the Company;

 

(d)          Collect and receive, when due, all principal and income arising from the Property, which shall become part of the “Property,” as such term is used herein;

 

(e)          Notify the Company and the Underwriter of all communications received by it with respect to any Property requiring action by the Company;

 

 
 

 

(f)          Supply any necessary information or documents as may be requested by the Company in connection with the Company’s preparation of its tax returns;

 

(g)          Participate in any plan or proceeding for protecting or enforcing any right or interest arising from the Property if, as and when instructed by the Company to do so;

 

(h)          Render to the Company monthly written statements of the activities of and amounts in the Trust Account reflecting all receipts and disbursements of the Trust Account;

 

(i)          Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter (“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board and Secretary or Assistant Secretary, affirmed by counsel for the Company and, in the case of a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by the Underwriter, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein; provided, however, that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee by _______, 2017 (“Last Date”), the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the Public Shareholders as of the Last Date. The provisions of this Section 1(i) may not be modified, amended or deleted under any circumstances;

 

(j)          Within four (4) business days after the Underwriters exercise the over-allotment option (or any unexercised portion thereof) or such over-allotment expires, provide the Trustee with a notice in writing of the total amount of the Deferred Discount, which shall in no event be less than $3,375,000; and

 

(k)          Distribute upon receipt of an Amendment Notification Letter (defined below), to Public Shareholders who exercised their redemption rights in connection with an Amendment (defined below) an amount equal to the pro rata share of the Property relating to the Ordinary Shares for which such Public Shareholders have exercised redemption rights in connection with such Amendment.

 

2.            Limited Distributions of Income from Trust Account .

 

(a)          Upon written request from the Company, which may be given from time to time in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit C, the Trustee shall distribute to the Company the amount of interest income earned on the Trust Account requested by the Company to cover any income or other tax obligation owed by the Company.

 

(b)          The limited distributions referred to in Sections 2(a) above shall be made only from income collected on the Property. Except as provided in Section 2(a), above, no other distributions from the Trust Account shall be permitted except in accordance with Sections 1(i) and 1(k) hereof.

 

(c)          The Company shall provide the Underwriter with a copy of any Termination Letters and/or any other correspondence that it issues to the Trustee with respect to any proposed withdrawal from the Trust Account promptly after such issuance.

 

3.            Agreements and Covenants of the Company . The Company hereby agrees and covenants to:

 

(a)          Give all instructions to the Trustee hereunder in writing, signed by the Company’s Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer. In addition, except with respect to its duties under paragraphs 1(i) and 2(a) above, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, any verbal or telephonic advice or instruction which it in good faith believes to be given by any one of the persons authorized above to give written instructions, provided that the Company shall promptly confirm such instructions in writing;

 

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(b)          Subject to the provisions of Sections 5 and 7(g) of this Agreement, hold the Trustee harmless and indemnify the Trustee from and against, any and all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements, or loss suffered by the Trustee in connection with any claim, potential claim, action, suit or other proceeding brought against the Trustee involving any claim, or in connection with any claim or demand which in any way arises out of or relates to this Agreement, the services of the Trustee hereunder, or the Property or any income earned from investment of the Property, except for expenses and losses resulting from the Trustee’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Promptly after the receipt by the Trustee of notice of demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, pursuant to which the Trustee intends to seek indemnification under this paragraph, it shall notify the Company in writing of such claim (hereinafter referred to as the “Indemnified Claim”). The Trustee shall have the right to conduct and manage the defense against such Indemnified Claim, provided, that the Trustee shall obtain the consent of the Company with respect to the selection of counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Trustee may not agree to settle any Indemnified Claim without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may participate in such action with its own counsel;

 

(c)          Pay the Trustee an initial acceptance fee, an annual fee and a transaction processing fee for each disbursement made pursuant to Section 2(a) as set forth on Schedule A hereto, which fees shall be subject to modification by the parties from time to time. It is expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to pay such fees and further agreed that any fees owed to the Trustee shall be deducted by the Trustee from the disbursements made to the Company pursuant to Sections 1(i) solely in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination. The Company shall pay the Trustee the initial acceptance fee and first year’s fee at the consummation of the IPO and thereafter on the anniversary of the Effective Date;

 

(d)          In connection with any vote of the Company’s shareholders regarding a Business Combination, provide to the Trustee an affidavit or certificate of a firm regularly engaged in the business of soliciting proxies and/or tabulating shareholder votes verifying the vote of the Company’s shareholders regarding such Business Combination; and

 

(e)          In the event that the Company directs the Trustee to commence liquidation of the Trust Account pursuant to Section 1(i), the Company agrees that it will not direct the Trustee to make any payments that are not specifically authorized by this Agreement.

 

(f)          If the Company seeks to amend any provision of its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity (including the time within which the Company has to complete a Business Combination) (in each case an “Amendment”), the Company will provide the Trustee with a letter (an “Amendment Notification Letter”) in the form of Exhibit D providing instructions for the distribution of funds to Public Shareholders who exercise their redemption option in connection with such Amendment.

 

4.            Limitations of Liability . The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability to:

 

(a)          Take any action with respect to the Property, other than as directed in paragraphs 1 and 2 hereof and the Trustee shall have no liability to any party except for liability arising out of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct;

 

(b)          Institute any proceeding for the collection of any principal and income arising from, or institute, appear in or defend any proceeding of any kind with respect to, any of the Property unless and until it shall have received instructions from the Company given as provided herein to do so and the Company shall have advanced or guaranteed to it funds sufficient to pay any expenses incident thereto;

 

(c)          Change the investment of any Property, other than in compliance with paragraph 1(c);

 

(d)          Refund any depreciation in principal of any Property;

 

(e)          Assume that the authority of any person designated by the Company to give instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless provided otherwise in such designation, or unless the Company shall have delivered a written revocation of such authority to the Trustee;

 

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(f)          The other parties hereto or to anyone else for any action taken or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Trustee), statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information therein contained) which is believed by the Trustee, in good faith, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons. The Trustee shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee signed by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Trustee are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto;

 

(g)          Verify the correctness of the information set forth in the Registration Statement or to confirm or assure that any acquisition made by the Company or any other action taken by it is as contemplated by the Registration Statement;

 

(h)          File local, state and/or Federal tax returns or information returns with any taxing authority on behalf of the Trust Account and payee statements with the Company documenting the taxes, if any, payable by the Company or the Trust Account, relating to the income earned on the Property;

 

(i)          Pay any taxes on behalf of the Trust Account (it being expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to pay any such taxes and that such taxes, if any, shall be paid by the Company from funds not held in the Trust Account or released to it under Section 2(a) hereof);

 

(j)          Imply obligations, perform duties, inquire or otherwise be subject to the provisions of any agreement or document other than this agreement and that, which is expressly set forth herein; and

 

(k)          Verify calculations, qualify or otherwise approve Company requests for distributions pursuant to Section 1(i), 1(k) or 2(a) above.

 

5.            Trust Account Waiver . The Trustee has no right of set-off or any right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) to, or to any monies in, the Trust Account, and hereby irrevocably waives any Claim to, or to any monies in, the Trust Account that it may have now or in the future. In the event the Trustee has any Claim against the Company under this Agreement, including, without limitation, under Section 3(b) or Section 3(c) hereof, the Trustee shall pursue such Claim solely against the Company and its assets outside the Trust Account and not against the Property or any monies in the Trust Account.

 

6.            Termination . This Agreement shall terminate as follows:

 

(a)          If the Trustee gives written notice to the Company that it desires to resign under this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to locate a successor trustee during which time the Trustee shall act in accordance with this Agreement. At such time that the Company notifies the Trustee that a successor trustee has been appointed by the Company and has agreed to become subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall transfer the management of the Trust Account to the successor trustee, including but not limited to the transfer of copies of the reports and statements relating to the Trust Account, whereupon this Agreement shall terminate; provided, however, that, in the event that the Company does not locate a successor trustee within ninety days of receipt of the resignation notice from the Trustee, the Trustee may submit an application to have the Property deposited with any court in the State of New York or with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and upon such deposit, the Trustee shall be immune from any liability whatsoever for any events occurring or actions taken after such deposit; or

 

(b)          At such time that the Trustee has completed the liquidation of the Trust Account in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1(i) hereof, and distributed the Property in accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this Agreement shall terminate except with respect to Paragraph 3(b).

 

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7.            Miscellaneous .

 

(a)          The Company and the Trustee each acknowledge that the Trustee will follow the security procedures set forth below with respect to funds transferred from the Trust Account. The Company and the Trustee will each restrict access to confidential information relating to such security procedures to authorized persons. Each party must notify the other party immediately if it has reason to believe unauthorized persons may have obtained access to such information, or of any change in its authorized personnel. In executing funds transfers, the Trustee will rely upon all information supplied to it by the Company, including account names, account numbers and all other identifying information relating to a beneficiary, beneficiary’s bank or intermediary bank. The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any error in the information or transmission of the wire.

 

(b)          This Agreement shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. It may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts, each one of which shall constitute an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument.

 

(c)          This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except for Section 1(i) (which may not be amended under any circumstances), this Agreement or any provision hereof may only be changed, amended or modified by a writing signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that no such change, amendment or modification may be made without the prior written consent of the Underwriter. As to any claim, cross-claim or counterclaim in any way relating to this Agreement, each party waives the right to trial by jury. The Trustee may require from Company counsel an opinion as to the propriety of any proposed amendment.

 

(d)          The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for purposes of resolving any disputes hereunder.

 

(e)          Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by express mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand delivery, by facsimile transmission or email transmission:

 

if to the Trustee, to:

 

Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Steven G. Nelson, Chairman, and Frank A. DiPaolo, CFO
Fax No.: (212) 509-5150
Email: steven.nelson@continentalstock.com and
fdipaolo@continentalstock.com

 

if to the Company, to:

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation
700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor
New York, NY 10065

Attn: Eric N. Vincent, Chief Executive Officer
Fax No.: (646) 365-1600
Email: evincent@electrum-group.com

 

in either case with a copy to:

 

Cantor Fitzgerald & Company
499 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attn: David Batalion
Fax No.: (212) 829-4972
Email: dbatalion@cantor.com

 

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and

 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Attn: Alan A. Annex
Fax No.: (212) 801-6400
Email: annex@gtlaw.com

 

and

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
Attn: Stuart Neuhauser,, Esq.
Fax No.: (212)370-7889
Email: sneuhauser@egsllp.com

 

(f)          This Agreement may not be assigned by the Trustee without the prior consent of the Company.

 

(g)          Each of the Trustee and the Company hereby represents that it has the full right and power and has been duly authorized to enter into this Agreement and to perform its respective obligations as contemplated hereunder. The Trustee acknowledges and agrees that it shall not make any claims or proceed against the Trust Account, including by way of set-off, and shall not be entitled to any funds in the Trust Account under any circumstance. In the event that the Trustee has a claim against the Company under this Agreement, the Trustee will pursue such claim solely against the Company and not against the Property held in the Trust Account.

 

(h)          Each of the Company and the Trustee hereby acknowledge that the Underwriter are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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

 

  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
     
  By:  
    Name: Frank A. Di Paolo
    Title: Trust Officer
     
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name: Eric N. Vincent
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Fee Item   Time and method of payment   Amount
Initial acceptance fee   Initial closing of IPO by wire transfer   $[__]
Annual fee   First year, initial closing of IPO by wire transfer; thereafter on the anniversary of the effective date of the IPO by wire transfer or check   $[__]
Transaction processing fee for disbursements to Company under Section 2   Deduction by Trustee from accumulated income following disbursement made to Company under Section 2   $[__]
Paying Agent services as required pursuant to section 1(i)   Billed to Company upon delivery of service pursuant to section 1(i)   Prevailing rates

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[Letterhead of Company]

 

[Insert date]

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Steven Nelson and Frank DiPaolo

 

Re: Trust Account No. - Termination Letter

 

Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to paragraph 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of ________, 2015 (“Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company has entered into an agreement (“Business Agreement”) with __________________ (“Target Business”) to consummate a business combination with Target Business (“Business Combination”) on or about [insert date] . The Company shall notify you at least 48 hours in advance of the actual date of the consummation of the Business Combination (“Consummation Date”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

 

In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate the Trust Account investments on __________ and to transfer the proceeds to the above-referenced account at __________ to the effect that, on the Consummation Date, all of funds held in the Trust Account will be immediately available for transfer to the account or accounts that the Company shall direct on the Consummation Date. It is acknowledged and agreed that while the funds are on deposit in the trust account awaiting distribution, the Company will not earn any interest or dividends.

 

On the Consummation Date (i) counsel for the Company shall deliver to you written notification that the Business Combination has been consummated and (ii) the Company shall deliver to you (a) [an affidavit] [a certificate] of __________________, which verifies the vote of the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Business Combination if a vote is held and (b) joint written instructions from it and _____ with respect to the transfer of the funds held in the Trust Account, including payment of the Deferred Discount from the Trust Account (“Instruction Letter”). You are hereby directed and authorized to transfer the funds held in the Trust Account immediately upon your receipt of the counsel’s letter and the Instruction Letter, in accordance with the terms of the Instruction Letter. In the event that certain deposits held in the Trust Account may not be liquidated by the Consummation Date without penalty, you will notify the Company of the same and the Company shall direct you as to whether such funds should remain in the Trust Account and distributed after the Consummation Date to the Company. Upon the distribution of all the funds in the Trust Account pursuant to the terms hereof, the Trust Agreement shall be terminated.

 

In the event that the Business Combination is not consummated on the Consummation Date described in the notice thereof and we have not notified you on or before the original Consummation Date of a new Consummation Date, then upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions from the Company, the funds held in the Trust Account shall be reinvested as provided in the Trust Agreement on the business day immediately following the Consummation Date as set forth in the notice.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
   
  By:  

 

 
 

 

AGREED TO AND    
ACKNOWLEDGED BY:    
     
CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.    
     
By:      
       

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

[Letterhead of Company]

 

[Insert date]

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Steven Nelson and Frank DiPaolo

 

Re: Trust Account No. - Termination Letter

 

Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to paragraph 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of ________, 2015 (“Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company has been unable to effect a Business Combination with a Target Company within the time frame specified in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as described in the Company’s prospectus relating to its IPO. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

 

In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate all the Trust Account investments on ______________ and to transfer the total proceeds to the Trust Checking Account at ______________ to await distribution to the Public Shareholders. The Company has selected ____________, 20__ as the record date for the purpose of determining the Public Shareholders entitled to receive their share of the liquidation proceeds. It is acknowledged that no interest will be earned by the Company on the liquidation proceeds while on deposit in the Trust Checking Account. You agree to be the Paying Agent of record and in your separate capacity as Paying Agent, to distribute said funds directly to the Public Shareholders in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. Upon the distribution of all the funds in the Trust Account, your obligations under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
     
  By:  

 

cc: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

 

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

[Letterhead of Company]

 

[ Insert date]

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Frank Di Paolo and Cynthia Jordan

 

Re: Trust Account No.

 

Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to paragraph 2(a) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of ________, 2015 (“Trust Agreement”), the Company hereby requests that you deliver to the Company $_______ of the interest income earned on the Property as of the date hereof. The Company needs such funds to pay for its tax obligations. In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, you are hereby directed and authorized to transfer (via wire transfer) such funds promptly upon your receipt of this letter to the Company’s operating account at:

 

[WIRE INSTRUCTION INFORMATION]

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
     
  By:  

 

cc: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

[Letterhead of Company]

 

[Insert date]

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Steven Nelson and Frank DiPaolo

 

Re: Trust Account No. [________] - Termination Letter

 

Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of _______, 2015 (“Trust Agreement”). Capitalized words used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement.

 

Pursuant to Section 1(k) of the Trust Agreement, this is to advise you that the Company has sought an Amendment. Accordingly, in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate the Trust Account on [ ] and to transfer $_____ of the proceeds of the Trust to the checking account at [ ] for distribution to the stockholders that have requested redemption of their shares in connection with such Amendment. The remaining funds shall be reinvested by you as previously instructed.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
     
  By:  

 

cc: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3  

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor

New York, NY 10065

 

_____________, 2015

  

The Electrum Group LLC

700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor

New York, NY 10065

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter will confirm our agreement that, commencing on the effective date (the “ Effective Date ”) of the registration statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) for the initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of the securities of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (the “ Company ”) and continuing until the earlier of (i) the consummation by the Company of an initial business combination or (ii) the Company’s liquidation (in each case as described in the Registration Statement) (such earlier date hereinafter referred to as the “ Termination Date ”), The Electrum Group LLC shall make available to the Company certain office space and administrative and support services as may be required by the Company from time to time, situated at 700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor, New York, NY 10065 (or any successor location). In exchange therefore, the Company shall pay The Electrum Group LLC the sum of $10,000 per month on the Effective Date and continuing monthly thereafter until the Termination Date. The Electrum Group LLC hereby agrees that it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies that may be set aside in a trust account (the “ Trust Account ”) to be established upon the consummation of the IPO (the “ Claim ”) and hereby waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with the Company and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.

 

    Very truly yours,
     
    ELECTRUM SPECIAL
    ACQUISITION CORPORATION
       
    By:  
      Name:
      Title:
       
Acknowledged and Accepted by:    
     
THE ELECTRUM GROUP LLC    
       
By:      
  Name:    
  Title:    

  

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE (“NOTE”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”).  THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION OF THE RESALE THEREOF UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.  

 

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Principal Amount:  Up to $200,000 Dated as of April __, 2015

New York, New York

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Maker ”), promises to pay to the order of ESAC Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its registered assigns or successors in interest   (the “ Payee ”), or order, the principal sum of up to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and conditions described below.  All payments on this Note shall be made by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds or as otherwise determined by the Maker to such account as the Payee may from time to time designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note.

 

1.          Principal.  The principal balance of Note shall be payable on the earlier of: (i) October 31, 2015 or (ii) the date on which Maker consummates an initial public offering of its securities. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time.

 

2.           Interest.  No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note.

 

3.          Drawdown Requests.  The principal of this Note may be drawndown from time to time prior to the earlier of: (i) October 31, 2015 or (ii) the date on which Maker consummates an initial public offering of its securities, upon request from Maker to Payee (each, a “Drawdown Request”). Payee shall fund each Drawdown Request within five (5) business days after receipt of a Drawdown Request; provided, however, that the maximum amount of drawdowns collectively under this Note is Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000).

 

4.          Terms of Drawdown Requests.   Maker and Payee agree that Maker may request up to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) for offering costs.

 

5.          Application of Payments.  All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorney’s fees, then to the payment in full of any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note.

 

6.          Events of Default.  The following shall constitute an event of default (“ Event of Default ”):

 

(a)           Failure to Make Required Payments . Failure by Maker to pay the principal amount due pursuant to this Note within five (5) business days of the date specified above.

 

(b)           Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc . The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

 

 
 

  

(c)           Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc . The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days.

 

7.          Remedies.

 

(a)           Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a) hereof, Payee may, by written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due immediately and payable, whereupon the unpaid principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable thereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

(b)           Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), the unpaid principal balance of this Note, and all other sums payable with regard to this Note, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of Payee.

 

8.           Waivers.  Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part in any order desired by Payee.

 

9.           Unconditional Liability.  Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agrees that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to Maker or affecting Maker’s liability hereunder.

 

10.          Notices.  All notices, statements or other documents which are required or contemplated by this Agreement shall be: (i) in writing and delivered personally or sent by first class registered or certified mail, overnight courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission to the address designated in writing, (ii) by facsimile to the number most recently provided to such party or such other address or fax number as may be designated in writing by such party and (iii) by electronic mail, to the electronic mail address most recently provided to such party or such other electronic mail address as may be designated in writing by such party.  Any notice or other communication so transmitted shall be deemed to have been given on the day of delivery, if delivered personally, on the business day following receipt of written confirmation, if sent by facsimile or electronic transmission, one (1) business day after delivery to an overnight courier service or five (5) days after mailing if sent by mail.

 

11.          Construction.  THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.

 

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12.         Severability.  Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

13.          Trust Waiver .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Payee hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“ Claim ”) in or to any distribution of or from the trust account to be established in which the proceeds of the initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) conducted by the Maker (including the deferred underwriters discounts and commissions) and the proceeds of the sale of the units issued in a private placement to occur prior to the effectiveness of the IPO are to be deposited, as described in greater detail in the registration statement and prospectus to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the IPO, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the trust account for any reason whatsoever.

 

14 .          Amendment; Waiver .  Any amendment hereto or waiver of any provision hereof may be made with, and only with, the written consent of the Maker and the Payee.

 

15 .          Assignment .  No assignment or transfer of this Note or any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by any party hereto (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party hereto and any attempted assignment without the required consent shall be void.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to be duly executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.

 

  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.5

 

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of the __ day of ________, 2015, by and among Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Company ”) and the undersigned parties listed under Investor on the signature page hereto (each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “ Investors ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Investors currently hold all of the outstanding ordinary shares of the Company issued prior to the consummation of the Company’s initial public offering ( Insider Shares );

 

WHEREAS, certain of the Investors are privately purchasing 12,450,000 warrants, each to purchase one half of one Ordinary Share at a price of $5.75 per half share, subject to adjustment, substantially simultaneously with the consummation of the Company’s initial public offering (the “ Private Warrants ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Investors and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to provide the Investors with certain rights relating to the registration of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein);

 

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

 

1.           DEFINITIONS . The following capitalized terms used herein have the following meanings:

 

Agreement ” means this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Business Combination ” means the acquisition of direct or indirect ownership through a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements, or other similar type of transaction, of one or more businesses or entities.

 

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

Company ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Demand Registration ” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

Demanding Holder ” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

Form S-3 ” is defined in Section 2.3.

 

Indemnified Party ” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

Indemnifying Party ” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

Insider Shares ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Investor ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Investor Indemnified Party ” is defined in Section 4.1.

 

Maximum Number of Shares ” is defined in Section 2.1.4.

 

Notices ” is defined in Section 6.3.

 

 
 

 

Ordinary Share ” means the ordinary Shares of the Company, no par value.

 

Piggy-Back Registration ” is defined in Section 2.2.1.

 

Private Warrants ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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

 

Registrable Securities ” means (i) the Insider Shares and (ii) the Private Warrants (and underlying Ordinary Shares). Registrable Securities include any warrants, shares of capital or other securities of the Company issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement of such Insider Shares and Private Warrants (and underlying Ordinary Shares). As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (b) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding, or (d) the Registrable Securities are freely saleable under Rule 144 without volume limitations.

 

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their successors, or any registration statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of another entity).

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

Underwriter ” means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

Units ” means the units of the Company, each comprised of one Ordinary Share and one warrant to purchase one-half of one Ordinary Share.

 

2.            REGISTRATION RIGHTS .

 

2.1          Demand Registration .

 

2.1.1            Request for Registration . At any time and from time to time on or after the date that the Company consummates a Business Combination, the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities may make a written demand for registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their Registrable Securities (a “ Demand Registration ”). Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify the number Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Company will notify all holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and each holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a “ Demanding Holder ”) shall so notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the holder of the notice from the Company. Upon any such request, the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.1.4 and the provisos set forth in Section 3.1.1. The Company shall not be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) Demand Registrations under this Section 2.1.1 in respect of all Registrable Securities.

 

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2.1.2            Effective Registration . A registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter elect to continue the offering; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to file a second Registration Statement until a Registration Statement that has been filed is counted as a Demand Registration or is terminated.

 

2.1.3            Underwritten Offering . If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders so elect and such holders so advise the Company as part of their written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an underwritten offering. In such event, the right of any holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority-in-interest of the holders initiating the Demand Registration.

 

2.1.4            Reduction of Offering . If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Ordinary Shares or other securities which the Company desires to sell and the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other shareholders of the Company who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares, as applicable, the “ Maximum Number of Shares ”), then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance with the number of shares that each such Person has requested be included in such registration, regardless of the number of shares held by each such Person (such proportion is referred to herein as “ Pro Rata ”)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Ordinary Shares or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

2.1.5            Withdrawal . If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders disapprove of the terms of any underwriting or are not entitled to include all of their Registrable Securities in any offering, such majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders may elect to withdraw from such offering by giving written notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters of their request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration. If the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders withdraws from a proposed offering relating to a Demand Registration, then such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration provided for in Section 2.1.

 

2.2          Piggy-Back Registration .

 

2.2.1            Piggy-Back Rights . If at any time on or after the date the Company consummates a Business Combination the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for shareholders of the Company for their account (or by the Company and by shareholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the holders of Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares of Registrable Securities as such holders may request in writing within five (5) days following receipt of such notice (a “ Piggy-Back Registration ”). The Company shall cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All holders of Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration.

 

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2.2.2            Reduction of Offering . If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities in writing that the dollar amount or number of Ordinary Shares which the Company desires to sell, taken together with Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other than the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.2, and the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in any such registration:

 

(a)          If the registration is undertaken for the Company’s account: (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Ordinary Shares or other securities, if any, comprised of Registrable Securities, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the applicable written contractual piggy-back registration rights of such security holders, Pro Rata, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares;

 

(b)          If the registration is a “demand” registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than the holders of Registrable Securities, (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of the demanding persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Ordinary Shares or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), collectively the Ordinary Shares or other securities comprised of Registrable Securities, Pro Rata, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

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2.2.3            Withdrawal . Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such holder’s request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of Registrable Securities in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3.

 

2.3          Registrations on Form S-3 . The holders of Registrable Securities may at any time and from time to time, request in writing that the Company register the resale of any or all of such Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration which may be available at such time (“ Form S-3 ”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect such request through an underwritten offering. Upon receipt of such written request, the Company will promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, effect the registration of all or such portion of such holder’s or holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities or other securities of the Company, if any, of any other holder or holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to this Section 2.3: (i) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering; or (ii) if the holders of the Registrable Securities, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the public of less than $500,000. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

3.            REGISTRATION PROCEDURES .

 

3.1          Filings; Information . Whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with any such request:

 

3.1.1            Filing Registration Statement . The Company shall use its best efforts to, as expeditiously as possible after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on any form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, and shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and use its best efforts to keep it effective for the period required by Section 3.1.3; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration for up to thirty (30) days, and any Piggy-Back Registration for such period as may be applicable to deferment of any demand registration to which such Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Company shall furnish to the holders a certificate signed by the President or Chairman of the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time; provided further, however, that the Company shall not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso more than once in any 365-day period in respect of a Demand Registration hereunder.

 

3.1.2            Copies . The Company shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus), and such other documents as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration or legal counsel for any such holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such holders.

 

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3.1.3            Amendments and Supplements . The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or such securities have been withdrawn or until such time as the Registrable Securities cease to be Registrable Securities.

 

3.1.4            Notification . After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly, and in no event more than two (2) business days after such filing, notify the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further notify such holders promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within two (2) business days of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order (and the Company shall take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information or of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and promptly make available to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement any such supplement or amendment; except that before filing with the Commission a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall furnish to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and to the legal counsel for any such holders, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such holders and legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such documents and comment thereon, and the Company shall not file any Registration Statement or prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, to which such holders or their legal counsel shall object.

 

3.1.5            State Securities Laws Compliance . The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction.

 

3.1.6            Agreements for Disposition . The Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The representations, warranties and covenants of the Company in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement. No holder of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement shall be required to make any representations or warranties in the underwriting agreement except, if applicable, with respect to such holder’s organization, good standing, authority, title to Registrable Securities, lack of conflict of such sale with such holder’s material agreements and organizational documents, and with respect to written information relating to such holder that such holder has furnished in writing expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement.

 

3.1.7            Cooperation . The principal executive officer of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company, the principal accounting officer of the Company and all other officers and members of the management of the Company shall cooperate fully in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to such offering and all other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with Underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential investors.

 

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3.1.8            Records . The Company shall make available for inspection by the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any of them in connection with such Registration Statement.

 

3.1.9            Opinions and Comfort Letters . The Company shall furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement a signed counterpart, addressed to such holder, of (i) any opinion of counsel to the Company delivered to any Underwriter and (ii) any comfort letter from the Company’s independent public accountants delivered to any Underwriter. In the event no legal opinion is delivered to any Underwriter, the Company shall furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, at any time that such holder elects to use a prospectus, an opinion of counsel to the Company to the effect that the Registration Statement containing such prospectus has been declared effective and that no stop order is in effect.

 

3.1.10          Earnings Statement . The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Securities Act, and make available to its shareholders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of twelve (12) months, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.

 

3.1.11          Listing . The Company shall use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities included in any registration to be listed on such exchanges or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or designated or, if no such similar securities are then listed or designated, in a manner satisfactory to the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration.

 

3.1.12          Road Show . If the registration involves the registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any underwritten offering.

 

3.2          Obligation to Suspend Distribution . Upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.1.4(iv), or, in the case of a resale registration on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, upon any suspension by the Company, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance program adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors, of the ability of all “insiders” covered by such program to transact in the Company’s securities because of the existence of material non-public information, each holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall immediately discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such holder receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of “insiders” to transact in the Company’s securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by the Company, each such holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holder’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

3.3          Registration Expenses . The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, any Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, and any registration on Form S-3 effected pursuant to Section 2.3, and all expenses incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv) the Company’s internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section 3.1.11; (vi) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fees; (vii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses or costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or comfort letters requested pursuant to Section 3.1.9); (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration and (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses of one legal counsel selected by the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in such registration. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts or selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling commissions shall be borne by such holders. Additionally, in an underwritten offering, all selling shareholders and the Company shall bear the expenses of the Underwriter pro rata in proportion to the respective amount of shares each is selling in such offering.

 

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3.4          Information . The holders of Registrable Securities shall provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 2 and in connection with the Company’s obligation to comply with Federal and applicable state securities laws.

 

4.            INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION .

 

4.1          Indemnification by the Company . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls an Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “ Investor Indemnified Party ”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein. The Company also shall indemnify any Underwriter of the Registrable Securities, their officers, affiliates, directors, partners, members and agents and each person who controls such Underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification provided above in this Section 4.1.

 

4.2          Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities . Each selling holder of Registrable Securities will, in the event that any registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any Registrable Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers and each Underwriter (if any), and each other selling holder and each other person, if any, who controls another selling holder or such Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse the Company, its directors and officers, and each other selling holder or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Each selling holder’s indemnification obligations hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net proceeds actually received by such selling holder.

 

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4.3          Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . Promptly after receipt by any person of any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability or any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder, notify such other person (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing of the loss, claim, judgment, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the failure by the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. If the Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification with respect to any claim or action brought against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such claim or action, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume control of the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that in any action in which both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are named as defendants, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but no more than one such separate counsel) to represent the Indemnified Party and its controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written opinion of counsel of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim or proceeding.

 

4.4          Contribution .

 

4.4.1           If the indemnification provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

4.4.2           The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding Section 4.4.1.

 

4.4.3           The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such holder from the sale of Registrable Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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5.            RULE 144 .

 

5.1          Rule 144 . The Company covenants that it shall file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further action as the holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.

 

6.            MISCELLANEOUS .

 

6.1          Other Registration Rights . The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than the holders of the Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any shares of the Company’s share capital for sale or to include shares of the Company’s share capital in any registration filed by the Company for the sale of shares of capital for its own account or for the account of any other person.

 

6.2          Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be freely assigned or delegated by such holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by any such holder. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties, to the permitted assigns of the Investors or holder of Registrable Securities or of any assignee of the Investors or holder of Registrable Securities. This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Article 4 and this Section 6.2.

 

6.3          Notices . All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively, “ Notices ”) required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally served, delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, telex or facsimile, addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Notice shall be deemed given on the date of service or transmission if personally served or transmitted by telegram, telex or facsimile; provided, that if such service or transmission is not on a business day or is after normal business hours, then such notice shall be deemed given on the next business day. Notice otherwise sent as provided herein shall be deemed given on the next business day following timely delivery of such notice to a reputable air courier service with an order for next-day delivery.

 

To the Company:

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation
c/o The Electrum Group LLC

700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor

New York, NY 10065
Attn: Eric N. Vincent, Chief Executive Officer

 

with a copy to:

 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York NY 10166
Attn: Alan I. Annex, Esq.

 

To an Investor, to the address set forth below such Investor’s name on Exhibit A hereto.

 

6.4          Severability . This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible that is valid and enforceable.

 

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6.5          Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

6.6          Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether oral or written.

 

6.7          Modifications and Amendments . No amendment, modification or termination of this Agreement shall be binding upon any party unless executed in writing by such party.

 

6.8          Titles and Headings . Titles and headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any provision of this Agreement.

 

6.9          Waivers and Extensions . Any party to this Agreement may waive any right, breach or default which such party has the right to waive, provided, however, that such waiver will not be effective against the waiving party unless it is in writing, is signed by such party, and specifically refers to this Agreement. Waivers may be made in advance or after the right waived has arisen or the breach or default waived has occurred. Any waiver may be conditional. No waiver of any breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement or provision herein contained. No waiver or extension of time for performance of any obligations or acts shall be deemed a waiver or extension of the time for performance of any other obligations or acts.

 

6.10        Remedies Cumulative . In the event that the Company fails to observe or perform any covenant or agreement to be observed or performed under this Agreement, the Investor or any other holder of Registrable Securities may proceed to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity or action at law, whether for specific performance of any term contained in this Agreement or for an injunction against the breach of any such term or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement or to enforce any other legal or equitable right, or to take any one or more of such actions, without being required to post a bond. None of the rights, powers or remedies conferred under this Agreement shall be mutually exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other right, power or remedy, whether conferred by this Agreement or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

 

6.11        Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted under, and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice-of-law provisions thereof that would compel the application of the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

6.12        Waiver of Trial by Jury . Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives the right to a trial by jury in any action, suit, counterclaim or other proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of, connected with or relating to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, or the actions of the Investor in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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  INVESTORS:
   
  EASC HOLDINGS LLC
   
  By: Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund L.P.
  By: Electrum Strategic Opportunity Fund G.P. L.P.,
its General Partner
  By: ESOF GP Ltd., its General Partner
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title Director

 

  OSPRAIE PARTNERS LLC
     
  By:  
    Name: Dwight Anderson
    Title: Managing Member
   
   
  David W. Peat
   
   
  Thomas A. Ronzetti III
   
   
  Marc S. Goodman
   
   
  Diana J. Walters

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Name and Address of

Initial Stockholder

 

 

ESAC Holdings LLC
700 Madison Avenue, 5 th Floor

New York, NY 10065

 

David W. Peat

96215 Piney Island Drive

Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

 

Ospraie Partners LLC

c/o Ospraie Management LLC

320 Park Ave, 27 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

 

Thomas A. Ronzetti III

2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9 th Floor

Coral Gables, FL 33134

 

Marc S. Goodman

12 Cowdray Park Drive

Greenwich, CT 06831

 

Diana J. Walters

571 Grant Road

North Salem, NY 10560

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation

535 Madison Avenue, 11 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

 

December 12, 2014

  

ESAC Holdings LLC

535 Madison Avenue, 11 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

 

RE: Securities Purchase Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are pleased to accept the offer you (the “ Subscriber ”) have made to purchase an aggregate of 3,737,500 ordinary shares (the “ Ordinary Shares ”) of no par value per share, up to 487,500 of which Ordinary Shares are subject to complete or partial forfeiture (the “ forfeiture ”) if the underwriters of the initial public offering (“ IPO ”) of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Company ”) do not fully exercise their over-allotment option (the “ Over-allotment Option ”). The terms on which the Company is willing to sell the Ordinary Shares to the Subscriber, and the Company’s and the Subscriber’s agreements regarding such Ordinary Shares (the “ Agreement ”), are as follows:

 

1.        Purchase of Shares . For the aggregate sum of $25,000 (the “ Purchase Price ”), which the Company acknowledges receiving in cash, the Company hereby sells and issues to the Subscriber, and the Subscriber hereby purchases from the Company 3,737,500 Ordinary Shares, for a purchase price of approximately $0.0067 per Share, subject to forfeiture by the Subscriber, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Concurrently with the Subscriber’s execution of this Agreement, the Company is delivering to the Subscriber, certificate(s) registered in the Subscriber’s name representing the Ordinary Shares, receipt of which the Subscriber hereby acknowledges.

 

2.        Representations, Warranties and Agreements .

 

2.1          Subscriber’s Representations, Warranties and Agreements . To induce the Company to issue the Ordinary Shares to the Subscriber, the Subscriber hereby represents and warrants to the Company and agrees with the Company as follows:

 

2.1.1.        No Government Recommendation or Approval . The Subscriber understands that no United States federal or state agency or similar agency of any other country has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the offering of the Ordinary Shares.

 

 
 

 

2.1.2.        No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by the Subscriber of the transactions contemplated hereby do not violate, conflict with or constitute a default under (i) the Subscriber’s certificate of formation, or operating agreement; (ii) any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Subscriber is a party; or (iii) any law, statute, rule or regulation to which the Subscriber is subject, or any agreement, order, judgment or decree to which the Subscriber is subject.

 

2.1.3.        Organization and Authority . The Subscriber is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware of the United States and possesses all requisite power and authority necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.1.4         Experience, Financial Capability and Suitability . The Subscriber is sufficiently experienced in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment and to make an informed decision relating thereto. The Subscriber is aware its investment in the Company is a speculative investment that has limited liquidity, because there may never be an established market for the Company’s securities. The Subscriber has the financial capability for making the investment and the investment is a suitable one for the Subscriber. The Subscriber can, without impairing its financial condition, hold the Ordinary Shares for an indefinite period of time and can afford a complete loss of the investment. The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company has urged the Subscriber to seek independent advice from professional advisors relating to the suitability of an investment in the Company and in connection with this Agreement, and that the Subscriber has sought and received such independent professional advice with respect to such investment and this Agreement or, after careful consideration, the Subscriber has determined to waive its right to seek and/or receive such independent professional advice.

 

2.1.5.        Access to Information . Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Subscriber has had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from representatives of the Company concerning an investment in the Company, as well as the finances, operations, business and prospects of the Company, and the opportunity to obtain additional information to verify the accuracy of all information so obtained.

 

2.1.6.        Private Offering . The Subscriber represents that it is (a) an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) or (b) not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S (“ Regulation S ”) under the Securities Act. The Subscriber acknowledges the sale contemplated hereby is being made in reliance on a private placement exemption to “Accredited Investors” within the meaning of Section 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act or similar exemptions under state law or to a non-U.S. Person under Regulation S. Accordingly, the Ordinary Shares will be “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, and therefore may not be offered, pledged or sold by the Subscriber, directly or indirectly, in the United States without registration under United States federal and state securities laws or an exemption therefrom and the Subscriber understands the certificates representing the Ordinary Shares will contain a legend in respect of such restrictions. The Subscriber did not decide to enter into the Agreement as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act or as a result of any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902 under Regulation S.

 

 
 

 

2.1.7         Investment Purposes . The Subscriber is purchasing the Ordinary Shares solely for investment purposes, for the Subscriber’s own account and not for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person, and not with a view towards the distribution thereof and the Subscriber has no present arrangement to sell the Ordinary Shares to or through any person or entity. The Subscriber shall not engage in hedging transactions with regard to the Ordinary Shares unless in compliance with the Securities Act.

 

2.1.8.        Restrictions on Transfer . The Subscriber understands the Ordinary Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Ordinary Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, and, if in the future the Subscriber decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Ordinary Shares, such Ordinary Shares may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only (A) in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S (Rule 901 through 905), (B) pursuant to a registration under the Securities Act, or (C) pursuant to an available exemption from registration. Subscriber agrees that if any transfer of its Ordinary Shares or any interest therein is proposed to be made, as a condition precedent to any such transfer, Subscriber may be required to deliver to the Company an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company. Absent registration or an exemption, the Subscriber agrees not to resell the Ordinary Shares. The Subscriber further acknowledges that because the Company is a shell company and Rule 144 may not be available to the Subscriber for the resale of the Ordinary Shares until one year following the consummation of a business combination despite technical compliance with the requirements of Rule 144 and the release or waiver of any contractual transfer restrictions.

 

2.2         Company’s Representations, Warranties and Agreements . To induce the Subscriber to purchase the Ordinary Shares, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Subscriber and agrees with the Subscriber as follows:

 

2.2.1         Organization and Corporate Power . The Company is a business company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, operating results or assets of the Company. The Company possesses all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.2.2.        No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby do not violate, conflict with or constitute a default under (i) the memorandum and articles of association of the Company, (ii) any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party or (iii) any law, statute, rule or regulation to which the Company is subject, or any agreement, order, judgment or decree to which the Company is subject.

 

 
 

 

2.2.3.        Title to Securities . Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms hereof, the Ordinary Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms hereof the Subscriber will have or receive good title to the Ordinary Shares, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kind, other than (a) transfer restrictions hereunder and under the other agreements contemplated hereby, (b) transfer restrictions under federal and state securities laws, and (c) liens, claims or encumbrances imposed due to the actions of the Subscriber.

  

3.        Forfeiture of Shares .

 

3.1.     Partial or No Exercise of the Over-allotment Option . In the event the Over-allotment Option is not exercised in full, the Subscriber shall forfeit any and all rights to up to 487,500 Ordinary Shares (based upon the percentage of the Over-allotment Option not exercised) such that immediately following such forfeiture, the Subscriber and all other initial shareholders prior to the IPO will own an aggregate number of Ordinary Shares (not including ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of any warrants or any shares purchased by the Subscriber in the Company’s IPO or in the aftermarket) equal to 20% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Company immediately following the IPO.

 

3.2.     Termination of Rights as Shareholder . If any of the Ordinary Shares are forfeited by the Subscriber in accordance with this Section 3, then after such time, the Subscriber (or successor in interest), shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Ordinary Shares, and the Company shall take such action as is appropriate to cancel such Ordinary Shares which may include by way of the compulsory redemption and cancellation of such Ordinary Shares for nil consideration. In addition, the Subscriber hereby irrevocably grants the Company a limited power of attorney for the purpose of effectuating the foregoing and agrees to take any and all action reasonably requested by the Company necessary to effect any adjustment in this Section 3 (including any such redemption as is referred to herein above).

 

4.           Waiver of Liquidation Distributions; Redemption Rights . In connection with the Ordinary Shares purchased pursuant to this Agreement and any other Company securities purchased on a private placement basis, the Subscriber hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distributions by the Company from the Trust Account (as such term is defined in the Investment Management Trust Agreement to be entered by and between the Company and the trustee thereunder), in the event of a liquidation of the Company upon the Company’s failure to timely complete a business combination. For purposes of clarity, in the event any Subscriber purchases ordinary shares in the IPO or in the aftermarket, any additional ordinary shares so purchased shall be eligible to receive their pro rata portion of any liquidating distributions by the Company. However, in no event will the Subscriber have the right to redeem any Ordinary Shares, or any ordinary shares purchased in the IPO or in the aftermarket, for funds held in the Trust Account upon the successful completion of a business combination.

 

 
 

 

5.           Restrictions on Transfer .

 

5.1.     Securities Law Restrictions . In addition to any restrictions to be contained in the Letter Agreement (as defined in Section 5.4 below), the Subscriber agrees not to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Ordinary Shares unless, prior thereto (a) a registration statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Ordinary Shares proposed to be transferred shall then be effective or (b) the Company shall have received an opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such registration is not required because such transaction is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder and with all applicable state securities laws.

  

5.2       Restrictive Legends . All certificates representing the Ordinary Shares shall have endorsed thereon legends substantially as follows:

 

“THESE SECURITIES (i) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE RESALE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN RULE 905 OF REGULATIONS S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.”

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LETTER AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED DURING THE TERM OF THE LETTER AGREEMENT, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS THEREOF.”

 

5.3.      Additional Shares or Substituted Securities . In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, the declaration of an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company’s outstanding capital stock without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Ordinary Shares subject to this Section 5 or into which such Ordinary Shares thereby become convertible shall immediately be subject to this Section 5 and Section 3. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of Ordinary Shares subject to this Section 5 and Section 3.

 

 
 

 

5.4       Lock-up . The Subscriber acknowledges that the Ordinary Shares will be subject to lock-up provisions (the “ Lock-up ”) contained in a Letter Agreement, to be entered into prior to the date of the preliminary prospectus in connection with the IPO between the Subscriber and the Company (the “ Letter Agreement ”). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Subscriber shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any or all of his or her respective Ordinary Shares until the earlier of one year after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination (the “ Consummation Date ”) and the date on which the closing price of the Ordinary Shares exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Consummation Date (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aforesaid restrictions shall lapse if, subsequent to the Consummation Date, the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

5.5       Registration Rights . The Subscriber acknowledges that the Ordinary Shares are being purchased pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and will become freely tradable only after they are registered pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement to be entered into with the Company prior to the closing of the IPO (“ Registration Rights Agreement ”). The Subscriber is entitled to make such number of demands that the Company registers the Ordinary Shares pursuant to the terms and restrictions as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

6.        Other Agreements .

 

6.1.      Further Assurances . The Subscriber agrees to execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement.

 

6.2       No Obligation as to Employment . The Company is not by reason of this Agreement obligated to employ, or continue to employ, the Subscriber in any capacity.

 

6.3.      Notices . All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be addressed to the receiving party’s address set forth on the first page of this Agreement or to such other address as a party may designate by notice hereunder, and shall be either (a) delivered by hand, (b) sent by overnight courier, or (c) sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been given either (i) if by hand, at the time of the delivery thereof to the receiving party at the address of such party set forth above, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, on the next business day following the day such notice is delivered to the courier service, or (iii) if sent by certified mail, on the (5 th ) business day following the day such mailing is made.

 

 
 

 

6.4.      Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Letter Agreement, substantially in the form to be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC, embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Subscriber and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. No statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of any kind not expressly set forth in this Agreement shall affect, or be used to interpret, change or restrict, the express terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

6.5.      Modifications and Amendments . The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be modified or amended only by written agreement executed by all parties hereto.

 

6.6.      Waivers and Consents . The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only by written document executed by the party entitled to the benefits of such terms or provisions. No such waiver or consent shall be deemed to be or shall constitute a waiver or consent with respect to any other terms or provisions of this Agreement, whether or not similar. Each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given, and shall not constitute a continuing waiver or consent.

  

6.7.      Assignment . The rights and obligations under this Agreement may not be assigned by either party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

6.8.      Benefit . All statements, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement shall be binding on the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of each party hereto. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create any rights or obligations except among the parties hereto, and no person or entity shall be regarded as a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

6.9.      Governing Law . This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the British Virgin Islands for agreements made and to be wholly performed within such country.

 

6.10.    Severability . In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision, or any portion thereof, contained in this Agreement shall be unreasonable or unenforceable in any respect, then such provision shall be deemed limited to the extent that such court deems it reasonable and enforceable, and as so limited shall remain in full force and effect. In the event that such court shall deem any such provision, or portion thereof, wholly unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.

 

6.11.    No Waiver of Rights, Powers and Remedies . No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Agreement by a party hereto, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a party hereto shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a party not expressly required under this Agreement shall entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

 

 
 

 

6.12.        Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties made by the parties hereto in this Agreement or in any other agreement, certificate or instrument provided for or contemplated hereby, shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and any investigations made by or on behalf of the parties.

 

6.13.        No Broker or Finder . Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other that no broker, finder or other financial consultant has acted on its behalf in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in such a way as to create any liability on the other. Each of the parties hereto agrees to indemnify and save the other harmless from any claim or demand for commission or other compensation by any broker, finder, financial consultant or similar agent claiming to have been employed by or on behalf of such party and to bear the cost of legal expenses incurred in defending against any such claim.

  

6.14.        Headings and Captions . The headings and captions of the various subdivisions of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way modify or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

6.15.        Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

7.           Voting and Tender of Shares . The Subscriber agrees to vote the Ordinary Shares as well as any ordinary shares acquired in the IPO or the aftermarket in favor of a business combination that the Company negotiates and presents for approval to the Company’s shareholders and shall not seek redemption with respect to the Ordinary Shares. Additionally, the Subscriber agrees not to tender any Share in connection with a tender offer presented to the Company’s shareholders in connection with an initial business combination negotiated by the Company.

 

8.           Indemnification . Each party shall indemnify the other and the underwriter of the IPO against any loss, cost or damages (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred as a result of such party’s breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement in this Agreement.

 

 
 

 

If the foregoing accurately sets forth our understanding and agreement, please sign the enclosed copy of this agreement and return it to us.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL
  ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Eric N. Vincent
    Name: Eric N. Vincent
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Accepted and agreed this  
December 12, 2014  
   
ESAC HOLDINGS LLC  
     
By: Electrum Strategic Management LLC,  
  its Manager  
     
By: /s/ Eric N. Vincent  
  Name:  Eric N. Vincent  
  Title: Managing Director  

 

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement ]

 

 

 

 

E xhibit 10.7

 

FORM OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT WARRANTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS PRIVATE PLACEMENT WARRANTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of June __, 2015 (as it may from time to time be amended, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), and [__] (the “Purchaser”).

 

The Company intends to consummate an initial public offering of the Company’s units (the “Public Offering”), each unit consisting of one ordinary share, of no par value, of the Company (a “Share”), and one warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one-half of one Share at an exercise price of $5.75 per half Share. The Purchaser has agreed to purchase [__] warrants in the aggregate (the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $0.50 per warrant. Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one-half of one Share at an exercise price of $5.75 per half Share.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby, intending legally to be bound, agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

Section 1. Authorization, Purchase and Sale; Terms of the Private Placement Warrants

 

A.            Authorization of the Private Placement Warrants . The Company has duly authorized the issuance and sale of the Private Placement Warrants to the Purchaser.

 

B.            Purchase and Sale of the Private Placement Warrants .

 

(i)           At least 24 hours prior to the effective time of the registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Purchaser shall deliver an aggregate purchase price of $[__] (the “Purchase Price”) for [__] Private Placement Warrants to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Escrow Agent”), in accordance with the Escrow Agent’s wiring instructions, to hold in a non-interest bearing account until the Company consummates the Public Offering.

 

(ii)          Simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering (the “Closing Date”), the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, [___] Private Placement Warrants. At such time, the Escrow Agent shall deposit the Purchase Price, without interest or deduction, into the trust fund established by the Company for the benefit of the Company's public stockholders as described in the Registration Statement, pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement to be entered into between the Company, the Purchaser and the Escrow Agent. Simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering, the Company shall deliver a certificate evidencing the Private Placement Warrants duly registered in the Purchaser's name to the Purchaser.

 

C. Terms of the Private Placement Warrants

 

(i)           Each Private Placement Warrant shall have the terms set forth in a Warrant Agreement to be entered into by the Company and a warrant agent, in connection with the Public Offering (the “Warrant Agreement”).

 

(ii)         At the time of the closing of the Public Offering, the Company and the Purchaser shall enter into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company will grant certain registration rights to the Purchaser relating to the Private Placement Warrants and the Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants.

 

 
 

  

Section 2.            Representations and Warranties of the Company . As a material inducement to the Purchaser entering into this Agreement and their purchase of the Private Placement Warrants, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser (which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing Date) that:

  

A.          Organization and Corporate Power . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a British Virgin Islands business company and is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, operating results or assets of the Company. The Company possesses all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant Agreement.

 

B.          Authorization; No Breach

 

(i)         The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Private Placement Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company as of the Closing Date. This Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms of the Warrant Agreement and this Agreement, the Private Placement Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms as of the Closing Date.

 

(ii)         The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Private Placement Warrants, the issuance and sale of the Private Placement Warrants, the issuance of the Shares upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and the fulfillment of and compliance with the respective terms hereof and thereof by the Company, do not and will not as of the Closing Date (a) conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, (b) constitute a default under, (c) result in the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon the Company’s capital stock or assets under, (d) result in a violation of, or (e) require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice or declaration to, or filing with, any court or administrative or governmental body or agency pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company or any material law, statute, rule or regulation to which the Company is subject, or any agreement, order, judgment or decree to which the Company is subject, except for any filings required after the date hereof under federal or state securities laws.

 

C.          Title to Securities  . Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms hereof and the Warrant Agreement, the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms hereof and the Warrant Agreement, the Purchaser will have good title to the Private Placement Warrants and the Shares issuable upon exercise of such Private Placement Warrants, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kind, other than (i) transfer restrictions hereunder and under the other agreements contemplated hereby, (ii) transfer restrictions under federal and state securities laws, and (iii) liens, claims or encumbrances imposed due to the actions of the Purchaser.

 

D.          Governmental Consents . No permit, consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration to or filing with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of any other transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 3.              Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement and issue and sell the Private Placement Warrants to the Purchaser, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company (which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing Date) that:

 

A.          Organization and Requisite Authority . The Purchaser possesses all requisite power and authority necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

B.          Authorization; No Breach

 

(i)         This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

 

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(ii)         The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the fulfillment of and compliance with the terms hereof by the Purchaser does not and shall not as of the Closing Date conflict with or result in a breach by the Purchaser of the terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the Purchaser is subject.

 

C.          Investment Representations

 

(i)         Pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement, the Purchaser is acquiring the Private Placement Warrants and, upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants, the Shares issuable upon such exercise (collectively, the “Securities”) for the Purchaser’s own account, for investment purposes only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, any public sale or distribution thereof.

 

(ii)         The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

(iii)         The Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and will be sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire such Securities.

 

(iv)         The Purchaser decided to enter into this Agreement not as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act.

 

(v)         The Purchaser has been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Purchaser. The Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the executive officers and directors of the Company. The Purchaser understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk and it has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the acquisition of the Securities.

 

(vi)         The Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities by the Purchaser nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

 

(vii)         The Purchaser understands that: (a) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (1) subsequently registered thereunder or (2) sold in reliance on an exemption therefrom; and (b) except as specifically set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. In this regard, the Purchaser understands that the SEC has taken the position that promoters or affiliates of a blank check company and their transferees, both before and after an initial business combination, are deemed to be “underwriters” under the Securities Act when reselling the securities of a blank check company. Based on that position, Rule 144 adopted pursuant to the Securities Act would not be available for resale transactions of the Securities despite technical compliance with the requirements of such Rule, and the Securities can be resold only through a registered offering or in reliance upon another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

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(viii)         The Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, knows of the high degree of risk associated with investments in the securities of companies in the development stage such as the Company, is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities in the amount contemplated hereunder for an indefinite period of time. The Purchaser has adequate means of providing for its current financial needs and contingencies and will have no current or anticipated future needs for liquidity which would be jeopardized by the investment in the Securities. The Purchaser can afford a complete loss of its investment in the Securities.

 

Section 4.            Conditions of the Purchaser’s Obligations. The obligation of the Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Private Placement Warrants are subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

A.          Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 2 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as though then made.

 

B.          Performance . The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing Date.

 

C.          No Injunction . No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby, which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Warrant Agreement.

 

D.          Warrant Agreement . The Company shall have entered into a Warrant Agreement with a warrant agent on terms satisfactory to the Purchaser.

 

Section 5.            Conditions of the Company’s Obligations. The obligations of the Company to the Purchaser under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

A.          Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Section 3 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as though then made.

 

B.          Performance . The Purchaser shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by the Purchaser on or before the Closing Date.

 

C.          Corporate Consents . The Company shall have obtained the consent of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Warrant Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Private Placement Warrants hereunder.

 

D.          No Injunction . No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby, which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Warrant Agreement.

 

E.          Warrant Agreement . The Company shall have entered into a Warrant Agreement with a warrant agent on terms satisfactory to the Company.

 

Section 6.            Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time after October 31, 2015 upon the election by either the Company or the Purchaser upon written notice to the either party if the closing of the Public Offering does not occur prior to such date.

 

Section 7.            Survival of Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing Date.

 

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Section 8.          Definitions. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the registration statement on Form S-1 the Company will file with the SEC, under the Securities Act.

 

Section 9.           Miscellaneous.

 

A.           Successors and Assigns . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the parties may not assign this Agreement, other than assignment by the Purchaser to affiliates thereof (including, without limitation one or more of its members).

 

B.           Severability . Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.

 

C.            Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, none of which need contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

D.           Descriptive Headings; Interpretation . The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation.

 

E.           Governing Law . This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware.

 

F.          Amendments  . This letter agreement may not be amended, modified or waived as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
   
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:
   
  PURCHASER:
   
  [__]
     
     
  Address:    
           

[ Signature Page to Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement ]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.8

 

Board of Directors of Dated as of
Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation April 22, 2015

 

Subscription Agreement

 

Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned (the “ Subscriber ”) hereby offers to purchase twenty three thousand (23,000) ordinary shares of no par value (the “ Shares ”), of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Corporation ”), at the price of $0.006688963 per share or a total of one hundred and fifty three dollars and seventy eight cents ($153.78), payable in cash against delivery of the certificate(s) representing the Shares. Three thousand (3,000) of the Shares are subject to forfeiture (which may be effected by way of the compulsory redemption of up to that number of the Shares for nil consideration) if the underwriters of the initial public offering (“ IPO ”) of the units (“ Units ”) of the Corporation, do not fully exercise their over-allotment option (the “ Over-allotment Option ”), as more fully set forth herein.

 

This offer is subject to the conditions that the Shares will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and that the Corporation is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a British Virgin Islands business company.

 

To induce the Corporation to issue the Shares, the Subscriber represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees that:

 

1.          The Subscriber has the ability to bear the economic risk of the purchase of the Shares, including the complete loss of the Subscriber’s investment.

 

2.          The Subscriber has sufficient knowledge and experience in business and financial matters (or has received from a person of the Subscriber’s selection sufficient advice with respect to such matters) to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Shares.

 

 
 

 

3.          The Subscriber has knowledge of, and has been provided the opportunity to acquire information with respect to, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans, and prospects of the Corporation which the Subscriber deems relevant in making a fully informed decision with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

4.          The Subscriber has been encouraged and has had the opportunity to rely upon the advice of the Subscriber’s legal counsel and other advisers with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

5.          The Subscriber has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive information with respect to, among other things, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans and prospects of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of the purchase of the Shares, as the Subscriber has requested so as to more fully understand the Subscriber’s investment.

 

6.          Neither the Corporation nor any person representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, or purportedly representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, has made any representations, warranties, agreements, or statements other than those contained herein which influenced or affected the Subscriber’s decision to purchase the Shares.

 

7.          The Subscriber is acquiring the Shares for the Subscriber’s own account without any view to the transfer, sale, assignment, or other distribution thereof.

 

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8.          The Shares have not been and will not be registered under any federal or state securities law including but not limited to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and no federal or state governmental agency or authority has approved or passed upon the issuance of the Shares. There is not now, and that there is not likely to be in the future, any market for the Shares and the Shares must be held by the Subscriber for an indefinite period of time, absent registration or qualification of the Shares under applicable laws or the receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Corporation that registration or qualification is not required. The Subscriber acknowledges that the certificate(s) representing the Shares to be issued to the Subscriber will bear a legend restricting the transferability thereof to the foregoing effect.

 

9.          In the event the Over-allotment Option granted to the representative of the underwriters of the Corporation’s IPO is not exercised in full, the Subscriber shall forfeit any and all rights to such number of Shares (up to an aggregate of 3,000 Shares and pro rata based upon the percentage of the Over-allotment Option exercised) such that immediately following such forfeiture, the Subscriber, collectively with all other initial stockholders prior to the IPO, will own an aggregate number of Shares (not including Shares issuable upon exercise of any warrants or any Common Stock purchased by Subscriber or any other initial stockholders in the Corporation’s IPO or in the aftermarket) equal to 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock immediately following the IPO (excluding from such calculation, any S hares included as part of any Units purchased by the initial stockholders of the Corporation or their affiliates in a private placement to be consummated simultaneously with the closing of the IPO). If any of the Shares are forfeited in accordance with this Section 9, then after such time the Subscriber (or successor in interest) shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Shares, and the Corporation shall take such action as is appropriate to cancel such Shares which may include by way of the compulsory redemption from the Subscriber and cancellation of such Shares for nil consideration (and the Subscriber hereby agrees to any such compulsory redemption on such terms). In the event an adjustment to the original certificate representing the Shares is required pursuant to this Section 9, then the Subscriber shall return such certificate to the Corporation or its designated agent as soon as practicable upon the Subscriber’s receipt of notice from the Corporation advising Subscriber of such adjustment, following which a new certificate shall be issued in such amount representing the adjusted number of Shares held by the Subscriber.

 

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10.         In connection with the Shares purchased pursuant to this agreement and any other Corporation securities purchased on a private placement basis, the Subscriber hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distributions by the Corporation from the Trust Account (as such term is defined in the Investment Management Trust Agreement to be entered by and between the Corporation and the trustee thereunder), in the event of a liquidation of the Corporation upon the Corporation’s failure to timely complete a business combination. For purposes of clarity, in the event the Subscriber purchases ordinary shares in the IPO or in the aftermarket, any additional ordinary shares so purchased shall be eligible to receive their pro rata portion of any liquidating distributions by the Corporation. However, in no event will the Subscriber have the right to redeem any Shares, or any ordinary shares purchased in the IPO or in the aftermarket, for funds held in the Trust Account upon the successful completion of a business combination.

 

11.         

 

11.1         In addition to any restrictions to be contained in the Letter Agreement (as defined in Section 12 below), the Subscriber agrees not to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Shares unless, prior thereto (a) a registration statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Shares proposed to be transferred shall then be effective or (b) the Corporation shall have received an opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, that such registration is not required because such transaction is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder and with all applicable state securities laws.

 

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11.2         All certificates representing the Shares shall have endorsed thereon legends substantially as follows:

 

“THESE SECURITIES (i) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE RESALE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN RULE 905 OF REGULATIONS S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.”

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LETTER AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED DURING THE TERM OF THE LETTER AGREEMENT, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS THEREOF.”

 

11.3         In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, the declaration of an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 or into which such ordinary shares thereby become convertible shall immediately be subject to this Section 11 and Section 9. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 and Section 9.

 

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12.         The Subscriber acknowledges that the Shares will be subject to lock-up provisions (the “ Lock-up ”) contained in a Letter Agreement, to be entered into prior to the date of the preliminary prospectus in connection with the IPO between the Subscriber and the Corporation (the “ Letter Agreement ”). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Subscriber shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any or all of his or her respective Shares until the earlier of one year after the date of the consummation of the Corporation’s initial business combination (the “ Consummation Date ”) and the date on which the closing price of the Shares exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Consummation Date (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aforesaid restrictions shall lapse if, subsequent to the Consummation Date, the Corporation consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Corporation’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

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  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ David Peat
  Name: David Peat
   
  Address:
   
  96215 Piney Island Drive
  Fernandina Beach, FL
  32034
   
  PLEASE PRINT EXACT NAME IN WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE THE SHARES ISSUED:
   
  David Peat

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.9

 

Board of Directors of Dated as of
Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation April 22, 2015

 

Subscription Agreement

 

Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned (the “ Subscriber ”) hereby offers to purchase three hundred forty-six thousand and three hundred eighty five (346,385) ordinary shares of no par value (the “ Shares ”), of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Corporation ”), at the price of $0.006688963 per share or a total of two thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty eight cents ($2,316.88), payable in cash against delivery of the certificate(s) representing the Shares. Forty five thousand one hundred and eighty one (45,181) of the Shares are subject to forfeiture (which may be effected by way of the compulsory redemption of up to that number of the Shares for nil consideration) if the underwriters of the initial public offering (“ IPO ”) of the units (“ Units ”) of the Corporation, do not fully exercise their over-allotment option (the “ Over-allotment Option ”), as more fully set forth herein.

 

This offer is subject to the conditions that the Shares will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and that the Corporation is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a British Virgin Islands business company.

 

To induce the Corporation to issue the Shares, the Subscriber represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees that:

 

1.          The Subscriber has the ability to bear the economic risk of the purchase of the Shares, including the complete loss of the Subscriber’s investment.

 

2.          The Subscriber has sufficient knowledge and experience in business and financial matters (or has received from a person of the Subscriber’s selection sufficient advice with respect to such matters) to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Shares.

 

 
 

 

3.          The Subscriber has knowledge of, and has been provided the opportunity to acquire information with respect to, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans, and prospects of the Corporation which the Subscriber deems relevant in making a fully informed decision with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

4.          The Subscriber has been encouraged and has had the opportunity to rely upon the advice of the Subscriber’s legal counsel and other advisers with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

5.          The Subscriber has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive information with respect to, among other things, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans and prospects of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of the purchase of the Shares, as the Subscriber has requested so as to more fully understand the Subscriber’s investment.

 

6.          Neither the Corporation nor any person representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, or purportedly representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, has made any representations, warranties, agreements, or statements other than those contained herein which influenced or affected the Subscriber’s decision to purchase the Shares.

 

7.          The Subscriber is acquiring the Shares for the Subscriber’s own account without any view to the transfer, sale, assignment, or other distribution thereof.

 

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8.          The Shares have not been and will not be registered under any federal or state securities law including but not limited to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and no federal or state governmental agency or authority has approved or passed upon the issuance of the Shares. There is not now, and that there is not likely to be in the future, any market for the Shares and the Shares must be held by the Subscriber for an indefinite period of time, absent registration or qualification of the Shares under applicable laws or the receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Corporation that registration or qualification is not required. The Subscriber acknowledges that the certificate(s) representing the Shares to be issued to the Subscriber will bear a legend restricting the transferability thereof to the foregoing effect.

 

9.          In the event the Over-allotment Option granted to the representative of the underwriters of the Corporation’s IPO is not exercised in full, the Subscriber shall forfeit any and all rights to such number of Shares (up to an aggregate of 45,181 Shares and pro rata based upon the percentage of the Over-allotment Option exercised) such that immediately following such forfeiture, the Subscriber, collectively with all other initial stockholders prior to the IPO, will own an aggregate number of Shares (not including Shares issuable upon exercise of any warrants or any Common Stock purchased by Subscriber or any other initial stockholders in the Corporation’s IPO or in the aftermarket) equal to 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock immediately following the IPO (excluding from such calculation, any S hares included as part of any Units purchased by the initial stockholders of the Corporation or their affiliates in a private placement to be consummated simultaneously with the closing of the IPO). If any of the Shares are forfeited in accordance with this Section 9, then after such time the Subscriber (or successor in interest) shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Shares, and the Corporation shall take such action as is appropriate to cancel such Shares which may include by way of the compulsory redemption from the Subscriber and cancellation of such Shares for nil consideration (and the Subscriber hereby agrees to any such compulsory redemption on such terms). In the event an adjustment to the original certificate representing the Shares is required pursuant to this Section 9, then the Subscriber shall return such certificate to the Corporation or its designated agent as soon as practicable upon the Subscriber’s receipt of notice from the Corporation advising Subscriber of such adjustment, following which a new certificate shall be issued in such amount representing the adjusted number of Shares held by the Subscriber.

 

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10.         In connection with the Shares purchased pursuant to this agreement and any other Corporation securities purchased on a private placement basis, the Subscriber hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distributions by the Corporation from the Trust Account (as such term is defined in the Investment Management Trust Agreement to be entered by and between the Corporation and the trustee thereunder), in the event of a liquidation of the Corporation upon the Corporation’s failure to timely complete a business combination. For purposes of clarity, in the event the Subscriber purchases ordinary shares in the IPO or in the aftermarket, any additional ordinary shares so purchased shall be eligible to receive their pro rata portion of any liquidating distributions by the Corporation. However, in no event will the Subscriber have the right to redeem any Shares, or any ordinary shares purchased in the IPO or in the aftermarket, for funds held in the Trust Account upon the successful completion of a business combination.

 

11.         

 

11.1         In addition to any restrictions to be contained in the Letter Agreement (as defined in Section 12 below), the Subscriber agrees not to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Shares unless, prior thereto (a) a registration statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Shares proposed to be transferred shall then be effective or (b) the Corporation shall have received an opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, that such registration is not required because such transaction is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder and with all applicable state securities laws.

 

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11.2         All certificates representing the Shares shall have endorsed thereon legends substantially as follows:

 

“THESE SECURITIES (i) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE RESALE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN RULE 905 OF REGULATIONS S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.”

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LETTER AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED DURING THE TERM OF THE LETTER AGREEMENT, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS THEREOF.”

 

11.3         In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, the declaration of an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 or into which such ordinary shares thereby become convertible shall immediately be subject to this Section 11 and Section 9. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 and Section 9.

 

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12.         The Subscriber acknowledges that the Shares will be subject to lock-up provisions (the “ Lock-up ”) contained in a Letter Agreement, to be entered into prior to the date of the preliminary prospectus in connection with the IPO between the Subscriber and the Corporation (the “ Letter Agreement ”). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Subscriber shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any or all of his or her respective Shares until the earlier of one year after the date of the consummation of the Corporation’s initial business combination (the “ Consummation Date ”) and the date on which the closing price of the Shares exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Consummation Date (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aforesaid restrictions shall lapse if, subsequent to the Consummation Date, the Corporation consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Corporation’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

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  Very truly yours,
   
  OSPRAIE PARTNERS LLC
   
  By: /s/ Dwight Anderson
    Name: Dwight Anderson
    Title:  Managing Member
     
  Address:
     
  c/o Ospraie Management, LLC
  320 Park Avenue, 27 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
     
  PLEASE PRINT EXACT NAME IN WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE THE SHARES ISSUED:
     
  Ospraie Partners LLC

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.10

 

Board of Directors of Dated as of
Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation April 22, 2015

 

Subscription Agreement

 

Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned (the “ Subscriber ”) hereby offers to purchase twenty three thousand (23,000) ordinary shares of no par value (the “ Shares ”), of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Corporation ”), at the price of $0.006688963 per share or a total of one hundred and fifty three dollars and seventy eight cents ($153.78), payable in cash against delivery of the certificate(s) representing the Shares. Three thousand (3,000) of the Shares are subject to forfeiture (which may be effected by way of the compulsory redemption of up to that number of the Shares for nil consideration) if the underwriters of the initial public offering (“ IPO ”) of the units (“ Units ”) of the Corporation, do not fully exercise their over-allotment option (the “ Over-allotment Option ”), as more fully set forth herein.

 

This offer is subject to the conditions that the Shares will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and that the Corporation is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a British Virgin Islands business company.

 

To induce the Corporation to issue the Shares, the Subscriber represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees that:

 

1.          The Subscriber has the ability to bear the economic risk of the purchase of the Shares, including the complete loss of the Subscriber’s investment.

 

 
 

 

2.          The Subscriber has sufficient knowledge and experience in business and financial matters (or has received from a person of the Subscriber’s selection sufficient advice with respect to such matters) to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Shares.

 

3.          The Subscriber has knowledge of, and has been provided the opportunity to acquire information with respect to, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans, and prospects of the Corporation which the Subscriber deems relevant in making a fully informed decision with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

4.          The Subscriber has been encouraged and has had the opportunity to rely upon the advice of the Subscriber’s legal counsel and other advisers with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

5.          The Subscriber has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive information with respect to, among other things, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans and prospects of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of the purchase of the Shares, as the Subscriber has requested so as to more fully understand the Subscriber’s investment.

 

6.          Neither the Corporation nor any person representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, or purportedly representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, has made any representations, warranties, agreements, or statements other than those contained herein which influenced or affected the Subscriber’s decision to purchase the Shares.

 

7.          The Subscriber is acquiring the Shares for the Subscriber’s own account without any view to the transfer, sale, assignment, or other distribution thereof.

 

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8.          The Shares have not been and will not be registered under any federal or state securities law including but not limited to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and no federal or state governmental agency or authority has approved or passed upon the issuance of the Shares. There is not now, and that there is not likely to be in the future, any market for the Shares and the Shares must be held by the Subscriber for an indefinite period of time, absent registration or qualification of the Shares under applicable laws or the receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Corporation that registration or qualification is not required. The Subscriber acknowledges that the certificate(s) representing the Shares to be issued to the Subscriber will bear a legend restricting the transferability thereof to the foregoing effect.

 

9.          In the event the Over-allotment Option granted to the representative of the underwriters of the Corporation’s IPO is not exercised in full, the Subscriber shall forfeit any and all rights to such number of Shares (up to an aggregate of 3,000 Shares and pro rata based upon the percentage of the Over-allotment Option exercised) such that immediately following such forfeiture, the Subscriber, collectively with all other initial stockholders prior to the IPO, will own an aggregate number of Shares (not including Shares issuable upon exercise of any warrants or any Common Stock purchased by Subscriber or any other initial stockholders in the Corporation’s IPO or in the aftermarket) equal to 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock immediately following the IPO (excluding from such calculation, any S hares included as part of any Units purchased by the initial stockholders of the Corporation or their affiliates in a private placement to be consummated simultaneously with the closing of the IPO). If any of the Shares are forfeited in accordance with this Section 9, then after such time the Subscriber (or successor in interest) shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Shares, and the Corporation shall take such action as is appropriate to cancel such Shares which may include by way of the compulsory redemption from the Subscriber and cancellation of such Shares for nil consideration (and the Subscriber hereby agrees to any such compulsory redemption on such terms). In the event an adjustment to the original certificate representing the Shares is required pursuant to this Section 9, then the Subscriber shall return such certificate to the Corporation or its designated agent as soon as practicable upon the Subscriber’s receipt of notice from the Corporation advising Subscriber of such adjustment, following which a new certificate shall be issued in such amount representing the adjusted number of Shares held by the Subscriber.

 

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10.         In connection with the Shares purchased pursuant to this agreement and any other Corporation securities purchased on a private placement basis, the Subscriber hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distributions by the Corporation from the Trust Account (as such term is defined in the Investment Management Trust Agreement to be entered by and between the Corporation and the trustee thereunder), in the event of a liquidation of the Corporation upon the Corporation’s failure to timely complete a business combination. For purposes of clarity, in the event the Subscriber purchases ordinary shares in the IPO or in the aftermarket, any additional ordinary shares so purchased shall be eligible to receive their pro rata portion of any liquidating distributions by the Corporation. However, in no event will the Subscriber have the right to redeem any Shares, or any ordinary shares purchased in the IPO or in the aftermarket, for funds held in the Trust Account upon the successful completion of a business combination.

 

11.         

 

11.1         In addition to any restrictions to be contained in the Letter Agreement (as defined in Section 12 below), the Subscriber agrees not to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Shares unless, prior thereto (a) a registration statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Shares proposed to be transferred shall then be effective or (b) the Corporation shall have received an opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, that such registration is not required because such transaction is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder and with all applicable state securities laws.

 

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11.2         All certificates representing the Shares shall have endorsed thereon legends substantially as follows:

 

“THESE SECURITIES (i) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE RESALE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN RULE 905 OF REGULATIONS S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.”

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LETTER AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED DURING THE TERM OF THE LETTER AGREEMENT, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS THEREOF.”

 

11.3         In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, the declaration of an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 or into which such ordinary shares thereby become convertible shall immediately be subject to this Section 11 and Section 9. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 and Section 9.

 

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12.         The Subscriber acknowledges that the Shares will be subject to lock-up provisions (the “ Lock-up ”) contained in a Letter Agreement, to be entered into prior to the date of the preliminary prospectus in connection with the IPO between the Subscriber and the Corporation (the “ Letter Agreement ”). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Subscriber shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any or all of his or her respective Shares until the earlier of one year after the date of the consummation of the Corporation’s initial business combination (the “ Consummation Date ”) and the date on which the closing price of the Shares exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Consummation Date (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aforesaid restrictions shall lapse if, subsequent to the Consummation Date, the Corporation consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Corporation’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

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  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Thomas Ronzetti III
  Name: Thomas Ronzetti III
   
  Address:
   
  2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
  9 th Floor
  Coral Gables, FL 33134
   
  PLEASE PRINT EXACT NAME IN WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE THE SHARES ISSUED:
   
  Thomas A. Ronzetti III

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.11

 

Board of Directors of Dated as of
Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation April 22, 2015

 

Subscription Agreement

 

Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned (the “ Subscriber ”) hereby offers to purchase twenty three thousand (23,000) ordinary shares of no par value (the “ Shares ”), of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Corporation ”), at the price of $0.006688963 per share or a total of one hundred and fifty three dollars and seventy eight cents ($153.78), payable in cash against delivery of the certificate(s) representing the Shares. Three thousand (3,000) of the Shares are subject to forfeiture (which may be effected by way of the compulsory redemption of up to that number of the Shares for nil consideration) if the underwriters of the initial public offering (“ IPO ”) of the units (“ Units ”) of the Corporation, do not fully exercise their over-allotment option (the “ Over-allotment Option ”), as more fully set forth herein.

 

This offer is subject to the conditions that the Shares will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and that the Corporation is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a British Virgin Islands business company.

 

To induce the Corporation to issue the Shares, the Subscriber represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees that:

 

1.          The Subscriber has the ability to bear the economic risk of the purchase of the Shares, including the complete loss of the Subscriber’s investment.

 

2.          The Subscriber has sufficient knowledge and experience in business and financial matters (or has received from a person of the Subscriber’s selection sufficient advice with respect to such matters) to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Shares.

 

 
 

  

3.          The Subscriber has knowledge of, and has been provided the opportunity to acquire information with respect to, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans, and prospects of the Corporation which the Subscriber deems relevant in making a fully informed decision with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

4.          The Subscriber has been encouraged and has had the opportunity to rely upon the advice of the Subscriber’s legal counsel and other advisers with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

5.          The Subscriber has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive information with respect to, among other things, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans and prospects of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of the purchase of the Shares, as the Subscriber has requested so as to more fully understand the Subscriber’s investment.

 

6.          Neither the Corporation nor any person representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, or purportedly representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, has made any representations, warranties, agreements, or statements other than those contained herein which influenced or affected the Subscriber’s decision to purchase the Shares.

 

7.          The Subscriber is acquiring the Shares for the Subscriber’s own account without any view to the transfer, sale, assignment, or other distribution thereof.

 

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8.          The Shares have not been and will not be registered under any federal or state securities law including but not limited to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and no federal or state governmental agency or authority has approved or passed upon the issuance of the Shares. There is not now, and that there is not likely to be in the future, any market for the Shares and the Shares must be held by the Subscriber for an indefinite period of time, absent registration or qualification of the Shares under applicable laws or the receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Corporation that registration or qualification is not required. The Subscriber acknowledges that the certificate(s) representing the Shares to be issued to the Subscriber will bear a legend restricting the transferability thereof to the foregoing effect.

 

9.          In the event the Over-allotment Option granted to the representative of the underwriters of the Corporation’s IPO is not exercised in full, the Subscriber shall forfeit any and all rights to such number of Shares (up to an aggregate of 3,000 Shares and pro rata based upon the percentage of the Over-allotment Option exercised) such that immediately following such forfeiture, the Subscriber, collectively with all other initial stockholders prior to the IPO, will own an aggregate number of Shares (not including Shares issuable upon exercise of any warrants or any Common Stock purchased by Subscriber or any other initial stockholders in the Corporation’s IPO or in the aftermarket) equal to 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock immediately following the IPO (excluding from such calculation, any S hares included as part of any Units purchased by the initial stockholders of the Corporation or their affiliates in a private placement to be consummated simultaneously with the closing of the IPO). If any of the Shares are forfeited in accordance with this Section 9, then after such time the Subscriber (or successor in interest) shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Shares, and the Corporation shall take such action as is appropriate to cancel such Shares which may include by way of the compulsory redemption from the Subscriber and cancellation of such Shares for nil consideration (and the Subscriber hereby agrees to any such compulsory redemption on such terms). In the event an adjustment to the original certificate representing the Shares is required pursuant to this Section 9, then the Subscriber shall return such certificate to the Corporation or its designated agent as soon as practicable upon the Subscriber’s receipt of notice from the Corporation advising Subscriber of such adjustment, following which a new certificate shall be issued in such amount representing the adjusted number of Shares held by the Subscriber.

 

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10.         In connection with the Shares purchased pursuant to this agreement and any other Corporation securities purchased on a private placement basis, the Subscriber hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distributions by the Corporation from the Trust Account (as such term is defined in the Investment Management Trust Agreement to be entered by and between the Corporation and the trustee thereunder), in the event of a liquidation of the Corporation upon the Corporation’s failure to timely complete a business combination. For purposes of clarity, in the event the Subscriber purchases ordinary shares in the IPO or in the aftermarket, any additional ordinary shares so purchased shall be eligible to receive their pro rata portion of any liquidating distributions by the Corporation. However, in no event will the Subscriber have the right to redeem any Shares, or any ordinary shares purchased in the IPO or in the aftermarket, for funds held in the Trust Account upon the successful completion of a business combination.

 

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11.1         In addition to any restrictions to be contained in the Letter Agreement (as defined in Section 12 below), the Subscriber agrees not to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Shares unless, prior thereto (a) a registration statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Shares proposed to be transferred shall then be effective or (b) the Corporation shall have received an opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, that such registration is not required because such transaction is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder and with all applicable state securities laws.

 

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11.2         All certificates representing the Shares shall have endorsed thereon legends substantially as follows:

 

“THESE SECURITIES (i) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE RESALE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN RULE 905 OF REGULATIONS S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.”

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LETTER AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED DURING THE TERM OF THE LETTER AGREEMENT, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS THEREOF.”

 

11.3         In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, the declaration of an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 or into which such ordinary shares thereby become convertible shall immediately be subject to this Section 11 and Section 9. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 and Section 9.

 

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12.         The Subscriber acknowledges that the Shares will be subject to lock-up provisions (the “ Lock-up ”) contained in a Letter Agreement, to be entered into prior to the date of the preliminary prospectus in connection with the IPO between the Subscriber and the Corporation (the “ Letter Agreement ”). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Subscriber shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any or all of his or her respective Shares until the earlier of one year after the date of the consummation of the Corporation’s initial business combination (the “ Consummation Date ”) and the date on which the closing price of the Shares exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Consummation Date (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aforesaid restrictions shall lapse if, subsequent to the Consummation Date, the Corporation consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Corporation’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

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  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Marc S. Goodman
  Name: Marc S. Goodman
   
  Address:
   
  12 Cowdray Park Drive
  Greenwich, CT 06831
   
   
  PLEASE PRINT EXACT NAME IN WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE THE SHARES ISSUED:
   
  Marc S. Goodman

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.12

 

Board of Directors of Dated as of
Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation April 22, 2015

 

Subscription Agreement

 

The undersigned (the “ Subscriber ”) hereby offers to purchase twenty three thousand (23,000) ordinary shares of no par value (the “ Shares ”), of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Corporation ”), at the price of $0.006688963 per share or a total of one hundred and fifty three dollars and seventy eight cents ($153.78), payable in cash against delivery of the certificate(s) representing the Shares.  Three thousand (3,000) of the Shares are subject to forfeiture (which may be effected by way of the compulsory redemption of up to that number of the Shares for nil consideration) if the underwriters of the initial public offering (“ IPO ”) of the units (“ Units ”) of the Corporation, do not fully exercise their over-allotment option (the “ Over-allotment Option ”), as more fully set forth herein.

 

This offer is subject to the conditions that the Shares will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and that the Corporation is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a British Virgin Islands business company.

 

To induce the Corporation to issue the Shares, the Subscriber represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees that:

 

1.          The Subscriber has the ability to bear the economic risk of the purchase of the Shares, including the complete loss of the Subscriber’s investment.

 

2.          The Subscriber has sufficient knowledge and experience in business and financial matters (or has received from a person of the Subscriber’s selection sufficient advice with respect to such matters) to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Shares.

 

 
 

  

3.          The Subscriber has knowledge of, and has been provided the opportunity to acquire information with respect to, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans, and prospects of the Corporation which the Subscriber deems relevant in making a fully informed decision with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

4.          The Subscriber has been encouraged and has had the opportunity to rely upon the advice of the Subscriber’s legal counsel and other advisers with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

 

5.          The Subscriber has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive information with respect to, among other things, the proposed business affairs, financial condition, plans and prospects of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of the purchase of the Shares, as the Subscriber has requested so as to more fully understand the Subscriber’s investment.

 

6.          Neither the Corporation nor any person representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, or purportedly representing or acting on behalf of the Corporation, has made any representations, warranties, agreements, or statements other than those contained herein which influenced or affected the Subscriber’s decision to purchase the Shares.

 

7.          The Subscriber is acquiring the Shares for the Subscriber’s own account without any view to the transfer, sale, assignment, or other distribution thereof.

 

8.          The Shares have not been and will not be registered under any federal or state securities law including but not limited to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and no federal or state governmental agency or authority has approved or passed upon the issuance of the Shares.  There is not now, and that there is not likely to be in the future, any market for the Shares and the Shares must be held by the Subscriber for an indefinite period of time, absent registration or qualification of the Shares under applicable laws or the receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Corporation that registration or qualification is not required.  The Subscriber acknowledges that the certificate(s) representing the Shares to be issued to the Subscriber will bear a legend restricting the transferability thereof to the foregoing effect.

 

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9.          In the event the Over-allotment Option granted to the representative of the underwriters of the Corporation’s IPO is not exercised in full, the Subscriber shall forfeit any and all rights to such number of Shares (up to an aggregate of 3,000 Shares and pro rata based upon the percentage of the Over-allotment Option exercised) such that immediately following such forfeiture, the Subscriber, collectively with all other initial stockholders prior to the IPO, will own an aggregate number of Shares (not including Shares issuable upon exercise of any warrants or any Common Stock purchased by Subscriber or any other initial stockholders in the Corporation’s IPO or in the aftermarket) equal to 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock immediately following the IPO (excluding from such calculation, any S hares included as part of any Units purchased by the initial stockholders of the Corporation or their affiliates in a private placement to be consummated simultaneously with the closing of the IPO). If any of the Shares are forfeited in accordance with this Section 9, then after such time the Subscriber (or successor in interest) shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such Shares, and the Corporation shall take such action as is appropriate to cancel such Shares which may include by way of the compulsory redemption from the Subscriber and cancellation of such Shares for nil consideration (and the Subscriber hereby agrees to any such compulsory redemption on such terms). In the event an adjustment to the original certificate representing the Shares is required pursuant to this Section 9, then the Subscriber shall return such certificate to the Corporation or its designated agent as soon as practicable upon the Subscriber’s receipt of notice from the Corporation advising Subscriber of such adjustment, following which a new certificate shall be issued in such amount representing the adjusted number of Shares held by the Subscriber.

 

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10.         In connection with the Shares purchased pursuant to this agreement and any other Corporation securities purchased on a private placement basis, the Subscriber hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distributions by the Corporation from the Trust Account (as such term is defined in the Investment Management Trust Agreement to be entered by and between the Corporation and the trustee thereunder), in the event of a liquidation of the Corporation upon the Corporation’s failure to timely complete a business combination. For purposes of clarity, in the event the Subscriber purchases ordinary shares in the IPO or in the aftermarket, any additional ordinary shares so purchased shall be eligible to receive their pro rata portion of any liquidating distributions by the Corporation. However, in no event will the Subscriber have the right to redeem any Shares, or any ordinary shares purchased in the IPO or in the aftermarket, for funds held in the Trust Account upon the successful completion of a business combination.

 

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11.1         In addition to any restrictions to be contained in the Letter Agreement (as defined in Section 12 below), the Subscriber agrees not to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Shares unless, prior thereto (a) a registration statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Shares proposed to be transferred shall then be effective or (b) the Corporation shall have received an opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, that such registration is not required because such transaction is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder and with all applicable state securities laws.

 

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11.2         All certificates representing the Shares shall have endorsed thereon legends substantially as follows:

 

“THESE SECURITIES (i) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE RESALE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN RULE 905 OF REGULATIONS S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.”

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LETTER AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED DURING THE TERM OF THE LETTER AGREEMENT, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS THEREOF.”

 

11.3         In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, the declaration of an extraordinary dividend payable in a form other than stock, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 or into which such ordinary shares thereby become convertible shall immediately be subject to this Section 11 and Section 9. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution of such securities or property shall be made to the number and/or class of ordinary shares subject to this Section 11 and Section 9.

 

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12.         The Subscriber acknowledges that the Shares will be subject to lock-up provisions (the “ Lock-up ”) contained in a Letter Agreement, to be entered into prior to the date of the preliminary prospectus in connection with the IPO between the Subscriber and the Corporation (the “ Letter Agreement ”). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Subscriber shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any or all of his or her respective Shares until the earlier of one year after the date of the consummation of the Corporation’s initial business combination (the “ Consummation Date ”) and the date on which the closing price of the Shares exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Consummation Date (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aforesaid restrictions shall lapse if, subsequent to the Consummation Date, the Corporation consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Corporation’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

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  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Diana J. Walters
  Name: Diana J. Walters
   
  Address:
   
  571 Grand Road
  North Salem, NY 10560
   
   
  PLEASE PRINT EXACT NAME IN WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE THE SHARES ISSUED:
   
  Diana J. Walters

 

 

 

Exhibit 14

 

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

CODE OF ETHICS

 

1. Introduction

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation has adopted this code of ethics (the “Code”) which is applicable to all directors, officers and employees of, and consultants and advisors to, the Company (as defined below), to:

 

promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

promote the full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as well as in other public communications made by or on behalf of the Company;

 

promote compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;

 

deter wrongdoing; and

 

require prompt internal reporting of breaches of, and accountability for adherence to, this Code.

 

This Code may be amended or modified only by resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors. In this Code, references to the “Company” mean Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation and, in appropriate context, the Company’s subsidiaries, if any.

 

2. Honest, Ethical and Fair Conduct

 

Each person owes a duty to the Company to act with integrity. Integrity requires, among other things, being honest, fair and candid. Deceit, dishonesty and subordination of principle are inconsistent with integrity. Service to the Company should never be subordinated to personal gain and advantage.

 

Each person must:

 

Act with integrity, including being honest and candid while still maintaining the confidentiality of the Company’s information where required or when in the Company’s interests.

 

Observe all applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations.

 

Comply with the requirements of applicable accounting and auditing standards, as well as Company policies, in order to maintain a high standard of accuracy and completeness in the Company’s financial records and other business-related information and data.

 

Adhere to a high standard of business ethics and not seek competitive advantage through unlawful or unethical business practices.

 

Deal fairly with the Company’s customers, suppliers, competitors and employees.

 

Refrain from taking advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts or any other unfair-dealing practice.

 

Protect the assets of the Company and ensure their proper use.

 

Refrain from taking for themselves personally opportunities that are discovered through the use of corporate assets or using corporate assets, information or position for general personal gain outside the scope of employment with the Company.

 

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Avoid conflicts of interest, wherever possible, except as may be permitted under guidelines or resolutions approved by the Board (or the appropriate committee of the Board) or as disclosed in the Company’s public filings with the SEC. Anything that would be a conflict for a person subject to this Code also will be a conflict if it is related to a member of his or her immediate family or a close relative. Examples of conflict of interest situations include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

any significant ownership interest in any supplier or customer;

 

any consulting or employment relationship with any customer, supplier or competitor;

 

any outside business activity that detracts from an individual’s ability to devote appropriate time and attention to his or her responsibilities with the Company;

 

the receipt of any money, non-nominal gifts or excessive entertainment from any company with which the Company has current or prospective business dealings;

 

being in the position of supervising, reviewing or having any influence on the job evaluation, pay or benefit of any close relative;

 

selling anything to the Company or buying anything from the Company, except on the same terms and conditions as comparable officers or directors are permitted to so purchase or sell;

 

any other financial transaction, arrangement or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness) involving the Company; and

 

any other circumstance, event, relationship or situation in which the personal interest of a person subject to this Code interferes – or even appears to interfere – with the interests of the Company as a whole.

 

3. Disclosure

 

The Company strives to ensure that the contents of and the disclosures in the reports and documents that the Company files with the SEC and other public communications shall be full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable in accordance with applicable disclosure standards, including standards of materiality, where appropriate. Each person must:

 

not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Company to others, whether within or outside the Company, including to the Company’s independent registered public accountants, governmental regulators, self-regulating organizations and other governmental officials, as appropriate; and

 

in relation to his or her area of responsibility, properly review and critically analyze proposed disclosure for accuracy and completeness.

 

In addition to the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and each subsidiary of Company (or persons performing similar functions), and each other person that typically is involved in the financial reporting of the Company must familiarize himself or herself with the disclosure requirements applicable to the Company as well as the business and financial operations of the Company.

 

Each person must promptly bring to the attention of the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board (or the Chairman of the Board if no Audit Committee exists) any information he or she may have concerning (a) significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal and/or disclosure controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s financial reporting, disclosures or internal controls.

 

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4. Compliance

 

It is the Company’s obligation and policy to comply with all applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations. All directors, officers and employees of the Company are expected to understand, respect and comply with all of the laws, regulations, policies and procedures that apply to them in their positions with the Company. Employees are responsible for talking to their supervisors to determine which law, regulations and Company policies apply to their position and what training is necessary to understand and comply with them. Directors officers and employees are directed to specific policies and procedures available to persons they supervise.

 

5. Reporting and Accountability

 

The Board or Audit Committee, if one exists, of the Company is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which questions are presented to it and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation. Any person who becomes aware of any existing or potential breach of this Code is required to notify the Chairman of the Board or Audit Committee promptly. Failure to do so is itself a breach of this Code.

 

Specifically, each person must:

 

Notify the Chairman of the Board promptly of any existing or potential violation of this Code.

 

Not retaliate against any other person for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith.

 

The Company will follow the following procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code and in reporting on the Code:

 

The Board or Audit Committee, if one exists, will take all appropriate action to investigate any breaches reported to it.

 

If the Audit Committee, if one exists, determines (by majority decision) that a breach has occurred, it will inform the Board.

 

Upon a determination by the Board that a breach has occurred, the Board (by majority decision) will take or authorize such disciplinary or preventive action as it deems appropriate, after consultation with the Audit Committee, if one exists, and/or the Company’s internal or external legal counsel, up to and including dismissal or, in the event of criminal or other serious violations of law, notification of the SEC or other appropriate law enforcement authorities.

 

No person following the above procedure shall, as a result of following such procedure, be subject by the Company or any officer or employee thereof to discharge, demotion suspension, threat, harassment or, in any manner, discrimination against such person in terms and conditions of employment.

 

6. Waivers and Amendments

 

Any waiver (defined below) or an implicit waiver (defined below) from a provision of this Code for the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, and persons performing similar functions or any amendment (as defined below) to this Code is required to be disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. In lieu of filing a Form 8-K to report any such waivers or amendments, the Company may provide such information on its website, in the event that it establishes one in the future, and keep such information on the website for at least 12 months and disclose the website address as well as any intention to provide such disclosures in this manner in its most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

A “waiver” means the approval by the Board of a material departure from a provision of the Code. An “implicit waiver” means the Company’s failure to take action within a reasonable period of time regarding a material departure from a provision of the Code that has been made known to an executive officer of the Company. An “amendment” means any amendment to this Code other than minor technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments hereto.

 

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All persons should note that it is not the Company’s intention to grant or to permit waivers from the requirements of this Code. The Company expects full compliance with this Code.

 

7. Other Policies and Procedures

 

Any other policy or procedure set out by the Company in writing or made generally known to employees, officers or directors of the Company prior to the date hereof or hereafter are separate requirements and remain in full force and effect.

 

8. Inquiries

 

All inquiries and questions in relation to this Code or its applicability to particular people or situations should be addressed to the Company’s Secretary, or such other compliance officer as shall be designated from time to time by the Company.

 

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E xhibit 99.6

 

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER

 

1. STATUS

 

The Audit Committee (the “ Committee ”) is a committee of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Company ”).

 

2. PURPOSE

 

The Committee is appointed by the Board for the primary purposes of:

 

Performing the Board’s oversight responsibilities as they relate to the Company’s accounting policies and internal controls, financial reporting practices and legal and regulatory compliance, including, among other things:

 

the quality and integrity of the Company’s financial statements;

 

the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as well as compliance with all documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”); review of the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence; and

 

the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and the Company’s independent auditors;

 

Maintaining, through regularly scheduled meetings, a line of communication between the Board and the Company’s financial management, internal auditors and independent auditors;

 

Preparing the report to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement, as required by the SEC rules; and

 

In the event any noncompliance is identified, immediately taking all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise cause compliance.

 

3. COMPOSITION AND QUALIFICATIONS

 

The Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall, be comprised of three or more Directors (as determined from time to time by the Board), each of whom shall meet the independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Act ”), the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and all other applicable laws.

 

 
 

  

Each member of the Committee shall be financially literate and at least one member of the Committee shall have past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting or any other comparable experience or background which results in the individual’s financial sophistication, including being or having been a chief executive officer, chief financial officer or other senior officer with financial oversight responsibilities, as each such qualification is interpreted by the Board in its business judgment.  In addition, at least one member of the Committee shall be an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

 

4. RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

The Committee will:

 

1.          Review and discuss the annual audited financial statements and the Company’s disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (“ MD&A ”) with management and the independent auditors.  In connection with such review, the Committee will:

 

Discuss with the independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (as may be modified or supplemented) and the matters in the written disclosures required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence;

 

Review significant changes in accounting or auditing policies;

 

Review with the independent auditors any problems or difficulties encountered in the course of their audit, including any change in the scope of the planned audit work and any restrictions placed on the scope of such work and management’s response to such problems or difficulties;

 

Review with the independent auditors, management and the senior internal auditing executive the adequacy of the Company’s internal controls, and any significant findings and recommendations with respect to such controls;

 

Review reports required to be submitted by the independent auditor concerning: (a) all critical accounting policies and practices used; (b) all alternative treatments of financial information within generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) that have been discussed with management, the ramifications of such alternatives, and the accounting treatment preferred by the independent auditors; and (c) any other material written communications with management;

 

Review (a) major issues regarding accounting principles and financial statement presentations, including any significant changes in the Company’s selection or application of accounting principles, and major issues as to the adequacy of the Company’s internal controls and any special audit steps adopted in light of material control deficiencies; and (b) analyses prepared by management and/or the independent auditor setting forth significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of the financial statements, including analysis of the effects of alternative GAAP methods on the financial statements and the effects of regulatory and accounting initiatives, as well as off-balance sheet structures, on the financial statements of the Company; and

 

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Discuss policies and procedures concerning earnings press releases and review the type and presentation of information to be included in earnings press releases (paying particular attention to any use of “pro forma” or “adjusted” non-GAAP information), as well as financial information and earnings guidance provided to analysts and rating agencies.

 

2.          Recommend to the Board that the awaited financial statements and MD&A be included in the Company’s Form 10-K.

 

3.          Review and discuss the quarterly financial statements and the Company’s disclosures provided in periodic quarterly reports including MD&A with management, the senior internal auditing executive and the independent auditor.

 

4.          Oversee the external audit coverage.  The Company’s independent auditors are ultimately accountable to the Committee, which has the direct authority and responsibility to appoint, retain, compensate, terminate, select, evaluate and, where appropriate, replace the independent auditors.  In connection with its oversight of the external audit coverage, the Committee will:

 

Have authority to appoint and replace (subject to shareholder approval, if deemed advisable by the Board) the independent auditors;

 

Have authority to approve the engagement letter and the fees to be paid to the independent auditors;

 

Pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit services to be performed by the independent auditors and the related fees and terms for such services other than prohibited non-auditing services as promulgated under rules and regulations of the SEC (subject to the inadvertent de minimus exceptions set forth in the Act and the SEC rules);

 

Monitor and obtain confirmation and assurance as to the independent auditors’ independence, including ensuring that they submit on a periodic basis (not less than annually) to the Committee a formal written statement delineating all relationships between the independent auditors and the Company.  The Committee is responsible for actively engaging in a dialogue with the independent auditors with respect to any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the independent auditors and for taking appropriate action in response to the independent auditors’ report to satisfy itself of their independence;

 

At least annually, obtain and review a report by the independent auditors describing: the firm’s internal quality-control procedures; any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years, respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm, and any steps taken to deal with any such issues; and to assess the independent auditors’ independence, all relationships between the independent auditors and the Company;

 

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Meet with the independent auditors prior to the annual audit to discuss planning and staffing of the audit;

 

Review and evaluate the performance of the independent auditors, as the basis for a decision to reappoint or replace the independent auditors;

 

Set clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors, including but not limited to, as required by all applicable laws and listing rules; and

 

Assure regular 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 the Act, and consider whether rotation of the independent auditor is required to ensure independence.

 

5.          Oversee internal audit coverage.  In connection with its oversight responsibilities, the Committee will:

 

Review the appointment or replacement of the senior internal auditing executive;

 

Review, in consultation with management, the independent auditors and the senior internal auditing executive, the plan and scope of internal audit activities;

 

Review internal audit activities, budget and staffing; and

 

Review significant reports to management prepared by the internal auditing department and management’s responses to such reports.

 

6.          Review with the independent auditors and the senior internal auditing executive the adequacy of the Company’s internal controls, and any significant findings and recommendations with respect to such controls.

 

7.          Resolve any differences in financial reporting between management and the independent auditors.

 

8.          Establish procedures for (i) the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and (ii) the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

 

9.          Discuss policies and guidelines to govern the process by which risk assessment and risk management is undertaken.

 

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10.         Meet periodically with management to review and assess the Company’s major financial risk exposures and the manner in which such risks are being monitored and controlled.

 

11.         Meet periodically (not less than annually) in separate executive session with each of the chief financial officer, the senior internal auditing executive, and the independent auditors.

 

12.         Review and approve all “related party transactions” requiring disclosure under Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

 

13.         Review periodically with the Company’s management, independent auditors, and legal advisors, as appropriate (i) legal, regulatory and compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports which raise material issues on the financial statements or accounting policies, and (ii) corporate compliance policies or codes of conduct.

 

14.         Have the authority, in the Committee’s sole discretion, to retain and obtain the advice and assistance of independent outside counsel and such other advisors as it deems necessary to fulfill its duties and responsibilities under this Charter.

 

15.         Report regularly to the Board with respect to Committee activities.

 

16.         Prepare the report of the Committee required by the rules of the SEC to be included in the proxy statement for each annual meeting.

 

17.         Review and reassess annually the adequacy of this Charter and recommend any proposed changes to the Board.

 

18.         Monitor compliance, on a regularly scheduled basis, with the terms of the Company’s initial public offering (the “ Offering ”) and, if any noncompliance is identified, promptly take all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise cause the Company to come into compliance with the terms of the Offering.

 

19.         Inquire and discuss with management the Company’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

 

20.         Determine the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor (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.

 

21.         Review and approve, on a quarterly basis, all payments made to the Company’s existing holders, sponsor, executive officers or directors and their and the Company’s respective affiliates.

 

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5. PROCEDURES

 

1. Action .

 

A majority of the members of the entire Committee shall constitute a quorum.  The Committee shall act on the affirmative vote a majority of members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.  Without a meeting, the Committee may act by unanimous written consent of all members.  However, the Committee may delegate to one or more of its members the authority to grant pre-approvals of audit and permitted non-audit services, provided the decision is reported to the full Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

 

2. Fees .

 

The Company shall provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for payment of compensation: (a) to outside legal accounting or other advisors employed by the Committee; and (b) for ordinary administrative expenses of the Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties.

 

3. Limitations .

 

While the Committee has the responsibilities and powers set forth in this Charter, it is not the duty of the Committee to plan or conduct audits or to determine that the Company’s financial statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with GAAP.  This is the responsibility of management and the independent auditors.

 

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Exhibit 99.7 

 

ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORP.

 

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHARTER

 

The following Compensation Committee Charter (the “ Charter ”) was adopted by the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Electrum Special Acquisition Corp., a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Company ”).

 

1. STATUS

 

The Compensation Committee (the “ Committee ”) is a committee of the Board of the Company.

 

2. PURPOSE

 

The Committee is appointed by the Board for the primary purposes of:

 

· discharging its responsibilities for approving and evaluating the officer compensation plans, policies and programs of the Company;

 

· reviewing and recommending to the Board regarding compensation to be provided to the Company’s employees and directors; and

 

· administering the equity compensation plans of the Company. The Committee shall ensure that the Company’s compensation programs are competitive, designed to attract and retain highly qualified directors, officers and employees, encourage high performance, promote accountability and assure that employee interests are aligned with the interests of the Company’s shareholders.

 

3. COMPOSITION AND QUALIFICATIONS

 

The Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall be comprised of at least three or more Directors (as determined from time to time by the Board), each of whom shall meet the independence requirements of the federal securities laws and rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Act ”), the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “ Nasdaq Stock Market ”) and all other applicable laws or regulations, and any additional requirements that the Board deems appropriate. Each appointed member of the Committee, shall serve for such term or terms as the Board may determine or until earlier resignation or death, and may be removed by the Board at any time, with or without cause. Unless the Board elects a chairman of the Committee (a “ Chairman ”), the Committee shall elect a Chairman by majority vote. Each Committee members shall have one vote.

 

 
 

 

4. RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

The Committee shall, among its duties and responsibilities as may be delegated to the Committee by the Board, and in addition to any duties and responsibilities imparted to the Committee by the SEC, the Nasdaq Stock Market or any other applicable laws or regulations:

 

1. Determine, in executive session at which the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “ CEO ”) is not present, the compensation for the Company’s CEO or President, if such person is acting as the CEO.

 

2. Review and determine the compensation of the executive officers of the Company other than the CEO based upon the recommendation of the CEO and such other customary factors that the Committee deems necessary or appropriate.

 

3. Recommend awards and/or bonuses to be granted to executive officers of the Company under the Company’s equity plans and other compensation or benefit plans or policies as approved by the Board or the Committee.

 

4. Approve the overall amount or percentage of plan and/or bonus awards to be granted to all Company employees and delegate to the Company’s executive management the right and power to specifically grant such awards to each Company employee within the aggregate limits and parameters set by the Committee.

 

5. Review and evaluate the performance of the CEO and the other executive officers of the Company.

 

6. Review and approve the design of other benefit plans pertaining to executives and employees of the Company.

 

7. Approve such reports on compensation as are necessary for filing with the SEC and other government bodies.

 

8. If required by applicable rules and regulations, issuing a “Compensation Committee Report” to be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K or proxy statement, as applicable.

 

9. If required by applicable rules and regulations, review and discuss with management the Company’s Compensation and Discussion and Analysis (“ CD&A ”) and the related executive compensation information, recommend that the CD&A and related executive compensation information be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and proxy statement and produce the compensation committee report on executive officer compensation required to be included in the Company’s proxy statement or annual report on Form 10-K.

 

10. Monitor the Company’s compliance with the requirements of the Act relating to loans to directors and officers, and with all other applicable laws affecting employee compensation and benefits.

 

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11. Oversee the Company’s compliance with SEC rules and regulations regarding shareholder approval of certain executive compensation matters, including advisory votes on executive compensation and the frequency of such votes, and the requirement under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market that with limited exceptions, shareholders approve equity compensation plans.

 

12. Review, recommend to the Board, and administer all plans that require “disinterested administration” under Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

13. Approve the amendment or modification of any compensation or benefit plan pertaining to executives or employees of the Company that does not require shareholder approval.

 

14. Review and recommend to the Board the adoption of or changes to the compensation of the Company’s independent directors.

 

15. Retain and obtain, in its sole discretion, (at the Company’s expense) outside consultants and obtain assistance from members of management as the Committee deems appropriate in the exercise of its authority.

 

16. Make reports and recommendations to the Board within the scope of its functions and advise the officers of the Company regarding various personnel matters as may be raised with the Committee.

 

17. Approve all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for the Company’s executive officers and employees.

 

18. Review the form, terms and provisions of employment and similar agreements with the Company’s executive officers and any amendments thereto.

 

19. To the extent the same has been adopted, review, at least annually, the compensation philosophy of the Company.

 

The powers and responsibilities delegated by the Board to the Committee in this Charter or otherwise shall be exercised and carried out by the Committee as it deems appropriate without requirement of Board approval, and any decision made by the Committee (including any decision to exercise or refrain from exercising any of the powers delegated to the Committee hereunder) shall be at the Committee’s sole discretion. While acting within the scope of the powers and responsibilities delegated to it, the Committee shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Committee shall have the power to determine which matters are within the scope of the powers and responsibilities delegated to it. To the extent that the Company’s securities are not listed or quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market or any exchange or national listing market system upon which the Company’s securities are listed or quoted for trading, the Committee shall determine which of the aforementioned duties and responsibilities it shall undertake or shall be applicable to the Committee.

 

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5. PROCEDURES

 

1. Action .

 

The Committee will meet as often as it deems necessary or appropriate, in its judgment, either in person or telephonically, and at such times and places as the Committee members determine. Face to face meetings shall be encouraged at least twice each year. The majority of the members of the Committee constitutes a quorum and shall be empowered to act on behalf of the Committee. Minutes will be kept of each meeting of the Committee. The Chairman shall report to the Board following meetings of the Committee and as otherwise requested by the Chairman of the Board. The Committee shall also make reports and recommendations to the Board within the scope of its functions. The Committee shall be governed by the same rules regarding meetings as are applicable to the Board.

 

2. Compensation Consultant; Advisor .

 

The Committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other advisor. The Committee shall be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any compensation consultant, legal counsel and other advisor retained by the Committee. The Company shall provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for payment of reasonable compensation to a compensation consultant, legal counsel or any other advisor retained by the Committee.

 

Before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other advisor, the Committee shall consider the independence of each such advisor by taking into account the following factors and any other factors required by the Nasdaq Stock Market or the SEC and corresponding rules that may be amended from time to time, including any exceptions permitted by such rules:

 

(i) the provision of other services to the Company by the person that employs the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other advisor (the “ Advisory Firm ”);

 

(ii) the amount of fees received from the Company by the Advisory Firm, as a percentage of the total revenue of the Advisory Firm;

 

(iii) the policies and procedures of the Advisory Firm or other advisor that are designed to prevent conflicts of interest;

 

(iv) any business or personal relationship of the compensation consultant, legal counsel or advisor with a member of the Committee;

 

(v) any stock of the Company owned by the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other advisor; and

 

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(vi) any business or personal relationship of the compensation consultant, legal counsel, other advisor or the Advisory Firm.

 

3. Review of Charter .

 

The Committee shall review this Charter at least annually and recommend any changes thereto to the Board.

 

4. Self-Assessment .

 

The Committee will annually evaluate the Committee’s own performance and report that it has done so to the Board.

 

5. Delegation by Committee .

 

The Committee may delegate authority consistent with this Charter to one or more Committee members or subcommittees comprised of one or more Committee members when appropriate. Any such member, members or subcommittee shall be subject to this Charter.  The decisions of any such member, members or subcommittees to which authority is delegated under this paragraph shall be presented to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

6. Amendment.

 

Any amendment or other modification of this Charter shall be made and approved by the full Board.

 

7. Disclosure of Charter.

 

If required by the rules of the SEC or the Nasdaq Stock Market, this Charter, as amended from time to time, shall be made available to the public on the Company’s website. 

 

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  Exhibit 99.8

 

CHARTER OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

1. STATUS

 

The Nominating Committee (the “ Committee ”) is a committee of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (the “ Company ”).

 

2. PURPOSE

 

The purposes of the Committee shall be to identify and to recommend to the Board individuals qualified to serve as directors of the Company; to oversee the selection process; and to advise the Board with respect to the Board composition, procedures and committees.

 

3. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE

 

The Committee shall consist of three or more directors, as determined from time to time by the Board. Each member of the Committee shall be qualified to serve on the Committee pursuant to the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “ Nasdaq Stock Market ”) and all other applicable laws or regulations, and any additional requirements that the Board deems appropriate. Each member shall be “independent” in accordance with the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market, as amended from time to time.

 

The Chairman of the Committee shall be designated by the Board,  provided  that if the Board does not so designate a Chairman, the members of the Committee, by a majority vote, may designate a Chairman.

 

Any vacancy on the Committee shall be filled by majority vote of the Board. No member of the Committee shall be removed except by majority vote of the Board. The Board may remove any member from the Committee at any time with or without cause.

 

4. MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE

 

The Committee shall meet as often as it determines necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities, but no less frequently than two times annually. The Committee, in its discretion, may ask members of management or others to attend its meetings (or portions thereof) and to provide pertinent information as necessary.

 

The Committee may form subcommittees for any purpose that the Committee deems appropriate and may delegate to such subcommittees such power and authority as the Committee deems appropriate;  provided, however , that no subcommittee shall consist of fewer than two members; and  provided further  that the Committee shall not delegate to a subcommittee any power or authority required by any law, regulation or listing standard to be exercised by the Committee as a whole.

 

A majority of the members of the Committee present in person or by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other shall constitute a quorum. Actions taken at a meeting, to be valid, shall require the approval of a majority of the members present and voting. Actions taken in writing, to be valid, shall be signed by all members of the Committee.

 

The Committee shall maintain minutes of its meetings and records relating to those meetings and shall report regularly to the Board on its activities, as appropriate.

 

 
 

  

5. RESPONSIBILITIES

 

A. Board Candidates and Nominees

 

The Committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities with respect to Board candidates and nominees:

 

(a) To assist in identifying, recruiting and, if appropriate, interviewing candidates to fill positions on the Board, including persons suggested by shareholders or others. The Committee may, if it deems appropriate, establish procedures to be followed by shareholders in submitting recommendations for Board candidates;

 

(b) To review the background and qualifications of individuals being considered as director candidates. Among the qualifications considered in the selection of candidates, the Committee shall look at the following attributes and criteria of candidates: experience, intelligence, education, skills, expertise, diversity, personal and professional reputation, business judgment, time availability in light of other commitments, dedication, ethical standards, conflicts of interest and such other relevant factors that the Committee considers appropriate in the context of the needs of the Board. The Committee does not distinguish among nominees recommended by shareholders and other persons in considering nominees to the Board;

 

(c) To recommend to the Board the director nominees for election by the shareholders or appointment by the Board, as the case may be, pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, of the Corporation, which recommendations shall be consistent with the criteria for selecting directors established by the Board from time to time; and

 

(d) To review the suitability for continued service as a director of each Board member when his or her term expires and when he or she has a change in status, including but not limited to an employment change, and to recommend whether or not the director should be re-nominated.

 

B. Board Composition and Procedures

 

The Committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities with respect to the composition and procedures of the Board as a whole:

 

(a) To review annually with the Board the composition of the Board as a whole and to recommend, if necessary, measures to be taken so that the Board reflects the appropriate balance of knowledge, experience, skills, expertise and diversity required for the Board as a whole and contains at least the minimum number of independent directors required by the Nasdaq Stock Market;

 

(b) To review periodically the size of the Board and to recommend to the Board any appropriate changes;

 

(c) To make recommendations on the frequency of Board meetings; and

 

(d) To make recommendations concerning any procedures of the Board that the Committee considers warranted.

 

C. Board Committees

 

The Committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities with respect to the committee structure of the Board:

 

(a) After consultation with the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and after taking into account the experiences and expertise of individual directors, to make recommendations to the Board regarding the size and composition of each standing committee of the Board, including the identification of individuals qualified to serve as members of a committee, including the Committee, and to recommend individual directors to fill any vacancy that might occur on a committee, including the Committee;

 

(b) To monitor the functioning of the committees of the Board and to make recommendations for any changes, including the creation and elimination of committees;

 

 
 

  

(c) To review annually committee assignments and the policy with respect to the rotation of committee memberships and/or chairmanships, and to report any recommendations to the Board; and

 

(d) To review and make recommendations to the Board regarding the establishment of special committees as appropriate to address special or unique matters that may arise. The Committee’s power to make such a recommendation under this Charter shall be without prejudice to the right of any other committee of the Board, or any individual director, to make such a recommendation at any time.

 

6. EVALUATION OF THE COMMITTEE

 

The Committee shall, on an annual basis, evaluate its performance. In conducting this review, the Committee shall evaluate whether this Charter appropriately addresses the matters that are or should be within its scope and shall recommend such changes as it deems necessary or appropriate. The Committee shall address all matters that the Committee considers relevant to its performance, including at least the following: the adequacy, appropriateness and quality of the information and recommendations presented by the Committee to the Board, the manner in which they were discussed or debated, and whether the number and length of meetings of the Committee were adequate for the Committee to complete its work in a thorough and thoughtful manner.

 

The Committee shall deliver to the Board a report, which may be oral, setting forth the results of its evaluation, including any recommended amendments to this Charter and any recommended changes to the Company’s or the Board’s policies or procedures.

 

7. INVESTIGATIONS AND STUDIES; OUTSIDE ADVISERS

 

The Committee may conduct or authorize investigations into or studies of matters within the Committee’s scope of responsibilities, and may retain, at the Company’s expense, such independent counsel or other consultants or advisers as it deems necessary. The Committee shall have the sole authority to retain or terminate any search firm to be used to identify director candidates, including sole authority to approve the search firm’s fees and other retention terms, with such fees to be borne by the Company

 

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While the members of the Committee have the duties and responsibilities set forth in this Charter, nothing contained in this Charter is intended to create, or should be construed as creating, any responsibility or liability of members of the Committee, except to the extent otherwise provided under applicable federal or state law.